Search for Best Implementor on Clean, Green and
Eco-Friendly Delegation on at NMRAA Meet
By Rutchie C. Aguhob
OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental,
Dec. 7 (PIA) – The Search for Best Implementor on Clean, Green and Eco-Friendly
Delegation is on during the 2012 Northern Mindanao Regional Athletic
Association (NMRAA) Meet, from Dec. 10-14, at the Mindanao Civic Center (MCC)
in Tubod, Lanao del Norte.
The NMRAA aims to integrate the sports and arts competition for student athletes and school administrators and celebrate achievements through camaraderie and healthy competitions among the region’s 14 schools divisions.
Thus, to ensure the consumption of nutritious food of the athletes and officiating officials, during the event, all schools division superintendents (SDS) have been instructed to oversee the effective management of food services in their delegation.
Instructions to strictly observe and practice the food safety measures must be provided to raise the level of consciousness of the food service provider to prevent any untoward incident that may happen due to non-compliance of health policies and food safety guidelines.
Dr. Allan G. Farnazo, Officer-in-Charge of the Department of Education (DepEd), region 10, said these measures should build on “the five keys to safer food” as espoused by the World Health Organization (WHO), which are the following:
Keep the food clean, separate raw and cooked foods, cook food thoroughly, keep food at safe temperatures and use safe water and raw materials.
The monitoring team, who at the same time are the evaluation team on the search, will act as overseer to ensure the adherence of quality, handling and serving of food safety standards and hygienic practices are strictly observed and implemented.
Along this line, the divisions wre told to submit to the regional office, the menu of their food service for advance evaluation on the quality of food, specifically, balance diet to be served, Farnazo added. (RCAguhob/PIA10-Misamis Occidental)
The NMRAA aims to integrate the sports and arts competition for student athletes and school administrators and celebrate achievements through camaraderie and healthy competitions among the region’s 14 schools divisions.
Thus, to ensure the consumption of nutritious food of the athletes and officiating officials, during the event, all schools division superintendents (SDS) have been instructed to oversee the effective management of food services in their delegation.
Instructions to strictly observe and practice the food safety measures must be provided to raise the level of consciousness of the food service provider to prevent any untoward incident that may happen due to non-compliance of health policies and food safety guidelines.
Dr. Allan G. Farnazo, Officer-in-Charge of the Department of Education (DepEd), region 10, said these measures should build on “the five keys to safer food” as espoused by the World Health Organization (WHO), which are the following:
Keep the food clean, separate raw and cooked foods, cook food thoroughly, keep food at safe temperatures and use safe water and raw materials.
The monitoring team, who at the same time are the evaluation team on the search, will act as overseer to ensure the adherence of quality, handling and serving of food safety standards and hygienic practices are strictly observed and implemented.
Along this line, the divisions wre told to submit to the regional office, the menu of their food service for advance evaluation on the quality of food, specifically, balance diet to be served, Farnazo added. (RCAguhob/PIA10-Misamis Occidental)
MinDA, MASS-SPECC to hold Mindanao-wide tree growing
drive
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 10 -- At
least 6,000 trees will be planted all over Mindanao by the Mindanao Alliance of
Self-Help Societies-Southern Philippines Educational Cooperative Center
(MASS-SPECC) Cooperative Development Center on Monday.
The activity was conducted to help curb future incidence of flash floods and landslides and to raise the awareness on Mindanao Nurturing Our Waters (MindanaNOW) program of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA).
“We have been planting trees before. But now we thought of tying up with MinDA under its MindaNOW program, in order to align our efforts with the national government’s thrust on the National Greening Program (NGP),” said Bernadette Toledo, MASS-SPECC chief executive officer.
MASS-SPECC is a group of 300 primary cooperatives all over Mindanao holding at least P11 billion assets with more than 1.5 million individual members and has recently pledged support for MindaNOW which consolidates all efforts for the development and management of the island-region’s watersheds and river basins.
While the primary role of a cooperative is to eradicate poverty, MASS-SPECC has embarked into a program called “Co-ops Love Green Earth” since flash floods and landslides have become serious threats not just to Mindanao’s economy but most especially for the lives of its people.
“We’ve learned our lessons—from Typhoon Sendong to Pablo---we at MASS-SPECC see the need for a long-term solution to these problems,” said Toledo, adding that the Mindanao people must restore its environment if it wants to be spared from natural calamities.
She said many of their members were also victims of Typhoons Sendong and Pablo.
“A MASS-SPECC member-cooperative in Davao del Norte with 1,000 hectare of banana plantation was badly hit by Typhoon Pablo”, Toledo said, adding that more than 80% of the said plantation was gone to waste.
While they hope to contribute to making the country achieve its millennium development goals on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, Toledo said the cooperative principles have also expanded to ensuring environmental sustainability.
She pointed out that cooperatives are mandated to allot a maximum of 10% of their net surplus for community development fund which includes allocation for green projects.
“This is where we get our resources for the Mindanao-wide tree growing,” she said, stressing that to sustain this undertaking, MASS-SPECC shall provide host communities and partner organizations with livelihood opportunities.
MASS-SPECC board member Manny Dela Pena said this is to ensure that the trees planted will serve its ultimate purpose- to prevent flooding in the lowlands.
“In areas where we are going to grow timber trees such as in Malasag here in Cagayan de Oro City, MASS-SPECC will pay for the honoraria of the caretakers just for them not to cut down the trees for kaingin,” said Dela Pena.
In other areas where fruit-bearing trees are planted, Dela Pena said host communities can turn their harvest into cash in three years time, citing rubber and cacao as profitable high value crops.
“MASS-SPECC is also willing to extend other forms of assistance to host communities ranging from farm inputs to capability building just to ensure that trees will be nurtured to grow,” said Toledo.
He said that on Monday, MASS-SPECC member cooperatives will simultaneously plant in the following areas: Municipality of Bayug, Zamboanga del Sur for Region 9; Sitio Quidulum, Malasag, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City for Region 10; Sitio Tibal-ug, Marilog, Davao City for Region 11; Sitio Manirub, Brgy. Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat for Region 12; Sitio Tabon, Brgy. Aclan, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte for Caraga and one in the island provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
“The MindaNOW program serves as a platform for all sectors---government and civil society organizations--- to rally for the restoration of Mindanao’s heavily degraded watersheds and river basins,” said Romeo Montenegro, MinDA director for investment promotions and public affairs.
Montenegro said MindaNOW is anchored with the National Greening Program and advocates for policy push necessary to achieve a dynamic, inclusive and green Mindanao economy.
He said MinDA has also organized river basins and watershed councils all over Mindanao to ensure coordinated ridge to reef planning.
“MinDA welcomes this partnership with MASS-SPECC and we hope that more organizations---big or small--- will join our cause,” said Montenegro, adding that the tree growing is just one of the many activities that MinDA and MASS-SPECC will carry out.
The signing of partnership agreement between MinDA and MASS-SPECC shall highlight the tree growing activity here on Monday.(Minda/R10)
The activity was conducted to help curb future incidence of flash floods and landslides and to raise the awareness on Mindanao Nurturing Our Waters (MindanaNOW) program of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA).
“We have been planting trees before. But now we thought of tying up with MinDA under its MindaNOW program, in order to align our efforts with the national government’s thrust on the National Greening Program (NGP),” said Bernadette Toledo, MASS-SPECC chief executive officer.
MASS-SPECC is a group of 300 primary cooperatives all over Mindanao holding at least P11 billion assets with more than 1.5 million individual members and has recently pledged support for MindaNOW which consolidates all efforts for the development and management of the island-region’s watersheds and river basins.
While the primary role of a cooperative is to eradicate poverty, MASS-SPECC has embarked into a program called “Co-ops Love Green Earth” since flash floods and landslides have become serious threats not just to Mindanao’s economy but most especially for the lives of its people.
“We’ve learned our lessons—from Typhoon Sendong to Pablo---we at MASS-SPECC see the need for a long-term solution to these problems,” said Toledo, adding that the Mindanao people must restore its environment if it wants to be spared from natural calamities.
She said many of their members were also victims of Typhoons Sendong and Pablo.
“A MASS-SPECC member-cooperative in Davao del Norte with 1,000 hectare of banana plantation was badly hit by Typhoon Pablo”, Toledo said, adding that more than 80% of the said plantation was gone to waste.
While they hope to contribute to making the country achieve its millennium development goals on eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, Toledo said the cooperative principles have also expanded to ensuring environmental sustainability.
She pointed out that cooperatives are mandated to allot a maximum of 10% of their net surplus for community development fund which includes allocation for green projects.
“This is where we get our resources for the Mindanao-wide tree growing,” she said, stressing that to sustain this undertaking, MASS-SPECC shall provide host communities and partner organizations with livelihood opportunities.
MASS-SPECC board member Manny Dela Pena said this is to ensure that the trees planted will serve its ultimate purpose- to prevent flooding in the lowlands.
“In areas where we are going to grow timber trees such as in Malasag here in Cagayan de Oro City, MASS-SPECC will pay for the honoraria of the caretakers just for them not to cut down the trees for kaingin,” said Dela Pena.
In other areas where fruit-bearing trees are planted, Dela Pena said host communities can turn their harvest into cash in three years time, citing rubber and cacao as profitable high value crops.
“MASS-SPECC is also willing to extend other forms of assistance to host communities ranging from farm inputs to capability building just to ensure that trees will be nurtured to grow,” said Toledo.
He said that on Monday, MASS-SPECC member cooperatives will simultaneously plant in the following areas: Municipality of Bayug, Zamboanga del Sur for Region 9; Sitio Quidulum, Malasag, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City for Region 10; Sitio Tibal-ug, Marilog, Davao City for Region 11; Sitio Manirub, Brgy. Pamantingan, Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat for Region 12; Sitio Tabon, Brgy. Aclan, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte for Caraga and one in the island provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
“The MindaNOW program serves as a platform for all sectors---government and civil society organizations--- to rally for the restoration of Mindanao’s heavily degraded watersheds and river basins,” said Romeo Montenegro, MinDA director for investment promotions and public affairs.
Montenegro said MindaNOW is anchored with the National Greening Program and advocates for policy push necessary to achieve a dynamic, inclusive and green Mindanao economy.
He said MinDA has also organized river basins and watershed councils all over Mindanao to ensure coordinated ridge to reef planning.
“MinDA welcomes this partnership with MASS-SPECC and we hope that more organizations---big or small--- will join our cause,” said Montenegro, adding that the tree growing is just one of the many activities that MinDA and MASS-SPECC will carry out.
The signing of partnership agreement between MinDA and MASS-SPECC shall highlight the tree growing activity here on Monday.(Minda/R10)
Artsada joins Commemoration of the 1st Anniversary of
TS Sendong through Healing Art
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Dec. 10 -- The
Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industries, the City Government of
Cagayan de Oro through the City Tourism Office and SM City jointly host an art
exhibition of the burgeoning artists in the city in commemoration of the 1st
Anniversary of Tropical Storm Sendong today, December 10 at SM City.
The exhibit is entitled “Artsada's Next Stop: Healing Art for Sendong at SM” will run until December 16.
Artsada, composed of five visual artists from the city, will display their artworks in the exhibition portraying images for healing. The artists will also hold an art workshop for the children from families of Sendong survivors as a creative psychosocial therapy. The art workshop will cater to 50 children on December 15 and another batch of 50 children on the next day.
On top of the display of their “obras,” an on-the-spot painting demonstration will be shared by the Artsada.
Imma Rae Gatuslao, the City Tourism Operations Officer, said the City Government is supporting this endeavor to continuously help in the psychosocial needs of the flood victims for this will be achieved immediately. There are still many cases of the victims who are traumatized from last year’s incident.
She further said that the exhibit will also help promote the City’s culture and arts which can proudly claim as Kagay-anon through Artsada’s artworks.
The exhibit is also supported by the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) Visual Arts Committee.
The participating artists for this exhibit are visual artists with varied line of interests or medium in arts : Bo Daclan (contemporary art), Gieward Hullagno (water color painting), Brixrey Guegue (coffee painting), Darryl Salcedo (papercut art) and Marigold Cherie Ramos-Garrido (pastel.oil/acrylic painting). (Artsada/PIA10)
The exhibit is entitled “Artsada's Next Stop: Healing Art for Sendong at SM” will run until December 16.
Artsada, composed of five visual artists from the city, will display their artworks in the exhibition portraying images for healing. The artists will also hold an art workshop for the children from families of Sendong survivors as a creative psychosocial therapy. The art workshop will cater to 50 children on December 15 and another batch of 50 children on the next day.
On top of the display of their “obras,” an on-the-spot painting demonstration will be shared by the Artsada.
Imma Rae Gatuslao, the City Tourism Operations Officer, said the City Government is supporting this endeavor to continuously help in the psychosocial needs of the flood victims for this will be achieved immediately. There are still many cases of the victims who are traumatized from last year’s incident.
She further said that the exhibit will also help promote the City’s culture and arts which can proudly claim as Kagay-anon through Artsada’s artworks.
The exhibit is also supported by the National Commission for Culture and Arts (NCCA) Visual Arts Committee.
The participating artists for this exhibit are visual artists with varied line of interests or medium in arts : Bo Daclan (contemporary art), Gieward Hullagno (water color painting), Brixrey Guegue (coffee painting), Darryl Salcedo (papercut art) and Marigold Cherie Ramos-Garrido (pastel.oil/acrylic painting). (Artsada/PIA10)
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