Tambuling Batangas Publication April 10-16, 2019 Issue

BALITA April 10-16, 2019 SWAD-Laguna offers financial assistance to persons living with HIV Disaster Risk Reduction By Joy Gabrido (We have services for the PLHIV. We will give them assistance) Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) Team Leader Gina Dela Cruz announced during the 1st Quarter Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Laguna. LGU Kalayaan launches new coffee product addressing tomato oversupply By Joy Gabrido CALAMBA CITY, Laguna, (PIA) – The Local Government of Kalayaan addressed the tomato oversupply, that challenged the locality last October, by launching the first coffee product with tomato in the province. As part of the 111th Foundation and 8th Kamoteng Kahoy Festival of the Municipality, the Kalayaan Food Products Coffee with Tomato was launched coinciding the Agri Congress that gathered Kalayaan farmers, including tomato producers, last March 20. M u n i c i p a l Agriculture Office (MAO) Head Liza Yee said that after the problem of tomato oversupply broke out last year, their office immediately sat down with various government agencies such as the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU) to come up with a sustainable solution. After brainstorming and discussing all possible considerations, they have decided to produce tomato powders instead of tomato wine or ketchup which have higher competition and are more expensive to process, among other reasons. The Shared Service Facilities funded by DOST and housed in LSPU Sta. Cruz Campus was utilized by the local government for the processing of the tomato powder. Through the DOST, LGU Kalayaan linked with the private entity Blue Macay Food Manufacturing Corporation that manufactured its coffee product mixed with the tomato powder they have produced. “The product is all natural as it constitutes Barako coffee and real tomatoes processed into powder so it is surely healthy particularly rich in lycopene,” Yee said. A total of 20,000 sachets of Coffee with Tomato were produced by the LGU. The products are currently being sold through reselling and promoted in social media. Many business individuals have been expressing their interest to buy and resell the product. The product’s launching promo costs only Php 5.00, but the Suggested Retail Price (SRP) is Php 10.00 and the reseller price is Php 7.50. The project had been ultimately helpful as it hits two birds with one stone in addressing the tomato oversupply while also providing additional source of income to stakeholders. (Joy Gabrido, PIA4A) Vice Mayor Laarni Lopez (Left) and Mayor Leni Adao (Right) trying out the Kalayaan Coffee with Tomato product. (Photo Credit to MAO Head Liza Yee) CALAMBA CITY, Laguna , (PIA) – The Laguna provincial government ensures the welfare of Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Viruses (PLHIV) in the province by offering them financial assistance. “Mayroon po tayong serbisyo para sa mga PLHIV o Person Living with HIV. Mayroon tayong ibinibigay na assistance sa kanila,” (We have services for the PLHIV. We will give them assistance) Social Welfare and Development (SWAD) Team Leader Gina Dela Cruz announced during the 1st Quarter Provincial Advisory Committee (PAC) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Laguna. The PLHIVs in the province may visit the SWAD Office beside the Provincial Pagdagsa... and Management Office (PDRRMO) Building in the town of Sta. Cruz to apply for financial support. Dela Cruz disclosed that the DSWD has allotted a separate fund for the PLHIV aside from the augmentation provided through Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS). Five thousand pesos (Php 5,000) worth of financial assistance shall be given to each patient. “Ang atin pong protocol ay every after three months po pwede pong lumapit ulit.” Assistance may be granted every after three months based on DSWD’s protocol. She said they are currently serving a total of five PLHIVs and urges all PLHIVs in the province to seek assistance from their office. (Joy Gabrido, PIA4A) mula sa pahina 1 Napagkasunduan dito na magde-deputize ng ilang barangay tanod mula sa coastal barangay upang makatulong ng TDRO sa pagsasaayos ng trapiko at parking areas sa paligid ng Monte Maria. Upang mas mapadali sa mga biyahero, maglalagay ang TDRO ng mga signage kagaya ng entrance at exit, at iba pang traffic reminders alinsabay ng pagpapatupad ng truck ban sa mga apektadong lugar mula 3:00 ng madaling araw hanggang sa 9:00 ng gabi simula Abril 17 hanggang 19. Magtatalaga naman ang Batangas City Police Office ng kanilang police personnel upang pangalagaan ang seguridad ng mga mananampalataya, at magtatalaga rin ng mga health worker ang City Health Office, at emergency management team ang City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO). Magkakaroon lamang ng isang lugar para sa mga magtitinda upang hindi makasikip sa daloy ng trapiko. Hinihikayat ng komitiba ang mga samahan ng kababaihan sa coastal barangay na magtinda ng kanilang produkto hindi lamang upang kumita kundi upang maipakilala rin ang mga lokal na produkto. Sa pamamaraang ito, hindi lamang ang lugar ang maaaring tumatak sa mga bisita kundi maging ang mga produktong maaaring magbigay sa kanila ng mas malaking oportunidad sa mas malaking merkado. Tiniyak naman ni General Services Officer Jocelyn Cantre na siyang tumayong presiding officer sa pagpupulong na may truck na hahakot ng basura sa lugar araw –araw mula Lunes Santo hanggang Linggo ng Pagkabuhay. Maglalagay ang mga barangay ng magkakabukod na basurahan upang pangalagaan ang kalinisan dito at magli- instala rin ng mga tarpaulin ukol sa paalaala para sa kalinisan at kaayusan ng paligid ng Monte Maria. (Bhaby P. De Castro-PIA Batangas with reports from PIO Batangas City) Early... mula sa pahina 1 kung saan maaaring hubugin at itampok ang galling at abilidad ng mga kabataan. Bukod sa pamahalaang lokal, may mga sumusuporta din mula sa pribadong sektor upang makatulong sa mga aktibidad ng mga batang nasa Early Childhood Care and Development kagaya ng mga paaralan, mga civic organizations, mga ospital at iba pa. Kaugnay nito,isinagawa ang pagkilala sa 591 bata sa ilalim ng Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) mulasa 11 child development centers ng mga barangay Poblacion 1, 2, 12, 21, 23, 24, Soro-soro Karsada, Cuta, Gulod Itaas, Gulod Labac at Banaba South. Ito ang ika anim na grupo ng mga batang kinilala sa ika-45 Taon ng Araw ng Pagkilala sa mga Batang ECCD na isinasagawa ng City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) simula pa noong March 19 hanggang 29. May mahigit 4,500 mga batang ECCD na magtatapos sa early childhood development program ng CSWDO ngayong school year 2018-2019. (Bhaby P. De Castro-PIA Batangas with reports from PIO Batangas City)

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