45 LGUs ink deal for anti-poverty program210,000 to benefit
By Jennifer C. Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- A total of 45 local government units (LGUs) in Central Visayas recently inked a deal of partnership for the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
Consequently, more than 148,000 beneficiary households have been added to the existing 61,700, bringing the total head count for Region 7 to almost 210,000 4Ps beneficiaries.
The onset of Set 5 implementation in Negros Oriental added five towns namely: Bacong, Dauin, Valencia, Dumaguete, and Tanjay City with 6,580 households.
Information Officer Aileen Lariba of DSWD7 said the initial gains of the program in Negros Oriental's earlier implementation are likely to continue as the mayors of each of these areas personally graced the activity accepting the program with the full support of the provincial government through the presence of Provincial Social Welfare Officer, Alicia Lagarde, in lieu of Governor Roel Degamo.
Pantawid Pamilya's implementation has also reached Tagbilaran City in Bohol with 17 more municipalities namely Balilihan, Calape, Catigbian, Loon, Clarin, San Isidro, Sagbayan, San Miguel, Talibon covering Districts 1 and 2.
For District 3, it included the towns of Anda, Batuan, Candijay, Duero, Guindulman, Lila, Sierra Bullones, and Valencia for a total of 17,836 households, said Lariba.
Cebu province has the most number of additional areas with 41,119 households from District 1-5 covering four cities and 17 municipalities.
The cities include Talisay, Toledo, Bogo, and Danao while the municipalities are Carcar, Naga, Alcantara, Argao, Dalaguete, Moalboal, Ronda, and Santander. Other towns include Aloguinsan, Balamban, Pinamungahan, Medellin, Santa Fe, Carmen, Pilar, San Francisco, and Tudela as reported.
The MOA signing, held in the grand ballroom of Sarossa International Hotel, was graced by DSWD’s Undersecretary Mateo Montano.
Montano, in his message, said: “We will work together in breaking the inter-generational cycle of poverty by sending these children to school and providing them access to health services."
As each mayor signed the agreement in acceptance of the program, they also committed to provide the necessary supplies for health and education such as health center, workers, classrooms, opportunities for livelihood, and the much needed monitoring of the beneficiaries’ compliance. (RMN/JCT-PIA 8, Negros Oriental)
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LGUs to craft agricultural development roadmap
DUMAGUETE CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- The provincial government and each of the municipalities in Negros Oriental will soon have its own roadmap for agricultural development following a recent workshop held by the Department of Agriculture in Region 7 for agricultural technologists (ATs).
The workshop taught the technologists coming from the towns' local government units (LGUs) here how to craft an agricultural roadmap that will identify the rice, corn, and high-value crops, livestock and other agricultural data such as production yield in their areas.
“The rationale behind this municipal road map is to consolidate all agricultural development plan initiatives of the municipalities into our provincial commodity program road map,” said Nittz Bangay, information officer of the Provincial Agricultural Office here.
The activity will likewise enhance the AT’s knowledge on the agricultural data of their respective areas.
Bangay said the road map will also show an area’s commodity self-sufficiency, profitability and productive in the agricultural sector.
“It will also provide an opportunity for the LGU to implement interventions, strategies and funding mechanisms to attain their production goals,” she added. (RMN/PIA Negros Oriental)
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45 LGUs ink deal for anti-poverty program210,000 to benefit
By Jennifer C. Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- A total of 45 local government units (LGUs) in Central Visayas recently inked a deal of partnership for the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps).
Consequently, more than 148,000 beneficiary households have been added to the existing 61,700, bringing the total head count for Region 7 to almost 210,000 4Ps beneficiaries.
The onset of Set 5 implementation in Negros Oriental added five towns namely: Bacong, Dauin, Valencia, Dumaguete, and Tanjay City with 6,580 households.
Information Officer Aileen Lariba of DSWD7 said the initial gains of the program in Negros Oriental's earlier implementation are likely to continue as the mayors of each of these areas personally graced the activity accepting the program with the full support of the provincial government through the presence of Provincial Social Welfare Officer, Alicia Lagarde, in lieu of Governor Roel Degamo.
Pantawid Pamilya's implementation has also reached Tagbilaran City in Bohol with 17 more municipalities namely Balilihan, Calape, Catigbian, Loon, Clarin, San Isidro, Sagbayan, San Miguel, Talibon covering Districts 1 and 2.
For District 3, it included the towns of Anda, Batuan, Candijay, Duero, Guindulman, Lila, Sierra Bullones, and Valencia for a total of 17,836 households, said Lariba.
Cebu province has the most number of additional areas with 41,119 households from District 1-5 covering four cities and 17 municipalities.
The cities include Talisay, Toledo, Bogo, and Danao while the municipalities are Carcar, Naga, Alcantara, Argao, Dalaguete, Moalboal, Ronda, and Santander. Other towns include Aloguinsan, Balamban, Pinamungahan, Medellin, Santa Fe, Carmen, Pilar, San Francisco, and Tudela as reported.
The MOA signing, held in the grand ballroom of Sarossa International Hotel, was graced by DSWD’s Undersecretary Mateo Montano.
Montano, in his message, said: “We will work together in breaking the inter-generational cycle of poverty by sending these children to school and providing them access to health services."
As each mayor signed the agreement in acceptance of the program, they also committed to provide the necessary supplies for health and education such as health center, workers, classrooms, opportunities for livelihood, and the much needed monitoring of the beneficiaries’ compliance. (RMN/JCT-PIA 8, Negros Oriental)