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 ==[[Quirino News]]==
-'''Nutrition coordinators re-oriented on WHO-Child Growth Standards'''
+'''Maddela Tungcab bridge nears completion'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R02&article=451336541605
+*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=451336717126
-*Wednesday, May 9, 2012
+*Friday, May 11, 2012
 :by Thelma C. Bicarme
-DIFFUN, Quirino, May 9 (PIA) -- To effectively address the malnutrition problems in the province, the Department of Education (DepEd) is currently reorienting nutrition coordinators in schools to refresh them on the World Health Organization-Child Growth Standards (WHO-CGS) of assessing the nutrition status of 5 to 12 year olds.
+CABARROGUIS, Quirino, May 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways, Quirino Engineering District (DPWH-QED) reported the near completion of the reconstruction of abutment and span approaches of Tungcab bridge along Cordon-Aurora boundary in Maddela, Quirino.
-Dr. Raquel Dicsa Gundayao-Layacan, DepEd physician, said the WHO-CGS is no longer new, as it was already implemented in SY 2010-2011 but there is a need to refresh the coordinators to ensure an accurate and reliable nutrition assessment come SY 2012-2013.
+Engr. Jeremias A. Pascual, chief, planning and design section of the QED, said that they have accomplished 74 percent of the programmed works and is expected to be completed by June 13, 2012.
-The teacher-coordinators are fully responsible in the conduct of such assessments while the school heads are tasked to provide height and weight balance scale.
+Pascual said upon its completion the agricultural communities in the municipalities of Maddela, Nagtipunan and some parts of Aurora province can already deliver their products to the market areas easily.
-CGS is an international growth standard developed by WHO for screening, surveillance, and monitoring of school children and adolescents.
+“It will also prevent isolation of the inner municipalities to the other municipalities of the province,” Pascual added.
-”It shows how every child in the world should grow. It sets the benchmark for growth and development of all children from birth to age 5, as opposed to describing growth of just a sample of children at a particular time and place,” Layacan said.
+The project includes the reconstruction of abutment “B” and Span 3 and approaches “B” with the following scope of work: removal of structure and obstruction, embankment, reinforcing steel bars, grouted riprap, stone masonry, gravel craneway and rechanneling.
-She also said that the international growth standard shows that every child in any part of the world regardless of ethnicity has the potential to grow and develop as described in this standard as long as the child’s basic needs are met.
+The bridge reconstruction was started last February 15, 2011 by the MAR-DEB Construction and Development, the contractor that won the bidding in December.
-Layacan said they were already through with the re-orientation in the other municipalities and intend to cover all the six municipalities before the school year begins.
+The project cost is P15,306,517.22 and it was sourced out from the calamity fund of the province.
-During the re-orientation, lectures on age computation for 72-84 months and 60-71 pupils as well as post test on age computation are conducted.
+Tungcab Bridge was damaged by Typhoon “Pedring” in September, isolating Quirino from the coastal towns of Isabela and Aurora, as well as Maddela and Nagtipunan towns from rest of the province. (TCB/PIA 2)
-We have to ensure the effective implementation of the international growth standard as it serves as a powerful tool in informing parents, doctors, and policymakers on what constitutes good nutrition, health, and development, the DepEd doctor concluded. (TCB/MCB-PIA 2)
 ==Photo Gallery of Quirino, Philippines==