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 ==[[Quirino News]]==
-'''First Farmers Olympics to highlight Saguday’s “Pagay-Pagay” festival'''
+'''National Nutrition Council urges conduct of case studies of malnourished children'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451333815384
+*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451334210051
-*Sunday 8th of April 2012
+*Thursday 12th of April 2012
-:by Thelma C. Bicarme
+:by (TCB-PIA Quirino)
+DIFFUN, Quirino, April 12 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) advised the Municipal Nutrition Committee (MNC) here to conduct a case study of each malnourished children in the municipality to be able to identify what intervention is suited to each of them.
-SAGUDAY, Quirino, April 8 (PIA) -- The 2012 Pagay-Pagay festival of this town on April 16-17 will be highlighted with the first ever Farmers Olympics.
+In the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local level Plan Implementation for nutrition regional assessment here yesterday, Rhodora Maestre, NNC 2 head, said there is a need to study each malnourished child’s condition, history of present illnesses (if any), past medical and immunization histories, among other information, to be able to address the real cause of malnutrition.
-According to Joey N. Gamboa, secretary general of the festival’s executive committee, the Farmers Olympics will be participated by each barangay. The barangay is eligible to have a team composed of a team manager, a coach and eight players who should be farmers directly engaged in tilling a land for vegetables, palay, corn or any other crops.
+Maestre likewise urged the MNC to consider the "adopt a malnourished child" program, wherein each member of the MNC shall provide the foods needed by a malnourished child to ensure his or her recovery from malnutrition problems.
-Among the contested activities for the Olympics are Search for Nuang (carabao) of the Year, Sangal Y Botones (knot-tying), Irik-Irik (threshing), Banbanen (rice straw out of bamboo tree), Sprayer Assembling & Disassembling and Pusi (manual corn shelling) challenge for the individual events and Tantiyahin mo Babe, Ginnuyudan (tug of war), Kariada (carrying of cavans of rice) relay for the group events.
+“This is very effective in Batanes so I think it will work in this place also,” Maestre added.
-For the Search for Nuang of the Year, each barangay or team shall have one carabao as its entry and it shall be adorned for uniqueness and audience impact. The entries could either be native, mestizo, pure breed or water buffalo.
+Based on the MNC report presented by Tina Ramillosa, municipal nutrition officer, they were able to rehabilitate the five identified severely underweight children last 2011, but there were again newly identified underweight children at Barangays Ifugao Village, Isidro Paredes, Ricarte Norte, Bannawag, Liwayway, and Ricarte Sur.
-Each entry shall be judged according to the following criteria: Body Balance and Proportion - 40 percent; Appearance and Poise - 30 percent; Cart, /Attire or Costume - 20 percent and Audience Impact - 10 percent.
+The MNC members, headed by Mayor Marlo S. Guillermo, assured that they will consider the NNC’s recommendations, saying that they have already started conducting a case study and different interventions will be provided based on the needs of the identified malnourished children.
-Aside from the said events, other highlights of the Olympics are Canao (fest for harvest), Abtapuy (wine making), Pinaka display, Apit champion, triplet goat, twin carabao, among others.
-The team which will accumulate the greatest aggregate points will be declared the “First Farmer Olympics Champion.”
-The champion will receive P8,000; second place, P6,000 and third place, P4,000. Each participating team will also receive consolation prizes of P1,000 and one sprayer each.
-Saguday is known to be the rice granary of the province of Quirino, having 87.89 percent of the total population engaged in farming as a means of livelihood. In 1983, the vast barren lands of the five barangays traversed by the National Irrigation Administration Canal were all converted into fertile rice fields, which triggered the fast transformation of socio-economic upliftment of the farmers. (TCB/PIA 2)
 ==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==