Photo: TEENAGE MOM. A young mother and her baby are being attended to by a doctor in this undated photo. A consolidated bill is being pushed in the House of Representatives that seeks to institutionalize a policy that would prevent teenage pregnancies. (Photo lifted from the Commission on Population and Development Facebook page) MANILA - The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development on Thursday approved the consolidation of at least seven bills that seek to institutionalize a policy that would prevent teenage pregnancies. At the hearing, the committee agreed to consolidate House Bills 79, 2062, 2524, 3211, 5559, 6901 and 6964 into one proposal that pushes a comprehensive measure that would make family planning methods accessible to sexually active minors that could eventually address adolescent pregnancies. In his opening remarks, citing the study conducted by the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom), committee chairperson and Isabela Rep. Faustino Michael Dy III sa
RIVER PROCESSION.Brig. Gen. Rudolph Dimas (right), director of the Police Regional Office 5, leads the police personnel deployed in Naga City to ensure public safety during the Penafrancia Festivalfluvial procession on Saturday (Sept. 17, 2022). The festivity is considered the biggest religious event in Bicol and is celebrated yearly to honor the feast day of Our Lady of Penafrancia, patroness of the region.(Photo courtesy of PRO-5) LEGAZPI CITY- The more than one-week Penafrancia Festival celebration in Naga City, Camarines Sur was generally peaceful and successful, with the solemnity of the religious event preserved even if it was participated in by huge crowds of Marian devotees, the Police Regional Office in Bicol Region (PRO-5) said Monday. Brig. Gen. Rudolph Dimas, PRO-5 director, said nearly half a million people joined and witnessed the main highlight of the event, which was the fluvial procession along Naga River, held on Saturday. The other main events held were the Miss Bico
FERTILIZER VOUCHERS. Farmers in Dinagat town in the province of Dinagat Islands are among the beneficiaries of the continuing Fertilizer Discount Vouchers released by the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) on Wednesday (Sept. 7, 2022). According to DA-13, some 10,837 rice farmers in Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands provinces have received their fertilizer vouchers during the series of distributions from Aug. 18 to Sept. 8 this year. (Photo courtesy of DA-13) BUTUAN CITY - Some 10,837 rice farmers in Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands provinces have benefited from the Fertilizer Discount Voucher program of the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13). In a statement Thursday, the DA-13 said the discount vouchers were distributed to the beneficiaries from Aug. 18 to Sept. 8 in coordination with the local government units. In Surigao del Norte, a total of 7,919 rice farmers received their fertilizer vouchers during the period, while in Dinagat Isl
SUPPORT TO SENIORS. The city government of Bislig, with the support of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Caraga Region, released PHP8.3 million worth of social pension to 5,551 senior citizens from 24 barangays. The two-day distribution was facilitated from July 12 to 13, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Bislig City PIO) BUTUAN CITY - Some 5,551 senior citizens from 24 barangays in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, received their social pension during a two-day payout activity in the area. In a statement Thursday, the city government said a total of PHP8,326,500 social pension payment was released to the beneficiaries during the July 12 to 13 distribution activity. "Each of the senior citizens received PHP1,500 payout as payment for the third quarter of this year, or from July to September," the local government said. The social pension amounting to PHP500 monthly is intended to augment senior citizens' daily subsistence and medical needs. Last month, some 2,999
MANILA -Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Ano on Wednesday urged village officials, community leaders, organizers, and business establishments, among others, to help enforce minimum public health standards (MPHS) to prevent coronavirus disease 19 (Covid-19) cases amid loosened restrictions and campaign-related mass gatherings. Ano stressed that the biggest challenge is on the May 9, 2022 national and local elections where at least 60 million voters are expected to go outdoors and cast their votes in the country's polling precincts. Even before the actual election day, Ano said the Philippine National Police (PNP), local government units (LGUs) and state authorities have their hands full in maintaining crowd control as the relaxed Alert Level system coupled with the election campaign period have resulted to six digit number crowds attending all sorts of poll activities. "Muli pong mag-i-istrikto ang ating kapulisan sa pagpapatupad ng minimum public health standard