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TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, (PIA) - - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office 02 has completed the construction of the first evacuation complex in Cagayan Valley, which will serve as provisional venue for evacuees in times of disasters.
DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, together with Regional Director Melanio C. Briosos and other national and regional public works officials, personally visited on October 11, 2018 the evacuation center located at Barangay San Gabriel in Tuguegarao City, Cagayan.
Villar said the DPWH has allocated P34, 191, 339 million for the construction of the first Regional Evacuation Complex, consisting of eight separate buildings that include a two-storey main evacuation center building with an area of 838 square meters.
The complex has 128-bed capacity and a dining area, kitchen, communication room, prayer room, breast feeding area and storage room.
Other structures include toilet/bathroom facilities for male and female; three-storey laundry/drying area including water tank; two-storey operations office and infirmary building; generator room with a 200 KVA generator set; water pump room; and a 33 sq. meter garbage disposal building.
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BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct. 30 (PIA)--Some Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) of Baguio City recently visited the province to observe best practices on Nutrition Program (NP) implementation.
Dr. Edwin Galapon, Provincial Integrated Health Officer and Provincial Nutrition Action Officer, said the visitors are presidents of the Baguio City Federation of Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BCFBNS) who were recently accommodated in a two-day NP exposure in the province.
“They were here to observe and evaluate our best practices, after having been adjudged as a Nutrition Honor Awardee by the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Nutrition Council (NNC),” he said.
Galapon said the visitor who stayed for two days (October 15-16) were also brought to Barangay Salvacion that was adjudged as having the Best Barangay Nutrition Committee in the province.
According to Galapon, the visitors were also shown best practices of Santa Fe town, that made them Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN).
Galapon said, theBCFBNS officers will return to learn some more on how they can improve their own nutrition program implementation. (ALM/BME/PIA 2-Nueva Vizcaya/PIA 2-Nueva Vizcaya)
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TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, July 12 (PIA) - - The National Nutrition Council (NNC) urged parents to regulate the screen time exposure of their children as it affects their nutritional status.
Ma. Gisela Lonzaga, OIC-nutrition program coordinator, said the region is facing double burden on malnutrition following the results of studies on the prevalence of underweight and obesity among children.
She said aside from unhealthy food intake of children, physical inactivity attributed by the increasing screen time habit of the children causes malnutrition problem.
“Children now dedicate most of their time in watching televisions and using electronic gadgets. The effects may result into overweight or underweight,” Lonzaga said.
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By Benjie S. De Yro (member, Balay ni IFAN media group)
The National Nutrition Council must have thought of Nueva Viscaya when it designed the trophy for the Nutrition Honor Award.
The province has the burning desire and unending commitment toward nutrition improvement, represented by the three colored flames embedded at the back of the clear beveled glass. The province has a strong nutrition foundation for the last six years as it pruned and refined its experience to be excellent.
For the ordinary Tribu Viscayano, the Nutrition Honor Award should be a cause to celebrate their good practices as they are now one of the 60 government units the award was conferred.
Charge that to a holistic approach to scale up nutrition in the province led by a popular visionary leader, the chair of the Provincial Nutrition Committee, Governor Carlos Padilla.
“I have envisioned the province as a watershed haven where spiritually, socially and politically, culturally and economically empowered Viscayanos live in peace and prosperity,” he said in a statement. That would include resilient communities and environments.
It should be recalled that during the incumbency of then-Governor Ruth Padilla, a governance framework was first implemented. Seen by other political observers as a dynamic strategy, the same framework has been uphold by the present administration of Governor ‘Caloy’ Padilla.
It is a 13-point agenda for Protecting the environment, Reforming the provincial government, Agriculture, Youth and sports, Education and skills, Rural Development, Social services, Networking for development of Farm to market roads, Arts and Culture, Indigenous peoples, Tourism, Health and housing services(PRAYERS N FAITH).
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TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, July 10 (PIA)--The National Nutrition Council (NNC) here promotes the importance and benefits of food gardening in this year’s Nutrition Month celebration with the theme “Ugaliing Magtanim, Sapat na Nutrisyon ay Aanihin”.
According to NNC-OIC Nutrition Program Coordinator Maria Gisela Lonzaga, food gardening refers to an intimate, multi-storey combinations of various trees and crops, vegetables, fruits and herbs, sometimes in association with domestic animals, primarily for domestic consumption and secondary for additional household income.
Lonzaga said the nutrition month celebration this year also advocates sustainable food gardening among families, communities and even in workplaces to promote diet diversification, reduce food poverty and increase the consumption of vegetables and fruits that is essential in addressing micronutrient deficiency or lack of vitamins and minerals among the population.
She said that based on the result of the 7th National Nutrition Survey, about 7 out of 10 households (67.7%) practice food gardening at home.
Read more: National Nutrition Council promotes food gardening this Nutri Month
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By Benjie S. De Yro (member, Balay ni IFAN Media Group)
When it comes to nutrition, size does not matter. Look at the municipality of Ivana in Batanes.
While it is considered one of the smallest municipalities in the Philippines with only four barangays, the municipality is one of the biggest in terms of nutrition programs and projects for its people. In fact, it was bestowed the highest nutrition award this country can give, the Nutrition Honor Award.
In Ivana, it’s zero malnutrition. Mayor Leonardo Hostallero, chair of the municipal nutrition committee believes that investing in nutrition is part and parcel of a real good governance.
“We focused primarily on food security and nutrition,” he said. The committee has empowered the people to have available and accessible food in their homes to prevent malnutrition.
The sea of greenery along homes, schools and the community has even added to the total nutrition landscape even as various programs and projects were strengthened. In Ivana, every household, school and barangays maintain a vegetable garden. These are supported by regular distribution of vegetable seeds and other planting materials through the municipal nutrition committee.
While the produce are mainly consumed by the families, excess production are usually sold to an agri-fair organized every Sunday the local government. But what is production without support?
Mayor Hostallero said the municipality has built small dams and farm to market roads to ensure transport of produce from an efficient production. Likewise, starter kits for poultry and swine production and fishing gears were provided by the local agriculture office to augment income of poor nutritionally –at risk families. Livestock and poultry were given to such families.
For micronutrient deficient families, the local government launched the Seaweed at Isda Sagot sa Iodine Deficiency (SISID), a project aimed to promote sustainable livelihood and to sustain gains of the Iodine Deficiency elimination efforts of the municipality.
The processed seaweed chips has become a ‘must-buy’ pasalubong from the province. It is a project of the Infant and Young Child-Feeding – Breastfeeding Support Group (IYCF-BSG)members. The group has been federated in the four barangays, registered with the Department of Labor and employment last year. Through the provincial nutrition staff, a certificate of product registration from the Food and Drug Administration is being secured.
The municipal nutrition committee puts premium in maternal, infant, child health and nutrition through the Katuwang Niyo Kami Program. Possibly only in Ivana that ‘breastfeeding angels’ exist. Last year, four mother-volunteers joined this group of organized women who serve as on-call human milk banks and peer counsellors. Again, this resulted to a 100 percent breastfeeding rate in 2017.
As if these programs are not enough, the committee initiated the Bilis Ng Buntis Libre (BBL) program. It provides free laboratory tests for pregnant women, complete with pre-natal services. Earlier, a memorandum of agreement was signed between the rural health unit of Ivana and the Batanes Provincial Hospital.
