Mga Batayang Filipino Sign para sa DRR

Mahalagang makasama ang mga sektor sa paghahanda sa anumang sakuna gaya ng lindol, pagbaha at iba.

Ngayon Ikalawang 2019 National Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (2nd Quarter), ibinahagi ng Deaf Disaster Assistance Team - DRR Manila Chapter ang ilang Filipino Signs na magagamit sa paghahanda sa mga kababayang Bingi sa kalamidad.

Nasa Ingles man ang mga termino, Filipino Sign Language (FSL) naman ang sign language na ginamit ni Mr. Ferdinand Vizmanos para maipaunawa sa mga kababayan, bingi man o hindi, ang mga pangkaraniwang kataga sa disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM).

Maraming salamat din kay Ms. Joi Villareal ng Philippine National Association of Sign Language Interpreters na siyang nagpa-facilitate ng video sa akin.

Narito ang link ng video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9hw0QPp2L0

Kampanya kotra iligal na droga, palalakasin sa barangay

Nakatakdang pag-usapan sa nalalapit na Barangay Assembly sa buong bansa ang isyu ng bawal na gamot.

Ayon kay James Fadrilan, regional director (RD) ng Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) - Mimaropa, karamihan ng mga insidente na may kinalaman sa iligal na droga ay nasa mga barangay.

"Mayroon hong dapat itayo ang barangay, kung tawagin ay Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Council. Para ho ang paglaban sa barangay level ay maisakatuparan. Malaki po (ang papel ng mga kababayan sa barangay)...sila po ang pwedeng makapagbigay ng impormasyon: kung nasaan ba itong pushers, users, na involved sa iligal na droga," sabi ni RD Fadrilan.

Kung walang impormasyong magagamit, sinabi ni RD Fadrilan na hindi matutukoy kung sino sino ang sangkot sa iligal na gawain.

Ang Barangay Assembly ay dalawang beses sa isang taon ginagawa ng mga barangay.

Sa asembliya iniuulat ng mga pinuno kung anong mga proyektong pinaglaanan ng pondong nalikom sa kita ng kanilang barangay.

" Ang nakapaloob doon ay yung kanilang accomplishment noong second semester ng 2015. Kasama dun ang kanilang financial report..."ani RD Fadrilan.

Para kay RD Fadrilan, ang asembliya ang "pagkakataon (ng mga kababayan) para makapagtanong sa kanilang mga opisya" hinggil sa mga proyektong naipatupad o aktibidad na napaglaanan ng pondo.

Ang nalalapit na Barangay Assembly ay gaganapin ngayong Sabado, ika-26 ng Marso.

Kaugnay nito, pupuntahan ni RD Fadrilan ang Barangay Lapu-lapu, ang napiling showcase barangay sa Mimaropa.

Ang Barangay Lapu-lapu ay matatagpuan sa Santa Cruz, Marinduque. 

Alamin ang iba pang detalye sa nalalapit na Barangay Assembly, tingnan sa http://bit.ly/1PsJiiG at http://bit.ly/1ZvoZsz. 

BADAC: strengthening drug abuse prevention in the barangays

The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is calling on kababayans living in Mimaropa to participate in the upcoming Barangay Assembly.

The assembly is held twice a year (semestral) by barangay leaders, across the country including Mimaropa, to report their accomplishments to their constituents.

Likewise, the assembly provides the venue for kababayans to ask or inquire how barangay funds were alloted and spent

Among the topics to be tackled in the assembly is the establishment of Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Councils otherwise known as BADAC.

DILG-Mimaropa Regional Director (RD) James Fadrilan said drug trade incidents occur in barangays and putting up a BADAC will intensify the campaign against illegal drug trade in the neighborhood.

RD Fadrilan underscored the important role of civilians in the campaign against illegal drugs: by providing critical information on suspected pushers and users.

The Barangay Assembly is scheduled this Saturday, March 26. 

Learn more about the Barangay Assemblies, see http://bit.ly/1PsJiiG and http://bit.ly/1ZvoZsz.

Job vacancies at PTV-4, PIA

PTV-4 is looking for a production assistant/writer. 

(From CJ Sarmiento) For  immediate hiring: Production Assistant/Writer (News Department, PTV4) Fresh graduates are encouraged to apply. Send CV with cover letter to cj.sarmiento14@gmail.com. (Cover letter addressed to Mr. Richard Noblejas). Please share!

REMINDER: Deadline of application for job vacancies at the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) is tomorrow (December 23).

PIA is looking for an accountant and information officers.

For details, check out the links below:

http://newsdesk.pia.gov.ph/files/CENTRAL_Nov%202014.pdf

http://newsdesk.pia.gov.ph/files/REGIONAL_Nov%202014.pdf

Job openings at DOH, PIA

The Epidemiology Bureau of the Department of Health is hiring Surveillance Assistants for the National HIV/AIDS & STI Surveillance and Strategic Information Unit. 

Application deadline: January 5, 2015

Tentative date of interview: January 12, 2015

Required Qualifications:

·         Applicant must have a medical or allied medical degree; or have a social science degree with work experience in STI or HIV;

·         Excellent in both written and spoken English;

·         Proficiency in using MS Excel, MS Powerpoint and MS Publisher

Preferred Qualification:

·         Knowledge on Epi Info, STATA and/or SPSS 

Interested applicants may submit their updated resume to hivepicenter@gmail.com or Rm 209, Bldg. 19, National Epidemiology Center, Department of Health, San Lazaro Compound, Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila

Kindly send to your contacts as well.

Thank you.

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Philippine HIV EpiCenter

National Epidemiology Center, Department of Health

2/F Bldg 19, San Lazaro Compound, Sta. Cruz, Manila

The Philippine Information Agency is likewise looking for an accountant and information officers.

For details, check out the links below:

http://newsdesk.pia.gov.ph/files/CENTRAL_Nov%202014.pdf

http://newsdesk.pia.gov.ph/files/REGIONAL_Nov%202014.pdf

Deadline of application is on 23 December 2014.

Workers' brown bag sessions seen to boost HIV and AIDS prevention campaigns in factories

In a tough environment to sustain workers’ awareness about the growing number of HIV and AIDS incidence in the country, a labor federation has found brown bag session during union break meetings an effective way of helping curb the spread of the disease in their workplace and community.

More than a hundred officers and members of Mondelez (formerly Kraft Philippines) workers’ union were taught that it’s okay to share spoons, forks even shirts with or kiss people living with HIV and AIDS during their union break held last Saturday in Sucat, Paranaque factory.

The one-hour learning session was organized by the Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) and designed by the Shell Foundation as their shared commitment in battling the spread of HIV and AIDS. The activity coincided with the universal commemoration of 2014 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial and Mobilization held the same day.

“At the end of the session, we learned that HIV and AIDS can be acquired through contaminated blood transfusion, drinking of contaminated breast milk and unprotected anal sex. But we also discovered that it’s okay sharing a spoon or a fork, drinking glass, and wearing shirts worn by people living with HIV or with AIDS. Timely and factual information like these enables us with an informed choice when we are confronted by a situation in either the community or in the workplace. The information shared with us also freed ourselves from the myths and falsehoods surrounding the disease,” said Allan Abena, president of the Mondelez employees union.

He added that union members also learned that it is unlawful for companies or employers to discriminate workers with HIV and AIDS from employment or promotion serve as a basis for firing employees as he urged other unions and companies to do the same.

The ALU, with the help of Shell Foundation, is planning to hold more brown-bag sessions or union breaks discussion about HIV and AIDS issues inside factories, offices and other workplaces to help curb the spread of HIV and AIDS.

“In sustaining the focus on HIV, we are re-introducing this very basic but concise, factual information about HIV and AIDS to our union members and try to create a significant series of break in the cycle of stigma and discrimination about the disease. In order for the information to stick in their minds, we try to connect the issue with their simple everyday objects, experience or personal habits,” said Alan Tanjusay, ALU policy advocacy officer and spokesman for the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP).

The ALU is the biggest affiliate of labor center TUCP and the largest labor federation in the country today. While it manages the most number of Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) of unions in various public and private industry unions, it also represents workers’ voice in various tripartite policy discussions on many important national issues. ###

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR INTERVIEWS, CONTACT:

 
Alan A. Tanjusay,  spokesman & OIC-Media and Public Information Department, TUCP& Policy Advocacy Officer, ALU
Mobile Phone: +63.906.410.2134  / Landline: (63-2) 922.5575 local 122 / Email: associatedlaborunions@gmail.com
Office Address: TUCP-PGEA Compound  Maharlika corner Masaya Streets, UP Village Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Mimaropa had a recent interview with Dr. FERCHITO AVELINO, Executive Director, Philippine National AIDS Council Secretariat, when he conducted an re-orientation at the PIA Central Office.

The interview, conducted in Filipino, discussed basic information on HIV and AIDS as well as its prevention and treatment. 

Watch them all at these links: http://bit.ly/1vP2cKA, http://bit.ly/1hey55H and http://bit.ly/1gV7ujB.

Although there were technologies reported to have shown potentials to treat HIV and AIDS, there is still no cure (as of this writing) and prevention remains the best way to arrest the spread of disease.    

DOST’s LiDAR technology sets sights on Davao Oriental

Davao Oriental province in Region 11 is one of the next priority areas for 3D-flood mapping via the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) and UP’s DREAM-LiDAR program which seeks to generate detailed flood hazard maps and inundation models for early weather information.

Mapping will start in August 2014 and may be completed by September, according to Dr. Enrico C. Paringit, program leader of DREAM which stands for Disaster Risk Exposure Assessment for Mitigation.

Paringit shared this development during the recent Region 11 leg of DOST’s Iba Na ang Panahon (INAP): Science for Safer Communities information campaign held at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City recently and attended by local officials and disaster risk reduction managers.

“We realized that these areas really need a lot of attention in terms of trying to update the current set of hazard information that we have,” revealed Paringit. “Because we thought it’s no longer about landslides. It’s not just a matter of saying how resilient your house is against strong winds; it also matters where the house or the structure is located.”

He related that when Davao Oriental was hit by typhoon Pablo in 2012, the major concerns were the strong winds and landslides. However, when typhoon Agaton slammed the province in January 2014, flooding became the main problem. Boston, Baganga, and Cateel municipalities experienced massive flooding leaving some residents homeless. In fact, houses that survived Pablo did not escape the wrath of Agaton this time.

“Ironically, it led to two things. One, those that were previously identified to be safe areas or resettlements, were hit by the flooding. Second, infrastructure which were built to rehabilitate these areas after Pablo, such as the bridges, were also damaged,” Paringit said.

In addition, the changing topography of Davao Oriental which will eventually affect other communities, needs finer-scale topographic mapping using LiDAR technology. This change in topography happened in the aftermath of Pablo as landslide materials coursed through the river systems as additional debris, thus causing the water to find other routes.

Paringit also added that finer-scale mapping will produce hazard information that will be useful for setting parameters of building design that can better withstand fierce calamities like Yolanda and Agaton.

“If you’re data limited, you’re also process limited. But if you’re data rich, you’re also process rich,” Paringit stressed.

INAP, a nationwide campaign,  is a collaboration between DOST, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the Office of Civil Defense. The Region 11 leg gathered regional provinces as well as two provinces from the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. Aside from local officials and DRRMs, INAP Region 11 was also attended by member agencies from the academic and private sectors.  (S&T Media Service, DOST-STII) 

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For your information and dissemination please.

Thank you.

Ma. Lilibeth P. Padilla

Public Affairs Unit, Communication Resources and Production Division

Science and Technology Information Institute

Department of Science and Technology (DOST-STII)

Pamahalaan ng Pilipinas, dibdiban ang pagpapalago ng mga negosyo

Hinikayat ng pamahalaan ang mga mamamayan na magnegosyo sa halip na mamasukan.

Kung mapapalago ang mga negosyong bulilit, lalaki din ang mga oportunidad sa trabaho sa bansa.

“Maraming tayong programa dyan, isa na rito ang SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)Caravan…iniikot natin sa bansa yan at nagbibigay tayo ng libreng seminar,”ayon kay ni Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo, “tinuturuan natin kung paano magnegosyo, kung ano ang inenegosyo at mayroon pang technical skills training.

Kaya sa pagbubukas ng SME Week, panawagan ni Secretary Domingo sa madla ay lumahok sa mga libreng enterpreneurship briefing sessions sa iba’t-ibang panig ng bansa.

Sa mga taga-Mega Manila, maaring magsadya sa Philippine Trade Training Center sa Biernes at sa Sabado para sa maghapong pakikiniig at panonood ng mga talakayan.

Ang skedyul sa biernes mula alas-8 ng umaga hanggang alas-12 ng tanghali: (1) paano mag-negosyo; (2) ang pagpapaliwanag sa Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBE) Law; (3) Product Standards Law (o mga pamantayan sa produkto); (4) karapatan at proteksyon sa mamimili; (5) paano makakakuha ng Food and Drug Authority Certificate; (6) Paano magagamit ang internet sa pagnenegosyo; (7) paano magtatayo ng laundry business o pagnenegosyo sa pamamagitan ng paglalaba;(8) paggawa ng pabango; (9) paggawa ng herbal soap; (10) meat processing o paggawa ng tosino, longganisa at luncheon meat; at (11) paggawa ng mga kwintas at iba pang accessories gamit ang beads.

Pagdating ng hapon, ang mga sumusunod naman ang mga pag-uusapan mula ala-una hanggang alas-5 ng hapon : (1) integrated business licensing;(2) seminar sa Halal certification o pagsesertipika ng mga produktong Halal; (3) cleaner production; (4) packaging design at labeling; (5) product design awareness;(6) pagrerehistro ng patents, trademarks and trade names; (7) laundry and cleaning aids; (8) paggawa ng siomai at iba pang meat processing products; at (9) gift-wrapping.

Bukod sa mga nabanggit na paksa, tatalakayin din buong maghapon ang paghilot at kung ano ang mga hakbang para makinabang nang husto sa paghihilot.

Sabado, ika-9 ng Hulyo, ang maghapong pag-uusapan sa briefing session ay ang basic photography at flips-flops (sandals) making.

Naka-iskedyul din sa umaga mula alas-8 hanggang alas-12 ng tanghali, ang mga sumusunod: (1) pagpapatakbo ng money-changing shop; (2) mga programa sa pag-pagpopondo at pagpapautang para sa negosyo; (3) paano magsimula ng negosyo; (4) food safety o pagtiyak ng kalinisan sa pagkain at kaligtasan ng mamimili; (5) paggawa ng siopao at dimsum; (6) paggawa ng mga cakes na hindi na kailangan lutuin (No-Bake); at (7) paggawa ng polvoron at pastillas.

Sa hapon, pag-uusapan naman ay ang mga sumusunod: (1) pagbili ng prankisa (o negosyong pinaprankisa gaya ng mga fastfood); (2) pagpapa-upa ng apartment o puwesto; (3) paggawa ng pabango; (4) paggawa ng mga produktong gamit ang bead; (5) mga cleaning aid; (pag-aayos o arrangement ng bulaklak at lobo); at (6) paggawa ng empanada at pizza roll.

Maaring magbago ang skedyul, kaya pinapayuhan ang lahat ng mga interesadong matuto sa briefing session na tumawag sa DTI-Bureau of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise Development (DTI-BMSMED) sa numerong 897-1693 at 751-5076.

Bago ang mga briefing session, magkakaroon muna ng SME Summit sa Huwebes kung saan ang ‘mga small and medium enterprises ay magpupulong-pulong para makagawa ng plano at makita kung saan pa ang mga kinakailangan’.

kabilang sa pag-uusapan sa SME Summit ay ang SME Development Plan mula taong 2011 hanggang 2016.

Hinggil naman sa One Town, One Product (OTOP) program, tiniyak ni Secretary Domingo na palaban ang mga pangunahing produkto ng bawat lalawigan.

Inihalimbawa ng kalihim ang banig.

Marami ngang gumagawa ng banig, pero sabi ni Secretary Domingo na malilito ang mga mamimili sa dami ng disensyong pagpipilian.

Anang kalihim, maraming banig ang pwedeng isabit sa dingding tulad ng painting.

Ang konsepto ng OTOP ay kamukha ng programang ipinatupad sa Thailand kung saan nangapital ang pamahalaan para palawakin ang mga negosyo sa iba’t ibang rehiyon ng monarkiyang bansa.

Para sa karagdagan impormasyon sa pagnenegosyo, panoorin ang talakayan nina Secretary Domingo at Albay Governor Joey Salceda sa "Pilipinas Natin" (Pindutin ang kuneksyong ito: http://bit.ly/q5T5Pl ).

Reference:
Lyndon Plantilla, 09212745592
Philippine Information Agency
opspia2004@yahoo.com