Difference between revisions of "Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines"

→ → Go back HOME to Zamboanga: the Portal to the Philippines.

Ilocos Norte Province, Philippines (view source)

Revision as of 16:16, 26 March 2012

101 bytes added , 16:16, 26 March 2012

→‎Ilocos Norte News

Jesz143

43,102

edits

@@ Line 164: / Line 164: @@
 ==[[Ilocos Norte News]]==
 <!--- Note: KEEP ONLY THE CURRENT NEWS HERE --->
-'''12,256 families receive cash grants under 4Ps in Ilocos Norte'''
+'''Ilocos Norte dominates athletic meet'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R01&article=341332472350
+*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=411332728411
-*By: Carlo P. Canares
+*By: Venus H. Sarmiento
-*''March 25, 2012''
+*''March 26, 2012''
-LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte- A total of 12, 256 families from Ilocos Norte have received their cash grants under the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Aquino administration.
+Ilocos Norte regained the top spot as it unseated defending champion Pangasinan II in the Region I Athletic Association held at the Urdaneta National High School here from March 18 to 24.
-Provincial Social Welfare and Development officer Lilian Rin said the families who received cash grants were from the 13 towns and a city of the province, namely, Dumalneg, Burgos, Paoay, Banna, Solsona, Dingras, Badoc, Sarrat, Piddig, Vintar, Bacarra, Pagudpud and Laoag City.
+Ilocos Norte school division, the perennial winner, conquered most of the sporting events amassing 617.17 points at the end of the week-long games.
-The 4Ps is a poverty reduction and social development strategy of the national government through the Department of Social Welfare and Development that provides conditional cash grants to extremely poor households to improve their health, nutrition and education particularly of children aged zero to 14.
+Coming in second was unseated champion Pangasinan II with 522.25 points, followed by Pangasinan I with 387.75 points.
-Beneficiaries receive P500 a month for health and nutrition expenses and P300 a month per child, with a maximum of three children for educational expenses.
+Regional Sports Coordinator Bartolome Teneza of the Department of Education -Regional Office I, said the point system varies in every event thus point equivalent of gold, silver and bronze medals varies in the group games, ball games and individual events.
-The families are identified under the data base system created by the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction.
+Completing the top five are La Union in fourth place with 255 points followed by San Fernando City with 163.67 points. The other finishers in descending order are the city schools division of Laoag, Dagupan, Urdaneta, Ilocos Sur Division, San Carlos, Alaminos, Candon, Batac and Vigan.
-“They will receive cash grants under the program for five years. They are monitored and evaluated regularly by our municipal links if they comply with the education, health, family development and nutrition aspects of the program. This is to show that the government is not simply giving dole-outs but actually investing in human capital,” Rin said.
+Teneza said it has not been decided yet as to what school division will host the R1AA next year but Urdaneta City, thru Mayor Amadeo Perez III, promised to improve the UNHS playing field by building a swimming pool, grandstand and rubberized track oval, he said.
-The 4Ps, according to Rin, helps to fulfill the administration’s commitment to meet the Millennium Development Goals namely Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger; Achieve Universal Primary Education; Promote Gender Equality; Reduce Child Mortality; and Improve Maternal Health.
+As the R1AA is a prelude to the Palarong Pambansa which the Pangasinan will host on May 6-12, Teneza said there will be 500 athletes from Region I to compete in the national games and a total of 600 delegates to include coaches and advisers.
+Teneza told the Philippine Information Agency that a special games for differently- abled school children is also integrated as part of the Palarong Pambansa where the Ilocos Region is a consistent participant together with Cebu and Davao.
+“We are the defending champion in this category for special athletes,” he said.
 ==Ilocos Norte Zip Codes==