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The Capiz Times The Capiz TimesSeptember 30 - October 6, 2013 1 THE VOICE OF THE CAPICEÑO ENTERED AS SECOND–CLASS MAIL AT THE ROXAS CITY POST OFFICE ON FEB. 25, 1982 VOL. XXXI NO. 50 SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 6, 2013 P15 IN CAPIZ P35-B for Universal Health in 2014 By Jose Arsenio Quinzon DTI sets ROXAS CITY—By end of the year 2014, the Department of Health expects at least 40 per cent of the country’s population Consumer covered by the Universal Health Care (UHC) or Kalusugan Pan- gkalahatan (KP) program of the Aquino administration. Quiz Bee UHC aims to benefit the pulsory enroll the informal ROXAS CITY—A pro- poorest of the poor of the sector of their community or vincial level Consumer Quiz country by enrolling them to those that have a regular earn- Contest will be conducted by the Philippine Health Insur- ing and can pay the premium the Department of Trade and ance Corporation (PhilHealth) but do not want to. Industry (DTI) – Capiz Pro- benefits. This includes, among oth- vincial Office in view of the According to Department ers, the sari-sari store owners, Consumer Welfare Month of Health (DOH) Secretary public transport drivers, and (CWM) celebration on Oct. 23 Enrique Ona, the administra- self employed professionals. here. tion allocates P35 billion bud- But besides the role of DTI – Capiz Business get for the program from P12.5 LGUs in mandatory enroll- Regulation and Consumer Welfare Division head An- billion in the 2012-2013 bud- ment, Ona also called on the DILG 6 Reg. Dir. Evelyn Trompeta (extreme right) swears the newly elected officers of the Vice gelita Colmo said that eight get to benefit at least 14.7 mil- public to enroll their selves to Mayors League of the Philippines (VLMP) Capiz Chapter during the VMLP Region 6 General secondary schools in the prov- lion indigent families before Philhealth “if they know they Assembly, at Bacolod City, October 4. Cuartero Vice Mayor Roger Flores was elected as the Presi- ince with organized students 2014 ends. are poor. dent of VLMP-Capiz Chapter. “The UHC [aims to ben- “To attain Universal consumer association will par- efit] everyone but [it] focuses Health is not just the work of ticipate in the contest. in the poorest of the poor,” the government, it is a public These schools are in Pon- said Ona. cooperation,” he said. Security preparations tevedra, Mambusao, Sigma, According to the national According to Assistant Pres. Roxas and four others in website www.gov.ph, UHC Secretary Paulyn Jean Rossel- the city. will take part of its funding Ubial, of the 7.9 million pop- “There will be elimina- from the sin taxes or the taxes ulation of Western Visayas, up for brgy. polls tion at the school level,” Col- collected by the government some 85% was already cov- mo stressed, adding that the from cigarette and alcohol ered by the health insurance; ROXAS CITY—A con- ration for the Oct. 28 baran- “We haven’t received contestants will be a tandem companies. and 107% in the province of ference was conducted by the gay election, was presided new guidelines yet from our of students and their respec- Ona encouraged every- Capiz. Provincial Joint Security Co- by Commission on Elections higher office, so we will adopt tive parents during the quiz. body to enroll themselves in According to Philhealth ordinating Center last Oct. 1 (COMELEC) – Roxas City the election laws which were DTI will also conduct a Philhealth insurance to maxi- 6 Information Officer Larry at the Capiz Police Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer implemented last May elec- Consumer Welfare Product mize the benefits of the pro- Tabsing the total member Office in Barangay Lanot here Jomar Alyzar Betita who tions,” the COMELEC official Quality and Safety Standards gram. registered in the region, in- to discuss security prepara- represented COMELEC Pro- explained to the participants. Expo and seminar on Con- He said that the Philhealth cluding their dependents, are tions for the barangay elec- vincial Election Supervisor The conference was high- sumer Fair Trade Laws for Law mandates all Local Gov- 6,546,445. tions. lawyer Wil S. Arceño, Capiz lighted by the briefing of the business sector participants ernment Units (LGU) to com- HEALTH CARE /2 The conference, in prepa- police director S/Supt. Victor Philippine Army and PNP on and students on Oct. 8 and 15, K. Wanchakan, Philippine Ar- the security situation update respectively. my’s 61st Infantry Batallion and Election Watchlist Areas The expo which will be commanding officer Lt. Col. in the province. participated in by at least 15 NY group feeds 324 Victor M. Llapitan. It was learned that the sol- exhibitors will run until Oct. In his message, Betita diers are to provide security to 10. said that he expects a strong insurgency – affected baran- The yearly CWM celebra- Cuartero pupils collaboration among PJSCC gays particularly in the upland tion is embodied in Presiden- members as what had been barangays of Tapaz town and tial Proclamation No. 1098 is- ROXAS CITY—Every sourced out from the school on Jan. 19. done during the midterm elec- adjacent municipalities during sued by President Fidel Ramos school day is supplemental garden and donations from ARK couple Ayesha Vera tions in May. in 1997. (PIA-Capiz/TCT) feeding day at Agdahon El- parents are served to 324 Yu and Gerry Popitzer, ARK SECURED POLLS /2 ementary School (AES) in pupils from Kindergarten founder and co-founder re- Cuartero town. to Grade 6 every class day,” spectively, sealed the agree- This was disclosed by stressed Bermudo. ment with their personal pres- Capiz relaunches ‘Pulis Ko, AES Principal Romy Bermu- The feeding program was ence at the school in March do as he was quick and proud launched at AES last June 19 this year. to announce the school’s after ARK has pitched in its ARK is a nonprofit or- Titser Ko’ program agreement with the New York financial counterpart for the ganization focused on col- City – based Advancement cooking utensils and meal’s laborating with communities ROXAS CITY—More Pulis Ko, Titser Ko program is country, Asmod said. for Rural Kids, Inc. (ARK) budgetary requirements. to develop programs that will police officers will be vis- a partnership effort of the Phil- The project here, she said, to improve the nutrition sta- Parents of the pupils are improved the education and ible in schools again with the ippine National Police and the is implemented in 27 elemen- tus and over-all well-being of also required to pay P.50 cen- health of pupils/students liv- relaunching of the “Pulis Ko, Department of Education that tary school in Capiz with about school children. tavos for every meal as their ing in rural communities. Titser Ko” project in Capiz. aims to spread crime preven- 1,935 elementary pupil-benefi- “Two big cooking pots counterpart for the sustain- In May, the organization Information Officer Don- tion awareness in schools. ciaries. of nutritious vegetable menu ability of the program. thru its provincial coordinator na Asmod of the Capiz Police She said that the program Asmod said that SPO1 “Aside from the nutri- Marilou Demo also distrib- Provincial Office disclosed likewise aims to develop a Rowena Cantomayor, PO3 tional gains, the initiative has uted school supplies to the that they recently conducted sense of child safety among Edeliza Molas and herself are also strengthened the working school’s student population. a simultaneous relaunching of children aside from develop- the “Pulis Ko Titser Ko” per- relationship of the parents, Each package consisted the said project in 27 elemen- ing the values of patriotism sonnel of Capiz Police Pro- teachers and barangay of- of notebooks, writing papers, tary schools in the province. and nationalism in them. vincial Office who will be ficials,” the school principal ballpen, pencil, eraser, crayon She said that Capiz Police The program also aims conducting a 30 to 60-minute added. and water color. Director Victor Wanchakan to enhance the moral founda- classroom instruction every The AES and ARK agree- A two-classroom build- himself spearheaded the re- tion of young students and week until the end of this ment was formalized after the ing will also be constructed launching program at the strengthen their resistance to school year. school’s application was ac- by ARK at AES in October, Antonio Villasis Memorial crime so that they will become To ensure proper imple- knowledged and accepted by School (AVMS), Roxas City. productive, responsible, and the ARK Board of Directors NY FEEDING /3 Asmod explained that the law-abiding citizens of our PULIS TEACHER /2 The Capiz Times 2 OPINION September 30 - October 6, 2013 TheThe CapizCapiz TimesTimes How I Lived, and What I Lived For: THETHE VOICEVOICE OFOF THETHE CAPICEÑOCAPICEÑO Publisher The Capiz Times, Inc. Notes on English and Writing Editor-in-chief Manuel San Andres Part 2 of 3 Operations Manager Edalyn Acta Reporters Jose Arsenio Quinzon hile some people say ANÁYO will help you become a more effective communicator. Ralph John Mijares that the knack in writing ENGLISH IS FILIPINOS’ SECOND LANGUAGE and perhaps everything Staff Miriam Limbaña W This issue is nothing new. We Filipinos normally—or more related to it are given to rare people, Julene Aranas aptly, by heart—speak Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, etc., dialect or I say it’s not absolutely true. I would vernacular, but we are also asked to write and speak English. Contributors Donna Asmod like to think that all my choices in Needless to say, we Filipinos are bombarded by so many Columnists Jose Aldea the past had collectively done their languages around us—that we find it confusing which to use Virgilio Clavel part to make me like writing, and and how and why.