Misting at disinfection ng mga pantalan sa Oriental Mindoro, sinimulan na

QUEZON CITY, Ika-30 ng Oktubre, (PIA) Nagsagawa ng misting at disinfection ang kinatawan ng Department of Health -Mimaropa sa Calapan Port.

Bahagi ito ng pinagsanib na kampanya ng DOH-Mimaropa, Philippine Ports Authority at ng mga lokal na pamahalaan kontra sa dengue, malaria at filariasis.

Umaasa ang mga awtoridad na malilinis ang mga lugar na pwedeng pamugaran ng mga lamok na makapagdadala ng sakit mula sa mga pasilidad ng terminal hanggang sa kasuluk-sulukan ng mga barko.

Inaasahang din mailulunsad ng DOH-Mimaropa sa lalawigan ng Oriental Mindoro ang pneumococcal vaccination. (Lyndon Plantilla)

Draw and Tell sa Palawan: bukal ng biyaya para sa mga batang makasining

QUEZON CITY, ika-27 ng Oktubre, (PIA): Maraming bata sa Palawan ang nabiyayaan ng scholarship o allowance sa Draw and Tell Competition.

Ayon kay Pollie David ng Palawan Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, ang mga batang nagwagi  ng first place sa mga mga kategoryang ng singing at drawing ng Draw and Tell ay nakakatanggap ng Php 5,000 kada taon bawat baiting hanggang sa makatapos ng elementarya.

Bukod pa ang nasabing halaga ang mahigit sa tatlong libong cash prize na mapapanalunan sa araw ng kumpetisyon. 

Ang  Draw and Tell ay isa sa mga paboritong talent competition na idinadaraos ng mga lokal na pamahalaan sa Palawan tuwing Children’s Month bawat Oktubre ng taon.

Ngayong araw na ito, isang Draw and Tell competition ang idinadaos sa bayan ng Coron bilang bahagi ng pangrehiyong pagdiriwang ng Children’s Month sa pangunguna ng lokal na pamahalaan at ng  Department of Social Welfare and Development -Mimaropa.

Bukod sa Draw and Tell, nakatakdang ganapin ngayong hapon ang Palarong Pinoy gaya ng tumbang preso, luksong tinik, patintero at piko sa Coron Coliseum.

May laro din para sa isipan gaya ng dama at sungka.

Ang Children’s Month ay isang adbokasiya para isulong ang mga karapatang pambata at mga polisiyang nagbibigay proteksyon sa kanila.  (LP)

Local Conservation Area, pag-uusapan ng mga lokal na pamahalaan

QUEZON CITY, ika-22 ng Oktubre (PIA): Magpupulong ngayong Huwebes ang ilang mga lokal na pamahalaan sa Lungsod Pasig para pag-usapan ang pangangalaga ng biodiversity sa kanilang mga lugar.

Sa National Conference on Local Conservation Areas, pangungunahan ng Biodiversity Management Bureau,  kasamang lalahok ang bayan ng San Teodoro (Oriental Mindoro) sa dalawang araw na talakayan hinggil sa pagtatatag ng local conservation areas. 

Ang Local Conservation Area ay  bahagi ng isang lugar na hindi nasasaklaw ng NIPAS (National Integrated Protected Areas System) Act of 1992  kundi pinoprotektahan sa ilalim ng ordinansa na ipinasa ng lokal na pamahalaan. 

Ayon kay Environment and National Resources Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje, umaasa silang darami pa ang mga lokal na pamahalaan na mauunawaan ang kaugnayan ng kanilang ekonomiya sa pangangalaga ng kanilang eco system at iba pang likas yaman.

Inaasahang tatalakayin din sa kumperensya ang mga isyu ng turismo, pagbabago ng panahon, insentibo sa mga lokal na pamahalaan at iba pang karanasan sa pangangalaga sa agrikultura at pangisdaan. 

Misting at disinfection sa mga pantalan ng Mimaropa, umarangkada na

QUEZON CITY, Ika-22 ng Oktubre (PIA): Nagsimula na ang malawakang disinfection at misting sa mga pantalan ng Mimaropa.

Inilunsad sa Pantalan ng Puerto Princesa nitong Martes, pinangunahan ng Department of Health-Mimaropa ang paglilinis ng mga lugar na pwedeng pamahayan ng lamok  sa mga pasilidad ng barko at puerto sa buong rehiyon.

Hanap ng mga awtoridad ang mga lamok na makakapagdulot ng dengue fever, malaria at maging filariasis.

Ang disinfection at misting operation ay suportado ng Philippine Ports Authority at ng mga pamahalaang lokal ng bawat lalawigan.

Naniniwala si Regional Director Eduardo Janairo na makakatulong ang kampanya para maiwasan makalipat ang mga lamok mula sa mga barko papuntang mga probinsya at mula sa mga lalawigan pabalik ng barko.

Tiniyak ni Director Janairo na babatayan ng kanilang mga kasamahan sa probinsya ang disinfection at misting operasyon sa mga pier upang matiyak na maprotektahan  sa dengue, malaria at filariasis ang mga pasahero, mangagawa sa terminal, mga tripulante at maging ang mga kababayan sa mga lalawigan.

Hinikayat ni Director Janairo ang mga namamahala ng puerto at mga nagmamay-ari ng mga barko na magsagawa ng madalas na paglilinis partikular sa ilang bahagi ng terminal at barko gaya ng comfort rooms, basurang walang takip, bubungan, alulod at mga ilaim ng lababo.

Naiulat ng Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU)na  nakapagtala ang rehiyon ng  1,818 kaso ng dengue  mula Enero hanggang - Ika-18 October 18, 2014.

Mula sa nasabing bilang ng mga kaso, ang 1,146 na kaso ng dengue ay  nasa Palawan.

Pero mababa ang bilang ngayong taon kumpara sa noong 2013 (4,941 cases).

Karamihan ng mga nagkasakit ay nagkakaedad ng isang buwan hanggang  94 taong gulang.

karamihan din ng mga may-sakit ay mga lalaki.

Labing isa ang bilang ng namatay sa Dengue sa Mimaropa.

Pagdating sa Malaria, ang rehiyon ay nakapagtala ng 352 na kaso ngunit mababa na naman ang bilang ngayong taon kung ikukumpara sa katulad na panahon noong 2013 na mayroong  1,170 na kaso.

Gayumpaman, karamihan ng mga kaso ng Malaria ngayong taon ay nasa Palawan rin (342 cases).

Nasa pagitan ng dalawang buwan hanggang 89 taong gulang ang edad ng mga nagkasakit at karamihan  ay mga lalaki.

Tatlo naman ang naiulat na namatay sa rehiyon dahil sa Malaria.

Philippines stands to gain 3.1 million jobs as part of AEC common market

MANILA (ILO News) - Decisive policy action now is a must in order for the Philippines to benefit from the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).

The Philippines could add another 3.1 million jobs to its labour market as a member of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), expected to come into force in 2015. However, a new report says the country needs to boost skills training and social protection now in order to make the most of the single common market -- or else risk worsening poverty.

The study, "ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity" was prepared by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and discussed at a high-level national policy dialogue in the Philippines on Wednesday, 8 October. 

By the end of 2015, the AEC, a single common market and production base, will take shape in 10 ASEAN member States, including the Philippines. Freer flow of goods, services, investment and skilled labour will impact the structure of the economy as well as jobs, skills, wages and labour mobility.

However, if the benefits of AEC are unevenly distributed and poorly managed, integration could add to existing challenges in the areas of poverty, inequality, vulnerability and poor job quality.

"If decisive policy action is taken, AEC has the potential to ensure sustained economic growth centred on decent and productive work -- thus, help the Philippines achieve its goal of inclusive growth that creates jobs and reduces poverty," said Lawrence Jeff Johnson, Director of the ILO Country Office for the Philippines.

Risk of vulnerable jobs

Deepened trade integration under the AEC could lead to both economic and employment growth in the Philippines that could contribute to 3.1 million more jobs. However, around 38 per cent of these could be in vulnerable employment, and women account for just 1.1 million of expected job gains.

Demand for high-skilled employment such as managers, professionals, technicians and associate professionals could increase by nearly 60 per cent. Medium-skilled employment could grow by around 25 per cent mainly clerks, craft and related trade workers, plant and machine operators and assemblers, and service and sales workers. Low-skilled work could rise significantly, by more than 60 per cent.

This highlights the need to improve the quality and relevance of education and technical and vocational education and training in the Philippines to provide a smoother transition from the classroom to the workplace for Filipino youth.

"At the heart of promoting decent work is the goal of ensuring that the outcome yields workers that are mobile, job-ready, skilled and competent, which in turn should help produce sustainable and competitive enterprises," said Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz of the Department of Labor and Employment.

With the Philippines' integration into AEC, it is also expected that labour migration will continue to climb. Labour migration, particularly for low and medium-skilled workers, requires collective regional action to safeguard the rights of migrant workers, extend the coverage and portability of social security, and expand mutual skills recognition.

"The prospect of large gains in such jobs calls for coordinated labour market policies to improve working conditions and reduce vulnerability," said Johnson.

Priority areas for action in the Philippines as identified by the joint ILO-ADB study include:

·         create better jobs, including through industrial policies that target agro-industry for high-value farming products and more investment in irrigation, infrastructure and transport in rural areas;

·         enhance social protection programmes, improve implementation of existing schemes and enforce better disaster preparedness and response measures;

·         upgrade skills to meet shifting demand including effective implementation of the K-12, increase enrolment, minimize dropout and expand schools in remote areas as well improve technical and vocational education and training and reform the curricula to be demand-driven;

·         improve protection for migrant workers to provide legal and social protection and social security coverage to Overseas Filipino Workers, while further enforcement is also needed to stop recruitment malpractice;

·         strengthen collective bargaining to improve the productivity-wage link since better mechanisms can help translate the benefits of closer economic integration into shared prosperity.

Download Philippine country brief:http://www.ilo.org/manila/whatwedo/eventsandmeetings/WCMS_311800/lang--en/index.htm

Download full report, presentation and related 

materials:http://www.ilo.org/manila/whatwedo/eventsandmeetings/WCMS_310457/lang--en/index.htm

For more information please contact:

Minette Rimando

Media and Public Information

ILO Country Office for the Philippines

Tel. No.:+63 2 580 9900 / 580 9905

Mobile No.: +63 917 535 3162

Fax No.: +63 2 856 7597

rimando@ilo.org

Philippine launch and high-level national policy dialogue ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity

By 2015, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), a single common market and production base will become a reality in 10 ASEAN member States, including the Philippines.

Freer flow of goods, services, investment and skilled labour will impact the structure of the economy, jobs, skills, wages and labour mobility in the Philippines. However, if the benefits of AEC are unevenly distributed and poorly managed, integration could add to existing challenges on poverty, inequality, vulnerability and poor job quality in the country.

The International Labour Organization and the Asian Development Bank, with support from the ASEAN Secretariat, have conducted a study on ASEAN Community 2015: Managing integration for better jobs and shared prosperity.

The report examines the impact of the AEC on labour markets and offers evidence-based policy recommendations for better jobs and equitable growth, including strengthening regional cooperation, facilitating structural change, improving job quality, enhancing skills, boosting productivity and wages, and managing labour migration. The report further presents possible job gains and losses as a result of the integration.

The report with the Philippine Country Brief will be launched in a high-level national policy dialogue on Wednesday, 8 October 2014, 8:30 am at the Marriott Hotel Ballroom. This will be followed by a Press Conference at the 2nd Floor, Meeting Rooms 1-2, Business Centre of the Marriott Hotel. (The Marriott Hotel is located at No. 10 Newport Boulevard, New Port City Complex, Pasay City across the Terminal 3 airport. See map and transportation http://www.marriott.com/hotels/maps/travel/mnlap-manila-marriott-hotel/). 

Download the full report and related materials at http://www.ilo.org/manila/whatwedo/eventsandmeetings/WCMS_310457/lang--en/index.htm. 

The Philippine Country Brief and press release will be posted on the same site by Wednesday, 8 October. 

For details, call Minette Rimando, 0917 5353162