RDC-13 invites candidates to present their
platform for women
By Nora L. Molde
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- As part of the
2013 Women’s month celebration in Caraga Region, the Regional Development
Council – Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (RDC-GADCC) organized a
Candidate’s Forum on the afternoon of Thursday, March 14 at the Balanghai Hotel
and Convention Center, this city.
According to Atty. Marylin M. Pintor, GADCC
Chairperson and Commission on Human Rights regional director, the Candidate’s
Forum will serve as a venue for candidates to present their platform for women.
The forum will be attended by about 200 women
and men from the different walks of life; the youth, rural women, religious,
persons with disabilities (PWDs), women NGOs, academe, civil society, health
and business sectors.
Candidates invited during the forum are those
running for mayor and vice mayor of Butuan City and for congress for the first
congressional district of Agusan del Norte, Pintor said.
Just recently, the ninth "Kalandrakas sa
Kababaihan" was also held in the city where men and women enjoyed the
trade fair, ukay-ukay, massage and spa, medical mission, legal counseling,
parlor games, and other leisure activities.
This year's women’s month celebration is anchored
on the theme, "Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan (Women:
Guide Towards Straight and Narrow Path)." It underscores the need to
accelerate women's participation in governance and enhance gender perspective
in upholding good governance. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
GAD Committee in Caraga conducts ‘Kalandrakas sa
Kababaihan’
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- In time with the
International Women's Day celebration, the Gender and Development Coordinating
Committee (GADCC) chaired by Commission on Human Rights (CHR)-Caraga Regional
Director Atty. Marylin Pintor conducted last Friday the 9th "Kalandrakas
sa Kababaihan" at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, this city.
Men and women enjoyed the trade fair,
ukay-ukay, massage and spa, medical mission, legal counseling, parlor games,
and other leisure activities.
Atty. Pintor acknowledged the presence of women
from different sectors who remain active and continuously improve their
capacities for the development of the community especially in getting involved
in good governance.
During the said activity, Pintor and vice-chair
Edna Hontiveros of Forward Filipina Inc handed over the plaques of recognition
to the Outstanding Women of this year.
The following were awarded as Outstanding Women:
Epifania Antoquia of Barangay Antongalon, Butuan City (Department of
Agriculture 2012 Most Outstanding Rural Woman); and Helen Dumayas, retired GAD
Focal Person of the Department of Budget and Management -Caraga.
The activity is also part of the month-long
celebration for this year's Women's Month.
Also, SInsp. Ray Antonio Restauro of the Bureau
of Fire Protection (BFP)-Caraga reiterated during the program that the month of
March is considered Fire Prevention Month of every year since this month has
recorded several fire incidents.
“BFP is continuously conducting information
dissemination to the public on the prevention of fire everywhere,” said
Restauro.
The agency also distributed leaflets containing
tips to make fire safety a daily habit.
Restauro further announced that in case of fire
and other emergency, the public may call BFP hotline number: 160 or 342-8217.
Meanwhile, Diosita Andot of Mindanao Commission
on Women also graced the activity and served as the keynote speaker of the
ninth Kalandrakas.
Andot emphasized the vital role of women in
decision-making, fighting against corruption, and good governance.
This year’s Women’s Month is anchored on the
theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan”. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Local government holds Youth Leadership Summit
in Cabadbaran City
CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Marso 12
(PIA) – A total of 237 youth leaders have joined the 3-day Youth Leadership
Summit conducted by the local government in partnership with the local
government agencies, churches, Propelling Our Inherited Nation Through our
Youth Incorporated (Pointy Inc.), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines held
at Cabadbaran State University Gymnasium.
The youth leaders came from the 31 barangays of
the city representing the in-school-youth, out-of-school youth, and young
professionals have completed the said training and became a member of an
non-government organization called Pointy Incorporated.
“This is a great opportunity for me to practice
my leadership to my co-youths here in Cabadbaran City. I promise to do all my
best just to lift up to the standards of being the hope of our nation,” Arnel B
Alipao, president of Pointy Inc Cabadbaran City chapter, said in a statement.
“To my co-members, it is your attitude, not your aptitude that determines your
altitude. Let’s work together to achieve our goals. We can do this.”.
Mayor Dale Corvera said, “Since this is the
first time that we have conducted this kind of Summit in my city, I want this
to be part of our annual activity for our youth. Two, three, or many years from
now, I want to see this group of leaders expands in the city and later on every
people in the city will become leaders. Every projects and activities will be
easy for us to implement because the people will become more responsible,
productive, and well-informed citizen.”
Lt Col Potenciano C Camba GSC (CAV) PA,
Battalion Commander of 3rd Special Forces Battalion, Philippine Army also said,
“We will always be your active partner in molding our youths in this side of
Mindanao” As he happily reported to Mayor Corvera the success of the 3-day
activity. “To our youth, thank you for showing great enthusiasm and cooperation
to this 3-day activity. Truly, you exemplified the youth who will help us make
a better community. Congratulations youth for peace.” Lt Col Camba added.
(4ID/PA/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
News feature: Obesity and breast cancer
Harvard Medical School discovered that being
overweight or obese during adolescence reduces a woman’s chance of getting
breast cancer. But the study also states that younger women could not just eat
chocolates and fast food always and be overly complacent about one's diet.
A recent study by Karin B. Michels and her
colleagues lend a new view on the relationship between adult weight change and
premenopausal breast cancer among women. The authors also concluded that a
woman’s weight at age 18 gives a stronger possibility of breast cancer risk.
This risk is calculated by a height-to-weight comparison or body mass index
(BMI).
Obesity is on the rise all over the world since
1980, especially in urban areas, according to a cancer organization report.
The results of the study by Michel’s group show
that BMI at age 18 is a predictor of breast cancer in younger women.
Over 116,000 participants in Brigham and Women’s
Nurses Health study were asked about their age, height, weight, menstrual
cycles, family history of breast cancer, and fertility status, among others.
Researchers found out that there are more than
40 percent lower incidence of premenopausal breast cancer among women with a
BMI of 27.5 at age 18 compared to a BMI of between 20 and 22.4.
Researchers said that the link to age of
decreased premenopausal breast cancer risk may be explained by hormones that
are responsible in ovulation. The theory on premenopausal women’s estrogen
level is yet to be solved.
Weight gain since early adulthood and since
menopausal has been associated with an increase in postmenopausal breast
cancer, while weight loss after menopause may reduce the risk.
Many cohort studies also support the present
study stating that greater body weight is associated with a decrease in
premenopausal breast cancer risk and an increase in postmenopausal breast
cancer risk.
A number of hypotheses discuss that obesity
leads to a wider exposure to estrogen and other hormonal changes that might
affect breast cancer risk.
Harvard researchers, however, noted that data on
the effect of weight change on breast cancer incidence among premenopausal
women are sparse.
Body weight is one of the few breast cancer risk
factors women have control over. Program coordinator of Eduardo J. Aboitiz
Cancer Center (EJACC) of Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) Ronald delos
Reyes said that a well-balanced diet is always a good investment.
“A healthy body does not only promote good
health but also protects us from diseases like cancer. Healthy lifestyle always
tops the list of breast cancer prevention,” delos Reyes added.
Every woman and man should seriously consider
investing their time and effort to maintain their ideal body weight. Having a
healthy lifestyle and body should be an everyday priority all the time,” he
added. (RAFI/PIA-Caraga)
DAR-AgNor to turnover P6-M farm implements to
farmer-groups
By Gil E. Miranda
AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- The
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Agusan del Norte through the
implementation of Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support
Services (ARCCESS) will turnover more than P6-million worth of modern farm
implements to two Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) on March
20.
“The implementation of ARCCESS will contribute
significantly in transforming agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) into viable
entrepreneurs resulting to poverty reduction in the rural areas. The farm
equipment, are now ready for turn-over to intended beneficiaries,” said Andre
B. Atega, DAR OIC assistant regional director and concurrent PARO II.
According to ARCCESS program coordinator Raul N.
Hermoso, the modern farm equipment comprising eight hand tractors with
implements, four cultivator power tillers, five thresher (jeep-mounted), one
combined harvester and two hauling trucks, were requested by the farmers.
“These farm implements will be handed-over to
Tagabaca Multi-Purpose Cooperative and Baliguian Irrigators Association whose
approved projects are Tagabaca Grains Center and Integrated Rice Production and
Marketing, respectively,” Hermoso added.
The said implements are grant to the said ARB
organizations which will benefit an estimated thousand of agrarian reform
beneficiaries.
The program is in response to the mandate of
Republic Act 9700 to provide subsidies to agrarian reform beneficiaries. (NCLM/DAR-Agusan
del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano News: Presidente Aquino giila ang dakong
kontribusyon sa Presidential Security Group
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Marso 12 (PIA) -- Giila ug
gipasalamatan ni Presidente Aquino sa iyang mensahe atol sa PSG Reunion circa
1986 to 1992 didto sa Camp Crame niadtong Sabado ang mga miyembro sa
Presidential Security Group (PSG) nga nagsilbi sa administrasyon sa iyang
inahan, si kanhe Presidente Corazon C. Aquino ug sa dakong kontribusyon niini
sa nasyunal nga kalamboan,
Sumala sa Presidente niadtong namugna ang PSG
human sa EDSA People Power Revolution tuig 1986, mao usab kini ang sinugdan sa
pagsubang sa bag-ong demokrasya sa nasod.
Ug sukad niadto ang PSG niagi na og daghang mga
pagsulay lakip na ang kakulang sa resources, manpower ug kapabilidad.
Matud niya, niadtong coup d’etat tuig 1987,
gidepensahan sa PSG ang palibot sa Palasyo gamit ang karaang hinagiban nga
salin pa niadtong World War II, apan bisan pa sa maong kakulang nahimo gihapon
nila nga maayo ang ilang mga trabaho labi na ang pagpanalipod sa Presidente ug
ang demokrasya sa nasod.
Ang maong organisasyon respetado usab tungod kay
ubay-ubay na nga mga lideres karon sa Military ang gikan sa PSG ug nahimong
chief of staff sa Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), secretary sa
Department of National Defense (DND), chief sa Philippine National Police ug
daghan pang uban nga mga posisyon.
Ang maong grupo orihinal nga gi-organisa ni
kanhe Presidente Emilio Aguinaldo human siya napiling presidente niadtong 1897.
Unya gitawag kini og El Cuerpo dela Guardia o
Corps of Presidential Guards, nahimong Malacang Guards sa panahon ni Presidente
Manuel L. Quezon, Presidential Guards Battallion sa panahon ni Sergio OsmeΓ±a ug
nausab kini ngadto sa Presidential Security Force sa panahon ni kanhe
Presidente Ramon Magsaysay.
Sa panahon ni Ferdinand Marcos, gipalapdan kini
og nahimong Presidential Security Command.
Ug sa dihang miasumir sa iyang puwesto si kanhe
Presidente Corazon Aquino niadtong 1986 giwagtang niya ang PSC ug gipuli ang
PSG ug gipangulohan kini kaniadto ni Army Col. Voltaire T. Gazmin ug mao karon
ang kasamtangang secretary sa DND. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
