Region VIII

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 14 October 2020

PALO, LEYTE — With the aim of disseminating actual examples of effective local policies on nutrition, the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) passed the RNC Resolution No. 5, Series of 2020, entitled, “Enjoining All Local Government Units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas to Support the Compendium of Local Ordinances and Issuances on Nutrition and Continuously Submit Additional Local Ordinances and Issuances” during its First RNC Meeting on 6 October 2020 at the Seafood & Ribs Warehouse, Palo, Leyte.

The Compendium of Local Ordinances on Nutrition, which was virtually launched nationwide on 1 October 2020, is part of the overall effort of the NNC on LGU mobilization for the Philippine Plan of Action on Nutrition (PPAN) which shall serve as a knowledge-sharing platform for LGUs to learn from the initiatives of other LGUs who harnessed the capacity of policy development to scale up nutrition programs.

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 10 October 2020

RNC meeting 1
PALO, LEYTE — Finally, after waiting to be reconvened physically, the Regional Nutrition Committee (RNC) VIII gathered and submitted five resolutions during its First Meeting on 6 October 2020 at the Seafood and Ribs Warehouse in Palo, Leyte.

Out of the five resolutions, two important COVID-19 related policies were approved to include the Adoption of the Nutrition Cluster Guidelines on Local Government Unit Nutrition Actions Relative to COVID 19 and the Adoption of the Nutrition Cluster Advisory No. 2 on Cluster Recommendations on Healthful and Nutritious Family Food Packs and Sustainable Food Sources.

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 30 September 2020

TACLOBAN CITY (Sarwell Meniano, PNA) – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) is stepping up its advocacy for the integration of nutrition programs on the list of funded activities by local governments in Eastern Visayas next year.

Personnel of the NNC Region 8 has been meeting with local government officials to help identify activities that will be integrated into the annual investment plans (AIP), said Catalino Dotollo, NNC regional nutrition program coordinator, in a phone interview on Tuesday.

The NNC advocates for the integration of four major programs --first 1,000 days program; Philippine integrated management of acute malnutrition; nutrition-sensitive programs, including sustainable community and home food production; and enabling programs and factoring the ongoing and post-pandemic situation.

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 06 October 2020

AIP Hinundayan
TACLOBAN CITY — Members of the nutrition planning core team in the Municipality of Hinundayan gathered together to prepare for a new in the 2021 nutrition program implementation through a Workshop on Integrating Nutrition in the 2021 Annual Investment Plan (AIP) on 28-29 September 2020 at the Municipal Auditorium, Hinundayan, Southern Leyte.

The local budget exercise was the first among local government units (LGUs) in the Province of Southern Leyte. This was attended by the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) on Health, Municipal Health Officer (MHO), Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator (MPDC), Municipal Budget Officer (MBO), Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer (MSWDO), Municipal Agriculture Officer (MAO), Public Health Nurse (PHN), and nurses deployed from Department of Health (DOH).

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 28 September 2020

By virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 60, s. 1992, the National Family Week is celebrated every last week of September of every year to focus on the importance of strengthening and promoting unity, solidarity, and stability of the Filipino family as the basic unit of Filipino society. This year, the nation celebrates the 28th National Family Week with the theme “Tungo sa Maginhawa, Matatag at Panatag na Pamilyang Pilipino.”

The sub-theme “Mapagkalingang Pagtugon at Proteksyon sa Bawat Pamilyang Pilipino Mula sa Mga Suliranin sa Gitna ng Pandemyang COVID-19” emphasizes the importance of providing Filipino families with a compassionate response on economic shocks and protection from violence in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Details: Category: Region 8; Published: 05 October 2020

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TACLOBAN CITY — On 30 September 2020, the Regional Bantay Asin Task Force 8 (RBATF 8) convened for its first meeting in 2020 at Ocho Seafood and Grill.

Eight member agencies attended the said meeting, with Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health (DOH), Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Tacloban City Nutrition Office (CNO) who physically attended, and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) who virtually listened in via Google Meet.