Rodeo and Horse Show Competition to kick off Buglasan Festival
Negrenses and visitors to the Buglasan Festival of Festivals in October will be treated to three days of rodeo fun during the annual Buglasan Rodeo and Horse Show Competition on October 15 to 17, 2006.
The Rodeo and Horse Show competition will kick off the 17-day Buglasan Festival of Festivals, says Solomon Cadiz of the Provincial Veterinary Office during the Kapihan forum held yesterday.
For an entrance fee of P5.00 each day, the audience can watch various competitions, including non-cattle events such as tug of war and cock carambola.
“But we are inviting the other local governments units to participate,” says
For the rodeo competition, nine teams have already signed up for the student category while six professional teams for the open category.
These student and professional teams are from all over the country, including also local colleges here offering agricultural courses such as
“Rodeo is an activity to handle or manage cattle which is one of the production aspects of cattle raising. In fact, rodeo is Spanish word for “to go around” or to take care of animals,” he adds.
On the other hand,
Meanwhile, City Veterinarian Dr. Lourdes Socorro assured that animals used during the competitions are well protected and looked after as provided for by RA 8485 or the Animal Welfare Act.
“The animals are properly fed and are taken well cared of during the events. The Rodeo team is implementing the provisions specified in the Act. No injuries will be inflicted on the animals during the show,” she stressed.
PNC conducts training for mun’l nutrition action officers
The municipal nutrition action officers in the province are currently undergoing a two-day Orientation-Workshop on Nutrition Program Management from September 28 to 29 at El Oriente Beach Resort.
Conducted by the Provincial Nutrition Committee, the workshop aims to train new nutrition action officers in the municipalities on nutrition program management. “We also would like to encourage the municipal nutrition action officers to actively implement the nutrition programs at their levels,” disclosed Dr. Bernarda Cortes of the Provincial Nutrition Committee.
Cortes said the workshop participants are expected to come up with nutrition program action plans for next year.
Facilitators during the two-day workshop are from the National Nutrition Council-Region 7 in Cebu City led Ms. Carolita Mission, regional nutrition action officer.
The workshop is in step with the national government’s priority of ensuring good health for all the people.
The government is working to integrate cleanliness and hygiene as part of the Filipino life through grassroots education correlating pollution with diseases.
Health officials are now on alert to make sure that the World Health ORganization warning on the possibility of a hepatitis outbreak is addressed immediately and properly.
U.S. Peace Corps celebrates 45th Anniv in
The US Peace Corps is set to celebrate its 45th Anniversary in Brgy.
To recognize the friendships and development assistance brought by these volunteers, many Philippine communities served by the U.S. Peace Corps are holding celebrations throughout 2006.
Valencia Mayor Rodolfo Gonzalez, Jr. and the
Like so many other host communities,
The Peace Corps traces its roots and mission to 1960, when then Senator John F. Kennedy challenged students at the
There are nearly 150 U.S. Peace Corps volunteers currently working throughout the country on issues ranging from health care to education to agriculture, all with the goal of increasing prosperity for Filipino citizens.
Meanwhile, latest indicators reflect the positive health on the
Reports from the National Economic Development Authority show that the domestic economy sustained its strong upturn in the second quarter of 2006, with gross domestic product or GDP growing by 5.5& in real terms over a year ago.
Poverty a hindrance to children’s education- PCTF
Poverty is a common cause and hindrance to children’s education.
This is the assessment of the Provincial Communication Task Force (PCTF) in Oriental Negros who is currently conducting various focus group discussions (FGD) in the ten pilot barangays under the Sixth Country Programme for Children (CPC-6) in the province.
According to Victor Camion, documentor of the PCTF team conducting the FGDs, the most common cause why children are not in school is poverty.
“Some parents bring their children to farm to work instead of sending them to school,” says Camion.
He said that in their FGDs, he has observed that some parents are not interested to send their children to school because they do not believe that education will uplift them from poverty.
Camion said that parents bring their children with them to work in the sugar plantations.
This was echoed by FGD Facilitator Des Tilos who said that a large family size was seen by most parents as beneficial. “Daghan silang anak kay ilang hi-muon nga puhunan ang mga bata nga makatabang sa ilang panginabuhi,” says Tilos.
Tilos said the parents are more focused on the immediate solution and that is the children helping provide food on the table.
He believes that education will help free these families from the bondage of poverty.
“This situation has become a cycle, which unless they are educated and their level of awareness is elevated, will not be stopped,” he said.
The FGD team has finished conducting FGDs in four pilot areas.
Philippines has made progress in the poverty reduction, as a new World Bank report noted that the number of Filipinos living on less than $1 a day declined to 9 million or 10.8% of the total population as of end-2005 from 12 million or 13.5 percent of the population in the 2000.
Living below the $1-a-day mark is an international benchmark for measuring poverty across countries.
The
Dr. Virgilio Daliong, assistant provincial schools division superintendent, said a science building, complete with laboratory equipment will also be constructed in VNHS soon.
Accoridng to Valencia Information Officer Des Tilos, Valencia enjoys another two storey four classroom SEDIP building in Pulangbato National High School which is still under construction.
A total of P24-million has been allocated for
Dr. Daliong lauded Valencia Mayor Rodolfo Gonzalez Jr for putting education as one of his priority programs, noting the funds his administration allocated for education programs like the Third Elementary Education Program (TEEP) which ended last year.
Mayor Gonzalez said the amount he put in education is part of his commitment to provide Valencianon access to quality education. He challenged the students and teachers who attended the inauguration to improve their performance.
Meanwhile, the University of the
Deputy Majority Leader Luis Villafuerte said 500 million pesos has been earmarked in this year’s 46.4 billion pesos supplemental budget “for the infrastructure development” of the 22-hectare Dilliman Science Complex and
Siquijor-- New hope sprouts for Siquijor folks as the provincial government ventures on a project that gives way to income generation and job creation in the province.
Approved by the Department of Energy (DOE), a P2.5 million-Integrated Virgin Coconut Oil Processing Center will soon rise in Lilo-an, Maria, Siquijor that aims to generate employment and increase farmers’ profitability, says Medel V. Panzo, Officer-in-charge of the Philippine Coconut Authority here.
The project is funded out of the Development and Livelihood Fund (DLF), provincial and the regional share accrued from the commercial operations of Palinpinon Geothermal Power Plant 1 & 2 and Cebu Thermal Power Plant 2. DLF Siquijor share is P708,702.70 while Interprovincial/Regional share is P1,791,297.30, according to the report.
Panzo said, the project is seen to boost farmers’ income through maximum utilization of coconut products and its by-products and eventually generates job in the province.
This stems from the fact that coconut is one of the prime commodities that the province produced. Records from PCA revealed that the area planted to coconut in the province is 6,808 hectares or 680,800 trees; 510,000 of which are bearing trees with a production of 18.4 nut per tree per year or 9,395,400 nuts. Production of this crop has become an important source of income to farmers.
The project is in line with the priority thrust of the provincial government to create employment and uplift the lives of the ordinary folks. Earlier, President Arroyo called the people to sustain the momentum of enterprise and productivity towards poverty alleviation, peace building, and law and order.
“The project is going in the right direction because of its potential to contribute in the government's effort to harness coconut as also a source of alternative fuel, “ Panzo also said.
He said producing crude coconut oil, that is the raw material used in producing coco bio-diesel is also possible. “It is one of the alternative fuels being tapped by the government to lessen the country's dependence on imported fossil fuel,” he said.
The DOE also said that the use of coco bio-diesel will be a sustainable and strategic approach in cleaning the air and energizing the economy.
Meanwhile, on government and private economists’ estimate, the country’s per capita income – or the share of each citizen in the country’s wealth as measured by the GDP – will reach more than $1,400 this year.
This was the best per capita income level since the 70s, surpassing the industrial years of the Marcos Era and the tiger economy under the Ramos Presidency.
Search is on for Model OFW Family 2006
Larena, Siquijor - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 7, in an Orientation on OWWA’s Programs and Services yesterday announced search for the “Model OFW Family of the Year Award 2006” (MOFYA).
Now on its second year, this award serves as a strategic mechanism for exemplifying the best practices of OFW families towards optimizing the gains of migration.
The award also recognizes the ultimate results of OFW family success in terms of enterprise development and generation of employment opportunities.
Family Welfare Officer Jennifer C. Suarez said the office is now accepting nominations. Religious leaders or groups, NGOs, and community-based social or civic organizations may nominate awardees.
She said OFW families residing in Region 7 (Cebu,
1)OFW has a minimum of four (4) years of overseas employment; 2) known as a solid/stable family in the locality; 3) has at least a child graduated from a baccalaureate degree; 4) has prudent management of savings; and 5) currently enjoying sustained income from investment on any entrepreneurial activity.
The names and supporting documents of nominees are expected to be submitted to the not later than October 20 this year to OWWA, Regional Welfare Office 7, Mezzanine Floor, LDM Bldg., cor.
For more information, interested parties from Region 7 may call or visit OWWA 7 at telephone nos. 255-3199 or 254-0305 or cellphone no. 0918-9214925 and look for Jennifer Suarez or Rey Jacalan.. (pia)
OWWA 7 now accepts application for scholarship
Larena, Siquijor – Another good news for OFW dependents, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) through its Regional Welfare Office in Region 7 and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here is now accepting applications for Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) for School Year 2007-2008.
The program is part of the government’s effort to help OFWs and directly lift their families out of poverty while recognizing their contributions to the economy.
Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo L. Neri recognizes that recent economic growth is also being driven by inflows from OFWs which rose by 25 percent to a high of US$10.7 billion in 2005. “Exports this year have grown by 16.2 percent. Revenues from call centers are estimated to rise by 60 percent this year. Tourist arrivals are at an all-time high. All these inflows from abroad have pushed growth into a higher trajectory,” explained Neri who is also director-general of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
During the Orientation on OWWA’s Programs and Services conducted at the Larena SB Session Hall yesterday, Overseas Worker Welfare Officer Romyl C. Cabillo stressed that eligible to apply are immediate beneficiaries or dependents of active OFWs, whose contract is still enforced.
Scholar-applicants should be high school graduate or have not taken any units in college and not more than 21-years old.
The scholar may enroll in a 4 to 5-year course of choice in any school or university with financial assistance of not more than Thirty Thousand Pesos (P30, 000.00) per semester.
uition fees shall be paid directly to the school and the remaining balance shall be released to the scholar upon submission of the grades at the end of the semester.
OWWA shall refer all qualified applicants to the office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for the competitive examination which will be announced later.
Interested applicants may visit or call OWWA Regional Welfare Office No. 7 located at Mezzanine Floor, LDM Bldg., cor. M.J. Cuenco Ave. and Legaspi St. Cebu City, tel. nos. telephone nos. 255-3199 or 254-0305 or cellphone no. 0918-9214925 and look for Jennifer Suarez or Rey Jacalan.
Siquijor joins Family Week celebration
Larena, Siquijor - Pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 60 signed on September 28, 1992, declaring the last week of September every year as National Family Week, the country will celebrate on September 24 - 30 as this year's National Family Week.
In Larena town, all 23 barangays will join the celebration that will start September 23 with three barangays simultaneously holding programs each day, says Hon. Pacita Cuaresma, Sangguniang Bayan Chair on Committee on Women and Family Affairs.
The week-long celebration which is aimed to promote and strengthen the Filipino family, will revolve around the theme "Bida Ka, Pamilyang Pilipino."
The Family Week highlights the importance of families; enhance understanding of their functions and problems, focus attention on the rights and responsibilities of all family members.
The Family Week also hopes to increase awareness of family issues in government as well as in private sector and to enhance effectiveness of local, regional and national efforts to carry out specific programs concerning families by generating new activities and strengthening existing ones.
This year's highlight of the National Family Week celebration in the national level will be the holding of the Concert for the Family on September 24 (Sunday) 5:30pm - 7:30pm at the "Concert at the Park" venue in Luneta.
Other activities are the conduct of briefing session for "decision-makers," conduct of Publicity activities, hanging of streamers in strategic places and buses, airing of Family Week theme song in radio stations, posting of stories, messages on websites and issuance of pastoral letter.
The importance of the family is recognized even by the Philippine Constitution, "the State recognizes the Filipino family as the foundation of the nation. Accordingly, it shall strengthen its solidarity and actively promote its total development."
Presidential Proclamation No. 847 was also passed declaring every fourth Sunday of September as Family Thanksgiving Day.
The Family Week Celebration is jointly led by the National Committee on the Filipino Family (NCFF) and the Secretary of DSWD or her designated Undersecretary chairs the NCFF.
Siquijor Provincial Governor Orlando B. Fua has been nominated for the Konrad Adenauer Medal of Excellence (KAME) which was launched earlier by the Local Government Development Foundation (LOGODEF) to give recognition to best performing local officials in the country.
Criteria for the selection is based on the following: accountability, responsiveness, management innovation, public-private sector partnership, local government-citizen participation, decentralized management, networking and human resource management.
Likewise Mayor Richard C. Quezon and Barangay Captain Peck D. Cortes, both from Siquijor town are also nominated for the same award under the mayor and barangay captain categories.
Awarding will be on December 9 at the Manila Hotel. (pia)
DILG-CBMS implementation in full swing
Implementation of the Community-Based Monitoring system (CBMS) in Siquijor province is in full swing, says program provincial coordinator Elvie Samson-Gaudan of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) here.
CBMS is a planning tool for improving the delivery of basic services to the community. It intends to diagnose the causes of poverty, where we can strategically locate the very poor, and prevalently determine how grave is the poverty situation of the province.
Gaudan said that “despite some initial challenges like the limited funding allocation and unpredictable changes of policies in the conduct of training”, the Siquijor Team Approach on Coordinated Task (TACT) team pushed through with the series of activities as planned.
The last of the series of training was completed last September 11-12 in the
“It’s good to note that local chief executives, functionaries and community volunteers who heard about the program are all receptive,” says Gaudan. “They are now sensitive in intensifying their efforts to incorporate the Milleniem Development Goals (MDG) in their local development agenda, she said.
Meanwhile, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cited recently the top ten government agencies whose efforts and achievements in the anti-graft campaign have set the bar for other agencies to emulate.
Topping the list of best performing agencies in the anti-graft and corruption drive was the DOH, followed by DSWD, DOST, BIR, DTI, OFfice of the President (OP) led by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, DepEd, DPWH, PNP and the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Thai experience will never happen to RP
The military takeover of
Former Charter Change Advocacy Commission (AdCom) secretary-general Rita Linda Jimeno said based from historical accounts,
To date,
After having successfully taken over Parliament and key govermetn installations and offices last week, Thai military coup leaders have expressed their intent to amend their 9-year old Constitution.
Jimeno, also a lawyer by profession, said
“The Thai constitution is slanted to the benefit of military institutions not for the people. In the
Jimeno pointed out that the “Filipino people would never allow the military to dip its hands in writing the Constitution” as she agreed to the observation of Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago that Charter change should be done by civilians.
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