POPCOM to heighten
strategies for development
BUTUAN
CITY, Feb. 6 -- Amidst the various issues that the country is currently facing,
the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) is optimistic with new
perspective and prospects of positive change and innovations this 2020 and
beyond, as the agency reboots its work plans for population and development
leaving behind limited population planning.
In his
directive to all regional offices of POPCOM, Undersecretary for Population and
Development and Executive Director of POPCOM, Dr. Juan Antonio A. Perez III
said the agency shall focus intensely on population and development.
Under
its strategic plan, POPCOM strengthens coordination and networking to lower
birth rates in achieving the early gains from the demographic dividend in a
comprehensive manner.
POPCOM
is eyeing that the huge young population to become productive working men and
women helping the attainment of the country’s inclusive growth and development.
“As the
lead agency of the population and development, our entire organization must
lead and sustain the initiative nationally and regionally to make sure member
national agencies and their regional offices are fully on board on the National
Program on Population and Family Planning (NPPFP).” Perez addressing all POPCOM
Regional Directors.
In the
intensified implementation of the NPPFP, POPCOM ensures essential allies, local
governments and their population structures for the agency’s presence and
strong support for their work and stand shoulder to shoulder with them in
agreed priority areas and communities.
POPCOM
disclosed that through NPPFP they must be able to build, strengthen, and
mobilize institutional partnerships and networking with development partners,
civil society, and private sector to fill in the gap when local efforts and
resources are inadequate.
Usec.
Perez directed all regional offices: “We continue to reach out to the
marginalized population groups such as adolescents and teen mothers, workers,
urban poor, farmers, fisher folks and those in the last frontier to ensure
inclusive development and that no one is behind.”
As
emphasized by the good undersecretary, POPCOM will strongly take the lead in
mobilizing the private health sector and work with civil society and different
health organizations and enterprises related to ensure universal access to
family planning and reproductive health services for every Filipino family and
individual.
Along
with its relevant partners from national down to the local level, POPCOM
continuously strengthens programs and interventions to address increasing
numbers of unintended and repeated pregnancies among adolescents and unmet need
for modern family planning among couples and individuals… for a well-managed,
well-planned, and empowered Filipino families and communities.
(POPCOM/PIA-Caraga)
Top 5 sa Criminology
Exam gipasidunggan sa AgNor SP
By Jessica
O. Mellejor
DAKBAYAN
SA BUTUAN, Pebrero 6 -- Gipasidunggan sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Agusan del
Norte si Bryl Pascua Ariola nga nahimong top 5 bag-ohay pa lamang sa
gipahigayon nga Board Licensure Examination sa Criminology niadtong November
29-December 1,2019, didto sa Cagayan de Oro City nga adunay rating nga 90.25%.
Usa sa
topnotcher mao si Bryl P. Ariola nga taga-Amontay, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte
nga migradwar sa Saint Michael College of Caraga (SMCC) sa maong lungsod.
Ang
2019 Board Licensure Examination for Criminologist topnotcher mao ang panganay
nga anak nga lalaki ni Valentine Ariola, Jr. ug Teresa Ariola, nga mga
residente sa nasangpit nga munisipalidad.
Matod
pa ni Provincial Board Member Erwin L. Dano, kinsa maoy nangamahan sa
pasidungog, nga si Bryl P. Ariola angayan nga mahatagan og pasidungog sa iyang
nahimo ug alang sa iyang kaugalingon nga dedikasyon ug kakugi nga nagdala sa
maayo nga ngalan sa munisipalidad sa Nasipit ug sa Lalawigan sa Agusan del
Norte ug nagdala og kadungganan ug garbo sa mga Agusanon.
Ang
Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) ug ang Board of Criminology (BOC)
tinuig nga nagpahigayon sa Board Licensure Examination for Criminology (BLEC)
sa mga bulan sa Nobyembre ug Disyembre.
Kini
naaprobahan niadtong January 27, 2020 sa pagpangamahan ni Provincial Board
Member Dano, diin tsirman sa Committee on Information and Communication. (LGU
Agusan del Norte/PIA Agusan del Norte)
