2-day Reg’l Conference on Violence Against Women,
Child Abuse slated in Cebu City on Nov. 25-26
By Fayette C. Riñen
CEBU CITY, November 17 (PIA) – A two-day Regional Conference on Violence Against Women (VAW) and Child Abuse is slated next week, November 25 and 26 in Cebu City under the theme “Empowering Women: Changing Communities.”
An initiative of various VAW-and-Child-Abuse advocates coming from the different non-government organizations here, the activity on the “Communities Learning to Stop Abuse and Nurture Social Empowerment (CLEANSE)” Project aims to strengthen awareness on the said social issues with the goal of virtually reducing incidence of domestic violence against women in the region as well as child abuse.
A picture on the gravity of the incidence of domestic violence and child abuse in the country down to the region specifically in Cebu will be given during the conference and how collaboration is essential among stakeholders to address the problems.
The regional conference is also an opportunity for coordination and collaboration among national government agencies, NGOs, policymakers and the communities in addressing cases of VAW and child abuse in the region.
CLEANSE is a joint project of the Share-A-Child Movement (SACMI), Kaabag sa Sugbo Foundation, Inc., Stop Abuse of Minors Association (SAMA), Inc., and Coastal Conservation and Education Foundation (CCEF), Inc. and assisted by the European Commission.
The two-day activity is also made possible in coordination with the Cebu Provincial Women’s Commission, Coalition on the War Against Human Trafficking and the Department of Social Welfare and Development 7. (PIA-Cebu)
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DOE-7 urges Pantawid Pasada beneficiaries to claim their cards until this month
by Amor Saludar
CEBU CITY, November 17 (PIA) – The Department of Energy (DOE) 7 urged jeepney drivers and operator-beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pasada Program who have yet to claim their Pantawid Pasada Cards that they have until the end of the month to avail of the government’s Public Transport Assistance Program.
Based on records of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) 7, only 8,000 of the total 11, 695 intended beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pasada Program in Central Visayas availed of the Smart Cards pre-loaded each with P1,050 cash for fuel assistance purchase.
“Only about 70 percent of the total beneficiaries of the program have claimed their Pantawid Pasada Cards at our regional and district offices,” LTO-7 Director Raul Aguilos said.
The DOE-7 reiterated to those who have not claimed their cards that they have until the end of this month.
Pantawid Pasada cards may be claimed at the nearest Regional and District offices of LTO until November 30, 2011, this is stressed.
In case of failure to claim their cards until the last day of November, this will automatically constitute a presumed waiver of their claim over the cards and enjoyment of the corresponding entitlements, the DOE said.
The Pantawid Pasada is a national government program under the Public Transport Assistance Program.
aimed to provide financial fuel assistance to unburden the public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers over rising fuel prices. (FCR/AS/PIA-Cebu)