By LEILANIE ADRIANO PASUQUIN, Ilocos Norte—A woman born with cerebral palsy became her family’s main inspiration, motivating her siblings to become medical professionals, and prompting their mother to embark on a ground-breaking dragon fruit farm that has become a model plantation emulated throughout the country.
By HOMER TEODORO TARLAC CITY— For two persons with disabilities (PWDs) here in Tarlac province, dreaming big simply means being able to play their favorite sports like professional athletes.
By VERA Files UMINGAN, Pangasinan – This town posted the highest turnout of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the province’s special voters registration, thanks to the efficient coordination of municipal government agencies, local leaders and PWD organizations.
By LEILANIE ADRIANO LAOAG CITY— Ilocanos here are rooting for Roger Tapia, a person with disability (PWD) competing in the 200-meter run event of the 2012 London Paralympic Games.
By CONG B. CORRALES CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Dumapong-Ancheta may be the Philippines’ best chance of winning a Paralympic medal. She holds the distinction of being the first and only Filipino Paralympian medalist ever, winning the bronze in the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sidney, Australia after beating the world powerliftingchampion. This year, her goal is to bring home the gold.
THE late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo had always made known that his personal advocacies included looking after the welfare of people with disabilities (PWDs). “This is personal to me,” he said in his keynote address at the launching last April 18 of the Fully Abled Nation, a multisectoral initiative to encourage PWDs to register and vote in the 2013 midterm elections. “I am no stranger to PWDs.”
COTABATO CITY— The Commission on Elections allowed persons with disabilities (PWDs) to register during the voters’ registration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), but failed to provide them with supplemental forms that would have determined the kind of assistance they would need come election day next year. For the entire 10 days of
Text and photos by MARIO IGNACIO IV THE Philippine delegation to the 2012 London Paralympic Games promised to do their best during their send off party hosted by the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) at the Bayview Hotel in Manila Thursday.
By AVIGAIL OLARTE, Asian News Network
BANGKOK—Asean Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan on Tuesday assured that the regional body is committed to taking better care of persons with disabilities (PWDs) as the grouping moves towards one community in three years.
IN her almost 20 years as an election assistant, Neri Bejar had never gotten the chance to work with persons with disabilities (PWDs)—not until last year.