PIA Caraga advocates for healthy living, nutrition
among kindergartens
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 4 (PIA) – In time with the
culmination activity of this year’s Nutrition Month celebration held recently
at GAD Learning and Resource Day Care Center here, the Philippine Information
Agency (PIA) Caraga encouraged all the kindergartens and their parents to
practice healthy living through proper nutrition and exercise.
On behalf of PIA-Caraga regional director Abner
Caga, deputy regional director Fryan Abkilan delivered his message during the
said event.
“One should never underestimate the importance of
eating healthy food, right nutrition and exercise. The benefits of eating a
healthy diet include living a longer life, feeling happier, gaining vitality,
weight loss, and a healthy appearance. Eating healthy foods means we can better
fight diseases and live longer,” emphasized Abkilan.
Abkilan further bared that the record shows from
the Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) that the consumption of fruits
and vegetables is declining each year. The National Nutrition Council (NNC)
also chose to focus on overweight and obesity this year to bring to everybody’s
attention the need to step-up current efforts to address this complex problem.
“As we culminate this year’s Nutrition Month
celebration with the theme ‘Timbang Iwasto sa Tamang Nutrisyon at Ehersisyo
(Proper weight through right nutrition and exercise), we give focus on the
increasing problem of overweight and obesity in our country and its prevention
through proper diet and physical activity and a call to action to promote a
health promoting environment,” Abkilan said.
It was also learned that data from a new survey of
parents by ACNielsen show two thirds of parents blame themselves. Parents have
control over eating patterns and activities of their young children.
“This is out challenge to you kids, eat healthy
food and exercise… Parents, if there’s will, there’s a way… Practice what you
preach… That’s all kids… May you have a healthy living and continue living
healthy,” stressed Abkilan. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Caraga RDRRMC awards 2015 Gawad KALASAG winners
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 4 (PIA) - In time with the
culmination of this year’s National Disaster Consciousness Month (NDCM), the
Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) Caraga awarded
the winners of the Search for Gawad KALASAG (KAlamidad at Sakuna LAbanan
SAriling Galing ang Kaligtasan) in the region.
The participating agencies, regional winners and
other guests started the program thru a processional march. As the chair of the
RDRRMC, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga thru regional director Manuel
Luis Ochotorena spearheaded said activity.
Dir. Ochotorena thanked all the government
agencies and partners from different sectors for their cooperation and support
to the council and for helping the people level up its awareness on DRRM and
continue to protect the lives of people and shield them from any form of
disasters. He also congratulated all the chosen regional winners of the Gawad
KALASAG Search 2015.
Regional director Minda Brigoli of the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga and vice chair for Disaster
Response emphasized that the government is continuously promoting
disaster-resiliency among the people in every community. "As the vice
chair for disaster response, we have been doing numerous coordinations with
other partners to really reach the people in need in the remote areas during
disasters. When people become disaster-resilient, they also can be
poverty-resilient," she bared.
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Caraga
regional director and vice chair for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Dominga
Mallonga, expressed her congratulations to all the government agencies and
partners who actively participated in all the activities of Caraga RDRRMC
during the monthlong celebration of this year's National Disaster Consciousness
Month. "To all those who participated in the Regional Search for Gawad
KALASAG, thank you and congratulations especially to the chosen winners. As the
vice chair, allow me to inform you that the DOST and our other partners
continue to come up with strategies to improve our prevention and mitigation
actions. We believe that we can use these strategies in our daily lives,"
she said.
Vice chairperson for Disaster
Preparedness/co-chair of Regional Selection Committee for Gawad KALASAG 2015
and regional director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG) Caraga Lilibeth Famacion recognized the commendable efforts of the
region’s responders and volunteers during disasters. "It is such a
laudable efforts for all of us as we continue to strive for a disaster-prepared
communities where we have zero casualty during disasters here in our region. We
will also continue to capacitate our people to level up their preparedness with
different strategies/techniques. Congratulations also to all our Gawad KALASAG
winners," she cited.
Also, National Economic Development Authority
(NEDA) Caraga regional director and vice chair for Disaster Rehabilitation and
Recovery Mylah Faye Aurora CariΓ±o said that the region has been leveling up its
efforts to increase its economic growth that give positive impacts to the
people in terms of employment, investments and production of local products,
among others.
The Caraga RDRRMC awarded the Agusan National High
School (ANHS) DRRM Committee as first place in the Heroic Act Group Category
and followed by the Bureau of Fire Protection Agusan del Norte.
Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) in Butuan
City won the first place in the Schools Category (Private Urban), followed by
St. Paul University (SPU) in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte.
For the Schools Category (Public Urban), the
Bayugan National Comprehensive High School in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur won
the first place, followed by Surigao del Norte National High School in Surigao
City, Surigao del Norte (2nd), and Agusan National High School in Butuan City
(3rd).
Sibog Katawhan Alang sa Paglambo (SIKAP)
Incorporated is the lone winner for the Civil Society Organization Category.
In the Provincial DRRM Category, Agusan del Norte
won the first place, Dinagat Islands - second, Surigao del Sur - third, and
Surigao del Norte - fourth place.
"For the trust and confidence, the credit
goes to Hon. Ma Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba. This award is not only for
the local disaster risk reduction and management councils of Agusan del Norte, but
the whole Caraga region and for the people of Agusan for their active
participation and cooperation in the disaster risk reduction and management
efforts of the province. Thank you very much," expressed Agusan del Norte
PDRRMO officer Erma Suyo.
The 13th Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB)
of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 is the
lone winner in the Government Emergency Response Management Services (GEMS)
Category.
Caraga RDRRMC has awarded the Rescue and Emergency
Service Provider on Disaster (RESPOND), Inc. as the lone winner for the
Volunteer Organization Category. The said organization is also the Hall of Fame
Awardee for its consistent exemplary performance in DRRM for Calendar year 2013
to 2015.
For the Rural Barangay DRRM Committee Category of
this year's Regional Awarding for Gawad KALASAG in Caraga region, Brgy. San
Juan in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur won the first place, followed by Brgy.
Cabunga-an in Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands (2nd), and Brgy. Sta. Fe in Esperanza,
Agusan del Sur (3rd).
For the Component City Category, Bislig City,
Surigao del Sur won as first placer, and Surigao City, Surigao del Norte as
second placer.
Butuan City won in the Highly Urbanized City
Category of the said search.
Citations for the participating stakeholders for
the Regional Search of Gawad KALASAG in Caraga region were also given by the
RDRRMC, to wit: Municipality of Carmen, Agusan del Norte; Brgy. Quezon, Mainit,
Surigao del Norte; Brgy. Bonbon, Butuan City; Brgy. Humilog, RTR, Agusan del
Norte; and Albor Central Elementary School, Basilisa, Dinagat Islands.
The member agencies with its focal persons of
Caraga RDRRMC also received certificates and plaques of
appreciation/commendation. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
PSA Caraga launches POPCEN 2015
By Daisy Jane M. Apit
BUTUAN CITY, August 4 (PIA) - The Philippine
Statistical Authority (PSA) Regional Statistical Services Office (RSSO) Caraga
launched the 2015 Consensus of Population (POPCEN 2015) held last August 3 at
the Robinsons Place, this city.
POPCEN entails the listing of each individual as
of a specified time and within a specified territory and recording of his/her
characteristics, it was learned.
PSA-RSSO Caraga interim regional director
Rosalinda Celeste-Apura said the aim of POPCEN 2015 is to generate statistics
on the socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the population and
important housing characteristics.
Apura said the data will be used as basis in the
formulation of development plans and in the allocation of resources at various
geographic levels of the government.
"Let us be part of this important undertaking
not only for us to be counted but also to show our love for our country and
patriotism," said National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) -
Caraga regional director Mylah Faye Aurora CariΓ±o.
The reference date of POPCEN 2015 is on August 1,
2015, 12:01 AM.
“All living persons as of 12:01 AM of August 1,
2015 will be enumerated. These are the persons comprising the households, or
household population and the persons residing in Institutional Living Quarters
(ILQs)/collective living quarters, or institutional population,” Apura
explained.
However, according to the PSA briefer, the listing
and enumeration proper is from August 10-September 6. The census will last for
about 25 days including Saturdays and holidays. (DJA/PIA-Caraga)
DAR turns over building, farm equipment;
distributes lands to farmers
By Joie Ceballos
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 4 (PIA) - Four units of farm
equipment and one processing center were recently turned over by the Department
of Agrarian Reform (DAR) to the local government units of Siargao Island in
Surigao del Norte.
DAR Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes together with
Surigao 1st district representative Francisco Matugas and Surigao Norte
governor Sol Matugas led the turn over rites in Sta. Monica, Surigao del Norte
on July 14, 2015.
Under the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity
Economic Support Services (ARCCESS) project, the DAR handed over two rice
reapers and two floating tillers worth P549,000.00 to the farmers of Del Carmen
municipality.
“These farm
machines would greatly help the 587 farmers in Del Carmen in their rice and
sweet potato production and marketing project,” said de los Reyes.
Farmer Benito Comon, who could not wait to use the
equipment for their farming activities said, “These machines will truly help us
simplify our job, minimize our expense and increase our income.”
For the farmers in Barangay Sta. Monica, the DAR
turned over a processing center to the Garcia Farmers and Fisher folks Credit
Cooperative (GAFFARCRECO).
Tesie Virtudazo, chairperson of GAFFARCRECO shed
tears when she received the documents of the building for their turmeric
processing project. “The events are just coming too fast, but thank you. It’s a
dream come true,” she said.
Governor Matugas committed to support the turmeric
processing effort of the organization. She vows to help in the marketing and
making turmeric the “official health drink of Siargao.”
Meanwhile, Rep. Matugas offered to help make the
organization’s request of a farm-to-market road come true. The proposed road
would make the organization’s 10-hectare expansion production area accessible, as
well as, their existing two hectares.
During the turn over rites, the DAR awarded land
titles to 94 farmers from the municipalities of Dapa, Del Carmen, Burgos,
General Luna, San Isidro, San Benito and Sta. Monica.
Present during the ceremony were DAR Caraga
regional director Julita Ragandang, Sta. Monica mayor Fernando Dolar, Del
Carmen mayor Alfredo Corro Jr., General Luna mayor Jaime Rosellon and
Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Jose Sebucao. (DAR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DENR develops, plants 1,303 hectares with trees at
Taguibo Watershed
By Eric F. Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 4 (PIA) - The Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) Caraga Region has developed and planted at least 1,303
hectares with trees at the Taguibo Watershed over the past 10 years since 2004
which is a clear manifestation that the agency is consistently doing its part
in reforestation program in the area.
DENR 13 regional director Nonito M. Tamayo showed
this report at the recent First Butuan Water Rights Summit held in the city to
correct false impression that the agency has done nothing in the development of
the 4,367 hectares Taguibo Watershed area, the source of water supply of the
city residents.
“The DENR was fully involved in the development of
the watershed since 2004 when the agency had Taguibo embarked on a tree
planting activity first in an eleven-hectare area,” he said.
Since then, he said the agency particularly the
Provincial Environment Office employees has tapped other government and
non-government agencies and organization to join the reforestation projects. In
2006 the DENR planted tree seedlings on a 15-hectare land at the watershed.
Over the next four years until 2010, the DENR conducted enrichment planting and
reforestation of 50 hectares. It has also mobilized and engaged the members of
the AKTFAI, an organization of lumads farmers living within the watershed in
the reforestation and development of 192 hectares in 2009 to 2010.
Director Tamayo said that with the full implementation
of the National Greening Program (NGP), a total of 825 hectares were
rehabilitated and planted with indigenous species and fruit trees by several IP
organization in the area.
In February 2012, the DENR had released P1,208,400
to the Anticala-Kabulay Tree Farmers Association Inc. (AKTFAI), Anticala Tribal
Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ATRICMPCO), and San Antonio Integrated
Farmers Multi-Purposes Cooperative (SAIFMULCO) for the reforestation of 76
hectares.
In 2014, the DENR under the NGP has again release
P 9,294,250 for the members of the Anticala Watershed Farmers Association
(AWFA), the beneficiaries of the Butuan
City Water District, the AKTFAI, the ATRICMPCO, and the Anticala Tribal Council
of Elders and Leaders Association (ATRICELA) for the development and
reforestation of 565 hectares planted with fruit trees and indigenous species.
This year, the DENR under the NGP has allocated
P8,428,558.25 to the IPs under CADT 135 to develop and plant tree seedlings in
184 hectares ancestral land.
Tamayo said the DENR and its 1,300 strong
employees are committed to protect and preserve the natural resources at the
Taguibo Watershed but the whole community nevertheless, must share efforts in
the sustainable development and rehabilitation of the area. (DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
SurSur revenue office gears up for 111th BIR Day
Celebration
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 4 (PIA) – The
Revenue District Office 106 (RDO 106) of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)
in Surigao del Sur has started to prepare for the “upcoming 111th BIR Day
Celebration which is tentatively scheduled on August 12 and 13, 2015.”
According to Monib Dimakuta, revenue district
officer here, said part of the event is the plan to highlight the support of
top taxpayers by giving them due recognition, citing three respective
categories—individual, corporation, and professional—covering the taxable year
2014 based on tax due.
In compliance with the memorandum date July 6,
2015 issued by Atty. Norberto Vitug, Caraga BIR regional director, RDO 106 was
already able to submit the “Top 3 Taxpayer for each category,” the BIR chief
pointed out.
In the meantime, however, he requested the
submitted names of the top taxpayers not to be disclosed in order not to
preempt the official announcement. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del
Sur)
PO leaders want to be forest officers
By Eric F. Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 4 (PIA) - Some leaders of
people’s organizations (POs) engaged in the National Greening Program (NGP) and
the Community-Based Forest Management Agreement holders in Surigao del Sur have
asked the officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) Caraga to list them in the Bantay Gubat program to strengthen the
government’s anti-illegal logging campaign in their respective area.
The PO leaders have disclosed one of their
concerns at a forum-workshop initiated by the Conservation and Development
Division (CDD) headed by Forester Maritess M. Ocampo under the Technical
Services of the DENR Caraga in coordination with the PENR office, Surigao del
Sur on July 24, 2015 held at the Goat Together Conference Center this city. The
other concerns involve new learning on financial management and scientific
applications about high survival rate of planted seedlings.
DENR Caraga regional director Nonito M. Tamayo who
presided over the questions and answers forum said the POs are interested to
join the recruitment of forest guards through the “bantay gubat” program to
prevent illegal logging activities in their respective jurisdiction in Surigao
del Sur.
Tamayo also asked the PO leaders to submit a list
of their nominees who will undergo a seminar about forestry laws and
regulations before they can be deputized forest officers. (DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Rapid coverage assessment follows after success of
‘NSDD’ in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, August 4 (PIA) –
Following the success of the National School Deworming Day (NSDD) on July 29
here, all three schools divisions in Surigao del Sur under the Department of
Education (DepEd)—the Surigao del Sur Division apart from the two more, Tandag City and Bislig City Divisions—have
yet to ensure the implementation of Rapid Coverage Assessment (RCA) until
August 5, according to Dr. Helen CaΓ±o, Provincial Health Team (PHT) chief of
the Department of Health (DOH) in the
province.
The provincial health team chief estimated that
about 90 percent of the targeted 75,000 pupils in Surigao del Sur DepEd
Division, aged five to 12, have been already dewormed with a dose of
Albendazole tablet as prescribed.
She was likewise candid to say that their office
has no available data yet to show for Bislig City Division in this regard.
Earlier, the Tandag City Schools Division under
Dr. Gregoria Su, reported 93.74 percent success rate of the NSDD, citing 9,008
of the 9,609 pupils enrolled in 26 elementary schools have been made to take
the prescribed anthelmintic drug.
Rudeline Azarcon, Tandag City division nurse, made
available the copy of the accomplishment report submitted by her superior,
Imelda Ballentos, also a registered nurse and NSDD division point person.
The rest, some 601 of them, will still have to be
taken care of via the RCA, she pointed out.
“Absent, sick, dewormed at barangay, transferred
out, and refused” were the remarks indicated in the report for schoolchildren
who missed out the mass deworming on July 29, it was learned.
Also, Azarcon bared two schoolchildren here have
to be rushed to a hospital due to abdominal pain after taking the deworming
tablet, but were eventually discharged after treatment.
Dr. CaΓ±o confirmed that indeed there were such
incidents not only in Tandag but also in some school districts in the province,
adding cases of this nature are but normal.
Meanwhile, Dr. Daniel Laurente, division health
section chief of Surigao del Sur DepEd Division Office said complete result of
the NSDD have yet to be made available, explaining that the nurse in-charge was
still busy out on field work.
Initially, however, he also had the impression
that some 90 percent of their target has already been covered by the scheduled
mass deworming.
Before the NSDD was carried out here, pupils were
made first to perform hand washing followed by mass feeding and finally tooth brushing,
Laurente bared. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA Surigao del Sur)
News Feature: Breastfeeding still best for babies
even during emergencies
By Charina A. Javier
Calamities are pressing people’s physical and
economic resources. The recent calamities that struck the country have
displaced thousands of families and the aftermath is much worse as illnesses
began to spread.
Infants and young children are the most
vulnerable. Having weak immunity, they are the ones who easily get sick when
staying in crowded evacuation centers.
Undoubtedly, breastfeeding is the best for babies.
Breastmilk is the perfect food for newborns and infants because it provides all
the nutrients that are needed for healthy development.
Today, as families are in emergency situation and
where basic infrastructure has been compromised, breastmilk provides a safe
food for babies. Breastmilk contains antibodies that help protect them from
common childhood illnesses like diarrhea, pneumonia and malnutrition.
Moreover, breastmilk is readily safe, available
and affordable. This helps to ensure that infants get adequate sustenance at
the time when they need it, even in emergency situations.
Feeding infants and young children with milk
formulas may pose dangers to their nutrition and health status. First, safe
water needed for the preparation of milk formula and for cleaning and
sterilizing materials such as bottles and nipples may not be available in the
area. Water in evacuation centers may be contaminated to cause diarrhea,
cholera and other water-borne diseases.
Water should be put to a rolling boil for at least
3 minutes if it is to be used to prepare milk formulas. Bottles and nipples should
be boiled longer to make them sterile.
This poses the problem of not only safe water but
also fuel source, which may also be scarce in evacuation centers.
Storage equipment, like a refrigerator, is most of
the time not available and the hot environment in evacuation areas make milk
formulas easily spoil.
In a situation where economic activities of a
household are disrupted, income and savings, if there are any, are exhausted,
and thus, milk formulas become inaccessible.
Mothers who are under stress may have stopped
lactating for a day or so, but this can be overcome with good support.
It is a myth to think that because mothers are
under stressful situations, they would not be able to breastfeed. They only
need support for re-lactation.
The other myth is that because mothers are
undernourished or are sick, they cannot breastfeed or the milk is of poor
quality. This is not true because even very malnourished mothers can produce
good milk.
Under these conditions, breastmilk may be in lower
amount but it is still the best source of nourishment for the baby. Mothers, if
undernourished as in such case, should be given the nutritional support that
she needs.
Indeed, breastfeeding is a life saving
intervention. It is best for babies in normal and emergency situations.
For more information on food and nutrition,
contact Dr. Mario V. Capanzana, Director, Food and Nutrition Research
Institute, Department of Science and Technology, Gen. Santos Avenue, Bicutan,
Taguig City, Metro Manila, Tel./Fax:
8372934, 8373164; FNRI-DOST website: http//www.fnri@dost.gov.ph,
email:mar_v_c@yahoo.com, mvc@fnri.dost.gov.ph; FNRI Facebook page:
facebook.com/FNRI-DOST; FNRI Twitter account: twitter.com/FNRI-DOST. (FNRI-DOST S & T Media
Service/PIA-Caraga)
Lathalain: Maaari ka pa ring magpasuso ng
eksklusibo kahit nasa trabaho
Ni Divorah V. Aguila
Kadalasang problema ng mga nagtatrabahong nanay ay
kung paano magpasuso ng kanilang bagong silang na sanggol sa labas ng tahanan.
Pwede pa rin silang magpasuso habang nasa trabaho
sa pamamagitan ng pag-express o pagkolekta ng gatas sa oras na dapat siyang
magpasuso.
Ilagay ang gatas sa malinis na lalagyan na may
takip at itabi sa refrigerator o freezer, na kadalasan namang mayroon sa mga
tanggapan o opisina. Ang inimbak na gatas na ito, ang siyang maaring ibigay sa
sanggol tuwing nasa trabaho o nasa labas ang ina. Siguraduhin lamang na
nailubog sa mainit na tubig ang inimbak na gatas ng ina bago ibigay sa sanggol
upang ang temperatura ng inimbak na gatas na iinumin ng sanggol ay katulad ng
temperatura kung ito ay diretsang sususo sa ina.
Maaaring itago sa refrigerator ang kinolektang
gatas ng ina hanggang beinte kuwatro oras, at hanggang tatlong buwan naman kung
sa freezer itinago. Wala talagang
dahilan upang hindi makapagpasuso ang isang ina ng sarili nyang gatas.
Ang mahalaga lang ay ang paggamit ng malinis na
tasa at kutsarita o medicine dropper sa pagbigay ng gatas na ito sa sanggol.
Paano masisiguro ng ina na sapat at tuloy-tuloy
ang daloy ng gatas?
Tandaan, higit ang pangangailangan ng mga buntis
at nagpapasusuo sa masusustansiyang pagkain dahil dapat nilang tugunan ang
kanilang pangangailangang pangnutrisyon pati na rin yung sa baby.
Ang wastong pagkain ng ina sa panahon ng
pagpapasuso ay isang paraan upang makasiguro sa sapat na daloy ng gatas.
Dapat ding iwasan ng inang nagpapasuso ang
mabahala o mag-alala tungkol sa pagpapasuso.
Sa halip ay isipin na ito’y normal na ginagawa ng isang ina sa kanyang
sanggol. Iwasang matakot o mangamba,
mag-alala o mapagod.
Kailangan din ng ina ang tama at kumpletong
pagkain, kasama na rin ang sapat na panahon sa pagpapahinga sa araw-araw. Dapat ding uminom ng sapat na dami ng mga
fluids nguni’t mas mainam kung ito’y gatas, sopas, mga juice o tubig.
Regular ding magpasuso, at siguraduhing ubos ang
gatas sa bawa’t suso. Tandaan na ang
patuloy na pagpapasuso ang natatanging paraan para matiyak na madami ang gatas
ng ina.
Para sa karagdagang impormasyon tungkol sa pagkain
at nutrisyon, lumiham o tumawag kay Dr. Mario V. Capanzana, Director, Food and
Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and Technology, General
Santos Avenue, Bicutan, Taguig City; Tel/Fax Num: 8372934 and 8373164; email:
mvc@fnri.dost.gov.ph, mar_v_c@yahoo.com; FNRI-DOST website:
http://www.fnri.dost.gov.ph.; FNRI Facebook page: facebook.com/FNRI-DOST; FNRI
Twitter account: twitter.com/FNRI-DOST. (FNRI-DOST S & T Media
Service/PIA-Caraga)
