by Juliet Saley

BONTOC, Mt. Province, March 24  – A provincial youth summit on Integrating Concepts on Population, Health and Environment in Good Governance will be held on April 4 as one of the activities in celebration of the 44th foundation anniversary of Mt. Province and the 7th Lang-ay Festival.


Sponsored by the Provincial Population Office, the UNFPA, the Environment and Natural Resources Office, the Department of Education, the Department of Interior and Local Government, and the Provincial Health Office shall be conducting this summit and participants to this summit are the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials and in-school youth province wide.


Topics will focus on population, health, and environment issues and challenges,the Philippine population situation, understanding the Filipino youth: young adolescent fertility and sexuality, the role of Sangguniang Kabataan in the protection of environment and solid waste management, and good governance.


According to the Provincial Population officer Shirley Chiyawan, before the conduct of the summit, dear mother earth hour shall be conducted first to be spearheaded by the SK officials.


Two SK representatives per municipality shall bring two potted plants; one herbal and the other ornamental for the symbolic mother earth ritual. These plants will be distributed to the different offices after the ritual.


There will be also a ceremonial tree planting to be conducted at the opposite sides of the stage of the multi-purpose building located at the provincial plaza to be planted by the provincial governor and his wife and the vice governor and his wife.**( PIA- CAR/Mt. Province)