Angeles LGBTQ+ to hold skills training program
ANGELES CITY--Members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Lesbian, Queer or Questioning Plus (LGBTQ+) community here are set to conduct a livelihood and skills training program for the city's 33 bar an gays.
The program will be conducted in cooperation with Mayor Carmelo "Pogi" Lazatin Jr.'s office.
Lazatin expressed full support to the program and showed his gratitude for the efforts being done by the LGBTQ+ community in helping the city government provide alternative livelihood programs for Angeleños.
According to the Angeles City LGBTQ+ Community Head Jhune Angeles, their group is planning to initially conduct a dressmaking skills training program.
Angeles said they have coordinated with the barangay captains of the 33 villages, who also expressed their support for the program.
Angeles said their group will abide by the city’s safety and health protocols, by limiting the number of participants per training day.
The group has also sought the assistance of Mayor Lazatin’s Chief Adviser and Tactician IC Calaguas and Gender and Development (GAD) Office Head Mina Cabiles in providing the sewing machine and other materials for the participants.
To further help the participants after they completed the program, Angeles is also working closely with Calaguas in securing possible job opportunities for them inside Clark. Calaguas is also Clark International Airport's Vice President for Operations.
Angeles also said they are currently working on asking the assistance of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority ( TESDA) .
Angeles called on the members of the city’s LGBTQ+ community to support the program.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO--The Regional Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Team of the Central Luzon Department of Agriculture (DA -RFO 3), along with certifying bodies from the Bureau of Plant Industry conducted a site inspection on March 22 to 26, in the different provinces of the third region.
GAP is one of the DA's programs that ensures the safety of farmers and ensures that farming practices have less environmental impact, good quality of the harvest and does well to the health of consumers.
Samuel L. Fontanilla of the Plant Product Safety Services Division of the BPI said that the standard they follow in conducting site inspections based on the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Standards developed on food, fruits and vegetables and other plants commonly planted by farmers.
According to GAP's Focal Person for Central Luzon, Marilyn Velarde of Regulatory Division DA-RFO 3, in a total of 64 farms inspected in the region. The GAP conducted site inspections of 41 farms in Nueva Ecija; 11 in Zambales; nine in Pampanga; one in Bataan; one in Bulacan; and one in Tarlac.
The GAP certification also includes three of DARFO 3's Research Outreach Stations, namely the Central Luzon Integrated Agricultural Research Center (CLIARC) for Hillyland Development Zone in Botolan, Zambales; CLIARC for Upland Development Zone from Magalang, Pampanga; and CLIARC for Lahar Laden Development Zone in San Marcelino, Zam bal es.
It was a big help for Paul Amerika who owns 2Y2M Campsite and Farm in San Antonio, Zambales to get the GAP certification.
“I did GAP for my product to have quality and what the market is looking for now needs to be observed. of Good Agricultural Practices, ” America sai d.
Some of the large institutions seeking GAP certification from their suppliers are SM Supermarket, Robinsons Starmills, and Jolibee Foods Corporation which include Mang Inasal, Burger King, Greenwich, and Chowking.
Currently, the number of farm owners in the region who want to obtain a certificate from GAP continues to swell and it is expected that in May there will be final inspections on other selected far ms.