Region II

Details: Category: Region 2; Published: 16 October 2013

ro2 nueva vizcaya honoraria 2013 BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, October 10(PIA) – Barangay Nutrition Scholars in the province are expected to receive additional honoraria for their contribution in pushing for the nutrition programs, projects and activities in their respective communities.

An additional P50.00 has been pledged by Governor Ruth Padilla to the present honoraria of municipal and barangay nutrition scholars during the Provincial Nutrition Awarding Ceremony yesterday at the Ammungan Hall in the provincial capitol.

“Because of your commitment to serve and to further your efforts in bringing nutrition programs in a sustained in your areas, we will also contribute additional amount for you. It maybe little but this is only initial,” she said.

Padilla also praised the awardees from the barangay to municipal levels for their sustained implementation of the nutrition program in the province.

Luzviminda Ragpa, Provincial Nutrition Action Officer(PNAO) said that at present, the provincial government gives P165.00 each monthly as counterpart of the province to the incentive or honoraria of at least 300 BNS in Nueva Vizcaya.

Details: Category: Region 2; Published: 16 October 2013

ro2 nueva vizcaya fund 2013 BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya,October 13 - Governor Ruth Padilla here recently has pledged funding assistance to boost the livelihood of at least 300 Barangay Nutrition Scholars(BNS) in the 275 barangays of the province.
The fund, amounting to P10,000.00 each will be given through the Municipal Federation of Barangay Nutrition Scholars(MFBNS), Padilla said during the provincial awarding of outstanding nutrition program implementors for Nueva Vizcaya.

“I am posing a challenge to you to sustain your efforts and in that way, we can maintain or even improve our status particularly on the nutrition program implementation,” Padilla said.

She said that the rate that the province at 94.84 percent that earned its latest recognition as a Green Banner Awardee in Cagayan Valley needs to be sustained for the coming years.

Details: Category: Region 2; Published: 18 October 2013

ro2 asin billboard 2013 BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya – Dalawang Asin Law billboards ang ipapatayo sa lalawigan bilang bahagi ng kampanya ng pamahalaan upang pigilan ang pagpasok ng mga non-iodized na asin sa lalawigan at sa buong lambak ng Cagayan. Ayon kay Rhodora Maestre, regional nutrition program coordinator ng Cagayan Valley, ang dalawang billboards ay ilalagay sa bayan ng Kayapa at Sta. Fe kung saan may mga naipatayong checkpoints upang pigilan ang pagpasok ng mga asin na walang wasto at sapat na iodine content sa mga pamilihan.

Nagbigay din ng mga nutrition program tarpaulin ang National Nutrition Council(NNC) para sa mga iba’t ibang bayan ng Nueva Vizcaya upang mapaigting ang pagpapatupad ng tama at wastong nutrisyon sa mga barangay. Nasa lalawigan si Maestre nuong Oktubre 9 upang dumalo sa Provincial Nutrition Awarding Program ng provincial government sa Ammungan Hall sa bayang ito.

Details: Category: Region 2; Published: 16 October 2013

ro2 wyd checker 2013 Pledges of additional funds for capability building on Promote Good Nutrition and Infant and Young Child Feeding and provision of equipments from the GAIN as well as the provincial government are expected to boost the implementation of the government’s nutrition program in the province.

Rhodora Maestre, regional nutrition program coordinator said the National Nutrition Council(NNC) will provide P830,000.00 funding assistance for the province to further improve and sustain its performance on the implementation of the nutrition program in the province thru training of barangay implementers on Infant and Yound Child Feeding - a strategy to revitalize world's attention and commitment to infant and young child nutrition and its impact on survival and development of children.

“We are glad to inform you that NNC was inspired by our best practices. In fact, we are the only province which was given with free Iodine checkers because of our performance in the BANTAY ASIN implementation” she said.

Maestre said the Nueva Vizcaya was recently adjudged as a regional 2012 Green Banner Awardee in Cagayan Valley for garnering 94.84 percent for its implementation of the nutrition program.

She also noted that the towns of Sta. Fe, Kasibu and Quezon also showed outstanding performance and lifted the province’s potentials as a green banner awardee.

Details: Category: Region 2; Published: 21 October 2013

ro2 brsn marine mammal advocate 2013 From promoting good nutrition to dolphins, whales, and dugong preservation.
This will be the new task that the Batang Radyo Sa Nutrisyon (BRSN) will have to assume in the coming weeks, after BFAR-Region 02 Director and Regional Nutrition Committee Chair, Dr. Jovita Ayson, declares that these young broadcasters will be tapped as the new advocates for marine mammal preservation efforts in the Cagayan Valley Region.

This developed after Dir. Ayson witnessed how the BRSN evolved from mere school kids to very active nutrition advocates through the assistance of the National Nutrition Council-Region 02 .

“If these children have been very effective in their advocacy campaigns on nutrition, then there’s no doubt they can do the same thing on marine mammal protection. They can very much influence their parents and their adult audiences on these two campaigns,” Ayson explained.

Details: Category: Region 2; Published: 18 October 2013

ro2 1st batang radyo congress 2013 The National Nutrition Council Region 2 successfully staged a Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon Congress held last October 11 – 13, 2013 at Baguio City, participated by some 200 Batang Radyo Broadcasters to foster broader exposure, and upgrading of technical abilities on the promote good nutrition concept of the National Nutrition Council.

With the theme: “Wastong Nutrisyon, Alam ko, Sasabihin ko, Gagawin ko” (Practice what they are communicating)the congress aims to a.) Enhance the knowledge, skills and technical ability of Batang Radyo in radio broadcasting, b.) Encourage Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon to be role models in practicing and promoting good nutrition and c.) Create camaraderie among the Batang Radyo sa Nutrisyon d.) Build awareness on the 2012 Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos and e.) Instill values on good nutrition

The Congress emphasizes the significance of mitigating hunger and malnutrition and promotion of the Nutritional Guidelines for Filipinos among school children, and adaptation of efforts and focuses on how each individual, school and community in the region can contribute in mitigating malnutrition in school.

Batang Radyo was developed to set an adversity against the ongoing fight against malnutrition: A large percentage (9.99% or 45,194 SC as of June 2012 - 2013) of cases of wasted and severely wasted children were found to belong to the school-age bracket, with Isabela province (13.69%), Cauayan City (13.36%) and Santiago City (12.02%) topping the list as first, second, and third place, respectively. These figures were found to be principally caused by poor dietary and health habits and practices, and poor nutrition knowledge.