Parañaque Youth and Sports Development Adviser Benjo Bernabe (right) together with  members of KAGABAY (Kababaihan Gabay ng Bayan) headed by Suzette Pido (5th from left) will distribute bags made of recycled old tarpaulins to preschool children of displaced and relocated families in the city. Bag manufacturing is one of the community-based livelihood projects of KAGABAY, a non-government, non-profit, social development organization that targets poverty reduction in the country through women empowerment. (Public Information Office)

As part of its campaign to raise awareness and prevent the spread  of HIV and AIDS, the Parañaque City Government under the leadership of Mayor Florencio M. Bernabe, Jr. recently launched an anti-A.I.D.S. project called LAKAS Laban sa AIDS (Lahat Laban sa HIV at AIDS)-One in Preventing the Spread of Infection   The project is sponsored by Johnson & Johnson and spearheaded by the Parañaque City Health Office headed by Dra. Olga Virtusio through the Social Hygiene Clinic (SHC) under the Supervision of Dr. Francisco Gozos and the Save the Children Foundation.    The goals and objectives of the project are:  1) To increase the capacity of the Parañaque Social Hygiene Clinic and community-based government health facilities to conduct Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV among most-at-risk groups and young people; 2) To provide medical, psychosocial, educational and economic support for People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and families affected with HIV & AIDS; 3)  To advocate for the incorporation of VCT and STI testing in the primary health care package of the local government; and 4) To advocate for the adoption of the BALUTI (Batang Laging Umiiwas sa Tiyak na Impeksyon) model for HIV prevention in other communities and in night ...

Parañaque City Mayoral Spouse Ma. Fe “Girlie” Bernabe hands over to a qualified beneficiary a P500 monetary assistance during the recent payout of the benefit in the city. Katas ng VAT: Tulong para kay Lolo at Lola is a project of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, through the DSWD, implemented locally by the City Social Welfare and Development Office headed by Dean Calleja. (Public Information Office)

City and barangay officials lead volunteers in cleaning a creek in Brgy, Moonwalk in Parañaque during the Earth Day celebrations in the city. The clean-up aims to rid streams of garbage that serve as breeding sites of mosquitoes as they impede water flow causing floods in the process. This step is also designed to prevent garbage from getting swept towards the river and ultimately to the sea. In photo (L-R) Moonwalk Brgy. Capt. Winnie Esplana, Parañaque City Mayor Jun Bernabe and Youth and Sports Development Adviser Benjo Bernabe. (Public Information Office)

Parañaque Youth and Sports Development Adviser Benjo Bernabe (center) and Don Bosco Brgy. Chairman Teodoro Virata, Jr. direct volunteers in removing  debris  from one of the waterways in the said  barangay during  a creek clearing operation coinciding with the celebration of Earth Day. The clean-up aims to rid streams of garbage that serve as breeding sites of mosquitoes as they impede water flow causing floods in the process. This step is also designed to prevent garbage from getting swept towards the river and ultimately to the sea. (Public Information Office)