by anyajulia | Dec 16, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
CRUCIAL legislative support is the common element present in the 10 outstanding municipal nutrition council winners to bag for them this year’s nutrition honors handed by the Provincial Nutrition Council.
Catigbian Mayor Roberto Salinas said his town has drastically raised their budget for health and nutrition to P7M as local officials agree that the problem of nutrition needs tow pronged solution.
Aside from regular supplemented feedings for preschoolers and elementary kids, Salinas said they have put up budgets to show their sincerity in solving the problem as well as craft ordinances on backyard gardening, mandatory tree planting.
The same is true with Inabanga, which has cascaded their legislation to the barangays, said Virgincita Aunio of barangay Cagawasan and the provincial winner in the barangay nutrition scholar category for this year’s nutrition search.
The legislated program for zero malnutrition in the barangays, says Aunio is also complemented with Barangay Nutrition Council (BNC) Sari-sari Store, Malungayan sa Purok and the equally innovative BNC Garden.
Garcia Hernandez vice mayor Miguelito Galendez added that their rationalized Development of Agriculture and Environmental Program (DAEP) has streamlined all their operational nutri-program.
Mabini Vice Mayor Ester Tabigie also agreed that legislative support for nutri-programs get children a better chance to get out of malnutrition. She added that her town has legislated for malunggay tree planting and cultivation, increased budget for nutrition and regular BNC meetings.
Tubigon Mayor Luna Piezas, who also innovates with his waste recycling facility now being used to generate funds for nutrition programs said he has allowed local governments to plan and map out solutions just as the town council assures whatever support they can give.
Also using innovative fund raising activities, several towns have upped their nutrition status by creatively engaging people to help.
For her town, Antequera Mayor Cecilia Rebosura puts up Little King and Queens and donation boxes during meetings to raise their pot money for their supplemental feeding programs.
Talibon councilor Tomas Garcia said his town innovates by using Sensilyo Mo, Kalusugan Ko to raise funds for supplemental feeding. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Dec 16, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
TUBIGON Nutrition Council Program achieved the highest provincial nutrition recognition when it bested all other Bohol towns with total of 94.91 nutrition credit points to top ten other towns already in the top list.
Mayor Luna Piezas proudly received the trophy and cash prize, which the Provincial Nutrition Council (PNC) prepared for the winners in different categories during the awarding day Wednesday at the Jjs Seafoods Village.
That day, nutrition advocates from winning towns and nutrition awardees converged at the venue to receive their awards and get recognized for their outstanding efforts in fighting malnutrition.
After the highly innovative Tubigon NC program came Garcia Hernandez program with 93.82 and Panglao at 93.00 at close third.
Mabini program came fourth at 92.6, Catigbian at 92.3 placed fifth, Trinidad scored 91.35 to be at the sixth followed closely by San Miguel at 91.3 at seventh position.
Antequera got 91.28 to place eighth, Ubay at 90.71 placed ninth while Candijay and Balilihan reaped 90.17 to stay tied on tenth place in the province-wide search for best town nutrition programs.
Also awarded during the day were district honors for best barangay nutrition councils.
Dorol, Balilihan packed 90.5 points to win for District 1, Soom Trinidad got 91.5 to hitch the best spot on District 2 and Concepcion, Mabini won hands down for District 3.
Also winning in the town nutrition council program maintenance awards were Talibon at 99.4, Inabanga at 98.9 and Calape at 98 points.
On the outstanding nutrition scholar category, Inabangnon Virgincita Aunio bagged the prize.
Provincial Nutrition Council Coordinator Juliet Manliguez shared that a team composed of representatives from the Provincial Health Office, Provincial Agriculture Office, Social Welfare and Development Office, Department of environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Education evaluated the town programs last April 12 to June 2.
Towns that get an average of 92 to 94 ratings usually get to be considered outstanding winner in nutrition and has to maintain it to be called consistent outstanding winner in nutrition, she explained. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Dec 16, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
THE Provincial Development Council (PDC) has favorably endorsed to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) the 2010 proposed one point one billion peso annual investment plan (AIP) includes some P203M funds for the projected 20% development funds.
Of this, the PDC has put in an estimated P134.8M for economic services, P27.5M for general public services, P21.7M for social services and P18.9M for the next year’s priority projects.
Believing in the crucial role of good road networks as economic assets for Bohol, PDC has proposed some P95.7M funds for the provincial roads development program and another P12M for the Provincial motor Pool fund support.
The AIP has also identified some P10M more barangay road development and other vital infrastructure projects as priority project for the calendar year and another P500K for Uptown subdivision road improvements.
Capitol Barangay electrification and waterworks programs put in a combined P10 M or at P5 M each to mark the administration’s priority policy of spurring economic development in the country sides.
Meanwhile, in support of its agricultural development in line with Bohol’s dream of a string agro-industry support to tourism, the AIP also puts in a total of P6.5M support fund for organic agriculture, rice, corn, high value commercial crops and fisheries and resource management programs.
The same Bohol agri development is running with a separate fund for priority projects in jathropha for biodiesel and organic fertilizer production, coco-hybridization, dairy production support, backyard gardening, mushroom development at a total of P7M.
For livestock industry, the PDC through the AIP puts in P5.3 M funds for animal dispersals, livestock disease management program, meat safety control, dairy development program and for the construction of a rabies laboratory, all to be implemented by the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian.
The AIP also puts in a P12M counter-parting fund source, P1.8M disaster preparedness fund and P5.5M aid to barangays, attests the letter of endorsement from Governor Aumentado to Vice Gov, Herrera. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Dec 16, 2009 | Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
GOVERNMENT workers, especially from national government and state agencies including government operated and controlled corporations, state universities and colleges may have a merrier Christmas after all.
This as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has approved an additional P10,000 bonus, over and above the traditional P5,000 and 13th month pay for them, reports bared.
The president, who has been meaning to make the annual family celebration merrier this season even in this time of fiscal crunch has been urging the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to find sources of funds.
Such is to perk up the economy by boosting up spending.
Along this, the president has approved the allocation of P 7 billion to fund the additional Christmas bonus for all state workers, including permanent, casual and contractual employees.
Of the full amount, P7,000 would be the additional cash gift from the national government while the remaining P3,000 would emanate from the employees respective agency savings.
Budget Secretary Rolando Andaya, in reports said they have started crafting the guidelines for the fund assistance, which would be available starting next week.
He also explained that the cash incentive has not been incorporated in the 2009 regular budget, so that his agency has to peruse agency budgets and savings to be able give the cash windfall.
In Bohol, unconfirmed reports have initially bared that Capitol is willing to put out P10,000 cash bonus, this time to include casual and contractual workers, said spokesperson Antonieto Pernia.
Speaking during the weekly the Governor Reports, Pernia said this would be the third year that Capitol has included employees without employee-employer relationships.
Local governments, which uses a different guideline for cash windfalls are allowed to hand in cash bonuses by virtue of their fiscal autonomy, subject to availability of funds. (PIA)
by anyajulia | Dec 11, 2009 | Headlines, National News
The Unang Yakap Campaign, which aims to achieve a sharp cut on infant mortality in the country, was launched on December 7 by the Department of Health (DOH).
The launching coincided with the signing of DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III of the Essential Newborn Care (ENC) Protocol. The Protocol will pave the way for the solution on the problems the country has on neonatal deaths.
The government launched the Unang Yakap Campaign as an initial reaction to the Protocol, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, to help solve this newborn mortality problem because if it is not reduced by at least half, the goal of reducing childhood mortality by two thirds by 2015 would not be met, Secretary Duque said. The Medium Development Goal target is 6 per 1000 live births by 2015.
ENC is a comprehensive strategy to improve the health of the newborn through interventions before conception during pregnancy, at and soon after birth, and in the postnatal period.
Health authorities said that the Philippines is one of the 42 countries in the world where 90% of all global deaths of under 5 year old children are accounted to.
Analysis showed that 50% of these deaths occur during the first 2 days of life with the following as causes: birth asphyxia (31%), complications of prematurity (30%) and severe infection (19%). (PIA)
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