DTI-Caraga launches “Diskwento Caravan”
By Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, May 11 (PIA) –- With the upcoming
town fiesta of Butuan on May 19, the Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI)-Caraga regional office, in partnership with the Consumers Friendly
Business Establishments (CFBE) and the local government of this city, will
launch “Diskwento Caravan.”
The activity aims to help consumers cope with
the rising cost of living by means of implementing nationwide “Diskwento
Caravan,” a project where selected basic necessities and prime commodities are
sold to consumers at discounted prices.
The Diskwento Caravan includes various grocery
items, school supplies and other locally manufactured products. Diskwento
Caravan is scheduled on May 17-18, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Wing-On
QuikMart Parking Lot, Satorre St., Langihan, Butuan City.
With these developments, the public is hereby
invited to this event. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
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Surigao del Sur Prov’l Gov’t supports National
Greening Program
By Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 11 (PIA) --
The provincial government of Surigao del Sur strongly supports the National
Greening Program (NGP) of President Benigno S. Aquino III.
Under the program, the national government aims
to plant 1.5 billion trees to 1.5 million hectares by 2016.
According to Marjorie Pagaran, provincial
government office staff, Governor Johnny Pimentel issued Memorandum Order No.
55 addressed to all the Provincial Department Heads to support the NGP, thus,
implement the tree planting activity to be participated by the provincial
government employees here.
Earlier report said 500 seedlings of Caballero
species from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) were
planted on Friday (May 4) morning along the national highway from Kinahugan
Bridge, Tandag going to Brgy. Balibadon, Cortes the first town in the northern
part this province.
During the conduct of the said activity, the
heads from different department made sure that services to the public were not
delayed. (RER/NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
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TUCP condemns senseless deaths in Butuan fire
MANILA, May 11 (PIA) -- The Trade Union Congress
of the Philippines (TUCP) condemned what it claims as senseless but preventable
deaths of 17 female workers in Butuan City early Wednesday.
“TUCP mourns with the families of the 17 sales
ladies who died from the Butuan City fire,” says TUCP General Secretary Jun
Umali, Jr.
“It is senseless. Accidents such as this could
easily be mitigated if proper safety precautions and practices are mindfully
put in place," he added.
Based on reports, 17 of the 21 stay-in female
workers died in a fire that blazed a commercial building in Butuan. Four barely
escaped death. They were treated in a nearby hospital for their injuries.
A TUCP compilation of news reports show that
nine workers have been killed and 11 were injured in six serious work-related
incidents from January to March this year. Some 74 workers were killed and 73
were injured in 34 workplace incidents in 2011. These were lower than in 2010
with 109 deaths, 87 injured and 58 incidents and in 2009 with 98 deaths and 158
work-related injuries.
“Improvements in safety and health at the
workplace are urgent. Lack of budget and personnel are unacceptable reasons for
workers to get injured, get ill, or die,” said Umali.
He reiterated TUCP’s proposal to deputize trained
union leaders and workers to do joint workplace inspection and assist
government in ensuring safer, healthier, and sustainable working conditions.
“We have trained leaders and members. We are
more than happy to extend help and work with the DOLE to achieve better results
on workplace safety and health. This could be one lasting and realistic
solution to the lingering problem of lack of personnel in DOLE,” he says.
On Labor Day (May 1, 2012), President Benigno
Aquino III approved the hiring of additional labor inspectors in DOLE.
(TUCP/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
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More Agusanons avail medical, dental services in
Talacogon's outreach program
By David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, May 11 (PIA) -- Nearly a
thousand residents availed the medical and dental services offered by the
provincial government of Agusan del Sur, the municipal government of Talacogon
and the Philippine Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion during an outreach program
held at the gymnasium of Talacogon on Thursday.
According to Mayor Isaias Masendo, the medical
teams, composed of the team from Talacogon, Sta. Josefa, Bayugan City, La Paz
and the team from the D. O. Plaza Memorial Hospital, together with the
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Agusan del Sur Chapter, have started rendering
services and extracting blood from qualified donors.
“Our medical teams from four municipalities and
the D. O. Plaza Memorial Hospital tapped by Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza and 1st
District Congresswoman Maria Valentina Plaza has been very precise and fast in
rendering their services that is why we have already served nearly a thousand
while people from the five barangays that we prioritize to avail of this
outreach program kept on coming,” Masendo said.
“I am very glad that almost all our targets from
the five barangays are here to avail of the medical and dental services that we
bring to you. I really understand that many of you cannot even bring your
patients to a nearby doctor, or to the hospital because of our economic
condition,”Cong. Maria Valentina Plaza said.
Meanwhile, Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza called on
parents to think of their children’s future because the more children a family
bear, the more problems they will encounter as the children grow.
“Let us put things in a practical situation. As
you and I know, a family with only three children can very well support the
needs of their children like food, clothing, their education and other needs.
But for a family who have nine children, parents will really find it very hard
to support their children’s needs, especially when they reach high school and
college. I am therefore calling on all parents to always think and consider the
future of your children,” Plaza said.
The medical and dental outreach is a year round
program of the provincial and municipal governments of Agusan del Sur in
partnership with the Philippine Red Cross, the Philippine Army medical team and
the two congressional districts of Agusan del Sur. Its financial requirements
are taken from the combined resources of the provincial government, the two
congressional districts and from the municipal local government units.
Yesterday’s outreach program targeted to serve
1,500 recipient patients. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
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Surigao del Sur Integrated Provincial Health
Office bares accomplishment
By Greg Tataro, Jr.,
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 11 (PIA) --
The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) in Surigao del Sur bared its
accomplishment in a presentation called “A Gift For Surigaonons.”
Dr. Romeo De los Reyes, provincial health
officer, presented the office's feat recently and pointed out their objectives
in the near future through “facilitated activities”.
He particularly cited the reproductive health
care program, which has a total grant of P7,007,412 million for Calendar Year
2012 and the P8 million per year for the next four years from the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the approved 2012 Annual Operations Plan
(AOP), the Agencia EspaΓ±ola de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo
(AECID) Phase III P18 million grant, and the Health Rationalization Plan
together with the approved infrastructure for Rural Health Units (RHUs) which
will be implemented in 2013.
De los Reyes also stressed that all proposed
health infrastructures and facilities with a total cost of P192.9 million
programmed until said period will have to be in place. (dxJS Radyo Ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
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OSHC opens Surigao office
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, May 11 (PIA) –- To promote
occupational safety in the mining sector, the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE) here opened recently its Occupational Safety and Health
Center (OSHC) in Surigao City.
The OSCH Surigao branch is temporary located at
the 4F, Yuipco-Lim Bldg, Borromeo Street.
The event is a milestone in DOLE-OSHC
initiatives to strengthen the Zero Accident Program (ZAP) in both construction
and mining sectors in the province.
DOLE-OSHC will be available to establishments,
businesses, and offices in the private and public sectors for a wide variety of
services which includes technical assistance on OSH services, trainings,
networking, information sharing and among others.
The newly-opened OSCH will be working closely
with the DOLE-Caraga Regional Office, Occupational Safety and Health Network
(OSHNET) Caraga and DENR-Mines and Geosciences Bureau.
Attendees of the said event were representatives
and officials from local government units of Surigao City and Province, national
line agencies, Chamber of Mines-Caraga Region, Pacific Cement Inc., Taganito
Mining Corp., and some local media. (DOLE-OSHC/SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
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Tagalog news: DENR hinikayat ang mga mangingisda
na pangalagaan ang kalikasan
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 11 (PIA) –- Hinikayat ng
rehiyonal na tanggapan ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) ang mga mangingisda na pangalagaan ang kalikasan upang mapanatili ang
pag-unlad ng mga yamang dagat sa lugar.
Ayon kay Eric Herzon Gallego, DENR-Caraga
information officer, ang mangroves ay napaka-importante sa mga isda dahil ito
ang nagsisilbing tahanan nila. Dagdag pa niya na kung marami ang mga puno ng
mangroves sa coastal areas, ito’y nangangahulugan na marami rin ang mga isda.
Sinabi rin ng opisyal na sa Caraga Region, ang
dalawang probinsya ng Surigao ay kilala na may maraming mangrove forests. Sa
Agusan del Norte naman, ang coastal areas ng Cabadbaran City, Tubay, at mga
munisipyong malapit sa Lake Mainit ay kilala rin na may puno ng mangroves na
makikita.
Gayunpaman, sinabi ni Gallego na ang Barangay
Masao at Lumbocan dito sa Butuan, ay may kaunting puno lang ng mangroves dahil
pinuputol diumano ito upang gawing panggatong ng mga tao sa lugar.
Dahil dito, hinikayat ng opisyal ang mga
mangingisda at ang publiko na pangalagaan ang mga mangroves nang sa gayon ay
maprotektahan din ang kalikasan at natural na yaman ng rehiyon.
Ayon sa Philippine Cleaning House Mechanism for
Biodiversity, ang mangroves ay makikita sa Palawan, Aurora, Isabela at Quezon
sa Luzon, Aklan, Samar provinces sa Visayas at Zamboanga, Surigao at Sulu
provinces sa Mindanao, na merong pinakamalaking mangroves area na natitira sa
Mindanao na mahigit (112,745 has), Samar (65,119 has), Palawan (37,432) at Luzon
na merong (16,769 has).
Ang pinakamalaking mangroves area ay makikita sa
Regions IV-B, Region VIII, CARAGA at Region VII, Palawan (52,693 ektarya) sa
Region V-B na lumabas na merong pinaka malaking mangrove area na sinusundan ng
Northern Samar (9,961.69) sa Region VIII, Surigao del Sur (16,865.14) sa Region
XIII, at Bohol (14,156.37) sa Region VII (DENR-PAWB-CMMO,2008). (RER/PIA-Caraga)
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Tagalog news: BFAR-Caraga maglulunsad ng fish
hatchery sa Agusal del Sur
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 11 (PIA) -- Ilulunsad sa
lalong madaling panahon ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ang
isang municipal fish hatchery sa Bunawan, Agusan del Sur.
Napag-alaman mula kay BFAR-Caraga information
officer Shane Abeguel Eviota na ang proyekto ay may layuning tulungan ang mga
lokal na residente kung sino man ang interesado sa fishery upang gawing
livelihood opportunity ngunit walang kakayahang mag-alaga ng ibat-ibang lahi ng
isda.
Sinabi ng opisyal na ang proyekto ay magbibigay
ng benepisyo sa mga lokal na residente dahil sila ay maaaring makakuha ng
libreng similya ng isda sa nasabing hatchery.
Sa pamamagitan ng proyekto, sinabi ni Eviota na
madali na para sa lokal na mga residente na maghanap ng similya ng isda na
naaayon sa gusto nila, sa halip na sila ay pupunta pa sa mga commercial
suppliers upang bumili ng semilya.
“Dahil sa nasabing proyekto, ang mga lokal na
mga residente sa nasabing lugar ay hindi na maghihirap sa paghahanap at pagkuha
ng semilya ng isda dahil maaari na silang kumuha ng libre… dahilan upang hindi
na sila bibili sa ibat-ibang suppliers,” sabi ni Eviota.
Dahil dito, hinikayat ng opisyal ang mga lokal
na residente sa lugar na samantalahin ang serbisyo na ibinibigay sa kanila ng
fish hatchery sa pamamagitan ng BFAR-Caraga para sa kanilang pangkabuhayan.
Ang pagsisikap ng fish bureau sa rehiyon ay
sumusuporta para sa kaunlaran ng ekonomiya na bahagi ng programa ng
administrasyong Aquino tungo sa poverty alleviation na bahagi ng Philippine
Development Plan sa taong 2011-2016. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
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Cebuano news: Aquino saksi pagpirma sa kasabotan
tali sa Pilipinas ug Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Mayo 11 (PIA) -- Gisaksihan ni
Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III ang pagpirma sa upat ka mga gikasabotan tali sa
Pilipinas ug Lao People’s Democratic Republic didto sa MalacaΓ±ang kagahapon,
Huwebes.
Ang mga gikasabotan, nga gilangkoban sa mga erya
sa trade, education, foreign service and sports cooperation, gipirmahan atol sa
duha-kaadlaw nga bisita opisyal ni Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong
dinhi sa Pilipinas.
Ang unang gikasabotan mao ang Memorandum of
Understanding tali sa Laos Foreign Service Institute of the Department of
Foreign Affairs and Institute of Foreign Affairs (IFA) nga tinguha ang
pag-establisar sa koneksyon ug paglig-on sa kooperasyon tali sa FSI ug IFA
lakip usab ang paghatag alang sa pagbinayloay og mga impormasyon kalabot sa
ilang tagsa-tagsa ka mga programa ug mga seminars ug mga kalamboan sa natad sa
diplomasya, internatonal relations ug political science.
Ang maong gikasabotan gipirmahan nila Foreign
Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario ug Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for
Foreign Affairs Dr. Thongloun Sisoulith.
Ang ikaduhang kasabotan mao ang Memorandum of
Understanding tali sa Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) ug ang Laos Ministry
of Education and Sports alang sa kalamboan sa natad sa paugnat sa kusog.
Kini gipirmahan nila PSC chairman Ricardo Garcia
ug Vice Minister Sengdeuane Lachantaboune of the Ministry of Education and
Sports.
Ang ikatulong kasabotan mao ang MOU tali sa
University of the Philippines sa Los BaΓ±os ug sa Laos National University aron
pagpalambo sa kooperasyon sa edukasyon.
Kini gipirmahan nila UPLB Chancellor Rex Victor
Cruz ug Vice Minister Sengdeuane Lachantaboune.
Ang ikaupat nga gikasabotan, mao ang Cooperation
Agreement tali sa Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) ug Lao
National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LNCCI), nga gipirmahan nila PCCI
president Miguel Varela ug Philippine-Lao Business Council chairman Antonio
Chua; ug Kisaana Vongsay, president sa LNCCI ug Daovone Pachanthavong, chairman
sa Lao-Philippine Business Council.
Atol sa iyang pagbisita si Prime Minister
Thongsing gikatakda nga mobisita didto sa International Research Institute
(IRRI), karong adlawa Biyernes ug makigtabo sa mga opisyales sa Philippine
Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Siya makigtagbo usab kang Senate President
Juan Ponce Enrile. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
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Cebuano news: MOA gipirmahan sa OWWA-Caraga
kauban ang LGUs, academe
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 11 (PIA) -- Atol sa kasaulogan
sa ika 30 nga anibersaryo sa Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA),
ang rehiyonal nga buhatan sa maong ahensiya dinhi sa Caraga region nipirma og
memorandum of agreement (MOA) tali na sa walo ka local government units (LGUs)
ug 12 ka academe ingon sa kabanay sa paghatag og dikalidad nga edukasyon sa mga
estudyante sa mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).
Sigun kay OWWA-Caraga Regional Director Mrietta
Lumawag, ang kalihukan adunay tumong sa pagmugna og kabanay sa LGUs ig academe
sa paghatod sa mga programa ug serbesyo pinaagi sa pagbutag og help desk sa mga
munisipalidad para sa dali nga pag-ayuda sa mga anak sa mga OFWs. Alang sa
parte sa academe, nahisgot sa MOA ang ilang responsibilidad sa paghatag og
dikalidad nga edukasyon, lakip usab sa paghatag ug espiritwal ug moral guidance
sa mga anak sa OFWs.
Ang kalihukan gitambungan ni OWWA Administrator
Carmelita Dimzon lakip sa government executives gikan sa nagkadaiyang
munisipalidad nga gipangulohan ni Surigao del Sur Gov. Johnny T. Pimentel.
Lider sa mga academe sa nagkadaiyang eskwelahan sa Caraga region nitestigo usab
sa kalihukan.
Sa iyang pulong, si Gov. Pimentel nagpagawas sa
iyang pagdayeg ug pasalamat sa OWWA sa pagmugna sa usa ka importante nga
dokumento nga mutabang sa OFW aron sa luwas nga pagtrabaho sa gawas nga dapit,
pag-ugmad usab sa ilang mga benepisyo ug proteksyon nga serbisyo sa ilang mga
pamilya, lakip usab sa pagtukod og luwas nga agi-anan alang sa ilang pag-uli
human matapos ang ilang kontrata.
“Ang pag-ila sa OWWA sa lokal nga partisipasyon
sa pagpadayon ug pagdala sa programa ug serbisyo sa duol nga pamaagi ug sakto
nga ayuda nagpasabot nga adunay sakto nga koordinasyon sa mga ahensya ug LGUs,”
ingon ni Pimentel.
Tungod niini, naglaum ang opisyal nga ang
pakig-tinabangay sa LGUs ug Academe magpadayon pa alang sa mabungahon nga
pagpaningkamot nga makahatag og dekalidad nga edukasyon alang sa mga anak sa
OFW. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
