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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2016
Outstanding nutrition implementers named
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Nutrition program champions in Northern Mindanao were named by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) in this year’s Regional Nutrition Program Awarding ceremony held in Cagayan de Oro City, Nov. 25.
The 2015 Regional Green Banner Awardees are Misamis Occidental for the provincial level, Gingoog City for the city level and Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon for the municipal level. The green banner award is given to local government units (LGUs) with exemplary performance in nutrition program management, if maintained for three consecutive years, the LGU will then qualify for the Consistent Regional Outstanding Winner in Nutrition (CROWN) award. Special citations were given to Maramag, Bukidnon for maintaining the second year CROWN maintenance award and Valencia City for achieving the Nutrition Honor Award (NHA), the highest award given by NNC to outstanding achievers in nutrition
program implementation for other three consecutive years. Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Marissa D.M. Navales thanked partners for taking up the challenge and ultimately changing the landscape of nutrition situation in the region. “The increasing number of LGU joining the regional search for outstanding LGUs and nutrition workers signals progress made in ending hunger and malnutrition,” she said. To date, the region has eight Nutrition Honor Awardees and three National Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholars (NOBNS). (JCV/ PIA-10)
BSP conducts financial empowerment seminar CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Students and members of the working sector underwent a seminar on financial empowerment on November 22 in Cagayan de Oro city. The seminar was conducted by the Financial Consumer Protection Department (FCPD) of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to promote financial literacy among Filipinos especially students and the working sector. Divina Salve A. Labitad, bank
officer of the BSP-FCPD, said financial education is part of the mandate of the BSP to educate and protect financial consumers. She said that consumers who are well-educated financially are more protected which makes them effective partners of the BSP in ensuring a
stronger and safer banking and payment system. The seminar taught participants on the management of personal finance, credit card awareness, and how to spot and avoid financial scams and fraud. They were also informed about the role of the BSP in the Philippine
Financial System and its consumer assistance mechanism. Dexter Erick A. Demafeliz, senior research specialist of the BSP Cagayan de Oro Branch, also gave reminders on the demonetization of old banknotes series and how to avoid counterfeit money. (APB/PIA-10)
Joint PBDC, IBDC meeting held in Lala town LALA, Lanao del Norte – Members of the Panguil Bay Development Council (PBDC) and Iligan Bay Development Council (IBDC) converged at the Lala Fish Farm and Training Center (LFFTC) here on 21 November 2016 to discuss the pressing issues besetting the Panguil Bay, which straddles the provinces of Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur. Narciso N. Minguito Jr., Capture Fisheries Section chief of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-10 presented the agency’s observations on the fish corrals being set up in the bay by certain operators. He said these fish corrals were installed against the current with fine mesh net at the catching chamber, and the distance between fish corrals is too close. To protect the larvae, crablets, fry, fingerlings from being caught, the BFAR has recommended that the fish corrals be installed perpendicular to the shoreline, use not less than 3cm
single net, and observe a distance of not less than 60 meters. Minguito emphasized that “juvenile organisms” in the bay should be spared to ensure steady supply of fish and other marine products in the area. On the other hand, Representative Abdullah Dimaporo of the second district of Lanao del Norte raised the problem of siltation in the Panguil Bay, which has affected the supply of prawns/shrimps from the bay. Dimaporo asked the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) not to award the public lands in the province to private individuals, as they would only make them into farmlands, thereby aggravating siltation in the Panguil Bay. “I would like to request the DENR to assess the public lands not only in Lanao del Norte but also in the provinces of Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur, and start massive tree planting to prevent soil erosion,� the congressman pointed out.
Some mayors from the coastal towns of Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Zamboanga del Sur as well as the regional directors and representatives of the national government agencies and state colleges and universities came and participated in the meeting with Director Visa Tan-Dimerin of BFARCentral Office as presiding officer. (FPG/PIA-10)