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VOLUME XLI
No. 36
August 29-September 4, 2018
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Batangas City, 2017 Seal of Child-
Friendly Local Governance awardee
GINAWADAN ang Batangas
City ng 2017 Seal of Child-
Friendly
Local
Governance
(SCFLG) ng Department of
Interior and Local Government
(DILG) at Department of Social
Welfare
and
Development
(DSWD) noong August 20, 2018
sa Quezon Convention Center,
Lucena City bilang pagkilala sa
pagbibigay nito ng prayoridad at
mahusay na implemetasyon ng
mga programa para sa kapakanan
ng mga bata.
Ayon kay CSWD Officer
Mila Española, ang naturang
award ay base sa isinagawang
assessment at evaluation ng
DSWD Regional Office kung
saan nakasunod ang Batangas
City sa mga indicators o criteria
na itinakda para SCFLG. Ilan
aniya sa binigyan ng mataas na
puntos ng mga evaluators ay ang
mataas na antas ng mga programa
ng pamahalaang lungsod para
ma kontrol ang malnutrisyon at
mortality rate ng mga bata at
implementasyon ng mga health
programs kagaya ng vaccination
para sa mga bata mula 0-6 na
taong gulang.
Binigyang puntos din
ang mataas na bilang ng mga
batang dumadalo sa center- based
day care services, nakapagtapos sa
elementarya, ang mga scholarship
programs
ng
pamahalaang
lungsod at ang pakikipag tuwang
nito sa Department of Education
at pribadong sektor para
maisigurong makakapagtapos ng
pag-aaral ang mga bata.
Binanggit ni Española
na nakita ng mga evaluators ang
magandang programa ng city
government para sa mga child
laborers, street children, children
in conflict with the law, at biktima
ng karahasan. “Mayroon man
tayong mga ganitong kabataan
ay nakita naman nila kung paano
natin i-address ang mga isyu at
Sundan sa pahina 6..
Disaster resilience month,
an individual’s reflection
of own preparedness
We know that the Office of Civil
Defense- Regional Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management
Council (OCD-RDRRMC) 4A-
celebrates in July of each year
the National Disaster Resilience
Month (NDRM).
As always, NDRM was
celebrated through the intiation
of various activities that involved
not only the OCD-RDRRMC
but also the local DRRM
Officers--- from the cities, to the
municipalities, and down to the
barangays.
But this year, this
was not just a government
celebration per se as it was also a
time for personal or individual’s
reflection of own preparedness.
According to Alex
Czar Masiglat of RDRRMC 4A,
this year’s theme “Katatagan
sa Kalamidad ay Makakamtan
kapag Sapat ang Kaalaman sa
Kahandaan” was also focused on
a “personal level” of knolwedge
and preparedness regarding the
dos and don’ts that one should
take during calamity or disaster.
“We
can
achieve
disaster resiliency if we start
within ourselves. Ultimately, it
will be a domino effect which
starts with us then to our families,
friends, to the community and
eventually the country,” Masiglat
enunciated.
He also said that the
first line of defense in times of
disasters is no other than the
community itself, hence, the
goal of NDRM was really to
strengthen and capacitate the
people.
He cited that all these
drills, the observances, and
all other disaster tools and
equipment are all geared toward
propelling the country to become
disaster resilience in time.
Masiglat
conveyed
that NDRM was formerly
known as the National Disaster
Consciousness Month until
President
Rodrigo
Duterte
assumed the rein of office.
He also revealed how the NDRM
theme came to be known each
year.
Masiglat
said
the
theme that is used every year
is achieved through a contest
since they wanted to involve the
public especially the millennials,
noting that in the past two
Sundan sa pahina 6..
GINAWADAN ang Batangas City ng 2017 Seal of Child- Friendly Local Governance (SCFLG) ng Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG) at Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Central Visayas shares earthquake
preparedness, response best practices to NCR
Susan G. De Leon
QUEZON CITY--The Metro
Manila Disaster Risk Reduction
and
Management
Council
(MMDRRMC) recently met with
key officials of Bohol and Cebu
for knowledge sharing on disaster
preparedness
and
response,
particularly during an earthquake.
Dubbed as Metro Manila-Central
Visayas Shake-Share, the activity
brought together Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management
Officers (DRRMOs) of NCR,
Bohol and Cebu for knowledge
exchange to intensify preparations
in Greater Metro Manila Area and
nearby provinces in line with the
possible movement of the West
Valley Fault that may cause a 7.2
earthquake or the Big One.
Central Visayas was
jolted by a 7.2-magnitude
earthquake in 2013, with Bohol
as its epicenter. Bohol and Cebu
are the provinces greatly affected
by the quake where casualties and
massive damages in infrastructure
were recorded in the said
provinces.
DILG-NCR,
together
with the Metropolitan Manila
Development Authority (MMDA)
and Office of Civil Defense-
NCR (OCD-NCR) spearheaded
the four-day activity to provide
NCR DRRMOs insights on
the strategies employed by the
DRRMOs of Bohol and Cebu to
recover from the disaster, and help
them in improving preparedness
and response plans in their
respective localities.
Also present in the
activity are representatives from
the agencies that compose the
MMDRRMC Technical Working
Group for the Finalization of the
LGUs’ Contingency Plans for
Earthquake. These include the
National Capital Region Police
Office (NCRPO), Department
of Science and Technology-
Philippine Institute of Volcanology
and
Seismology
(DOST-
PHIVOLCS), Department of
Information and Communications
Technology (DICT), Bureau
of Fire Protection (BFP-NCR),
Department
of
Education
(DepEd-NCR), Department of
Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD-NCR), Joint Task Force
(JTF-NCR), and Department
of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH-NCR).
Central Visayas DRRMC
Director Concepcion Ornopia, and
DILG-Region VII DRRM Focal
Person James Andrew Andaya
along with Cebu City DRRMO
Chief for Operations Harold
Alcontin, Mandaue City DRRM
Officer Jay Basubas, Tagbilaran
City DRRM Officer Gerard
Lavadia, and Bohol PDRRM
Officer Anthony Damalerio served
as resource speakers and shared
their DRRM best practices on
earthquake preparedness and
response and recommendations
from their learnings in the 2013
7.2-magnitude earthquake.
Participants
were
also given the opportunity
to visit various rehabilitated
infrastructures
and
restored
historical sites in Bohol and
Cebu. Bohol Governor Edgardo
Chatto, Tagbilaran City Mayor
John Geesnell Yap, and Mandaue
City Mayor Luigi Quisumbing
welcomed the MMDRRMC
Delegates as they visited each
LGU’s operations center. (PIA-
NCR with reports from DILG-
NCR)
Metro Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (MMDRRMC)