Wandering Blogger

Students from R. L. Pascual Elementary School, Quezon City, Philippines were taught about the importance of keeping themselves clean and healthy by properly washing their hands with soap and water. Some says that hand washing is like a "do-it-yourself" vaccine. RAISE a HAND for HYGIENE! is a fitting slogan. Every OCTOBER 15, is a GLOBAL HAND WASHING DAY! Hand washing is not only for children or students it is for all. Always keep our hands clean. It is participated by students, local and national leaders, international communities and advocates from social media, Personal hygiene is a pillar of international development and public health, Let us join the fun, raise our clean hands and start a healthy family that grows into a healthy communities, towns and cities.                            TODAY, I PROMISED TO WASH MY HANDS! WILL YOU?

OCTOBER IS NOT AN ORDINARY MONTH FOR ALL OF US AND FOR THE REST OF PEOPLE IN OUR ENTIRE UNIVERSE. OCTOBER IS A GLOBAL HAND WASHING MONTH.  WHAT MAKES THIS CELEBRATION SO SPECIAL? HAND WASHING DAY WITH WATER AND SOAP IS THE SIMPLEST FORM YET SO EFFECTIVE TO COMBAT ALL SORT OF GERMS BEFORE IT PENETRATES IN OUR BODY SYSTEM.  PICTURE BELOW IS A SIMPLE MOVABLE HAND WASHING LAVATORY WHERE STUDENTS OF R. L.  PASCUAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY BAESA, QUEZON CITY PHILIPPINES WASHED THEIR HANDS BEFORE AND AFTER HANDLING THEIR FOODS. THE HAND WASHING PROGRAM IS LONG TIME RUNNING IN THE PROVINCES. NOW IT IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN METRO MANILA BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, NGO',S, AND CONCERNED CORPORATIONS (THRU THEIR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY). QUEZON CITY IS AMONG THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT IN METRO MANILA IF NOT THE FIRST WHICH ADOPTED THE PROGRAM. BUT THROUGH THE "ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE ORDINANCE" FILED BY COUNCILOR JULIENNE

IN MY FEW TRIPS TO QUEZON CITY PERSONNEL'S OFFICE, I ENCOUNTERED THIS VERY FAMILIAR YET VERY SIGNIFICANT WORD POSTED ON THE WALL NEAR THE DOOR WHERE  PERSONNEL HEAD MS. MARLENE AGUILAR HOLD HER OFFICE. I BELIEVE IT WAS HANGED THERE WITH A PURPOSE. THE WORD READS, "RESOURCEFULNESS." PRESUMING AND ASSUMING THAT ALL THE STAFF OF THAT DEPARTMENT READ IT AND APPLIED IT WHETHER INDIVIDUALLY OR COLLECTIVELY AS A COHESIVE UNIT ITS IMPACT WILL BE MAGNANIMOUS BOTH FOR INDIVIDUAL AND FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. RESOURCEFULNESS IS FINDING PRACTICAL USES FOR THAT WHICH OTHERS WOULD OVERLOOK OR DISCARD. IF WE LOOK AROUND, WE WILL FIND A LOT OF THINGS THAT SEEMS TO CEASE ITS USEFULNESS NOT LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO MAKE IT USEFUL WE THROW IT OR DISCARDED IT RIGHT AWAY. BUT BEING A RESOURCEFUL PERSON TEACHES US TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO MAKE IT USEFUL AGAIN THEN IN RETURN IT SAVES MONEY THAT WE CAN USE FOR OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS WE NEED IN LIFE.  REWARDS OF RESOURCEFULNESS CR

A FEW MONTHS FROM NOW, WE WILL BE ELECTING NEW SET OF POLITICIANS TO RUN THE AFFAIRS OF OUR NATION. DID YOU KNOW THAT IN QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES, MOST OF OUR ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS ARE SO-CALLED SECOND GENERATION POLITICIANS THEY ARE BEING ELECTED IN THE NAME OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FATHERS. LET US START FROM TOP: MAYOR, HERBERT BAUSTISTA WHOM I  REMEMBEREAS ONE OF THE BAGETS DURING HIS TIME, ENTENG IN CAPTAIN BARBAL AND BISTEK IN HIS SITCOM, A MONICKER HE USED IN ALL HIS POLITICAL CAREER. SELDOM KNOWN THAT HE IS THE SON OF FORMER KAGAWAD AND LATER HIS FATHER BECAME A BARANGAY CAPTAIN.  VICE MAYOR JOSEFINA "JOY" BELMONTE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF PROLIFIC AND CONSIDERED THE BEST MAYOR QUEZON CITY EVER HAD. AMONG THE COUNCILORS: 1.      JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA (DAUGTHER OF FORMER COUN. RAMON "TOTO" MEDALLA) 2.      CANDY MEDINA (DAUGHTER OF FORMER COUN. ERIC Z. MEDINA) 3.      DOROTHY "DORAY" DELARMENTE (DAUGHTER OF COUN. BETH DELA

DOES IT POSSIBLE THAT A LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT LIKE QUEZON CITY HAVE A HUMAN MILK BANK FACILITY IN A GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL RUN BY THE CITY? THE ANSWER IS AN ASTOUNDING YES MY FRIENDS! IN AN ORDINANCE FILED BY A DYNAMIC BREASTMILK ADVOCATE AND LOCAL LEGISLATOR NAMED COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA OF QUEZON CITY, NEW BORN INFANTS AND MOTHERS ALIKE WILL BE BENEFITED FROM THE SAID ORDINANCE. COUNCILOR ALY'S  UNWAVERING EFFORT TO PASSED THIS ORDINANCE IS WORTHY OF OUR WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT. HERE IS THE TITLE OF THE MEASURE FILED BY COUNCILOR MEDALLA "AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A HUMAN MILK BANK IN THE QUEZON CITY OWNED HOSPITALS FOR THE SUPPORT OF WOMEN & CHILDREN IN NEED OF BREAST MILK. BELOW IS A LINK SHOWING HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A HUMAN MILK BANK AND SOME PICTURES OF A MILK LETTING ACTIVITY COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN SOUTH EAST ASIA (ARCSEA).         http://www.arcsea.blogspot.com/2012/03/in-womens-month-brea

AS I LOOK AROUND, LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO WRITE, I READ AN ARTICLE THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION,  IT SAYS, "WILL YOU MARRY A NON-VIRGIN?"  FROM RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE WHERE I CAME FROM IT IS TABOO OR FORBIDDEN TO MARRY A NON-VIRGIN THAT IS THE REASON WHY MOST MEMBERS OF DEVOUT CATHOLICS AND REFORMED CHURCHES ARE EX-COMMUNICATED IF CAUGHT HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH SOMEONE PRIOR TO MARRIAGE. THE CULTURES OF THE CIVILIZED SOCIETY HAS BEEN PRESERVED  EVEN IN THIS MODERN TIMES OF OURS. THAT VIRGINITY IS ALWAYS EQUATED WITH GOODNESS AND VIRTUE. THE ACT OF PRESERVING YOURSELF INTACT AND UN-BLEMISH FOR THE ONE YOU MARRY PROVES THAT YOU ARE A PERSON IN GOOD REPUTE AND UPBRINGING. AS TIME WENT ON CULTURES MELT DOWN, IDEAS ARE CHANGING INTO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, SOME BELIEVE IT IS NO LONGER IMPORTANT. EVERY WEEK COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA, A GRADUATE OF  A CERTIFIED CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY, FOUNDED BY DEVOUT CATHOLIC MISSIONIORIES THE DE LA SALLE BROTHERS AND HER F

HERE IS THE FULL TEXT OF POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ORDINANCE AUTHORED BY COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE 18TH CITY COUNCIL OF QUEZON CITY FOR YOUR READY REFERENCE. Republic of the Philippines 18 th City Council Quezon City PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. ___-S-2012 , AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE QUEZON CITY POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM FOR DESERVING STUDENTS DOMICILED WITHIN THE CITY AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE. ________________________________________________________________________________ Introduced by:  COUNCILOR JULIENNE ALYSON RAE V. MEDALLA _______________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, as provided in the 1987 Constitution of the Republic of the Philippines, the state shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all; WHEREAS, RA 7160, oth