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==Puerto Galera highlights Mangyan culture on Earth Day== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=741335230883 | |||
*Tuesday 24th of April 2012 | |||
:by Luis T. Cueto | |||
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, April 24 (PIA) -- Puerto Galera, a booming tourism town in Oriental Mindoro celebrated Earth Day on Sunday highlighting the rich cultures of the Mangyan natives in Mindoro Island. | |||
French expatriate Hubert d’Aboville, the lead organizer of the event which had as its theme, “Belongingness to Nature,” said they highlighted the rich cultures of the Mangyans on Earth Day because they wanted the world to emulate the lifestyles of the Mindoro aborigines who protect and conserve the environment in their own way, as they feel that they belong to nature. | |||
In cooperation with the municipal government of Puerto Galera, D’Aboville, a French businessman who declared Puerto Galera Bay as “one of the most beautiful bays in the world,” led the participants during the whole day program in his demonstration farm at Mount Malasimbo, the town’s highest peak. | |||
The celebration featured rituals, songs, and dances of the Mangyans; a community mass; an environment-inspired on-the-spot drawing contest; and a bike contest. | |||
The Earth Day celebration will now become an annual occasion in Puerto Galera to create environmental awareness among the people in the community, the French environmentalist said. (LBR/DOS/JRMahusay/LTC-PIA4B, Calapan City) | |||
==CHED grants P1M aid to college scholars== | |||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=741335143857 | |||
*Monday 23rd of April 2012 | |||
:by Luis T. Cueto | |||
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, April 23 (PIA) -- The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has awarded almost P1 million worth of educational aids to scholars in Oriental Mindoro. | |||
Under the Kabuhayan, Kaunlaran, Kalikasan at Kinabukasan (K4) program and Priority Development Assistance Program (PDAF), educational aids were awarded to 178 scholars in the first district of the province. | |||
Amounts ranging from P2,500 to P10,000 were given for the coming school year, depending on each student's college program; this amounted to P1,008,000 given to the scholars. | |||
In a turnover ceremony held at the Filipiniana Resort Hotel in Calapan City, council president Nico Valencia said that they are also supporting students taking up technical-vocational courses on Technical Educational and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and those under the Technical Education Extension Program (TEEP) of K4, guided by the Mindoro Kabuhayan Foundation, Inc. (MKFI). | |||
Barangay chairman Robert Baez of Mangangan, Baco and one of the youth scholars, expressed their gratitude for the opportunity given to the youth (LBR/JRMahusay/LTC-PIA4B, Calapan City) | |||
==President Aquino urges LGUs to play major role in reducing maternal deaths by 2015== | ==President Aquino urges LGUs to play major role in reducing maternal deaths by 2015== | ||
*Source: http://positivenewsmedia.com/blog/2012/04/president-aquino-urges-lgus-to-play-major-role-in-reducing-maternal-deaths-by-2015/ | *Source: http://positivenewsmedia.com/blog/2012/04/president-aquino-urges-lgus-to-play-major-role-in-reducing-maternal-deaths-by-2015/ | ||
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”Solving the maternal mortality problem requires the expertise and skills of both the public and private sectors,” Ona said. (PNA) | ”Solving the maternal mortality problem requires the expertise and skills of both the public and private sectors,” Ona said. (PNA) | ||
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==LGUs, national gov’t to conduct dialogue on flood mitigation measures== | ==LGUs, national gov’t to conduct dialogue on flood mitigation measures== | ||