128 BOHOL FARMERS RECEIVE LAND TITLES
A TOTAL of 128 farmers from Bohol on Thursday received their individual certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) during a turnover ceremony in Tagbilaran City. Crispiniano Fuerzas of Barangay Maitum, Catigbian town, and Anecito Granaderos, 57, of Barangay Mahayag, San Miguel, along with the rest of beneficiaries expressed gratitude to the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and the Department of Agrarian Reform ( DAR) for the land titles. Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto called on the beneficiaries to develop fully their landholdings to bring down poverty incidence in the province. The CLOAs covered about 103.5351 hectares of land in the towns of Carmen, Catigbian, Getafe, Danao, Pilar, San Miguel Sierra Bullones and Guindulman.
BULACAN HOLDS FORUM ON DENGVAXIA
THE Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Bulacan held a forum on dengvaxia to enhance its dengue program surveillance and response on Thursday. PHO head Joy Gomez said about 52,882 Grade 4 pupils, mostly from public schools, were injected by the dengvaxia vaccine since April 2016 and completed the three doses in April 2017. Gov. Wilhelmino Sy Alvarado said not a single pupil from almost 53,000 students given the vaccine have experience any symptoms of dengue disease. But he said information dissemination and awareness campaign on the fight against dengue must continue. He said the local government of Bulacan is initiating a comprehensive health program and continuously strengthening the anti- dengue campaign program.
22,699 WORKERS IN CENTRAL LUZON GET REGULAR STATUS
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recorded a total of 22,699 workers regularized by 246 establishments in the region as part of the government’s move to lessen unemployment rate and end the contractualization practice. Records show that 12,689 were regularized in 2017 by 141 establishments while 10,010 were given permanent status in 2016 under the Duterte administration’s war against end- of- contract or “endo” scheme. DOLE regional director Ana Dione, in a statement, said they have dispatched 24 labor laws compliance offices to conduct assessments on compliance of both the General Labor Standards and Occupational Safety and Health Standards. Meanwhile, some 674 contractors in Central Luzon were given the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board’s window application by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Regional Office–3 last year. DTI Regional Director Judith Angeles said the 398 contractors are in Pampanga, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Zambales and Aurora.