100% Marinduqueño Smile!

L to R: Dr. Raymond Sulit, PP , Dr. Gerry Caballes, Provincial Administrator Bong Raza, RC-MN Rotarian Agnes Espino,
 PE Coun. Antonio Mangcucang III, RC-MN Rotarian Elsie Magturo, RC-Roxas PP Melrose S. Lunn, 

Dr. Dick Herndershot, Governor Carmencita O. Reyes, Dr. Steve Krebs, RC-PSA PE Theda Collantes

Ayon sa pinakahuling tala ng World Health Organization (WHO) ang Pilipinas ang pangalawa sa may pinakamataas na kaso ng cleft lip at cleft palate (pagka bingot) sa buong mundo, nangunguna dito ang bansang Columbia.

Sinasabing isa sa mga pangunahing dahilan nito ay ang kakulangan ng wastong nutrisyon ng bata habang siya ay sinapupunan palang ng kanyang ina. Marami ding nagsasabihing ito ay namamana at dahil din sa iba’t ibang environmental factors.

Taong 1985 pa noong nagkaroon ng libreng operasyon ang ating probinsya para sa mga kabataang mayroong ganitong “facial deformities”.

Sa pangunguna ng Uplift Internationale, Rotary Club of Paranque Saint Andrews, Rotary Club of Roxas, Office of Congresswoman Regina Ongsiako Reyes at sa kanilang pakikipagtulungan at ugnayan sa Governor’s Office, Provincial Health Office at Rotary Club of Marinduque North, kanilang ilulunsad ang Operation Taghoy (Taghoy, salitang Cebuano na ang ibig sabihin ay to whistle).

Ito ay libreng surgical operation para sa mga kabataang Marinduqueño edad 21 taon pababa upang palakasin ang kanilang kompyansa sa sarili, mabigyan ng perpektong ngiti at maayos ang kanilang pagsasalita.

Inaasahang humigit kumulang na 100 kabataang Maarinduqueño ang makikinabang sa proyektong ito.

Para sa pagpapalista, Maari lamang po kayong tumawag sa Opisina ni Congresswoman Regina Ongsiako Reyes – (042) 332-0340 at hanapin si Ms. Rowena Tolentino o makipag-ugnayan sa Provincial Health Office.

Marinduque, among the best neighbours in the Philippines!

THE Philippine Human Development Report 2012/2013 identified Marinduque as among the few provinces in the country that shares high values with their neighbours, speeding the human development progress of its people.

The report, released by the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) and National Statistics Coordination Board (NSCB) this week, means the province exhibited strong local neighbourhood effects in human development agenda.

The UNDP defined human development as a way of giving people more life choices — to lead a long and healthy life, to be educated and knowledgeable, and to enjoy a decent standard of living. The human development index (HDI) was measured as a composite statistics of these three categories.

“Some locations exhibit strong local neighbourhood effects over the period: provinces in the Autonomous Region In Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), for example, and a number of other provinces in Mindanao (Bukidnon, Lanao Norte, Sultan Kudarat) are cold spots. On the other hand, Romblon and Marinduque are hot spots,” the report said.

The term “hot spot” in the report means the province shares similarly high values with its neighbours.

The report also showed the commendable and healthy inter-provinces relation of Marinduque in the MIMAROPA Region and Quezon province, which “… positively implicated in the behaviour of average income growth rates of the provinces…”

Among the provinces in the Philippines, Marinduque ranks 23rd in the HDI, four notches higher than Cebu province.

This significant improvement of HDI was attributed to the progressive development agenda of the province through peace and order, human health, agriculture prospects, access between locations, and specific political scenario. (JP/MNP News Team)

Mababasa dito

Marinduque Congresswoman - Elect Ate Gina Reyes, Nanumpa sa Malacañang!

L to R: DOTC - TRB Executive Director Pareng Edmund Reyes Jr., House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.,
DILG Sec. Mar Roxas, Marinduque Governor Carmencita Reyes, President Benigno Aquino III,
Congresswoman - Elect Regina Reyes, Atty. Marichu Reyes - Vega and Mr. Louie Vega

Nanumpa sa harapan ni President Benigno Aquino III ang humigit kumulang na 80 nanalong kongresista kahapon, Hunyo 27, 2013 sa Rizal Hall sa Malacañang. Kasama rito ang bagong kongresista ng Marinduque na si Congresswoman Regina Reyes. Ito ay para sa pagbubukas ng ika-16 Kongreso sa Hulyo.

Mababasa dito.