Philippines Ceza Conducts Tender

The rapid urbanization of this town never stopped kids youth and kids-at-heart from experiencing and loving every minute of playing traditional games as the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority CEZA spearheaded the first ever Palaro ng Bayan recently in line with the celebration of the towns fiesta.The participants enjoyed playing basagan ng banga hulihan ng biik palosebo kadang-kadang bunong-braso sanggul in Iloko tug of war and other Filipino traditional games.Cruz said its high time to inculcate in the minds of the schoolchildren the importance of physical activities and that these kind of activities reduce the screen time of children.Nine-year old Frank Aldrin who won in the Palosebo competition said he is very happy that he won and hes very grateful to CEZA for the prizes he received.Aldrin who won P1600 in cash and received other goods from CEZA said he will buy his new shoes and other school supplies in time with the recent opening of classes.The Palaro ng Bayan also gathered kids-at-heart where games for family and group were also conducted such as the family sack race and obstacle racing.A laudable initiativeNational Nutrition Council NNC program coordinator Maria Gisela Lonzaga for her part lauded the initiative of the CEZA and hopes that the conduct of Palaro ng Bayan should be sustained.They should develop a physical activity plan for children with nutrition information and education NIE component Lonzaga said.CEZA has always been a partner in nutrition in Sta. Ana. I remember they also sponsored supplemental feeding before she added.Lonzaga said that physical activity reduces risk of becoming overweight and obese and reduces risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.With these kinds of activities Lonzaga said childrens screen time is reduced.Screen time guidelines she said recommend that children 2 years old and above should limit screen time to 1 to 2 hours a day and children under 2 years old are not allowed screen time at all.Screen time is the term used for activities done in front of the screen such as watching TV working on a computer and playing video games and using cellular gadgets.