(Photo courtesy of Jeri Mae Calderon’s Facebook page / MANILA BULLETIN)
To start the greening project, the municipal government has initially distributed seedlings of vegetables such as okra, eggplant, tomatoes, squash, cucumber, chili pepper, string beans, and bottle gourd (upo) to the residents.
Dr. Joel Tuplano, head of the Angono Municipal Agriculture Office told Manila Bulletin that the first day of seedling distribution outside the municipal hall on July 8 had attracted around 175 residents.
The office of Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon said the seedling distribution, dubbed as Pantanim Project, would eventually result in transforming backyards and vacant lots into vegetable gardens with the residents themselves benefiting from the program.
Published April 30, 2021, 7:12 PM
Even before the community pantries became popular, the municipal government of Angono, Rizal has been distributing free vegetable seeds to residents in line with its “Community PanTanim Project”.
Lettuce are grown organically in the municipal goverment’s vegetable garden at Medalva Phase 2 Subdivision in Angono, Rizal (Photo from Jeri Mae Calderon’s Facebook page)
Through the urban gardening project of the Angono Municipal Urban Agriculture (MUA), some residents have been given free vegetable seeds which they have propagated in their own backyard gardens or community eco-gardens in their villages.
Dr. Joel Tuplano, head of the MUA and also the town’s head veterinarian, told the Manila Bulletin that the municipal government has been giving away free seeds of the so-called “pinakbet veggies” or the vegetables used to cook Filipino dish “pinakbet” such as okra (lady fingers), sitaw (string beans), squash, and ampalaya (bitter gourd
Mayor Jeri Mae Calderon / Facebook / MANILA BULLETIN
In a Facebook post, Calderon said she volunteered to be vaccinated first to show Angono residents that the vaccine and safe and encourage them to get inoculated as well.
Alan Maniaol, chief of staff of Mayor Calderon, told Manila Bulletin that the town received 500 Sinovac vaccines which the local government would use to inoculate the town’s frontline personnel.
Also inoculated on April 6 were medical and other frontliners, disaster team personnel, social workers, and Barangay Health Emergency Response Team (BHERT) members of each barangays.
As of April 3, the town received 2,215 registrations for vaccination.
Published March 12, 2021, 11:31 PM
Many tourist attractions in the province of Rizal, from churches to restaurants, to resorts and art galleries are being groomed to boost domestic tourism in the Southern Tagalog Region.
A local musician plays an instrument as Angono Artist Nemi Miranda draws a portrait of Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat during an on-the-spot painting session at the Nemiranda Art Gallery in Angono on March 10. (Photo by Jeri Mae Calderon Facebook page)
During a recent visit of Department of Tourism Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat in many parts of Rizal, including Angono and Antipolo, the secretary has emphasized the importance of the so-called Green Corridor Initiative in Rizal as one of the key strategies to hasten tourism recovery in the new normal.