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This is vis-a-vis its production of only 2,257.678 metric tons in an area planted at 659.3857 hectares in 2017 and even much lower at 1,768.0218 MT in 573.8586 hectares in 2018, said Abada. The record also shows Siquijor as only 14.47 percent rice sufficient in 2017 and 11.19 percent in 2018, although Abada quickly admits that the difference is satisfied with the commercial rice coming from other provinces or supplies from the National Food Authority (NFA) and from other alternative staple foods or crops of which Siquijodnons are known to be fond of. “Mokaon man gud ta ug camote, mais, saging, ug uban pa, mabuhi ra gyud ta (We will surely survive because we eat camote or sweet potato, cassava, corn, banana and other crops),” she said while recommending the consumption of brown rice which has higher milling recovery and is more nutritious than white rice. DA-7 Information Officer Cheryl de la Victoria, in her call for support, stressed the need to make eating local rice as a habit, to be wise in choosing rice, and to patronize locally produced rice as a way of helping Filipino rice farmers to earn. She said the public’s role in supporting local rice is by changing first their mindset that foreign goods are better than local goods, make the most effort to buy and eat local rice, and encourage family and friends to cook both at home and for parties. Rice consumers should educate themselves about its nutritional advantage and junk the notion that eating brown rice is eating a low quality of rice, she added. Likewise, consumers should think wisely and broaden their preferences in buying rice displayed at the market. Not because imported rice is well-packaged and attractive does not mean it is worth buying already. De la Victoria emphasized that they should consider the variety of rice and its place of origin and packaging including weight indication. Consuming local rice, she said, does not always mean it is safe and that rice imports are not, but at least they know how local rice is being produced that it does not need to travel to reach the tables unlike rice imports. As a consumer, it is very important to take into consideration that the rice people consume must be nutritionally beneficial and will not cause any harm to public health. Furthermore, patronizing locally produced rice will not just contribute to the country’s local economy but a big help to rice farmers’ everyday living. Buying from local farmers’ produce is an act of nationalism because as rice is bought from them, the public is making them believe that farmers are important. Consumers must value the efforts of rice farmers and encourage them to continue farming to have Kaning Pinoy on our tables, shared de la Victoria. The 2019 National Rice Awareness Month celebration aims to ensure the safety of consumers on rice consumption and promotes the consumption of locally produced rice. Specifically,
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DA-7 pushes for consumption of local rice
Provincial Rice Coordinator Nida Abada presenting the five-year record from the Provincial Agricultural Office that showed an increase in rice consumption against the limited production of only 2,257.678 metric tons in Siquijor province. (PIA7 Siquijor) it aims motivate farmers to continue producing quality rice for consumers, encourage consumers to patronize local rice and support local rice farmers, promote awareness of the value of locally produced rice, and engage consumers, rice farmers, teachers and students, public influencers and opinion leaders with activities in promoting the consumption of local rice and responsible consumption. This year’s Be RICEponsible Campaign encourages rice farmers to continue to produce quality rice in response to the competition with imported rice while reaching out consumers to support locally produced rice, and be wise on their rice preferences for consumption. Through this, farmers will remain the key factor in minimizing rice importation and attaining rice security, while the consumer patronizes their produce and help rice farmers to increase their income. The theme “Buy local. Eat local. Support Filipino rice farmers.” imparts the importance and advantage of eating safe and nutritious rice to consumers, instilling the value of patriotism in supporting the local rice farmers, and helping the Philippine rice industry as a whole. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor)
by Rizalie Anding Calibo The Department of Agriculture (DA-7) is calling anew for the public to support to local rice farmers as it strengthens its advocacy of promoting the consumption of locally grown rice. Observing National Rice Awareness Month this November with the theme, “Buy local. Eat local. Support Filipino rice farmers,” various information, education and communication (IEC) activities have been lined up prior to its kick-off ceremony. In Siquijor province, the IEC campaign started with a Kapihan sa PIA and InfoSharing with members of the Siquijor Association of Information Disseminators (SAID) to get the support of local government units (LGUs), policymakers, information officers, and the public in raising awareness on the value of locally produced rice and promoting for local and responsible consumption. Rice is the staple food of 80 percent of the Filipino population. It accounts for the bulk of their caloric intake and protein consumption, as well as 25 percent of food expenditures of the poorest 30 percent of the population. Records reveal that consumption of rice increased tremendously from 2003 which was only 26,000 tons, compared now to the average daily consumption of Filipinos at 33,000 tons. For the province of Siquijor, Provincial Rice Coordinator Nida Abada in her presentation of the five-year record from the Provincial Agricultural Office, showed that Siquijor province rice consumption increases yearly from 8,699.32 metric tons in 2014; 8,784.81 in 2015; 8.965.09 in 2016; 8,953.16 in 2017 to 9,043.68448 MT in 2018. to page 4
DA-7 Information Officer Cheryl urging the information officers to help in the advocacy of patronizing locally grown rice as a way of also helping local rice farmers. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor)
DA-PATCO Gregolito Bunado sharing the provincial rice situationer while promoting awareness of the value of locally produced rice. (rac/PIA7Siquijor)
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POPCOM-7 announces Kaunlarang Pantao, PPMP awardees (PIA) -- The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Region 7 handed out 60 awards during its Regional Population Management Conference (RPMC) held Nov. 14, 2019 at Montebello Villa Hotel in Banilad, Cebu City.
The awards were in recognition of the valuable efforts, activities, projects and initiatives done in the field to address Philippine Population Management Program (PPMP) challenges. The awards were handed out by
POPCOM-7 Regional Director Atty. Bruce Ragas and Asst. Regional Director Darlynn Remolino during the conference attended by population officers, partners, and advocates in Central Visayas. The awards and awardees are the following:
AWARDEE AWARD LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT SUSAN M. MINGUEZ KAUNLARANG PANTAO BOGO CITY, CEBU ZENAIDA O. CABAGUE KAUNLARANG PANTAO SAN REMIGIO, CEBU PROVINCE OF SIQUIJOR MOST OUTSTANDING LGU IN IMPLEMENTING THE PROVINCE OF SIQUIJOR PHILIPPINE POPULATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM(PPMP) MUN. OF SAN REMIGIO MOST OUTSTANDING LGU IN IMPLEMENTING PPMP SAN REMIGIO, CEBU HILMER B. ONGUE MOST OUTSTANDING PROVINCIAL POPULATION OFFICER SIQUIJOR PROVINCE ZENAIDA O. CABAGUE MOST OUTSTANDING MUNICIPAL POPULATION OFFICER SAN REMIGIO, CEBU BRYLLE DEEIAH TUMARONG MOST OUTSTANDING SK OFFICIAL SIQUIJOR PROVINCE HILMER B. ONGUE MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN POPDEV INTEGRATION SIQUIJOR PROVINCE ZENAIDA O. CABAGUE 2 ND MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN POPDEV INTEGRATION SAN REMIGIO, CEBU DR. REINA JANE DEMANDANTE MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND FAMILY PLANNING (RPFP) CLARIN, BOHOL DR. PORFERIA E. DACLAN 2 ND MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN (RPFP) NAGA CITY, CEBU MERCEDES JANE P. SIA 3RD MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN (RPFP) CEBU CITY ZENAIDA O. CABAGUE MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (AHD) IMPLEMENTATION SAN REMIGIO, CEBU DR. SUSAN JOJIE O. VILLA 2ND MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN AHD IMPLEMENTATION LARENA, SIQUIJOR TARCISIO Z. DERANTE 3 3RD MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN AHD IMPLEMENTATION DANAO CITY, CEBU ADELINE H. BAROMAN MOST OUTSTANDING AHD PEER EDUCATOR NAGA CITY, CEBU PAG-ASA YOUTH ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (PYAP) OUTSTANDING AHD PEER EDUCATORS NETWORK DANAO CITY, CEBU SAN REMIGIO LEADERS AND ADVOCATES - DOFOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (SALAHD) SAN REMIGIO, CEBU RONCLARCK P. DAGOHOY OUTSTANDING AHD PEER ADVOCATE SAN REMIGIO, CEBU ALVIN CALDERON OUTSTANDING AHD PEER ADVOCATE DANAO CITY, CEBU BOBSY CULIAO OUTSTANDING AHD PEER ADVOCATE TALISAY CITY, CEBU CHARLOTTE MAE OZOA OUTSTANDING AHD PEER ADVOCATE DUMAGUETE CITY,NEGOR MARIDEL TAPING POPULATION OFFICER WITH HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SERVED COUPLES WITH UNMET NEED FOR MODERN FAMILY PLANNING ALOGUINSAN, CEBU ZENAIDA CABAGUE -DO- SAN REMIGIO, CEBU JESLE B. FUENTES -DO- ALICIA, BOHOL MELODY JANE WAHING -DO- CORDOVA, CEBU MA. LOURDES SOCIAS -DO- GETAFE, BOHOL VIRGINIA CUBELO POPULATION OFFICER WITH HIGH PERCENTAGE OF COUPLES REACHED IN RPFP DEMAND GENERATION FOR 2019 CALAPE, BOHOL MYLEN PACQUIAO -DO- BANTAYAN, CEBU REINA JANE DEMANDANTE -DO- CLARIN, BOHOL LEONCIA LAO -DO- CANDIJAY, BOHOL IMELDA A. BASALO -DO- BARILI, CEBU SUSAN M. MINGUEZ BEST IN AHDP INITIATIVE BOGO CITY, CEBU BOGO RESPONSIBLE ADOLESCENTS BEST IN AHDP INITIATIVE (TRES AKTIBIDADES) BOGO CITY, CEBU FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (BRAHD) BOGO CITY POPULATION OFFICE BEST IN SOCIAL MEDIA ADVOCACY BOGO CITY, CEBU HILMER B. ONGUE MOST OUTSTANDINGPOPULATION OFFICER IN POLICY ADVOCACY SIQUIJOR PROVINCE HILMER B. ONGUE MOST OUTSTANDING POPULATION OFFICER IN RESOURCE MOBILIZATION SIQUIJOR PROVINCE ZENAIDA O. CABAGUE OUTSTANDING OFFICER IN KA TROPA IMPLEMENTATION MUN. POPULATION OFFICER DESIGNATE SAN REMIGIO, CEBU SUSAN M. MINGUEZ CITY POPULATION OFFICER OUTSTANDING OFFICER IN KA TROPA IMPLEMENTATION BOGO CITY, CEBU HILMER B. ONGUE – PROV. POPULATION OFFICER - DESIGNATE -DO- SIQUIJOR PROVINCE
CERTIFIED FUNCTIONAL TEEN CENTERS: SAN REMIGIO TEEN CENTER -SAN REMIGIO, CEBU DANAO CITY TEEN CENTER - DANAO CITY, CEBU SIQUIJOR TEEN CENTER -SIQUIJOR PROVINCE LARENA TEEN CENTER -LARENA, SIQUIJOR UBAY TEEN CENTER - UBAY, BOHOL ENRIQUE VILLANUEVA TEEN CENTER -ENRIQUE VILLANUEVA, SIQUIJOR CANLAON TEEN CENTER -CANLAON, NEGROS ORIENTAL TANJAY TEEN CENTER -TANJAY CITY, NEGROS ORIENTAL TRINIDAD TEEN CENTER -TRINIDAD, BOHOL AHDP PEER EDUCATORS: ADAM LESTER PATAJO OF ‘BISYO’ - BARILI, CEBU LYKA PRADO OF ‘BRAHD’ AHDP - BOGO CITY, CEBU PEER EDUCATORS NETWORK : BOGO RESPONSIBLE ADOLESCENTS FOR HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT (BRAHD) BOGO CITY, CEBU PAG-ASA YOUTH ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (PYAP) - TALISAY CITY, CEBU LARENA YOUTH CARE ORGANIZATION (LYCO) - LARENA, SIQUIJOR NAGA ADOLESCENT HEALTH AND YOUTH ADVOCATES (NAHYDA) - NAGA CITY, CEBU BARILI INTERCONNECTED SERVICES YOUTH ORGANIZATION (BISYO) BARILI, CEBU LEADERS AND ADVOCATES FOR A GREATER SIQUIJOR (LAGSIQ) SIQUIJOR PROVINCE PARTNERS IN IMPLEMENTING PPMP: DSWD-7 FRIENDLY CARE RADYO KAHIMSUG BARILI DILG-7 GLORY REBORN ORGANIZATION CENTER FOR TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE- CEBU PIA-7 CTU-BARILI ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPED-7 IMAP DYRD TAGBILARAN CITY NEDA-7 KISS FM TAGBILARAN CITY RADYO NATIN UBAY ABS-CBN DYCM BOGO CITY DYAB 1512 REACH HEALTH SERVICE AWARD FOR FORMER POPULATION OFFICER WHO HAS NOT RETIRED: MA. UNO MATA - CALAPE BOHOL EMERENCIANA AUXILIO - CONSOLACION, CEBU SERVICE AWARD FOR POPULATION OFFICER WHO HAS RETIRED: DR. PORFERIA E. DACLAN - NAGA CITY, CEBU LAURA MONTUYA - LOON, BOHOL MARIAN NYMPHA CABALLERO - BADIAN, CEBU
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Importasyon ug paggamit sa vape, gidili na ni Duterte
(PIA) -- Gidili na ni Pres. Rodrigo Duterte ang paggamit ug importasyon sa ‘vape’ o ‘electronic cigarettes’. Sa gipahigayong press conference sa Malakanyang niadtong Martes sa gabii, miingon ang presidente nga peligro sa panglawas sa publiko ang vape. Gitumbok usab niini nga adunay gahum
ang gobyerno nga panalipdan ang interes ug panglawas sa publiko. “I will ban it. I will ban it. The use and importation. You know why? Because it is toxic, and government has the power to issue measures to protect public health and public interest,” matud pa ni Duterte. Nipasidaan usab ang presidente
Hats off to the team from the provincial office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-PENRO) and the Municipal Agriculture Office in Siquijor who have released a female juvenile Hawksbill Turtle (Erethmochelys imbrecate) and a total of 110 hatchlings in two separate occasions in Siquijor province.
Listahan sa 2020 holidays, gipagawas na sa Malakanyang
nga ang bisan kinsa nga dili mosunod iyang ipa-aresto. Matud pa sa presidente, ang vape adunay sulod nga mga kemikal nga dili pa segurado ang epekto sa lawas sa tawo ug wala pa usab nipasar sa sumbanan sa Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Kahinumdoman nga sa niaging semana lamang, gikumpirmar sa Department of Health (DOH) nga usa ka 16-anyos nga batang babaye gikan sa Visayas ang nagka-lung injury tungod sa paggamit og vape. Kalabot niini, ipatuman na sa Philippine National Police (PNP) ang kamanduan ni Duterte sa pagdili sa paggamit og vape sa mga pampublikong lugar epektibo karong adlawa, Miyerkoles, ika-20 sa Nobyembre ning kasamtangang tuig. Sigun pa ni PNP officer-incharge, Police Lieutenant General Archie Gamboa, iya nang gimando sa tanang police units sa tibuok nasod ang pagpatuman sa pagbawal sa paggamit og vape sa mga pampublikong lugar. Giseguro usab niini nga ilang sikopon ang bisan kinsang molapas sa kamanduan ug i-dispose og sakto ang tanang mga makumpiskar nga kasangkapan. Gimanduan na usab ang mga tigpatuman sa balaod sa pakig-alayon sa mga local government units (LGUs) ug mga ahensiya, mga nagbaligya ug nanag-iya og vape alang sa hingpit nga pagpatuman sa ban. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
(PIA) -- Gipagawas na sa Malakanyang ang listahan sa regular holidays ug special (non-working) holidays alang sa tuig 2020. Base sa Proclamation No. 845 nga gilagdaan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte, ang mga regular holidays sa nasod mao ang mosunod: Enero 1 (Miyerkoles)-New Year’s Day; Abril 9-Araw ng Kagitingan; Abril 9-Huwebes Santo o Maundy Thursday; Abril 10-Biyernes Santo o Good Friday; Mayo 1-Labor Day; is the Island of Hunyo 12-Independence Day; Agosto 21-National Heroes Day; Nobyembre Siquijor’s first electronic newsletter produced 30-Bonifacio Day; Disyembre 25-Christmas Day, ug Disyembre 30-Rizal by the Philippine Information Agency-Siquijor Day. Samtang ang mga special (non-working) days mao ang mosunod: Information Center and the DOST - Provincial Enero 25-Chinese New Year; Pebrero 25-EDSA People Power anniversary; Science and Technology Center. Abril 11-Black Saturday; Agosto 21- Ninoy Aquino Day; Nobyembre 1-All Saint’s Day; Disyembre 8-Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Mary; ug It contains snippets of information about Disyembre 31-Last Day of the year. Siquijor, Central Visayas and the Philippine May duha pa usab ka special (non-working) days nga gidugang nga Government. mao ang Nobyembre 2 ug Disyembre 24.
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Ang deklarasyon sa petsa alang sa pag-obserbar sa Eid’l Fitr ug Eid’l Adha naka-base sa Islamic Calendar ug ang National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) ang mopahibalo niini sa Office of the President. Gimanduan sa Presidente ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa paghimo sa implementing guidelines alang sa proklamasyon. Ang Proclamation 845 gilagdaan ni Duterte niadtong Nobyembre 15, 2019. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
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