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THE OFFICIAL E-NEWSLETTER OF THE PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY - SIQUIJOR | WWW.PIA.GOV.PH and the DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - SIQUIJOR | WWW.DOST.GOV.PH VOL. 07| No. 34 October 2 - 9, 2019

PIA shares IPCC special report on Climate Change to Siquijor MSMEs Meet our ‘Mariang Pulis’ with PNP Director for Operations, Brig. Gen. Emmanuel Luis Licup and Siquijor Provincial Police Director PCol. Angela Rejano. ‘Mariang Pulis’ refers to the all-women police operating in Maria, Siquijor, the country’s (also claimed to be the world’s) first-ever all-female police station. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor)

Marlene Patria of DTI-Siquijor giving her opening remarks and rationale of the activity. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor Siquijor MSMEs pose after the DTI-initiated Seminar on Greening Practices for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) at The Sylvia Bar and Restaurant in San Juan, Siquijor. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor)

SIQUIJOR (PIA) -- “There is no single ‘silver bullet’ solution to the climate change crisis. Changing our relationship with the land is a vital part of limiting climate change.” This according to the Special Report on Climate Change and Land launched on Aug. 8 by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that was also shared by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) here during the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-initiated Seminar on Greening Practices for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) at The Sylvia Bar and Restaurant in San Juan, Siquijor. The report was done within two years with 107 leading scientists from 52 countries across all regions of the world. “Over two years in the making, the report looks at how the way we use our land contributes to climate change and how climate change affects the land. It specifically looks at desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial PIA Siquijor GICC Rizalie Calibo sharing the recently ecosystems,” said Rizalie Calibo of PIA Siquijor. Calibo, in her lecture, highlighted two important items launched Special Report on Climate Change and Land by indicated in the report: first is that, “without near-term action, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to Siquijor MSMEs.eliminate (rac/PIA7-Siquijor) the ability of land to help mitigate climate food waste, eating a balanced change will be lost – as it suffers under Calibo shared to the Siquijor MSMEs: diet, thereby reducing emissions from a changing climate and from growing the food system. Limiting climate change to well demands” (e.g., growing population, food below 2ºC cannot be achieved without Halting deforestation and security, and bioenergy). We must move the land sector. restoring damaged ecosystems will be to sustainably managing our lands now; crucial for improving climate resiliency The way we treat land can and that “there is no single “silver bullet” either help or harm the climate. Right of the ecosystems, and changing from an solution to the climate crisis. Changing now humans are driving deforestation, emissions source to a sink. our relationship with the land is a vital wiping out animals and plants at a These steps will help weather part of limiting climate change. climate impacts, by making both the land staggering rate, and speeding up the The report formed part of her climate breakdown. and the economies that rely on it more lecture on Green Concept, Philippine resilient to climate shocks. Industrial agriculture and the Green Initiatives, Benefits, Values and food industry are almost as big a driver If countries do not rapidly Techniques of Green Techonology of climate change as fossil fuels. change course, they would not be able that was given together with another to deliver the Paris Agreement or the To achieve the climate goals, resource speaker from the Department and reduce emissions by 45 percent by Sustainable Development Goals. of Environment and Natural Resources 2030, there is a need to improve land Without near-term action, the (DENR). ability of land to help mitigate climate management and agricultural practices. The Special Report on Climate change will be lost – as it suffers under There are many opportunities Change and Land follows the Special to improve land and forest management a changing climate and from growing Report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC that will help humans adapt to and limit demands (e.g., growing population, food released in October 2018, and followed the effects of climate change. This will security, and bioenergy). by the Special Report on the Ocean mean adopting farming practices that There is no single “silver bullet” and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate work with nature – improving soil health solution to the climate crisis. Changing finalized in September 2019, which and resiliency – as well as being able to the humans’ relationship with the land is looked at oceans and the frozen world. a vital part of limiting climate change. drawdown carbon. Here are some of the key points (rac/PIA7-Siquijor) Efforts should be done to

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DOH: Food vendors must have health certificate

(PIA) -- Officials from the Department of Health Region 7 (DOH7) has reiterated during a forum that food vendors should have a health card certifying that they do not have a communicable disease that would put the health of their customers at risk. During the weekly Association of Government Information Officers Philippine Information Agency (AGIOPIA 7) Forum, DOH-7 Regional Sanitary Engineer John Ray Labandero, said food vendors must be healthy in their business as a food vendor, otherwise they may transmit diseases to their customers in the process of food handling. The 15th section of the Code of Sanitation in the Philippines mandates that “no person shall be employed in any food establishment without a Health Certificate issued by the local health authority.” The health certificate is issued only after food vendors have completed the required physical and medical examinations and the immunizations are administered at prescribed intervals. Labandero added that vendors who are engaged in food business should acquire sanitary permits issued by their local government units. Regular sanitation inspection must also be conducted. On the other hand, ambulant food vendors are only allowed to sell prepacked foods. According to the Code of Sanitation in the country, ambulant food vendors shall sell only bottled food drinks, biscuits, and confectioneries. They are prohibited to sell food that require the use of utensils. “As long as the local health office regularly monitors these establishments dapat naa gyud health card,” Labandero reiterated. Local health authorities have the responsibility to make periodic inspections to enforce maintenance of adequate sanitation in food establishments. They can also prohibit the use of items that, in their opinion, are unsanitary or cause food and drinks to become unfit for human consumption. “(There should be) strict implementation of sanitation in the area and keep the area clean,” Labandero said. (fan/pia7)

Congratulations to the Tourist Police of Siquijor and Negros Oriental who completed the three-day Integrated Tourist-Oriented Police for Community Order and Protection (TOPCOP) Training.

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Mga ahensya sa gobyerno gimanduang suportaan ang Nat’l Crime Prevention Prog

(PIA) -- Gimanduan sa Malakanyang ang tanang ahensya sa gobyerno nga suportaan ang 2019 National Crime Prevention Program. Sa gilagdaang Memorandum Circular 66 ni Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, nakalatid nga ubos sa Republic Act 6975 o ang Department of Interior and Local

Government Act of 1990, gimanduan ang National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) nga magrekomendar og crime prevention program. Gimugna sa NAPOLCOM ang 2019 National Crime Prevention Program (NCPP) aron makahimo og mga lakang ug estratehiya

In view of the African Swine Fever (ASF) threat, the Province of Siquijor issued an Executive Order (2019-ZSV-2011) temporarily banning the entry of pork and pork-related products and by-products, whether raw, processed or cooked, including frozen boar semen, and regulating the entry of live hogs thru all ports in the province. Let’s keep Siquijor ASF-free! Intensified Interdiction Efforts:The joint elements of PDEA VII Siquijor, PDEA K9 Unit, and PPA K9, under the direct supervision of IA III Ma. Editha Bunagan, conducted inspection on baggages of arriving passengers of Larena Port, Siquijor. No dangerous drugs were found during the inspection. This is part of the Agency’s intensified and campaign to interdict drug couriers passing through the seaports of Siquijor Province.

batok sa krimen, ug aron maseguro ang seguridad ug kahusay ug kalinaw. Ubos sa maong memorandum circular, ang pondo alang sa pag-implementar sa programa kuhaon gikan sa kasamtangang budget sa hingtungdang ahensya. Nakalatid usab nga aron maseguro ang kalampusan sa 2019 NCPP, kinahanglang motabang ang tanang buhatan sa gobyerno aron masulbad ang krimen sa nasod. Apil usab sa gitahasang motabang ang mga lokal nga kagamhanan. Gilagdaan ni Medialdea ang maong kamanduan niadtong Setyembre 23, 2019. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)

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