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NCDA Cheers Delegates to Korea’s “ Global Challenge for Youth with Disabilities”
October 19, 2012dandeeNCR, Davao, SOCCSKSARGEN, CARAGA and ARMM,Photo Releases,Sub-committee on Information, Communications and Technology,Technical Cooperation DivisionGlobal IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities
Pinch-hitting for ED Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga, DED Matt Lee Jr., met the 5-man team for this world event on October 29-November 2, 2012 in Incheon, Korea. He helped find the team’s...
Continue ReadingNCDA Marks Appointment of COMELEC Commissioner Grace Padaca
In her GMA7 “Unang Hirit “Interview on October 5, 2012, woman advocate Grace Padaca, spoke of her appointment as new COMELEC Commissioner. Accompanied no less by DILG Secretary Mar Roxas...
Continue ReadingPersons with disabilities may now avail of free legal assistance
October 9, 2012dandeeNational News,Sub-committee Access to JusticeAccess to Justice,Department of Justice
In recognition of the need to assist persons with disabilities in their legal concerns, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), an attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare...
Continue ReadingRONEL DEL RIO, One of UN-ESCAP’s 7 “Promoters” of the New Decade in AP
October 9, 2012dandeePhoto Releases,Sub-committee on Information, Communications and Technology,Technical Cooperation DivisionGov. Vilma Santos,Provincial Government of Batangas,Ronel del Rio,Web Accessibility
Batangas Governor’s Advocate Mr. Ronel del Rio, the only Filipino chosen by the United Nations-Economic and Social Commission in the Asia Pacific (UN-ESCAP), joins six others from other AP countries, ...
Continue ReadingMusashi University Professor Shares Disability Insights with NCDA
September 12, 2012dandeePhoto Releases,Sub-committee on International Disability Network,Technical Cooperation Division,Visiting Experts
Last minute, but productive chat. Prior to her flight back home, Sociology Professor Naoko Takeda, Ph.D. from Musashi University, Tokyo Japan, traded notes with NCDA ED Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga (above right...
Continue ReadingQueensland University of Technology (QUT) Launches Inclusive Education Training Program
The conduct of the 4-day kickoff component of “Strengthening the Capacity to Implement Inclusive Development in the Philippines” a partnership program between the National Council on Disability Affairs, the Department...
Continue Reading“e-PDAO Network” Launched
September 4, 2012dandeeCentral and Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao,NCR, Davao, SOCCSKSARGEN, CARAGA and ARMM,Northern Luzon,Photo Releases,Regional Cluster News,Southern Luzon and Western Visayase-PDAO
To seal the recently concluded ‘’Philippine Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) Congress”, held in Bayview Plaza Hotel on August 15-17, 2012, PDAO Officers/focal persons signed the Manifesto of Commitment/”e-PDAO Network”, to...
Continue ReadingThe Late Secretary Jesse Robredo’s TY Letter Touches NCDA
Popularly known as the “man of the masses” as was accorded to then President Magsaysay, the late DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo was to the sector, a well loved “kasangga” and...
Continue ReadingYouth Ambassadors Rocel and Jene Boy Start ‘AFS Year’ In America
September 4, 2012dandeeAFS,AFS,Photo Releases,Sub-committee on International Disability Network,Technical Cooperation DivisionAFS KL-YES Scholarship Program
2 Pinoy Scholars eagerly begin their Life-changing Year in Washington D.C. Rocel Sison of the Philippine National School for the Blind and Jene...
Continue ReadingNCDA Cheers London-bound RP Paralympics Team
September 4, 2012dandeeNCR, Davao, SOCCSKSARGEN, CARAGA and ARMM,Photo Releases,Programs Management DivisionLondon 2012 Paralympics
Godspeed, RP Paralympics Team! NCDA Executive Director Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga leads well wishers in honoring and cheering the “Go for Gold RP Paralympics Team”in a dinner hosted by the Council at...
Continue ReadingYoung PWD Leaders Launched as Rights Advocates
To develop young leaders with disabilities as rights advocates, NCDA Director Carmen Zubiaga’s instructions, Abilympics Champs Virgie Rabino and Raphael Torralba found their hands full, as Resource Speakers during the...
Continue ReadingBasic Things to Know About Tax Incentives for Private Entities Employing Persons with Disabilities
Downloads: BIR Regulations on Employing Persons with Disabilities p.1 BIR Regulations on Employing Persons with Disabilities P.2...
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