Cool mornings
start
The
northeast monsoon returned on Thursday, bringing in cool winds in the morning
in the country, state weather bureau PAGASA said.
In a state report on Thursday, PAGASA
said the northeast monsoon now prevails over extreme Northern Luzon.
The minimum temperature in Metro Manila
on Wednesday was recorded at 20.0 degrees Celsius at 5 a.m. Daily readings are
recorded at the PAGASA Science Garden in Diliman, Quezon City.
Easterlies or winds from the east,
meanwhile, continue to affect the eastern section of Visayas and Mindanao,
PAGASA noted.
On Thursday, partly cloudy to cloudy
skies with isolated light rains are forecasted over Batanes, Calayan and
Babuyan group of islands.
Partly cloudy to cloudy skies with
isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms will prevail over Metro Manila and the
rest of the country.
Light
to moderate winds blowing from the east to northeast will prevail throughout
the archipelago with slight to moderate seas.
The
state weather bureau has not issued gale warning as fisherfolk are safe to
venture into the seas.
Multi-sectoral partnership
set for K-12 programs in Paracelis
PARACELIS,
Mountain Province – The Anonat National Agricultural and Vocational High School
here recently launched multi-sectoral partnership for K-12 programs in this
town.
The school launched a gathering themed,
“Multi-sectoral information dissemination on the growth and development of
ANAVHS” on Dec. 8, 2015.
As partners in the education and
development of the youth and the school, Mayor
Gavino L. Bucok, in his message cited need for unity of stakeholders to promote progress and
development of the school. He cited financial assistance and programs
implemented by the local government of Paracelis in support to programs and
activities of the Dept. of Education within the locality.
Vice Mayor Lorenzo Carpio in his talk,
said the success of developmental plans for the school lies much in the hands
of community folks.
He cited vital role of the community for
progress and success of all programs implemented in the school.
Unity
and support for the school was urged by Lucio B. Banggollay, the secondary
school principal II of Bacarri National Trade-Agricultural School whom ANAVHS
was annexed on June 7, 2007 starting its operation as an extension school.
The principal enumerated milestones and
challenges the school had gone through until its separation and bore the name,
Anonat National Agricultural and Vocational High School through a Republic Act
No. 10204 signed by the president of the Philippines on October 2012.
The school was inaugurated by Rep.
Maximo B. Dalog on Feb. 14, 2013.
DepEd
Division of Mt. Province represented by Primo B. Aligo, education program
supervisor and engineer Domingo T. Banglo Jr., of Division Mountain Province,
recalled services of Mt. Province Division Office that realized projects for
ANAVHS like the water system and the two buildings.
Programs
of the K-12 Curriculum were also discussed to deepen the comprehension and
generate support from the stakeholders.
Titling of the land area of the school
was also considered priority.
He
acknowledged donors of the land for the school which made possible quest of the
community for growth and educational development of their children.
Salipada Pinangga, community
representative cited numerous counterparts accomplished by the people in the
community.
The representative accepted the
responsibility that lies on them for the success of the school in its plans and
endeavors. -- Ma. Marissa A. Balao-as
Baguio City
Athletic Bowl oval rubberized for CARAA
BAGUIO
CITY– Barring unexpected rains the next weeks, this summer resort will be
welcoming delegates to the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic
Association (CARAA) with a brand new rubberized track on February.
Baguio
Rep. Nicasio M. Aliping Jr. said Taiwanese consultants hired to undertake the
job started the work January 6 and have until Feb. 5 to complete the task. The
CARAA opens Feb. 6 with Baguio as host.
“This is a project long in the waiting
because the Athletic Bowl complex has not received any kind of development work
for the last 30 years,” Aliping said.
The three-phase project has a total
allocation of P115 million.
The first phase involved modernization
of main bleachers at east end of the compound. The second phase was extension
of main bleachers and concreting of oval track. The third involved the
installation of the rubberized track.
The third phase was delayed for almost a
month because of the unexpected rains in November.
“The concrete track needs to be totally
dry in order for the adhesive to fully bond with the surface,” said engineer
Louie Gacad, project engineer of contractor RUA construction which is doing the
entire project.
“With the rubberized track, and lawn
field together with the already existing Olympic size swimming pool, the city
is now ready to host national events like the Palaro Games,” Aliping said.
Magnitude 5 quake
hits Cagayan
The
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology on Monday evening recorded a
magnitude 5 earthquake that struck the province of Cagayan.
The quake which occurred at 10:36 p.m.
was traced 39 kilometers south west of Calayan, Cagayan. Its depth of focus was
15 kilometers.
The tremor was felt at Intensity 3 in
Claveria, Cagayan while it was felt at instrumental Intensities 2 in Claveria,
Cagayan and 1 in Laoag, Ilocos Norte and Sinait, Ilocos Sur.
Despite being felt at various
intensities, Phivolcs said there was no damage or expected aftershock for the
earthquake.
In its advisory, Phivolcs said there
were three other mild earthquakes recorded on Monday aside from Cagayan. These
are in Looc, Occidental Mindoro; Baler, Aurora; and Governor Generoso, Davao
Oriental.
On the other hand, there were two mild
tremors reported on Tuesday morning. The first quake was in Looc, Occidental
Mindoro while the latest recorded was in Itbayat, Batanes.
Phivolcs said all of the earthquakes
reported were tectonic in origin.
NTA-Abra sets programs vs El
Nino for tobacco farmers
BANGUED,
Abra --The National Tobacco Administration has started programs to support
tobacco farmers maintain high quality products and productivity with expected
El Nino or long dry spell.
“The effect of El Nino is
widespread and undeniable. Hence, we need to provide assistance to our farmers
especially those who are most-affected,” said Esmeralda Gaerlan- Valera,
NTA-Abra manager.
While everyone is asked to take his share in
water conservation, Valera said they completed their irrigation projects in the
province particularly in the tobacco-producing municipalities. These are in the
form of mini dams in the towns of Pilar and Villaviciosa and an impounding dam
in Tayum.
The NTA also provided water pumps and water
hose to the farmers in areas with no big irrigation projects in order to help
the tobacco farmers cope with the ill-effects of drought.
Valera added they have also ongoing water
supply project in Dolores and look forward to starting more water-related
projects in the municipalities of Luba, Pidigan, San Quintin, Penarrubia and
Tayum. -- Maria Teresa B. Benas
DENR Kalinga to reforest 1,828 hectares in
2016
TABUK
CITY, Kalinga -- Having completed early its target for
the year under the National Greening Program (NGP) of the
government, the provincial Department of Environment and Natural
Resources office here aims to reforest 21,000 hectares under six-year
greening program in the province.
Severino Dalutag, provincial PENRO, bared for
2016, the last year of NGP implementation, 1,828 hectares is targeted to be
planted with Tabuk City Community Environment and Natural Resources Office
(CENRO) sharing 1,100 hectares and Pinukpuk CENRO, 728 has.
“We are awaiting intents of people’s
organizations to again partner with us and barangays covered by NGP to come
apply for a three-year contract from 2016-2018,” he said.
Under the contract, a PO has to reforest 50
hectares and maintain it for three years.
The
Aquino government launched the NGP in 2011 to reduce poverty; promote
food security, environmental stability, and biodiversity conservation; and
enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation. This involves the
planting of 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares all over the country in a
period of six years until 2016. -- Peter A. Balocnit
K-12 training held in
Paracelis
PARACELIS,
Mountain Province – The Education District of this town conducted a 3-day
training on implementation of the K-12 curriculum among AralingPanlipunan
teachers here at Paracelis Technical and Vocational High School on Nov. 28-30,
2015 participated by 44 teachers from elementary and secondary schools in the
locality.
The training was conducted by seven trainers in
partnership with Irene S. Angway, assistant schools division superintendent of
Kalinga province. Before the training, trainers attended division summer camp
for Araling Panlipunan at Tadian Elementary School on May 12-16, 2015 relative
to K-12 curriculum.
The realization of the activity was due to
support of Dept. of Education Mt. Province Division Office headed by Division
superintendent Gloria B. Buya-ao who approved the proposal and Jacinto
P. Yassan, public schools district supervisor of Paracelis who issued
memorandum order for the activity.
The training focused on K-12, classroom
assessment and best practices in teaching like learning, contextualization and
researches. -- Funny B. Fiadcong
DOLE, agencies partner to
boost overseas employment
TABUK
CITY, Kalinga -- the Department of Labor and Employment and licensed recruitment agencies have embarked
on a program to increase hiring of overseas workers in the province.
Recently, seven Kalinga applicants were
deployed to Hongkong and Brunei by recruitment agencies that came to the
province.
Meriam Bocauto of DA Rodrigo
International, Inc. said they frequent the province to hire OFWs. “Instead of
applicants come apply at our regional offices outside of Kalinga, we personally
bring our services to the province so that applicants will not be hard up in
applying,” she said.
Kalinga is one of the “juicy” places in looking
for applicants since they have a good command of the English language, have
basic skills in several field of work particularly on domestic helpers and care
givers, she added.
According to Alexander Gumabol,
provincial DOLE head, placement agencies are cooperative of their programs, and
come to process papers of applicants if they have job orders.
“To assure OFW applicants of
their safety, we offer recruitment agencies our office for them to interview
applicants so that applicants will also have access to know from us the
credentials of agencies,” Gumabol said. -- Peter A. Balocnit
Ifugao folks urged: Help
ensure clean, orderly 2016 polls
LAGAWE,
Ifugao -- Ifugao provincial election supervisor Ricardo Bulintao urged members
of the civil society organizations and religious groups to help the
Commission on Election conduct clean, honest and orderly polls come May.
He bared this during voters education
forum organized by the Provincial Moral Recovery Council and
attended by private and religious organizations in the province.
Bulintao oriented participants on
campaign rules and regulations, gun ban law,
Fair elections Act among others.
He urged candidates and supporters to observe
common poster areas and not to do prohibited acts. He said candidatesashould
file statement of contributions and expenses 30 days after the election to
Comelec.
Bulintao
also told the group that the campaign period for the national candidates is
from Feb. 9 to May 7 and March 25 to May 7 for local candidates. -- Daniel
B. Codamon
Veterans Bank
launches improved pension loan
BAGUIO
CITY -- The commercial bank owned by Filipino World War II veterans and their
descendants, is making Philippine Veterans Affairs Office pensioners with
improved pension loan.
Philippine Veterans Bank chairman Roberto de
Ocampo and president Nonilo Cruz led the launching of the improved pension loan
at the PVB’s Camp Aguinaldo branch which gathered audience composed of PVAO
pensioners, veteran families, and guests from the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police.
Starting last month, PVAO pensioners who
receive monthly pension from PVB will now be able to get a pension loan for the
maximum amount of P100, 000. Previously, the bank offered its pensioners P20,
000 and P45, 000 loan options. However, understanding the financial needs that
its pensioners face, the Bank has upped the loanable amount offering pensioners
flexibility with loan terms extended from three to five years.
PVB corporate communications and marketing
services vice president Miguel Angelo Villa-real said this is great news for
PVAO pensioners composed mostly of surviving Filipino World War II veterans,
their widows, and retired personnel of the AFP.
In addition, pensioners with existing pension
loans with PVB can re-avail of the higher loan amount as long as they have
already paid at least two months amortizations of their current loan,
Villa-real added.
For more information on PVB’s Pension Loan ,
interested parties can visit the nearest PVB branch or call (02) 840-2621
during office hours or emailcustomercare@veteransbank.com.ph.
Disaster officials raise flood alert in
Aurora
BALER,
Aurora – Disaster management officials have raised a flood alert in three
municipalities in this province in the wake of heavy downpours that inundated
Casiguran town.
In an advisory
released Tuesday, the provincial disaster risk reduction and management council
said the
northeast
monsoon affecting Northern Luzon would trigger 24 hours of rainfall and most likely
cause rivers in Casiguran, Lower Umiray in Dingalan and Aguang in this town to
overflow.
Since
late December, roads in Casiguran have been submerged in floodwaters due to
continuous heavy downpour.
Dagupan health stations receive
equipment
DAGUPAN
CITY, Pangasinan — A total of 12 barangay health stations here received blood
pressure (BP) apparatus, glucometer kits, and nebulizers from Mayor Belen
Fernandez, recently. About 39 of the 56 BP apparatus came from the office of
Senator TeofistoGuingona, while the 13 glucometer kits and the remaining BP
apparatus came from the Department of Health (DOH). The 12 nebulizers were
given by civic leader Ashok Vasandani. Dr. Sheila Sabado, officer-in-charge of
the City Health Office (CHO), said the barangay health stations that received
the medical apparatus are located in Carael, Pantal, PoblacionOeste,
BonuanBoquig, BonuanBinloc, BonuanGueset, Bolosan, Salapingao, Malued, Mangin,
Mayombo, and Pogo Grande. – Liezle BasaIñigo
Baguio moves up rank among cities
BAGUIO
CITY — Tourism, education and sports, peace and order, health and social
services, environment are among the accomplishments last year, Mayor Mauricio
Domogan said. The mayor recalled that in 2014, Baguio was ranked 15th among the
country’s 142 cities. Now, he takes pride that the city has gone up two notches
to No. 13 based on national comparative ratings. He said concerted efforts must
be taken to update and implement income-generating endeavors to improve the
city’s ranking.
Ilocos Norte triples its scholarships
grantees
LAOAG
CITY, Ilocos Norte — To provide quality education for Ilocanos, the provincial
government of
Ilocos
Norte headed by Gov. Imee Marcos gave a total of 1,919 scholarships grants last
year.
In
academic year 2014-2015, there were 459 recipients of the Sirib Academic
Scholarship, according to the Provincial Education Office.
In
the following school year, the number tripled with a total of 1,460 students
benefiting from the Sirib Academic Scholarship, also known as the Sirib
Community Leaders Scholarship.
Scholarship
programs paved the way for training youth leaders, particularly through
involvement in the Sirib Ilokano Kabataan Association (SIKA) that promotes
volunteerism among youth through working together for the development of their
respective communities.
Since
2010, the Ilocos Norte government has shouldered over 39,000 elementary, 16,000
high school, and 3,000 college scholarships.
Widening
opportunities for learning has been an aim of Marcos, reflected in her vision
for Ilocos Norte as a learning hub and learning community, hence the
establishment of the “Heroes Walk” on Ablan Avenue to educate passersby on
Ilocano heroes’ heritage.
Access
to information technology is also a vital part of this goal, and in the past
year alone, 38 i-Hubs have been established and 650 computer units have been
distributed throughout the different cities and municipalities.
Making
education more inclusive is in line with the province’s aim to alleviate
poverty and eliminate unemployment, translating into a higher human development
index and sustainable livelihood for Ilocanos.
These
endeavors propelled the province in attaining the Millennium Development Goals,
a United Nations initiative established in the year 2000.
“We
have done what we set out to do, exceeding poverty, employment, education,
maternal health, and reforestation. From the alarming increase in poverty in
2010, poverty has now fallen to a record of 8.4%,” she said. – Freddie
G. Lazaro
Mountain Province, Benguet barangays forge sisterhood ties
SABANGAN, Mountain Province -- Officials of
barangay Tambingan here recently forged memorandum of agreement of
sisterhood with barangay Betag of La Trinidad, Benguet to foster
understanding, friendship and goodwill.
The
Sangguniang Barangay of Betag headed by Punong Barangay Peter D. Comila and
Tambingan led by PB Cedric Rommel V. Likigan inked the MOA.
Both parties
agreed to nurture and encourage friendship and cooperation between the two
local government units and their constituencies through mutual sharing of the
barangay best practices; provision of technical expertise and assistance in the
area of promotion and development of the eco-tourism industry, including
exchange of culture and education through exchange programs and education
tours.
They also
agreed to enhance trade relations on agricultural products, livestock and
promotion of local handicrafts and strengthen educational and cultural
relations with each party through scholarships, environmental research and
eco-tours. They shall also strive to keep an open communication line for the
possibility of forging joint ventures. -- Juliet B. Saley
Change of name of local hospital in Benguet sought
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The Benguet
Sangguniang Panlalawigan urged the National Historical Commission
of the Philippines to approve renaming of a provincial government
supervised hospital in the province.
The change of
name was sought for Kapangan Medicare Community Hospital” (KMCH) to be
renamed “Kapangan Community Hospital”.
Board Member
Esteban Piok, who authored the measure, said the word “Medicare” is rendered
obsolete, thus the proposed deletion.
The hospital
was called the Kapangan Medicare Community Hospital since Sept. 23, 1982
after the Philippine Medical Care Commission (PMCC) which administered the
former Medicare program. This is now called the Philippine Health Insurance Corp.
The hospital
is under the supervision of the provincial governor pursuant to the Local
Government Code of 1991 which devolved the management of all hospitals except
for some selected medical centers to the provincial local government units. --
Susan Aro
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