{"id":163705,"date":"2018-05-14T21:45:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T01:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163705"},"modified":"2018-05-14T21:45:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T01:45:20","slug":"solon-to-sk-leaders-focus-on-youth-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/14\/solon-to-sk-leaders-focus-on-youth-empowerment\/","title":{"rendered":"Solon to SK leaders: Focus on youth empowerment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_163706\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163706\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/De-Venecia_Toff-Vera-Perez.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163706\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/De-Venecia_Toff-Vera-Perez.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cSK is for youth empowerment, so I urged them to create and implement programs using their funds for youth empowerment initiatives,\u201d De Venecia said. (Photo By: House of Representatives)\" width=\"768\" height=\"827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/De-Venecia_Toff-Vera-Perez.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/De-Venecia_Toff-Vera-Perez-279x300.jpg 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cSK is for youth empowerment, so I urged them to create and implement programs using their funds for youth empowerment initiatives,\u201d De Venecia said. <a href=\"http:\/\/17thcongressneophytes.com\/rep-christopher-de-venecia\/\">(Photo By: House of Representatives)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>Pangasinan fourth district Rep. Christopher De Venecia on Monday urged would be barangay youth leaders to deliver youth empowerment initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with newsmen after casting his votes at Bolasi Elementary School here, De Venecia stressed that Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) is not just about sports league.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSK is for youth empowerment, so I urged them to create and implement programs using their funds for youth empowerment initiatives,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>De Venecia suggested projects such as computer education and proper use of social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should teach their constituents to do business, so they would have additional income,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>De Venecia also underscored the importance of human immuno virus (HIV) awareness campaign, which he said is very prevalent at present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSK has a lot of potential,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>De Venecia also applauded the young leaders who have participated in the SK election this year, amid low turn-out of those who filed their certificates of candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited and I look forward to working with them for the betterment of our youth sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>De Venecia further said he was also thrilled with the first implementation of the SK reform law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, we will get to see if the SK reform law is effective and this election also gave chance to our youth leaders to serve,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The barangay and SK elections were held on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FABIAN, Pangasinan &#8212;\u00a0Pangasinan fourth district Rep. Christopher De Venecia on Monday urged would be barangay youth leaders to deliver &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":163706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[50901,50900,37226],"class_list":["post-163705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-bolasi-elementary-school","tag-rep-christopher-de-venecia","tag-sangguniang-kabataan-sk","mauthors-hilda-austria-and-ahikam-pasion","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}