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====Fiestas in the City showcase food, pasalubongs==
*Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=2421400557161
*Tuesday, May 20, 2014
:By Leonard T. Pineda I (JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, May 20 (PIA) --- Food specialty and “pasalubong” treats from each province in Western Visayas are showcased in the ongoing Fiestas in the City which officially kicked off Monday at SM City Events Center.
Department of Tourism (DOT)-6 Regional Director Atty. Helen Catalbas said that Western Visayas is known for its excellent food in terms of preparation, nutrition, and presentation so it should be highlighted.
“Each province has its own food specialty and pasalubong treats including Aklan’s ampao, the mango and mango products of Guimaras, the seafood of Capiz, the bandi of Antique, the original piaya of Negros Occidental, and the batchoy of Iloilo,” she said.
She stressed that food has become an important component of the tourism industry which today plays a significant part in a destination's product offering.
“When host organizations are bidding, one of the items that they are presenting to attract convention participants is the food,” she said.
The following are the schedules of cultural presentations and food tasting activity for each province: May 19, Iloilo; May 20; Negros Occidental with Bacolod City; May 21, Aklan and Capiz; May 22, Antique; and May 23, Guimaras.
The 12th Fiestas in the City has the theme “Experience Western Visayas First” which is the flagship program of DOT-6.
The event will culminate on May 24 with the parade of sagalas featuring festival queens from the different provinces in Region 6.
==Iloilo City hopes to bag 2014 Red Orchid Award==
*Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=2421400472004
*Monday, May 19, 2014
:By Leonard T. Pineda I (LTP/PIA-Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, May 19 (PIA) --- The Iloilo City government is all set for the 2014 Red Orchid Award of the Department of Health (DOH) as it vies for the Hall of Fame title this year after bagging the distinction of being 100 percent tobacco-free for 2012 and 2013.
In a radio interview, Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST) executive director Iñigo Garingalao said that the city government is prepared for the two validation teams that will arrive on May 23 for the Red Orchid Award.
The DOH Red Orchid Awards is the search for 100 percent tobacco-free provinces, municipalities, cities, government offices, government hospitals and DOH Centers for Health Development.
The Red Orchid Awards follows the World Health Organization (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 8 that recommends adoption of measures to provide protection from exposure to smoke in indoor workplaces, public transport, indoor places, and other public places.
The search also follows Republic Act 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 that provides protection from exposure to tobacco smoke.
Garingalao said that said the city will also celebrate the Smoking Avoidance Emphasis Week slated from May 19 to 30 which is expected to drum-up the validation for the Red Orchid Day.
He said the activity is part of a series of activities in the celebration of World No-Tobacco Day set on May 30, 2014.
The City Council enacted Amended Regulation Ordinance 2013-348 that provided the expansion of the coverage of a comprehensive anti-smoking ordinance aimed to secure a 100 percent smoke-free highly urbanized city in the Visayas.
He said more than 2,000 establishments were already issued with compliance tickets of the amended anti-smoking ordinance, which bans smoking in public places and public transport.
==Thousands apply for gov’t scholarships in Region 6==
*Source:http://panaynewsphilippines.com/2014/05/18/thousands-apply-for-govt-scholarships-in-region-6/
*Sunday, May 18, 2014
:(PNA)
ILOILO City – Over 3,000 high school graduates from all over Western Visayas are in the list of hopefuls vying for college scholarships.
However, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Region 6 assistant director Rex Casiple said scholars who will make up the final list for school year 2014-15 are largely dependent on the results of the ranking system and review by the CHED central office.
Casiple said choosing from among deserving students is no picnic, the difficulty compounded even more by applicants from state colleges and universities who are certainly out to give the rest of the pack a run for their money.
Meantime, some of the 25 schools based in the region which have bared their intention to raise tuition fees may decide to forgo the plan in deference to CHED’s appeal, albeit Casiple declined to name the schools.
Casiple made special mention of those situated in typhoon-ravaged areas, explaining that a tuition hike may not work well in the interest of everyone, especially to families which have yet to attain full recovery status.
Last year, CHED approved an eight percent hike on tuition fees in Western Visayas.
==Discrimination against PLHIVs unlawful==
*Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=2421400233930
*Saturday, May 17, 2014
:By Leonard T. Pineda I (JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, May 17 (PIA6) --- The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas said that it is unlawful to discriminate persons living with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) or PLHIVs according to Republic Act (RA) 8504, otherwise known as the Philippine AIDS Prevention Control Act of 1998.
RA 8504 promulgates policies and prescribing measures for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines, instituting a nationwide HIV/AIDS information and educational program, establishing a comprehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring system, strengthening the Philippine National AIDS Council and for other purposes.
The DOH said that Article VII of the Philippine AIDS Law prohibits discriminatory acts and policies including discrimination in the workplace, school, hospital and health institution, restrictions on travel and habitation, inhibition from public service, and exclusion from credit and insurance services.
All discriminatory acts and policies against PLHIVs shall be punishable with a penalty of imprisonment for six months to four years and a fine not exceeding P10,000.
Licenses or permits of schools, hospitals and other institutions found guilty of committing discriminatory acts and policies described in RA 8504 shall be revoked.
DOH-6 Regional STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) Nurse Coordinator Charity Perea also clarified that HIV cannot be transmitted through casual social contact.
“There is no reason why we should fear and discriminate people with HIV. They are not a threat to the family or community. They have the right to live and are productive members of society if given due treatment, care and support,” she said.
DOH also urged the members of the media to assist in disseminating appropriate information on RA 8504 in order to help stop the fear, stigma, and discrimination against PLHIVs.
Meanwhile, DOH will commemorate the 31st International AIDS Candlelight Memorial on Sunday, May 18, 2014.
This year’s event with the theme “Let’s keep the light on HIV” will begin with a foot parade at Smallville and will proceed to Plazuela de Iloilo for the program and candlelight ceremony.
==Seminar to tackle water-related issues, climate resiliency==
*Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=911400135570
*Friday, May 16, 2014
:By Elsa S. Subong (JCM/ESS/PIA-Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, May 16 (PIA) – Small water service providers and stakeholders are slated for a seminar where they will discuss ways and means to accelerate water security and achieve climate resiliency.
Susan Calaor, project coordinator of Be Secure, said some 130 small water providers from all over the province of Iloilo, are expected to attend the three-day seminar starting May 20 to 22, at Hotel del Rio.
Calaor said the participants include water districts, cooperative-run facilities, barangay water associations, LGU-run system, rural water associations, and private water operators, servicing less than a thousand consumers.
She added that these small water providers will be engaged in understanding common challenges related to their operations, such as registration and regulation, designing appropriate systems, sustainability and maintenance, accessing financial options, and knowledge sharing on some innovative solutions and principles for water services.
The opening session will be at 1:00 in the afternoon with Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor and Ms. Dani Newcomb, Contracting Officer, USAID Philippines.
Resource persons, representing various stakeholders will tackle success stories, community-driver water systems, climate resiliency for water service systems and technologies, maintenance and financing.
Iloilo is a partner in the implementation of Be Secure, or Water Security for Resilient Economic Growth and Stability Project of the USAID-Philippines, under its initiatives on Environment, Energy and Climate Change.
“The seminar is by invitation and free for participants, their only counterpart being their transport to and back the venue,” Calaor said.
Be Secure works with local government units and water service providers to improve their capacities for integrating climate change into local planning and provision of water and sanitation services.
==Innovations up for permits system, mobile money==
*Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/local-news/2014/05/15/innovations-permits-system-mobile-money-342972
*Thursday, May 15, 2014
:By Lydia C. Pendon
THE City of Iloilo is set to implement the Scaling Innovations in Mobile Money (Simm) to improve the Business Permits Licensing System (BPLS) and mobile money process.
The projected was created by the City Government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAid) through the Cities Development Initiative in Asia (CDIA).
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog has issued Executive Order No. 38 Series of 2014 that will organize a project management organization responsible for the implementation.
An oversight committee was also created to provide executive and policy directions to ensure the successful implementation of the upgraded BPLS.
Other PMO members are Vice Mayor Jose Espinosa III, City Councilor Lady Julie Grace Baronda, Department of Trade and Industry Provincial Director Wilhelm Malones, Department of Interior and Local Government City Director Ferdinand Panes, and private sector representatives Felicito Tiu of the Iloilo City Trade and Investment Promotions Board, Ma. Lea Lara of the Iloilo Business Club, UP Visayas College of Management Dean Mary Ann Gumban, Simm- USAid Chief of Party Mamerto Tangonan and Invest- USAID Chief of Party Ofelia Templo.
==National Museum to conduct tourism workshop on natural heritage==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=643510
*Wednesday, May 14, 2014
:(PNA), LAP/AJPETINGLAY/VLO
ILOILO CITY, May 14 (PNA) -– The National Museum will be conducting a workshop training in Iloilo and Guimaras provinces on May 20-24 to promote the natural heritage of Western Visayas as a tourism attraction.
Dr. Luisito T. Evangelista, curator of the National Museum Botany Division said that the workshop training has the purpose to inform tourism officers on the preservation and conservation of the natural heritage and the endemic or endangered species found in Western Visayas.
”This will be a combination of lecture and field activity,” Dr. Evangelista said. He said that participants, for their first stop, will be brought to Sta. Barbara church in Iloilo province which is a national treasure and then to Lambunao, another town in Iloilo, for field botanical collection and zoological collection.
Participants are the tourism officers from Capiz, Iloilo, Antique, Aklan, Guimaras and Negros Occidental in Region 6 to be joined by those from Mindanao State University and Manila.
They will also go to Taklong Island Marine Reserve in Guimaras as part of the promotion of the protected areas management.
Dr. Evangelista said they are also promoting rafflesia in Antique, considered to be the biggest flower in the world.
==10 Ilonggo studes eyed for Agrostudies in Israel==
*Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=2421399950361
*Tuesday, May 13, 2014
:By Leonard T. Pineda I (JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, May 13 (PIA) --- Israel Ambassador to the Philippines Menashe Bar-On said that ten students from Iloilo will be invited to study in Israel for free.
During his courtesy visit at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol on Monday, Bar-On said that the embassy has allotted ten scholarship slots for qualified Ilonggo students to take part in the Agrostudies Apprenticeship Program in Israel.
He said qualified tertiary level students will attend one year of studies on agricultural methods and technology in selected universities in Israel.
“The students will learn new techniques to make agriculture more modern. They will learn how we use technology in agriculture including fishery, livestock, among others,” he said.
He said that students must be in their last year of studies in order to qualify and be invited to continue studying in Israel.
In 2013, some 450 Filipino students were sent to Israel to take part in the Agrostudies program. The same number of scholarship slots will be offered this year.
Bar-On said that the program will start on September 2014 so they will have ample time to screen and interview possible applicants from universities here in Iloilo.
He said that the Agrostudies program, which is now on its fifth year, is in coordination with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Agriculture (DA).
==72 OWWA scholarship slots still open==
*Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=931399621641
*Monday, May 12, 2014
:By Lilibeth A. French (JCM/LAF/PIA6)
ILOILO CITY, May 12 (PIA6) - - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration 6 is still looking for 72 scholars under its OFW Dependents Scholarship Program (OFWDSP).
Qualified to the scholarship are incoming college freshmen of OFW parents who have a monthly salary of not more than US$400.
“We would like to give opportunity to the children of our OFWs whose salary is within the bracket to pursue their college education through this scholarship,” said Director Ron Lionel Bartolome of OWWA 6.
Successful applicants to the program are entitled to a maximum of P20,000.00  financial assistance per school year for a baccalaureate or associate degree in a state college or university.
Bartolome said 19 incoming first year college dependents of OFWs in the region also passed the examination given by the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute last year and qualified as scholars under the Education for Development Scholarship Program (EDSP) this school year 2014 – 2015.
The new EDSP scholars will receive a maximum education assistance of P60,000.00 per school year for a four-to-five year baccalaureate course in any college or university of their choice.
Interested dependents who want to avail of the scholarship may visit the OWWA 6 Office at Robinsons Place Iloilo City or call telephone number (033) 509-1075 for more details.
==New saints’ relics to visit Iloilo==
*Source:http://www.cbcpnews.com/cbcpnews/?p=35486
*Sunday, May 11, 2014
: By Fr. Mickey Cardenas
ILOILO City, May 11, 2014 — The relics of newly canonized Popes, St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII, will visit the faithful of Iloilo from May 20-22, 2014 in what seems to be a “re-visit” by the former who made his papal visit to the city in 1981.
“It was a very rare privilege for us in Iloilo to have been visited by a Saint” Archbishop Angel Lagdameo said, remembering the first ever papal visit to the city from February 20 – 21 in 1981.
The Catholic faithful welcomed the new saints, St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII during a ceremony attended by millions at St. Peter's Square on April 27, 2014 (Photo: CNA/Lauren Cater)
The relics of the St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII are scheduled to arrive in Iloilo on May 20 at 5:20 a.m. and will be brought by motorcade to the University of San Agustin.
At 11 a.m., Archbishop Lagdameo will celebrate a holy mass at the University chapel to welcome the relics of the newly canonized Saints.
St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII’s relics will be enshrined at the said University of San Agustin chapel for the entire duration of the visit.
The holy mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m. on the first day and second days of the visit and at 7 a.m. on the second and third days.
The public are also invited to attend the Catechesis on the Veneration of the Saints and their Relics that will be given at the same venue with the following schedule:
:May 20, 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.
:May 21, 8 a.m., 12 p.m. and 5 p.m.
:May 22, 7:30 a.m.
At 6:30 p.m. Vespers with the Saints will be prayed in the chapel on the first and second days of the visit.
The relics will be available for public veneration the whole day until 9 p.m. on May 20 and 21. On May 22, a closing mass will be celebrated at 9 a.m. before the relics are brought to the Iloilo airport at 10:30 a.m.
The relics of Saints John Paul II and John XXIII are brought to Iloilo courtesy of the Office of the Vice Postulation for the cause for canonization of Blessed Ivan Merz which, on the occasion of Pope John Paul II’s canonization, has organized the Public Exposition and Veneration of the Pope’s relics.
==DOH to hold Int’l AIDS Candlelight Memorial==
==DOH to hold Int’l AIDS Candlelight Memorial==
*Source:http://panaynewsphilippines.com/2014/05/10/doh-to-hold-intl-aids-candlelight-memorial/
*Source:http://panaynewsphilippines.com/2014/05/10/doh-to-hold-intl-aids-candlelight-memorial/
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