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
ILOILO CITY Residents in Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province, have started evacuating ahead of the onslaught of Typhoon “Odette”. Mayor Ronnie Dadivas said that several families heeded the call of Roxas City government to evacuate as early as Wednesday, December 15.
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SAFETY FIRST. Some of the families who were evacuated in Roxas City due to Typhoon Odette and temporarily staying at the Cogon Integrated School in Roxas City. As of 5 a.m. of Wednesday (Dec. 15, 2021) the Roxas City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office reported that 217 families or 706 individuals, mostly staying in coastal areas, have been pre-emptively evacuated.(Photo courtesy of Roxas CDRRMO) ILOILO CITY - An initial 217 families or 706 individuals are staying in evacuation centers in Roxas City, Capiz after a preemptive evacuation was conducted Tuesday night in preparation for Typhoon Odette. "They are staying in coastal barangays of Roxas City and they have threats of huge waves. There is a possibility that their houses will be damaged and their lives will be at risk so they were pre-emptively evacuated," Office of Civil Defense (OCD) information officer Cindy Ferrer said in an interview Wednesday. The families came from villages of Baybay, Barra, Dumolog, Cog