National Volunteer Office ready to serve

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1968

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National Volunteer Office Ready to Serve Tl c Philippine National Vdunleer service Committee (PNVSC), whose headquaiters ate locattd at PACD Central Office in corner PrudencioEspana sis., Manila is ready to serve private and governmental groups doing or bout Io engage in volunteer work in this country. This was recently announced by Sec. Ernesto M. Maceda, concurrently PNVSC Chairman. “The Committee will I’fftr technical assistance to volunteer organizations especially in the aspects of planning, programming, training and, if possible, in actual fielding of lheir volunteers,” says Secretary Maceda. “This will also serve as clearing house and coordinalive body for all volunteer efforts in the country (o avoid duplications and prolifaration of volunteer services in prosecuting such noble endeavors as assisting the underdeveloped communities in the rural as well as urban regions.” A technical group was newly organized to act as planning and working staff. They are composed <f representatives from the Departments of National Defense, Education, Labor, and PACD, SWA and School Volunteer Program, according to Elizabeth Barbero, executive secretary. The PNVSC also s e t up the Asian Secretariat for volunteer service, a tie-up program with the International Secretariat for Volunteer Service (ISVS) with headquarters in Washington, D.G. It coincided with the recen visi-t in Manila of Dr. Michael von Schenck, Secretaiy General of ISVS. The PNVSC was created in 1961 by virtue of of Exec. Order No. 134 of the then I resident Macapagal. This was later revitalized and strengthened by Exec. Order No. 105 of President Marcos, dated Dec. 11, 1967. This specifically transferred its chairmanship from the Department of Foreign Affairs lo the Secretary of PACD, and included in the committee private volunteer groups. Presently, the PNVSC is composed of representatives from the Departments of Labor, Foreign Affairs, Health, Education, Agriculture andNaProposed Land Reform Amendment The National Land Reform Council recomended to Malacanang proposed amendments to the agricultural lani reform code for incorporation into the bills to be introduced during this regular Cong ressional session. The proposed amendments are: changes designed to accelerate shift to leasehold under terms more favorable to both tenants and landowners, deferment of dispossession on the ground of personal cultivation, Land Bank guarantee on individual farm purchase, alteration of interest rates charged by the Agricultural Credit Administration, increase of loan assistance, and the charge of procedutes pertaining to court of agrarian relations. NLRC Chairman Conrado S. Estrella said, these amendments would certainly overcome these deficiencies, allay apprehensions of some quarters and give vigor to the policy of President Marcos to spread the benefits of land reform throughout the country. The NLRC proposed amendments were prepared by a legal staff named bj' Estrella from all the Member Agencies of the Council. Agrarian Council Fernando A. Santiago, Solicitor Raul I. Goco and Judge Gaudencio Besa of the Land Authority made major contributions in the drafting of the amendatory bills. tural Resources, Public Works and Communications, National Defense, PACD, SWA, and the National Economic Council. Also includes the PRRM, Operation Brotherhood International, MARIA, Work-A-year program, School Volunteer program, and any other organizations that may be invited by the committee into its fold in the future. There’s a lot to look forward to for this little boy at the National Orhtopedic Hospital. Hope is born and nurtured on the human services dispensed by entitles such as this hospital which receives aid from the Philippine Charity Sweeptakes Office. Just as valuable are the assistance extended by other sweeptakes beneficiaries like the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, Red Cross Blood Bank, etc., numbering over 4,000 in all. Efforts to improve the health and welfare of the nation are being exerted day in and day out, year after year, through the various services made available through the PCSO. March 17,1968 SWEEPSTAKES (FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PHILIPPINE AMATEUR ATHLETIC FEDERATION) FIRST PRIZE - F200,000 SECOND PRIZE - P80.000 THIRD PRIZE - P40.000 and Thousands of other Cash Prizes, all Tax-Free March 9, 1968 ¥ THE BICOL STAR ¥ 7 Fund Lack Snags Milk Project Lack of funds has snagged a plan to tap carabaos for milk at the Sorsogon Dairy Farm. The plan was mapped out a couple of years ago as a means of tapping a potential source of milk. This would have been in addition to the bureau of animal industry’s program of buying cow’s milk which started here in 1965 when the pilot dairy farm was opened. Lack of funds has prevented the implementation of collecting carabao milk from farmer-cooperators in the province. Under the aborted program, carabao’s milk was to be pasteurized separately from cow’s milk. It was learned that no fund has been released during the past two years for the dairy development program of the local pilot project. During that period, the then Gov. Juan G. Frivaldo had repeatedly sought the help of Malacanang and the BAI for the release of funds under the Dairy Development Law so the operation of the project here could be expanded. Republic of the Philippines Department of Public Works and Communications BUREAU OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS Baras, Canaman, Camarines Sur OFFICE OF THE HIGHWAY DISTRICT ENGINEER February 26, 1968 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Any qualified contractor with this Office may be allowed to deliver coarse and fine aggregates (Item 405-2.2 and Item 405-2.3, respectively, Standard Specification for Highways and Bridges) at the Concrete Batching Plant Site, Bo. Banasi, Bula, this province at the following unit prices: Coarse Aggregates..........................................P9.94 per cu.m. Fine Aggregates..................................................4.73 per cu.m. Interested contractors are requested to see the undersigned during office hours for the issuance of the corresponding purchase order of not more than 100 cubic meters each (Coarse and Fine Aggregates) which may be renewable after completion of each delivery. s/ Jaime S. Sarte I/ JAIME S. SARTE Highway District Engineer PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE 970 SAN MARCELINO ST., MANILA TEL. NOS. 3-02-70- 3-93-60- 4 22-76 ' — BRANCHES — Northern Luzon — Pangasinan Medical Society Bldg. Dagupan City Bicol Region — Rizal St. Legaspi City Eastern Visayas — Patria de Cebu Bldg. Cor. Lapu-Lapu and Legaspi Streets Cebu City Tels. 5711 or 5302 Western Visayas — GSIS Bldg. Plaza Llbertad Hollo City Northern Mindanao — J. R. Borja St. Cagayan de Oro City Southern Mindanao — Basa Bldg. Cor. Monteverde Ave. Guerrero St. Davao City

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