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Moreover, in support to DA’s ees, especially commuters with
banner program tagged as Ani at no means to travel for work. This
Kita, the project will further con- after national government consid-
tribute by establishing of market ered ban of public utility vehicles
for local produced, developing of upon enforcement of enhanced
post-production activity for goat community quarantine as measure
and standardizing products for to contain spread of COVID-19.
commercialization. The “smart” ride is part of
The project is scheduled to the completed R&D of Charging
be implemented for one year in Minutes (CharM) Project of
with a grant amounting to Php ISU Cauayan, in partnership with
4,995,648.32. It will be imple- the University of the Phillippines
mented in collaboration with De- (UP), and LGU Cauayan. It was
partment of Agriculture- Regional funded and monitored by DOST-
Field Office 02, Provincial Veter- TAPI, Dost Region 02, and DOST
inary Offices and selected Local PCIEERD.
Government Units in the Provinces The University has also mon-
of Isabela, Cagayan and Quirino. itored and assisted some students
In addition, ISU-Echague thru who were stranded in their dor-
its Cagayan Valley Cacao Develop- mitories due to the imposition of
ment Center gave free drinks of enhanced community quarantine.
the University’s patented cacao Faculty volunteers had extend-
product- “Sikulati”. It also came ed their help in the distribution
along with choco-nut crispy ca- of support packs to students. A
cao cookies which also served as total 1,279 relief packs, goods and
snack for front line workers along health essentials were given to
Echague. This after their research them to assure their safety and
shows health benefits from cacao security in their respective dormi-
in [activating] natural immunity tories.
and [enhancing] vaccination-in-
duced immune response- provid- “Bangon Lambak Cagayan”: Ul-
ing stronger protection against yssesPH
influenza virus infection and At the heart of CoViD-19 pan-
respiratory disease onset. Around demic, Northern Luzon was over-
90 Liters of cacao drinks were dis- whelmed by successive inclement
tributed along 600 pieces of dark weather turbulences, carrying
chocolate. torrential rains that caused severe
flooding. But it was until the Ty-
Food and Transport Support phoon Ulysses last November that
ISU Cauayan has offered reduced the region close to sub-
means of transportation for front- mersion. With this, #IsabelaNeed-
line government workers with sHelp and #CagayanNeedsHelp
electronic trikes or “e-trikes”. Free became widespread calls that
shuttle service aims to address caught the attention of the entire
problem on transport for employ- country.
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