15 February 2021, Zoom Application - A productive and well-represented high-level meeting on the online review of the draft narrative of the Municipality of Narra, Palawan ordinance "𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘕𝘰. 2018- 832: 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘕𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘺 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘕𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘴 (𝘉𝘕𝘚) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢, 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯, 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘖𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴" happened this afternoon. 

The review was facilitated by NO III Camille Chen and Mr. Andre Flores from the national compendium project team, with guidance from NPC Ma. Eileen B. Blanco and participation of NO II Bianca Estrella and NO I Nichole Loyola. Also present during the activity were Alcanz, LLC. consultants Ms. Marissa Navales, Ms. Karla Laqui, and writer Ms. Victoria Rialp.

LGU Narra was represented by Acting Mayor Crispin O. Lumba, Municipal Nutrition Action Officer Ana Paz Cervancia, Sangguniang Panlalawigan Board Member Ryan Maminta, Sangguniang Bayan Councilor Janet Nabua, Sangguniang Bayan Secretary Carlos, and the BNS Association President of Narra and the BNS Federation President of Palawan Ms. Emelia Riambon.

LGU Narra’s Ordinance was selected to be included in the second Compendium of the National Nutrition Council, following the Compendium of Local Actions on Nutrition (CAN) which featured 11 stories of high-performing LGUs on nutrition across the country and launched on 31 July 2018. The second compendium is a joint project of the NNC and the Nutrition Action Officers Association of the Philippines, with technical support from Nutrition International.

It is hoped that upon completion, the publication of the Compendium shall serve as valuable reference for other LGUs to learn from experiences in utilizing local ordinances to scale up nutrition, particularly in enriching the human resource base for nutrition. Moreover, it is also hoped to be a reference for international readership-contributing to global knowledge-sharing on nutrition.

MCLCChen / NKSLoyola