Ang Caviteno Newsweekly November 05-11, 2018 Issue

Tacloban... five years after ‘Yolanda’ ... p.5
DPWH constructs new
quarters for soldiers....p
2
Plastic Pollution:
Still a big thing?
11.8-libong pamilya
apektado ni ‘Rosita’...
p 3
p.5
Kapirasong kritika
p 4
VOLUME XXXV
No. 17 Nobyembre 05-11, 2018
P6.00
PSWDO INTENSIFIES MENTAL
HEALTH AWARENESS FOR YOUTH
Photo by PIA
COOPERATIVISM IN CAVITE
STEPS UP WITH GAD
SEEKING to establish more
gender sensitive cooperatives
in Cavite, almost 200 coop
leaders gathered at The Junction
in Tagaytay City on October
26, 2018 for the 6th Cavite
Cooperative Leaders Conference,
which focused on Gender and
Development
Mainstreaming
as part of stepping up with the
United
Nations
Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs).
Caviteños
warmly
welcomed guest and keynote
speaker, Senator Risa Hontiveros,
Chairperson Senate Committee
on Women and Gender Equality.
Senator Hontiveros put emphasis
on women’s rights and the
big role that women play in
cooperatives. With this, the lady
senator asked cooperatives to
support the implementation of
the Expanded Maternity Leave
providing 55 more days on
paid maternity leave, from 60
to 105 days. Likewise, Senator
Hontiveros disclosed that the
bill includes provision of seven
days transferable leave to men, to
be known as the “daddy quota,”
which can be an example of GAD
mainstreaming that promotes
shared responsibility on child
care and equal parenting.

Mr. Alvin S. Mojica,
Provincial
Cooperative
Livelihood and Entrepreneurial
INCULCATING THE PRINCIPLES AND
PRACTICES OF COOPERATIVE AMONG
STUDENTS THRU PROVINCIAL KOOPQUIZ
As part of the 2018 Cavite
Cooperative Month Celebration,
the
Provincial
Cooperative,
Livelihood and Entrepreneurial
Development Office (PCLEDO)
in partnership with the Provincial
Cooperative Development Council
(PCDC) facilitated the Provincial
KOOPQUIZ held at the PCLEDO
Training Room in Trece Martires
City on October 25, 2018. Joined
by Grade 10 students from nine
(9) public and private schools
from various municipalities and
cities in the province, it offers the
students an avenue for learning in
the field of cooperatives and brings
awareness on the significance and
contribution of Cooperatives in
social and economic development
in the country. The contestants of the
KOOPQUIZ were the champions
in the Municipal/City Level
Competition which was conducted
last September. Fr. Arturo Joseph
M. Balagat, Chairperson of Cavite
PCDC thanked and welcomed
all the student participants and
their coaches. The questions being
categorized as easy, average and
difficult were readily answered by
the students. Ms. Bea A. Samonte
of the University of Perpetual Help
System Dalta-Molino was declared
the KOOPQUIZ Champion, while
Mr. Tyrone B. Lofamia of Governor
Ferrer Memorial National High
School-Main and Ms. Stephanie
Joyce Silva of Imus National High
School-Main were the KOOPQUIZ
First Runner-up and Second
Runner-up, respectively who also
received trophies, medals and
cash worth P10,000.00, P6,000.00
and P4,000.00 correspondingly.
Certificates of participation were
also awarded to all participating
schools, students and Cooperative
Development
Councils.
The
event was concluded by a closing
remark delivered by Ms. Rowena
S. Fruto, Provincial Cooperative
Development Specialist, CDA-
Cavite who wished that the event
be conducted yearly
Development Office (PCLEDO)
head, who introduced the senator
prior to her keynote speech, took
the opportunity to thank Senator
Hontiveros and everyone who
attended the event , making the
occasion a huge success.

Meanwhile, Cooperative
Development Authority (CDA)
former Administrator Mercedes
Castillo provided a holistic
overview on the theme “Cavite
Cooperatives: Stepping up with
the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals through
Gender
and
Development
Mainstreaming,” linking women
and the development process
towards a stronger organization
that could successfully contribute
to economic progress. She even
encouraged participants to be
GAD advocates and must take
the initiative to incorporate GAD
activities in their respective
cooperatives.
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IN view of the celebration of
the National Youth Day, the
Provincial
Government
of
Cavite thru the Provincial Social
Welfare
and
Development
Office in partnership with the
Pag-Asa Youth Association of
the Philippines spearheaded
the event with the theme
“Mental Health Awareness for
Youth” desired to raise the
consciousness of the young
people about mental health
issues and promote a healthy
lifestyle and mentally-resilient
community on October 30, 2018
at the Provincial Gymnasium in
Trece Martires City.

Ms.
Brendalyn
L.
Salazar, Social Welfare Officer
III of PSWDO facilitated
the whole-day session which
was attended by 160 youths
from different cities and
municipalities in the province.

During the assembly,
National Secretary General
of Youth for Mental Health
Coalition Ms. Ray Alyannah
Ysabel Lagasca discussed the
topic ” Mental Health for Youth
” as she educated everyone on
the right behaviors in dealing
with pressure. She advised the
youth to recognize the things
and situations that triggered
them, exercise proper time
management and remain to
have a positive perception
about things. She also echoed
that mistakes should be treated
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DOST-PhiVolcs promotes awareness
and preparedness in schools
By PhiVolcs
QUEZON CITY -- The
Department of Science and
Technology
-
Philippine
Institute
of
Volcanology
and
Seismology
(DOST-
PHIVOLCS)
will
hold
a
two-day
“Tsunami
Awareness and Preparedness
#HandaAngMayAlam Forum
and Exhibit” on November
5 and 6, 2018 at Parañaque
Sports and Social Hall,
Parañaque City in observance
of
the
World
Tsunami
Awareness Day.
D O S T- P H I V O L C S ,
in cooperation with DOST-
National
Capital
Region
(NCR) and the city government
of Parañaque, aims to promote
tsunami
awareness
and
disaster risk reduction and
management through DOST-
PHIVOLCS
information
products, and utilize these
for awareness, preparedness,
early warning, and mitigation.
Metro Manila, specifically the
cities of Valenzuela, Navotas,
Malabon, Manila, Pasay, Las
Piñas, and Parañaque, face the
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