The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Education (DepEd) over lapses in its P5.69 billion School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) in 2023, with reports of delays and non-delivery of nutritious food products (NFPs) and pasteurized milk in several regions. Worse,...
To address the problems of undernutrition and malnutrition in students, the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday, April 11, pilot-tested the “Pansarap” program, a nutribun-like supplemental nutrition intervention for undernourished learners, in Vice President Sara Duterte's hometown of...
A total of 8,914 daycare students will receive nutribun (nutritious bun) in Valenzuela City starting Friday, Feb. 3, the local government said. Valenzuela City Mayor Weslie "Wes" Gatchalian along with City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) led the launch and distribution of food packs...
The "nutribun" or fortified bun has been having a resurgence ever since Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. became president earlier this year. Laguna 1st district Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag (left) and Senator Imee Marcos sampling NurtribAnns (Facebook) It's no wonder then that House members...
Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval and Senator Imee Marcos led the distribution of financial aid to 1,000 residents "in crisis situation" at the Oreta Sports Complex on Thursday, Nov. 10. The beneficiaries of Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) include senior citizens, solo...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was among the many "heroes" during the super typhoon "Yolanda" tragedy exactly nine years ago. House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right) welcomes President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. upon the latter's arrival in Tacloban City, Leyte on Nov. 8, 2022...
STA. CRUZ, Laguna – The provincial government launched a project called Pan de Laguna at the Cultural Center of Laguna on Monday, July 4, in time for Nutrition Month. Photo from the Facebook page of Gov. Ramil L. Hernandez (MANILA BULLETIN) The program, spearheaded by Provincial Nutrition...
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Many Filipinos know nutribun to be a nutrients-filled bread used in feeding programs to fight child malnutrition. But the Municipal Nutrition Office of Los Baños is putting a unique twist on the bread which it regularly distributes to undernourished children,...
LAMBAYONG, Sultan Kudarat–Presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. proposed that daycare centers be improved to better accommodate solo parents, adding that schools should handle the feeding and healthcare programs of children. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos accepts a...
After the successful launch of the squash, carrot, and yellow camote (sweet potato) variants of the enhanced nutribun, the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) introduces two new versions of the nutrient-packed bread, and they come in even more...
More than 470 undernourished children from the municipalities of Laurel and Talisay, Batangas have benefitted from the four-month long Enhanced Nutribun (e-Nutribun) Feeding Program implemented by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon)...
The Department of Science and Technology-Food Nutrition and Research Institute’s (DOST-FNRI) Enhanced Nutribun (E-Nutribun) technology did wonders on the productivity and income-generating capacity of a bakeshop in Malaybalay City in Bukidnon. Enhanced nutribun sweet potato variant (Screengrab...
