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E-Learning Course on Nutrition in Emergencies and Nutrition Information for the LGUs
On 11 November 2020, the NNC-Region III, in partnership with the Department of Health Central Luzon Center for Health Development, opened the E-learning Course on Nutrition in Emergencies and Nutrition Information for the local government units of Central Luzon via zoom teleconference. The e-learning course will run from November 11 to December 18, 2020, spread…
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NNC-Region III Soon to Establish its Vegetable Garden
Photo credit to the FAO webpage; World Food Day on 16 October 2020The National Nutrition Council (NNC) Region III as its commitment to the 2020 World Food Day Celebration on 16 October 2020 will establish its own vegetable garden in the vicinity of its office. The establishment of a vegetable garden is in partnership with…
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Mabalacat City Government: Certified Mother-Baby Friendly Workplace
Congratulations, Mabalacat City for acquiring a Mother-Baby Friendly Workplace Certification from the Department of Health Central Luzon Center for Health Development (DOH CL CHD)! The City Government of Mabalacat was the first among the 137 local government units in Central Luzon to receive the Mother-Baby Friendly Workplace Certification from the DOH CL CHD. The certification was…
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Breastfeeding Station in Mabalacat City Government
Mabalacat City Government opened its new breastfeeding station through the initiative of City Mayor and Chairperson of City Nutrition Committee, Honorable Crisostomo C. Garbo, City Administrator Atty. Emmanuel Ignacio and the City Nutrition Office (CNO), located at the Business One Stop Shop Area of the City Hall. The breastfeeding station is adequately provided with the…
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NNC-Region III Successfully Conducts a Nutrition Advocacy Webinar for the Local Chief Executives (LCEs) of Central Luzon
Last 3 September 2020, the National Nutrition Council-Region III (NNC-Region III), in coordination and with the support of the Department of Interior and Local Government-Regional Office 3 (DILG-RO3) organized a webinar entitled “Building Pandemic Resiliency of Local Government Units through Investments in Nutrition in the 2021 Annual Investment Program,” for the Local Chief Executives (LCEs)…
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Central Luzon Federated BNSs: Ties that Bind
It was in 2009 when the municipal, city and provincial BNS federations of the seven (7) provinces and 14 cities of Central Luzon were organized into a regional federated group, named Central Luzon Association of BNSs, Incorporated or CLABI. Ms. Filipina A. Delos Reyes, president of the local association of BNSs-Bayanihang Bulakenyo in Bulacan Province,…
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Guagua beefs up support to farmers amid COVID-19 pandemic
GUAGUA, Pampanga, Oct. 22 (PIA) — Municipal government of Guagua vowed to continuously support the town’s agriculture sector despite the ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.In an interview, Mayor Dante Torres said the local government continues to implement various programs that will not only help farmers and fisher folks, but will ensure food security and sufficiency among…
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CLANAO’s Response during COVID-19 Pandemic
Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up.” – Oliver Wendell HolmesAs the entire Central Luzon was placed under enhanced community quarantine due to COVID-19 pandemic, NNC-Region III anticipated the wide range of outcomes to the nutritional status of the vulnerable groups such as infants, preschool…
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Olongapo SK beefs up programs on food security, environment protection
Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Olongapo City Federation President Rodman Barroga discussed their plans to make Olongapo residents,especially those in the upland communities, to be self-sufficient. This is part of his interview in today’s Network Briefing News withPresidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar. (Marie Joy S. Carbungco)OLONGAPO CITY, Zambales, Oct. 15 (PIA) — Sangguniang Kabataan…
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Pampanga to open provincial trading center for agri products
TRADING CENTER. 3rd District Board Member and Provincial Committee Chair on Agriculture Atty. Anañias ‘Jun’ Canlas discussesthe establishment of the provincial trading center for Pampanga farmers and traders along with officials of the Armed Forces of thePhilippines (AFP) and representatives from different farm cooperatives in the province. (Photo courtesy of Pampanga ProvincialInformation Office)CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, Sep.…
