Ifugao
receives P9 million from DOLE for projects
LAGAWE, Ifugao— A total of P 9, 139, 955.50
for livelihood projects was awarded to provincial organizations here following flag ceremony of capitol
employees and officials Oct. 10.
The Department of
Labor and Employment headed by regional director Exequiel Ronie Guzman with his
assistant Teodoro Delson with Rep. Teddy Baguilat and acting governor Jose
Jordan Gullitiw led the awarding.
P6, 314, 996 was
awarded to the provincial government as accredited co-partner of DOLE.
This will be implemented
and monitored by the provincial governor’s Office with the Public Employment
Service Office.
The provincial
government had eight approved proposals: Community enterprise
development, carpentry and masonry tools and equipment of Panubtuban Masons and
Carpentry Association; post-harvest facilities of Viewpoint Senior Citizens
Association; swine-raising of Mohicans
Organization; upgrading of farm facilities of Lubu-ong Bimmoble Organization;
water bottling enterprise of Hungduan Bibinnayug Indigenous People’s
Organization; acquisition of mini- organic feed mill facility and mixer for
production of swine poultry and tilapia of Alupapan Farmers Organization; food
processing and production center of Aguinaldo, Mayoyao, Alfonso Lista Women’s
Livelihood Association; and soybean processing of Nahamad Women’s Organization.
While, the
municipality of Alfonso Lista received two checks one of which was under DOLE
integrated livelihood emergency employment program on muscovado processing
worth P551, 259. 50 and under tulong panghanapbuhay para sa ating mga
disadvantaged workers, an emergency employment, a labor counterpart of DOLE in
one of their community projects in the municipality received P 624, 000.
Tthe municipality of
Tinoc had two: Kalanguya Cultural Multipurpose Cooperative Incorporation
amounting P 839, 700 and Tinoc United Gardeners Development Federation receives
P 810, 000.
Regional director
Guzman reminded beneficiaries to take care of the materials and equipment.
He said money given
did not come from DOLE but from the people through taxes and the government was
just returning it through livelihood projects.
He said he hoped this
would help in the betterment of the lives of the Ifugao people most especially
to those who are unemployed.
Baguilat said it was
his vision for Ifugao to strengthen and bring more funds for sustainable
livelihood.
He said he hoped in
2017, there will be more livelihood projects but for now, he added there was an
agreement with Gov. Pedro Mayam-o that they will have a monitoring scheme to
see and ensure the success of these livelihood grants.
Gullitiw thanked the
DOLE and Baguilat for the checks awarded to Ifugao. -- Florida B. Robles
2 dead
in Ilocos trainer plane crash
SANTIAGO, Ilocos Sur --A pilot and his
student died when a trainer plane crashed off the coast of Barangay Sabangan
here Oct. 21.
The bodies of Capt.
John Kaizan Estabillo, 21, and Paula Bianca Flores, 25, were recovered at
around 7:10 a.m. Monday, said Eric Apolonio, Civil Aviation Authority of the
Philippines spokesman.
The light aircraft
with body number RP-C7838 reportedly took off from the Vigan City airport
at 3:24 p.m. It was supposed to arrive at the San Fernando airport in La Union
at 4:24 p.m.
Initial reports said
the plane tripped on the zipline of the Vitalis Resort.
An investigation is
underway.
37
public school-based BHS to BE set In Mt. Province
BONTOC, Mountain Province --Three
government agencies have forged a partnership to establish 37 public
school-based barangay health stations (BHS) in the province to make
quality health care more accessible to the poor and vulnerable population.
Known as Philhealth
TSeKaP (Tamang Serbisyo para sa Kalusugan ng Pamilya) accredited Barangay
Health Stations, this is a partnership among the Department
of Education (DepEd), Dept. of Health (DOH) and the Dept. of Interior and
Local Government.
This will be
established within public elementary schools in barangays without an existing
BHS to ensure that affordable health services are within the reach of every
Filipino especially those poor and vulnerable sectors. This may also serve as a
school clinic.
Under this
partnership, the DepEd provides a lot or portion of the property not being
actively utilized in public elementary schools in barangays without an existing
BHS and other government health service units.
Primo Aligo of the
DepEd-Mountain Province Division Office bared that the DOH has allotted 37
school BHS in the province. Eleven of these are allotted for the
municipality of Bauko, 9 in Paracelis, five in Tadian, two each in Bontoc,
Barlig and Sagada, and one each in Natonin and Sabangan.
Aligo said the BHS is
a pre-fabricated structure worth P1.3million each. -- Juliet B. Saley
OFW
one-stop shop service center to open in Baguio
BAGUIO CITY – The city government and Dept.
of Labor and Employment opened the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) one-stop
shop service center at the executive lounge of the Baguio Convention Center
here yesterday (Oct. 29).
Labor Secretary
Silvestre Bello III and Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan inauguration and formal opening of the center
that will provide OFWs with easier access to the services of different
government agencies in processing documents they need with lesser delays and
inconveniences.
Earlier, President
Rodrigo R. Duterte, in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), directed
to all frontline offices to establish one-stop shop centers to ensure that all
requirements needed by the public are housed in one location for public
convenience.
Secretary Bello
issued a memorandum to all regional directors of the labor department
instructing them to spearhead the establishment of one-stop shop service for
OFWs in the different regions.
Included in the
Baguio OFW one-stop shop service center are representatives from government
agencies like Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Philippine Overseas
Employment Administration (POEA), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA),
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC), Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), Home
Development Mutual Fund, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Social
Security System, Philippine Statistics Authority, Bureau of Immigration,
National Bureau of Investigation, Commission on Higher Education and Tourism
Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority. – Dexter A. See
Ilocos
Norte bags seal of good governance award
LAOAG CITY -- Ilocos Norte is among local
government units (LGUs) to be awarded the Seal of Good Local Governance by the
Department of the Interior and Local Government this year.
The DILG gives the
award to LGUs that meet certain standards, including sound financial administration,
human security, disaster preparedness, business competitiveness and peace and
order. The evaluation period was from March to September.
The award entitles
recipients to access the Performance Challenge Fund, which they can use for
development projects.
Coffee
growers get boost
with
BSU processing center
LA TRINIDAD Benguet -- The Department of
Trade and Industry, in partnership with Benguet State University officially
launched the Coffee Processing and Cupping Laboratory at the BSU Institute of Highland
Farming System and Agro Forestry last July 7, here.
The P4 million Shared
Service Facility (SSF) is set to benefit the over 3,000 Arabica coffee growers
in the province and the rest of Cordillera in terms of post – harvest
processing and value adding that will help in increasing the growers’
productivity and better quality of products that will ensure better income
opportunity.
Present during the
launching of the Coffee Processing and Cupping Laboratory were DTI officials
headed by Undersecretary for Regional Operations Zenaida Maglaya and Cordillera
Regional Director Myrna Pablo and Benguet Provincial Director Freda Gawisan.
They were joined in
the ribbon cutting, blessing and turn – over program by BSU President Feliciano
Calora and Benguet officials headed by Governor Crescencio Pacalso and La
Trinidad Mayor Romeo Salda.
Maglaya, in her
keynote message, outlined the importance of DTI’s partnership with BSU for the
SSF project. Aside from boosting the productivity of Arabica growers in the province,
they can also ensure a certified quality coffee produce and by-products with
the university’s coffee program and research and extension services.
The Coffee Processing
and Cupping Laboratory is the 24th of the 120 SSF projects for Cordillera. -- Carlito
Dar
Tabuk
City to receive mobile dental clinic
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Delivery of dental
services to poor and remote barangays in in this city is expected to be
improved with the turn-over this month of a “mobile dental clinic”
by the Department of Health to the city government.
DOH provincial field
officer Bernadette Andaya said the dental van designed for outreach clinic is
fully equipped including dental chair and generator. The facility is
provided under the DOH’s Pangkalusugang Pangkalahatan Program that aims to
address quality health care to indigent communities in the country.
Tabuk City Mayor
Ferdinand B. Tubban welcomed the DOH project saying this will help the city government’s health program.
Tubban said the city
government will share its counterpart and other necessary support to sustain
the project to answer the dental needs of people in far-flung barangays where
dental care and awareness is still a serious concern.
Trained CHO staff
shall be designated to operate the facility to ensure proper handling and
maintenance, he said. -- Larry T. Lopez
PVET
teaches farmers organic feed formulation
HUNGDUAN, Ifugao --The Provincial Veterinary
Office (PVET) here recently conducted skills training on organic swine and
poultry raising and feed formulation to 83 farmer- recipients of native
pig raising project of provincial government.
The training was to
enable pig raisers gain more profit in their backyard livestock endeavor by
formulating their own organic feeds using ingredients and materials that are
abundant and indigenous in their places rather than relying on commercial feeds
which are very expensive, said PVET training coordinator Ferdinand Dunuan.
By adopting organic
farming that includes feed formulation to reduce feed cost,
they can produce not only animal meat products which are safe and fit for
human consumption but also earn more profit because organically produced farm
products nowadays are in great demand.
Dunuan told participants
pointers on animal husbandry, bio-organic inputs and good agricultural practices.
Gilbert Caclini, also
of PVET, demonstrated preparation of feeds using indigenous materials with
participation of farmers.-- Daniel B. Codamon
Mountain
Province dads enact volunteer nurses ordinance
By
Juliet B. Saley
BONTOC, Mountain Province -- Every year
thousands of nurses graduate and pass the board examination, with great hope
and expectation to land a job locally or abroad but local employment
opportunities are limited and foreign employment requires work experience as a
condition before hiring.
In their desire to
obtain work experience, these nurses agree to work as volunteers in local
hospitals and clinics even without remuneration and continue to be dependent on
their parents or guardians.
With such a situation,
the provincial government stepped in to help these nurses and their parents.
The Sangguniang
Panlalawigan here recently enacted Provincial Ordinance No. 232 known as the
Mountain Province Volunteer Nurses Program Ordinance.
This program aims to
provide an opportunity for new registered nurses to put into practice the
skills and core competence they have learned in school and inculcate care
enhancement qualities including core values for the attainment of quality
health service.
It also seeks to
provide training and equal opportunity without discrimination to all qualified
registered nurses to be of service to the people in the province and create a
pool of good-performing nurses from which the national and local government units
and other agencies (local and foreign) may recruit their staff.
Under this ordinance,
each qualified volunteer nurse shall be entitled to a daily allowance of
P100.00 while on duty-training.
It is also provided
that the amount of not less than P1 million shall be appropriated in the annual
budget for this purpose.
Kalinga
crafts juvenile intervention program
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- This province is
formulating its comprehensive Local Juvenile Intervention Program (CLJIP)
founded on rehabilitation and reintegration of the child in conflict with the
law rather than retribution.
The technical working
group of the provincial council for protection of children (PCPC) composed of
concerned line agencies and provincial local government met recently
to start crafting the three-year plan funded from one percent of the province’s
Internal Revenue Allotment(IRA) and implemented through an enabling ordinance
by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
One input to the
plan is for the Department of Labor and Employment to design a project for
children of Overseas Filipino Workers who according to the Provincial Social
Welfare Development Office are vulnerable of becoming children at risk and in
conflict with the law.
It was also
recommended that youth representative from in-school and out-of-school be
included in the soon to be reconstituted PCPC.
The formulation of
CLJIP was pursuant to Republic Act 9344 or the Juvenile and Welfare
Act of 2006 as amended by RA 10630 or an Act Strengthening the Juvenile Justice
and Welfare System. -- Peter A. Balocnit
DA
distributes P2M vegetable seeds in Abra
BANGUED, Abra -- The Department of
Agriculture through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist dispensed
assorted vegetable seeds amounting to P2 million to all the 27 municipalities
in the province recently.
Seeds distributed
were okra, tomatoes, white cabbage, eggplant, and squash, among others. OIC
Provincial Agriculturist Gilbert Barbero directed municipal agriculture
officers and farmers to plant the seeds immediately.
He said some
municipalities like Boliney, Langiden and Licuan-Baay which did not submit
their calamity report last year, but all municipalities were given their share.
He said it is a need next time they submit their report for them to know how many
seeds to allocate to each one.
He urged farmers to
join in the Philippine Crop Insurance to even out agricultural risks like
consequences of natural disasters. They will be able to get indemnity for the
losses in their crops and farm lands. --
Ginalyn B. Brioso
Ifugao
council commits help against illegal drugs
LAGAWE, Ifugao -- The anti-drug council has
started plans against illegal drug use and trafficking in the province.
Gov. Pedro Mayam-o recently led the members
of the Provincial Anti-drug Abuse Council (PADAC) in signing a covenant to wage
war against prohibited drugs use and trafficking. PADAC consists of heads
of national and provincial and non-government organizations.
The PADAC members
committed to cause the immediate arrest and prosecution of all drug pushers by
reporting their presence to law enforcement authorities or invoke the power of
the citizen’s arrest.
They also pledged to
help in the seizure or confiscation by law enforcement authorities of any
illegal drug paraphernalia as well as personal properties and vehicles being
used in the proliferation of illegal drugs.
Some 250 persons
have voluntarily surrendered to police and local authorities from July 6
– 17 under the intensified anti drug campaign of the Philippine National
Police dubbed “Oplan Tokhang” or ‘Oplan Kulkughummangan’ of the PNP
–Marcelo B. Lihgawon
IFAD
conducts SIS Mission for CHARMP2 in Ifugao
BANAUE, Ifugao -- The International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD) conducted its 7th regular supervision and
implementation support (SIS) mission in the province last July 6-8 for
the Second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resource Management Project (CHARMP2).
The mission recently
assessed progress of project implementationand
preparatory activities for additional funding and resolve constraints.
The IFAD Team was led
by Tawfig El-Zabri with Ed Questalin, an environmentalist and consultant, and
Greg Aris from the NEDA.
They had a meeting
with the Ifugao Project Management Group and other project provincial
stakeholders.
Together with local
counterparts, they visited the project beneficiary towns of Asipulo and Hingyon
and inspected projects like farm-to-market road and reforestation and agro
projects in the areas, had dialogue with the various people’s organizations and
held meetings with the municipal officials and other project stakeholders.
Since 2010, the IFAD
conducted six missions for the CHARMP2 projects. One of the
recommendations of last year’s mission was for the CHARMP2 to be extended for
one year without additional cost to scale up target outcomes.
This was approved and
so the Project completion was extended to December 31, 2016 and closure by June
30, 2017.
Implemented by the
Department of Agriculture, CHARMP 2 aims to reduce poverty and improve quality
of life of indigenous people in upland communities in the Cordillera. -- Daniel
B. Codamon
Sibud-Sibud
Cave in Abra under DENR protection
TINEG, Abra -- The Sibud-Sibud Cave in this
upland town is one of the 39 caves in the Philippines placed under
protection and management of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources recently.
Saturnina Miguel of
the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office said an area receives
protection from DENR for its recognizable beauty and natural and cultural
reserves. This is necessary to preserve the caves so the public
could enjoy them.
Sibud-Sibud Cave is
found along the road of Tineng. An ideal place for nature lovers, it can
be reached after travelling a distance of around 33 km.
It is categorized as
Class III since it is less explored and visited. Accordingly, Class III
caves may also be utilized for economic activities like extraction or
collection of guano or bird’s nest.
The local government
units and residents are looking forward to developing the premises of the
Sibud-Sibud Cave and establishing physical amenities and public utilities
for the comfort of tourists and spelunkers.
Economic activities
are expected to grow like tour guiding and collection of bird’s nest which is
sold to foreigners as souvenir. Guano or bird’s nest is also made as soup and
home remedy for certain illness.
Sibud-Sibud Cave is a
threshold to all other potential natural and wildlife sanctuaries in Abra
deserving protection, stressed Miguel. --Ginalyn B. Brioso
DA
pours P300M to heirloom rice industry
BAGUIO CITY--The Dept. of Agriculture will
pour about P300 million assistance to waning
heirloom rice industry in 2017.
A recent visit
of Agriculture Sec. Manny Pinol resulted to positive developments
and changes the separtment will do in the industry. Among these is the
categorization of the heirloom rice as high value crop.
DA- Cordillera regional
director Lorenzo Caranguian said the assistance will include the rehabilitation
and reconstruction of damaged rice terraces and massive training of farmers
with the aim of adding other sources of income.
Towards this
end, the DA also plans to give two cattle to every farmer to milk for value
adding.
DA also aims to
mechanize some of the indigenous methods of farming employed without necessary
altering the produce.
The assistance is
part of the Government’s goal of rice sufficiency by 2019.
The 2015 Cordillera’s
Economic Performance revealed that among the sectors contributing to economic
growth, Agriculture is the only sector that poised negative growth which
contracted by 4.1 percent.
Caranguian explained
that the loss of 7000 hectares standing crop of rice in Kalinga and climate
change that brought Two Typhoons in the country contributed to the negative
growth.
He added that the
heirloom rice industry which spans 12 hectares in the province of Ifugao is
pulling the region “down in terms of yield”.
The P300M for the
heirloom rice industry, which is on top of the regular DA funding
is seen to make positive growth for the agriculture sector in the region. --
Brenden Kim Quintos
Parenting
style and education are top teenage pregnancy predictors
BAGUIO CITY --Parenting style and level of
education are among top predictors of early childbearing in the Cordillera.
This was revealed in
a Population Commission- funded research conducted by University of the
Philippines Professor Josefina Natividad which was presented during a
dissemination forum held recently here at Prince Plaza Hotel.
The research titled
“Predictors and Timing of Early Childbearing in the Cordillera Administrative
Region” sourced its data from the 2013 Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Study
4 (YAFSS 4). The sample for the study is 262 women aged 20-24.
In the YAFSS 4,
Cordillera had the highest proportion of young women aged 15-19 who had begun
childbearing at 18.4 percent, much higher than the national rate of 13.6%.
Child bearing is defined
as having given birth before reaching the age of 20.
Results of the study
indicate that the proportion that had a birth before 20 is higher among non
Cordillerans, rural resident and young women who were not raised by both
parents compared with their respective counterparts.
By poverty status,
there is no substantial difference between women classified as poor and the
non-poor.
By completed
education, high school undergraduates had the highest proportion with early
childbearing experiences (57 %), followed by those with elementary level
schooling (38%) and high school graduates (30%).The prevalence of early
childbearing is lowest among those with college education at 16 %.
The study suggests
that parenting styles may be protective against the risk of early childbearing,
specifically, if the parents set clear standards for children to follow while
growing up.
“The proportion that
experienced early child bearing increases as the level of clarity of standards
of the parents on the behavior of children decreases.”
On the time of early
childbearing, it showed that the proportion of childbearing before 20 is higher
among non Cordillerans with a sudden increase at age 19 and it is mostly
accounted for by births at ages 18 and 19. However in terms of exposure to the
risk associated with early childbearing, the Cordillera women may be more at
risk because they started childbearing earlier having recorded the youngest to
be 13 years old.
“By marital status,
four in 10 of the currently married 20-24 year olds began childbearing before
the age of 20. Similarly, four in 19 of the currently cohabiting also
experienced early childbearing. A small proportion of four percent of the never
married had experienced early child bearing.”
The study summarized
that among 20-24 year old women in CAR, 25% percent or one in four had a birth
before the age 20 or were teenage mothers. The risk of early childbearing is
not affected by urban-rural residence, poverty status, ethnicity or being
raised by both parents. All are equally at risk. Having a college education
significantly decreases the risk of early childbearing. The timing of early
childbearing shows that most teenage births happen in the late teen years ages
17, 18 and 19.
The research also
recommended that interventions should be age- and gender specific noting that
the reception of 13 years old varies from the reception of 19 years old. --
Brenden Kim Quintos
Employees
in Abra town undergo drug test
DOLORES, Abra -- Government employees from
the local government unit and line agencies in this town underwent drug testing
initiated by Mayor Robert “JR” Seares.
“This is not
voluntary. This is compulsory,” Seares said, adding he can turn Dolores clean
and drug-free by nabbing and turning over all drug personalities to the police.
Nine drug
personalities in Dolores voluntarily surrendered to the police out of 393 in
the whole province this month.
Seares said President
Rodrigo Duterte personally advised him to run after drug personalities when he
attended the president’s inauguration last June 30.
“The president
said I should look after my town and never allow it to cradle narco-politics.
He personally told me to look after the future of the youth because if not
today, then it will probably be too late.”
In line with
Duterte’s strong anti-corruption campaign, Seares vows full support in the
conduct of lifestyle check to all elected and appointed government officials.
“If we want change,
let us be part of that change. If we are not hiding anything, why won’t we
submit to lifestyle checking?”, he said. -- Ginalyn B. Brioso
Ifugao
farmers groups train on livestock raising
ASIPULO, Ifugao -- Members of two farmers
organizations from this town and Hingyon municipality underwent a
training on poultry and swine production and hands-on preparation of fermented
feeds conducted by the Provincial Veterinary Officer (PVET).
The farmers were
given lectures on the health and economic significance of utilizing home-made
or processed fermented feeds for their poultry and livestock industry, good
animal husbandry practices, animal health management and the various animal
diseases such as the New Castle Disease of poultry and fowls.
There was also
hands-on demonstration on how to process their own organic feeds using
raw and indigenous foodstuff that abound in the area.
The 22 members of the
Haliap Farmers Organization of this municipality who attended the training
received 13 piglets as their animal dispersal while the 23 members of the Bitu
Resource Cooperative and Development Association, Inc. given 19 piglets.
PVET training coordinator
Ferdinand Dunuan said that the project was funded by the Department of
Agriculture which is mandated to exclusively promote organic agriculture in the
country pursuant to Republic Act 10068. -- Daniel B. Codamon
Kalinga
DENR hires 194 forest guards
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- The provincial office of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources here recently hired 194 forest guards
under job order to patrol existing forests and reforestation
projects.
Dennis Daligdig,
chief administrative officer, said 169 were hired as “bantay gubat”
and 25 as forest protection officers (14 for Pinukpuk CENRO and 11 for Tabuk
CENRO). They are tasked to protect the forests and reforested areas
especially from man-made hazards.
Meanwhile, Forester
Magdalena Buyugan informed that they are now on the planting stage
of the National Greening Program (NGP) project this year.
The NGP which started
in 2011 is one of the commitments of the Philippine government under the Aquino
administration on the global action to mitigate climate change and global
warming, is now on its fifth year of implementation.
Bayugan admitted
there are some projects under NGP that failed but there are also
model plantations citing Kapanikian and Kalbayan in Pinukpuk; Balong this city;
and Sisim in Rizal.
“Since the community
people are our partner through their membership to people’s organizations, we
appeal for your help in their implementation and protection,” Buyugan
said. She added that contracted POs are continuing the restoration of
some burned areas.
Bayugan said they
have increased their target NGP area in 2017 to 4,644 hectares for planting to
specific species like bamboo, high value crops and fruit trees. She said
they are now on site validation to determine the suitability of these tree
species to the soil. -- Peter A. Balocnit
Benguet
overshoots rabies vaccination target
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- The free massive
anti-rabies vaccination campaign in the province was successfully conducted
even overshooting its target.
An interagency
collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Department of Health,
Department of Education, Department of Interior and Local Government and
municipal local governments, the anti-rabies campaign led by the Office of the
Provincial Veterinarian, started in March as part of Anti-rabies Awareness
Month observance and extended until June.
Provincial
Veterinarian Dr. Miriam Tiongan said they have exceeded the target of the dog
population by 7.34 percent which is above the national target of 70% and the
region’s target of 80%.
Of the total dog
population of 35,069 in the 13 towns of the province, 30,628 dogs were
vaccinated.
The capital town of
La Trinidad had the highest number of dogs vaccinated with 6,479 out of the
7,652 dogs.
Other towns that had
high rate of vaccination are Bakun, Kapangan and Buguias. The
campaign is aimed to eradicate rabies by 2020. Fortunately, no rabid dog case
is recorded this year so far, Tiongan said.
The OPVet is still
doing vaccination but with minimal charge. The Office is also
conducting information education and administering spay and neuter to control
dog population. -- Susan C. Aro
Baguio
posts 82% passing rate in 2016 A&E exam
BAGUIO CITY- - The Department of Education –
Alternative Learning System(ALS) Baguio Division again registered the highest
passing rate in the April 17 Accreditation and Equivalency examination in the
region with an average of 82.78 percent for the elementary and secondary
levels.
ALS Baguio Education
program supervisor Arthur Tiongan said 42 out of their 45 (93.33%) examinees
for the elementary level while 410 out of the 501 takers in the
secondary level passed the exam.
Passers include eight
of nine examinees from the Baguio City Jail.
Ifugao was
second with a passing rate of 62.44% with 11 out of the 24 examinees in
elementary and 732 out of the 1166 in high school passing the exam.
Mountain Province
followed at third with 58.92% passing mark with 13 out 39 in the elem.
level and 357 out of 589 in the high school level making it.
Abra and Benguet
followed closely with 57.58 and 57.16%, respectively, then Apayao at 43.05%,
and Kalinga at 27.25%. The Schools Division of Tabuk City registered
36.49% passing rate.
Overall, there are
130 elementary passers and 5,906 high school level passers in the region.
Tiongan explained
these A & E passers will get their DepEd elementary and high school
diplomas equivalent to those who finished basic education and can enroll in
higher level.
ALS A&E test is a
paper and pencil examination designed to measure the competencies of those who
have neither attended nor finished elementary or secondary education in the
formal school system. Passers are given a DepEd certificate/diploma certifying
their competencies as comparable graduates of the formal school system
“Those who passed the
elementary level can now go to high school, while those who passed the
secondary can either take technical – vocation education or college courses”,
he said. -- Carlito Dar
CCTV
cameras installed in Kalinga’s main road
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- The city-government
had installed closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras along the provincial
road leading to the city proper in a bid to strengthen its anti-criminality and
traffic management efforts.
City Public Order and
Safety Officer (POSO) Dionisio Falgui III informed there are 15 CCTV units
installed at strategic points of the 7-kilometer road to help in the solution
of cases, mostly traffic-related, that usually occur in the area.
The CCTVs are
operational under two centralized monitoring stations at the police provincial
command and city POSO.
Falgui disclosed that
the city government has approved an additional fund for the extension of the
project to cover the entire stretch of the road up to the farthest barangay in
Balong.
He also revealed the
plan to install CCTV cameras near schools.
Police intelligence
reports indicated that drug pushers are targeting schools in their illegal
trade.
Other sites in the
city earlier installed with CCTVs include public markets, landmarks, PNP
compact posts, city hall compound and other crowded areas.
In a related report,
the provincial government recently held the blessing of the four-lane
improvement project of the provincial road.
Funds used for the
project constructed in phases came from the province’s cash incentives on the
Seal of Good Local Governance Award from the Department of Interior and Local
Government for three years. -- Larry T. Lopez
Ifugaos
sustain traditional forest management system
LAGAWE, Ifugao – This age when technology has
invaded all aspects of life, Ifugaos are proud of still practicing the muyong,
the traditional way of preserving the forest.
The “muyong” system
revolves around the concept of protecting the forest as watershed
and preserving its flora and fauna, its wildlife and keeping the ecological
balance.
It is a private or
clan-owned woodlot, which serves as a “forest zone where people can gather
firewood and lumber for their house-building needs through selective
harvesting.
The ‘muyong’ is one
of Ifugao’s living tradition that is passed from generation to generation,” he
said.
The vital water
systems that irrigate the province’s famed rice terraces come from watersheds
and headwaters, which traditionally have been maintained through the muyong
approach.
Local officials said the
muyong system should be replicated in other parts of the country as a solution
to water shortage, floods, landslides that kill thousands of people every year.
-- JDP/JBZ
Tabuk
City shifts to high-tech waste management system
TABUK CITY, Kalinga- - This city is now going
high tech in its waste management system.
The local government
unit has shifted to Technology for Waste Diversion Facility and
installed a granulator “Markell” machine for the processing of bio and non-bio
waste materials at its Dilag open dump site in Sitio Bayabay this city.
Salud Lammawin, City
Environment and Natural Resources Officer, said the machine worth P6.5 million
will reduce the garbage disposed at the site. She said the supplier has already
conducted training on the operation of the diesel fuel-run waste processing
equipment.
Other facilities
currently being constructed in the area are a materials recovery facility (MRF)
and a composting unit amounting to P1 million and P500, 000.00, funded
respectively by the LGU.
The installation of
these facilities is in compliance with the provisions of Republic Act 9003
known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
Lammawin
also bared rehabilitation of dump site is underway with
the city government providing P3 million funding for the first
quarter this year particularly for initial perimeter fencing, leachate
pond, high density polyethylene (HDPE) liner, retaining wall, guard
house, gate, billboard, and gas vent among others. -- Peter A. Balocnit
DOLE
allots P6 million for 16 Kalinga groups
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Sixteen associations
are set to receive financial assistance for livelihood projects
from the Department of Labor and Employment.
Dr. Alexander
Gumabol, DOLE provincial office head here, said they are preparing the checks
worth around P6 million for distribution to livelihood proponents, mostly
farmer groups needing post-harvest facilities.
Organizations to be
given post-harvest facilities are San Isidro Farmers Asso. of Magabbangon
(P352,700.00); Lumawig Clan of Pinukpuk (P481,000); Talac Yellow Corn Upland
Rice of Gogbgog(P350,000); Matagoan Lapata of Tabuk(P350,000); Mengawisan
Association of Masablang(P500,000); Bulitnao Tourism Manggayadan Farmers of
Magnao(P353,000); Purok 3 Matayog Farmers(P200,000); Saltan Organic
Farmers(P50,000); Amlao Farmers(P450,000); Guringad-Tope Clan(P350,000);
Sumadel 1 Livelihood(P420,000), and Pakawit Pumiyaan(P350,000).
Others with different
livelihood are Tuga National High School (P403, 050) for bakery and pastry
making; Tabuk Ornamentals, Landscaping and Nursery Livelihood (P485, 000);
Purok 3 Bulanao Indigent, Tourism, Handicraft Asso. (P383, 000), and Naneng
Rural Improvement Club on red rice processing (P326, 000).
These projects
will have immediate impact on employment of members and additional income
for their families, Gumabol said. -- Peter A. Balocnit
Doc
pushes diabetes prevention among children
BAGUIO CITY -- Diabetes is now a global
concern and intensive education among young ones who are potential victims, is
still best prevention,
Dr. Domingo Solimen
of the Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center (BGHMC) said during the Department of Health media forum
last week.
The World Health
Organization figues said 350 million
people with diabetes around the globe, and disease is the direct cause of
around 1.5 million deaths.
Solimen said
diabetes, a non-communicable disease that is due to high blood sugar level, is
the number one cause of kidney failure.
At BGHMC, 60 percent
of their dialysis patients are due to diabetic complications, he bared.
Diabetes is also
considered risk factor to heart attack, blindness and traumatic amputation.
Diabetic
complications can be fatal but the disease is also highly preventable and
treatable especially if detected early on.
As a preventive
measure, Solimen said their intensive information and education campaign is
focused on orienting elementary pupils of healthy lifestyle given that obesity,
a risk factor for diabetes, is now prevalent among children.
Obesity in the
younger ages is related to the manifestation of diabetes in their adulthood, he
said.
Solimen advised the
general public to maintain a healthy lifestyle and have a balanced diet which
includes avoiding salty foods, too much sweets and frozen foods, as well as
smoking.
He also advised diabetic
family members and those feeling the symptoms (that include frequent urination,
increased thirst and increased hunger) to have their blood sugar checked.
This
year’s World Health Day on April 7 focuses on diabetes with the
theme, “Beat Diabetes” to scale up diabetes prevention, strengthen care and
enhance surveillance. -- Leo and G. Montecastro
Kalinga
barangays, schools set
sites
for pre-fab health stations
TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- Recipient barangays
and schools of pre-fabricated barangay health stations (BHS) in the province
are now busy identifying and preparing the sites.
Dr. Bernadette Andaya
of the Center for Health Development reported that barangay Dangtalan in Pasil was the first
to prepare and concrete the site.
Andaya bared that the
pre-fab BHS is 12x18 feet or 50sq.m. in dimension and worth P240, 000.00.
The pre-fab BHS
project is funded under the Department of Health’s (DOH) Tamang Serbisyo sa
Kalusugan ng Pamilya or TSeKaP .
She said a joint
memorandum of agreement was forged between DOH, the Department of Education and
barangay local government units.
The nationwide
construction of said BHS projects is contracted by a single contractor. An
engineer will be hired per province to supervise project implementation, she
added.
TSeKaP strengthens
health systems; increase the efficiency and effectiveness of delivery of
basic health services and enable a more equitable distribution of national
health programs through the government’s Daang Matuwid Program
In another
development, Andaya announced that DOH Sec. Janette Garin will visit Kalinga in
April to distribute medical equipment packages to rural health units, and
barangay health stations. – Peter Balocnit
NFA-Kalinga
urges bigasan outlets to renew permits
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – The National Food
Authority (NFA) provincial operation center here urged bigasan operators to renew their
permits in order to continuously to provide accessible and cheap rice.
Assistant Provincial Manager Ric Baliang informed their
office is open to renewal of 2016 permits to NFA-bigasan retail outlets and
licenses for grains traders.
NFA is also accepting new applications for its rice retail service
especially in remote areas of the province where there is problem on
accessibility.
There are at least 80
bigasan retailers stationed in various sites in the province selling NFA cheap
quality rice at P27-32/kg, Baliang disclosed.
Baliang cleared there
is no price adjustment in government rice but NFA allows minimal add-on cost to
defray transportation expenses by retailers from far-flung barangays.
Meanwhile, the
provincial NFA warehouse has a current inventory of 23,000 bags of rice, which
according to Baliang is sufficient until the next quarter.
In the last cropping,
NFA procured only 2,000 bags of palay due to the province’s low palay
production arising from the irrigation crisis.
Baliang hopes their procurement operation would be back to
normal with the resumption of regular operation of the National Irrigation
Administration’s service in the province this cropping. -- Larry T. Lopez
DOST provides
baking tools to women’s group
PINUKPUK, Kalinga -- The Department of
Science and Technology (DOST) provincial office here recently provided
bakery equipment to Barangay Dugpa Kalipi (Kalipunan ng Liping Pilipina)
Organization this town for its bakery
project.
The
group aims to produce baked products enriched with vegetables.
Raw
material for the manufacture of baked products is not a problem since local raw
products like malunggay and root crops are found in abundance in the place.
Members of the organization will undergo training on good manufacturing
practices from January 27-28.
Meanwhile, Alfonso Berto, provincial DOST
officer, said they are processing
approval of other proposals under the community-based program on Science and
Technology Enhancement for the Advancement of Municipalities or STEAM. -- Peter
A. Balocnit
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