Entrepreneurial Farmer

Ambrosio R. Villorente

Abandoned DepEd Lot In Numancia

The Department of Education (Deped) Aklan has abandoned a piece of land allocated for the construction of its Division Office.

The land is of substantial area situated in Poblacion, Numancia adjacent to the Numancia Integrated School, Numancia. It is at the right side of the road going to the Municipality of Makato.

According to Ms. Amor Magdaluyo, the sum of P2 million was already spent by the government. Today, the would be Division Office Aklan, DepEd is virtually abandoned with concrete posts, grasses and shrubs.

What has impeded the continuation of the project? The location is ideal, big enough for a DepEd division office.

To relocate the DepEd office from Kalibo to Numancia will spell progress. It will decongest Kalibo as people who will transact business with the DepEd will just proceed to Numancia a four kilometers away from Kalibo. People from10 municipalities will be benefited like Madalag, Malinao, Lezo, Numancia, Makato, Tangalan, Ibajay, Nabas, Malay, and Buruanga. The seven (7) which are Kalibo, Banga, Libacao, New Washington, Altavas, Balete and Batan will just add four kilometers travel.

Anyway, the Aklan Sports Complex is located in Caeangcang, Makato, a good justification to relocate the Division Office of DepEd to Numancia.

For one thing, DepEd office will be away from the hustle and bustle of a big municipality like Kalibo.

Prayer Vigil

The Philippine National Police (PNP) Aklan will hold a Prayer Vigil, Hope 2010 on April 21. It will be held from 6:00 AM to 7:00 AM at the Aklan Provincial Police Office, New Buswang, Kalibo.

The Prayer Vigil, according to PSSupt. Epifanio A. Bragais, Jr. aims to attain honest, orderly, and peaceful elections which is initiated by the PNP in coordination with the Comelec, NGO’s and different religious group to seek the blessing of the Almighty God for an honest, orderly, and peaceful election.

The same prayer vigil will be repeated simultaneously in all the 17 towns of Aklan on April 28.

Leganes Carabao Mangoes

The municipality of Leganes will soon be exporting ‘carabao’ mangoes, after an Extended Hot Water Treatment System for Quarantine and Disinfestation and Disease Control of ‘Carabao’ Mango Fruits is available.

The facility will be operational by June, said the Department of Agriculture official.

The hot water treatment facility will enable mango growers in the region to export their products. It is noted that only mangoes that have undergone the EHWT process are allowed to enter the US market.

Non-EHWT processed mangoes, could only managed to penetrate the Japanese and Asian mango trade.

The entire process includes putting the mango fruits in crates and dipped in the Hot Water Tank at 48 degrees centigrade for 15 minutes. It will then undergo air cooling for 10 minutes and dipped in the hydro-cooling tank for 30 minutes and left to dry before packing.

The EHWT can treat two tons of mangoes for eight hours.

Likewise, the facility will also have a packing house, so that the mangoes will be given proper packaging that will conform to accreditation requirements for export.

The equipment was fixed and test-run by Dr. Kevin F. Yaptenco and Engineer Emmanuel Amatorio of the University of the Philippines Foundation .

UPLBF is currently working with the IMGC and the DA representative to make sure the hot water treatment facility will be able to meet the mango processing demands.
The EHWT belongs to the Iloilo Mango Growers Cooperative at Cagamutan Sur, Leganes, Iloilo and being managed by Edwin Brasileño. (PNA) /MP