By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) – The Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration emphasized that the Philippine government
will not allow migrant workers to countries that do not uphold the improved
rights of workers.
According to POEA-Caraga Regional Dir. Marietta
Bellotindos, more countries are not giving value to the rights of workers, thus
the rights of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are not protected.
She added the Philippine Embassies and
Philippine Missions have certified that the following host countries are not
compliant with the guarantees provided under the law: Afghanistan, Antigua and
Barbuda, Barbados, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Chad, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea/North Korea, Dominica, East Timor/Timor Leste,
Eritrea, Haiti, India, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan/Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Montenegro, Mozambique, Nauru, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan,
Palestine, Serbia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the
Grenadines, Sudan, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Turks and Caicos, Tuvalu, US
Virgin Islands, Vanuatu, and Zimbabwe.
With this, the official said the POEA continues
to implement the employment ban of OFWs to these countries to protect the
Filipino workers from future problems.
“Dili magpadala og mga workers ang atong
gobyerno tungod kay ang katungod sa atong mamumuo wala mapahimutang, butang nga
angayan lang gayud nga dili kita magpadala og mga migrant workers niining mga
nasura aron malikayan ang umaabot nga mga problema,” Bellotindos said.
(Our government will not send workers because
the rights of our workers are not put in place, thus, it is practical for us
not to send immigrant workers in these countries to avoid problems in the
future).
Republic Act 10022 provides that the State shall
allow the deployment of OFWs only in countries where the rights of Filipino
migrant workers are protected.
The law also states that the government
recognizes any of the following as a guarantee on the part of the receiving
country for the protection of the rights of migrant workers: 1) it has existing
labor laws and social laws protecting the rights of workers, including migrant
workers; 2) it is a signatory to and/or ratifier of multilateral conventions,
declarations or resolutions relating to the protection of workers, including
migrant workers; and 3) it has concluded a bilateral agreement or arrangement
on the protection of the rights of OFWs.
Bellotindos also stressed the government has
been intensifying its anti-illegal recruitment and human trafficking campaign
since according to reports, illegal recruiters and traffickers continue to
recruit applicants to work in the said countries.
POEA has reported that the number of illegal
recruitment cases last year dropped by 52 percent from the previous year. POEA
Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac said the drop in illegal recruitment — from 468
complaints in 2010 dropped to only 224 in 2011, and it can be attributed to the
POEA's campaign against it.
Bellotindos is hopeful that number of illegal
recruitment cases will continue to drop this year as the government has doubled
its efforts to solve the problem. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
DOLE set to release livelihood grant to coco
farmers in Surigao del Norte
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) –- Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE) Surigao del Norte Field Office is set to release
coco coir livelihood grant to members of the Claver Coconut Farmers
Multi-purpose Cooperative (CLACOFARMCO) on Friday at the multi-purpose hall of
Taganito Mining Corporation in Claver, Surigao del Norte.
In a phone-patch interview with PIA, Gloria
Varquez, DOLE-Surigao del Norte field office head said this is the second
release of the said cooperative after they have received the P230,000 grant in
2009.
She added CLACOFARMCO management has just
liquidated the amount they received two years ago and that they are now
qualified to receive the remaining grant amounting to P170,000. “All in all,
they are receiving a total of P400,000 livelihood grant from DOLE,” Varquez
added.
The official further said the activity is part
of the Labor Day celebration in the region on May 1, 2012, anchored on the
theme: “Pagtutulungan, Pagbabago, Disenteng Trabaho.”
Coco coir is an organic tiny particle which is
obtained from coconut husk while separating fiber from husk. It is also known
as Coco peat which is used in Horticulture and Floriculture environments.
Coco peat provides with an organic alternative
to rock wool and perlite media without the environmental disposal issues.
Hydroponic crop production using Coco peat makes the opportunity to
consistently maximize yield and provide better quality. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Malaria cases in Agusan del Norte down by 0.04%
- Prov’l Health Office
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- In observance of
this year’s World Malaria Day, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Agusan del
Norte bared during a press conference on Wednesday here that Malaria cases in
the province from 2003 has decreased in 2011 by 0.04 percent.
Based on the report on the trend in Malaria
Infection released by PHO, in 2003 there were 443 cases or 3.15 percent while
in 2011 there were only 13 Malaria cases or 0.04 percent recorded.
According to Agusan del Norte Provincial Malaria
Coordinator Jimmy Egay, their office together with the Department of Health (DOH)
Caraga, Butuan City government, Provincial Government of Agusan del Norte,
Global Fund for Malaria Component (non-government organization), and other
partner agencies are continuously advocating for a Malaria-free municipality
through constant information campaign on the prevention of said disease in the
barangays.
Said advocacy is also in support to the
Philippine Millennium Development Goal No. 6, which is to combat HIV/AIDS,
malaria and other diseases.
Egay also said that in Agusan del Norte, there
are 10 municipalities which are considered commonly-affected areas except for
Magallanes.
“The municipality of Buenavista used to have the
highest number of cases but for two years now, we have recorded zero case
already… From January to March 2012, there are two cases of malaria in the
municipality of Santiago specifically in the barangays of La Paz and Poblacion
I,” Egay said.
According to Dr. Casmerlita Yu, regional Malaria
coordinator of the Center for Health Development (CHD) Caraga, Malaria is an
infectious disease caused by a parasite, plasmodium, which infects red blood
cells. Malaria is characterized by cycles of chills, fever, pain, and sweating.
“Humans develop malaria when infected with one
of the four protazoan parasites from the genus Plasmodium. The four species
include: Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, Plasmodium
malaria. P. falciparum is the most widespread and dangerous of the four,” Yu
stressed.
She also encouraged people in the rural
barangays to make use of the insecticide bed nets at their homes provided by
DOH to prevent them from mosquito bites and Malaria disease.
The DOH official added that in 2011, their
office has distributed a total of 24,969 bed nets to the municipalities of
Buenavista, Cabadbaran, Carmen, Jabonga, Kitcharao, Las Nieves, Nasipit, RT
Romualdez, Santiago, and Tubay.
For this year, DOH has partially distributed a
total of 721 bed nets to the municipalities of Jabonga, Santiago, and Butuan
City.
With this, the DOH, PHO, and other concerned
agencies are hoping for the full support of the general public and cooperation
for this health campaign. (RER/JPG/PIA-Caraga)
TESDA, PRO 13 team up to capacitate 30
policewomen in driving skills
By Gervacio C. Dauz Jr.
BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- For Senior Police
Officer 1 Jean A. Virtudazo, 32, of the Surigao del Norte Provincial Police
Office, the “red alert” message seems already a regular routine.
But her husband Junie, who works daytime at the
Department of Science and Technology - Surigao del Norte, could still feel off
at times for being tugged away from his sound sleep to drive her to the place
of action or the scene of the crime.
This situation motivated her more to learn the
ropes of basic driving, after the Community Relations Division (CRD) of the
Police Regional Office 13 ordered her to proceed to Camp Rodriguez and undergo
a four-day short course dubbed Basic Driving Skills Training (BDST) for
Policewomen.
Prior to the training, she dreamed that she will
be more effective in response to her duty once she acquires driving skills.
The training program, participated by 30
policewomen, was conducted from April 24 to 27.
“The acquisition of driving skills is a must for
response and rescue purposes, and even for personal convenience, particularly
for those who owns or would like to buy a car,” Police Senior Inspector and
training particent Charity S. Galvez said.
James Calinga, a professor at Caraga State
University and a competent and qualified trainer cum assessor for driving,
shared with the participants theoretical fundamentals of coordinating and
manipulating the brake, clutch and accelerator, including shifting the lever
and steering the wheel.
Aside from this, he also lectured about basic
traffic rules and regulations as mandated under R.A. 4136 or Land Transportation
and Traffic Code.
Sr. Police Officer 3 Cristina F. Bayeta, PRO
13’s focal person for the training program, revealed that the objective so far
for the first batch was achieved with flying colors and that she expects that
the succeeding four more batches would be as stirring.
TESDA Provincial Director Florencio F. Sunico,
Jr. desires that more policewomen would become proficient drivers so that they
can easily respond to the call of service.
He desires further that PNP will incorporate
proficiency in driving as a must for all their officials, uniformed and
non-uniformed personnel, because in this world of fast lane, the one who got
the knack is way ahead of the pack. (RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga/TESDA-Agusan del
Norte)
Mindanaons urged to share responsibility on
environment
DAVAO CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- Speaking to
delegates of the 1st Mindanaonon Environment Summit last Friday, Secretary
Luwalhati R. Antonino, chairperson of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA),
called on Mindanawons to convene and harmonize all environmental advocacies for
Mindanao.
“In the same way that we successfully held the
power summit last April 13, I hope we can once more gather our collective stand
and unite to resolve issues on the environment,” Antonino said.
Antonino pointed the need for shared
responsibility and accountability in undertaking development initiatives to
protect and rehabilitate watershed areas across Mindanao to ensure
environmental sustainability and food security in the island region.
She also underscored the significant role of
LGUs in advancing key strategies on public-private partnership to promote
harmonized efforts for sustainable development, citing opportunities for
grassroots collaboration in organic farming, eco-friendly production processes,
and reforestation efforts pursuant to the National Greening Program (NGP) of
the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).
The summit aimed to shed light on climate change
impacts on food security and the environment of Mindanao and to elicit
recommendations from various sectors. It also shared best practices on organic
farming, reforestation, and waste management that could serve as benchmark for
LGUs and multi-sector civic groups.
“We need to re-evaluate our current agriculture
development approaches where ‘going back to the basics’ is among the workable
solutions to sustainable agriculture and food security,” she said.
Antonino also pitched MinDA’s banner program,
MindaNOW: Nurturing Our Waters, that anchors on river basins and watersheds as
key platforms for planning for sustainable development in Mindanao.
As a testament to national support to local
efforts , Antonino stated that the national government is allocating P1.93
billion for the rehabilitation of the watersheds and river basins of the
headwater province Bukidnon which also hosts the Pulangi hydropower plants.
Some P900 million is allocated for rehabilitation of Lake Lanao.
The 1st Mindanaonon Environment Summit was
spearheaded by Andry Lim, Environment Zone Director for Zone 4 (Davao
Provinces, Compostela Valley, and Davao City) and Board Secretary Ed Cejar of
EarthSoul Solutions, a non-government organization based in Mindanao that
promotes environmental advocacies, in collaboration with DENR, Department of
Agriculture, Deparment of Agrarian Reform, Department of Interior and Local
Government, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, and the City of Davao.
(NCLM/PIA-Caraga/MinDA)
3 LGUs ink commitment to 4Ps
By Stella Maris V. Barcelon
BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- Three mayors from
Caraga region inked their commitment to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(4Ps) through a Joint Regional Ceremonial Signing of the Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Region XI and Caraga region with Local Chief Executives (LCEs) on April 16,
2012 at Apo View Hotel, Davao City.
The main objective of the activity is to ensure
continued commitment of partner Local Government Units (LGUs) to the program
implementation in set 5 areas.
The activity also emphasized the joint effort of
the national and local government in fighting poverty by meeting the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs): eradicate extreme poverty and Hunger; Achieving
Universal Primary Education; Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women;
Reducing Child Mortality and Improving Maternal Health through the
implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.
Caraga region has three set 5 municipalities
represented by Mayor Demostheneses Arabaca of Magallanes, Agusan del Norte;
Mayor Roscoe Democrito Plaza of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte and Mayor Librado
Navarro of Bislig City, Surigao del Sur.
In her speech, DSWD-Caraga Regional Director
Mercedita P. Jabagat emphasized that the MOA is a written understanding of
cooperation, collaboration and partnership. It is also considered as a symbol
that communicates a meaning-a meaning that exudes a sense of responsiveness.
“Let this be a truly living symbol, because when
it is alive, it has a power to influence and make something different,” Jabagat
added.
Other delegates from Caraga region who witnessed
the said activity include: DepEd Caraga Regional Director Dr. Gloria D. Benigno;
DILG OIC Assistant Regional Director Donald Seronay; Ms. Purisima Polinar,
ES-II; Lucia S. Castro, Division School Superintendent of Surigao del Sur,
Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officers (MSWDOs) namely Ms. Letecia
M. Yu of Bislig City, Surigao del Sur; Ms. Estrella M. Lerion of Magallanes,
Agusan del Norte and Ms. Crecencia A. Bermudez of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte,
and some members of Pantawid Pamilya Regional Project Management Team.
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Caraga region
has been implemented in 70 municipalities and 3 cities, it has a total number
of 148,817 registered beneficiaries, and 12,587 of these are set 5
beneficiaries. (DSWD/RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
City dad elated over PCSO’s P2M medical
assistance
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- City Mayor
Ferdinand Amante, Jr. expressed his gratitude to the management of the
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) on the P2-million medical
assistance which the city government received from PCSO Regional Operations
Manager Carlito Kho, in a ceremony held recently at the city hall here.
According to Mayor Amante, Butuanons are very
fortunate because of the endowment fund given are to accommodate the people in
erms of their health care needs.
Amante added that the medical assistance will
give the indigent patients of the city the opportunity to avail health and
medical needs, especially in the payment of the patients’ hospital bills.
“Dako na kaayo ni og tabang alang sa atong mga
kabus nga kaigsuonan sa dakbayan (This is a big help for our poor brothers and
sisters here in the city),” Amante said.
The official further said based on the
memorandum of agreement signed between him and Kho, it is stipulated that the
city government should implement social conference with the hospitals where the
beneficiaries can avail the assistance.
“This is to ensure that these medical
establishments have served the public well,” Mayor Amante added.
For the past years, PCSO in Caraga Region has
been active in addressing the needs of the people by providing medical
assistance to include the hospital bills of indigent patients that are confined
in hospitals throughout the region.
PCSO’s Endowment Fund Program (EFP) allocates
funding assistance to government and private hospitals assistance to indigent
patients in need of medical care, medicines, drugs, medical and surgical
supplies, and diagnostic procedures for the management and treatment of various
illnesses.
The program aimed to grant fund to hospitals and
other health facilities making health or medical services accessible to
PCSO-authorized indigent patients. Specifically, it enables charity patients’
access to medicines, drugs, medical supplies, implants, blood, diagnostic and
laboratory procedures. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Agusan del Norte farmers prefer organic farming
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- “Farmers in the
province of Agusan del Norte now prefer to use organic farming,” an official of
the Department of Agriculture (DA) today said.
In an interview with a local radio here
recently, Alvin Aclan, supervising agriculturist of DA-Agusan del Norte,
farmers choose organic fertilizer instead of commercially sold fertilizer
because it is cheaper.
The official added the farmers can easily make
an organic fertilizer since this can be made in a compost pit and that
materials such as rotting fruits and vegetables can be used in making such
fertilizer.
Aclan also said that aside from easy access to
the materials used for the composition of the fertilizer, this can help in
sustaining good health for everybody. “Those who can take agriculture products
that are grown through organic fertilizer is assured of healthy products,” he
said.
When asked on the effects of organic farming in
the environment, Aclan said this can contribute in mitigating the impact of
climate change since farmers will no longer use chemical products that harm the
environment.
Meanwhile, Kim Leslie of eHow.com said organic
fertilizers offer time-released nutrients with the aid of microbes already in
the soil, making maintenance of the garden easier and more cost effective.
She added organic fertilizer usually refers to
fertilizers that have been made from, or are by-products of, organisms. These
may include manure, compost, corn gluten, bone meal, cottonseed meal, blood
meal, fish emulsion, and sewage sludge. One exception is urea. This is
considered a synthetic organic fertilizer because it is derived from inorganic
materials. (PIA-Caraga)
News Feature: Measures being done to stop
schistosomiasis in Agusan del Sur town
By William U. Andres
AGUSAN DEL SUR, April 26 (PIA) -- Local
residents are strictly forbidden to fetch water, wash clothes, or bathe at the
irrigation canal in Barangay Manat, Trento, Agusan del Sur. Those who fail to
do so will be penalized. Despite these warnings, residents admitted many of
them violate the order because of lack of water supply for their daily use.
This is the scenario and the statement of the
local residents when the team of the National Broadcasting Network (NBN)
visited the area after a report from a national television bared that local
government units have done nothing to stop the spread of the dreaded
schistosomiasis disease in the community. But this is not true, government had
taken a number of steps regarding the problem.
According to Barangay Captain Bienvenido
Bagaipo, they have posted several billboards prohibiting contact with the
irrigation canals traversing Barangay Manat going to the rice fields but this
is not followed. Because of this, they have also secured the area by putting up
fences so that nobody could go near, but still many failed to follow. They have
also referred the case to the Department of Health (DOH), and they were
provided with medicines for schistosomiasis but many do not even take the
medicines for their protection and treatment.
“Very few of us here religiously abide by the
barangay ordinances but sad to say, plenty are violating. If you look around,
many residents living near the irrigation canals are even putting up a
makeshift bridge going to the canal so that it will be easier for them to have
access to the canal for their laundry and bath,” Evelyn Ferrer, a resident of
Barangay Manat said.
According to Barangay Kagawad Felipe Lepit and
barangay health worker (BHW) Wilia Plaza-Otaza, every resident is required to
visit the health center every month for a check up and if found to have been
inflicted with the disease, they are provided with medicines for treatment.
“But sad to note, many do not take the medicines
and others even throw them away,” BHW Otaza said.
Because of the situation, Barangay Captain
Bagaipo says that the solution is to provide the residents with enough water
for their daily needs. The first solution that Bagaipo presented is the repair
of the damaged water system - the Manat Rural Water Users Association Another
is the putting up of a water reservoir that will store the spring water from a
spring some eight kilometers from Barangay Manat.
“I have presented these plans to Mayor Glenn
Plaza and he promised to help us. We will also present these plans to Gov.
Adolph Edward Plaza so that our problem can be addressed earliest possible
time,” Barangay Capt. Bagaipo said. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Agusan Norte embraces plan vs disasters
By Jay Vincent Demain
AGUSAN DEL NORTE, April 26 (PIA) -- The province
of Agusan del Norte now has its own management plan to reduce the impact of
disasters when it occurs in the area.
This, by virtue of the Disaster Risk Reduction
Management Plan (DRPMP) that was recently approved by Sangguniang Panlalawigan
covering the years 2012-2016.
The plan serves as guide for the adoption and
implementation of viable mechanisms and measures devise to ensure the reduction
of community vulnerabilities from disasters and the ill-effects of climate
change in the province.
“For the past few years, we saw the world and
our country experiencing calamities and disasters never seen before. Climate
change and global warming have indeed unleashed their ill-effects in their most
damaging and deadliest form. These phenomena have brought up us extremely and
severe floods and deluge that caused death and destruction which were
unimaginable a decade ago. But it did happen and it is province," Governor
Erlpe John M. Amante said as the major objective in coming up with this plan.
Agusan del Norte, which has an approximate land
area of 273,024 hectares, is said to be vulnerable to hazards like floods,
rain-induced landslides, storm surges and earthquakes. Northern Mindanao or the
neighboring provinces, the lower areas of the province is greatly affected by
heavy rains that overflow the banks of the Agusan Rivers. Flooding is
considered as the most frequent hazard that affects the province.
Reports show that from January 2007 to February
2011, floods had caused six deaths, affected 5,318 farmers, and caused damage
to infrastructure and agriculture totaling P178,788,462.50.
But the floods in November 1980 to March 1981
was the most severe with damages estimated at P57 million.
A study also reveals that 39 barangays are
identified as susceptible for storm surge with 31 rural barangays and eight are
urban. These barangays are from Buenavista, Cabadbaran City, Carmen, Jabonga,
Magallanes, Nasipit, and Tubay.
Moreover, the fault line that lies to the west
of Lake Mainit area is an extension of the Philippines Maser Fault which starts
from northern Luzon through Bondoc Peninsula, Camarines, Masbate, Leyte, and
Surigao which ends in the Davao Gulf.
Kitcharao has been identified to be within the
seismic spicenter. The city of Cabadbaran and the towns of Tubay, Santiago, and
Jabonga are within the active or probable active fault zone.
The study concludes that all component LGUs in
the provinces of Agusan del Norte are at risked of being exposed to natural
disasters.
With this place, this would make the province
achieve a unified effort in adoption and implementation of necessary measures
to counter various situations affecting climate change, disasters and
calamities, and to create and transform all sectors in the province into a
ready-disaster and climate change-resilient communities.
“In the event that the force of Mother Nature
should bear upon us, then we would have been ready for the worst, “the Governor
said. (RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga/LGU-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano news: NSO gi-update ang mga
establismento sa nasud
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Abril 26 (PIA) -– Pagasugdan na sa
National Statistics Office (NSO), Caraga Region ang pag-update sa mga listahan
sa mga establismento sa nasud dili na mahuman ang usa ka bulan.
Kini usa ka regular nga kalihukan sa ahensya nga
gipahigayon alang sa pauna nga paghatag sa update sa masaligan nga sampling
frame alang sa census ug survey sa establismento.
Ang list of establishment usa ka database sa
tanang establismento sa Pilipinas. Niadtong 2011, ang NSO database adunay
impormasyon nga kapin kun kulang 800,000 ka mga establismento lakip ang
pag-pangempleyo sa 17 ka geographic region sa nasud.
Lakip niini ang capture ug listing sa mga
characteristics sa mga bag-o nga establismento, update sa status ug
characteristics sa daan nga establismento o kadtong apil na daan sa database,
pagtanggal sa listahan niadtong sirado na nga mga establismento, ug identification
sa out-of-scope units.
Usa ka update database sa establishment nga
maghatag sa NSO ug masaligon nga sampling frame para sa mga negosyo ug
industriya nga census ug survey. Ang data nga kolektahon mao'y mamahimong giya
sa paghimo og government planning, policy-making and monitoring; basis sa
marketing plans, opportunities ug prospects; ingon man input sa evaluation,
marketing research ug comparative studies.
Sa ingon niini, ang ahensya manglantaw sa
kooperasyon ug suporta alang sa pagsulay dili lang sa nasyonal ug lokal nga
panggamhanan nga ahensya apan lakip na usab sa pribado nga sektor, labi na sa
natad sa negosyo.
Sa Caraga, adunay NSO field staff ug pinili nga
mga interviewers ang magahimo og door-to-door nga canvassing sa mga
establismento sugod karong Mayo 2, 2012. Ang NSO gusto nga mahatagan ug
kasiguruhan ang mga respondents nga ang tanan impormasyong makuha sa mga
enumerators/listing sheet usa ka mamahimong confidential ug dili angay gamiton
alang sa bisan unsang ebidensya sa korte alang sa katuyuan sa taxation,
regulasyon o imbestigasyon nga giandam alang sa section 4 sa Commonwealth Act
No. 591.
Ang NSO muhatag lang og summary information sa
listahan sa mga establismento sama sa ihap sa establismento nga adunay
disaggregation sa industriya, employment size, region, ug sa pinili nga lugar
ngadto sa mga barangay levels pinaagi sa paghangyo sa government ug public
users. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Gobyerno gitrabaho na ang
katapusan og bag-ong mining policy, sulti ni Aquino
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Abril 26 (PIA) –- Ang gitanyag nga
Executive Order alang sa bag-ong mining policy niagi na sa MalacaΓ±ang ug ang
maong proposal gipresentar na ngadto sa nagkalain-lain nga mga mining
stakeholders adisir ang paynal nga pag-aprubar, si Pangulomg Benigno S. Aquino
III miingon.
“Dumaan po sa akin ‘yung proposed executive
order. I understand this is being run through the various stakeholders,” ang
Pangulo miingon atol sa book launching sa People Power Volunteers for Reform
(PPVR) didto sa Greenhills, San Juan niadtong Martes.
Matud sa Pangulo, pipila ka mga isyu nga gituki
uban ang mga stakeholders mao ang ecology, ang papel sa mga kumpanya sa mina ug
ang local nga mga komunidad.
Siya miingon nga iyang gihulatan ang resulta sa
mga konsultasyon apan siya mipadayag sa iyang pagdumili sa pipila ka mga unod
sa bag-ong polisiya sa mina.
“We get something like two percent of the
proceeds… And in a very simplistic way of looking at it, 100 percent of the
problem, if there becomes a problem, is our problem. But of the proceeds only
two percent is ours to take care of the 100 percent of the problem. Hindi yata
fair,” siya miingon.
Kinahanglan adunay pag-uswag sa kung unsay mga
makuha sa gobyerno gikan sa mga operasyon sa pagmina dinhi sa nasod, ang
Pangulo miingon.
Siya usab mibutyag nga adunay mokabat sa 78 ka
mga dapit ang gitudlo isip tourism sites nga dili pwede sa mga aktibedades
pagmina. Usab, pipila ka mga probinsya ang kanhi naapektuhan sa dili maayo nga
mga operasyon sa pagmina ang dili na gyud pwede alang sa bisan unsa nga mga
pagmina.
Ang industriya sa minahan naghulat na sa gilayon
nga pagpagawas sa new mining policy dinhi sa nasod ug nagpatuo nga ang
industriya nawad-an sa dakong kita niaging tuig tungod kay walay bag-ong mining
policy.
Ang gobyerno miangkon nga ang dili parehas nga
mining policy maoy problema dinhi sa nasod sa milabay nga pipila ka mga
katuigan, ug ang administrasyong Aquino gusto nga adunay definitive mining
guidelines nga maoy mopausbaw sa local mining industry ug modani dugang mga
puhunan. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano news: Provincial Agriculture Office
mibisita sa Provincial Farm sa Ipil
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Abril 26 (PIA) –- Ang buhatan
sa Provincial Agriculture Office mibisita bag-ohay pa lang didto sa Provincial
Farm sa Barangay Ipil, ni'ng siyudad sa Surigao.
Si Surigao del Norte Governor Sol Matugas mao'y
nangulo sa maong pagbisita inubanan nila Provincial Agriculturist Gromyko
Geraldino, Provincial Accountant Myrla Padayhag, Provincial Engineer Alwin
Pono, Tourism Officer Ivonnie Dumadag, Teresita Ajoc sa General Services ug
pipila ka mga empleyado sa kapitolyo.
Ang tumong ug tinguha sa maong pagbisita mao ang
pa-asister sa sitwasyon sa maong farm aron mahatagan sa maayong atensyon ug
proseso ang pagpalambo niini gamit ang teknolohiya sa organic farming.
Moabot na sa usa ka hektarya ang natikad sa
maong luna nga adunay tanom sa nagkalain-laing klase sa gulay sama sa pechay,
talong, okra, sitao, ampalaya, repolyo, kalabasa, upo, kangkong ug uban pang
mga gulay ubos sa pagdumala sa opisina sa provincial agriculture. (Provincial
Information Office/SDR/PIA- Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano news: Butuan padayon sa pag-usab sa
local natil roads
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Abril 26 (PIA) –- Ang Sangguniang
Panlungsod dili lang dugay nagpasa og usa ka resolusyon sa pag-endorso sa
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) pinaagi sa Caraga Regional
office alang sa pag-convert sa lokal nga kalsada ngadto na sa nasyunal nga
kalsada.
Kini human nga nagpadala og sulat si City Mayor
Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr., gipetsahan Pebrero 1, 2012 ngadto kang Vice Mayor
Lawrence Fortun sa pag-endorso sa sulat nga gipadala ni Engr. Nicolas O.
Alameda, District Engineer sa Butuan City District Engineering Office – DPWH
nga naghangyo sa Sangguniang Panlungsod sa pagpasa og resolusyon kalabot niini.
Ang komitiba sa Sangguniang Panlungsod sa Human
Settlement and Land Use nga gipanguluhan ni Councilor Jaime M. Cembrano, Jr. sa
iyang hearing niadtong Marso 9, siya nituo nga ang pag-convert sa mga local
roads ngadto sa national roads usa ka dakong benepisyo sa siyudad sa Butuan
City ilabi na sa mga residente niini.
Ang mga mosunod nga lokal nga kalsada nga
gi-endorso mao ang: Tiniwisan-Maguinda-Las Nieves Road ngadto sa NRJ-Butuan
City-Cagayan de Oro –Iligan Road (gikan sa national road junction sa may Butuan
City-Caraga de Oro-Iligan road, ang starting Station 1235 + 175, nga muagi sa
Barangay Tiniwisan, Lemon, Pigdaulan, Mandamo, Municipality of Las Nieves
Barangay Malicato ug Marcos Calo, nga mahuman sa Station 1282 + 300 boundary sa
probensya sa Agusan del Sur, nga suma total sa lente nga 47.125 kilometers).
Samtang ang kalsada sa Tiniwisan-Cabcabon-Taod-oy-Caloc-an-Magallanes
Road ngato sa Butuan City-Cagayan de Oro-iligan Road (gikan sa national primary
road junction sa Butuan City-Cagayan de Oro-iligan road, sugod sa station 1235
+ 175 nga muagi sa Barangay Tiniwisan, Cabcabon, Tod-oy ug Caloc-an, nga
mahuman sa 1242 + 900 boundary sa Munisipalidad sa Magallanes, Agusan del Norte
nga adunay suma total 7.725 kilometers) lakip usab sa nahisgutang endorsement.
(RER/PIA-Caraga)
