June - December 2019 Volume 1, Issue 1

Ms. Natividad T. Fuentespina, Public check if these can withstand disas-

By Anthea Shane Sermonia
Schools District Supervisor graced
the opening program along with
other Barangay Officials headed by
Punong Barangay Ernesto Elicanal.
The Brigada
ters following the earthquakes that
recently hit different parts of the
country.

T
eachers, students and par- Eskwela is the
ents of Balbino Seron Ele- annual program
mentary School were all set of the DepEd
early Monday ready to be a part of wherein teach-
the nationwide launching of Brigada ers, students,
Eskwela 2019 last May 20. parents, and oth-
A motorcade departed at 7:00 in the er interested
morning from the school passing parties join hands
through the nearby feeder barangays in p r ep a r ing
and finally coming back to the school classrooms in
grounds. public schools for
An opening program was held to use in the coming
formally welcome teachers, parents, school year.
students, and other stakeholders Classrooms and
who wanted to show their support school buildings
to the school by helping it get ready were also ex-
for the opening of classes. amined to Parents in action as they help the school get ready for the
opening of classes.
the program, the Balbino Seron Ele- National Nutrition Month aims to
mentary School held a short pro- promote healthy diets that would
gram to promote healthy living and contribute to the reduction of the
By Samantha Louise Menor practices. incidence of overweight, obesity and
Each grade level prepared an inter- non-communicable diseases among

J uly is known as the Nutrition mission number which brought de-

Month all over the country and light to the viewers especially to the
to show its utmost support to parents.
Filipinos; teach the public how to
better discern between healthy and
unhealthy foods for better food
Mrs. Sheila Marie choices; and encourage the food
Alunan, Nurse I industry, including farmers, produc-
of the Municipal ers, and distributors, and food es-
Health Office of tablishments to produce and make
San Joaquin was available healthier food options to
the invited guest consumers.
speaker of the An unhealthy diet is one of the
program. Nurse common shared risk factors to obe-
Alunan said that sity and non-communicable diseases
with this year’s such as cancers, heart diseases and
theme, “Kumain diabetes.
nang Wasto at As we observe National Nutrition
Maging Aktibo, Month this year, we are all urged to
Push Natin be mindful of what we eat. If we eat
‘To!”, this year’s healthy food, we become healthy
celebration of individuals.
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 quakes. Many lives were lost, prop-
Just erties were damaged and a multitude
of people were displaced because of
A the said calamities.
That is the reason why the National
Thought Disaster Risk Reduction and Man-
agement Council (NDRRMC) was
By Colleviand Klien Sayson
created through Republic Act 10121
assigned to formulate a National
Disaster Risk Reduction and Man-
agement framework which serves as
the principal guide to disaster risk
reduction and man-
have to go back to zero and start
anew.
This can bring about realizations
whether one should practice living
light, where only the basics will be
acquired and used.
While it's most tempting to just pack
up and live on higher grounds, we
Volume 1, Issue 1
know that houses are lifetime invest-
ments as well, and that may not be
possible. Preparedness, then, is the
key.

D
o you know that aside agement efforts in
from Nutrition Month, July the country.
is also when we observe Disasters are hard to
National Disaster Consciousness overcome no matter
Month? how prepared peo-
Yes. That is by virtue of Executive ple may be. For the
Order No. 137 signed on Aug. 10, poor and middle-
1999 by then President Joseph Estra- class families, it's
da, In 1988, the first week of July never easy to recov-
was declared National Disaster Con- er from such devas-
sciousness Week but the observance tation. The vehicles,
of the occasion was extended to a the appliances, the
month to include man-made disas- home furniture, and
ters and other emergencies. the houses them-
Recently, the world was blown by a selves are lifetime
series of disasters from destructive savings. Anyone who
typhoons to devastating earth- loses all these will

By Dystar Egalin

B
albino Seron Elementary School
went home triumphant as they
bagged five awards in the re-
cently held First Congressional District’s
Press Conference and Contest held at
Guimbal National High School last Oc-
tober 18, 2019 conducted by the
Schools Division of Iloilo.
Awards bagged by the school include:
3rd Place in Copyreading & Headline
Ang Bungyod Editorial Staff during the 1st CD Presscon
Writing (Filipino) - Colleviand Klien Sayson
Anthea Shane Sermonia 15th Place in Editorial Cartooning
5th Place in Editorial Cartooning (English) - Raff Vincent Amihan
(English) - Charice Dawn Sandig The winners will advance to the Divi-
6th Place in Copyreading and Headline sion Press Conference and Contest to
Writing (Filipino) - be held at Dingle National High School
Jesmine May Sermonia on November 11, 2019.
7th Place in Editorial Writing(Filipino) -

Colleviand K;lien Sayson Anthea Shane Sermonia

Editor-in-Chief Associate Editor
Collieanah Eve Sayson l Sarah Drianne Anadon l Jesmine May Sermonia l Raff Vincent Amihan l Charice Dawn Sandig l Louise Derick Estrella l Maria Ella Doromal
News Editor Sports Editor Feature Editor Cartoonists Photojournalists
Ma. Gresilda Peñafiel Josephine S. dela Cruz Karen Joyce D. Bulabos Gilda S. Perez Cristina S. Sibaton Lorena S. Santiagudo
Advisers Consultant

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