The 2019 Champions for Health Governance Awards

The 2019 Champions for Health Governance Awards on headway

It’s a little early for any press conference but this is something I am very passionate about. At the Max’s QC branch in Scout Tuason, three stalwarts of health particularly the Kaya Natin Movement for Good Governance and Ethical Leadership and the Jesse M. Robredo Foundation and pharmaceutical company MSD is doing another installment of the Champions for Health Governance Awards. It started 2013 and this is their fourth one giving awards to top LGU’s that promote programs for health and prioritize the well being of their constituents as they show excellence in the executiin of their projects in accordance with UN’s sustainable development goals and the DOH’s goal of getting Universal Health Coverage for Filipinos nationwide.

Aica Robredo for the Jesse Robredo Foundation was present at the occassion

Acting Mayor Sara Garcia says “I am here as an acting Mayor but everything has a reason. I was a practicing Opthalmologist before I went into politics. By undertaking ethical strategies and seeking good leaders to build a just society. Kaya Natin is not partisan, champions for health governance is grounded on the UN Sustainable life goal and the implementation of the healthcare act especially in the city and municipality levels. Not only is there a cash grant but there will be a chance to become one of the organization’s champions as they efficiently implement their health programs. They will be screened with transparency, site validation, talk to Barangay and the people who receive the help from their health programs. Funding 100,000 for their health programs will go a long way and it has been able to help a lot in training professionals, provide facilities and materials for their future goals. I enjoin everyone to support out cause, from 10 we will choose 5 local government units that will get these grants so they can help their communities.”

Past winner of CHG Mayor Velasco of San Gabriel of La Union was there and he attested “You are the leads of a very noble cause that will affect the community. We are a 4th class municipality, our score cards always show our best effort because we are short on resources and in San Gabriel it has been a challenge. It is a time to review programs and analyze data for the local units. I presented in CHG how we do it for the baby and the elderly. I saw how it didn’t really need huge funds, the empowerment of people becomes a part of the solution. The local government should feel the needs of the communityand start dialogue to make sure health, education and livelihood are given to indigents and once they learned how to do it for themselves and the community, they get ownership on planning and solutions. The best ones come from the people themselves, in an enabling environment the health outcomes become better in promoting our initiative until now. I tell people about it in our town and they know they are part of that award, they know they can do so much more for the people. Thank you for making this appreciated, Mabuhay po kayo!”

Plaridel Bulacan Mayor Jocell Casaje adds “Thank you to all our champions for having us here, you are professionals, our small municipality is first class but we know how we all need resources. If the blanket is small we have to adapt, I am glad that in our town everyone is getting involved especially our mothers. We go to our outskirts and do our UHA program. We take care of babies, teenage mothers, funding through coinbanks so they can get checked by doctors through pre natal checkups and free birth facilities. We also do home visits for first time mothers and coached by our mother leaders while teaching them the right way to do breastfeeding and how to be environmentally apt. They also teach them how to plant moringa so they can lactate better with care packages so they take care of their children in their homes. This gives us a boost of morale, a multiplier effect as we invested it to our barangay leadership units so we could build a nutrition council, health facilities and midwives in enrolling them in maternal and obstetric care training. We are also rebuilding rural health units so we can better serve our people. Also with Senior Citizens, we will always cherish you giving us the name as Champions. We will do more.”

Dr. Beaver Tamesis the President and Managing Director of MSD says “I sincerely thank everyone for coming today. We have been doing this since 2013 to see who is commited to health and the UN goals you saw earlier. This is also in line with the thrust of government for Universal Health Care and we are impressed with the entries by highly urbanized cities to 6th class municipalities. We hope these programs by champions get copied by other cities and municipalities so they too can provide healthcare services. We believe in putting patients first and putting leadership programs in place. Our goal is “Inventing for life”. You are all partners in health and we hope this program continues. We are one with the countries aspirations in better health.”

Aica Robredo says “Thank you for being here to all our champions and our next ones. This is my first time attending this in leiu of my Mom and my Sister who knows the medical field. When my Dad was in DILG, he did it with good housekeeping. Local leaders are now thinking of solutions especially with little to no budgets and these people address their problems and the best solutions come from the people themselves. I am very excited to hear about your programs, JMR congratulates you in advanced. I know it is a tough job, but we are very honored to be part of this.”

Lead convenor of Kaya Natin! Movement Harvey Keh says “Thank you everyone and to our partners. This shows how important that different sectors work together if we want to promote quality healthcare. This is our fourth time and I am thankful that we are doing this again, that if you have innovative LGU’s , you have resulted in more productive citizens, that is our challenge to promote quality healthcare so we live the quality life we deserve. I am thankful that MSD trusts the foundation and programs for healthcare for mothers and different sectors of society. You flew here because you know how important healthcare is for your constituents. These winners have minimal resources but they do a splendid job with their health programs, we have to discover more by finding them. I am excited to see more LGU’s and their health workers, not just the mayor who does a pivotal role in it. The mothers and fathers, they do have a big role to play in making sure the community to make this another success. We hope we all take the challenge to do this in all our communities.”

Vice President Robredo sent a video congratulating the nominees and previous winners. She says his husband worked to nurture trust between the government and the people. She also says we should all continue to work on making sure goals for health programs are met with key people that participate in their own communities, with the same people who will benefit from it so they too can take ownership on the improvements they plan to make in their towns and cities.

This is a noble cause, you should help when and if your can.

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Titallennials Frozen Goodies

Mom is the best cook at home. No contest.

She's the queen, the kind that would whip up some good ol home cooking whenever, wherever and however our meals happen at the dinner table. She learned through life experiences and always made it a point to go home at the same time, so we can eat together almost everyday. Food bonds us all, hence our big pudgy family. 

Just like you, I want to continue this tradition, but it's not always a good day for them to spend all day in the kitchen. They get "aged" but not old... and I don't want her to get tired. Now who do you call for help when this happens? Perhaps your LOLA? Or maybe your TITALLENNIALS?

This SME business made for and by Moms in their own right are now selling frozen items, dairy products and even teach you how to cook it. If you check out their Facebook Page here Facebook.com/Titallennials/, they have easy to follow recipes on videos so you don't really have to be a genius to do it yourself. Aside from that, they also put instructions on the label of the products they sell so it was a breeze for my relative who couldn't even boil an egg LOL!

The Pork Tocino was something I like too. It wasn't overly sweet, it won't get your kids to run around because of a rush. They probably spent a lot of time researching the recipes because this would cater to a more general market. They didn't have to make it extremes, they did it just right.

My Mom loved the Homemade Garlic Longganisa. It was just something good served on the 4th day for breakfast. It was garlicky but still sweet so it's like a mix of spiced and hamonado type of sausages. My Mom always looks forward to breaks like that, garlic rice and the longganisa plus a cup of sugar free coffee, she's good with that.

The Chicken Teriyaki was sweet and savory. I didn't even have to go out and dress up to be in a Japanese joint to have this. They deliver straight to your doorstep so just give them your details and enjoy the meal.

I love the Japanese Dumplings. I'm saying that because I felt and tasted like it was new even if it was already frozen when I got it. I simply put a rack on top of boiling water, waited for it to cook and got still firm wrappers and chinese restaurant like quality on the dumplings.

My personal favorite was the All Meat Franks. It had the right amount of spice, a little crispy-chewy outside but still juicy inside. I ate it as soon as it landed on the table, I dreamed about it the next day LOL!

Now if you want a treat like this in the comforts of your home, I'll post their pricelist on this article. You may order through their page which I mentioned earlier or their number 09209274177 and look for Anna Chan. Thing is, there are no minimum orders, you just have to pay for delivery. So if you want to save, order a lot!

I'm actually eyeing those dairy products next, Titallennials might actually save you and your family some trouble. Go call them quick!

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10K Everyday, 10 Million Grand Prize from PAYMAYA

This Christmas there will be MORE promos, MORE gifts courtesy of our friends from Paymaya. 

VP Bussiness Head Kenneth Palacios says “We will have more solutions and more technologies and there will be more advancements in the payment heiarchy. We are moving up, and we are growing 10 percent so our local banks are giving options and reasons to think we get better than cash value with Paymaya. To transfer money from one to the other without any fees, our Paymaya customers even use it on a daily basis. You bought fish balls earlier cashless using Paymaya and we will have more merchant offers. McDonalds is going cashless, Chooks To Go, public markets, government agencies, we will try to empower businesses with it all throughout the country in a more digital way. You’ve heard wechat in China, all the security they employ like facial recognition, remittances directly to their wallets, we are expanding bills, telcos, games, plus more ways to add money. In the end, Paymaya is not just a product, but an innovation from the Philippines. We want to push it to other countries too, validated by industry experts, new investorsfor Voyager and its people. We have other products that would grow even more powerful in the next few years and we will go beyond the app, payments will become seamless and meaningful. There is so much more to this than convenience.”

VP and Head of Marketing Raymund Villanueva says “Last year we shared the love and this year we plan MORE than that so we are dubbing this #PaymayaPaMore. Based on promos we had weeks ago, a person told me that they are getting a lot than their own credit cards, that is exactly what we want to do. Ours is very convenient, has cashbacks, no need to bring a wallet, just our phones and there will come a time everyone will do it too. In our office we do the same, we pay bills, issue game pins, shop online, this 4th quarter Paymaya will be rewarding you. There will be massive discounts with all our partner merchants, a lot of cashbacks too. For the announcement: On 11-11 we will give 11% cashback, mac of 300 pesos. Aside from that, we will have more discounts from our partner merchants 50% on Lazada, plus 20% on Zalora. With Paymaya, we are also giving Php 10,000 paymaya credits EVERYDAY. If you upgrade your paymaya account, you will receive 10 raffle entries, if you send money to family or friends, you will get 1 raffle entry with 10 pesos, for every telco load, you will receive another raffle ticket, if you pay your bills on the Paymaya app, you will receive another ticket (fully paid), almost every transaction imaginable on Paymaya will get you tickets, there are other ways so make sure you do it now. If you do 4/6 ways, you get 100 raffle tickets, the more you use Paymaya, the more chances you win in our 10K Everyday raffle. For our winners, we will be giving away a grand prize of 10 MILLION PESOS... no joke! Now if you won that, what would you do with it?”

Wow, so aside from the 10,000 everyday, you get the chance to also win 10 Million??? Okay that is crazy. Now what would you do to get all that? Start downloading the Paymaya app, upgrade to a physical card too, to get more chances of winning!

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Lazada and UNICEF To Help Children this Holiday Season

The 11.11 Shopping Festival of Lazada is near and with good reason, they are helping UNICEF by creating their own store to prioritize yhd welfare of Filipino children. From November 11 until December 31, 2018 they will be selling off inspiring gifts, backpacks, hygiene kits, emergency supplies so they can also help generate 1 Million pesos for the benefit of UNICEF. Also, for one day Unilever products will be sold for that cause (on November 20). UNICEF works on donations and buying things will help the programs that are ongoing every year and when in emergencies.

As you know lack of access to education, water and hygiene is so common especially in the most rural parts of the country.

Ms Daphne Oseña says “I am involved on ground so I go to communities that the organization helps. Going out to shop in this traffic is not practical so I always browse Lazada and compare prices ever since I knew about it. The awareness is there, we have generated funds through our website and our online fundraising channels. You will see the gifts and your product beside it, when you purchase, the actual backpack will go to kids in need. Having online channels is important, half of funds where people can help makes a difference. We have all been victims of emergencies, we always have to be prepared so I advocate fund raisers and breastfeeding.”

Ray Alimurung the Lazada PH CEO adds “This is in line with our vision to help, it is an innovative partnership so we can help improve lives of so many kids.”

If you also want to help through UNICEF you may call Dennis Cruz 09178616289. If you want to see the one in Lazada, download the app on Google Play or the App Store.

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