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==[[Quezon News]]==
==[[Quezon News]]==
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'''Quezon vice mayor’s wife dies in mishap'''
'''DSWD assists Quezon gov't in fighting malnutrition'''
*Source: http://journal.com.ph/index.php/news/provincial/26477-quezon-vice-mayors-wife-dies-in-mishap
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04A&article=701332487909
*By: Gemi Formaran
*By: PIA
*''March 22, 2012''
*''March 23, 2012''


LUCBAN, Quezon- The wife of the vice mayor here died while the latter and their driver were seriously injured in a vehicular accident in Bgy. Tiawe yesterday morning.
LUCENA CITY, Quezon- Department of Social Welfare Development (DSWD) Sec. Corazon Juliano Soliman disclosed during the consultation meeting with local chief executives of “makamasang tugon areas” held March 22 at the Queen Margarette Hotel in this city that DSWD will help the provincial government of Quezon in fighting malnutrition in the province.


Sketchy reports reaching the office of Senior Supt. Valeriano de Leon, the newly installed Quezon OIC provincial police director, disclosed that the couple was on board a car driven by their unidentified security driver on their way home when the incident happened at around 10 a.m.
Sec. Soliman said the program on the eradication of malnutrition among pre-schoolers or children ages 0-7 year-olds shall be conducted through free supplemental feeding programs specially in the Bondoc Peninsula areas.


Reports said Vice Mayor Armando Abutal and his wife Catalina both suffered severe injuries causing the latter’s instant death.
Meanwhile, the Quezon provincial goverment headed by Governor Suarez reported during the teacher’s convention recently held in this city that the malnutrition problem in the province decreased due to the successful implementation of nutrition programs such as free feeding, nutrijuice as well as the "gulayan sa paaralan program."


The town official and the driver who also sustained multiple injuries are now undergoing treatment at a hospital in Lucena City.
Sec. Soliman said DSWD will continue the implementation of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services program or the KALAHI CIDSS in Quezon province, According to ther, it is very important to continue the program in various municipalities in Quezon that needs immediate assistance from DSWD and other concerned government agencies.


Reports did not disclose what caused the accident but it was learned that the car they were riding in turned turtle.
“We will construct additional day care centers and classrooms in the municipalities in Quezon province as DSWD’s post aid to some municipalities that needs such projects,” Soliman added. `
 
Also present during the consultation with the chief executives were DSWD 4-A Dir. Wilma Naviamos, Quezon Gov. David Suarez, PSWDO Sonia Leyson, municipal mayors Remedios Rivera of Buenavista, Quezon; Eleonor Uy of San Narciso, Quezon; Gil Establicida of Burdeos, Quezon; Renato A. Alilio of Dolores, Quezon and mayor Rodelo Tena of Jomalig, Quezon.
 
The municipal mayors thanked the national government through the DSWD in giving assistance to thepoorest families in their respective towns through the implementation of the DSWD's programs such as the KALAHI CIDSS, Pantawid Pamilya Program and the Self-employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) program that helped many poor families in Quezon in uplifting their quality of life.


==Quezon Zip Codes==
==Quezon Zip Codes==
43,102

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