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Nanalong Ms. Talent nagpakita ng galing
sa modern jazz dance
ISANG 20 year old, 3rd year
Tourism student ng Lyceum of the
Philippines University-Batangas ang
tinanghal na Ms. Talent sa Talent
Competition ng Bb. Lungsod ng
Batangas 2019 dahilan sa kanyang
mahusay na performance ng modern
jazz production number. Siya ay si
Rica Angelica Adarlo ng barangay
Dalig.

Iba’t-ibang uri ng sayaw
ang ipinamalas ng mga kandidata
tulad ng folk dance kagaya ng
binasuan,
ballroom,
gymnast
acrobat, modern, contemporary at
interpretative dance.

Napiling Ms Photogenic
si Elisha Joi Serran ng barangay
Mahabang Parang, Ms Friendship si
Jainil Corpus ng barangay 2 at Ms
Luminous Glow si Corinne Luidee
Delgado ng barangay Alangilan. Siya
din ang nanalo bilang Bb Lungsod
ng Batangas Charity dahilan sa siya
ang may pinakamaraming tiket na
naibenta para sa Talent Show.

Ayon sa Cultural Affairs Committee, ang halagang nalikom
sa naturang kompetisyon ay
ipagkakaloob sa Badjao community
sa lungsod.
Nagwaging Bb Makakalikasan si
Reiny Rose Aquino sa Question and
Answer hinggil sa kapaligiran. Bilang
isang guro aniya ay iimpluwensyahan
niya ang kanyang mga estudyante
at lahat ng kabataan na maging
disiplinado partikular sa pagbubukod
bukod ng basura at pagtatanim ng
puno upang hindi maranansan ng
lungsod ang mga pagbahang naganap
sa ibang lugar sa bansa.

Kokoranahan sa ika-15
ng Enero sa Batangas City Sports
Coliseum ang magwawaging Bb
Lungsod ng Batangas 2019. Ang
pageant night ay tatampukan ng
mga sikat na artista sa telebisyon na
sina Jericho Rosales at Yen Santos
ng teleseryeng Halik at ang on and
off screen loveteam na sina Inigo
Pascual at Maris Racal. Aliw naman
ang ihahatid ng komedyanteng si
Wacky Kiray.
PASIG CITY -- The Department
of Education (DepEd), through
the Bureau of Curriculum
Development
(BCD),
shall
conduct the 2019 National
Schools
Press
Conference
(NSPC)
with
the
theme,
“Fostering 21st Century Skills
and Character-Based Education
through Campus Journalism,”
from January 28 to February 1 in
Lingayen, Pangasinan.

Pursuant to DepEd
Memorandum No. 167, s.
2018 dated October 31, 2018,
supplemented
by
DepEd
Memorandum No. 197, s. 2018
dated December 27, 2018, DepEd
shall allow each public and private
school participant included in the
official list of delegation to pay a
registration fee of Four Thousand
Pesos (P4,000) chargeable to the
School Maintenance and Other
Operating Expenses (MOOE)/ local/regional Funds or the
school
Campus
Journalism
Fund. Check payments shall be
deposited on or before January
10, 2019 to the Schools Division
Office of Pangasinan I account at
Landbank Lingayen branch.

Subject to the approval
of the 2019 National Budget, the
registration fee of all participants
shall be reimbursed by region/
division to be downloaded by the
DepEd Central Office.

A fund transfer in
the amount of Two Million
One Hundred Thousand Pesos
(P2,100,000) is necessary for the
host division to cover the costs
of trophies, medals, certificates/
tokens, supplies and materials,
rehabilitation of the billeting
quarters, board and lodging,
conference materials, rental of
equipment/ vehicles, payment
of utilities, and other related
expenses.

The Department fully
supports all Filipino campus
journalists, and strives to equip
them – through the NSPC – not
just with skills and competencies,
but also with the values and
experiences they need to help
them realize their full potentials.
(DepEd)
DepEd reminds NSPC
participating schools: Payment
of reg fee until Jan 10 only
Cultural Affairs Committee,
DENR vows more aggressive enforcement
of environment laws in 2019
QUEZON CITY -- The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) will be more aggressive in
enforcing environmental laws and
regulations in 2019 in order to sustain
the momentum created by the much
lauded rehabilitation of Boracay
Island and other accomplishments of
the agency last year.

“This year, I hope to send
a strong message to environmental
offenders and to the public of our
seriousness in implementing and
enforcing environmental laws, rules
and regulations,” Secretary Roy A.
Cimatu said during the traditional
DENR New Year’s Call held at the
DENR central office in Quezon City.

The New Year’s Call is
where the Secretary meets with all
DENR officials and employees to
announce the policy direction for the
agency and set the priority programs
and projects to be implemented
for the rest of the year. The annual
gathering also gives the DENR chief
the chance to present the agency’s
accomplishments in the previous
year.

Cimatu described the
Boracay rehabilitation, which was
carried out by the DENR and other
members of the Boracay Inter-Agency
Task Force as the “centerpiece of our
2018 accomplishments.”

“With the eyes of the world
upon us, we set forth to do what
cynics thought was impossible: to
transform a cesspool back to being
one of the world’s best beaches and
swimming destinations, within a
period of only 6 months,” Cimatu
said.

He added: “In Boracay,
our mettle was put to test. We not
only passed that test, but also carried
over the momentum to other prime
ecotourism destinations like El Nido
and Coron in Palawan, Panglao
Island in Bohol, and Puerto Galera in
Oriental Mindoro.”
Cimatu said the Boracay’s success
had spawned demands for replication
so the DENR decided to have the
rehabilitation of Manila Bay as its
“next big target.”

The
Manila
Bay
rehabilitation, he said, calls for a
change in approach considering that
its water quality has not improved
despite a Supreme Court mandamus
for its cleanup issued a decade ago.

“We are putting up a
Manila Bay command center,
we will get the local government
units more involved, and we will
be more aggressive in enforcing
environmental laws, particularly
against the dischaege of untreated
wastewater into the bay,” Cimatu
disclosed.

Apart from the Boracay
rehabilitation, Cimatu said the
DENR, through the National Water
Resources Board (NWRB), was
also successful in enforcing the
Clean Water Act in other parts of the
Photo Courtesy of PIA
country in 2018.

The
NWRB
caused
the closure of 486 commercial
establishments illegally operating
deep wells. It also slapped Pepsi
Cola Products Inc. with a hefty fine
of P11.8 million for operating 6 deep
wells in Muntinlupa City without the
necessary permits.

Cimatu also commended
the combined forces of the DENR,
the National Bureau of Investigation,
and the Cebu City government in
apprehending those responsible in
the butcher and sale of more than 100
kilograms of raw meat of endangered
green sea turtles.

In closing, Cimatu rallied
DENR officials and employees to
let the success in Boracay “fuel
our spirits in facing the challenges
before us in 2019” and keep in mind
that their mandate in the agency
“transcends our personal needs,
wants and interest.”

“In our hands and on our
shoulders, lie the future of our nation.
In the crucial 11th hour facing climate
change and all its chilling effects, we
are at a very critical time to make
dramatic changes,” Cimatu stressed.
(DENR)