by anyajulia | Mar 26, 2009 | Headlines, National News
GIKALIPAY sa Malakanyang ang bag-ong resulta sa survey nga nagtug-an sa pagkubos sa gidaghanon sa Pinoy nga gigutom.
Matud sa survey sa Social Weather Stations sa survey gikan sa Pebrero 20-23, nikunhod ngadto sa 15.5% ang gigutom ning kwarter kon itandi sa 23.7 % sa milabay’ng kwarter
Butyag ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Lorelie Fajardo, ang labing bag-ong Social Weather Station survey nagmatuod nga epektibo ang mga programa sa kagamhanan batok sa kawad-on.
Mismong si Fajardo mibutyag nga kini dala sa paningkamot sa kagamhanan ni Presidente Gloria Macapagal Arroyo pagpahimutang sa Anti-Hunger Mitigation Task Force nga gipangunahan sa National Nutrition Council (NNC)
Una nga gitumbok sa NNC angmga programang angay ipahimutang nga magtubag sa paspas nga pagtubag sa suliran sa kagutom ilabi na sa mga labing kabus, butyag ni Fajardo.
Nalakip sa na[ahimutang nga mga programa mao ang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, Malusog na Simula Yaman ng Bansa o ang Food for School, ang Healthy Start Feeding Program, Food for Work ug Cash for Work Program ug mga programang gitambayayongan sa Simbahan. (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Mar 4, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chair Emmanuel Angeles has presented the Roadmap of the New Philippine Education Highway, a program that intends to implement curricular reforms to enable Philippine higher education institutions (HEI) to produce more globally competitive graduates.
Angeles explains the reasons for such actions are because by 2015 – ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries will’open their borders’; and, by 2020 – the Philippines would join the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Trade Regime (APEC)
CHED is scheduled to release a report consolidating all HEI feedback and positions in all 17 regions on March; after all consultative meetings are concluded. (GLPaje, BUCAL/PIA)
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by anyajulia | Feb 14, 2009 | Features, Headlines
The tourism boom in Bohol is going fast & popular and last week it was visited by the renowned & popular healing priest Fr. Fernando Suarez, Companions of the Cross Healing Ministry & the Oratory of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Monte Maria – Batangas City together with Canadian priest Fr. Shannon – blew into town last February 3 -5, 2009 to relax and enjoy in one of the best resorts in the province and celebrate his birthday ( February 7 ). Johnny Enerio – GM of Jet About Tours ( Bohol ) & Chairman of the 1565 Treaty – the Bohol Blood Compact , Hinawanan Bay Loay, personally handled the vacation / tour of Fr. Suarez. Fr. Suarez also called on Fr. Jeff Malanog at the St. Joseph Cathedral.
It can be recalled that in 1995, shortly after Fr. Fernando Suarez had a vision of many poor children coming to him seeking his help, Mary Mother of the Poor Foundation began – today it is feeding thousands of children , building homes, & deve;oping livelihood projects to respond to the cry of the poor – our late Holy Father , Pope John Paul 11, in the 1995 World Youth Day said, ” the Philippines, the only Catholic country in Asia will play an important role in evangelization of the East , with God’s grace the MonteMaria will be Mary Mother of the Poor”s ( MMP ) response to our Holy Father’s Vision.
Fr. Suarez loved & even even said – ‘ Magnificent Bohol ‘ and enjoyed the 3 days stay and promised to come back to Bohol and have a a Mass for all Boholanos. Indeed , Bohol is blesses and among the few who met & Prayed over by Fr. Suarez, in the likes of PAL Manager Emma Relampagos, Congressional Lady Pureza Chatto , Airport Manager Edgar Solis , Aproniania’s souvenirs owner Connie, Maj. Ebora of Tagbilaran PPA were more than glad to wlecome Fr. Suarez and in his forthcoming visit to Bohol.
Fr. Fernando Suarez with Fr. Shannon together with Mrs. Glory Galia Enerio , Jennifer Enerio Pabotoy & Jet About GM Johnny Enerio played host for a merienda at the Enerio residence before going back to Manila last February 6, 2009. Fr. Suarez had promised to come bnack to Bohol and have his Ministry witnessed & experience by Boholanos. ( jetaboutbohol.com / 412-2588 )
by anyajulia | Feb 12, 2009 | Headlines, National News
Other choice for job opportunities will be initiated by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with the government’s coalition in the projects that will be under the environment and energy independence category included in the P330-billion economic resiliency stimulus package. It will be known as “green collar jobs.”
“Under this, there will be a P2 billion fund for forest restoration in Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro and Lanao del Sur, and also mangrove restoration,” according to Arroyo.
Also included is the Grassroots Entrepreneurship for Eco-Tourism (GREET) program, where the government will employ workers for coastal cleaning, sea watching, and the planting of coconuts as biofuel feed stock. (rachiu/PIA)
by anyajulia | Aug 25, 2008 | Features, Headlines, Local News / Bohol Balita
IF plans do not miscarry, news reports filed at city paper or radio editorial desks would come from designated community information officers.
This as Bohol Association of United Development Information Officers (AUDIO) is tying up with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in a project that seeks to finally coordinate information management and streamline un-coordinated government information dissemination programs.
AUDIO and the PIA in Bohol are in the finalization process of training modules that is aimed at empowering barangay residents and officials by enhancing their developmental news writing, reporting and other communication skills, Yvette Matabalan of the local PIA revealed Thursday.
The move is also in line with a perception that the government developmental are rarely felt in the communities because of failure in the government communication process, an AUDIO officer added.
The jointly adopted program also aims to expand the network of town and government agency information officers to the communities while opening back the clogged feedback mechanism the government needs to assess its presence and impact on the community in general, the source said.
A roll out team pooled from the resources of both organizations would be assigned topics to discuss in series of workshops, says AUDIO president Francisco Obedencio.
The move to involve expand the information network to barangays in Bohol was prompted by the initial suggestion from local government operations officers who see promising potential information officers in communities.
Already presenting a project proposal for the joint effort is Candija, under Mayor Sergio amora, Obedencio revealed during a meeting at the Jjs Seafoods, Mandarin 2 room.
By empowering barangay residents, we make them more capable of serving frontline services and in the process, elevate government response faster.
Training modules include basic news writing for English and cebuano, basic broadcasting and radio reporting, emceeing, common barangay human resource enhancement trainings as well as foto-journalism.
According to Matabalan, training people is empowering them to ask the right questions from people, elicit information that may affect local legislative policies and systematically reinforce community life. (rachiu/PIA)
WIDENING INFO-NETS to the communities, info-officer members of the AUDIO and the PIA were presented the details of the community-based information network at a recent enhancement workshop held at Jjs Seafoods August 21.
