RABIES AWARENESS ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED IN CALUBIAN

Last March 26, 2013, a joint team from DA-RFU 8 represented by Dr Ursua of the Livestock Division as well as a team from Leyte Provincial Veterinary Office headed by no other than the Provincial Veterinarian together with the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist personnel had conducted Rabies Awareness Caravan which was conducted in Calubian Gymnasium. The activity was attended by the Brgy Captains which were invited for the purpose of creating the Bantay Rabies sa Barangay (BRB) to strictly monitor rabies cases in their respective barangays as well as help in conducting rabies awareness to their populace. The activity was also attended by some DepEd personnel wich are responsible in disseminating the information to their pupils. Calubian has been conducting intensive anti-rabies vaccination to the entire municipality in its intention to make the town a rabies-free municipality. This was made possible due to the support provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation who has provided the unlimited vaccines to be used for the said campaign. A team of vaccinators of OMA-Calubian, in response to this call has conducted a house-to-house visits in order to attain a higher percentage of accomplishment. Last 2012 more than 3,000 dogs were vaccinated. During this March activity, a motorcade was conducted followed by lectures about Rabies as well as a castration of dog was also done. The following photo-documentation has shown what transpired during a day-long event;

AQUA-SILVICULTURE PROJECT ESTABLISHED IN CALUBIAN

One of the project which shows an active collaboration between the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Calubian through the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist (OMA) and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is the Aqua-silviculture project. The principle of putting up this project is a combination of mangrove rehabilitation at the same time setting up of livelihood project such as kingcrab and lapu-lapu culture within the mangrove areas. In the municipality of Calubian, the aqua-silviculture project has been set-up at Brgy Nipa with Mr Fanny Pedida, one of the Agriculture Technician of OMA as the cooperator. (Mr Fanny Pedida, the cooperator in white T-Shirt) BFAR has given support for this kind of project as an incentive for Brgy Nipa as one of the site for mangrove rehab being part of the National Greening Program (NGP) of President Pinoy. Mr Jacinto Ebero, AT-Fisheries of OMA has closely monitored the project to ensure its proper implementation. In fact, even at its early stage of implementation, the project has already drawn visitors just to see how the project was implemented. The following are some photo-documentation of the project; (Mr Jacinto Ebero, Agricultural Technologist- in-charge of the project)

ANNUAL PLANNING FOR MUNICIPAL AGRICULTURE'S PROGRAMS CONDUCTED

The year of the water snake was started by a very important activity especially for the Office of the Municipal Agriculturist which spearheaded the different programs and projects that helped transformed the lives of the marginal sector of society of the Municipality of Calubian. A planning of the different programs which will be implemented this current year has been identified in consultation with the different agriculture enthusiast including the barangay kagawad on agriculture in every barangay as well as the leaders of the different farmer and fishermen associations and cooperative. The office has adopted the so-called bottom-up planning and budgeting approach. The activity was started with the speeches of the different heads of the different commodity explaining the participants especially the kagawads to religiously submit the required monthly planting and harvesting reports. The distribution of 50 pcs laminated trapal to the rice farmers followed with the Hon. Mayor Doroteo N. Palconit personally administered the distribution assisted by the Municipal Agriculturist Mr. Agustin L. Dignos. After the distribution, the mayor has delivered his speech to the participants stressing the need to work together as association since assistance coming from the government is given through registered associations or cooperative. After taking the lunch, the group proceeded to the planning proper. There was a regrouping conducted separating the representative of the different sector such as corn, rice, livestock, fisheries, high-valued crops development project as well as the multi-sectoral group. After coming up with a plan, the different sector has presented their plan to the group.

PARADE OF LIGHTS MARKED THE ONSET OF YULETIDE SEASON IN CALUBIAN

PARADE OF LIGHTS Last November 28, 2012, in the evening after the State of the Municipality Address of Hon. Mayor Doroteo N. Palconit, a Parade of Light which was another first conducted in the Municipality of Calubian was witnessed by a very huge crowd making the event a very successful one. The parade was a contest of floats featuring how different agencies conceptualized the celebration of the Yuletide Season. In this event, the Calubian National High School under the leadership of Mrs Nellen Albeos emerged the winner. The following are some of the photo-documentation of the celebration;