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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Lapuyan fetes 3rd Pantawid Pamilya Day, multi-stakeholders caravan


by: Claro A. Lanipa

Pagadian City, 31 May (PIA) – The local government unit of Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur, celebrated its third year  Pantawid  Pamilya Pilipino Program Day, a Multi-Stakeholders Caravan held at the Antonio V. Apostol Sr. Memorial Central Elementary School (AVASMCES) gymnasium and school grounds on May 29-30, 2012.

Mayor Daylinda Perez-Sulong in her opening message during the formal opening of the two-day event expressed her wholehearted thanks and gratitude to all the stakeholders for their all-out support to the poverty reduction program and social development strategy of the national government.

Lapuyan was one of the first 12 municipalities of the province to avail the Conditional Cash Transfer which is widely known as Pantawid Pamilya.   To date 2,561 indigent households of the municipality benefitted from the program.

To make the event more significant different activities were set, such as the conduct of Agri-Fair where Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries displayed their farm produce to be sold to the public. The First Infantry “Tabak” Division Philippine Army rendered free dental and circumcision among children, while the LGU’s health officials offered  medical  consultations with free medicines.
Bloodletting operations were also conducted by the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC).

Other stakeholders like the Philippine Health Insurance distributed  Member Data Record (MDR)  to some 3,862 Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. While NCIP, DOH, DSWD, DepEd, DOLE, DTI, DAR, DA and TESDA were also invited to answer queries and consultations from the beneficiaries and to give updates on their programs and services.

To highlight the event a mass wedding called ”Gbelai di Dlepuyan 2012” a Subanen term, was conducted wherein 395 couple-beneficiaries were solemnized as one by Mayor Sulong, witnessed by DSWD 9 Regional Director Teodulo Romo together with other guests and the local officials of the said municipality. (CAL/PIA9)