Asian malacofauna expert to visit in Butuan City
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) – A world-renowned
malacologist and biogeographer, with expertise in Southeast Asian malacofauna,
Dr. Thomas von Rintelen of the Natural History Museum in Berlin, Germany will
arrive in this city to give a talk on the existing knowledge of the
distribution of freshwater snails and shrimps in the Caraga region and
Mindanao.
The lecture-seminar on “Biodiversity and Origin of
Southeast Asian Freshwater Snails and Shrimps” which is set on April 3, 2017, 10:00-11:15
a.m at the Audio Visual Room (AVR) 2 of FSUU, here, will be spearheaded by
Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) Biodiversity Informatics and Research
Center (BIRC).
“As an institution concerned with the protection of
the environment and an advocate for social transformation, we also intend to
hold the activity to provide a venue for discussions on significant social
issues about the freshwater snails and shrimps present in the region,“ said Dr.
Marites Sanguila, BIRC coordinator and professor.
No registration fee will be collected. “You may
contact Elsie Perez at 085-342-1830 local 4022 for queries about the activity
or send an email biodiversity@urios.edu.ph. We are expecting for your active
participation,” added Sanguila. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
POPCOM promotes harmonious marriage among staff
By May Ann O. Escobal
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) - The Commission on
Population (POPCOM) Caraga staff together with their respective partners
enhanced their knowledge on nurturing harmonious relationships in the family
and strengthened their commitments to each other by participating actively in
the Marriage Enrichment Seminar held in this city, as part of the
organization’s gender and development initiative among POPCOM employees.
Director Alexander A. Makinano of POPCOM Caraga
reiterated the importance of having a good relationship within the family and
community. “Maintaining a smooth
relationship with others, especially within the family, is very challenging to
every couple. To preserve the sanctity of marriage, respect, trust and love must
be nurtured,” Makinano asserted.
The POPCOM official also emphasized that there will
be harmony and unity in the society if every family performs their roles in
improving their lives and the community as a whole.
Said activity was conducted to intensify its
advocacy on Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RPFP), thereby
extending among POPCOM Caraga staff and their respective partners as advocates
of the program.
The concept on gender and development is clearly
emphasized in the RPFP program of POPCOM, as it is a gender responsive strategy
which aims to assist parents, couples and individuals realize their desired
number, timing and spacing of children.
The core strategy of this program is the conduct of
RPFP sessions or classes directed at couples and parents at the barangay level.
Sessions tackle the concepts of marriage and other forms of family relations;
elements of good marriage; home management; responsible parenting; and the
importance and benefits of Family Planning and decision-making for couples. (POPCOM-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Local solons to converge for RH
By May Ann O. Escobal
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) - The Lady Local
Legislators League of the Philippines (Four-L) – Caraga will convene for the
Regional Summit on Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RPRH), this
March.
Commission on Population (POPCOM) Caraga Regional
Director Alexander A. Makinano said that the said event aims to generate
support from the local legislators on the Executive Order No. 12, Attaining and
Sustaining Zero Unmet Need for Modern FP; House Bill No. 4742, Establish a
National Policy in Preventing Teenage Pregnancies and Institutionalize Social
Protection for Teenage Parents; and the House Bill No. 4689, Establishment and
Operation of Population Offices Mandatory.
POPCOM and the office of SP Member Rema E. Burdeos
of Butuan City hold this first regional summit among lady local legislators to
make a manifest showing support to the campaign to lift the Temporary
Restraining Order (TRO) on family planning.
The good director articulated that the summit is
also a right venue to discuss further the pressing issue on teenage pregnancy
and create more interventions to prevent it.
RD Makinano also said that if these two house bills
be passed and approved into laws, it will strengthen the population program
from national down to the local given the full existence of population offices.
POPCOM hopes that there will be more resolutions to
be passed by the legislators at their respective locality in support to the
proposed house bills and the executive order to help improve the quality of
life of every individual. (POPCOM-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
