MALASIQUI, Pangasinan - The Department of Health (DOH) has launched a dance contest open to all high school and college students in the province of La Union as part of its cardiovacsular health and wellness campaign. "The campaign will be piloted in the province of La Union, to promote fitness and healthy diet including literature on the importance of physical activity in preventing heart disease," said DOH Ilocos region director Paula Paz Sydiongco in a statement on Wednesday. The participants should be a group of seven to 15 members, either male or female or both. The duration of the dance must be from five to seven minutes and the dance composition must emphasize the theme of the event. Vulgarity, obscenity and explicit movements are not allowed. Props and other materials needed for visuals can be used and dance music must not contain inappropriate or offensive content. The registration for the dance contest started on Feb. 14. Interested parties may register online throug
AGRI-PRENEUR KIDS. Public school principal Mann F. Lee (left) joins students attending their school-based hydroponic facility in Capiz in this undated photo. Kids used to take care of their makeshift farm at school before the onset of pandemic, generating income from their harvested lettuce. (Photo courtesy: Mann F. Lee) MANILA - Sustaining adequate food supply in the country is undeniably vital to ensure multi-sectoral stability, but early training to learners for such a mindset in these trying times is an extra mile. Mann F. Lee, 43, a public school principal in Capiz province, has intentionally included in his advocacy the setting of makeshift hydroponic facilities in schools to train children with what he called "agri-preneurship" using an eco-sustainable farming method. In partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), Lee and his wife set up hydroponic facilities in two schools in 2017. "We asked the help of the Department of Agriculture-Capiz province to giv
'AGRI-PRENEUR' KIDS. Students join their teacher in attending their school-based hydroponic facility in Capiz in this undated photo. Kids used to take care of their makeshift farm at school before the onset of the pandemic, generating income from their harvested lettuce (Photo courtesy of Mann F. Lee) MANILA - Sustaining adequate food supply in the country is undeniably vital to ensure multi-sectoral stability, but early training to learners for such a mindset in these trying times is an extra mile. Mann F. Lee, 43, a public school principal in Capiz province, has intentionally included in his advocacy the setting of makeshift hydroponic facilities in schools to train children with what he called "agri-preneurship" using an eco-sustainable farming method. In partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), Lee and his wife set up hydroponic facilities in two schools in 2017. "We asked the help of the Department of Agriculture-Capiz province to give us technic