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FEATURE: DISCOVERING LESSONS IN COVERING “GK MAGSAYSAY” IN BOHOL
Saturday 11th of May 2013
What am I doing here?
Lying on my back, desperately trying to disengage the spare tire under the AUV, I realized how stupid I was. I did not have the right tools, and now my face was an inch away from a dusty spare tire which could not be disentangled from a chain in its elevator.
In the last half hour, fate heaped all odds against me. And I am in this situation, not because I wanted fun or leisure.
I was covering the preparations by a local community who was set to get thousands of volunteers for a historic simultaneous nationwide community building activity dubbed the 'Bayani Challenge.' The Bayani Challenge was a five day community bui...
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12Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 12 (PIA) -- The Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) was a major participant in this year’s Gawad Kalinga's Bayani Challenge 2013 which was held on March 23-27, 2013. The AFP units on the ground have directly participated in the planning and execution in five sites within the command’s jurisdictional area,namely, Miatan, Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte; Tigbanuang, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay; Tulungatung, Zamboanga City; Poblacion, Sapad, Lanao del Norte; and ...
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05Apr2013A new community in Pamucalin village in Lantawan, Basilan part of the “highway of peace,” is rising, and these are being built from the sweat and passion of hundreds of volunteers from all walks of life within and outside the province. At Pamucalin village, some 18 kilometers from Isabela City, 18 of the 30 houses are taking form with hundreds of volunteers actively participating in the Bayani Challenge 2013 in this island province. The village is eyed to be the show window for several ...
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01Apr2013COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, April 1 (PIA) -- It is a week-long sacrifice under the scorching heat of the sun and being away from home but it is all worth the effort as attested by the Team De La Salle University from Manila. This as the National Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge in Barangay Osmeña, Compostela drew to a close last March 27, just in time for the Holy Week. “It is fulfilling. We see that it is beneficial to both volunteers and builders. Natuto kaming mahalin ang kapwa (we learn...
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31Mar2013CEBU CITY, March 31 (PIA) -- Aside from owning new homes, recipients of the recently concluded Bayani Challenge's House Build project in San Remigio town this year will also learn a new livelihood. San Remigio Mayor Jay Olivar told the Philippine Information Agency that he plans to introduce basket weaving as an additional source of livelihood for the 30 families in Brgy. San Miguel who benefited from Bayani Challenge's house build event. San Remigio hosted the Bayani Challenge in Cebu provi...
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29Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 29 (PIA6) -- From 37 this year, Bayani Challenge will go to some 300 municipalities in various provinces of the country next year. This was announced by PIA Director General and Presidential Communications Operations Office for Special Concerns Chief Jose Mari Oquiñena during the closing ceremony of the Bayani Challenge 2013 held March 27 at the Gawad Kalinga Village in Brgy. Cabugao, New Lucena, Iloilo, the house build site of the five-day event. "As we close BC 2013, we...
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27Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 27 (PIA6) -- The five-day Bayani Challenge event in New Lucena, Iloilo which culminates on March 27, demonstrates what the bayanihan spirit can do. In this case, it’s creating a new community, building homes for its homeless or indigent residents, and helping them find their place under the sun. The site of the new community is the 2.2-hectare lot in Barangay Cabugao, located about 7 kilometers from the poblacion. Mary Rose Cacho, the head for Iloilo of Gawad Kalinga (GK...
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27Mar2013CEBU, March 27 (PIA) --Life they say is how we make it. People dream, work, fail. People dream again. Most are happy in working to achieve their dreams but yet, there are some who are happiest in fulfilling the dreams of others. The Bayani Challenge Volunteers are very happy to realize the dreams of some of the less fortunate. Never in the life of Nang Lelita Bueno did she imagine that life will begin for her at the age of 70. Bueno is among the 30 recipients of the houses that t...
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27Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- Aside from the goal of building homes for the less fortunate, the Bayani Challenge 2013 also aims to promote the culture of love and care among its volunteers and beneficiaries. Joane Christine Rabulan, head of the Bayani Challenge 2013 in New Lucena, Iloilo, said that they hope they were able to inculcate positive values to everyone participating in this five-day volunteering event. “Through this event, we could come together, to continue to show our love an...
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27Mar2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, Mar. 27 (PIA) -- Gidagsang sa gatusan ka mga boluntaryo ang Barangay Magsaysay, Talibon niadtong Sabado, Marso 23 sa pagsugod sa lima ka adlaw nga Bayani Challenge 2013. Si Talibon Mayor Restituto Auxtero ug Rey Balatayo sa Gawad Kalinga ang nanguna sa mga boluntaryo nga nisalmot sa maong bayanihan challenge nga mahuman sa Marso 27, Miyerkoles Santo. Unang tukoron ang 10 ka duplex nga balay apan kapin sa 60 ka panimalay ang gilantaw nga matukod alang sa mga sakop sa Fe...
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27Mar2013SANTA ROSA CITY, Laguna, March 27 (PIA) --Dubbed as the biggest volunteerism event in the country, the Bayani Challenge 2013 was successfully launched in this city last Saturday, March 23. Held in front of the City Hall, City Mayor Arlene B. Arcillas welcomed volunteers and people behind the event. She thanked them for choosing the city, particularly Barangay Pulong Sta. Cruz, as one among the 37 sites in 33 provinces nationwide, to be the beneficiary of the five-day nation-building activi...
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26Mar2013CEBU, March 26 (PIA) -- Some 30 families of San Miguel, a mountaintop barangay of San Remigio, Cebu never in their wildest dreams thought they could own houses for free. San Miguel barangay captain Nichol Almojel was in for a big surprise when he was informed that his barangay was chosen as one of the sites for this year’s Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge 2013. “Kinsa gud intawon ang magtuo nga mapilian gyud mi sa Gawad Kalinga, kay layo na bya mi sa highway, unya dili pa gyud sayon kaayo an...
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25Mar2013ILOILO CITY, March 25 (PIA) -- Every Filipino deserves a safe and peaceful place called home. This was conveyed by Gawad Kalinga Iloilo Provincial Head Maria Rosa Cacho to about 3,000 volunteers during the kick off of the 2013 Bayani Challenge in New Lucena, Iloilo on March 23. “Home is a safe place to live, a place of peace and a place for rest. There should be a home for all Filipinos,” said Cacho. She said that there should be a sanctuary for every Filipino and not just for a few. For...
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24Mar2013NEGROS ORIENTAL, March 24 (PIA) -- An estimated 7,000 volunteers believed to be the biggest number in any Bayani Challenge site in the country is here in Mabinay, Negros Oriental. Volunteers from all walks of life, from business sector, ordinary folks, companies, 4Ps beneficiaries, other LGUs, NGOs, families, students, government workers, the military and police personnel, CAFGUs, foreign volunteers and even children as young as 7 and 9 joined this year's Bayani Challenge in Barangay Poblacion...
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24Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Mar. 24 (PIA) -- Gawad Kalinga (GK) Founder Tony Meloto called on the Filipino youth to show their love of country by developing the culture of heroism, as this could become a leverage in combating poverty. The call was sounded by the GK Founder at the opening ceremonies of the March 23-27, 2013 Bayani Challenge, held at Bulua Covered Court in Cagayan de Oro City, attended by volunteers from various schools, government agencies and non-government organizations in the city...
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23Mar2013QUEZON CITY, March 23 (PIA) -- Four years ago, some 200 young persons from Metro Manila and other cities left for Sulu to help build new and better homes for the poor. Some took out savings, others sold cellphones, MP4s and other personal gadgets to raise money for the trip to Panglima Estino: an unfamiliar town where they have no friends nor relatives. These builders were volunteers of Bayani Challenge 2009 who were in Sulu when Abu Sayyaf bandits were snatching foreigners and locals for ran...
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22Mar2013CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- A series of activities have been set up here for the Bayani Challenge 2013 themed: “Isang Bayan, Isang Bayanihan,” that will take place from March 23 to 27. At least 100,000 volunteers in more than 35 provinces nationwide will gather and simultaneously hold the Bayani Challenge dubbed the biggest multi-sectoral showcase of volunteerism in the country. Jose Mari Oquiñena, undersecretary for special concerns of the Presidential Communications Operatio...
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20Mar2013NABUNTURAN, COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE, March 20 -- Simultaneous with the other 33 provinces nationwide, ComVal will be hosting a weeklong National Bayani Challenge on March 23-27, 2013 at Barangay Osmeña, Municipality of Compostela. There will be 50 duplex-type Gawad Kalinga (GK) houses to add the existing SOP Kahiusahan Uswag GK Village, tapping as beneficiaries those poor families still living at the evacuation centers due to fully damaged houses caused by Typhoon Pablo. National and in...
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19Mar2013TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, March 19 (PIA) -- The challenge: to build a community of 20 duplex houses for homeless Boholanos in Antequera and Talibon, Bohol within five days. This is the dare of the eighth Bayani Challenge to all Boholanos as it attempts to raise 100,000 volunteers nationwide to manually build houses, repair schools, community centers, farms, and other livelihood support in 37 new housing sites in 33 provinces in the country on March 23-27. In Bohol, Bayani Challenge identified t...
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18Mar2013HINAPLANON, Iligan City, March 18 -- Different civic groups in Iligan City took part in the recent Gawad Kalinga (GK) Builders’ Night held in Iligan City on March 9. Held at Enang’s Restaurant, it was aimed at enticing more partners, supporters, participants and volunteers to join in the highly anticipated GK’s Bayani Challenge 2013 in the interior town of Sapad. GK Iligan and Lanao del Norte Head Engr. Jake Gerona shared his experiences during the house build activity at Barangay ...
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26Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- Newly installed Director General of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) visited Basilan Friday to prepare for the local launching of the national event dubbed “Bayani Challenge 2013.” DG Jose Mari Oquiñena together with a team from Gawad Kalinga (GK) paid a courtesy call on Basilan Gov. Jum Akbar to discuss the housing projects for the province as part of the simultaneous nationwide Bayani Challenge launch in 34 provinces. Bayani Challenge is...
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06Feb2013TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 6 -- With the vision of providing decent homes for indigent residents and informal settlers, Gawad Kalinga (GK) will be launching Bayani Challenge 2013. The nationwide volunteerism event is expecting to gather 78,000 nation builders in 39 sites of 34 provinces in the country. Lanao del Norte is of the provinces participating in the five-day challenge starting on March 23 to 27, 2013. The latest GK Village will soon rise in the municipality of Sapad. The coastal t...
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02Jan2013MANILA, Jan. 2 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation and the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation (GK) recently formalized a joint undertaking for the benefit of the non-poor informal sector grantees of GK. The partnership, which is enshrined in a memorandum of agreement signed by said agencies, aims to further strengthen the Aquino Health Agenda of Universal Health Care or Kalusugang Pangkalahatan. The agreement calls for the enrollment and sustained coverage of GK vi...
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11Oct2012BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Oct 11 (PIA) -- The Gawad Kalinga(GK) will be mobilizing a nationwide volunteerism feat next year to bring the spirit of "Bayanihan" or community cooperation in building new communities for the poor. Wilfred Ross Delizo, executive assistant on GK projects of the provincial government, said the five-day event dubbed "Challenge the Impossible" which will be done sometime in March 2013 will be conducted in collaboration with the Presidential Communications Operations Offi...
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01Oct2012MAWAB, Compostela Valley, Oct. 1 -- The Municipality of Mawab took the first step in making true Compostela Valley Governor Arturo T. Uy’s promise of having a Gawad Kalinga village in every municipality in the province by holding the Gawad Kalinga Partners Forum on September 28 at Miko’s Brew, Tagum City. The forum was able to generate pledges and commitment for the realization of the soon-to-be “Pagsandugan Uswag-GK Village.” Forty-one houses worth P85,000 each along with constructio...
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31Jul2012PANABO CITY, July 31 -- The City Government of Panabo through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) in coordination with the Gawad Kalinga Foundation will target 20 couples to be part in the Kapitbahayan Training Seminar. The activity will have four modules to be conducted by the members of the Gawad Kalinga and the CSWDO at the 3rd Floor Function Hall, 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon. This is one of the requirements for the beneficiaries who are now close to availing the Gawa...
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09Jun2012STA. ELENA, Iligan City, June 9 (PIA) -- A total of 23 families, who were survivors during the onslaught tropical storm Sendong, received the keys to their new homes last May 30 at Bayanihan Village, Sta. Elena, this city. The simple turnover was led by Lanao del Norte Governor Khalid Dimaporo who eagerly participated in the Bayani Challenge issued by Gawad Kalinga. “Bayani Challenge is about people coming together and challenging the ‘bayani’ in them and bringing out the hero in every F...
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16May2012MABINI COMPOSTELA VALLEY, May 16 -- It rained on the opening day program and was still drizzling a week after the 9th Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge culminated last May 14 in San Antonio, Mabini. Yet amidst the rain-soaked afternoon, spirits were high as the closing ceremony was conducted with a “salo-salo” or boodle feast. About 28 colourful houses stood in the “Ang Bag-ong Malamboong Mabini Uswag GK Village” built by volunteers from various government and private sectors. To add mo...
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15May2012CEBU CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- The Gawad Kalinga (GK) did a turnover ceremony for the three-storey building, Condoville 1, located at Barangay Lorega-San Miguel, to its beneficiaries, wherein 18 families were given the first units. Tanny Go, GK Project Director, said that there were criteria in choosing the beneficiaries. On the part of GK, there is this Kapitbahayan Membership Training that the beneficiaries should attend. Another is Values Formation, which constitutes 10 sessions. Lastly, is the ...
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14May2012CEBU CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- Some urban poor families of Barangay Lorega San Miguel in Cebu City were given keys to their new Gawad Kalinga (GK) socialized housing condo units late last week. Initially, 40 poor families would benefit from the GK new three-storey socialized housing condo units dubbed Condoville 1, which consists of 60 condo units, of which 20 units are still being readied for occupancy. Usec. Jose Mari Oquinena of the Presidential Communications Operations Office attended the tur...
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10May2012MABINI, Compostela Valley Province, May 10 -- It’s a shower of blessing in Compostela Valley as the 9th Bayani Challenge commenced on May 8 at Purok 4, San Antonio in Mabini town of this province amidst a rainy afternoon. This was anchored on the GK1MB or the Gawad Kalinga Isang Milyong Bayani with a rallying call “Pilipinas Ngayon Na!” Mabini is the second to the last town to be established with a Gawad Kalinga village, a realization of GK champion Governor Arturo Uy’s aspiration to ...
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08May2012NABUNTURAN COMPOSTELA VALLEY May 8 -- In the middle of Barangay San Antonio located in the Municipality of Mabini, Compostela Valley Province, a village is being prepared for development. The community is set to be named as “Ang Bag-ong Malambuong Mabini Uswag GK Village (The new, progressive Mabini Uswag GK Village)," an initiative of the 9th USWAG Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge set to be held from May 8 to 15 this year. The province of Compostela Valley is one of the active proponen...
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18Apr2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, April 18 (PIA) -- “Dito sa Iligan, walang iwanan!” rang loud all over Sta. Elena gym as participants of Gawad Kalinga Bayani Challenge 2012 celebrated their culmination program. After the boodle fight dinner, volunteers from distant places were given chance to share their experiences during the five-day Bayani Challenge in a live TV-broadcast via Radio Television Malacañang. This year’s Bayani Challenge is being held simultaneously in five places: Mindoro, ...
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08Apr2012NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley Province, April 8 (PIA) -- The province recently received five Sibol or Kindergarten classroom-buildings complete with blackboard and chairs from the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR). PAGCOR turned over the classrooms in five schools of four municipalities in the province through its “Matuwid na Daan sa Silid-Aralan” Program in partnership with the Department of Education and Gawad Kalinga Foundation, Inc. The recipient schools are Pantuk...
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06Apr2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, April 6 -- The Diocese of Iligan is now ready to turn over to the city government of Iligan 20 completed houses built at the Luinab relocation sites on April 10 for the tropical storm Sendong survivors. This was revealed by Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz after the Strategic Early Recovery Action Planning Workshop (SERAP) at Elena Tower Inn under the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) with the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). Mayor Cruz also said 24 houses w...
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03Apr2012DUMAGUETE CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- The Filipino youth delegation to the 38th Ship for Southeast Asian Youth Program (SSEAYP) will participate in the house-building projects carried out by Gawad Kalinga in the typhoon-struck areas in Iligan City. Dubbed as “Project Bayanihan,” the event will serve as the delegation’s post-program activity from April 9 to 14, said Adolf Aguilar, head of said Philippine delegation called PintigPinoy. Aguilar is based in Dumaguete City working as the divisio...
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03Apr2012CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga, April 3 (PIA) -- The Clark Development Corporation (CDC) and Gawad Kalinga (GK) are set to build the initial 20 houses for Aeta families residing in certain highland sitios in Bamban town, Tarlac. In a statement, CDC said, “The housing project seeks to provide a convenient relocated shelter to families affected by the development of the Freeport’s Next Frontier zone or more popularly known as the Clark Highlands.” Apart from the houses, CDC and GK will also cons...
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27Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 27 (PIA) -- More than 100 youth leaders participated in the Pilipinas Natin Balangayan Camp held recently, March 23 to 25, at the Negros Oriental National High School (NOHS) in Dumaguete City. The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) together with Gawad Kalinga (GK) Negros Oriental spearheaded the three-day camp which aimed to mold the youth-participants into patriotic leaders and nation builders. PCOO Coordinator Toby Madayag said the Pilipinas Natin is a...
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26Mar2012BAUAN, Batangas, Mar. 26 (PIA) -- Twenty more families received their certificates of occupancy at the Keppel-Gawad Kalinga (GK) Eco Village in a recent handover ceremony of the project’s Phase 2 at Barangay Inicbulan in this town. Keppel-GK eco village is a 60-home housing project for the underprivileged jointly undertaken by Keppel-Gawad Kalinga and the municipal government of Bauan. The first 20 houses under Phase 1 were distributed in November last year while the 3rd and final phases ...
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26Mar2012DAGUPAN CITY, March 26 -- More than 200 homeless Dagupeños are now legitimate owners of housing units courtesy of the city government and the Philippine Red Cross. City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim and Philippine Red Cross-Pangasinan chapter head Florame Magalong handed over copies of the memorandum of agreement last March 19 and 24 to residents of the Bangusville in barangays Bonuan Gueset and Bonuan Binloc here entitling each holder the right to stay in the place. Each individual house has a...
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22Mar2012Compostela Valley, March 22 (IDS) – A total of 225 Compostela Valley provincial employees, dubbed as the Uswag-Gawad Kalinga (GK) Team, went to Iligan City on March 21 and 23 to help re-build Iligan and build 25 houses in a span of 10 to 14 days. The group will be part of the National GK Challenge to help build a village in the resettlement site for the Sendong victims last December 17, 2011. The 60 employees composed the first batch while the next batch travelled togethe...
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18Mar2012DUMAGUETE CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- Some 120 houses are expected to be built during the 5th Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge from April 9-14 in Amlan, Negros Oriental. GK Bayani Challenge event head Roslyn Tambago said priority beneficiaries of the GK houses are victims ofTropical Storm Sendong victims in barangay Tambuhangin and other riverside barangays in Amlan. The organizer expects 2,000 volunteers from the locals and other areas overseas such as USA, Australia, S...
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27Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- Amid the sweltering heat that enveloped the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Enchanted Farms in Brgy. Pagatpatan here, Marissa G. Burdeos and her bevy of partners still continued to be upbeat, knowing that buyers would later swarm her products such as deboned bangus and peanut butter. Her gut feel was right for it did not take an hour of waiting when buyers, many of whom come from different line agencies of the government and other private partners, trooped to her &ldqu...
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21Feb2012QUEZON CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- The Quezon City government has lauded the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation, Inc. and its partners in Payatas for helping provide free shelter for 30 families displaced from their former homes in Mondragon Area, Phase II Lupang Pangako, Payatas B, which was declared a danger zone by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). Jameel Jaymalin, Chief of the Payatas Operations Group that manages the city’s closed waste dispos...
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26Jan2012ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- Hope runs high for Joan Valdez, whose three (3) children perished, during the onslaught of tropical storm Sendong last Dec. 17. “Mr. President, I really thank you for your help. I am one of the Sendong victims whose house in Barangay Hinaplanon was washed out,” she told President Benigno S. Aquino III, in Cebuano. “Two (2) of my children drowned while one (1) was missing. After 40 days, however, I have accepted ...
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