Pinoy Teens for PBA Bloggers’ Choice!

I’m very happy with how far Kevin has come this year, and I'm voting for Pinoy Teens as my 2011 Philippine Blog Awards Bloggers’ Choice 

Why I chose Pinoy Teens!

Well, it’s because Pinoy Teens is the one of the best blogs for teens. Kevin has been very optimistic how Pinoy Teens desires, wan year.

I have great belief in Pinoy Teens and I think that it’s going to be sooner or later when the blog receives the recognition that I believe it deserves.

Good luck Pinoy Teens and good luck Kevin!

DOLE bares 41 countries banned for deployment of OFW's!

 

The Department of Labour and Employment in a board resolution posted the blacklisted countries failed to sign international conventions protecting foreign workers.

POEA Governing Board, said that Section 3 of R.A. 10022 which provides that “the State shall allow the deployment of overseas workers ONLY in countries where the rights of Filipino migrant workers are protected."



Labor Department website listed the 41 countries as:

1. Afghanistan


2. Antigua and Barbuda


3. Barbados


4. Cambodia


5. Cayman Islands


6. Chad


7. Croatia


8. Cuba


9. North Korea


10. Dominica


11. East Timor/Timor Leste


12. Eritrea


13. Haiti


14. India


15. Iraq


16. Kyrgyzstan


17. Lebanon


18. Lesotho


19. Libya


20. Mali


21. Mauritania


22. Montenegro


23. Mozambique


24. Nauru


25. Nepal


26. Niger


27. Pakistan


28. Palestine


29. Serbia


30. St. Kitts and Nevis


31. St. Lucia


32. St. Vincent and the Grenadines


33. Sudan


34. Swaziland


35. Tajikistan


36. Tonga


37. Turks and Caicos


38. Tuvalu


39. US Virgin Islands


40. Vanuata


41. Zimbabwe

Davao del Sur Provincial Hospital to build much needed maternal health wing, at last!

Davao del Sur Provincial Hospital located at Digos City will get a two storey facility which will house maternal health services and facilities with a target completion on the last quarter of 2013.

The first phase of construction will include rooms for X-ray, ultrasound, emergency, nursery and central supply where the second floor of the building will accommodate the obstetrics-gynecology wards.

The hospital has currently a 170 bed-capacity that caters to pregnant women to avail of obstetrical service.
They are planning to expand the bed capacity to 80 additional beds, hopefully towards the last quarter of 2014 or first quarter of 2015.
Two OB-Gyne consultants will be hired to ensure better maternal health care and services.

Governor Douglas Cagas has been supporting this cause and is closely working with the Provincial Health Office for the upgrading of hospital facilities to provide better service to his constituents.

Bansalan's Lao Integrated Farms a role model on countryside development!

The coconut sugar firm in Bansalan, Davao del Sur is  a role model of the Department of Science and Technology’s flagship program on countryside development.


DOST Secretary Mario G. Montejo commended the Lao Integrated Farms, Inc. based in Barangay Eman, Bansalan for bringing improvements into the rural area of the province, using appropriate technology innovations.

Farm owner and chief executive officer Benjamin Lao started ten years ago from a barren land in Brgy. Eman. The  inventor and producer of the Donnabelle coconut sugar and syrup products made from coconut sap.

Lao recalled that he started developing the one-hectare coconut farm and introduced organic farming. Today, Donnabelle coco sugar and syrup products are exported to Australia, Germany and Japan.

The business has also expanded to other coco sugar-based products such as ginger tea, moringa, lemon grass and seasonings.
Lao said he had only seven workers prior to the DOST assistance. The company now has a workforce of 86 toddy suppliers and 35 regular employees.

He plans employing 50 additional workers when he expands the business to Japan by the last quarter of 2012.

Lao is a national awardee as Outstanding Farmer and Magsasakang Syentista. The provincial government also recognized Lao for his exceptional contribution not only in improving the agriculture sector, but also in uplifting agri-entrepreneurship through his invention and production of the coconut sugar/syrup.

Nominations for Datu Bago Awards 2012 now open!

DATU Bago Award, the most prestigious awards conferred by the City Government and partner organizations to outstanding Dabawenyos, has opened its doors again for its 2012 nomination.

The award is open to any person with significant contribution through their respective fields of expertise or specialization like education, business, and community service, among others.

Apart from that general qualification, nominees must comply with the following criteria set by the board:

For a living nominee, he or she must accept the nomination. Previous nominees can still be re-nominated provided updates on his/her accomplishments must be submitted.

However, those who have won an award are no longer qualified to be nominated.

Specifically, all who possess the following attributes are qualified for the award:

1. substantial contribution(s) to the growth and development of the City of Davao;

2. exemplary service(s) rendered to the community in any field or endeavor;

3. work-related accomplishment must merit national and/or international recognition, placing the city in the map;

4. must be law-abiding, of good moral character and integrity and has a good reputation in the community.

Submission of nomination will be accepted until December 15 and the awardees will be conferred during every celebration of Araw ng Dabaw in March.

Vitamin supplements may do more harm than good. .. . take it with caution!

There is no need for most people to take vitamin supplements and some may even be linked to a higher risk of dying in older women, according to a study published Monday in the United States.



Iron stood out among supplements as a particular concern, while calcium appeared to be linked to lower death risk, said the study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, a journal of the American Medical Association.

Experience Mindanao's largest wave pool at Paraiso Verde Resort and Water Park!

The largest wave pool of its kind in Southern Mindanao is Paraiso Verde Resort & Water Park, located in Korodanal City, South Cotabato.They have the best amenities in terms of water fun for the whole family and friends.

 

The four main attractions of the resort are  the Moby Wave Pool  (considered the largest wave pool in Mindanao and has a giant water bucket), the Adventura River Rapids, the Freestyle Swim Pool, and the Wiggles Kiddie Pool.