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Cang-alwang, Tambisan NHS: country’s top among STARBOOKS. . . from page 1 DOST recognized the best performing sites among the 4,000 sites nationwide based on the monthly report submission which showed an outstanding number of users from August 2018 to August 2019. Cang-alwang NHS School Head Leonel Kilat and Tambisan NHS School Head Ariscaryl Ocay together with their STARBOOKS Site Coordinators Cyrene B. Ancis and Ria B. Alpir, respectively, received the awards. Also present in the awarding was DOST Siquijor Provincial Science and Technology Director Engr. Mario de la Peña. DOST Siquijor is directly responsible in monitoring and follow-up of the submission of monthly reports from all STARBOOKS sites in the province. Cang-alwang NHS as Top 1 performing STARBOOKS site was also awarded with BluPoint technology. “Wala jud ko ga-expect adto. Ang pinakanindot jud Ma’am ang prize nga BluPoint Technology (I never expected it. The BluPoint is, for me, the best prize),” said Cang-alwang NHS site administrator Cyrene Ancis who received the award together with the school head. BluPoint technology of UK-based company BluPoint is a robust and resilient offline internet solution to companies, non-government organizations, and governments around the world. It overcomes the barriers of no electricity and no connectivity. Aside from the two awardees from Siquijor, there are also three awardees from the province of Bohol, bringing to five the number of awards bagged by Central Visayas out of the 10 total spots. The Science and Technology Academic and Research Based Openly Operated Kiosks or STARBOOKS is a library in a box that can be easily transported and used even without internet connection. It is a program launched by DOST-STII which aims to share the digitized resources in various formats (text and video/audio) of its library especially to students who have been marginalized by geographic or economic circumstances. It is also a compendium of science and technology information from all over the world, and it features videos dubbed “Tamang DOSTkarte Livelihood Videos” to stimulate every Filipino’s entrepreneurial capacity. In Siquijor province, at least 16 sites were installed with STARBOOKS with the coordination of DOST-STII, DOST Siquijor Provincial Science and Technology Center, Department of Education, and the recipients. Among these are Siquijor State College, Campalanas National High School, Maria Integrated School, Enrique Villanueva National High School, Catulayan National High School, Banban National High School, Lazi National Agricultural School, San Antonio National High School, Basac National High School, Siquijor Provincial Science High School, and San Juan Tourism Center. (Engr. Joelline
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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. 39 November 13 - 20, 2019
Cang-alwang, Tambisan NHS: country’s top among most active STARBOOKS sites by Engr. Joelline Ann D. Ates, DOST Siquijor SRA & IO-designate
The Ympal Family with Agriculture Secretary William Dar, Usec Ariel Cayanan and PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar as they received 2018 Gawad Saka Award for Outstanding Farm Family during the 48th Gawad Saka Awarding Ceremony on October 22, 2019 in PICC Manila.
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SIQUIJOR (PIA) -- Cang-alwang National High School (NHS) and Tambisan NHS have been chosen by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Technology (S&T) Information Institute (DOST–STII) as two of the Top 10 Most Active STARBOOKS sites in the Philippines. Cang-alwang NHS was awarded as the Top Most Active STARBOOKS site while Tambisan NHS bagged the 10th spot. The awarding was done as part of the program of the STARBOOKS Convention for Content Development and Management of DOST-STII on Oct. 23-24, 2019 in Iloilo City. to page 4
Congratulations and thank you Ympal Family of San Juan, Siquijor for always bringing pride to #SiquijorIsland. The Ympal Family (Epegemio and Narcisa Ympal and children) bagged the 2018 Gawad Saka Award for Outstanding Farm Family. Cash and trophy were awarded by Agriculture Secretary William Dar, Usec Ariel Cayanan and PCOO Sec. Martin Andanar during the 48th Gawad Saka Awarding Ceremony on October 22, 2019 in PICC Manila.
STARBOOKS Convention for Content Development and Management of DOST-STII held Oct. 23-24, 2019 in Iloilo City where Cang-alwang National High School (NHS) was awarded as Top 1 Most Active STARBOOKS Site while Tambisan NHS bagged the 10th spot. (DOST-Siquijor)
iSIQUIJOR Information Drive on National Rice Awareness Month (NRAM) and feeding program to almost 300 students of Simacolong Elementary School in Lazi, Siquijor spearheaded by the Department of Agriculture (DA-7).
Employees and students in Larena, Siquijor joined the Local Government Unit of Larena in today’s observance of the 4th quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill 2019.
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Eyeglasses subsidy alang sa mga senior citizens ug kabataan, giduso sa DOH (PIA) -- Giduso karon sa Department of Health (DOH) ang paghatag og eyeglasses subsidy alang sa mga senior citizens ug mga kabataan. Kini ang gibutyag ni DOH Prevention of Blindness Program Head Maria Sylvia Uy diin matud pa niini nga gimanduan na sa ahensya ang
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) nga maggahin og tag-P500 matag pasyente alang sa ilang mga anteyohos. Matud pa, nga sa higayong magpatan-aw ang usa ka pasyente ug nakitang adunay komplikasyon sa panan-aw sama sa nearsightedness,
farsightedness ug astigmatism, ipaadto kini dayon sa usa ka accredited opthalmologist. Kahinumdoman nga naa sa halos 400,000 ka indibidwal sa Pilipinas ang adunay problema sa panan-aw ang wala natambalan base sa resulta sa Philippine National Survey of Blindness and Eye Disease Study. Ang DOH mohatag og prayoridad ngadto sa mga kindergarten-age children ug senior citizens sa maong eyeglasses subsidy tungod sa impact sa untreated eye disorder sa ilang kinabuhi. (ecb/PIA7Bohol) Samtang kita nagselebrar sa “Deaf Awareness Week,” atong suportahan and Filipino Sign Language. Niadtong Oktubre, gihimong balaod ni President Duterte, uban sa Kongreso ug sa Senado ang Filipino Sign Language (FSL) Act or Republic Act 11106. Ang maong balaod nagsaysay nga ang “FSL pagailhon, i-promote ig suportahan isip medyum sa opisyal nga komunikasyon sa tanang transaksyon l be recognized, promoted,nga naglambigit sa mga bungol ug amang ug isip usab “language of instruction” sa ilang edukasyon .”
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