The provincial government of Ilocos Sur launched “Intayon 2018” in kicking-off its preparation for the grand celebration of the bicentennial foundation anniversary of the province next year.
“Intayon 2018,” which in Ilokano means “Let’s go back home,” aims to reach residents of Ilocos Sur who are now abroad to come back home and participate in the observance of the 200th year anniversary of the province on February 2, 2018.
It was on February 2, 1818, when a Spanish royal decree was issued declaring the separation of Ilocos Norte from Ilocos Sur.
“Like the branches of a tree, our lives may grow in different directions yet our roots remain as one. Call it a clan, a tribe, a family, whoever you are, you still need to look back where you came from,” said Governor Ryan Luis Singson, as he invited those who are now abroad to join him for the 200th year anniversary of the province.
Even this early, the provincial government is preparing for the grand celebration of the foundation day of Ilocos Sur . The event’s highlight is the Grand Global reunion on February 2, 2018, but the whole stretch of the activity is in time with the “Kannawidan” celebration to showcase the beauty and rich culture of Ilocos Sur. # Source - Manila Bulletin
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
KANNAWIDAN BICENTENNIAL YLOCOS FESTIVAL, MAANG-ANGAY
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Makipartisipar ti Gobierno Lokal ken ti ili a Cabugao, Ilocos Sur iti pannakaangay ti Kannawidan Bicentennial Ylocos Festival a nangrugi idi Enero 26, 2018 ken agpatingga inton Pebrero 11, 2018.
Maangay ti nadakamat a Festival iti Tamag Grounds, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur kadagiti nadakamat a petsa ket naimbitaran ti amin nga LGUs ken Siudad ti Probinsia ti Ilocos Sur a makipartisipar babaen iti awis ni Governor Ryan Luis V. Singson.
Sakbayna, inggannuat ti DA-LGU Cabugao nga idauluan ni Municipal Agriculturist Robert S. Savella iti pannakapataud/nagurnong kadagiti kangrunaan a maisagana a produkto-agrikultura ti ili a maisalip iti Agri Pinaka Contest ken ti Livestock Pinaka Contest inton Pebrero 1, 2018.
Ti Kannawidan/Bicentennial Ylocos Festival ket dar-ayan dagiti Government Employees, Opisiales ti Gobierno, Private Groups ken Residente. # (Web In-Action)
Maangay ti nadakamat a Festival iti Tamag Grounds, Vigan City, Ilocos Sur kadagiti nadakamat a petsa ket naimbitaran ti amin nga LGUs ken Siudad ti Probinsia ti Ilocos Sur a makipartisipar babaen iti awis ni Governor Ryan Luis V. Singson.
Sakbayna, inggannuat ti DA-LGU Cabugao nga idauluan ni Municipal Agriculturist Robert S. Savella iti pannakapataud/nagurnong kadagiti kangrunaan a maisagana a produkto-agrikultura ti ili a maisalip iti Agri Pinaka Contest ken ti Livestock Pinaka Contest inton Pebrero 1, 2018.
Ti Kannawidan/Bicentennial Ylocos Festival ket dar-ayan dagiti Government Employees, Opisiales ti Gobierno, Private Groups ken Residente. # (Web In-Action)
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
TRAINING-WORKSHOP TI CITIZEN’S CHARTER KEN RE-ORIENTATION TI GAD, NAANGAY
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Naangay ti 1-Day Training-Workshop ti Streamlining and Updating of Citizen’s Charter ken Re-orientation ti Gender and Development (GAD) Program idi Enero 26, 2018 iti SB-ABC Hall, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur a nagpartisiparan dagiti Department Heads ken Section Chiefs ti LGU-Cabugao.
Nagpaay ni Miss Teresita “Mimie” S. Sison, HRM Officer a Facilitator.
Kalpasan ti Opening Prayer, impaay ni MPDC/Concurrent Municipal Budget Officer Florante S. Jara ti Rationale ti Program.
Naglektiur ni Ms. Constancia “Connie” Lazo Quinola, MLGOO VI ken agdama nga MLG Officer ti ili a Cabugao iti maipapan iti Re-orientation on Gender and Development.
Naaramid ti Presentation of Programs, Action Plans, Flowchart of Services (Existing and Updated) by Department and Offices.
Buklen dagiti Departamento a nagpartisipar ket iti Treasury; Market and Waterworks Operations Office; Accounting; Assessor’s; Social Welfare; Civil Registration; MPDO; Engineering; Health; Office of the Mayor a pakairamanan ti Section ti Information and Tourism, LDRRMO, General Services ken ti HRM.
Kangrunaan pay a panggep ti panagsanay ket iti pannaka-update ken review iti Citizen’s Charter ken iti re-orientation ti Gender and Development Awareness.
Daytoy a panagtataripnong dagiti nadakamat a nagsanay ket naibasar iti Inter-Office Memorandum 2018-01 ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang a naipaulog idi Enero 17, 2018. # (Web In-Action)
Nagpaay ni Miss Teresita “Mimie” S. Sison, HRM Officer a Facilitator.
Kalpasan ti Opening Prayer, impaay ni MPDC/Concurrent Municipal Budget Officer Florante S. Jara ti Rationale ti Program.
Naglektiur ni Ms. Constancia “Connie” Lazo Quinola, MLGOO VI ken agdama nga MLG Officer ti ili a Cabugao iti maipapan iti Re-orientation on Gender and Development.
Naaramid ti Presentation of Programs, Action Plans, Flowchart of Services (Existing and Updated) by Department and Offices.
Buklen dagiti Departamento a nagpartisipar ket iti Treasury; Market and Waterworks Operations Office; Accounting; Assessor’s; Social Welfare; Civil Registration; MPDO; Engineering; Health; Office of the Mayor a pakairamanan ti Section ti Information and Tourism, LDRRMO, General Services ken ti HRM.
Kangrunaan pay a panggep ti panagsanay ket iti pannaka-update ken review iti Citizen’s Charter ken iti re-orientation ti Gender and Development Awareness.
Daytoy a panagtataripnong dagiti nadakamat a nagsanay ket naibasar iti Inter-Office Memorandum 2018-01 ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang a naipaulog idi Enero 17, 2018. # (Web In-Action)
DEPED ADOPTS PHILIPPINE PROFESSIONAL STANDARD FOR TEACHERS TO FURTHER IMPROVE EDUCATORS’ QUALIFICATION SKILLS
Recognizing the importance of professionalizing standards for teachers and for their continuous development, the Department of Education (DepEd), through the Teacher Education Council (TEC), adopted the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST).
In DepEd Order No. 42, series 2017 or the National Adoption and Implementation of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones stated that the new set of standards for teachers is propelled by the introduction of national and international frameworks, such as the K to 12 program and ASEAN integration.
The PPST outlines the required skills and competencies of quality teachers, enabling them to cope with the emerging global frameworks.
The PPST basically aims to: 1) set the clear expectations of teachers along well-defined career stages of professional development from beginning to distinguished practice; 2) engage teachers to actively embrace a continuing effort in attaining proficiency; and 3) apply a uniform measure to assess teacher performance, identify needs, and provide support for professional development.
Briones pointed out that the PPST will be the basis for all learning and development programs for teachers to ensure that they are properly equipped to effectively implement the K to 12.
Teacher quality for the 21st century
The PPST targets to produce better teachers in the country by improving their qualifications skills and by increasing their levels of knowledge, practice and professional engagement.
The six modules of the PPST are the following: 1) The Department of Education; 2) The Filipino Teacher; 3) The K to 12 curriculum; 4) The Teaching Process; 5) the Learning Process; and 6) The School and Community Linkages. These are all anchored on the seven domains that quality teachers should exhibit including: 1) Content Knowledge and Pedagogy; 2) Learning Environment; 3) Diversity of learners; 4) Curriculum and Planning; 5) Assessment and Reporting; 6) Community Linkages and Professional Engagement; and 7) Personal Growth and Professional Development.
Career stages
Anchored on the principle of lifelong learning, the set of professional standards for teachers articulates their developmental progression.
Career Stage 1 or Beginning Teachers have gained the qualifications for entry into teaching position; Career Stage 2 or Proficient Teachers are professionally independent in the application of skills vital to the teaching and learning process; Career Stage 3 or Highly Proficient Teachers consistently display a high level of performance in their teaching practice; and Career Stage 4 or Distinguished Teachers exhibit the highest standard of teaching practice in accordance to global best practice.
The regional offices are set to orient their respective schools divisions on the PPST, including the monitoring and evaluation of its implementation. The school divisions will cascade it to schools districts and schools.
2017 PPST activities
DepEd, through the Teacher Education Council (TEC) headed by Director Runvi Manguerra, has initiated the PPST workshops on Module Development, Enhancement and Validation attended by curriculum specialists, school heads, and other stakeholders. A workshop on the Development of Implementing Guidelines for PPST was also conducted in coordination with the Research Center for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), and attended by DepEd Regional Directors and officers of Basic Education Sector Transformation (BEST) program.
TEC also spearheaded the PPST National Roll-Out, as well as the Teacher Induction Program (TIP) National Orientation of Trainers in three clusters – Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, which was participated by DepEd Directors, Schools Division Superintendents, chiefs, district supervisors, principals, education program specialists, master teachers, and RCTQ officials. This was followed by TIP module review workshops and module pre-finalization workshops.
The concept of the PPST was first introduced during the First National Assembly of Education Leaders held at PICC, Pasay City, and attended by 3,800 education managers nationwide. It was formally launched during the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) celebration held in Legazpi City that was attended by 6,000 teachers across the country. # Source – www.dilg.gov.ph
In DepEd Order No. 42, series 2017 or the National Adoption and Implementation of the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers, Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones stated that the new set of standards for teachers is propelled by the introduction of national and international frameworks, such as the K to 12 program and ASEAN integration.
The PPST outlines the required skills and competencies of quality teachers, enabling them to cope with the emerging global frameworks.
The PPST basically aims to: 1) set the clear expectations of teachers along well-defined career stages of professional development from beginning to distinguished practice; 2) engage teachers to actively embrace a continuing effort in attaining proficiency; and 3) apply a uniform measure to assess teacher performance, identify needs, and provide support for professional development.
Briones pointed out that the PPST will be the basis for all learning and development programs for teachers to ensure that they are properly equipped to effectively implement the K to 12.
Teacher quality for the 21st century
The PPST targets to produce better teachers in the country by improving their qualifications skills and by increasing their levels of knowledge, practice and professional engagement.
The six modules of the PPST are the following: 1) The Department of Education; 2) The Filipino Teacher; 3) The K to 12 curriculum; 4) The Teaching Process; 5) the Learning Process; and 6) The School and Community Linkages. These are all anchored on the seven domains that quality teachers should exhibit including: 1) Content Knowledge and Pedagogy; 2) Learning Environment; 3) Diversity of learners; 4) Curriculum and Planning; 5) Assessment and Reporting; 6) Community Linkages and Professional Engagement; and 7) Personal Growth and Professional Development.
Career stages
Anchored on the principle of lifelong learning, the set of professional standards for teachers articulates their developmental progression.
Career Stage 1 or Beginning Teachers have gained the qualifications for entry into teaching position; Career Stage 2 or Proficient Teachers are professionally independent in the application of skills vital to the teaching and learning process; Career Stage 3 or Highly Proficient Teachers consistently display a high level of performance in their teaching practice; and Career Stage 4 or Distinguished Teachers exhibit the highest standard of teaching practice in accordance to global best practice.
The regional offices are set to orient their respective schools divisions on the PPST, including the monitoring and evaluation of its implementation. The school divisions will cascade it to schools districts and schools.
2017 PPST activities
DepEd, through the Teacher Education Council (TEC) headed by Director Runvi Manguerra, has initiated the PPST workshops on Module Development, Enhancement and Validation attended by curriculum specialists, school heads, and other stakeholders. A workshop on the Development of Implementing Guidelines for PPST was also conducted in coordination with the Research Center for Teacher Quality (RCTQ), and attended by DepEd Regional Directors and officers of Basic Education Sector Transformation (BEST) program.
TEC also spearheaded the PPST National Roll-Out, as well as the Teacher Induction Program (TIP) National Orientation of Trainers in three clusters – Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, which was participated by DepEd Directors, Schools Division Superintendents, chiefs, district supervisors, principals, education program specialists, master teachers, and RCTQ officials. This was followed by TIP module review workshops and module pre-finalization workshops.
The concept of the PPST was first introduced during the First National Assembly of Education Leaders held at PICC, Pasay City, and attended by 3,800 education managers nationwide. It was formally launched during the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) celebration held in Legazpi City that was attended by 6,000 teachers across the country. # Source – www.dilg.gov.ph
OPERATION TIMBANG PROGRAM, AGTULTULOY
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Segun ken ni Ms. Jeannete Garcia, Municipal Nutrition Action Officer nga agtultuloy latta ti “Operation Timbang Program” kadagiti ubbing iti 33 a barangay ti ili a Cabugao, Ilocos Sur babaen kadagiti Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) a tultulongan dagiti Barangay Health Workers (BHWs).
Innayonna a babaen itoy ket madeterminar ti pagdur-asan dagiti programa/aktibidad a maipatungpal iti pannakataraon, pannakataming ti salun-at ken panangsursuro kadagiti nagannak a mangtaripato iti pamiliada.
Innayon ni Ms. Garcia nga itantandudoda pay ti napintas a koordinasionda kadagiti Opisiales ti Barangay iti uneg ti barangay ken iti Purok.
Insupusop ni Ms. Garcia nga isuda nga adda iti Secretariat ti Municipal Nutrition Committee ket napintas ti koordinasion ken pannakikammayetda iti MSWDO, RHU, DepED ken iti LGU-Cabugao iti agtultuloy a pannakaipatungpal ti programa iti Nutrition Sector iti Munisipalidad.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket paset ti programa a panangpasayaat ti LGU-Cabugao nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang iti serbisio ti nutrision nga itden ti Munisipio nangruna kadagiti agindeg iti away ken barangay tapno agtultuloy a mamantener ti napintas a salun-at iti sapasap. # (Web In-Action)
Innayonna a babaen itoy ket madeterminar ti pagdur-asan dagiti programa/aktibidad a maipatungpal iti pannakataraon, pannakataming ti salun-at ken panangsursuro kadagiti nagannak a mangtaripato iti pamiliada.
Innayon ni Ms. Garcia nga itantandudoda pay ti napintas a koordinasionda kadagiti Opisiales ti Barangay iti uneg ti barangay ken iti Purok.
Insupusop ni Ms. Garcia nga isuda nga adda iti Secretariat ti Municipal Nutrition Committee ket napintas ti koordinasion ken pannakikammayetda iti MSWDO, RHU, DepED ken iti LGU-Cabugao iti agtultuloy a pannakaipatungpal ti programa iti Nutrition Sector iti Munisipalidad.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket paset ti programa a panangpasayaat ti LGU-Cabugao nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang iti serbisio ti nutrision nga itden ti Munisipio nangruna kadagiti agindeg iti away ken barangay tapno agtultuloy a mamantener ti napintas a salun-at iti sapasap. # (Web In-Action)
Friday, January 26, 2018
RUAR-BATOG TI TIENDAAN (NISTC), AGTULTULOY A MADALUSAN
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Mairusrusat ti pannakadalus iti asideg ken mabatogan a parte ti NISTC Public Market iti National Highway babaen iti panangigannuat ti Cleaning Program ti Munisipio nga imatonan ni MENRO Edgar S. Balangatan, AT tapno naan-anay ti nadalus a buya ti aglawlaw kadagiti pasilidad ti LGU- Cabugao nga adda kadagitoy a disso.
Kabayatanna, makikoordinar ti pannakabagi ti MENRO iti Committee Chair on Environment iti Sangguniang Barangay ti Barangay Baclig a makasakup kadaytoy a pagrebbengan tapno tumulongda a mangdalus iti sirok ti rangtay ken agraman iti igid ti Karayan Cabugao.
Mangnamnama ni MENRO Balangatan a babaen iti nangatngato nga agpang ti koordinasion kadagiti barangay a makasakup kasta metten kadagiti establisimiento a masarakan iti malinisan a disso ket nadardarasda nga ipatungpal ti agtultuloy a panagdaldalus a pakaisagutan met ti sapasap iti napintas a buya ken sanitasion.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket paset iti Clean-up Drive ti Munisipio a mangmantener iti kinalinis ti aglawlaw a maysa a kangrunaan a programa ti LGU-Cabugao nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang. # (Web Situational Report)
Kabayatanna, makikoordinar ti pannakabagi ti MENRO iti Committee Chair on Environment iti Sangguniang Barangay ti Barangay Baclig a makasakup kadaytoy a pagrebbengan tapno tumulongda a mangdalus iti sirok ti rangtay ken agraman iti igid ti Karayan Cabugao.
Mangnamnama ni MENRO Balangatan a babaen iti nangatngato nga agpang ti koordinasion kadagiti barangay a makasakup kasta metten kadagiti establisimiento a masarakan iti malinisan a disso ket nadardarasda nga ipatungpal ti agtultuloy a panagdaldalus a pakaisagutan met ti sapasap iti napintas a buya ken sanitasion.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket paset iti Clean-up Drive ti Munisipio a mangmantener iti kinalinis ti aglawlaw a maysa a kangrunaan a programa ti LGU-Cabugao nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang. # (Web Situational Report)
DENTAL CHECK-UP, AGTULTULOY KADAGITI DAY CARE PUPIL ITI TAWEN 2018
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Agtultuloy a maar-aramid ti Dental Check-up kadagiti Day Care Pulpils iti intero a Munisipalidad ti Cabugao iti kada aldaw ti Martes iti Cecilia T. Flores Memorial Dental Clinic, Brgy. Rizal, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur.
Imbatad ni Mrs. Lydia S. Gazmen, MSWD Officer a babaen iti koordinasion ti MSWDO ken iti Doktor ti Dental Clinic ket mayeskediul ti papan dagiti ubbing iti tunggal Day Care Center (DCC) nga agpaamiris ti ngipenda iti nasao a dental clinic.
Ita a lawas, nagpa-Dental Check-up dagiti Day Care Pupils iti Barangay Sisim; Brgy. Ali-naay ken iti Brgy. Aragan ket tinarabay ida ti Child Development Worker-da kasta metten ni Dr. Anastacia De Los Reyes, DMD agraman ti kameng ti Staff iti nasao a dental clinic.
Malaksid iti naan-anay a pannakaasikaso dagiti ngipen dagiti agdakkel nga ubbing ket maikkanda pay iti libre nga usarenda iti panagsugigida a kanayon ket impaay daytoy kadakuada ti LGU-Cabugao.
Dagitoy nga aksion ket gubuay iti koordinasion ti Provincial Health Office ken iti LGU Cabugao nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang tapno mamantener ti dental a salun-at dagiti umili a maysa a kapatgan nga aspeto iti salun-at nga agtultuloy a matagiben. # (Web In-Action)
Imbatad ni Mrs. Lydia S. Gazmen, MSWD Officer a babaen iti koordinasion ti MSWDO ken iti Doktor ti Dental Clinic ket mayeskediul ti papan dagiti ubbing iti tunggal Day Care Center (DCC) nga agpaamiris ti ngipenda iti nasao a dental clinic.
Ita a lawas, nagpa-Dental Check-up dagiti Day Care Pupils iti Barangay Sisim; Brgy. Ali-naay ken iti Brgy. Aragan ket tinarabay ida ti Child Development Worker-da kasta metten ni Dr. Anastacia De Los Reyes, DMD agraman ti kameng ti Staff iti nasao a dental clinic.
Malaksid iti naan-anay a pannakaasikaso dagiti ngipen dagiti agdakkel nga ubbing ket maikkanda pay iti libre nga usarenda iti panagsugigida a kanayon ket impaay daytoy kadakuada ti LGU-Cabugao.
Dagitoy nga aksion ket gubuay iti koordinasion ti Provincial Health Office ken iti LGU Cabugao nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang tapno mamantener ti dental a salun-at dagiti umili a maysa a kapatgan nga aspeto iti salun-at nga agtultuloy a matagiben. # (Web In-Action)
UPDATE TI PRODUKSION TI PAGAY ITATTA A PANAGMUMULA, DRY SEASON 2017-2018
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Segun ken ni Municipal Rice Program Coordinator Nathaniel B. Galamgam, adda ita 286 ektaria a natalon, 300 a bilang ti mannalon kadagiti barangay ti ili a pakasarakan iti disso dagitoy a 2nd Crop Riceplants (Nobiembre 2017 - Pebrero 2018).
Iti pannaki-amad ti Web In-Action iti Municipal Rice Program Coordinator a nga adda pay laeng ti danum a mausarda nga aggapu iti puttotda iti Cabugao River nga usarenda a mangpatan-ay kadagiti mulada agingga iti bulan ti Pebrero 2018 a manamnama a panagapitda kasta metten iti suplay iti irigasion; bubon ken ubbog.
Innayonna nga uppat ti kangrunaan a paggapuan ti suplay ti padanum a kas iti Fully Irrigated Canal; Shallow Tube Well (STWs); Spring (ubbog) ken iti Open Water.
Imbatadna a mamantener ti rice self-sufficiency ti Munisipalidad iti agdama.
Manamnama a maapitan dagitoy a lokasion iti pagtatalonan ti 2nd Crop 2017-2018 ken mangnayon pay iti 14,660.20 a metrika-tonelada a produksion iti naapit iti Wet Season 2017 (Hunio-Nobiembre). # (Web In-Action)
Iti pannaki-amad ti Web In-Action iti Municipal Rice Program Coordinator a nga adda pay laeng ti danum a mausarda nga aggapu iti puttotda iti Cabugao River nga usarenda a mangpatan-ay kadagiti mulada agingga iti bulan ti Pebrero 2018 a manamnama a panagapitda kasta metten iti suplay iti irigasion; bubon ken ubbog.
Innayonna nga uppat ti kangrunaan a paggapuan ti suplay ti padanum a kas iti Fully Irrigated Canal; Shallow Tube Well (STWs); Spring (ubbog) ken iti Open Water.
Imbatadna a mamantener ti rice self-sufficiency ti Munisipalidad iti agdama.
Manamnama a maapitan dagitoy a lokasion iti pagtatalonan ti 2nd Crop 2017-2018 ken mangnayon pay iti 14,660.20 a metrika-tonelada a produksion iti naapit iti Wet Season 2017 (Hunio-Nobiembre). # (Web In-Action)
DILG, COMELEC GEAR FOR MASSIVE BARANGAY, SK ELECTION INFORMATION DRIVE TO CHOOSE THE BEST BARANGAY OFFICIALS
With the release of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) calendar of activities for the 2018 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) commits to a massive information drive to encourage the people to choose the best barangay officials, especially those who have cleared their communities of the drug problem.
DILG Chief Eduardo M. Ano said the DILG will be coming up with a list of qualities of a good barangay officials which will serve as a citizen’s guide in the forthcoming Barangay and SK elections. He said that they will encourage the people to vote for officials who are “Matino, Mahusay and Maasahan.”
“The barangays are at the forefront of government service; therefore, we will encourage the people to vote for a new set of barangay officials that are committed to the Duterte administration’s anti-corruption, anti-drug, and anti-criminality campaign. The National Government needs barangay officials that are committed to reform in the barangay level,” the DILG chief explained.
"The DILG is committed to be an instrument for a well-informed public as they exercise their right to vote this 2018 Barangay and SK Elections, making certain that voters will head to their precincts armed with the proper know-how," says Ano.
DILG Spokesperson Asec. Jonathan Malaya said that as part of their information drive, the DILG will encourage the people to vote for barangay officials who have cleared their communities of the menace of illegal drugs or are actively supporting the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign.
“The PDEA has informed us that 58.1% of our 42,036 barangays are affected in varying degrees by the scourge of illegal drugs. Therefore, we need barangay officials who will help the government clear these areas of drug pushers,” said Malaya.
Drug-affected areas are grouped into three: “slightly affected,” where drug users are present; “moderately affected” or areas with drug pushers and “seriously affected” or places with shabu tiangge or store, clandestine laboratory or marijuana plantation or chemical warehouse.
“This is not simply a matter of law enforcement. We need to bring the fight against drugs down to the barangay level. And we will never succeed if the barangay officials are doing nothing,” he said.
“The forthcoming barangay elections is a good opportunity for the people to elect barangay officials who will bring much-needed change to their communities,” said Malaya.
A joint meeting was held last week between the DILG and COMELEC to plot out the information drive for the 2018 Barangay and SK Elections. The DILG's Public Affairs and Communication Service and the National Barangay Operations Office will spearhead the implementation of a strategic communication plan to carry out the information drive.
Also present in the said joint meeting was Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez who pushed for further educating the voters and candidates on the proper elections protocol, which oftentimes, according to him, are disregarded and disrespected.
Jimenez said that the DILG-COMELEC information drive will also include the proper filing of certificate of candidacy, rules on overspending of candidates, the duties and responsibilities of elected officials, among others.
The communication plan involves various television and radio guestings, joint press conferences of the DILG and Comelec, Election Caravan, dissemination of “Matino, Mahusay at Maaasahan” information and education campaign collaterals, among others.
Ano also assured the public that the DILG will work double-time in advocating for an honest, orderly and peaceful Barangay and SK Elections.
"Elections can be a venue for political maneuvering and we at the DILG will do our best to address such concerns. But we cannot do it alone, we need the support of the Filipino voters to be vigilant in protecting their votes," adds Ano.
The 2018 Barangay and SK Elections is slated on May 14, 2018. # Source – www.dilg.gov.ph
DILG Chief Eduardo M. Ano said the DILG will be coming up with a list of qualities of a good barangay officials which will serve as a citizen’s guide in the forthcoming Barangay and SK elections. He said that they will encourage the people to vote for officials who are “Matino, Mahusay and Maasahan.”
“The barangays are at the forefront of government service; therefore, we will encourage the people to vote for a new set of barangay officials that are committed to the Duterte administration’s anti-corruption, anti-drug, and anti-criminality campaign. The National Government needs barangay officials that are committed to reform in the barangay level,” the DILG chief explained.
"The DILG is committed to be an instrument for a well-informed public as they exercise their right to vote this 2018 Barangay and SK Elections, making certain that voters will head to their precincts armed with the proper know-how," says Ano.
DILG Spokesperson Asec. Jonathan Malaya said that as part of their information drive, the DILG will encourage the people to vote for barangay officials who have cleared their communities of the menace of illegal drugs or are actively supporting the government’s anti-illegal drug campaign.
“The PDEA has informed us that 58.1% of our 42,036 barangays are affected in varying degrees by the scourge of illegal drugs. Therefore, we need barangay officials who will help the government clear these areas of drug pushers,” said Malaya.
Drug-affected areas are grouped into three: “slightly affected,” where drug users are present; “moderately affected” or areas with drug pushers and “seriously affected” or places with shabu tiangge or store, clandestine laboratory or marijuana plantation or chemical warehouse.
“This is not simply a matter of law enforcement. We need to bring the fight against drugs down to the barangay level. And we will never succeed if the barangay officials are doing nothing,” he said.
“The forthcoming barangay elections is a good opportunity for the people to elect barangay officials who will bring much-needed change to their communities,” said Malaya.
A joint meeting was held last week between the DILG and COMELEC to plot out the information drive for the 2018 Barangay and SK Elections. The DILG's Public Affairs and Communication Service and the National Barangay Operations Office will spearhead the implementation of a strategic communication plan to carry out the information drive.
Also present in the said joint meeting was Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez who pushed for further educating the voters and candidates on the proper elections protocol, which oftentimes, according to him, are disregarded and disrespected.
Jimenez said that the DILG-COMELEC information drive will also include the proper filing of certificate of candidacy, rules on overspending of candidates, the duties and responsibilities of elected officials, among others.
The communication plan involves various television and radio guestings, joint press conferences of the DILG and Comelec, Election Caravan, dissemination of “Matino, Mahusay at Maaasahan” information and education campaign collaterals, among others.
Ano also assured the public that the DILG will work double-time in advocating for an honest, orderly and peaceful Barangay and SK Elections.
"Elections can be a venue for political maneuvering and we at the DILG will do our best to address such concerns. But we cannot do it alone, we need the support of the Filipino voters to be vigilant in protecting their votes," adds Ano.
The 2018 Barangay and SK Elections is slated on May 14, 2018. # Source – www.dilg.gov.ph
Thursday, January 25, 2018
ORGANISASION TI CABUGAOENIAN, NAGIDONAR TI APPPLIANCES
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur –Nangipaay ti Asosasion ti Cabugao Organization of Southern California (COSCA) babaen iti panangidanon dagiti Opisialesna nga isuda nga agassawa: Engr. Celedonio Rabe ken ni Ms. Editha Savellano-Rabe iti Barangay Salomague, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur iti Donasion a kas iti sumaganad: 2 a sound system para iti Social Welfare Office; 2 a Television, maysa iti para ti Senior Citizen ken maysa met para iti STAC. Naaramid ti turnover ditoy Barangay Hall, Brgy. Rizal, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur ita a petsa 25 ti bulan ti Enero 2018.
Simmarungkar dagiti nadakamat iti ngato nga agassawa iti Opisina ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang ket tinarabay ida ni Mrs. Lydia S. Gazmen, Municipal Social Welfare Development Officer ti ili kasta metten a binayabay dagiti Konsehales nga isuda SBM Vicky S. Serna ken ni SBM Dr. Jemnaima S. Tan-Yee agraman ni MPDC/Budget Officer Florante S. Jara.
Segun ken ni Mrs. Gazmen ket naited metten dagiti nadakamat a ramit kadagiti maseknan a recipients. # (Web In-Action)
DENR, GREEN CONVERGENCE PARTNER ANEW FOR 2ND PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT SUMMIT
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is again teaming up with Green Convergence Philippines to hold the second Philippine Environment Summit slated for February 20-22 at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City.
With the theme, “Mainstreaming innovations for sustainable development,” DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said the summit will serve as a perfect venue to celebrate the initiative and creativity of organizations and individuals who contribute to social and economic growth, while protecting the environment.
“With this summit, we can showcase the handiwork of those who have contributed to social and economic advancement while encouraging everyone else to work together for environmental protection and sustainable development,” Cimatu said.
Hundreds of participants are expected to attend the event that will feature renowned leaders of government, the church, environment, civic organizations and the academe as plenary and resources speakers in breakout sessions and as exhibitors.
Climate advocate and former United States Vice President Al Gore, Convention on Migratory Species deputy executive director Bradnee Chambers, and Energy Development Corp. chair and CEO Federico Lopez were among those invited as resource speakers.
Aside from Cimatu, Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III and Green Convergence president Angelina Galang will deliver messages during the opening ceremonies.
It will be followed by the launch of Green Convergence’s virtual library and inauguration of exhibit featuring programs on renewable energy, organic agriculture, safe food manufacture, native trees reforestation, ecological solid waste management, climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, and ecotourism.
Green Convergence is a large coalition of environmental and developmental organizations, networks, faith-based groups and individuals championing food safety, healthy environment and sustainable economy.
In the afternoon of the summit’s Day 1, there will be simultaneous breakout sessions on plant-based manufacturing industries, environmental technologies, organic agriculture, advocacy strategies and solid waste management success stories.
On Day 2, DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones will speak on the Sustainable Development Goals and the environment aspects of the Philippine Development Plan, while Senator Cynthia Villar will discuss sustainable environmental programs to attain a “triple bottomline” for social, economic and ecological gains. Deputy Ombudsman Gerard Mosquera, meanwhile, will talk about the challenges in enforcing the country’s environmental laws.
Topics for the afternoon’s breakout sessions will be environment-friendly enterprises, the “Green Church,” eco-governance, tools for resiliency, and eco-friendly and sustainable schools.
On Day 3, Gore will tackle the significant strides in the climate change movement during plenary sessions. After him will be Chambers and Lopez.
Breakout sessions will cover the following topics: preserving the heritage of native trees; landscape and seascape governance; environmental architecture; renewable energy; and the university’s role in caring for the environment.
The three-day event will culminate in the signing of symbolic partnership agreements on Butuanon River and watershed in Mandaue City, the crafting and implementation of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Framework, renewable energy for a Green Church, and providing Binhi seedlings for partner schools.
Education Secretary Leonor Briones will deliver the closing remarks.
The DENR also collaborated with Green Convergence in organizing the first Philippine Environment Summit held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City in February 2016.
The first environment summit highlighted Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment entitled “Laudato Si,” and the adoption of landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change in December 2015. # Source – www.denr.gov.ph
With the theme, “Mainstreaming innovations for sustainable development,” DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said the summit will serve as a perfect venue to celebrate the initiative and creativity of organizations and individuals who contribute to social and economic growth, while protecting the environment.
“With this summit, we can showcase the handiwork of those who have contributed to social and economic advancement while encouraging everyone else to work together for environmental protection and sustainable development,” Cimatu said.
Hundreds of participants are expected to attend the event that will feature renowned leaders of government, the church, environment, civic organizations and the academe as plenary and resources speakers in breakout sessions and as exhibitors.
Climate advocate and former United States Vice President Al Gore, Convention on Migratory Species deputy executive director Bradnee Chambers, and Energy Development Corp. chair and CEO Federico Lopez were among those invited as resource speakers.
Aside from Cimatu, Cebu Governor Hilario Davide III and Green Convergence president Angelina Galang will deliver messages during the opening ceremonies.
It will be followed by the launch of Green Convergence’s virtual library and inauguration of exhibit featuring programs on renewable energy, organic agriculture, safe food manufacture, native trees reforestation, ecological solid waste management, climate change adaptation and mitigation measures, and ecotourism.
Green Convergence is a large coalition of environmental and developmental organizations, networks, faith-based groups and individuals championing food safety, healthy environment and sustainable economy.
In the afternoon of the summit’s Day 1, there will be simultaneous breakout sessions on plant-based manufacturing industries, environmental technologies, organic agriculture, advocacy strategies and solid waste management success stories.
On Day 2, DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones will speak on the Sustainable Development Goals and the environment aspects of the Philippine Development Plan, while Senator Cynthia Villar will discuss sustainable environmental programs to attain a “triple bottomline” for social, economic and ecological gains. Deputy Ombudsman Gerard Mosquera, meanwhile, will talk about the challenges in enforcing the country’s environmental laws.
Topics for the afternoon’s breakout sessions will be environment-friendly enterprises, the “Green Church,” eco-governance, tools for resiliency, and eco-friendly and sustainable schools.
On Day 3, Gore will tackle the significant strides in the climate change movement during plenary sessions. After him will be Chambers and Lopez.
Breakout sessions will cover the following topics: preserving the heritage of native trees; landscape and seascape governance; environmental architecture; renewable energy; and the university’s role in caring for the environment.
The three-day event will culminate in the signing of symbolic partnership agreements on Butuanon River and watershed in Mandaue City, the crafting and implementation of the Sierra Madre Biodiversity Framework, renewable energy for a Green Church, and providing Binhi seedlings for partner schools.
Education Secretary Leonor Briones will deliver the closing remarks.
The DENR also collaborated with Green Convergence in organizing the first Philippine Environment Summit held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City in February 2016.
The first environment summit highlighted Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment entitled “Laudato Si,” and the adoption of landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change in December 2015. # Source – www.denr.gov.ph
PAGISADAAN TI NATENG ITI NATIONAL HIGHWAY, MAAR-ARAMID
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Agtultuloy a maus-usar ti igid ti National Highway kadagiti barangay nga asideg ti Poblasion ken iti asideg ti NISTC Public Market, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur a pagisadaan dagiti Komersiante ti nateng a mangibiahe kadagiti lakoda iti sabali a lugar a kas idiay Cagayan; Urdaneta, Pangasinan; Balintawak, Quezon City ken iti Divisoria, Quiapo, Manila.
Iti kallabes a tawen, nangrugida nga agoperar idi bulan ti Oktubre 2017 ken agpatinggada iti arinunos ti Mayo itatta a tawen gapu ta agtultuloy latta iti mailakoda a nateng iti deretso a panagmula dagiti mannalon.
Iti itatapog ti Tawen 2018, madlaw iti bulto ti nateng a maibiahe a mailako kadagiti Merkado iti sabali a lugar nupay adda met panagbaba ti presio. Ngem ketdi saanda a maupay ta tonelada met ti pagsasaritaan iti panaglakoda. Iti panagadu ti apit ket dakkel met ti bulto ti nateng a maibiaheda ket ad-adu met laeng ti maganansiada nga agas ti bambannogda.
Innayonda a malaksid kadagiti indibidual ken dadakkel a restaurant iti aggatang ket maibilang pay dagiti Paktoria nga agkasapulan kadagitoy a nadakamat a nateng nangruna iti nagasang a sili. # (Web In-Action)
Iti kallabes a tawen, nangrugida nga agoperar idi bulan ti Oktubre 2017 ken agpatinggada iti arinunos ti Mayo itatta a tawen gapu ta agtultuloy latta iti mailakoda a nateng iti deretso a panagmula dagiti mannalon.
Iti itatapog ti Tawen 2018, madlaw iti bulto ti nateng a maibiahe a mailako kadagiti Merkado iti sabali a lugar nupay adda met panagbaba ti presio. Ngem ketdi saanda a maupay ta tonelada met ti pagsasaritaan iti panaglakoda. Iti panagadu ti apit ket dakkel met ti bulto ti nateng a maibiaheda ket ad-adu met laeng ti maganansiada nga agas ti bambannogda.
Innayonda a malaksid kadagiti indibidual ken dadakkel a restaurant iti aggatang ket maibilang pay dagiti Paktoria nga agkasapulan kadagitoy a nadakamat a nateng nangruna iti nagasang a sili. # (Web In-Action)
TOBACCO FLOOR PRICE UP FOR 2018-2019 TRADING SEASON
The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) recently released the newly-increased floor prices of tobacco for trading seasons 2018-2019.
NTA Administrator Robert L. Seares said in an interview that the new prices for the three tobacco types being produced in the country such as Virginia, Burley, and Native, were approved during the series of the Tobacco Tripartite Consultative Conference held at the NTA Central Office in Quezon City.
The increase of tobacco floor prices was realized after fruitful negotiations between the tobacco farmers and leaf buyers following the September 6 tripartite conference.
The new floor prices of tobacco are the following: for the flu-cured Virginia tobacco, which is composed of 60 percent of the total tobacco production area in the country, the floor price per kilogram for its top grades increased to Php 82 for Grade AA, Php 81 for A, Php 80 for B, Php 78 for C, Php 70 for D, Php 69 for E; Php 60 for F1, and Php 57 for F2.
For Burley, the top-grade A rose by Php 2 bringing the price per kilo to P70 from the current P68. The floor prices for grades B, C, D, E, and F are now Php 67, Php 58, Php 47, Php 46, and Php 38, respectively, an increase of Php 2, except for Grade F which increased by Php 1, from the current prices per kilo.
The floor prices of the native-type were increased as follows: High-grade, from P70 to P71; Medium 1, from P58 to P60; and Medium 2, from P48 to P50.
Seares said that there is no increase on reject class of tobacco to further discourage its production.
“We are encouraging our farmers to follow the proper technology on tobacco production to avoid the production of reject,” he said.
Tobacco farmer leader Mario C. Cabasal, president of the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers Associations and Cooperatives (NAFTAC), expressed his satisfaction to the newly-increased floor prices of tobacco.
“With this development, more farmers are surely inspired to plant tobacco this coming season,” Cabasal said.
Following the successful negotiation, Seares said that the tobacco agency will now focus to the programs focusing to the reduction of tobacco production cost such as offering of subsidy in the form of production assistance.
Seares assured that the setting of the tobacco floor prices provides tobacco farmers a guaranteed minimum return on investment of at least 25 percent for expenses.
“The actual buying price, which is based on prevailing market prices, is usually higher than the approved tobacco floor price,” he said.
He expected that more farmers are engaging in growing tobacco this season as he cited that tobacco is considered as the main cash crop in Ilocos provinces after the rice season. # ( PIA- 1)
NTA Administrator Robert L. Seares said in an interview that the new prices for the three tobacco types being produced in the country such as Virginia, Burley, and Native, were approved during the series of the Tobacco Tripartite Consultative Conference held at the NTA Central Office in Quezon City.
The increase of tobacco floor prices was realized after fruitful negotiations between the tobacco farmers and leaf buyers following the September 6 tripartite conference.
The new floor prices of tobacco are the following: for the flu-cured Virginia tobacco, which is composed of 60 percent of the total tobacco production area in the country, the floor price per kilogram for its top grades increased to Php 82 for Grade AA, Php 81 for A, Php 80 for B, Php 78 for C, Php 70 for D, Php 69 for E; Php 60 for F1, and Php 57 for F2.
For Burley, the top-grade A rose by Php 2 bringing the price per kilo to P70 from the current P68. The floor prices for grades B, C, D, E, and F are now Php 67, Php 58, Php 47, Php 46, and Php 38, respectively, an increase of Php 2, except for Grade F which increased by Php 1, from the current prices per kilo.
The floor prices of the native-type were increased as follows: High-grade, from P70 to P71; Medium 1, from P58 to P60; and Medium 2, from P48 to P50.
Seares said that there is no increase on reject class of tobacco to further discourage its production.
“We are encouraging our farmers to follow the proper technology on tobacco production to avoid the production of reject,” he said.
Tobacco farmer leader Mario C. Cabasal, president of the National Federation of Tobacco Farmers Associations and Cooperatives (NAFTAC), expressed his satisfaction to the newly-increased floor prices of tobacco.
“With this development, more farmers are surely inspired to plant tobacco this coming season,” Cabasal said.
Following the successful negotiation, Seares said that the tobacco agency will now focus to the programs focusing to the reduction of tobacco production cost such as offering of subsidy in the form of production assistance.
Seares assured that the setting of the tobacco floor prices provides tobacco farmers a guaranteed minimum return on investment of at least 25 percent for expenses.
“The actual buying price, which is based on prevailing market prices, is usually higher than the approved tobacco floor price,” he said.
He expected that more farmers are engaging in growing tobacco this season as he cited that tobacco is considered as the main cash crop in Ilocos provinces after the rice season. # ( PIA- 1)
DSWD, PARTNERS HOLD NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE TO ELIMINATE VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Emmanuel A. Leyco urges partner international and non-government organizations to collaborate with the DSWD to improve and strengthen programs and services that seeks to end violence against children.
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Emmanuel A. Leyco urges partner international and non-government organizations to collaborate with the DSWD to improve and strengthen programs and services that seeks to end violence against children.
To uphold its commitment to protect the rights and welfare of children, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) stands united with partner agencies in efforts to implement parenting programs that prevent and address all forms of violence and abuse against children.
Last week, the National Consultative Conference towards the Implementation of the INSPIRE strategy for the Elimination of Violence against Children was conducted by the DSWD with the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), and Child Protection Network to unite key issues on violence against children (VAC) and to integrate the INSPIRE strategy.
INSPIRE offers seven comprehensive, evidence-based, multi-sectoral strategies to eliminate VAC, specifically: Implementation and enforcement of laws; Norms and values; Safe environments; Parent and caregiver support; Income and economic strengthening; Response and support services; and Education and life skills.
In his opening remarks, DSWD Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Emmanuel A. Leyco highlighted the need to consider the National Baseline Study (NBS) on VAC in the implementation of the INSPIRE strategy in the Department’s parenting intervention programs.
“We need to discuss the Department’s parenting interventions considering the baseline study results that point out that violence occurs significantly in the homes than any other place. We also need to answer the important question of how can we improve the environment that influences a child’s growth and development,” he said.
“Violence against children can be prevented if all of us in the global community act now, act wisely, and act together,” OIC Leyco emphasized.
Parent support interventions
Aside from the discussion on INSPIRE, resource speakers from the DSWD presented various parenting support interventions implemented by the Department such as the Parent Effectiveness Service (PES), Empowerment and Reaffirmation of Paternal Abilities (ERPAT), and the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program’s (4Ps) Family Development Session (FDS).
One of the presenters, DSWD Field Office (FO) V Regional Director Arnel B. Garcia discussed their FDS Offline and Online Tracking initiative which is an e-monitoring tool that tracks grantees, parents, and guardian trends on FDS participation, and issues and concerns for case management and transformative values-oriented interventions.
He also highlighted the conduct of “parent hour” that allows parents to formulate their own module for their FDS sessions since they see that the sessions empower parents to influence policies and legislation in their own communities.
DSWD action plan on applying INSPIRE
Meanwhile, DSWD Undersecretary for Institutional Development Group Mae Fe Ancheta-Templa explained the action plan of the DSWD to apply the INSPIRE strategy in the social welfare and protection sector through the strengthening of capacities of parents, enhancing skills of service providers, and maximizing the tri-media approach to strengthen child protection messages and support towards the elimination of VAC.
Moreover, she emphasized the need to increase awareness among parents and children to prevent online child abuse and establish an enabling environment for the prevention of VAC and provision of protective services for VAC victims by improving and systematizing quality promotive and protective social, health, and legal services for them.
“We cannot tarry because we face so many challenges created by our country’s socio-political realities. These realities dictate upon us to do more in order to realize the potentials of the ‘salinlahi’ or the next generation. Realizing children’s potentials would mean coming to terms with responsive parenting,” she said. # Source – www.dswd.gov.ph
Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Emmanuel A. Leyco urges partner international and non-government organizations to collaborate with the DSWD to improve and strengthen programs and services that seeks to end violence against children.
To uphold its commitment to protect the rights and welfare of children, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) stands united with partner agencies in efforts to implement parenting programs that prevent and address all forms of violence and abuse against children.
Last week, the National Consultative Conference towards the Implementation of the INSPIRE strategy for the Elimination of Violence against Children was conducted by the DSWD with the World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), and Child Protection Network to unite key issues on violence against children (VAC) and to integrate the INSPIRE strategy.
INSPIRE offers seven comprehensive, evidence-based, multi-sectoral strategies to eliminate VAC, specifically: Implementation and enforcement of laws; Norms and values; Safe environments; Parent and caregiver support; Income and economic strengthening; Response and support services; and Education and life skills.
In his opening remarks, DSWD Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Emmanuel A. Leyco highlighted the need to consider the National Baseline Study (NBS) on VAC in the implementation of the INSPIRE strategy in the Department’s parenting intervention programs.
“We need to discuss the Department’s parenting interventions considering the baseline study results that point out that violence occurs significantly in the homes than any other place. We also need to answer the important question of how can we improve the environment that influences a child’s growth and development,” he said.
“Violence against children can be prevented if all of us in the global community act now, act wisely, and act together,” OIC Leyco emphasized.
Parent support interventions
Aside from the discussion on INSPIRE, resource speakers from the DSWD presented various parenting support interventions implemented by the Department such as the Parent Effectiveness Service (PES), Empowerment and Reaffirmation of Paternal Abilities (ERPAT), and the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program’s (4Ps) Family Development Session (FDS).
One of the presenters, DSWD Field Office (FO) V Regional Director Arnel B. Garcia discussed their FDS Offline and Online Tracking initiative which is an e-monitoring tool that tracks grantees, parents, and guardian trends on FDS participation, and issues and concerns for case management and transformative values-oriented interventions.
He also highlighted the conduct of “parent hour” that allows parents to formulate their own module for their FDS sessions since they see that the sessions empower parents to influence policies and legislation in their own communities.
DSWD action plan on applying INSPIRE
Meanwhile, DSWD Undersecretary for Institutional Development Group Mae Fe Ancheta-Templa explained the action plan of the DSWD to apply the INSPIRE strategy in the social welfare and protection sector through the strengthening of capacities of parents, enhancing skills of service providers, and maximizing the tri-media approach to strengthen child protection messages and support towards the elimination of VAC.
Moreover, she emphasized the need to increase awareness among parents and children to prevent online child abuse and establish an enabling environment for the prevention of VAC and provision of protective services for VAC victims by improving and systematizing quality promotive and protective social, health, and legal services for them.
“We cannot tarry because we face so many challenges created by our country’s socio-political realities. These realities dictate upon us to do more in order to realize the potentials of the ‘salinlahi’ or the next generation. Realizing children’s potentials would mean coming to terms with responsive parenting,” she said. # Source – www.dswd.gov.ph
LAWMAKERS VOW TO PUSH BIGGER BENEFITS FOR WAR VETERAN
World War II veterans of the country may still enjoy bigger benefits as lawmakers push for the approval of programs for the valiant heroes.
Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, chair of the Committee on Veteran Affairs and Welfare in the 17th Congress of the House of Representatives, said the four-year old bill, which proposes an increase in the pension money of veterans from the present P5,000 to P20,000, has passed the Committee but still needs to pass the process of deliberation in various levels.
The Congressman lamented that the Bill has not been given much importance in the House due to other more pressing priorities.
“Five thousand pesos is very little and not enough for their medical assistance. Hopefully the Bill will be approved in Congress and in the Senate then ratified and signed (by the President),” Bataoil said during the commemoration of 73rd Lingayen Gulf Landings held in Pangasinan.
Bataoil, who is also the 2nd District Representative of Pangasinan, said he will consistently push for the Bill and other benefits for the war heroes along with committee members Rep. Amado Espino, Jr. of the 5th District and Rep. Romeo Acop of Antipolo City who know how it is to offer their lives in the name of peace and freedom for the country.
The Committee is also pushing for the establishment of a Veterans Medical Center in all the provinces of the Philippines to bring medical services closer to the veterans sparing them of travel to Manila, considering their state of health and old age.
Citing the urgency of the Bill and other benefits, Bataoil said there are more than 8,000 living war veterans in the country and sadly noted that they are dying at the rate of 300 per month, adding that they might all be gone in three years time. # Source - (JNPD/Venus May H. Sarmiento/PIA-1)
Rep. Leopoldo Bataoil, chair of the Committee on Veteran Affairs and Welfare in the 17th Congress of the House of Representatives, said the four-year old bill, which proposes an increase in the pension money of veterans from the present P5,000 to P20,000, has passed the Committee but still needs to pass the process of deliberation in various levels.
The Congressman lamented that the Bill has not been given much importance in the House due to other more pressing priorities.
“Five thousand pesos is very little and not enough for their medical assistance. Hopefully the Bill will be approved in Congress and in the Senate then ratified and signed (by the President),” Bataoil said during the commemoration of 73rd Lingayen Gulf Landings held in Pangasinan.
Bataoil, who is also the 2nd District Representative of Pangasinan, said he will consistently push for the Bill and other benefits for the war heroes along with committee members Rep. Amado Espino, Jr. of the 5th District and Rep. Romeo Acop of Antipolo City who know how it is to offer their lives in the name of peace and freedom for the country.
The Committee is also pushing for the establishment of a Veterans Medical Center in all the provinces of the Philippines to bring medical services closer to the veterans sparing them of travel to Manila, considering their state of health and old age.
Citing the urgency of the Bill and other benefits, Bataoil said there are more than 8,000 living war veterans in the country and sadly noted that they are dying at the rate of 300 per month, adding that they might all be gone in three years time. # Source - (JNPD/Venus May H. Sarmiento/PIA-1)
DOH BANNERS 2017 HIGHLIGHTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Department of Health (DOH) today reported its 2017 accomplishments bannered by the signing of three key Executive Orders by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte which show the health priorities of the administration: access to Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health services (Executive Order No. 12), establishment of smoke-free environments (Executive Order No. 26), and the regulation and controlled use of firecrackers (Executive Order No. 28).
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III also reported that the DOH through PhilHealth was able to provide social health insurance coverage at 91% of the total population and paid out Z benefit claims for catastrophic healthcare amounting to Php 361 million. The Z Benefit package covers peritoneal dialysis, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, breast cancer surgery, kidney transplantation, and ventricular septal defect surgery.
Through the DOH Medical Assistance Program, DOH was also able to serve some 1.33 million poor patients in government hospitals amounting to a total of PhP 3.71 Billion. Meanwhile, some 1.48 million beneficiaries were provided with free access to medicines for hypertension, diabetes, stroke, mental health disorders, thalassemia, Kawasaki disease as well as breast cancer and common childhood cancers.
Another highlight of the DOH accomplishment is the immediate response to the recent Marawi Crisis. The health chief reported that 167 medical teams composed of 646 personnel were deployed on scheduled rotation, provided free consultation services to 104,415 internally-displaced persons at 26 referral hospitals coordinated by the DOH, and provided P222 million worth of logistics, services and financial assistance to address the health needs of an estimated 84,351 families or 389,366 individuals during the Marawi Siege.
Secretary Duque added that in May 2017, the Philippine Health Facilities Development Plan 2017–2022 was approved by President Duterte which outlines the medium-term investment plan of the government in rehabilitating and upgrading existing health facilities, and constructing new health facilities across the country. The Plan aims to build one barangay health station in every barangay, one rural health unit in every urban health center with a population of approximately 20,000, one hospital bed for every 800-person population and at least two mega hospitals in Visayas and Mindanao, while improving access to specialty services in all regions.
Thus far, DOH through its Health Facilities Enhancement Program has constructed 408 new facilities (362 barangay health stations, 46 rural health units), upgraded/repaired 594 existing facilities (55 BHS, 273 RHU, 266 LGU hospitals) and equipped 404 facilities with basic and advanced medical equipment (231 BHS, 82 RHU, 91 LGU hospitals).
With regard to the deployment of health workers, Secretary Duque reported that DOH has provided 516 doctors, 17,538 nurses, 4,549 midwives, 788 allied health professionals (medical technologists and pharmacists) and 4,248 public health support staff deployed to geographically isolated and disadvantaged and high-poverty areas. The DOH also granted full scholarships to 1,034 medical and midwifery students through the DOH Pre-Service Scholarship Program composed of 584 medical students and 450 midwifery students.
In 2017, DOH also continued to push back some priority infectious diseases declaring ten more provinces as malaria-free, three provinces and one city as filariasis-free and 8 municipalities rabies-free. More than 30 million Filipino children were also given deworming drugs in the health department’s war against worms and malnutrition.
On the international front, DOH also featured prominently in the hosting of the ASEAN Summit in 2017 by leading the development of ASEAN Leaders’ Declarations on Ending All Forms of Malnutrition and Combating Anti-Microbial Resistance. Eleven activities were also organized and hosted by the country to develop ASEAN-wide policies and strategies on malnutrition, antimicrobial resistance, HIV/AIDS, traditional medicine, non-communicable diseases, and strengthening health systems. About 130 emergency response teams were also deployed during the ASEAN Summit which provided 929 consultation services to the attendees and the ASEAN personnel.
Secretary Duque concluded the 2017 yearend roundup of the DOH on a positive note that the DOH, despite the recent controversies, will continue to take the lead in providing vital health programs and services for the Filipino people.
“2017 may have been indeed a year fraught with challenges but these do not define the health department as an organization still with so many well-meaning, competent and hardworking people in its ranks. The DOH that I know is number one in terms of public service and satisfaction because Filipinos recognize how they can always count on the expertise and the ready helping hand of the DOH. We will aim once again to regain the trust of our people through integrity and good governance in 2018,” Secretary Duque concluded. # Source – www.doh.gov.ph
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III also reported that the DOH through PhilHealth was able to provide social health insurance coverage at 91% of the total population and paid out Z benefit claims for catastrophic healthcare amounting to Php 361 million. The Z Benefit package covers peritoneal dialysis, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, breast cancer surgery, kidney transplantation, and ventricular septal defect surgery.
Through the DOH Medical Assistance Program, DOH was also able to serve some 1.33 million poor patients in government hospitals amounting to a total of PhP 3.71 Billion. Meanwhile, some 1.48 million beneficiaries were provided with free access to medicines for hypertension, diabetes, stroke, mental health disorders, thalassemia, Kawasaki disease as well as breast cancer and common childhood cancers.
Another highlight of the DOH accomplishment is the immediate response to the recent Marawi Crisis. The health chief reported that 167 medical teams composed of 646 personnel were deployed on scheduled rotation, provided free consultation services to 104,415 internally-displaced persons at 26 referral hospitals coordinated by the DOH, and provided P222 million worth of logistics, services and financial assistance to address the health needs of an estimated 84,351 families or 389,366 individuals during the Marawi Siege.
Secretary Duque added that in May 2017, the Philippine Health Facilities Development Plan 2017–2022 was approved by President Duterte which outlines the medium-term investment plan of the government in rehabilitating and upgrading existing health facilities, and constructing new health facilities across the country. The Plan aims to build one barangay health station in every barangay, one rural health unit in every urban health center with a population of approximately 20,000, one hospital bed for every 800-person population and at least two mega hospitals in Visayas and Mindanao, while improving access to specialty services in all regions.
Thus far, DOH through its Health Facilities Enhancement Program has constructed 408 new facilities (362 barangay health stations, 46 rural health units), upgraded/repaired 594 existing facilities (55 BHS, 273 RHU, 266 LGU hospitals) and equipped 404 facilities with basic and advanced medical equipment (231 BHS, 82 RHU, 91 LGU hospitals).
With regard to the deployment of health workers, Secretary Duque reported that DOH has provided 516 doctors, 17,538 nurses, 4,549 midwives, 788 allied health professionals (medical technologists and pharmacists) and 4,248 public health support staff deployed to geographically isolated and disadvantaged and high-poverty areas. The DOH also granted full scholarships to 1,034 medical and midwifery students through the DOH Pre-Service Scholarship Program composed of 584 medical students and 450 midwifery students.
In 2017, DOH also continued to push back some priority infectious diseases declaring ten more provinces as malaria-free, three provinces and one city as filariasis-free and 8 municipalities rabies-free. More than 30 million Filipino children were also given deworming drugs in the health department’s war against worms and malnutrition.
On the international front, DOH also featured prominently in the hosting of the ASEAN Summit in 2017 by leading the development of ASEAN Leaders’ Declarations on Ending All Forms of Malnutrition and Combating Anti-Microbial Resistance. Eleven activities were also organized and hosted by the country to develop ASEAN-wide policies and strategies on malnutrition, antimicrobial resistance, HIV/AIDS, traditional medicine, non-communicable diseases, and strengthening health systems. About 130 emergency response teams were also deployed during the ASEAN Summit which provided 929 consultation services to the attendees and the ASEAN personnel.
Secretary Duque concluded the 2017 yearend roundup of the DOH on a positive note that the DOH, despite the recent controversies, will continue to take the lead in providing vital health programs and services for the Filipino people.
“2017 may have been indeed a year fraught with challenges but these do not define the health department as an organization still with so many well-meaning, competent and hardworking people in its ranks. The DOH that I know is number one in terms of public service and satisfaction because Filipinos recognize how they can always count on the expertise and the ready helping hand of the DOH. We will aim once again to regain the trust of our people through integrity and good governance in 2018,” Secretary Duque concluded. # Source – www.doh.gov.ph
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
MAIS A NAIMULA, MAINAYON A PAGKAKITAAN DAGITI MANNALON
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Maysa kadagiti napateg a gay-at ita ti Gobierno Munisipal nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang ket iti pannakatakuat dagiti maipanawen, nabiit, ken na-presio a klase ti maimula dagiti mannalon nangruna iti “off-season” babaen iti panangipatungpal ti DA-LGU iti kada panagmumula tapno manayonan ti matgedan dagiti mannalon ken mapapintas ti presio iti balanse a kaadu ti produksion.
Maysa ti mais a nabiit, kasapulan iti merkado ken eco-friendly a mairagragpin a maimula ditoy Ilokos. Ti panagmula ti mais ket maipatpatungpal babaen iti Departamento ti Agrikultura (DA) ken iti LGU ket adda latta deretso nga agmulmula ti yellow ken white corn kadagiti kaaduan a Barangay ti ili a Cabugao, Ilocos Sur uray pay iti Wet Season (Hunio-Nobiembre).
Segun kadagiti Opisiales ti asosasion ti mannalon a nupay maipangruna met latta ti panagmulada iti tabako iti Dry Season (Nobiembre-Mayo) ta nalawlawa ti mamulaan ti tabako ngem adu latta ti bilang ti ektaria iti mamulaan ti mais. Innayonda a napintas daytoy a pannakabalanse ken mapaggigidiat ti maimula iti umabot iti 2, 271 ektaria a kalawa ti mamulmulaan/mataltalon a daga iti intero nga ili ti Cabugao iti dua a cropping season.
Kabayatanna, naaramid ti FFS-Demo-Farm ti mais kadagiti mayataday a lokasion iti Cabugao, Ilocos Sur ken manamnama a naikurri dagiti naadalda dagiti nagpartisipar iti Farmers’ Field School Program ti DA-RFO 1 kadagiti barangay a timmulong a nangisayangkat ti programa ti DA-LGU.
Nupay kasta, ti agtultuloy a panagmulada ti puraw a mais ket saan a nakadadanag ta nataray a lakuen ta para pay iti konsumo ti kaaduan.
Ti panagmula ti mais ket naiget a kasapulan iti industria ti panagtaraken ti baboy ken manok ken mabalin a pagsulnit ti mais a pagtaraon no bumassit ti suplay ti bagas. # (Web In-Action)
Maysa ti mais a nabiit, kasapulan iti merkado ken eco-friendly a mairagragpin a maimula ditoy Ilokos. Ti panagmula ti mais ket maipatpatungpal babaen iti Departamento ti Agrikultura (DA) ken iti LGU ket adda latta deretso nga agmulmula ti yellow ken white corn kadagiti kaaduan a Barangay ti ili a Cabugao, Ilocos Sur uray pay iti Wet Season (Hunio-Nobiembre).
Segun kadagiti Opisiales ti asosasion ti mannalon a nupay maipangruna met latta ti panagmulada iti tabako iti Dry Season (Nobiembre-Mayo) ta nalawlawa ti mamulaan ti tabako ngem adu latta ti bilang ti ektaria iti mamulaan ti mais. Innayonda a napintas daytoy a pannakabalanse ken mapaggigidiat ti maimula iti umabot iti 2, 271 ektaria a kalawa ti mamulmulaan/mataltalon a daga iti intero nga ili ti Cabugao iti dua a cropping season.
Kabayatanna, naaramid ti FFS-Demo-Farm ti mais kadagiti mayataday a lokasion iti Cabugao, Ilocos Sur ken manamnama a naikurri dagiti naadalda dagiti nagpartisipar iti Farmers’ Field School Program ti DA-RFO 1 kadagiti barangay a timmulong a nangisayangkat ti programa ti DA-LGU.
Nupay kasta, ti agtultuloy a panagmulada ti puraw a mais ket saan a nakadadanag ta nataray a lakuen ta para pay iti konsumo ti kaaduan.
Ti panagmula ti mais ket naiget a kasapulan iti industria ti panagtaraken ti baboy ken manok ken mabalin a pagsulnit ti mais a pagtaraon no bumassit ti suplay ti bagas. # (Web In-Action)
Tuesday, January 23, 2018
BFAR OPENS RECRUITMENT EXAM FOR FISHERIES SCHOLARSHIP
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Region I is set to conduct its nationwide recruitment examination for the Fisheries Scholarship Program slated next month.
Regional Director Nestor Domenden said the scholarship is open in two categories- the Fisheries Scholarship Program for Industry Leaders (IL) and the Fisherfolk Children Educational Grant (FCEG).
The IL scholarship is exclusive among the top 10 of the Senior High School graduating class while the FCEG are for senior high school graduating students whose parents were registered fisherfolk in their city or municipality.
“It’s a competitive fisheries scholarship to help the children of small-scale registered fisherfolk and honor graduate students who want to pursue a four-year Fisheries course but could not afford college education,” Domenden told the Philippine Information Agency-Pangasinan.
The top five examinees among the IL who will pass the examination on February 24, 2018 in La Union province are required to pass the entrance exam and enroll in any of the following State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) for admission: Central Luzon State University (Nueva Ecija), University of the Philippines Visayas (Iloilo) and the Zamboanga Polytechnic State College (Zamboanga).
The top examinees for FCEG, on the other hand, are required to pass the entrance exam and enroll for admission in their respective nearby Fisheries SUCs, explained Domenden.
Scholarship support and privileges will include school fees, monthly living allowance, on-the-job training or practicum support, book allowance, thesis and graduation support.
General criteria of eligibility requires the applicant to be a natural-born Filipino, not more than 25 years old, of good moral character and has a general weighted average of not lower than 80 percent.
All qualified applicants must submit their requirements before January 30, 2018 at the BFAR office.# Source - (JNPD/VHS/PIA-1)
Regional Director Nestor Domenden said the scholarship is open in two categories- the Fisheries Scholarship Program for Industry Leaders (IL) and the Fisherfolk Children Educational Grant (FCEG).
The IL scholarship is exclusive among the top 10 of the Senior High School graduating class while the FCEG are for senior high school graduating students whose parents were registered fisherfolk in their city or municipality.
“It’s a competitive fisheries scholarship to help the children of small-scale registered fisherfolk and honor graduate students who want to pursue a four-year Fisheries course but could not afford college education,” Domenden told the Philippine Information Agency-Pangasinan.
The top five examinees among the IL who will pass the examination on February 24, 2018 in La Union province are required to pass the entrance exam and enroll in any of the following State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) for admission: Central Luzon State University (Nueva Ecija), University of the Philippines Visayas (Iloilo) and the Zamboanga Polytechnic State College (Zamboanga).
The top examinees for FCEG, on the other hand, are required to pass the entrance exam and enroll for admission in their respective nearby Fisheries SUCs, explained Domenden.
Scholarship support and privileges will include school fees, monthly living allowance, on-the-job training or practicum support, book allowance, thesis and graduation support.
General criteria of eligibility requires the applicant to be a natural-born Filipino, not more than 25 years old, of good moral character and has a general weighted average of not lower than 80 percent.
All qualified applicants must submit their requirements before January 30, 2018 at the BFAR office.# Source - (JNPD/VHS/PIA-1)
ANO NGA BA ANG WORK IMMERSION PROGRAM?
Ang Work Immersion ay bahagi ng Senior High School (Grade 11 at 12) Curriculum na nangangailangan ng 80 oras na pagsasagawa ng aktwal na trabaho or “hands-on” experience upang maranasan ito ng mga estudyante. Maari din itong paggaya lamang sa aktwal na trabaho or ‘simulated’. Hindi maaring lumampas ng 8 oras bawat araw ang pagsasagawa ng trabaho. Kailangan din gabayan ng eskwelahan at employers ang mga estudyante.
Hindi ito isang aktwal na kasunduan para makapagtrabaho. Ito ay isang proseso para maipakita sa mga estudyante ang proseso ng pagtrabaho at mapagbutihin pa ang kaalaman na ibinabahagi ng mga eskwelahan.
Pangunahing Gabay sa mga ‘Working Conditions’ sa Work Immersion Program:
1. Maari lamang ganapin ang work immersion program mula 8:00am - 5:00pm.
2. Para sa mga estudyante na mas mababa sa 15 ang edad, hindi maaring humigit sa 4 oras sa isang araw ang kanilang work immersion.
3. Ang estudyante ng SHS ay hindi maaring magsagawa ng work immersion sa mga industriya na "hazardous" (delikado) na nailathala sa DOLE Dept Order No. 149, Series of 2016 (Guidelines in Assessing and Determining Hazardous Work in the Employment of Persons Below 18 years of Age).
4. Hindi maaring maging kapalit sa mga empleyado ang mga estudyante na nagsasagawa ng Work Immersion at maging sanhi ng pagbabawas ng mga benepisyo sa mga empleyado.
Para sa opisyal na pahayag ng DOLE, maari po ninyong puntahan ang website link na ito - Protection for Senior High School Students on K to 12 Immersion Program. # Source - PhilJobNet.gov.ph
Hindi ito isang aktwal na kasunduan para makapagtrabaho. Ito ay isang proseso para maipakita sa mga estudyante ang proseso ng pagtrabaho at mapagbutihin pa ang kaalaman na ibinabahagi ng mga eskwelahan.
Pangunahing Gabay sa mga ‘Working Conditions’ sa Work Immersion Program:
1. Maari lamang ganapin ang work immersion program mula 8:00am - 5:00pm.
2. Para sa mga estudyante na mas mababa sa 15 ang edad, hindi maaring humigit sa 4 oras sa isang araw ang kanilang work immersion.
3. Ang estudyante ng SHS ay hindi maaring magsagawa ng work immersion sa mga industriya na "hazardous" (delikado) na nailathala sa DOLE Dept Order No. 149, Series of 2016 (Guidelines in Assessing and Determining Hazardous Work in the Employment of Persons Below 18 years of Age).
4. Hindi maaring maging kapalit sa mga empleyado ang mga estudyante na nagsasagawa ng Work Immersion at maging sanhi ng pagbabawas ng mga benepisyo sa mga empleyado.
Para sa opisyal na pahayag ng DOLE, maari po ninyong puntahan ang website link na ito - Protection for Senior High School Students on K to 12 Immersion Program. # Source - PhilJobNet.gov.ph
DEPED ADVANCES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EDUCATION THROUGH COMMITTED, SUSTAINED DIALOGUE WITH IP COMMUNITIES
Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones reaffirmed the Department of Education’s (DepEd) commitment to further strengthen the Indigenous Peoples Education (IPEd) Program through continuous consultations with IP elders, leaders, and community representatives during the 2017 National Indigenous Peoples Education Gathering on January 10 in Davao City.
The Gathering commemorated 10 years of meaningful dialogue between DepEd and IP communities all over the country that led to the birth of various policy issuances that provide appropriate directions for IPEd Program implementing regions and divisions, so that initiatives are responsive to the aspirations and educational needs of IP learners.
A prayer-blessing also opened the second decade of dialogue, with community elders and leaders expressing their hopes for a deepening relationship between IP communities and DepEd, and praying for the guidance and well-being of all those involved in implementing the IPEd Program.
In her keynote message, Briones highlighted specific education concerns that have direct bearing on IP learners and communities and the implementation of an education that is geared toward a more quality, accessible, relevant, and liberating basic education for all.
She underscored the importance of environmental protection in the curriculum as one way to contribute in keeping IP learners and communities safe, as their identity, culture, and livelihood are shaped by the natural environment surrounding their communities.
“So kailangan talaga, tayo na umaasa sa natural environment, dapat tayo ang mangunguna sa pag-protect nito… I-protect ang ating livelihood dahil ang katutubo, hindi lang nagpuputol ng kahoy, hindi ba? Pinapalitan iyan dahil alam naman natin na iyon ang nagshe-shelter sa atin, ” Briones said.
She called on DepEd to be a champion of the environment as this is a concern of all, not only of IP communities.
The Education chief also mentioned the significance of utilizing technology in ensuring that the cultures of various IP communities in the country are nurtured and protected: “Kailangan gamitin natin ang technology para ipalaganap ang ating kultura, pamamaraan, at pamumuhay.”
Briones committed that as DepEd continues its efforts to enhance the curriculum, concerns of IP learners and communities will be included. “Marami pang pagbabago ang gagawin natin sa curriculum, pero ang importante, hindi natin iiwan ang mga katutubo.”
Furthermore, she conveyed her message not just for IP learners but to all Filipino learners, "You have to be brave, you should be courageous, you should not be afraid even as you know that the world is changing and by the time that you graduate, it will change even more.”
Also present at the event were Undersecretaries Alberto Muyot, Jesus Mateo, Lorna Dino, Alain Del Pascua, Annalyn Sevilla, and Victoria Catibog; Assistant Secretaries Revsee Escobedo and Josephine Maribojoc; and former Education Secretaries Jesli Lapus and Mona Valisno.
Notable milestones
As of 2016, the IPEd Program has reached 16 regions, 31 cities, and 80 provinces; established mechanisms for engagement and partnership with 170 Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) in 290 communities nationwide; developed more than 500 contextualized lesson plans in collaboration with 60 ICCs located in over 200 communities nationwide; and conducted basic training on IPEd and the use of contextualized lesson plans to 2,718 schools serving IP learners.
The IPEd Program is also working on the development of the basic requirements —orthography, dictionary, grammar book, and reading materials—to implement the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) with 65 ICCs.
In support of the program, DepEd continuously crafts policies based on community feedback through consultations and relevant studies that will address the education concerns of IP communities. Concerns addressed by policies formulated in the five years of IPEd Program implementation include the recognition of non-profit private schools serving IP learners, cultural sensitivity in dealing with aspects of IP culture, curriculum contextualization, and hiring of teachers for schools implementing IPEd, among others.
With the opening of the second decade of dialogue, future directions include institutionalizing the mechanisms of dialogue towards effective curriculum contextualization and program implementation, strengthening and expanding school level implementation of the IPEd Program, and systematizing the delivery of DepEd services—both formal and ALS—in far-flung IP communities, among others. # Source – www.deped.gov.ph
The Gathering commemorated 10 years of meaningful dialogue between DepEd and IP communities all over the country that led to the birth of various policy issuances that provide appropriate directions for IPEd Program implementing regions and divisions, so that initiatives are responsive to the aspirations and educational needs of IP learners.
A prayer-blessing also opened the second decade of dialogue, with community elders and leaders expressing their hopes for a deepening relationship between IP communities and DepEd, and praying for the guidance and well-being of all those involved in implementing the IPEd Program.
In her keynote message, Briones highlighted specific education concerns that have direct bearing on IP learners and communities and the implementation of an education that is geared toward a more quality, accessible, relevant, and liberating basic education for all.
She underscored the importance of environmental protection in the curriculum as one way to contribute in keeping IP learners and communities safe, as their identity, culture, and livelihood are shaped by the natural environment surrounding their communities.
“So kailangan talaga, tayo na umaasa sa natural environment, dapat tayo ang mangunguna sa pag-protect nito… I-protect ang ating livelihood dahil ang katutubo, hindi lang nagpuputol ng kahoy, hindi ba? Pinapalitan iyan dahil alam naman natin na iyon ang nagshe-shelter sa atin, ” Briones said.
She called on DepEd to be a champion of the environment as this is a concern of all, not only of IP communities.
The Education chief also mentioned the significance of utilizing technology in ensuring that the cultures of various IP communities in the country are nurtured and protected: “Kailangan gamitin natin ang technology para ipalaganap ang ating kultura, pamamaraan, at pamumuhay.”
Briones committed that as DepEd continues its efforts to enhance the curriculum, concerns of IP learners and communities will be included. “Marami pang pagbabago ang gagawin natin sa curriculum, pero ang importante, hindi natin iiwan ang mga katutubo.”
Furthermore, she conveyed her message not just for IP learners but to all Filipino learners, "You have to be brave, you should be courageous, you should not be afraid even as you know that the world is changing and by the time that you graduate, it will change even more.”
Also present at the event were Undersecretaries Alberto Muyot, Jesus Mateo, Lorna Dino, Alain Del Pascua, Annalyn Sevilla, and Victoria Catibog; Assistant Secretaries Revsee Escobedo and Josephine Maribojoc; and former Education Secretaries Jesli Lapus and Mona Valisno.
Notable milestones
As of 2016, the IPEd Program has reached 16 regions, 31 cities, and 80 provinces; established mechanisms for engagement and partnership with 170 Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs) in 290 communities nationwide; developed more than 500 contextualized lesson plans in collaboration with 60 ICCs located in over 200 communities nationwide; and conducted basic training on IPEd and the use of contextualized lesson plans to 2,718 schools serving IP learners.
The IPEd Program is also working on the development of the basic requirements —orthography, dictionary, grammar book, and reading materials—to implement the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) with 65 ICCs.
In support of the program, DepEd continuously crafts policies based on community feedback through consultations and relevant studies that will address the education concerns of IP communities. Concerns addressed by policies formulated in the five years of IPEd Program implementation include the recognition of non-profit private schools serving IP learners, cultural sensitivity in dealing with aspects of IP culture, curriculum contextualization, and hiring of teachers for schools implementing IPEd, among others.
With the opening of the second decade of dialogue, future directions include institutionalizing the mechanisms of dialogue towards effective curriculum contextualization and program implementation, strengthening and expanding school level implementation of the IPEd Program, and systematizing the delivery of DepEd services—both formal and ALS—in far-flung IP communities, among others. # Source – www.deped.gov.ph
SERBISIO TI SALUN-AT, MAIPAMAYSA ITI TAWEN 2018
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Iti pannakiuman ti Web In-Action ken ni Dr. Mark-Lawrence Tirao, M.D. a Destino iti RHU-Cabugao, kinunana a nalaing a sumarungkar dagiti umili iti Rural Health Unit (RHU)-Cabugao isu a dakkel ti maitulong ti kanayon a pannakapalagip ken pannakaadalda iti panangmantener iti napintas a salun-at babaen kadagiti nagkakammayet a sanga ti Gobierno kas iti DOH, DSWD-MSWDO ken dagiti Asosasion nga adda iti salinong ti Barangay a mangipromot ti programa ti salun-at.
Kabayatanna, agtultuloy ti ipapan dagiti umili iti RHU ket madagdagus iti pannakaasikasoda ken madadaan a maited dagiti agas a kasapulanda babaen iti agtultuloy a panangsuporta ti GobiernoMunisipal nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang kadagiti health programs ti Munisipio tapno agtultuloy a mamantener ti salun-at dagiti umili ita a Tawen 2018 ken iti masanguanan.
Dagiti sumaganad ti pagdurdur-asan ti serbisio ti salun-at:
1. Medical Consultations – 8:00 am-5:00pm – Monday to Friday (Adults and Children).
2. Immunization – 8:00am to 5:00pm – Monday to Friday.
3. Dental Services – 8:00am to 12:00 Noon – Tuesday and Thursday.
4. Lying-in Services – Daily (inaldaw) 24 Oras, 7 Days/Week.
5. Maannurot ti uppat nga STEP (1 to 4) nga aramiden ti agpa-check-up tapno sistematiko ken naurnos iti panagpaagasda.
6. Maiyun-una a mataming dagiti Senior Citizens; People With Disabilities (PWDs); ken masikog nga inna iti pannakataming ken pannakaited iti kasapulanda nga agas.
7. Maitultuloy ti eskediul iti panag-duty dagiti RHU Personnel iti aldaw ti Sabado ken Domingo a pakaragsakan dagiti umili ta adda latta madadaan a mangtaming kadakuada no adda pakaseknanda iti salun-at.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket pagdurdur-asan iti serbisio ti salun-at a kangrunaan a programa ti Gobierno Munisipal nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang tapno agtalinaed a nasalun-at dagiti umili. # (Web In-Action)
Kabayatanna, agtultuloy ti ipapan dagiti umili iti RHU ket madagdagus iti pannakaasikasoda ken madadaan a maited dagiti agas a kasapulanda babaen iti agtultuloy a panangsuporta ti GobiernoMunisipal nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang kadagiti health programs ti Munisipio tapno agtultuloy a mamantener ti salun-at dagiti umili ita a Tawen 2018 ken iti masanguanan.
Dagiti sumaganad ti pagdurdur-asan ti serbisio ti salun-at:
1. Medical Consultations – 8:00 am-5:00pm – Monday to Friday (Adults and Children).
2. Immunization – 8:00am to 5:00pm – Monday to Friday.
3. Dental Services – 8:00am to 12:00 Noon – Tuesday and Thursday.
4. Lying-in Services – Daily (inaldaw) 24 Oras, 7 Days/Week.
5. Maannurot ti uppat nga STEP (1 to 4) nga aramiden ti agpa-check-up tapno sistematiko ken naurnos iti panagpaagasda.
6. Maiyun-una a mataming dagiti Senior Citizens; People With Disabilities (PWDs); ken masikog nga inna iti pannakataming ken pannakaited iti kasapulanda nga agas.
7. Maitultuloy ti eskediul iti panag-duty dagiti RHU Personnel iti aldaw ti Sabado ken Domingo a pakaragsakan dagiti umili ta adda latta madadaan a mangtaming kadakuada no adda pakaseknanda iti salun-at.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket pagdurdur-asan iti serbisio ti salun-at a kangrunaan a programa ti Gobierno Munisipal nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang tapno agtalinaed a nasalun-at dagiti umili. # (Web In-Action)
MENTENANSIA TI NISTC PUBLIC MARKET, AGTULTULOY
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur - Segun ken ni Market Supervisor Norma S. Bertumen, Market Supervisor nga agtultuloy iti pannakataming ti pakaseknan iti las-ud ti Tiendaan (NISTC Public Market) ti ili a Cabugao.
Kabayatanna, kanayonan dagiti naipatakder a Commercial Annex Building ket agtultuloy a mapaspasayaat iti landscape iti sango ken bakrang dagiti pasdek babaen kadagiti LGU Personnel.
Iti agdama, makapabang-ar iti rikna iti pannakapinta dagiti pasdek ti NISTC ken Food Court tapno pumintas iti buya ti aglawlaw para iti sapasap ken kadagiti marketgoers nga umay makitienda ditoy nga ili.
Di met maliwliwayan a maar-aramid ti “Flushing” iti basar ken stalls iti paglakuan ti ikan ken karne iti mamindua iti makalawas ket maar-aramid pay iti inspeksion kadagiti agrebbeng ti LGU-Cabugao kadagiti Food Handlers nga aglaklako iti ikub ti Tiendaan tapno agtalinaed a natalged dagiti mailako a makan ket naobligarda iti panangpaaddada kadagiti rekititos iti pannakaipabaro ti lisensiada nga agoperar ita a Tawen 2018.
Malaksid iti uneg ti Tiendaan, agtultuloy ti koordinasion ti Opisina ti MENRO-LGU Cabugao ken ni Mrs. Bertumen iti agtultuloy met a pannakadalus ti agsumbangir ti Kalsada Nasional a batog ti Tiendaan agraman kadagiti drainages tapno agtultuloy a nasigo ti sanitasion iti NISTC Public Market a para iti sapasap.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket maiyataday iti Direktiba ti Municipal Chief Executive iti regular a pannakamantener ti uneg ken ruar ti Tiendaan para iti pagsayaatan dagiti Marketgoers ken iti sapasap. # (Web Situational Report)
Kabayatanna, kanayonan dagiti naipatakder a Commercial Annex Building ket agtultuloy a mapaspasayaat iti landscape iti sango ken bakrang dagiti pasdek babaen kadagiti LGU Personnel.
Iti agdama, makapabang-ar iti rikna iti pannakapinta dagiti pasdek ti NISTC ken Food Court tapno pumintas iti buya ti aglawlaw para iti sapasap ken kadagiti marketgoers nga umay makitienda ditoy nga ili.
Di met maliwliwayan a maar-aramid ti “Flushing” iti basar ken stalls iti paglakuan ti ikan ken karne iti mamindua iti makalawas ket maar-aramid pay iti inspeksion kadagiti agrebbeng ti LGU-Cabugao kadagiti Food Handlers nga aglaklako iti ikub ti Tiendaan tapno agtalinaed a natalged dagiti mailako a makan ket naobligarda iti panangpaaddada kadagiti rekititos iti pannakaipabaro ti lisensiada nga agoperar ita a Tawen 2018.
Malaksid iti uneg ti Tiendaan, agtultuloy ti koordinasion ti Opisina ti MENRO-LGU Cabugao ken ni Mrs. Bertumen iti agtultuloy met a pannakadalus ti agsumbangir ti Kalsada Nasional a batog ti Tiendaan agraman kadagiti drainages tapno agtultuloy a nasigo ti sanitasion iti NISTC Public Market a para iti sapasap.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket maiyataday iti Direktiba ti Municipal Chief Executive iti regular a pannakamantener ti uneg ken ruar ti Tiendaan para iti pagsayaatan dagiti Marketgoers ken iti sapasap. # (Web Situational Report)
FISHERFOLK REGISTRATION, AGTULTULOY
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Maang-angay ti Fisherfolk Registration ditoy nga ili babaen kadagiti pannakabagi ti Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) kadagiti mangngalap a kameng ti Pederasion iti pito a Coastal Barangay a kas iti Sabang, Dardarat, Salomague, Daclapan, Namruangan, Salapasap ken Pug-os.
Tartarabayen ida ni Mr. Nereo S. Daproza, Municipal Fisheries Coordinator ken ni Mr. Kyle Connelly, US Peace Corp Volunteer iti pannakapirma dagiti standard form a maited kadagiti mangngalap.
Sakbayna, inlunsad ti BFAR-Ilocos Sur ti Boat Registry System (BoatR) tapno maestablisar iti Simplified and Standardized National Registration dagiti mangngalap, fishing gears ken dagiti fishing vessels.
Tapno maaramid daytoy, naikkan ti tunggal LGU iti gundaway a mangirehistro kadagiti masakupanda a mangngalap ken dagiti pagkalap tapno maaramid iti information online iti fisheries sector.
The BoatR ket agpaay a pagibasaran iti National Programs ti Aquaculture. Panggepna pay a lappedan iti llegal, unreported ken unregulated fishing. Sagudayen ti Republic Act 8550 or Fisheries Code of the Philippines, madusa ti asinoman nga agkalap nga agusar iti eksplosibo, panagkoriente ken panagsabidong wenno panagtuba ti ikan.
Iti biang ti indibidual a rehistrasion ti mangngalap, kasapulan a mairehistro dagiti husto nga agkalkalap tapno mairamanda kadagiti benepisio ken programa nga itden ti Ahensia ti BFAR ken ti LGU.
Innayon ni Mr. Daproza nga agtultuloy ti updating ti masterlist dagiti mangngalap agingga inton 2020 agsipud ta no saan a rehistrado ti maysa a mangngalap ket saanna a maawat dagiti maipaay a pribilehio ken benepisio nga itden ti Ahensia, Gobierno-Lokal ken iti Pederasion a nakaikappenganda.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket paset iti panangpatibker ti Munisipio ken iti Ahensia ti BFAR kadaytoy a Sektor tapno maikkan iti naan-anay a pannakaasikaso iti pakaseknan ken kasapulanda. # (Web In-Action)
Tartarabayen ida ni Mr. Nereo S. Daproza, Municipal Fisheries Coordinator ken ni Mr. Kyle Connelly, US Peace Corp Volunteer iti pannakapirma dagiti standard form a maited kadagiti mangngalap.
Sakbayna, inlunsad ti BFAR-Ilocos Sur ti Boat Registry System (BoatR) tapno maestablisar iti Simplified and Standardized National Registration dagiti mangngalap, fishing gears ken dagiti fishing vessels.
Tapno maaramid daytoy, naikkan ti tunggal LGU iti gundaway a mangirehistro kadagiti masakupanda a mangngalap ken dagiti pagkalap tapno maaramid iti information online iti fisheries sector.
The BoatR ket agpaay a pagibasaran iti National Programs ti Aquaculture. Panggepna pay a lappedan iti llegal, unreported ken unregulated fishing. Sagudayen ti Republic Act 8550 or Fisheries Code of the Philippines, madusa ti asinoman nga agkalap nga agusar iti eksplosibo, panagkoriente ken panagsabidong wenno panagtuba ti ikan.
Iti biang ti indibidual a rehistrasion ti mangngalap, kasapulan a mairehistro dagiti husto nga agkalkalap tapno mairamanda kadagiti benepisio ken programa nga itden ti Ahensia ti BFAR ken ti LGU.
Innayon ni Mr. Daproza nga agtultuloy ti updating ti masterlist dagiti mangngalap agingga inton 2020 agsipud ta no saan a rehistrado ti maysa a mangngalap ket saanna a maawat dagiti maipaay a pribilehio ken benepisio nga itden ti Ahensia, Gobierno-Lokal ken iti Pederasion a nakaikappenganda.
Dagitoy nga aksion ken inisiatiba ket paset iti panangpatibker ti Munisipio ken iti Ahensia ti BFAR kadaytoy a Sektor tapno maikkan iti naan-anay a pannakaasikaso iti pakaseknan ken kasapulanda. # (Web In-Action)
Monday, January 22, 2018
DOH BANNERS 2017 HIGHLIGHTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
The Department of Health (DOH) today reported its 2017 accomplishments bannered by the signing of three key Executive Orders by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte which show the health priorities of the administration: access to Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health services (Executive Order No. 12), establishment of smoke-free environments (Executive Order No. 26), and the regulation and controlled use of firecrackers (Executive Order No. 28).
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III also reported that the DOH through PhilHealth was able to provide social health insurance coverage at 91% of the total population and paid out Z benefit claims for catastrophic healthcare amounting to Php 361 million. The Z Benefit package covers peritoneal dialysis, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, breast cancer surgery, kidney transplantation, and ventricular septal defect surgery.
Through the DOH Medical Assistance Program, DOH was also able to serve some 1.33 million poor patients in government hospitals amounting to a total of PhP 3.71 Billion. Meanwhile, some 1.48 million beneficiaries were provided with free access to medicines for hypertension, diabetes, stroke, mental health disorders, thalassemia, Kawasaki disease as well as breast cancer and common childhood cancers.
Another highlight of the DOH accomplishment is the immediate response to the recent Marawi Crisis. The health chief reported that 167 medical teams composed of 646 personnel were deployed on scheduled rotation, provided free consultation services to 104,415 internally-displaced persons at 26 referral hospitals coordinated by the DOH, and provided P222 million worth of logistics, services and financial assistance to address the health needs of an estimated 84,351 families or 389,366 individuals during the Marawi Siege.
Secretary Duque added that in May 2017, the Philippine Health Facilities Development Plan 2017–2022 was approved by President Duterte which outlines the medium-term investment plan of the government in rehabilitating and upgrading existing health facilities, and constructing new health facilities across the country. The Plan aims to build one barangay health station in every barangay, one rural health unit in every urban health center with a population of approximately 20,000, one hospital bed for every 800-person population and at least two mega hospitals in Visayas and Mindanao, while improving access to specialty services in all regions.
Thus far, DOH through its Health Facilities Enhancement Program has constructed 408 new facilities (362 barangay health stations, 46 rural health units), upgraded/repaired 594 existing facilities (55 BHS, 273 RHU, 266 LGU hospitals) and equipped 404 facilities with basic and advanced medical equipment (231 BHS, 82 RHU, 91 LGU hospitals).
With regard to the deployment of health workers, Secretary Duque reported that DOH has provided 516 doctors, 17,538 nurses, 4,549 midwives, 788 allied health professionals (medical technologists and pharmacists) and 4,248 public health support staff deployed to geographically isolated and disadvantaged and high-poverty areas. The DOH also granted full scholarships to 1,034 medical and midwifery students through the DOH Pre-Service Scholarship Program composed of 584 medical students and 450 midwifery students.
In 2017, DOH also continued to push back some priority infectious diseases declaring ten more provinces as malaria-free, three provinces and one city as filariasis-free and 8 municipalities rabies-free. More than 30 million Filipino children were also given deworming drugs in the health department’s war against worms and malnutrition.
On the international front, DOH also featured prominently in the hosting of the ASEAN Summit in 2017 by leading the development of ASEAN Leaders’ Declarations on Ending All Forms of Malnutrition and Combating Anti-Microbial Resistance. Eleven activities were also organized and hosted by the country to develop ASEAN-wide policies and strategies on malnutrition, antimicrobial resistance, HIV/AIDS, traditional medicine, non-communicable diseases, and strengthening health systems. About 130 emergency response teams were also deployed during the ASEAN Summit which provided 929 consultation services to the attendees and the ASEAN personnel.
Secretary Duque concluded the 2017 yearend roundup of the DOH on a positive note that the DOH, despite the recent controversies, will continue to take the lead in providing vital health programs and services for the Filipino people.
“2017 may have been indeed a year fraught with challenges but these do not define the health department as an organization still with so many well-meaning, competent and hardworking people in its ranks. The DOH that I know is number one in terms of public service and satisfaction because Filipinos recognize how they can always count on the expertise and the ready helping hand of the DOH. We will aim once again to regain the trust of our people through integrity and good governance in 2018,” Secretary Duque concluded. # Source - www.doh.gov.ph
Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III also reported that the DOH through PhilHealth was able to provide social health insurance coverage at 91% of the total population and paid out Z benefit claims for catastrophic healthcare amounting to Php 361 million. The Z Benefit package covers peritoneal dialysis, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, breast cancer surgery, kidney transplantation, and ventricular septal defect surgery.
Through the DOH Medical Assistance Program, DOH was also able to serve some 1.33 million poor patients in government hospitals amounting to a total of PhP 3.71 Billion. Meanwhile, some 1.48 million beneficiaries were provided with free access to medicines for hypertension, diabetes, stroke, mental health disorders, thalassemia, Kawasaki disease as well as breast cancer and common childhood cancers.
Another highlight of the DOH accomplishment is the immediate response to the recent Marawi Crisis. The health chief reported that 167 medical teams composed of 646 personnel were deployed on scheduled rotation, provided free consultation services to 104,415 internally-displaced persons at 26 referral hospitals coordinated by the DOH, and provided P222 million worth of logistics, services and financial assistance to address the health needs of an estimated 84,351 families or 389,366 individuals during the Marawi Siege.
Secretary Duque added that in May 2017, the Philippine Health Facilities Development Plan 2017–2022 was approved by President Duterte which outlines the medium-term investment plan of the government in rehabilitating and upgrading existing health facilities, and constructing new health facilities across the country. The Plan aims to build one barangay health station in every barangay, one rural health unit in every urban health center with a population of approximately 20,000, one hospital bed for every 800-person population and at least two mega hospitals in Visayas and Mindanao, while improving access to specialty services in all regions.
Thus far, DOH through its Health Facilities Enhancement Program has constructed 408 new facilities (362 barangay health stations, 46 rural health units), upgraded/repaired 594 existing facilities (55 BHS, 273 RHU, 266 LGU hospitals) and equipped 404 facilities with basic and advanced medical equipment (231 BHS, 82 RHU, 91 LGU hospitals).
With regard to the deployment of health workers, Secretary Duque reported that DOH has provided 516 doctors, 17,538 nurses, 4,549 midwives, 788 allied health professionals (medical technologists and pharmacists) and 4,248 public health support staff deployed to geographically isolated and disadvantaged and high-poverty areas. The DOH also granted full scholarships to 1,034 medical and midwifery students through the DOH Pre-Service Scholarship Program composed of 584 medical students and 450 midwifery students.
In 2017, DOH also continued to push back some priority infectious diseases declaring ten more provinces as malaria-free, three provinces and one city as filariasis-free and 8 municipalities rabies-free. More than 30 million Filipino children were also given deworming drugs in the health department’s war against worms and malnutrition.
On the international front, DOH also featured prominently in the hosting of the ASEAN Summit in 2017 by leading the development of ASEAN Leaders’ Declarations on Ending All Forms of Malnutrition and Combating Anti-Microbial Resistance. Eleven activities were also organized and hosted by the country to develop ASEAN-wide policies and strategies on malnutrition, antimicrobial resistance, HIV/AIDS, traditional medicine, non-communicable diseases, and strengthening health systems. About 130 emergency response teams were also deployed during the ASEAN Summit which provided 929 consultation services to the attendees and the ASEAN personnel.
Secretary Duque concluded the 2017 yearend roundup of the DOH on a positive note that the DOH, despite the recent controversies, will continue to take the lead in providing vital health programs and services for the Filipino people.
“2017 may have been indeed a year fraught with challenges but these do not define the health department as an organization still with so many well-meaning, competent and hardworking people in its ranks. The DOH that I know is number one in terms of public service and satisfaction because Filipinos recognize how they can always count on the expertise and the ready helping hand of the DOH. We will aim once again to regain the trust of our people through integrity and good governance in 2018,” Secretary Duque concluded. # Source - www.doh.gov.ph
STRONG PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN DEPED, INDUSTRIES PRODUCE JOB-READY, LIFE-READY SHS GRADUATES
With the four exits envisioned for Senior High School (SHS) graduates – higher education, entrepreneurship, employment, or middle-level skills development – the first batch of Grade 12 learners are about to become full-fledged contributors to social development and nation-building. The Department of Education (DepEd) is keen to note that the K to 12 Basic Education Program has equipped them with values, knowledge, and skills that communities, businesses, and industries need.
DepEd recognizes the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (PCCI) concern in regard to the minimum number of training hours of SHS graduates, and maintains its confidence in the strong partnerships it has forged and continues to foster with different industry partners, such as PCCI, that enable Senior High School (SHS) graduates to strike a balance between theory and practice – specifically through Work Immersion.
Work Immersion is a key subject under the SHS Curriculum that may be conducted in different ways and time frame as needed by Senior High School (SHS) learners. The subject will provide learners with opportunities to become familiar with the work place; for employment simulation; and to apply their competencies in areas of specialization/applied subjects in authentic work environments.
Specifically, DepEd Order No. 30, series 2017 (DO 30, s. 2017), or Guidelines for Work Immersion, provides learners with access to industry partners’ facilities and employment simulation where they are given opportunities to apply their competencies, gain practical industrial skills, and develop good work ethics and values relevant to pursuing further education and/or joining the world of work.
Under DO 30, s. 2017, a learner is required to render a minimum of 80 hours for Work Immersion. Consequently, as provided by law, a child below the age of 18 but older than 15 must spend a maximum of 40 hours per week and no more than eight hours per day in the work immersion venue.
The same issuance does not limit a learner’s practical work experience hours to 80 hours and offers several delivery models from which schools may choose based on the number of hours (80 hours, 240 hours, 320 hours); learner’s purpose and needs; school capabilities and compliance to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and DepEd Work Immersion Guidelines. Schools may also design their own delivery model as they deem fit for a specific situation or concern, subject to the approval of the Regional Office.
The K to 12 Program was crafted in close coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), TESDA and representatives of business community. It aims to produce lifelong learners who are locally and globally competitive, and ready to pursue their desired path. # Source – www.deped.gov.ph
DepEd recognizes the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (PCCI) concern in regard to the minimum number of training hours of SHS graduates, and maintains its confidence in the strong partnerships it has forged and continues to foster with different industry partners, such as PCCI, that enable Senior High School (SHS) graduates to strike a balance between theory and practice – specifically through Work Immersion.
Work Immersion is a key subject under the SHS Curriculum that may be conducted in different ways and time frame as needed by Senior High School (SHS) learners. The subject will provide learners with opportunities to become familiar with the work place; for employment simulation; and to apply their competencies in areas of specialization/applied subjects in authentic work environments.
Specifically, DepEd Order No. 30, series 2017 (DO 30, s. 2017), or Guidelines for Work Immersion, provides learners with access to industry partners’ facilities and employment simulation where they are given opportunities to apply their competencies, gain practical industrial skills, and develop good work ethics and values relevant to pursuing further education and/or joining the world of work.
Under DO 30, s. 2017, a learner is required to render a minimum of 80 hours for Work Immersion. Consequently, as provided by law, a child below the age of 18 but older than 15 must spend a maximum of 40 hours per week and no more than eight hours per day in the work immersion venue.
The same issuance does not limit a learner’s practical work experience hours to 80 hours and offers several delivery models from which schools may choose based on the number of hours (80 hours, 240 hours, 320 hours); learner’s purpose and needs; school capabilities and compliance to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and DepEd Work Immersion Guidelines. Schools may also design their own delivery model as they deem fit for a specific situation or concern, subject to the approval of the Regional Office.
The K to 12 Program was crafted in close coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), TESDA and representatives of business community. It aims to produce lifelong learners who are locally and globally competitive, and ready to pursue their desired path. # Source – www.deped.gov.ph
2018 METROBANK-MTAP-DEPEd MATH CHALLENGE, NAGLEPPAS
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Naangay ti 2018 Metrobank-MTAP-DEPEd Math Challenge District Elimination in Elementary iti Cabugao DepED District iti Cabugao North Central School, Brgy. Rizal, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur idi Enero 18, 2018.
Nakipaset dagiti napili nga ubbing iti kada eskuela kadagiti pagadalan ti Cabugao DepEd District.
Immuna a naaramid ti Opening Program iti Cabugao Cultural and Sports Complex sa naisaganad ti panageksamen dagiti ubbing.
Ditoy Cabugao DepED District, naangay ti Eksaminasion dagiti Math Contestants kadagiti pasdek-pagadalan ti Cabugao North Central School, Brgy. Rizal, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur.
Kanaig daytoy, panggep ti Math Challenge a mangpasayaat pay iti kalidad ti Mathematics Education tapno maiyintek ti laing kadagiti ubbing kadaytoy nga asignatura nga agballigida iti benneg ti Elementaria iti amin a Distrito ti DepED. Kasta pay a mamuli dagiti ubbing para iti promotion of leadership, cooperation, sportsmanship ken camaraderie-da kadagiti kapatadanda. # (Web In-Action)
Nakipaset dagiti napili nga ubbing iti kada eskuela kadagiti pagadalan ti Cabugao DepEd District.
Immuna a naaramid ti Opening Program iti Cabugao Cultural and Sports Complex sa naisaganad ti panageksamen dagiti ubbing.
Ditoy Cabugao DepED District, naangay ti Eksaminasion dagiti Math Contestants kadagiti pasdek-pagadalan ti Cabugao North Central School, Brgy. Rizal, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur.
Kanaig daytoy, panggep ti Math Challenge a mangpasayaat pay iti kalidad ti Mathematics Education tapno maiyintek ti laing kadagiti ubbing kadaytoy nga asignatura nga agballigida iti benneg ti Elementaria iti amin a Distrito ti DepED. Kasta pay a mamuli dagiti ubbing para iti promotion of leadership, cooperation, sportsmanship ken camaraderie-da kadagiti kapatadanda. # (Web In-Action)
FFS-CORN PRODUCTION, MAISARSARUNO ITI BARANGAY ARAGAN
Cabugao, Ilocos Sur – Kalpasan ti pannakaangay ti Season-Long Farmers Field School on Sustainable Rice Production Wet Season idi Tawen 2017 kadagiti mannalon iti Barangay Aragan, Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, maang-angay manen ti Local Farmer Technician Led Farmers Field School on Sustainable Corn Production iti Dry Season 2018 iti nadakamat a barangay.
Daytoy a panagadal ket inesponsoran ti Dapartment of Agriculture (DA) ken iti LGU-Cabugao nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang ken ipatungpal ti DA-LGU Cabugao nga imatonan ni Municipal Agriculturist Robert S. Savella.
Segun ken ni Mr. Obas Bill Y. Baclig, AT, Supervising/Facilitator iti nadakamat a proyekto a kaduana met laeng dagiti Local Farmer Technician (LFT) nga isuda Mr. Henry B. Saliganan ken ni Mr. Bert Vicente.
Innayon ni Mr. Baclig a nangrugi ti panagadalda iti umuna a lawas ti Nobiembre 2017 ket agpatingga inton Pebrero 2018. Napili iti 30 a Farmer Cooperators iti nadakamat a panagadal idinto ta addaan dagitoy iti sag-1,250 Square Meters a Learning Field-da. Maaramid ti panagadal iti kada aldaw ti Martes ken manamnama a maileppas iti 16 a weekly meetings.
Iti daytoy a panagadal, maar-aramid ti Variety Trial iti 4 a Treatments ken uppat ti klasena a mais.
Dagitoy nga aksion ket parte iti panangidur-as ti programa ti Munisipio iti Sektor Agrikultura tapno ma-update dagiti mannalon kadagiti kabaruanan a Teknolohia iti panagmula ti mais. # (Web In-Action)
Daytoy a panagadal ket inesponsoran ti Dapartment of Agriculture (DA) ken iti LGU-Cabugao nga idauluan ni Mayor Josh Edward S. Cobangbang ken ipatungpal ti DA-LGU Cabugao nga imatonan ni Municipal Agriculturist Robert S. Savella.
Segun ken ni Mr. Obas Bill Y. Baclig, AT, Supervising/Facilitator iti nadakamat a proyekto a kaduana met laeng dagiti Local Farmer Technician (LFT) nga isuda Mr. Henry B. Saliganan ken ni Mr. Bert Vicente.
Innayon ni Mr. Baclig a nangrugi ti panagadalda iti umuna a lawas ti Nobiembre 2017 ket agpatingga inton Pebrero 2018. Napili iti 30 a Farmer Cooperators iti nadakamat a panagadal idinto ta addaan dagitoy iti sag-1,250 Square Meters a Learning Field-da. Maaramid ti panagadal iti kada aldaw ti Martes ken manamnama a maileppas iti 16 a weekly meetings.
Iti daytoy a panagadal, maar-aramid ti Variety Trial iti 4 a Treatments ken uppat ti klasena a mais.
Dagitoy nga aksion ket parte iti panangidur-as ti programa ti Munisipio iti Sektor Agrikultura tapno ma-update dagiti mannalon kadagiti kabaruanan a Teknolohia iti panagmula ti mais. # (Web In-Action)
Friday, January 19, 2018
DILG: 2,059 SALINTUBIG PROJECTS GIVE MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO POTABLE WATER
More and more people in the countryside now have access to safe and clean water as the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has administered a total of 2,059 SALINTUBIG (Sagana at Ligtas naTubig para sa Lahat) projects across 15 regions in the country amounting to P6.674 billion.
DILG Undersecretary Austere Panadero said this is aside from the 850 potable water supply projects under the DILG’s Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities (ADM) - Provision of Potable Water Programs in 2017 amounting to P3.699 billion.
“Safe and clean water is now accessible to majority of our countrymen and we are glad that we in the DILG are playing a key role in this effort,” said Panadero.
He said the DILG also appreciates the help and support of Regional Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Hubs that are mentoring and coaching recipient communities and local government units (LGUs) in managing and sustaining their potable water and sanitation projects better.
Just recently, representatives of various State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Water Districts, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and Private Institutions which make up the Regional WATSAN Hubs completed the training course on the Sustainable Delivery of Integrated Safe Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (iWaSH) Programs, Systems and Facilities for SALINTUBIG and ADM-Provision of Potable Water Programs.
In grateful recognition of their valuable contribution in providing capacity development and technical skills enhancement for iWaSH programs and for successfully completing the training course, each member-institution of the 15 Regional WATSAN Hubs was awarded with a plaque of appreciation during the final day of the said training course.
Panadero thanked the Regional WATSAN Hubs and highlighted their unique position in helping people identify their needs with regards to water and sanitation.
“Kung minsan, nakikita natin iyong mga numero diyan. Kami rin dito lahat sa DILG, we look at numbers. How many towns have we covered? How many communities? But of course, we know behind those numbers are faces. Behind those numbers are names. Behind those numbers are families that now benefit from potable water thanks to your help. Hindi nila makukuha iyon kung hindi natin pinagtulung-tulungan lahat,” he said.
“I hope that as we move forward, we continue to do this because we want to bring about a better future to our communities, better health, at mabigyan naman sila ng access sa napakahalagang commodity – iyong tubig,” he added.
UNICEF WASH Chief Louise Maule said that if we can find ways to build on our strengths, the R/Hubs really have the potential to become centers for excellence and to be a valuable resource for integrated WASH program planning and monitoring.
“If the R/Hubs can work together as a network and have mechanisms for sharing their skills and expertise, then we can make the best use of the available capacities and resources for the Philippines as a whole,” Maule said.
UNICEF has been one of DILG’s partners in the delivery of iWASH projects through the Joint Programme ‘Enhancing Access to and Provision of Water Services with the Active Participation of the Poor’ (MDG-F 1919) and the current Joint Programme on Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDGF) – Promoting Water and Sanitation Access, Integrity, Empowerment, Rights and Resiliency (Pro-WATER). # Source – www.dilg.gov.ph
DILG Undersecretary Austere Panadero said this is aside from the 850 potable water supply projects under the DILG’s Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities (ADM) - Provision of Potable Water Programs in 2017 amounting to P3.699 billion.
“Safe and clean water is now accessible to majority of our countrymen and we are glad that we in the DILG are playing a key role in this effort,” said Panadero.
He said the DILG also appreciates the help and support of Regional Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Hubs that are mentoring and coaching recipient communities and local government units (LGUs) in managing and sustaining their potable water and sanitation projects better.
Just recently, representatives of various State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Water Districts, Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and Private Institutions which make up the Regional WATSAN Hubs completed the training course on the Sustainable Delivery of Integrated Safe Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (iWaSH) Programs, Systems and Facilities for SALINTUBIG and ADM-Provision of Potable Water Programs.
In grateful recognition of their valuable contribution in providing capacity development and technical skills enhancement for iWaSH programs and for successfully completing the training course, each member-institution of the 15 Regional WATSAN Hubs was awarded with a plaque of appreciation during the final day of the said training course.
Panadero thanked the Regional WATSAN Hubs and highlighted their unique position in helping people identify their needs with regards to water and sanitation.
“Kung minsan, nakikita natin iyong mga numero diyan. Kami rin dito lahat sa DILG, we look at numbers. How many towns have we covered? How many communities? But of course, we know behind those numbers are faces. Behind those numbers are names. Behind those numbers are families that now benefit from potable water thanks to your help. Hindi nila makukuha iyon kung hindi natin pinagtulung-tulungan lahat,” he said.
“I hope that as we move forward, we continue to do this because we want to bring about a better future to our communities, better health, at mabigyan naman sila ng access sa napakahalagang commodity – iyong tubig,” he added.
UNICEF WASH Chief Louise Maule said that if we can find ways to build on our strengths, the R/Hubs really have the potential to become centers for excellence and to be a valuable resource for integrated WASH program planning and monitoring.
“If the R/Hubs can work together as a network and have mechanisms for sharing their skills and expertise, then we can make the best use of the available capacities and resources for the Philippines as a whole,” Maule said.
UNICEF has been one of DILG’s partners in the delivery of iWASH projects through the Joint Programme ‘Enhancing Access to and Provision of Water Services with the Active Participation of the Poor’ (MDG-F 1919) and the current Joint Programme on Sustainable Development Goals Fund (SDGF) – Promoting Water and Sanitation Access, Integrity, Empowerment, Rights and Resiliency (Pro-WATER). # Source – www.dilg.gov.ph
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