Creation of student crime prevention body highlights
celebration of IDADAIT in Ozamiz
OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis
Occidental, June 28 (PIA) -- Creation of the Student Crime Prevention Committee
(SCPC) in Misamis Annex Integrated School (MAIS) highlighted the celebration of
the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (IDADAIT) in
the city last June 26.
The activity was part of the intensified information, education, and communication campaign on illegal drug abuse prevention waged by the Ozamiz City Police Station (OCPS), Police Supt. JonasT. Amparo, chief of OCPS, said.
Anchored on the slogan “Kalusugan ay Kayamanan: Droga ay Iwasan (Health is Wealth: Avoid Illegal Drugs),” activities of the campaign were conducted relative to the celebration of the IDADAIT observed June 26 of every year.
This is pursuant to the United Nations declaration dated December 7, 1987 and Presidential Proclamation No. 264 issued last June 1, 1988, Amparo said.
Personnel of the police community relations/family protection and gender sensitivity/women and children protection desk section and OCPS conducted lectures on the different kinds of prohibited drugs and their effects on the user’s body to the high school and grade school students of MAIS.
The lectures included the salient features of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Drugs Act of 2008, anti-illegal drug-abuse prevention, street crime prevention tips, anti-kidnapping tips and kiddy cops.
Also covered by the lectures were RA 7610 or the special protection of children against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination act, RA 9208 or the Anti-Human Trafficking in Person Act of 2003, the rights of the child and anti-gambling.
Meanwhile, the SCPC is composed of students in MAIS whose responsibility is to act as the police officers of the school, Amparo added. (PO2 Cheryl Lyn W. Ano-os/PIA-10 Mis. Occ.)
The activity was part of the intensified information, education, and communication campaign on illegal drug abuse prevention waged by the Ozamiz City Police Station (OCPS), Police Supt. JonasT. Amparo, chief of OCPS, said.
Anchored on the slogan “Kalusugan ay Kayamanan: Droga ay Iwasan (Health is Wealth: Avoid Illegal Drugs),” activities of the campaign were conducted relative to the celebration of the IDADAIT observed June 26 of every year.
This is pursuant to the United Nations declaration dated December 7, 1987 and Presidential Proclamation No. 264 issued last June 1, 1988, Amparo said.
Personnel of the police community relations/family protection and gender sensitivity/women and children protection desk section and OCPS conducted lectures on the different kinds of prohibited drugs and their effects on the user’s body to the high school and grade school students of MAIS.
The lectures included the salient features of Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Drugs Act of 2008, anti-illegal drug-abuse prevention, street crime prevention tips, anti-kidnapping tips and kiddy cops.
Also covered by the lectures were RA 7610 or the special protection of children against child abuse, exploitation and discrimination act, RA 9208 or the Anti-Human Trafficking in Person Act of 2003, the rights of the child and anti-gambling.
Meanwhile, the SCPC is composed of students in MAIS whose responsibility is to act as the police officers of the school, Amparo added. (PO2 Cheryl Lyn W. Ano-os/PIA-10 Mis. Occ.)
CDRRMC to schoolchildren: learn the duck, cover and
hold technique during earthquake drills
By
Rutchie C. Aguhob
OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis
Occidental, June 28 (PIA) -- Participants of the earthquake drill must not only
learn the “duck, cover and hold technique,” but master this, to prepare for any
eventuality of disasters or emergencies.
“This is exactly why the conduct of earthquake drills in schools is done on a quarterly basis, because we want the schoolchildren to know what to do, in the event that an earthquake occur during classes,” said Mark Vincent C. Israel, officer-in charge of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC).
He said the first earthquake drill for the elementary and secondary pupils for the school year 2012-2013 will take place this Friday, June 29.
The drill aims to generate the highest level of awareness among the drill participants on disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation concerns and assess the capacity level of the school to respond to such concerns.
Particularly, the drill would want to assess the response of the drill participants the moment they hear the siren and whether they know how to practice of the duck, cover and hold technique, during the alarm phase of the drill.
Among others, the drill also wants to come up with an assessment of the following: whether the participants evacuated during the alarm phase or if they waited for the siren to stop before evacuating; whether they followed the designated routes to the evacuation area or if they run, walked casually or walked faster than normal during the evacuation phase, and brought with them any first aid kits; and whether they conducted a headcount during the headcount phase.
Israel said the drill also wants to find out how long did it take the drill participants to evacuate the building and reach the evacuation area, or if the evacuation area was big enough to accommodate the evacuees.
Also to be assessed is whether the drill participants stayed at the evacuation area, moved to other places, or went back to the building without instruction, and whether there was an untoward incident observed during the drill.
These assessments will be made as inputs for the next drills to be conducted in the future, so that the disaster risks can be reduced to prevent the loss of lives and properties during disasters, Israel added. (PIA-Mis. Occ.)
“This is exactly why the conduct of earthquake drills in schools is done on a quarterly basis, because we want the schoolchildren to know what to do, in the event that an earthquake occur during classes,” said Mark Vincent C. Israel, officer-in charge of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC).
He said the first earthquake drill for the elementary and secondary pupils for the school year 2012-2013 will take place this Friday, June 29.
The drill aims to generate the highest level of awareness among the drill participants on disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation concerns and assess the capacity level of the school to respond to such concerns.
Particularly, the drill would want to assess the response of the drill participants the moment they hear the siren and whether they know how to practice of the duck, cover and hold technique, during the alarm phase of the drill.
Among others, the drill also wants to come up with an assessment of the following: whether the participants evacuated during the alarm phase or if they waited for the siren to stop before evacuating; whether they followed the designated routes to the evacuation area or if they run, walked casually or walked faster than normal during the evacuation phase, and brought with them any first aid kits; and whether they conducted a headcount during the headcount phase.
Israel said the drill also wants to find out how long did it take the drill participants to evacuate the building and reach the evacuation area, or if the evacuation area was big enough to accommodate the evacuees.
Also to be assessed is whether the drill participants stayed at the evacuation area, moved to other places, or went back to the building without instruction, and whether there was an untoward incident observed during the drill.
These assessments will be made as inputs for the next drills to be conducted in the future, so that the disaster risks can be reduced to prevent the loss of lives and properties during disasters, Israel added. (PIA-Mis. Occ.)
DOLE calls on media to take action against child labor
By
Apipa P. Bagumbaran
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY,
June 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here called on
members of media to take a more active step to help reduce, if not eliminate,
child labor.
Noting the crucial role of media in strengthening anti-child labor action, Rodrigo A. Deloso, head of the DOLE Misamis Oriental west office, said media can actively seek information about child labor, and make exciting and unique releases that will draw immediate action.
He said that media organizations can provide media coverage and help in information dissemination to create a sense of urgency. They can also provide a venue for the discussion and clarification of issues and program responses to alleviate current situation of child laborers.
To guide media in reporting about child labor, DOLE-10 bared relevant information on child labor in a media interactive forum June 26 at the DOLE Regional Office 10 WODP Training Center, this city.
Deloso said child labor refers to any work or economic activity performed by a child that subjects him/her to any form of exploitation or is harmful to his/her health and safety or physical, mental, or psychosocial development. “It is different from child work because it deprives the children their rights to health and education and exposes them to constant long hours of work and serious hazards,” he said.
According to him, child work is allowed but under certain conditions. The general rule is that those below 15 years old shall not be employed; however, they can be permitted to work provided they work directly under the sole responsibility of their parents or legal guardians and where only members of their family are employed; the child’s employment does not endangers his/her life, safety, health morals, or impairs his/her normal development; and the child is provided by the parent or guardian with the prescribed elementary and secondary education.
Where the child’s participation is for public entertainment or information, Deloso said, a contract should be concluded by the parent/guardian with the express agreement of the child concerned and with the approval of the DOLE. The employers should also ensure the protection, health, safety, morals, and normal development of the child, and institute measures to prevent exploitation or discrimination.
He added that children aged 15 to below 18 years of age are permitted to work but not in undertaking that is hazardous in nature, not more than 40 hours a week and not more than eight hours a day. They are not also allowed to work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. of the following day, while those 18 years old and above may be employed but subject to labor standards such as minimum wage and hours of work, among others.
Deloso said all forms of slavery, sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom, and forced or compulsory labor, including recruitment of children for use in armed conflict are considered the worst forms of child labor.
Other worst forms include the use, procuring, offerin,g or exposing of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography, or for pornographic performances; use, procuring, or offering of a child for illegal or illicit activities, including the production and trafficking of dangerous drugs and volatile substances prohibited under existing laws; and work that, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is hazardous or likely to be harmful to the health, safety, or morals of children.
Other than the offended party or the parents/guradians and relative within the third degree, Deloso said representatives of licensed child-caring institution; social workers; three responsible citizens; or the barangay chairman where the abuse occurred or where the child resides can file complaint for violations of the anti-child labor law. (APB-PIA 10)
Noting the crucial role of media in strengthening anti-child labor action, Rodrigo A. Deloso, head of the DOLE Misamis Oriental west office, said media can actively seek information about child labor, and make exciting and unique releases that will draw immediate action.
He said that media organizations can provide media coverage and help in information dissemination to create a sense of urgency. They can also provide a venue for the discussion and clarification of issues and program responses to alleviate current situation of child laborers.
To guide media in reporting about child labor, DOLE-10 bared relevant information on child labor in a media interactive forum June 26 at the DOLE Regional Office 10 WODP Training Center, this city.
Deloso said child labor refers to any work or economic activity performed by a child that subjects him/her to any form of exploitation or is harmful to his/her health and safety or physical, mental, or psychosocial development. “It is different from child work because it deprives the children their rights to health and education and exposes them to constant long hours of work and serious hazards,” he said.
According to him, child work is allowed but under certain conditions. The general rule is that those below 15 years old shall not be employed; however, they can be permitted to work provided they work directly under the sole responsibility of their parents or legal guardians and where only members of their family are employed; the child’s employment does not endangers his/her life, safety, health morals, or impairs his/her normal development; and the child is provided by the parent or guardian with the prescribed elementary and secondary education.
Where the child’s participation is for public entertainment or information, Deloso said, a contract should be concluded by the parent/guardian with the express agreement of the child concerned and with the approval of the DOLE. The employers should also ensure the protection, health, safety, morals, and normal development of the child, and institute measures to prevent exploitation or discrimination.
He added that children aged 15 to below 18 years of age are permitted to work but not in undertaking that is hazardous in nature, not more than 40 hours a week and not more than eight hours a day. They are not also allowed to work between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. of the following day, while those 18 years old and above may be employed but subject to labor standards such as minimum wage and hours of work, among others.
Deloso said all forms of slavery, sale and trafficking of children, debt bondage and serfdom, and forced or compulsory labor, including recruitment of children for use in armed conflict are considered the worst forms of child labor.
Other worst forms include the use, procuring, offerin,g or exposing of a child for prostitution, for the production of pornography, or for pornographic performances; use, procuring, or offering of a child for illegal or illicit activities, including the production and trafficking of dangerous drugs and volatile substances prohibited under existing laws; and work that, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is hazardous or likely to be harmful to the health, safety, or morals of children.
Other than the offended party or the parents/guradians and relative within the third degree, Deloso said representatives of licensed child-caring institution; social workers; three responsible citizens; or the barangay chairman where the abuse occurred or where the child resides can file complaint for violations of the anti-child labor law. (APB-PIA 10)
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