Vol 5 Issue 14 Published by: PIA 6, 7 & 8 April 6 - 12, 2015 WESTERN VISAYAS In this Issue In this Issue In this Issue NegOr Stakeholders to craft food network Roxas inspects RAY projects in Leyte and Samar More on Region 8, pages 6-7. Also CLICK Here... Greening program monitored thru geo-tagging Leonard T. Pineda I ILOILO CITY, April 8 (PIA6) --- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 said they are rigidly implementing the technology of geo-tagging to monitor the areas utilized for the government‟s flagship reforestation program. DENR-6 National Greening Program (NGP) Coordinator Dr. Alicia Lustica said that they are focused on site certification of the plantation areas covered for the NGP from 2011-2014. “Geo-tagging would ensure that the areas utilized for the NGP still exist and it would help in monitoring seedling growth and mortalities for replacement with new seedlings in NGP sites,” she said. Geo-tagging is the process of attaching coordinates and other location-specific information to pictures and videos, usually with a handheld device such as a camera or mobile phone that is enabled with global positioning system or GPS. The data usually consist of latitude and longitude coordinates, though they can also include altitude, bearing, distance, accuracy data, and place names. Meanwhile, DENR-6 said that the region‟s NGP target for this year is to cover 10,966 hectares with forest and fruit tree species. In 2014, the agency was able to plant forest and fruit trees species and mangroves in 12,108 hectares in Western Visayas which exceeded the target of 12,105 hectares. (JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo) Roi Anthoni B. Lomotan DUMAGUETE CITY, April 7 (PIA) -- Representatives from local government units, national government agencies, academe and the private sector in Negros Oriental have initially agreed to formulate a provincial food safety and nutrition network to intensify the advocacy on food safety and nutrition in the province. This was the result of the first consultative meeting on the formation of the provincial food and safety network held recently at the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) office in Dumaguete City. The formation of the network will create an avenue for information sharing and easy access expertise among stakeholders to address food safety and nutrition issues as well as to improve the quality of food products in those aspects. DOST-Negros Oriental provincial director Engr. Gilbert Arbon said they wanted to know from the stakeholders if it is necessary to establish a food safety and nutrition network as a response to malnutrition problems in the province. He also noted that there was a Metro Dumaguete Food Safety and Nutrition Network started by microbiology and food safety expert Dr. Manuel Garcia before but the group became inactive and eventually got dissolved. DOST was a member of the food safety network. There are plans to revive the network now that will also include other cities and municipalities in Negros Oriental. “The purpose of the network is basically to service and enabling mechanism for the community, family, individual, firm who are in need of information and guidance with regards to food safety and nutrition issues,” Arbon added. As of now, a technical working group was formed which will be responsible for the crafting of the network‟s mission and vision as well as the body‟s specific functions and tasks. There is also a move to create a Facebook group for the food safety and security network so that those who have participated in the consultative meeting can start the exchange of information. The participants of the meeting are representatives of LGUs and top schools in the province, Department of Agriculture, DOST, Department of Trade and Industry, PIA, Department of Health-Food and Drugs Authority, Department of Education-Division of Negros Oriental, ICT-Dumaguete and Sans Rival cakes and pastries. (mbcn/ ral/PIA7-NegOr) More on Region 7, pages 4-5. Also CLICK Here… More on Region 6, pages 2-3. Also CLICK Here… EASTERN VISAYAS CENTRAL VISAYAS CONSUELO B. ALARCON TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 9 (PIA) – Secretary Mar Roxas of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) visited Samar and Leyte Wednesday to assess the on-going rehabilitation efforts of the government in areas affected by typhoon Yolanda. Roxas conducted a site visit of the newly rehabilitated civic center of the municipality of Sta. Rita, Western Samar and attended the inauguration of the town‟s Police Station. He also met Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan, Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla and some mayors in Samar whose areas have availed of the projects undertaken by the Recovery Assistance on Yolanda (RAY 1). Afterwards, Roxas went to Ormoc City where he attended the inauguration of P51-million Ormoc City Superdome which is 90% constructed and the P40-million Ormoc City public market. There, he also met with the beneficiaries of the RAY 2 projects in Leyte and Biliran provinces. Afterwards, he went to Palo where he inspected the town‟s newly rehabilitated multi-purpose center/ civic center and met the local officials led by Gov. Petilla. Secretary Roxas revealed that sixty percent of the projects in Eastern Visayas which are funded by the Recovery Assistance on Yolanda (RAY) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) are fully completed. “Another 15% of the projects will be completed in the next two months and another 25% will be completed in the following three months,” Roxas added. These include rehabilitation of municipal halls, multi-purpose halls, civic centers, public markets and other public facilities. With this development, Roxas expects that by the second half of this year, 80 to 90% of the infra projects will be completed. Some 65 municipalities and cities have availed of RAY 1 project of the national government. (aen/cba/PIA-8) With the light from their blinkers, the raw power of their legs and the determination to spread awareness to help the earth by making a statement against fossil fuel, Bol-anon Cyclist: a closed group of bike enthusiasts pedaled through city streets to impress the advocacy for thye environment during the Earth Hour. (Christophe JC H Lamotte/ PIABohol) Eighty-five recruitment agencies and companies, some of them coming from as far as Cebu, Manila and Batangas join the ongoing PESO Job Fair at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol as part of this year‟s Semana Sang Iloilo celebration. (PIA6/Iloilo) DOE Visayas Director Antonio Labios briefs members of Samar-Eastern Samar Press Club on EPIRA. (Medora Nbq/PIA 8) DILG Secretary Mar Roxas (second from left) lead the ribbon cutting during the inauguration (April 8) of the Ormoc Super Dome, a RAY project (Recovery Assistance for Yolanda) of the national government. With him are: (l-r) Ormoc City Mayor Edward Codilla, Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla, and DIGL-8 director Pedro A. Noval. (Gina P. Gerez/PMRC-Leyte)
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Vol 5 Issue 14 Published by: PIA 6, 7 & 8 April 6 - 12, 2015
WESTERN VISAYAS
In this IssueIn this IssueIn this Issue NegOr Stakeholders to craft food network
Roxas inspects RAY projects in Leyte and Samar
More on Region 8, pages 6-7.
Also CLICK Here...
Greening program monitored thru geo-tagging
Leonard T. Pineda I
ILOILO CITY, April 8 (PIA6) --- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 said they are rigidly implementing the technology of geo-tagging to monitor the areas utilized for the government‟s flagship
reforestation program. DENR-6 National Greening Program (NGP)
Coordinator Dr. Alicia Lustica said that they are focused on site certification of the plantation areas covered for the
NGP from 2011-2014. “Geo-tagging would ensure that the areas utilized for
the NGP still exist and it would help in monitoring
seedling growth and mortalities for replacement with new seedlings in NGP sites,” she said.
Geo-tagging is the process of attaching coordinates
and other location-specific information to pictures and
videos, usually with a handheld device such as a camera or mobile phone that is enabled with global positioning system or GPS.
The data usually consist of latitude and
longitude coordinates, though they can also include altitude, bearing, distance, accuracy data, and place names.
Meanwhile, DENR-6 said that the region‟s NGP
target for this year is to cover 10,966 hectares with forest and fruit tree species.
In 2014, the agency was able to plant forest and fruit
trees species and mangroves in 12,108 hectares in Western Visayas which exceeded the target of 12,105 hectares. (JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo)
Roi Anthoni B. Lomotan
DUMAGUETE CITY, April 7 (PIA) -- Representatives from local government units, national government agencies, academe and the private sector in Negros Oriental have initially agreed to formulate a
provincial food safety and nutrition network to intensify the advocacy on food safety and nutrition in the province.
This was the result of the first consultative meeting on the formation of the provincial food and safety network
held recently at the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) office in Dumaguete City.
The formation of the network will create an
avenue for information sharing and easy access expertise among stakeholders to address food safety and nutrition issues as well as to improve the quality of food products in those aspects.
DOST-Negros Oriental provincial director Engr. Gilbert Arbon said they wanted to know from the stakeholders if it is necessary to establish a food safety and
nutrition network as a response to malnutrition problems in the province.
He also noted that there was a Metro Dumaguete Food Safety and Nutrition Network started by
microbiology and food safety expert Dr. Manuel Garcia before but the group became inactive and eventually got
dissolved. DOST was a member of the food safety
network. There are plans to revive the network now that will
also include other cities and municipalities in Negros Oriental.
“The purpose of the network is basically to service and enabling mechanism for the community, family, individual, firm who are in need of information and guidance with regards to food safety and nutrition issues,”
Arbon added. As of now, a technical working group was formed
which will be responsible for the crafting of the network‟s
mission and vision as well as the body‟s specific functions and tasks.
There is also a move to create a Facebook group for the food safety and security network so that those who
have participated in the consultative meeting can start the exchange of information.
The participants of the meeting are representatives
of LGUs and top schools in the province, Department of Agriculture, DOST, Department of Trade and Industry, PIA, Department of Health-Food and Drugs Authority, Department of Education-Division of Negros Oriental,
ICT-Dumaguete and Sans Rival cakes and pastries. (mbcn/ral/PIA7-NegOr)
More on Region 7, pages 4-5.
Also CLICK Here…
More on Region 6, pages 2-3.
Also CLICK Here…
EASTERN VISAYAS
CENTRAL VISAYAS
CONSUELO B. ALARCON
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 9 (PIA) – Secretary Mar Roxas of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) visited Samar and Leyte Wednesday to assess the on-going rehabilitation efforts of the
government in areas affected by typhoon Yolanda. Roxas conducted a site visit of the newly
rehabilitated civic center of the municipality of Sta. Rita, Western Samar and attended the inauguration of the
town‟s Police Station. He also met Samar Governor Sharee Ann Tan, Leyte
Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla and some mayors
in Samar whose areas have availed of the projects undertaken by the Recovery Assistance on Yolanda (RAY 1). Afterwards, Roxas went to Ormoc City where he attended the inauguration of P51-million Ormoc City
Superdome which is 90% constructed and the P40-million Ormoc City public market. There, he also met with the beneficiaries of the RAY 2 projects in Leyte and Biliran
provinces. Afterwards, he went to Palo where he inspected the town‟s newly rehabilitated multi-purpose center/ civic center and met the local officials led by Gov. Petilla.
Secretary Roxas revealed that sixty percent of the projects in Eastern Visayas which are funded by the Recovery Assistance on Yolanda (RAY) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) are
fully completed. “Another 15% of the projects will be
completed in the next two months and another 25% will be completed in the following three months,” Roxas added.
These include rehabilitation of municipal halls,
multi-purpose halls, civic centers, public markets and other public facilities.
With this development, Roxas expects that by the second half of this year, 80 to 90% of the infra projects
will be completed. Some 65 municipalities and cities have availed of
RAY 1 project of the national government. (aen/cba/PIA-8)
With the light from their blinkers, the raw
power of their legs and the determination to
spread awareness to help the earth by making
a statement against fossil fuel, Bol-anon
Cyclist: a closed group of bike enthusiasts
pedaled through city streets to impress the
advocacy for thye environment during the
Earth Hour. (Christophe JC H Lamotte/
PIABohol)
Eighty-five recruitment agencies and
companies, some of them coming from as far
as Cebu, Manila and Batangas join the ongoing
PESO Job Fair at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol as
part of this year‟s Semana Sang Iloilo
celebration. (PIA6/Iloilo)
DOE Visayas Director Antonio Labios briefs
members of Samar-Eastern Samar Press Club
on EPIRA. (Medora Nbq/PIA 8)
DILG Secretary Mar Roxas (second from left) lead the ribbon
cutting during the inauguration (April 8) of the Ormoc Super Dome,
a RAY project (Recovery Assistance for Yolanda) of the national
government. With him are: (l-r) Ormoc City Mayor Edward Codilla,
Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico L. Petilla, and DIGL-8 director
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, April 6 (PIA) – The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of
Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) under the National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP) funds of the
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will be implemented in 2,176 sub-projects in Eastern Visayas this
year.
I n a statement, DSWD-8 Regional
Director Nestor Ramos said, a total of
P2.3 billion budget will be disbursed in
the first year of operation of NCDDP in six
provinces in the region.
“Almost all NCDDP projects will focus on
rehabilitation especially in the municipalities
badly hit by Yolanda in 2013,” Ramos said.
“Kalahi-CIDDS is not just about building
infrastructure but also rebuilding the
communities to become more resilient and
empowered citizens,” Ramos added.
Some approved sub-projects for this year
include improvement of school buildings,
rehabilitation of bridges,roads and construction
of barangay evacuation centers.
The National Community-Driven
Development Program is an expansion of the
Community-Driven Development approach
which proved to be effective since
Kalahi-CIDDS project was implemented 12
years ago.
In Eastern Visayas, 617,131 households
across 136 municipalities will benefit the
program where 239,328 families are Pantawid
Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries. (cba/
DSWD8/PIA8)
CONSUELO B. ALARCON
Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko extends free health services in Caibiran
T his was learned from Noel Plaza,
Chapter Head of Brotherhood o
Ch r i s t i an Bu s i ne s smen and
Professionals (BCBP), Naval Chapter.
He said that a medical team composed of
45 health professionals and 45 volunteers and
staff from Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko targeted to
serve more or less 900 clients for the actual
free health services. There are 150 clients for
the surgical service in which 130 of it are
intended for circumcision and some 50 clients
for the excision of cysts; 150 clients for the
dental service; 350 clients for the optical
service with accompanying distribution of free
eyeglasses; and blood diagnostics with 200
clients to include blood typing, random blood
sugar testing and hematocrit determination.
Interested residents in Caibiran and its
neighboring areas are advised to register with
the local health workers of the town and their
respective barangays who will distribute
pre-listing tickets that will be presented during
the scheduled date of the health services.
The clients who were already given the
pre-listing tickets for the free health services
are also advised to report earlier than the
scheduled time of start of the health services
which is set at 8:00 o‟clock in the morning at
the Caibiran Auditorium.
The identified clients who were given the
pre-listing tickets are further advised to strictly
observe the following schedules since clients
will be served on a first-come, first-serve basis
like the giving of priority numbers at 7:30 to
11:00 in the morning; registration time at 7:40
to 11:30 in the morning only; actual health
services at 8:00 to 12 noon and from 1:00 to
3:00 in the afternoon. The free health services
is in close coordination with the BCBP–Naval
chapter which also tapped the voluntary
services of the Biliran Medical Society, Biliran
Dental Society and other group of health
professionals in the province of Biliran.
BCBP-Naval recognizes the big role and
contribution of the local government unit of
Caibiran led by Mayor Eulalio Maderazo and
the personnel of the rural health unit of the
municipality for the successful holding of the
upcoming first Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko free health
services in Biliran province. (aen/fj/rvictoria/
PIA 8 Biliran)
NAVAL, Biliran, April 9 (PIA) – The Kapwa Ko, Mahal Ko Foundation Incorporated-Cebu will extend free surgical, dental and
optical services to identified indigent residents in Caibiran town and its neighboring areas on April 18 (Saturday).
RODRIGO S. VICTORIA
LGU-Naval extends new assistance to farmers
NAVAL, Biliran, April 9 (PIA) – With the ultimate goal of augmenting the income and uplifting the economic status of fish and
agri farmers in the municipality of Naval, its local government unit (LGU) urged them to use new farm equipment and
implements at a much lesser cost.
N aval Municipal Agriculture Officer
Nascencia Abad, disclosed in a
recent interview that the LGU now
owns one unit four-wheel tractor which is
capable of plowing and harrowing plantation
areas and paddies in a shorter period of
time and lesser cost as compared to manual
farming.
It is capable of plowing and harrowing two
hectares of farmland in a day.
The equipment is rented out at P500 a
day exclusive of gasoline and meals however
for the tractor operator.
Aside from the four-wheel tractor, there
is also one unit cultivator which is capable of
making plots ready for planting in small planting
areas and one unit corn sheller, which could
be accessed by the farmer here, the report
added.
The farmers' equipment were given by the
Department of Agriculture (DA) through
Secretary Proceso Alcala in his recent visit to
Naval last October as an aid to farmers who
were victims of typhoon Yolanda, Abad
informed.
She added that another two units of
portable corn mills were donated to the LGU
by the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) for farmer-victim of
typhoon Yolanda.
The portable corn mill can be transported
to areas in that are in need of the mill such
that corn farmers need not go to far-flung
areas such as Kawayan, Cabucgayan, and the
main land of Leyte fac ing B i l iran
province where corn mills are available.
Milling charge is also much lesser at P3/
kilo than other commercial millers at P10/kilo.
Naval LGU imposes reasonable charges
for the maintenance of the said farm
implements and ensures that all farmer-victims
can avail of its services.
Aside from the cost-efficient farm
implements and equipment, LGU-Naval is also
pushing for organic farming, by availing the
carbonized rice hull, vermicast, and foliar
fertilizer that are on sale at LGU-Naval, Abad
said. (aen/fj/mlt/PIA8 Biliran)
MARY LAILANI TUPAZ
Mt. Samat National Shrine Mt. Samat National Shrine
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