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Negros Oriental farmers gain from cattle fattening Posted: 15 Mar 2022 12:32 AM PDT TEN members of the Barangay Paniabonan Rural Improvement Club (BPRIC) in Mabinay town, Negros Oriental have earned over P83,800 from their cattle trading.Under the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Central Visayas-Special Area for Agricultural Development (Saad), the club has sold its cattle with net sales ranging between P6,300 to P22,700 six months ago.Maria Satoc, 61, one of the members, never expected the sales from the cattle.Satoc was teary-eyed when she recently received more than P24,000 as net income of her cattle at the auction market in Mabinay."Wala ko magdahum na dako-dako akong makuha na halin sa akong baka (I never thought that I can get the highest sales from my cattle)," said Satoc.Satoc said she was able to buy rice and medicines and pay her debt from the proceeds.The said club thanked DA for their extra earnings from selling their cattle.The DA and the association signed a memorandum of agreement for backyard cattle fattening program in 2021, which specified that beneficiaries of the Saad program can sell their animals but they must share 30 percent of the sales to the association for the rollover scheme.The earnings from the sales will also be used to buy new cattle for other members to avail themselves of the said project. (PIA)

PCW Negros Oriental calls for inclusion of women in political agenda Posted: 15 Mar 2022 12:30 AM PDT THE Provincial Commission on Women (PCW) in Dumaguete City, in celebration of Women's Month, has continued its call for special protection of women and inclusion in the political agenda, as Negros Oriental continues to reel from the effects of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic amid the national and local elections.But Women and Children's Protection Desk (WCPD) Chief Police Lieutenant Mariela Mira disclosed in a Kapihan sa PIA forum that violence against women (VAW) cases in the province went down from December 2021 to February 2022.The police recorded a total of 17 VAW cases in December 2021,10 in January 2022, and four in February 2022.Three rape cases were logged in January 2022, one in December 2021, and zero in February 2022.Mira said majority of the rape cases also happened inside the victims' homes and are committed by family members or relatives.She said the drop in VAW cases is the result of the Philippine National Police's (PNP) continuous information dissemination and awareness in barangays and radio programs, creation of an advocacy support group, appealing to women to join the PNP in its endeavors, and constant presence of the police force in the locality.In the same forum, PCW Deputy Chair Phoebe Tan said that this year's National Women's Month celebration aims to carry out the subtheme "Agenda sa Kababaihan, Tungo sa Kaunlaran," which focuses on the inclusion and promotion of women's participation in governance, leadership, and to narrow the gender gap, working towards sustainable and equitable development.Some of the top women's concerns that Tan cited to be included in the political candidates' platforms are improving access to education for women and girls, enhancing participation in climate change mitigation, improving access to justice for victims of abuse, and expanding access to women's health care services.Tan said she expects that with this year's election, political aspirants would make a commitment to push for women's agenda in their platforms.PNP's Women's Month activities include establishing province-wide checkpoints manned by female PNP personnel, distribution of solar light equipment to impoverished women in far-flung areas under their "Ilaw mo, Sagot Ko" program, and distribution of hygiene kits for women inmates in city and provincial detention facilities. (PIA)

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