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THE WEEK IN REVIEW The ‘Statesman’ literary folio won second Literary Folio award VIRAC, Catanduanes -- The Catanduanes State University (CSU) official tertiary student publication’s literary folio won second place award in the 73rd National Student Press Convention of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) recently at University of San Carlos, Cebu City. The sixth edition of the CSU Statesman’s Abacatanduanes: Ikaanim na Paghahabi book bagged the 14th Gawad ERJ Ikalawang Pinakamahusay na Literary Folio award, along with the Philippine Normal University’s Aklas, first place winner.
Picking election watch areas should need Joint PS recommendation - Bohol Comelec TAGBILARAN CITY -- Categorization of election watch areas (EWA) should be based on the recommendation that comes from the local joint peace and security (JPS) monitoring team, suggested Bohol Commission on Elections (Comelec) chief Atty. Leonil Marco Castillano during the recent Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting here. Castillano’s proposal came on the heels of concern from local officials when the joint regional security placed the entire province of Bohol as EWA.
Coconut featured in 2013 Daragang Magayon Festival LEGAZPI CITY -- The versatile coconut, one of the main products of the Bicol region, took center stage Thursday during a contest dubbed “Pambansang Palarong Kudkod Paga Turo Gata Year 6” at Peñaranda Park here. The event, part of the month-long activities of the 2013 Daragang Magayon Festival, is a contest among teams on the volume of coconut milk that can be extracted from a pile of coconuts from the beginning of the Albay Hymn up to its last note. The contest consisted of two rounds, with two tying up in the second round.
TESDA offers more OSY scholars
FARMERS AND FISHERFOLKS’ CELEBRATION . Through Presidential Proclamation No. 33, signed on March 21, 1989, the month of May was officially declared as the “Farmers and Fisherfolks’ Month” to give due recognition to the invaluable contribution of farmers and fisherfolks for the development, improvement, management and conservation of the agriculture and fishery sector. The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) joins the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in the opening of the said celebration. According to DA-10 Regional Executive Director Lealyn A. Ramos, that despite the region is more into assisting farmers who cultivate lands, she explained that the office also welcomes in giving aid to fisherfolks, particularly in the form of livelihood projects to complement the group’s main source of income and living. Further, she imparted that next year; the province of Misamis Oriental will enroll for the implementation of projects under the Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan/Bottoms-Up Budgeting to alleviate the conditions of poverty-stricken communities. To signify the region’s support, Dir. Ramos (bottom right photo) receives her plaque of appreciation from BFAR-10 Regional Director Visa Tan-Dimerin (extreme right) and the newly installed Regional Fisheries Director Andrew Jutba from the fisherfolks’ level, who will help in identifying which interventions should be poured out to them based on their real needs, rather than the perceived needs by the government. joanne l . olson , da-10
DUMAGUETE CITY -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is offering more scholarship slots for out-of-school youth (OSY) beneficiaries under the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Cash for Training Project (C4TP) in Negros Oriental. Tesda Director General Joel Villanueva, in a press conference recently held here, said the P1.3 billion national project is in partnership with the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program of DSWD. It intends to establish training programs for OSY.
Bohol holds events to promote child protection against sexual abuse TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol -- Bohol province last April hosted two events on child protection against sexual exploitation. Last April 12, the province lauched the Child Wise Tourism program. It also hosted the 2nd Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) Conference on Working Toward Cyber pornography- and cyber prostitution-free Southeast Asia which was held at the Bohol Tropics. During the launch, ChildWise Tourism advocates handed out decal stickers espousing the “Children are National Treasures” message to participants.
Bohol welcomes tourists at new Bohol Tourism Complex TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol -- A fenced complex, neatly tucked along the city’s main thoroughfare, yet inconspicuous for its distance from the buzz of traffic, is now fast becoming a tourism centerpiece for city tours. The complex, topped by a 1920 structure which was later rebuilt to reflect the renewed political climate in 1965, also includes at least three more buildings that broadcast to tourists of Bohol’s development priorities in the present administration.
CdeO-MisOr cluster posts high in foreign tourist arrivals in 2012 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental cluster was the most favored by foreign tourists among the other clusters in Northern Mindanao during the year 2012, the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) said. Data gathered by NEDA from the Department of Tourism (DOT) in the region show that 74 percent of the 61,113 foreign tourists or 45,244 went to the Cagayan de Oro-Misamis Oriental last year. This was followed in by Camiguin with 9,389 foreign tourists.
DepEd-ARMM launches mechanism to protect teachers on May polls DAVAO CITY -- The Department of Education of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DepEd-ARMM) formally launched on Monday in a hotel here, the DepEd Election Response Network (DERN), a mechanism ensuring the safety of public school teachers who will serve in the May 13 polls. Atty. Jamar Kulayan, education secretary of the ARMM said the DERN will provide security and even legal assistance to teachers even after the election is through, in all areas when they figure on election complaints filed by losing candidates. philippines information agency