BAGUIO: National government agencies based in the Cordillera pooled efforts to aid farmers sell an oversupply of cabbage.

The oversupply stemmed from successive harvests and low prices at different trading facilities in La Trinidad, Benguet.

Kadiwa ng Pangulo trucks go around different national government agencies to sell the cabbage, according to Aida Pagtan, Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service head, on Friday.

Nine tons of cabbage were sold on Friday.

Kadiwa is a strategy of the government that directly connects food producers to consumers, making products less costly as intermediaries are eliminated.

“Tulong sa (Help for) farmers,” National Police Commission – Cordillera director Edith Puddoc said in an interview. “We asked all employees to buy.”

Other agencies where Kadiwa ng Pangulo trucks sold the cabbage include the National Economic and Development Authority, Professional Regulation Commission, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Public Works and Highways and Dep
artment of Agriculture.

“SSS (Social Security System) is willing to allow the Kadiwa truck to park at the compound to sell vegetables to the public as our contribution to the initiative,” Christian Andrew Rillorta, information officer of SSS – North Luzon, said.

Other agencies committed to accommodate the Kadiwa truck in case there will be other schedules for urgent selling of the highly perishable produce.

Source: Philippines News Agency

BAGUIO: National government agencies based in the Cordillera pooled efforts to aid farmers sell an oversupply of cabbage.

The oversupply stemmed from successive harvests and low prices at different trading facilities in La Trinidad, Benguet.

Kadiwa ng Pangulo trucks go around different national government agencies to sell the cabbage, according to Aida Pagtan, Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service head, on Friday.

Nine tons of cabbage were sold on Friday.

Kadiwa is a strategy of the government that directly connects food producers to consumers, making products less costly as intermediaries are eliminated.

“Tulong sa (Help for) farmers,” National Police Commission – Cordillera director Edith Puddoc said in an interview. “We asked all employees to buy.”

Other agencies where Kadiwa ng Pangulo trucks sold the cabbage include the National Economic and Development Authority, Professional Regulation Commission, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Public Works and Highways and Dep
artment of Agriculture.

“SSS (Social Security System) is willing to allow the Kadiwa truck to park at the compound to sell vegetables to the public as our contribution to the initiative,” Christian Andrew Rillorta, information officer of SSS – North Luzon, said.

Other agencies committed to accommodate the Kadiwa truck in case there will be other schedules for urgent selling of the highly perishable produce.

Source: Philippines News Agency

BAGUIO: National government agencies based in the Cordillera pooled efforts to aid farmers sell an oversupply of cabbage.

The oversupply stemmed from successive harvests and low prices at different trading facilities in La Trinidad, Benguet.

Kadiwa ng Pangulo trucks go around different national government agencies to sell the cabbage, according to Aida Pagtan, Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service head, on Friday.

Nine tons of cabbage were sold on Friday.

Kadiwa is a strategy of the government that directly connects food producers to consumers, making products less costly as intermediaries are eliminated.

“Tulong sa (Help for) farmers,” National Police Commission – Cordillera director Edith Puddoc said in an interview. “We asked all employees to buy.”

Other agencies where Kadiwa ng Pangulo trucks sold the cabbage include the National Economic and Development Authority, Professional Regulation Commission, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Public Works and Highways and Dep
artment of Agriculture.

“SSS (Social Security System) is willing to allow the Kadiwa truck to park at the compound to sell vegetables to the public as our contribution to the initiative,” Christian Andrew Rillorta, information officer of SSS – North Luzon, said.

Other agencies committed to accommodate the Kadiwa truck in case there will be other schedules for urgent selling of the highly perishable produce.

Source: Philippines News Agency

BAGUIO: National government agencies based in the Cordillera pooled efforts to aid farmers sell an oversupply of cabbage.

The oversupply stemmed from successive harvests and low prices at different trading facilities in La Trinidad, Benguet.

Kadiwa ng Pangulo trucks go around different national government agencies to sell the cabbage, according to Aida Pagtan, Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Service head, on Friday.

Nine tons of cabbage were sold on Friday.

Kadiwa is a strategy of the government that directly connects food producers to consumers, making products less costly as intermediaries are eliminated.

“Tulong sa (Help for) farmers,” National Police Commission – Cordillera director Edith Puddoc said in an interview. “We asked all employees to buy.”

Other agencies where Kadiwa ng Pangulo trucks sold the cabbage include the National Economic and Development Authority, Professional Regulation Commission, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Public Works and Highways and Dep
artment of Agriculture.

“SSS (Social Security System) is willing to allow the Kadiwa truck to park at the compound to sell vegetables to the public as our contribution to the initiative,” Christian Andrew Rillorta, information officer of SSS – North Luzon, said.

Other agencies committed to accommodate the Kadiwa truck in case there will be other schedules for urgent selling of the highly perishable produce.

Source: Philippines News Agency

Antique: The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) provided emergency employment to 32,211 families and livelihood assistance to 112 parents of child laborers in Antique in 2023.

DOLE Antique officer-in-charge Ma. Cecilia S. Acebuque said in an interview Friday that they provided livelihood assistance and emergency employment as part of their strengthened program on social protection for vulnerable workers.

‘There were 112 child laborers whose parents were extended with livelihood assistance so they could provide the school needs of their children,’ she said.

The department allocated PHP2.4 million for their identified livelihood projects, such as sari-sari stores and cattle-raising.

DOLE profiled 42 child laborers in the municipality of Culasi, 20 each in San Remigio and Bugasong, 12 in Tibiao, 10 from Laua-an, five in San Jose, and three in Patnongon helping their parents in farming, fishing, and construction works.

DOLE also allocated over PHP157.6 million for the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Di
sadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) last year benefitting 32,211 Antiqueños.

‘The TUPAD workers do various works such as coastal and highway cleanup, community gardening, and tree planting,’ she said.

TUPAD beneficiaries included residents of the island Municipality of Caluya displaced by the oil spill in February.

The DOLE official said they hope to get a bigger budget this year for more parents of child laborers and TUPAD beneficiaries to avail of their programs.

Source: Philippines News Agency

Pangasinan: The Pangasinan Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 3,592 cases of influenza in 2023, which is 66 percent higher than the 2,158 cases in 2022.

The peak in the number of cases was noted from September to December due to the change in weather, based on the report of the PHO-Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit on Friday.

The highest number was recorded in November with 526 cases, mostly among infants to nine years old.

The municipalities and cities under PHO monitoring are the towns of Anda, Bayambang, Lingayen, Alaminos, Bolinao, Binmaley, Bani, Malasiqui, and Mangaldan.

In a phone interview on Friday Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Ilocos Region medical officer Dr. Rheuel Bobis said scrapping of the mandatory use of face masks outdoors and easing of movement restrictions are among the factors that contributed to the rise in influenza cases.

He advised the public to tke preventive measures, such as availing of flu vaccines, which are given free for senior citizens at rur
al health units or health centers.

He also urged the public to avoid places that are crowded or do not have proper ventilation as airborne diseases easily spread in such areas.

‘For children, and also the adults, proper nutrition and prevention is necessary,’ he said.

He advised those who experience influenza-like symptoms, such as fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, and body aches, to rest and isolate from other family members.

‘Within or less than seven days, the symptoms would eventually go away,’ he added.

Source: Philippines News Agency