BFP-1 stages 1st all-female fire Olympics

By Anne Hazel F. Flores

PIA

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union—With the aim of promoting gender awareness development, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) regional office staged the 1st all-female regional fire Olympics on April 19 and 20, 2018 at the Poro Point Baywalk.

The BFP Region 1 office grouped the 75 female contenders into five teams according to their agency’s offices and competed for the championship trophy.

The female competitors showed and proved that they are also capable of doing a man’s job as a fireman as they competed in games patterned after the actual work of firefighters.

“Through the years, women have indeed proven that they are no longer the weaker sex but as strong as their male counterparts,” BFP regional director F/Sr. Supt. Maria Sofia B. Mendoza said.

She added: “A lot of women have excelled in different fields but now in the fire service, an organization dominated by men, we women firefighters are empowered because we have been given an equal opportunity in terms of personal and professional growth.”

BFP generally station women in the bureau in the office, tasked to perform administrative works, but this event showed that they are also capable of being in the field.

BFP Regional Office 1 emerged as the over-all champion; followed by BFP La Union; Ilocos Sur in third place and the Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte in fourth and fifth places, respectively.

BFP conducted the activity in partnership with the local government unit of San Fernando and the Poro Point Management Corporation (PPMC).

To further empower their women employees, the bureau also conducted a “Firefighters’ Summit” at a resort hotel in San Juan, La Union on April 23, 2018.

“We women may not have the strength like our male counterparts but we have the determination and the will to do our job well as protectors of lives and properties,” said Ms. Mendoza.

Comments

Empanada festival: A celebration of good taste and good life

By Dominic B. dela Cruz & Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporters BATAC CITY—If there is one thing Batac is truly proud of, it would be its famous empanada-making business that has nurtured its people over the years. Embracing a century-old culture and culinary tradition, Batac’s empanada claims to be the best and tastiest in the country with its distinctive Ilokano taste courtesy of its local ingredients: fresh grated papaya, mongo, chopped longganisa, and egg. The crispy orange wrapper and is made of rice flour that is deep-fried. The celebration of this city’s famous traditional fast food attracting locals and tourists elsewhere comes with the City Charter Day of Batac every 23 rd of June. Every year, the City Government of Batac led by Mayor Jeffrey Jubal Nalupta commemorate the city’s charter day celebration to further promote its famous One-Town, One Product, the Batac empanada. Empanada City The Batac empanada festival has already become an annua

PGIN honors Ilocano heroes of past, present through Heroes Walk

SPO1 Allan Lampitoc Franco of Banna, Ilocos Norte and PO2 Jovalyn D. Lozano of Adams, Ilocos Norte receive a resolution of commendation, a certificate of college scholarship grant to their family members and a P20,000 cash incentive each from the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte represented by Governor Imee R. Marcos and Vice Governor Angelo M. Barba in recognition of their bravery and heroic acts in the Mamasapano clash in Maguindanao on January 25. Mr. Franco and Mr. Lozano were recognized on March 10 in time for the unveiling of the second batch of Ilocano heroes at the Heroes Walk located along the Sirib Mile in Laoag City. (Lei Adriano) By Jennifer T. Pambid PGIN-CMO In honor of the heroes who brought freedom, fame and glory to the province as well as to the country in the past century, the Provincial Government of Ilocos Norte (PGIN) through the Education Department and Sirib Youth Office launched the second batch of Ilocano Heroes Walk on March 10, 2015.

Pagudpud’s tourism transformer passes away

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter LAOAG CITY—Retired Philippine Air Force Col. Ricardo Nolasco Jr., owner of Hannah’s Beach Resort and Convention Center in Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte passed away on Wednesday evening, July 11, 2018. He was 67. “He did not survive an open-heart surgery,” said Ronald Dominguez, spokesperson of the largest resort at Brgy. Balaoi in Pagudpud. Known as the architect behind the transformation of Pagudpud town as a premiere destination of the north, Mr. Nolasco put up Hannah’s Beach Resort in what was originally meant as a family vacation resort. The rest is history when it expanded into more than 300-room executive villas and cabanas, with on-going infrastructure developments and set up various amenities. As a result, hundreds of domestic and foreign tourists visit here daily. The resort is on a cliff by the beach, which provides a spectacular view of the sparkling blue lagoon. “Yesterday will go down my lifeline as one

The Ilocos Times

Search This Blog