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CSWDO nag presenta ng best practices
sa regional convention ng social workers
ISA ang Batangas City sa tatlong
pamahalaang lokal sa Rehiyon
4 na napili ng Department of
Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD) na mag present ng
mga social service programs at
best practices nito sa Regional
Convention of Local Social
Welfare
and
Development
Officers (LSWDOs) with DSWD
in
CALABARZON
noong
August 1, 2018, sa Tagaytay
City.

Ayon kay City Social
Welfare
and
Development
Officer
(CSWDO)
Mila
Española, isang karangalan na
mapiling mag present ng mga
accomplishments ng Batangas
City sa larangan ng social
services sa harap ng may 300
local social welfare officers
mula sa mga pamahalaang lokal
ng CALABARZON region. Ito
aniya ay patunay na kinikilala
ng DSWD ang Batangas
City bilang isang model city
sa implementasyon ng mga
programa at serbisyo para sa
mga mamamayan.

Naging
Paksa
ng
naturang convention ang “LGU’s
Perpective in the Devolution of
SWD Program and Services”
Kung saan inuulat ni Española
ang naging accomplishments
ng kanilang tanggpan simula
ng ito ay mapasailalim sa
pamahalaang lokal noong 1994
hanggang ngayon o sa loob ng
25 taon . Ilan sa mga inuulat
niya ang tuloy tuloy na mga
programa para sa kapakanan
ng mga bata tulad ng day care
services program kung saan
dumami na ang day care centers
mula 56 noong 1995 hanggang
107 ngayon na may kumpletong
pasilidad.
Mayroon
ding
taunang Search for Mr. and Ms.
Batang Makakalikasan na isang
Sundan sa pahina 6..
Assistant Secretary of
Defense Randall Schriver
Visits Manila, Underscores
U.S. Commitment to the
Philippines
MANILA— Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Asian and Pacific
Security Affairs Randall G.
Schriver visited the Philippines
August 15 to 17 to reinforce the
United States’ commitment to
the Indo-Pacific region and to
the Philippines, a close friend,
partner, and ally.

“This was my first visit
to the Philippines as Assistant
Secretary of Defense, so this
was a good opportunity for
me to meet with the leadership
here,” said Schriver. “It’s an
honor for us to be considered a
friend, partner, and ally of the
Philippines.”

While
in
the
Philippines, Schriver met with
Secretary of National Defense
Delfin Lorenzana, Philippine
Ambassador to Malaysia J.
Eduardo Malaya, Chief of Staff
of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP) Gen. Carlito
Galvez Jr., Executive Secretary
Salvador
Medialdea,
and
Department of Foreign Affairs
Undersecretary
for
Policy
Enrique Manalo.

During his meetings,
Schriver discussed the value
of
multilateral
military
exercises like Balikatan and
KAMANDAG
and
their
contributions to the strength and
interoperability of the U.S. and
Philippine militaries.

Schriver
also
emphasized the value of
continuing frequent subject
matter expert exchanges and
joint training events between
both
countries’
militaries,
the continuing U.S. Special
Operations Forces support of
AFP counter terrorism efforts
in Mindanao, cooperation to
counter violent extremism,
the United States’ support of
AFP modernization efforts,
and the increasing importance
of the U.S.-Philippine alliance
to stability in the Indo-Pacific
region.

Schriver’s trip also
included a stop in Kuala
Lumpur,
Malaysia,
before
traveling to Manila.
Mayor Beverley Dimacuha at Congressman Marvey Mariño
DENR seeks slightly lower budget for 2019
Jerome Carlo Paunan
QUEZON
CITY -- The
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR)
is seeking a slightly lower
budget of P24.17 billion for
2019 to support numerous
environment programs, mainly
on forest rehabilitation and
protection and biodiversity
conservation.

The agency’s 2019
budget proposal, which is P740
million less than its current
allocation of P25.72 billion,
represents only 0.64 percent
of the proposed P3.757 trillion
national budget for next year.

Despite
a
lower
budget, DENR Secretary Roy
A. Cimatu assured that the
agency will “still be able to
effectively carry out its mandate
of protecting the environment
and rich natural resources in
the country.”

“The DENR does not
need a bigger budget to carry
out its mandate. All we need is
to be prudent and judicious in
spending our budget and make
sure that every single centavo is
spent efficiently for programs
promoting
environmental
protection,” Cimatu added.

The DENR is asking
Congress almost P6 billion
to finance the government’s
reforestation
and
forest
protection projects for next
year, with the Enhanced
National Greening Program
(ENGP) getting the lion’s share
among DENR programs.

“The ENGP has the
biggest chunk of the budget,
followed by forest protection
and anti-illegal logging, as
well as our continued support
for biodiversity conservation,”
Cimatu
told
the
House
Committee on Appropriations
during a budget hearing
recently.

Of the total P5.96
billion
allocated
for
reforestation
and
forest
protection, P5.15 billion goes
to ENGP, while P809.4 million
will be used for the Forest
Protection
Program/Anti-
Illegal Logging Program.

The twin programs aim
to improve the nation’s forest
cover and ensure continued
protection of all existing forests
in the country.

NGP
started
as
a six-year massive forest
rehabilitation program that
aimed to cover 1.5 million
Cimatu (MGB file photo)
hectares of degraded forestland
with trees by the end of 2016.
But it was extended until 2028
through an executive order
issued in November 2015 in a
bid to rehabilitate 7.1 million
hectares more.

Under the E-NGP, the
Duterte administration aims
to reforest some 1.2 million
hectares between 2017 to 2022
in accordance with the updated
2016-2028 Master Plan for
Forestry Development.

For 2019, Cimatu said
the DENR targets to cover
some 143,187 hectares and
produce 138.2 million planting
materials.

In
terms
of
accomplishments,
around
193.05
million
seedlings
have been planted to 215,036
hectares from January in 2017
to June of this year with a total
seedling production of some
317.9 million seedlings during