The Ilocos Times

The attainment of the goals set in the country’s coffee roadmap is determined by public and private convergence thus, programs such as the 2nd Philippine Coffee Conference firms up stakeholder’s initiatives in promoting coffee as a national industry, Department of Trade and Industry-Regional Operations Group (DTI-ROG) Undersecretary Zenaida Maglaya said during the conference held last November 23-25, 2016 in Baguio City. Ms. Maglaya explained that the government will provide technical support while the private sector will take the lead in what she refers to as “angat lahat” for shared responsibility while attaining inclusive growth. Meanwhile, Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Executive Director Lorenzo Caranguian, said that the roadmap goal is also dependent on the right seed, right place, right price and right market. With the theme “Nurturing the Coffee Industry Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Growth”, the two-day conference engaged the 800 participants from va

Manila —Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) members in the Philippines marked the third anniversary of YSEALI by conducting youth-led community outreach projects in 33 locations across the country.  YSEALI YOUnified, held December 3, engaged 640 youth volunteers and more than 4,400 participants nationwide to advance the key YSEALI advocacies of civic engagement, economic development, education and the environment.  Projects included a mental health awareness program in Albay; outreach to survivors of Typhoon Lawin in Ilocos Norte; an underwater clean-up on Danjugan Island in Negros; a leadership camp with indigenous youth in Iloilo; English literacy sessions for out-of-school youth in Sulu; and an agri-entrepreneurship workshop for recent drug surrenderees in North Cotabato. In Manila, the culminating YSEALI YOUnified event brought together almost 200 university student leaders to look at ways to work together to address challenges and opportunities for youth in mari

By Leilanie G. Adriano Staff reporter BATAC CITY—Around 885 farmers from the different towns and cities of the province received their graduate certificate on December 19, 2016 at the Mariano Marcos State University’s Teatro Ilocandia following a three-month long school-on-the-air (SOA) program aired over the government-owned DWFB Radyo ng Bayan here. Wearing green shirts and denim pants, graduates of the first province-wide radio school program stood tall as they took pride of their new knowledge, skills and experience acquired through listening and interactive communication with the radio host and invited technology experts and other resource speakers, sharing tips and various insights on garlic production and how to increase their income. On September 14, 2016, at least 500 farmers were encouraged to enroll in the SOA and the number has almost doubled during the course of the program which runs from September to December. Inspired by the Department of Agriculture

DEED OF ADJUDICATION AND DONATION           Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased FILOMENA DOMINGO, who died on June 7, 1980 at Laoag City, consisting of her one-half (½) share in Lot No. 13920 of the Laoag Cadastre covered by TCT No. T-021-2015000043 is hereby adjudicated by her heirs Juanito Bareng and Felix Bareng. Felix Bareng simultaneously donated his one-fourth (1/4) share in Lot No. 13920 to his son NICK KARL LLEWELLYN M. BARENG, as per Deed of Adjudication and Donation docketed as Doc. No. 351; Page No. 72; Book No. CCI; Series of 2016, dated November 11, 2016 of Notary Public AMEURFINA A. RESPICIO Jan. 2, 9, 16, 2017*IT ____________________________________________ DEED OF ADJUDICATION           Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late DOLORES P. CUADRO consisting of her rights and interest of two (2) parcels of land designated as Lot Nos. 321013 and 320418 both of CAD-578 covered by OCT No. T-21634 and CARP 201400019