Anti-Child Labor Award for Teachers Search
by: Jennifer Catan-Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY, Apr 18 (PIA) More than 10 teachers in Negros Oriental will be chosen this year for the 2nd Gawad Anti-Child Labor Award for Teachers (ACLAT) through ABK 2 (Pag-aaral ng Bata Para sa Kinabukasan) of World Vision Development Foundation.
ACLAT seeks to give special recognition to teachers, adult para-teachers, and little teachers, who have made remarkable contributions in preventing and eliminating child labor practices through education, said ABK2 Negros Oriental Education Officer Claire Suzette Cabugnason-Du.
The award pays tribute to teachers who made significant practices and contributions in bringing child laborers back to school in their areas,” Cabugnason-Du said.
In 2009, a total of 4,800 children save from the worst forms of child labor in Negros Oriental were back in school provided with direct educational assistance by World Vision under the ABK Child Labor Initiative.
The children come from Bayawan and Bais cities and Mabinay, areas covered by ABK2, were given school supplies such as pencils/ballpens, papers, notebooks, art materials, bags, uniforms, shoes/slippers, raincoat, and umbrella in time for the opening of classes.
The child beneficiaries from the three target areas of the province are mostly from the sugarcane, commercial agriculture (corn), and domestic help who as early as seven years old engaged in the worst forms of child labor.
Two years ago, statistics showed that Central Visayas was ranked second largest numbers of child labor cases in the country, accounting for 9.7 percent of the children engaged in child labor next to Southern Tagalog which has the highest percentage of working children at 11.5 percent.
With some of these alarming reports and concerns encompassing the basic rights of the children, this ABK Initiative has undertaken to respond to this immediate problem by World Vision in partnership with Christian Children's Fund, The Educational Research and Development Assistance Foundation, In., Plan Philippines and some other concern institutions.
ABK2, now on its second phase, was led by the World Vision Development Foundation and funded by the United States Department of Labor. It specifically aims to combat child labor through education in the Philippines. (PIA NegOr/JCT)
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Phil. Army 11th IB now accepting scholarship applicants
by: Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, April 18 (PIA) --- The 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philppine Army 3rd Infantry Division based in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental is now accepting applicants for its scholarship pogram for school year 2011-2012.
Six qualified students will be selected for full scholarship and one special scholar at the Negros Oriental State University (NORSU), the only state university in the province.
Full scholars will enjoy free tuition fees, free board and lodging and allowance while special scholars will receive free tuitition fees only for the duration of their scholarship.
Interested applicants may ask for the application forms directly at the 11IB headquarters at Brgy. McKinley, Guihulngan City after which they will be scheduled for interview, said 11IB CivilMilitary Operation Officer 1Lt. Angelito Luna in an interview.
As of this writing, Luna said they have already interviewed 50 students who are applying for the scholarship in far-flung areas in Guihulngan.
Deadline for applications is tentatively set on April 30, as Luna said the entrance tests at NORSU is scheduled on the first week of May.
Said scholarship is under the 11th IB's Lapu-Lapu Educational Assistance Program (LEAP) created to fulfill 11th IB's social responsibility to the residents living in their area of operation from Canlaon City down to Mabinay town.
A statement from 11th IB said that each soldier in the unit volunteered to set aside a portion of their salary every month to fund the educational program.
Other individuals have likewise pledged to sponsor one full scholar each under LEAP, among them namely: Marit Remonde, widow of former Press Secretary Cerge Remonde; and Board Members Dr. Liland Estacion and Jessica Villanueva. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental
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Dumaguete ex-mayor appointed new Clark exec
by: Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, Apr. 18 (PIA) -- Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III recently appointed former Dumaguete City Mayor and Silliman University (SU) Alumnus Atty. Felipe Antonio Remollo as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Clark Development Corporation (CDC).
CDC is the administrative and governing body of the Clark Freeport Zone, a 2,500-hectare modern aviation complex touted as the country’s future premier gateway site.
Aside from Remollo, the President has also appointed Cezar Villanueva, dean at the Ateneo de Manila Law School, as chariman of the board.
A statement from SU said Atty. Remollo, a Silliman alumnus, is also an incoming member of the university's Board of Trustees.
He obtained from Silliman University his High School Diploma in 1977 and a degree in Political Science which he graduated with magna cum laude in 1981.
Remollo is currently Senior Vice President of Prudential Guarantee & Assurance Inc., one of the largest non-life insurance companies in the Philippines. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)
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Dumaguete ex-mayor appointed new Clark exec
by: Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, Apr. 18 (PIA) -- Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III recently appointed former Dumaguete City Mayor and Silliman University (SU) Alumnus Atty. Felipe Antonio Remollo as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Clark Development Corporation (CDC).
CDC is the administrative and governing body of the Clark Freeport Zone, a 2,500-hectare modern aviation complex touted as the country’s future premier gateway site.
Aside from Remollo, the President has also appointed Cezar Villanueva, dean at the Ateneo de Manila Law School, as chariman of the board.
A statement from SU said Atty. Remollo, a Silliman alumnus, is also an incoming member of the university's Board of Trustees.
He obtained from Silliman University his High School Diploma in 1977 and a degree in Political Science which he graduated with magna cum laude in 1981.
Remollo is currently Senior Vice President of Prudential Guarantee & Assurance Inc., one of the largest non-life insurance companies in the Philippines. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)