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Eastern, western Pangasinan to get 100K

bags of NFA rice allocation


By Hilda Austria June 28, 2018, 5:17 pm

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DAGUPAN CITY -- Some 100,000 bags of rice allocation for the National Food Authority (NFA) in
eastern and western Pangasinan will be delivered to the province next month.

Dionisio Rivera, manager of NFA eastern Pangasinan, confirmed during the Kapisanan ng mga
Brodkaster sa Pilipinas forum here on Thursday that the NFA warehouses in eastern and western
Pangasinan will each receive 50,000 bags of imported rice from the 280,000 bags first batch
delivery.

Rivera said the imported rice will come from Vietnam and Thailand.

He admitted that the supply will only last seven to eight days considering the consumption
requirement of the entire province.

“But, we have enough supply because we produce rice in our province, we even sell our surplus to
neighboring provinces,” Rivera said.

He added that the price of the NFA rice, which will be sold in the market, will range from PHP27 to
PHP32 per kilogram.

The NFA is now processing the accreditation of rice outlets, which are intending to sell NFA rice.

“We hope that the supply will benefit those who are really in need or the indigent families,” Rivera
said.

NFA Pangasinan’s buffer stock started dwindling since last quarter of 2017. (PNA)
‘Run for Resilience’ to open 2018 NDRM
celeb in Ilocos
June 28, 2018 Joanna D. Sabado
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, June 25 (PIA) - - Aside from participating in a three-kilometer


run, representatives from member-agencies of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Council (RDRRMC– 1) are expected to hurdle through obstacles such as
tire run, belly crawl, wall climb among others, in a Run for Resilience (R4R) on July 1 at
the Poro Point here.

The fun run dubbed as ‘Run for Resilience’ is slated as the kick-off activity of Ilocos
Region for the 2018 National Disaster Resilience Month (NDRM) this July.

According to Mike Aldrin Sabado, information officer of OCD-1, said they are expecting
150 runners from regional and local DRRM councils to join the fun run.

“We incorporated obstacles in the run to display the participants’ resilience in


overcoming physical and mental challenges which is equally important in enhancing the
communities’ resilience on disaster,” Sabado said.
The activities for
the National Disaster Resiliency Month was discussed by Mike Aldrin Sabado of the Office of the
Civil Defense during the monthly program DRRM Radio in partnership with the Philippine
Information Agency-1 held on June 21. (JDS/PIA La Union)

Apart from the R4R, the OCD will be conducting an essay writing and poster-making
contest in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd-1), a Resilience
Caravan in Lingsat Elementary School, this city on July 18, another community-based
resilience caravan, and a mangrove planting as the culminating activity of the NDRM.

On June 28, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Executive Order No. 29 renaming
the National Disaster Consciousness Month to National Disaster Resilience Month and
shifting its focus from disaster awareness building to disaster resilience.
This year’s theme is “Katatagan sa Kalamidad ay Makakamtan Kapag Sapat ang
Kaalaman sa Kahandaan.” (JNPD/JDS/PIA-1, La Union)

Senior high students join nationwide


earthquake drill
June 28, 2018 Ma. Joreina Therese A. Blanco and Kristelle Ann Pauline Lagmay
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HANDA. Senior high school students practice "duck, cover, and hold" stance during the
Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill at the Ilocos Norte National High School.

LAOAG CITY, June 23 (PIA) - - More than 500 senior high students and faculty members
of the Ilocos Norte National High School actively participated in the National
Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) for second quarter on June 22.

Done quarterly, the activity aims to prepare the students and academe staff for
occurrence of earthquake in the province.

A siren signaled the start of the drill at 2:00 p.m. wherein students performed the “duck,
cover, and hold” stance.

In times of earthquake, students are practiced not to panic when inside the classroom
but advised to take cover under a table or desk.
Officials and volunteers from Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine Red Cross, and City
Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO) provided assistance in the
medical and rescue operations.

After the drill, INNHS attained a satisfactory rating for the active and cautious conduct
among the students and staff.

“Lumalaing dagiti estudyante ken dagiti responderda gapo ta quarterly iti pinag ensayo
dagiti ubbing. Makitatayo met nga kapigsa dagitoy ubbing ken nunto man addanto iti
ambulansya dan kaya danton, very good da! (Gumagaling ang mga estudyante at pati na
rin ang mga respondent dahil sa quarterly na pag-ensayo sa kanila. Nakita naman natin
na aktibo ang mga bata at kung mayroon na silang sariling ambulansya, kaya na nila.
Very good sila,” said Dr. Melvin Manuel, head of the CDRRMO.

Meanwhile, the school also takes pride on the immediate and responsive action of the
student-members of the Red Cross Youth.

“Maganda talaga itong earthquake drill lalo na sa aming mga active members.
Nagkaroon din kami ng mga ganitong training na lifesaver training para maging handa
kami sa mga ganitong insidente,” said Mark Dave Lorenzo, president of the said
organization.

The next earthquake drill is scheduled in August. (JNPD/MJTAB/PIA-1, Ilocos Norte)


Cleanest, safest, greenest towns named in La
Union
June 27, 2018 Joanna D. Sabado
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SAN FERNANDO CITY, June 25 (PIA) - - The province of La Union was one with the
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the nation as a whole in
celebrating the Philippine Environment Month this June by recognizing the cleanest,
safest, and greenest towns for 2017.

The search initiated this year by the Provincial Government of La Union had three
categories namely: first to third class municipalities (category A), fourth to sixth class
municipalities (category B), and the cleanest inland body of water.

For the first to third class municipalities, Agoo bested Naguilian and Bacnotan, which
landed second and third places, respectively.

The local government of Agoo was hailed as the cleanest, safest and greenest
municipality (first to third class municipalities category) in the province of La Union
receiving P1.5 million worth of projects. (photo: VAV/PIA-1, La Union)
Meanwhile, San Gabriel was hailed champion under category B along with Caba for the
second place and Santol, third place.

San Gabriel received one million pesos worth of projects after being recognized as the
cleanest, safest and greenest municipality (fourth to sixth class municipalities category).
(Photo by VAV/PIA-1, La Union)

Apart from the Tapuakan River in Pugo which is consistently recognized as the cleanest
inland body of water, Tangadan Falls in San Gabriel and Bulalakaw Falls in Bagulin also
bagged prizes.

Encouraging the representatives of the local governments “to be advocates and not
mere bystanders,” DENR-1 Regional Director Reynulfo Juan said, “Let us learn from each
other, encourage one another in shared responsibilities in environmental management.”

He added, “Local governments should take the lead in the celebration of Environment
Month and take a stand in what is happening to our environment, globally and locally.”

The lone component city, San Fernando also received a special award and P1 million
worth of project.

A total of P10 million worth of projects were allotted by the provincial government.
As incentives for the outstanding municipalities, they were awarded plaques and prizes
in the form of funding for an identified-environment management project.

The validation of San Fernando City and all 19 municipalities were undertaken during
the first quarter of this year.

The Regional Development Council lauded the initiative of the provincial government
for being the only provincial government in the region to sustain the search.

From 2010 to 2013, La Union was hailed consistently as the cleanest, safest, and
greenest province in the region earning them a Hall of Fame award. (JNPD/JDS/PIA-1, La
Union)
DepEd partners with Ilocos Norte town to
preserve Isneg culture
By Leilanie Adriano June 27, 2018, 7:40 pm

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LAOAG CITY -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is partnering with the local government unit
of Dumalneg, an Indigenous Peoples (IP) community in the first district of Ilocos Norte, to preserve
its Isneg cultural heritage.

Vanessa Aguinaldo, principal of the Dumalneg National High School, said Wednesday, as a way of
preserving the Isneg culture, they have included its teaching in the school curriculum so that the
students could have better appreciation of their roots.

The move is backed by the local government unit, said town Mayor Lervie Espiritu, who stressed the
importance of Dumalneg children learning more about the culture and tradition of the Isneg people.

“It is our task to instill in them the love and pride for the tribe and the values that they must live by for
the years to come,” said Espiritu.

As part of promoting and preserving the Isneg culture, the town of Dumalneg, in partnership with the
Department of Education, annually celebrates the “Aldaw na Tribu” or Tribal Day at the town’s tribal
museum every month of May.

During the festivity, there is the so-called “Tawid,” a culture learning transfer program where elders
teach Isneg children about the importance and origin of their traditions.

“During the program, our school children are encouraged to wear their native attire such as inyapao,
aken, barigkuso and baag. They also participate in the tribal dance called taddok and play the tribe’s
musical instruments like ludag, gangsa and genggeng,” said Aguinaldo.

All residents of Dumalneg underwent extensive profiling of their Isneg ancestry.

Those who are not natives of the said town like Aguinaldo said they respect and appreciate the
Isneg culture so much that they themselves have already learned to embrace it and make it a part of
their lives. (PNA)
Diamonds from space may be from 'lost
planet': Swiss research
April 23, 2018, 12:16 pm

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GENEVA -- Diamonds in a meteorite that exploded over Sudan in 2008 provide compelling evidence
of a "lost planet" that once existed at least four billion years ago in our solar system, according to a
press release from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) on Sunday.

An international team of researchers from Switzerland, France and Germany examined a slice of a
so-called Almahata Sitta meteorite which exploded over Sudan's Nubian Desert in 2008. The
Almahata Sitta meteorites are mostly ureilites, a rare type of stony meteorite that often contains
clusters of nano-sized diamonds.

The diamonds in the meteorite had chromite, phosphate, and iron-nickel sulfides embedded in them,
known as "inclusions," the EPFL press release said. These have been known for a long time to exist
inside diamonds found on Earth, but this is the first time that they have been encountered in an
extra-terrestrial body.

It is thought that these tiny diamonds can form in three ways: enormous pressure shockwaves from
high-energy collisions between the meteorite "parent body" and other space objects; deposition by
chemical vapor; or the "normal" static pressure inside the parent body, like most diamonds on Earth.

The research team calculated that a pressure of 200,000 bar (2.9 million psi) would be needed to
form the diamonds they studied, suggesting the mystery planet was as least as big as Mercury,
possibly even Mars. It is thought that the early solar system once contained many more planets.

"Many planetary embryos were Mars-sized bodies, such as the one that collided with Earth to give
rise to the Moon. Other of these went on to form larger planets, or collided with the Sun or were
ejected from the solar system altogether," EPFL said. "This study provides convincing evidence that
the ureilite parent body was one such large 'lost' planet before it was destroyed by collisions some
4.5 billion years ago." (Xinhua)
Air pollution causes tree malnutrition
June 25, 2018, 11:48 am

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LONDON -- Air pollution from farms, diesel engines and factories is leaving trees malnourished by
killing off the fungi that feed them nutrients, and "alarming" levels of disease in British trees are being
caused by air pollution, a study has found.

Trees across Britain and Europe have recently shown signs of illness, including discolored leaves
and sparse growth of leaves.

Toxic levels of nitrogen in rainwater also appear to be breaking up ancient fungal highways, known
as the "wood-wide web," through which trees exchange essential compounds.

Between 15 and 90 percent of forests in the UK are thought to be stricken by pollutants that trickle
down into the soil and disrupt the communities of microbes gathered around tree roots.

Now it has been found that the culprit is air pollution -- causing "malnutrition" in trees by harming
beneficial fungi in the roots.

The roots rely on the mycorrhizal fungi to extract soil nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and
potassium. In return the roots pass carbon to the fungi, a mutually beneficial relationship crucial to
the tree's health.

But tougher fungi, which return fewer nutrients, now thrive instead -- making the tree suffer from a
lack of nutrition.

As a result, researchers say legal limits on air pollution are set too high and need to be reduced.

Researchers from Britain's Imperial College and Kew Gardens studied 13,000 soil samples at 137
forest sites in 20 European countries. The authors, writing in the journal Nature, said that recent
studies recorded signs of tree malnutrition across Europe.

Over the past 10 years, they examined the fungi's tolerance to pollution.

Lead researcher Martin Bidartondo, from the department of life sciences at Imperial College and
Kew Gardens, said: "There is an alarming trend of tree malnutrition across Europe, which leaves
forests vulnerable to pests, disease and climate change."

"A major finding of the study is that European pollution limits may be set far too high," he said. "In
North America, the limits are set much lower, and we now have good evidence they should be
similar in Europe."
The team found that the characteristics of the tree and the local environmental conditions were the
most important predictors of which species of mycorrhizal fungi would be present and how many
there were. (Xinhuanet)

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