NLEX
opens new exits for NL-bound motorists
MEYCAUAYAN, Bulacan
--The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Corp. has opened a new exit in Valenzuela
City and two others in Meycauayan for motorists bound to Northern Luzon.
Rodrigo
Franco, NLEX president and chief executive officer, said the new southbound
exit in Barangay Lingunan was opened Tuesday.
“The new
Lingunan exit aims to decongest the Valenzuela interchange, which caters to
approximately 13,000 vehicles coming in and out of the city via NLEX,” said
Franco.
He said
motorists from the north may take the Lingunan exit when going to Valenzuela
City instead of the Paso de Blas and Karuhatan exits.
Two
additional exit ramps – northbound of Barangay Libtong and southbound of
Pandayan – were opened in Meycauayan on June 30.
Franco said
the new exits are expected to ease traffic at the Meycauayan interchange.
“More than
improving traffic flow, these new exits also aim to make commercial activities
in the city more efficient,” he said.
NLEX Corp.
spent P31.5 million for the construction of the new exit ramps.
DepEd
Benguet trains grade 6 teachers on K-12
BAGUIO CITY – The
Dept. of Education’s K to 12 education program for grade six is now being fully
implemented this School Year 2017-2018.
In line
with this, the DepEd Benguet Division
conducted training on K to 12 Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum here at
Brentwood Apartelle recently for teachers teaching grade six on K to 12
curriculum and teaching guides.
The seminar
aimed to aid teachers to appreciate the K to 12 coded curricula and use
curriculum and teaching guides including learning materials correctly and
efficiently and to demonstrate understanding of issues and concerns relative to
content on different instruction.
The 554
teacher-participants were also trained to identify appropriate pedagogies and
to cite concrete measures or interventions to assist all types of students.
-- Mercedes
S. Catacutan
Danglas
drug surrenderees to graduate rehab program
DANGLAS, Abra -- Drug
surrenderees here who who underwent rehabilitation program will soon
be presented to the Municipal Anti-Drug Abuse Council and be recommended
for graduation.
Initiated
by Mayor Denise Florence Bernos-Bragas, a medical doctor, the program involves
medical examination, counseling, information and education and capacity
development.
The
community rehabilitation program is a long process of personal and social
transformation. It covers the holistic life of surrenderees such as spiritual,
psychological, social and even the economic aspect of their life. They also
underwent psychiatric treatment and series of drug tests that include the
follow-up random and confirmatory drug tests to ensure that they are no longer
into illegal drugs and substances. -- PIA Abra
Regulation
on road use by driving schools pushed
BAGUIO CITY – The
local legislature passed on first reading a proposed ordinance regulating the
use of major streets in the Summer Capital by driving schools in giving lessons
and by student drivers in practical driving instructions and lessons including
providing penalties thereof.
Authored by
councilor Michael Lawana, the measure states that all applications to operate a
driving school must comply with the rules, regulations, procedures and standards
for the accreditation requirements of the Land Transportation Office.
The
proposed ordinance prohibits driving schools providing lessons and instructions
and student drivers with student driver’s permit and taking driving lessons and
instructions to pass through and use the city’s major streets for purposes of
practical driving lessons and instructions from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to
Sunday.
It states
that driving school cars shall be painted on both sides with the name of the
driving school, its address and telephone numbers in addition to a caution sign
of the danger of a student driver on the front hood and back compartment cover
of the vehicles. The sign and caution shall not be removable.
“Practical
driving lessons and practices must be conducted in a privately owned race
circuit or test track of the driving school during the prohibited time.
Driving schools and student drivers are prohibited to pass from 6 am to 8
pm in all major streets or thoroughfares in the city of Baguio,” the measure said.
A fine of
P300 will be imposed for the first offense; P500 for the second offense; and
P1,500 for the third offense and the revocation of business permit for the
driving school. The student driver’s license of the student driver shall
also be confiscated immediately upon violation.- Gaby Keith
Natonin
SB renames community hospital
NATONIN, Mountain
Province –The Natonin Community Hospital (NCH) was recently renamed Anastacia
Rafael-Sagel Memorial Hospital in honor of its former mayor who was
instrumental in establishment of the facility.
In
Municipal Ordinance No. 57, S. 2017, members of the Sangguniang Bayan here said
they were unanimous in rendering the late Anastacia Rafael-Sagel, fondly called
Mayor Tasing, a commemorative entity to publicly honor, recognize and deeply
appreciate her instrumentality in the establishment of the NCH 1994 which has
been playing vital role in the lives of every resident of the municipality.
They also
acknowledged that during her term, she became the catalyst for establishment of
facilities in the delivery of services to the people of this municipality up to
present.
The late
Sagel served for two consecutive terms as a municipal mayor of this
municipality from 1992 – 1998.
The
municipal ordinance was further approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
through Resolution No. 2017 – 149.
-- PIA Mt. Province
AFPMBAI
gives ambulance, medical equipment to BFP
BAGUIIO CITY --- The
Bureau of Fire Protection Cordillera under regional director Maria
Sofia B Mendoza expressed gratitude to Armed Forces of the
Philippines Mutual and Benefits Association, Inc. (AFPMBAI) for medical
equipment and emergency service vehicle it donated to the office.
The
donation included one unit of ambulance vehicle with complete
accessories such as Automated External Defibrillator, extrication device,
trauma bag, trauma kit, spine board and one unit of dental chair with complete
accessories .
The
AFPMBAI represented by Brig. Gen Rolando M Aquino (Ret.),
head of Area Branch Operations Division together with the Chief,
BFP Director Bobby V Baruelo formally signed the deed of donations
and led the blessing of the new equipment at BFP National Headquarters last May
15.
PNP
to DepEd, PTA: Provide security, CCTVs in schools
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet
-- The Police Regional Office urged the Dept. of Education to provide security
guards in schools to ensure safety of students and its facilities.
“Bad
elements today do not choose what to rob so there is a need for schools to beef
up their security not only to protect the teachers and students during school
days but also to protect the school properties and facilities with
most schools already equipped with high tech equipment and gadgets,” said
PRO-Cor regional operations division deputy chief Supt. Davy Limmong said.
Limmong
said PRO-Cor recorded last year at nine robbery incidents in
Benguet and one in Apayao where perpetrators took several computer
units and other gadgets being used by teachers and students.
School
officials and the Parents-Teachers Association officers were also encouraged to
coordinate with police officers or station commanders in charge of their
schools regarding security plans and other measures to protect the students,
teachers and the schools.
Limmong
suggested installation of closed circuit television (CCTV)
cameras in school as additional safety mechanism.
Meanwhile,
Limmong assured police presence and visibility in schools and areas of
convergence as classes opened June 5 to ensure safety and security of students
and teachers.
At least
3,000 police officers regionwide with the augmentation of other force
multipliers including barangay peacekeeping teams and tanods were mobilized
during the school opening in the Cordillera.
For safety
tips, Limmong said students should be always careful and to safe keep their
money, gadgets and other valuables. He also urged parents and teachers to
discourage students from brining their prized possessions including their
gadgets and other valuables to school for them not to be victims of criminals.
-- PIA CAR
Entreps
learn through DTI mentoring program
BANGUED, Abra –
Entrepreneurs here are leaning how to become successful with interaction and
learning with fellow business persons under the “Mentor Me” Program of the
Department of Trade and Industry.
DTI
regional director Myrna P. Pablo and mentors launched the program here at
provincial capitol last May 5.
The
program is a long and tedious learning process where entrepreneurs share
success stories and failures to small medium scale entrepreneurs (SMSEs) to
inspire them to persevere in their own business.
This is an
11-module training program where SMSEs learn business operation and management.
Tina
Arestina Morados, owner/manager of Pamora Farm Inc., from Brgy. Garreta,
Pidigan, and one of the mentors, cited need for hardwork and sacrifice in
learning the process of the program. Commitment to share the gains acquired was
alsol cited so everyone in the SMSE group would also benefit.
Some 23 out
of 390 participants committed to participate in the 10-week program. – PIA Abra
Abra
PAC reorganized
BANGUED, Abra -- The
Abra Provincial Police Office (APPO) recently reorganized its
Provincial Advisory Council to improve police services.
Carmelita
Bersalona, chair of the Abra Peace Conveners’ Group, was un-opposed during the
election of the members of council.
The PAC is
established for the purpose of providing support through technical/advisory
assistance to the APPO especially in matters affecting peace and order program
and the international police program dubbed as Patrol Plan 2030 that aims to
improve police services.
It is
composed of representatives from various sectors in the province with working
committees to perform specific tasks on resource generation, health services,
communications and community services. -- PIA Abra
Ifugao
creates team for RH law
LAGAWE, Ifugao - Gov. Pedro Mayam-o recently issued an
executive order creating the Provincial Implementation Team to locally
implement Republic Act 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
Health Act.
The PIT
will be a sub-committee of Ifugao Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
Health Council that will focus on proper implementation of RA 10354 pursuant to
President Duterte’ order on attaining and sustaining zero unmet need for modern
family planning that requires a collective action from all sectors especially
the local government units.
It will be
composed of the Provincial Health Officer as the chairperson with the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan Chairman of the Committee on Health as the vice
chairperson with members from the different national agencies operating in the
province and the offices of the provincial government.
The PIT
will manage dissemination and implementation of all issuances pursuant to the
RH Law at the provincial and municipal levels, coordinate all actions of the
provincial line agencies and provincial government departments who are
implementing the law in the areas of policy development, capacity building,
advocacy, education, information, health services delivery, field operations
and monitoring and evaluation.
President
Rodrigo Duterte earlier Executive Order No. 12 for the strict implementation of
the RH law. It provides for the organization of structures at the local
level for the enforcement of the law that recognize the right of Filipinos to
decide freely and responsibly on their desired number and spacing of their
children within the context of responsible parenthood and informed choice
including the access of the needed reproductive health care information and
services.
Implementation
of this law will enable poor couples to make informed decisions and choices on
their financial and family planning. --
PIA Ifugao
DSWD
releases P18M pension in Kalinga
TABUK CITY, Kalinga –
The Dept. of Social Welfare and Development recently released more than
P18 million in socialized pension to some 12,591 elderly in the province.
Lorna
Lumiwan of DSWD-Kalinga reported the assistance covered the first quarter of
the year with P1,500 per pensioner.
Based on
DSWD-Kalinga distribution report, the top recipients are Tabuk City with P5
million, Pinukpuk with P3.5M and Balbalan with P2M.
DSWD-Kalinga
closely coordinates with the Provincial Federation of Senior Citizens for the
updated master list of members. The sector is included in the priority targets
of the office.
Under
Republic Act 994, the government through DSWD extends monthly socialized
pension of P500 to senior citizens, who have no other financial support. It is
released per quarter.
In related
report, some municipalities in the province extend additional benefits to the
sector that include livelihood assistance and mortuary cash aid.
In Tabuk
City, the city government provides mortuary benefits of P5,000 to qualified
members of the City Senior Citizen Federation and P2,000 to non-federation
members. -- PIA Kalinga
Kalinga
4Ps get rice aid
TABUK CITY, Kalinga –
More than11, 000 Pantawid Pamilya program beneficiaries in the province started
receiving rice subsidy from the program.
Under the
Duterte Administration, Pantawid beneficiaries are extended additional P600
monthly rice aid.
Lorna
Lumiwan, 4Ps Provincial Link, disclosed the Dept. of Social Welfare and
Development released the rice assistance for January because the period was
covered under the “suspension of evaluation on compliance” due to super typhoon
‘Lawin’.
But
starting February until end of the year, release of rice aid will be back as
compliance-based, Lumiwan said.
Under the
4Ps program, indigent beneficiaries receive monthly cash benefits provided they
comply with conditions set on health, education and attendance to family
development sessions.
Pantawid
families are required to have regular health monitoring at rural health units,
qualified children should be in school and undergo regular family development
sessions. -- PIA Kalinga
Kalinga
farmers learn ratooning technology
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga
-- The Provincial Agriculturist Office
educates farmers on the ratooning technology to increase rice production.
Joe
Casibang, Kalinga rice program coordinator, said ratooning could add at least
40 percent of the average yield per hectare to farmers.
Under the
technology, farmers are taught to apply some interventions to palay plants left
out during harvest and could still get additional yield. Farmers just apply
additional two bags of urea per hectare compared to the usual 8-10 bags of
fertilizer per hectare in the regular cropping.
Casibang
said the ratooning period runs for about 60 days, which is actually the regular
cropping interval, before the ratooned palay is ready for harvest.
The
technology is applicable to both hybrid and inbred rice. Rice farmers get an
average of 120 bags of palay per hectare.
A
50-hectare demo-farm is being used for the technology in this City, the
province's major rice producing area. --
PIA Kalinga
DSWD
sets 30,000 family food packs for rainy months
BAGUIO CITY – Dept. of
Social Welfare and Development in the Cordillera Administrative Region has set
family food packs for disaster augmentation this rainy season particularly
for landslide-prone areas in the region.
DSWD-CAR
regional director Janet Armas said 30,000 food packs have already been brought
to provinces for distribution in case of disasters.
She said
6,200 food packs are in Mountain Province; 5,000 in Ifugao; 2,642 in Abra;
1,500 in Apayao; and 15,601 at their warehouse in Puguis, La Trinidad town in
Benguet.
A food pack
contains 6 kilograms of rice, half dozen 3-in-1 instant coffee, 8 canned goods,
brown rice bar (energy bar) and infant dry-cereals.
Armas said
the goods will augment food supplies in cases of disasters in Cordillera as
landslides frequently occur due to the terrain.
DSWD-CAR,
she said, spent about P13 million for the family packs. About P21 million was
also spent for non-food items like blankets and tents.
Cordillera
the past days has been experiencing strong rains and thunderstorms brought by
the southwest monsoon. A number of roads were closed to vehicular traffic due
to landslides. -- PNA
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 the 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
lectured to participants on animal husbandry, issues on bio-organic inputs and
good agricultural practices.
Gilbert
Caclini, also of PVET, demonstrated the preparation of the feeds using the
indigenous materials with the hands on participation of the farmers so
that they can learn and experience on the spot organic feed formulation.
The
ingredients and materials used during the actual preparation of 50
kilograms (kgs) of organic feed include 20 kilos rice bran, 5 corn grits, 5
corn bran, 3 chopped banana stalk, 3 chopped camote trunk and leaves, 3 ofipil
leaves, 10 ofazola, a kilo of brown sugar, another kilo of indigenous
micro-organism (for fermentation) and two liters of rice wash.
The farmers
said were happy with what they learned and promised that they will immediately
start preparing their own feed supply. -- Daniel B. Codamon
DOST
upgrades baking skills of Ifugao small entrepreneurs
LAMUT, Ifugao -- The
Department of Science and Technology trained 30 young and old small
entrepreneurs of the province to upgrade their skills and knowledge in making
bakery products.
The DOST
tapped expert chefs and bakers from the ACHIEVERS Food and Bakery Ingredients
Corporation based in Quezon City as resource persons. The company offers wide
range of locally manufactured and selected imported quality food ingredients to
produce a wide variety of breads, cakes, pastries, dimsum and other
confectionaries and also supply bakery equipment and tools.
Provincial
Science and Technology Director Genna Jallorina said that the training
under the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Project or SETUP aims to
enable the bakery operators in the province improve the quality and quantity of
their bakery products by learning and using new and better ingredients,
technology, equipment and facilities thereby making their business more
profitable and competitive.
Among the
equipment introduced and demonstrated hands-on by the chefs and bakers from the
ACHIEVERS Corporation to the trainees are the deck ovens, cake mixers, rack
ovens, spiral mixers, chillers, proofers, dough machines, roasters, fondue
machines, ice machines, bread slicer, bread racks and other machine products.
The
participants learned proper processing and cooking of bakery foods like pastel
rolls, pandesal with malunggay leaves, donut variety, hopia, chiffon cake and
choco chiffon cake. -- PIA Ifugao
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