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It is undeniably cheaper to cook at home. Especially during this pandemic, it is safer to cook your favorite meals at home and serve it to your family. However, there will be times when one will run out of ideas to cook and your family wants to try something new. This Eggplant and Sardine Omelet is a budget-friendly yet delicious that you can cook for your family anytime.
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Realizing the importance of maternal nutrition as part of the First 1000 Days (F1KD) of life, the municipality of Lakewood conducted a month-long supplemental feeding to the 135 pregnant mothers of their 14 barangays during this month of December. This initiative of Lakewood aims to guarantee that pregnant women, especially those who are nutritionally at-risk, will receive adequate nutrition to ensure safe and healthy delivery of the baby and to prevent early onset of malnutrition and its consequences.
Read more: LGU-Lakewood Conducts Supplemental Feeding for Pregnant Mothers
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Families, friends, and colleagues usually gather around the grill during the holidays, birthdays, special occasions, and even for no particular reason at all. Grilling is cooking food on a rack over a heat source, usually a charcoal fire or ceramic briquettes heated by gas flames and usually at a rapid rate which drastically reduce the time it takes to prepare meals. Grilling is also known for the cooking method used outdoors. For some reason, grilling outside gives people the opportunity to escape the confinement of the kitchen and enjoy the atmosphere outside. Just like any other cooking methods, grilling has its own health benefits as well as health risks.
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The government, through the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR), is set to further develop the country’s aquaculture industry through the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2’s stimulus package.
The stimulus package worth Php 500 million, which will fund culture of certain fish and aquatic species with good market potential such as glass eels, sea urchins, and seaweeds; and establish multi-species hatcheries across the country, among others, is projected to boost aquaculture production by 9.6 thousand metric tons. This will augment and open up more livelihood opportunities for fisherfolk, particularly fish farmers.
Read more: DA-BFAR to Boost Aquaculture Production through the Bayanihan 2 Stimulus Package
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Part of the 3rd Management Conference held on 15 to 17 December 2020 was the 3rd Quarter Webby Awards conducted virtually via Zoom on 17 December 2020 where the National Nutrition Council Region 9 was awarded AGAIN as the winner for the NNC-Q Webby Award for the Highest Number of Articles Posted. NNC 9 posted in the regional webpage 27 articles for the 3rd quarter.
Read more: BACK TO BACK! NNC 9 makes it AGAIN during the 3rd Quarter Webby Awards
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As we are nearly leaping to another year, the fight against the prominent coronavirus disease in Zamboanga Peninsula (ZamPen) is not yet over, rather 'overwhelming’ increase of cases is being expected if people remains reprimanded and take the public health protocols for granted this holiday.
"There is still continuous growth of COVID-19 cases seen in different areas, signaling the start of a surge,” said by Dr. Mary Rose Rendon of Department of Health (DOH)-9 during the Joint Regional Inter-Agency Task Force – Regional Task Force (RIATF-RTF) COVID-19 meeting held recently.
"If not mitigated, this will lead to a sharp spike of cases during and after the holiday,” she added.
Read more: ZamPen expects COVID-19 surge, strict policies during, after holiday
