Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President of Siquijor Brylle Deeiah Tumarong discussed the programs and projects of the youth group amid the COVID-19 pandemic, during the Network Briefing News with Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar.
SK SIQUIJOR UNDERSCORES PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS PANDEMIC TOLL ON YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH Local youth leaders are stepping up to address the simmering mental health crisis among young people, while the country continues to grapple with the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President of Siquijor Brylle Deeiah Tumarong on Tuesday discussed the initiatives of the provincial
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government on this, noting that the suicide cases among the youth in Siquijor in 2020 were alarming. “This pandemic brought a lot of challenges not just to the Kabataang Siquijor but to the rest of Siquihodnons in the entire province,” he said during a taped interview for Network Briefing News with host Presidential Communications
Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar. According to Tumarong, there were seven (7) recorded suicide cases from August to December of last year. “It’s very alarming in the entire province because somehow for the first time, there would be continuous suicide cases in the province of Siquijor,” she said. Caraga INFOCUS
