Quirino province http://www.quirinoprovince.com Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:01:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 PHILIPPINES: Food security warnings over El Niño http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/philippines-food-security-warnings-over-el-nino/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/philippines-food-security-warnings-over-el-nino/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:01:21 +0000 admin http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=256 MANILA, 8 March 2010 (IRIN) - Warnings have been raised over food security in the Philippines as the El Niño phenomenon wreaks havoc across vast agricultural areas, leaving staple crops such as rice dying in parched earth, officials say.

 

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]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/philippines-food-security-warnings-over-el-nino/feed/ Region 2 married women highest users of family planning http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/region-2-married-women-highest-users-of-family-planning/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/region-2-married-women-highest-users-of-family-planning/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:19:36 +0000 admin http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=254 by Oliver Baccay
    Tuguegarao City (4 March) — The results of the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) which were conducted last 2008 revealed that knowledge of family planning is universal among women in the country.
    The survey shows that more than half of the married women are using family planning and the commonly known methods are the pill, male condom, female sterilization and injectables.

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]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/region-2-married-women-highest-users-of-family-planning/feed/ Crime rate in Region 2 rises in 1st quarter http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/crime-rate-in-region-2-rises-in-1st-quarter/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/crime-rate-in-region-2-rises-in-1st-quarter/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:16:50 +0000 admin http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=252 Tuguegarao City (4 March) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Command 2 has reported an increase in total crime volume in the first quarter of this year.

In the report of PC/Supt. Roberto M. Damian, Regional Director, a total of 431 crime incidents were recorded from January 1 to February 15, 2010, higher by 73 incidents or 20.39% as compared to 358 incidents of the same period last year.

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]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/crime-rate-in-region-2-rises-in-1st-quarter/feed/ Erlinda Bautista and Relatives http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/erlinda-bautista-and-relatives/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/erlinda-bautista-and-relatives/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:29:20 +0000 admin http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=249 Hi fellow Quirinian,

In response to the comment of Miss Evelyn Ogawa.

Kindly please help Ms. Evelyn Ogawa to locate his Mother and  relatives. If you you know the name Erlinda Bautista and family, kindly email ms. Ogawa @ showie2000@yahoo.com.

Ms. Evelyn, it’s better if you can give more details such as Town where your mother lives.

Thanks,

QPDC, Administrator

]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/erlinda-bautista-and-relatives/feed/ Water level drops further at Magat Dam http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/water-level-drops-further-at-magat-dam/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/water-level-drops-further-at-magat-dam/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:27:06 +0000 admin http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=246 By Villamor Visaya Jr.
Inquirer Northern Luzon
First Posted 21:19:00 03/04/2010

Filed Under: Waterway & Maritime Transport, Drought

 

RAMON, ISABELA—Water level at the Magat Dam dropped further below minimum to 156.15 meters, prompting operators of the hydroelectric plant there to keep its turbines running at least capacity and shorter period of time on Wednesday.

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]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/water-level-drops-further-at-magat-dam/feed/ Negros town placed under state of calamity http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/negros-town-placed-under-state-of-calamity/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/negros-town-placed-under-state-of-calamity/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:59:24 +0000 admin http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=242 MANILA, Philippines - The town of Murcia in Negros Occidental province has declared a state of calamity due to the effects on crops of the ongoing dry spell caused by the El Niño phenomenon.

Murcia town Mayor Esteban Coscolluela said they needed the declaration to be able to release funds for the farmers.

Coscolluela said an initial P2-million in calamity funds will be used for the local government’s rice assistance program for the farmers who are being affected by the dry spell.

http://ph.news.yahoo.com/abs/20100224/tph-negros-town-placed-under-state-of-ca-85c5a6c.html

]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/negros-town-placed-under-state-of-calamity/feed/ QPDC:Advertising/Election Campaign http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/qpdcadvertisingelection-campaign/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/qpdcadvertisingelection-campaign/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:45:03 +0000 admin http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=233 Good news to all political parties/candidates of Quirino Province!

QPDC is offering banner ads for you to reach out Quirinians, especially the youth who uses the internet.

Available banner ads:

1. 125px by 125px- P500/month

2. 160px by 600px - 1,000/month

(see below actual sizes)

Ads Description: 3 slides of pictures and text, clickable and link to your website, first come first serve.

The proceeds will be used to fund the maintenance of QPDC website.

for details: 09063581347


]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/qpdcadvertisingelection-campaign/feed/ Quirino draws up plan to face AH1N1 threat http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/quirino-draws-up-plan-to-face-ah1n1-threat/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/quirino-draws-up-plan-to-face-ah1n1-threat/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:56:39 +0000 eirolle http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=230 Cabarroguis, Quirino (February 25) — The provincial government of Quirino has drawn up a mitigating plan if in case there will be threats of AH1N1 to Quirino residents or suspected carriers of the disease here.

In a two-day planning workshop conducted by the experts from the Cagayan Valley’s Center for Health and Development (CHD2), local as well as national government offices based in this province joined the planning workshop aimed at crafting a very effective and suitable mitigating measures to stop a possible AH1N1 pandemic if there will be found carriers of the disease.

Dr. Marian Lyn de Laza, chief of the regional epidemiology and surveillance unit in the CHD said that the provincial government should always vigilant to monitor the entry of suspected AH1N1 carriers and if found out positive should be properly managed and treated according to clinical procedures.

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]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/quirino-draws-up-plan-to-face-ah1n1-threat/feed/ Sonnie Torres: Parangal para sa Quirinians http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/sonnie-torres-parangal-para-sa-quirinians/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/sonnie-torres-parangal-para-sa-quirinians/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:44:32 +0000 diffun_born http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/sonnie-torres-parangal-para-sa-quirinians/ if you know someone who should be recognized for doing something for the betterment of Quirino, please list them here.
i for one will not hesitate to nominate sonnie torres from aglipay for keeping this site/forum aglalo kadagiti kailyan tayo nga awan dita quirino

]]> http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/03/sonnie-torres-parangal-para-sa-quirinians/feed/ Our Lady of Piat graces Aquero Festival in Aglipay http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/02/our-lady-of-piat-graces-aquero-festival-in-aglipay/ http://www.quirinoprovince.com/2010/02/our-lady-of-piat-graces-aquero-festival-in-aglipay/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:21:32 +0000 admin http://www.quirinoprovince.com/?p=226 Aglipay, Quirino (19 February) — Thousands of parishioners of St. Lourdes here and the nearby parishes welcomed the replica of Our Lady of Piat from Piat Basilica Minore in the Aquero Festival from February 11-14, 2010.

Aquero in Lourdes dialect pertains to the Blessed Virgin Mary herself. It can be recalled that after 18 appearances of the Lady to the peasant girl Bernadette Soubirous in Lourdes, Fance, the Lady finally told her that she is the Immaculate Concepcion.

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