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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
US charge d'affaires to inspect projects in Zambo
By Bong Garcia
UNITED States Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Paul Jones is arriving on Friday to inspect US government-sponsored projects and to meet with political and business leaders in Zamboanga City.
Jones will join Mayor Celso Lobregat in a tour of the US government-sponsored HIV-AIDS Sentinel Surveillance Site at the Zamboanga City Social Hygiene Clinic, city health compound in Rizal Street.
The clinic is one of the 10 "sentinel sites" in the country that study HIV-AIDS statistics. With American support, Zamboanga City has embarked on a robust HIV-AIDS education, outreach, and control program.
In the afternoon, Jones will be the guest speaker at the closing ceremony of the Tudlo Mindanao program, which is a weeklong English language training program conducted by the US Peace Corps and United States Assistance for International Development (USAid) for Mindanao teachers.
In two sessions, 128 teachers receive free training on how to teach academic subjects in English, as well as learn information and communication technology.
These teachers then will return to their schools and train other teachers in the techniques they learned.
A press conference with Jones and other top Philippine government officials will immediately follow, at the Grand Astoria Hotel.
(August 23, 2006 issue)
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