Agusan del Sur Nutrition Council convenes for a
month-long celebration
By David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, June 6 (PIA) -- The Provincial
Nutrition Council has convened today in preparation for a month-long celebration
of the nutrition month celebration on July. This is to insure that nutrition
programs and activities will gain support for its full implementation from all
sectors and benefit those on the grassroots level.
Provincial nutrition service officer Laniebelle
Angchangco said the celebration will remind the people that nutrition is one of
the main factors why people should be well nourished in order to have healthy
and productive life. The messages and the activities hope to convey that good
nutrition must become part of every Agusanons.
“Last year, we challenged all the barangay
nutrition scholars to encourage all the purok leaders to establish communal
gardens in their respective puroks. These meant easy and sufficient supply of
vegetables and other planted food products within their reach. This year, we
will start the evaluation and will give rewards to those who had religiously
implemented the challenge we posted. They will be recognized for their
meaningful contribution in producing food for the community and their share in
making the community conscious of good nutrition,” Angchangco said.
According to Angchangco, the provincial
evaluation team have identified 11 barangays from nine municipalities who
became automatic entries to the monitoring and evaluation of local plan
implementation 2012, regional level.
Among the activities lined up for this year’s
celebration of the nutrition month in the municipal are: hanging of streamers
before the month of July starts; the kick-off of the 2012 nutrition month
celebration during the municipal and lone city of Bayugan during flag raising
ceremony; demo kitchen in a garden; evaluation of the communal garden, hot
lunch for kindergarten and grade II pupils; simultaneous nutrition month
celebration and conduct of special events per municipality and; barangay
nutrition scholars summit.
For the provincial level, during the flag
raising ceremony on July 2, “Oh my Gulay” program will be launched and planting
materials will be distributed to the government employees in order to encourage
them to have backyard gardens. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
POEA-Caraga warns public vs illegal recruiters
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) – The Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in Caraga region has reiterated their
call to the public against illegal recruiters.
According to POEA-Caraga Regional Director
Marietta Bellotindos, illegal recruitment is still proliferating at present.
She thus reminded those who wish to work abroad
to be vigilant on the actions undertaken by these illegal recruiters.
The official also said should they have
knowledge of illegal recruiters in any place in the region; they should get in
touch with their office.
Bellotindos assured that government authorities
will do everything to stop these illegal activities.
She further stressed that to avoid being
victimized by these recruiters, interested applicants must verify the legality
of the recruitment agencies’ operation through their office.
The director said they have a complete list of
legal recruitment agencies for reference.
Meanwhile, POEA has come up with other tips to
prevent illegal recruitment.
First, the agency emphasized not to apply at
recruitment agencies not licensed by POEA.
Second, the public is also urged not to deal
with licensed agencies without job orders, with any person who is not an
authorized representative of a licensed agency, and not to transact business
outside the registered address of the agency. If recruitment is conducted in
the province, check if the agency has a provincial recruitment authority.
POEA also pointed out not pay more than the
allowed placement fee. It should be equivalent to one-month salary, exclusive
of documentation and processing costs.
Also, applicants are advised not pay any
placement fee unless they have a valid employment contract and an official
receipt. Further, the agency advised them (applicant) not to be enticed by ads
or brochures requiring you to reply to a Post Office (P.O.) Box, and to enclose
payment for processing of papers.
Furthermore, POEA reminded the applicants not to
deal with training centers and travel agencies, which promise overseas
employment; not to accept a tourist visa, and not to deal with fixers. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Garbage volume in Butuan City decreases
significantly
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) -– Interior and Local
Government City Director Romeo Solis today reported that garbage collection
here has decreased significantly.
The DILG chief of the city said this is the
result of the successful massive campaign of the city government, especially in
the implementation of its solid waste management system, through the “Clean
Ground, Zero Waste” program under the leadership of Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr.
Part of the routine activity of the program is
the regular garbage collection conducted by the city government in every
barangay, where residents are advised to segregate the biodegradable from the
non-biodegradable garbage.
Solis also said the project has drawn support
from the barangay level where barangay health workers helped in the advocacy of
segregating biodegradable from non-biodegradable garbage.
Aside from the barangay health workers, the
official day care workers also helped in disseminating to parents and
schoolchildren pertinent information related to the project.
Solis added the city government has installed a
Barangay Ecological Solid Waste Committee to monitor the activities conducted
by each barangay on the implementation of the said program.
The city government formally launched the Clean
Ground, Zero Waste Program on September 11, 2011, in time for the tenth year
anniversary celebration of the 9-11 terror attack at the World Trade Center,
USA, killing at least 3,000 people.
The program was initiated to facilitate social
transformation processes among residents to manifest the desired behavior of
segregating waste at source, cleaning the surroundings and converting wastes
into money.
It also facilitates massive conversion of waste
into organic fertilizers (biodegradables) by the organic fertilizer production
facilities and useful materials (non-biodegradables).
The program elements and approaches include: a)
Awarding of Clean Seals as a behavior change strategy to households, puroks,
barangay, classrooms, stall, business establishments; b) Deployment of Eco
Marshalls to barangays; c) Mobilization of existing community volunteers and
employ CD strategies; d) Waste conversion to organic fertilizers (with
national, regional and local policy and financial back-up). Setting up of CB
Organic Fertilizer Production Facilities and Faith gardens; e) Convergence and
multi-sector mobilization; f) Integration with other community “felt” concerns
(dengue, anti-rabies campaign); and g) Meaningful community participation and
massive community actions.
The program is fully supported by all government
regional offices based in this city spearheaded by the National Economic
Development Authority (NEDA) as the Secretariat of the Regional Development Council
(RDC) in Caraga. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
OWWA-Caraga is ready to address OFW problems,
official says
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) –- To better serve the
concerns of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the Overseas Workers’ Welfare
Administration (OWWA)-Caraga informed the public that their office is ready to
address them.
Ritchel Molero, OWWA-Caraga public information
officer, said 24/7 office centers have been setup in all regional welfare
offices in the country to ensure that OFWs and their families will be properly
served.
Molero added that the 24/7 Operation (OP Center)
is tasked to monitor all the countries where OFWs are deployed.
The official said through the establishment of
the center, “personnel of this division is focused on monitoring the employment
status and needs of OFWs especially in times of political crisis, like what
happened in Lybia and Syria.”
Molero explained whenever such a crisis happens,
they are immediately mandated by OWWA Central Office to do 24/7 monitoring,
especially if there are workers from the region who are deployed in the
affected countries.
The OWWA information officer reiterated that
they continue to intensify its 24/7 (OP Center) to reach out to more OFWs and
their families.
In a press statement, OWWA Administrator
Carmelita Dimzon said the OWWA OP Center is just a text, email and phone call
away to those who wish to avail of its services related to OFW issues and
concerns.
Manned by experienced and well-trained
senior/duty officers, many of whom have been assigned overseas, it acts as the
Agency’s Quick Response Desk.
One of the main features of the center is the
“Feedback 24” where cases brought to its attention are required to be acted
upon within 24 hours or at least provide the OFW client or OFW relative update
or progress of the case.
Upon receipt of communication, OWWA overseas
Posts and OWWA Regional Offices nationwide, which are automatically linked to
the system, are required to act on the case within the prescribed 24 hour
period.
Dimzon stressed that the Team OP Center extends
assistance through e-mails, fax, SMS, phone calls and walk-ins, and averages at
least 1,000-1,500 clients per month.
The OWWA chief emphasized that common complaints
or queries range from OFW whereabouts or non-communication; insurance,
E-Card/OEC, Livelihood, Training and Scholarship, Consultation on case, breach
or contract substitution; maltreatment/stranded/distressed/overstaying/finish
contract, case monitoring, among others. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
DENR, LGU seize illegal logs at Agusan River
By Eric Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- Joint operatives
from the city government of Butuan, Department of Environment and Natural
Resources - Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (DENR-CENRO),
Environment Law Enforcement Team and the police on Monday intercepted about
3,000 pieces of illegally-cut logs being towed down the Agusan River at
Barangay Maguinda, this city possibly to conceal them through the tributaries
to evade confiscation and sell them at opportune time.
“This could be the largest volume of illegal
logs of lauan species intercepted by the government operatives on Agusan River
over the past five months of intensive operations by the DENR this year,” DENR
Regional Executive Director Leonardo R. Sibbaluca.
He said these illegally-cut logs have reportedly
came from the forest areas of San Luis and La Paz towns in Agusan del Sur.
“We are still looking into unverified
information that the undocumented logs are owned by several people who are
trying to find means to raise money for the enrolment of their children.”
He said that the DENR likewise is checking
reports that these illegal logs were bought at cheap price from individual
indigenous people by the log smugglers in that area.
Nevertheless, Sibbaluca said the DENR operatives,
following a tip from a concerned individual, have made a two-week surveillance
operations in that river towns until the “hot logs” were seized at the Agusan
River.
He said that the moratorium on the cutting and
harvesting of timber in natural and residual forest under Executive Order No.
23 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino II on February 2, 2011 is still very
much in effect.
The DENR top official commended City Mayor
Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. for extending his all-out support to the operations.
Sibbaluca said that this was the result of a
previous arrangement made between the local executive and the DENR top
officials that they will join hands to stop the illegal logging activities in
the region.
OIC PENR Officer Belo Udarbe and CENR Officer
Vicente S. Sembrano of CENRO Nasipit, Agusan del Norte have supervised the
scaling of the confiscated logs to determine the volume. (NCLM/DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: Mga aplikante sa CHED scholarship
tumaas sa Caraga
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Hunyo 6 (PIA) -- Sinabi ng opisyal
ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED)-Caraga na bahagyang tumaas ang bilang
ng mga aplikante sa scholarship ngayong taon.
Ayon kay Dr. Julius Sol Jamero, chief
administrative officer ng CHED-Caraga, ang kalakhang rehiyon ay mayroong 878 na
aplikante para sa 140 scholarship na ipapamigay sa rehiyon ng CHED.
Dagdag ni Dr. Jamero, ang problem ay naresolba
dahil sa inisyatibo ni Agusan del Norte 1st District Congressman Jose Aquino
III sa pagbibigay ng kaniyang Priority Development Assistance Fund.
Sinabi ng opisyal na ang ibinigay ni Cong.
Aquino ay isang malaking tulong sa maraming aplikante para sa scholarship na
gustong makatapos ng kolehiyo.
Sa ilalim ng CHED Student Financial Assistance
Programs, ang mga kwalipikadong aplikante ay isang Filipino citizen na may good
moral character.
Nilinaw din na ang kombinasyon ng taunang kita
ng mga magulang ay kailangang hindi lumagpas sa P300,000. Sila rin ay dapat
high school graduate o kandidato sa pagtatapos sa high school.
Ang mga aplikante rin ay kailangang mayroong 80
porsyento na minimum general weighted average (GWA) base sa Form 138 o high
school card. Ang mga aplikante na may full merit scholarship ay kailangan
mayroong 90 porsyento pataas, ang half merit scholarship ay kailangang may
85-89 porsyento na GWA, at 80-84 porsyento para sa mga aplikante para sa
grant-in-aid at student loans.
Kinakailangan din na ang mga aplikante ay hindi
lalagpas sa edad na 30 taon sa panahon ng aplikasyon, maliban na lang sa mga
aplikante ng OPAPP-CHED-SGRR, para sa mga freshmen o college student sa kahit
anong year level, at hindi pa nakakasali sa kahit anong scholarship sa
gobyerno.
Ang full merit scholar ay makakakuha ng P15,000
na benepisyo kada semester, pati na ang One-Town One-Scholar, samantala, ang
half-merit scholarship ay makakatanggap ng P7,500 kada semester.
Ang mga prioridad na mga kurso ng CHED
scholarship ay ang mga sumusunod: Agriculture at mga kalapit nitong korso,
Engineering, Information Technology, Teacher Education, Science at Mathematics,
Health Science, Arts and Humanities, Atmospheric Sciences, at Environmental
Science. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: PDEA-Caraga pinaigting ang pakikipag-ugnayan
sa ibang ahensya
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Hunyo 6 (PIA) -- Pinaigting ngayon
ng Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) sa rehiyon ang pakikipag-ugnayan
sa ibang ahensya upang iresolba ang mga insidenteng kaugnay sa droga.
Ani PDEA-Caraga Regional Director Joel Plaza,
sila ay nakikipag-ugnayan sa local government units at non-government
organizations (NGOs) upang mapag-alaman na sila ay gumagawa ng hakbang para sa
malawakang pag-monitor sa mga aktibidad na sangkot ang droga sa rehiyon.
Ayon sa opisyal, sila ay maghahanda ng
malawakang pag-momonitor kaya't nangangailangan ito ng koordinasyon ng
iba't-ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan sa rehiyon.
Sinabi rin ni Plaza, na kamakailan ay lumabas sa
isang ulat na ang supply ng droga sa rehiyon ay bumaba dahil sa pag-uugnay ng
publiko at pribadong ahensya sa rehiyon.
Idinagdag din niya na sila ay nag-momonitor sa
mga pantalan at paliparan sa rehiyon upang siguruhin na ang shipment ng illegal
na druga ay mababantayan.
Aniya, sila ay nakikipag-ugnayan sa mga
namamahala ng mga pantalan at paliparan para sa katuparan ng kanilang layunin.
Maliban dito, sinabi rin ni Plaza na
nakikipag-ugnayan din ito sa mga namamahala ng mga bus terminal pati na ang mga
pangulo ng NGOs. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: Agusan del Sur isasalin ang bagong
gusali sa prov'l Red Cross
Ni David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Hunyo 6 (PIA) -- Isasalin ng
pamahalaang panlalawigan ng Agusan del Sur (PGAS) ang bagong gusali ng
Philippine Red Cross, Agusan del Sur (PRC-AdS) Chapter sa darating na Hunyo 10,
pagkatapos na ito ay maisalin ng kontratista sa PGAS.
Ang bagong gusali na may sukat ang sahig na
134.17 sq. meters at nagkahalaga ng P7 milyon kasali na ang pag abono ng lote
na may sukat ding 2,000 sq. m. ay donasyon din ng panlalawigan pamahalaan sa
PRC-AdS na siyang ipinalit sa dati nilang lote at gusali na siya naman ngayong
pinatatayuan ng dagdag na gusali ng D. O. Plaza Memorial Hospital.
Kasabay ng okasyong binanggit sa itaas, ang
chairman at chief executive officer ng Philippine Red Cross na si Richard
Gordon at ang secretary general na si Gwendolyn Pang, kasama si Agusan del Sur
Gob. Adolph Edward Plaza ay magsasalin din ng mga light rescue materials na
nagkakahalaga ng kalahating milyon pesos sa mga boluntaryo ng Red Cross 143 sa
mga napiling lugar sa mga bayan ng Esperanza at Bunawan.
"Ang mga light rescue materials na binubuo
ng mga gomang botas, kapote, flash light, megaphones, radyo, first aid kit na
may lamang supplies, palakol at marami pang iba na ang pondo ay galing sa
kagandahang-loob ng Netherlands Red Cross ay lubhang mahalaga sa ating
lalawigan dahil alam nating lahat na magagamit ang lahat ng iyon pag bumaha at
ito ay madalas mangyari ditto sa ating lalawigan,” sabi ni PRC-AdS
administrator Cristyll Basan.
Sinabi rin ni Basan na malaki ang pasasalamat ng
PRC-AdS at buong ipinagmamalaki ang mga suporta na ibinibigay ng pamahalaang
panlalawigan sa buong panahong inilagi ng PRC sa lalawigan. Bilang ganti, dahil
sa mga tulong na iyon, buong pusong pinagmalaki rin ni Basan ang mga parangal
na natanggap ng PRC-AdS kasama ang mga miyembro at opisyales ng board at ang
pinaka bago rito ay yung natanggap noong Disyembre, 2011, na kumikilala sa
PRC-AdS sa kanyang walang kapalit ng kontribusyon na sa pagtaas ng mga nagboluntaryong
magbigay ng dugo mula 80 persyento papuntang 100 porsyento sa pamamagitan ng
mobile blood donation. Ang pangalawang parangal ay tinanggap ni Basan mga
tatlong lingo pa lamang ang lumipas na naglalaman ng “surpassing all
expectation and overachieving its fund campaign targets for the year
2011."
Bawat taon, ang PGAS ay nagtatabi ng badyet sa
halagang P2.5 milyon para sa mga re-agents sa programa ng dugo, siyang bumili
ng blood refrigerator na nagkahalaga ng P450, 000. Ang PGAS din ang nagbayad ng
kalahati ng presyo ng ambulansiya na nagkahalaga ng P1.8 milyon na binayaran
para sa kalahati ang presyo ng isang ambulansiya na mayisang kabuuang gastos ng
P1.8 milyon, maliban pa sa pagtalaga ng tauhan sa tanggapan ng Red Cross. (DMS/PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
Cebuano news: Gobyerno padayon ang suporta alang
sa K+12 nga programa sa DepEd
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Hunyo 6 (PIA) -– Gidepensahan sa
administrasyong Aquino ang lakang niini aron pag-implementar sa K+12 nga
programa sa edukasyon sa Department of Education karong tuiga ingon nga ang
bag-ong inisyatibo makatabang nga makunhoran ang unemployment rate sa nasod,
matud sa opisyales sa Palasyo.
Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda
mipagawas sa maong pamahayag atol sa regular press briefing didto sa MalacaΓ±ang
kagahapon taliwala sa mga taho nga pipila ka mga grupo ang miawhag kang
Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III nga erekonsiderar ug dili usa ipa-implementar
ang K+12 program.
Si Lacierda miingon nga nakasabot ang gobyerno
sa reaksyon sa pipila ka mga grupo. “There have always been resistance to
something new. But as we go along, we will able to adjust to that,” sulti ni
Lacierda.
Ang administrasyon positibo nga sa ngadto-ngadto
suportahan sa publiko ang bag-ong inisyatibo nga nagtinguha sa pagpauswag sa
sistema sa edukasyon sa nasod, matud ni Lacierda.
Ang K+12, nga gilantaw sa DepEd, nagtinguha usab
aron moprodyus og mga gradwadong high school nga adunay igong abilidad aron
makakuha og trabaho ug aron sila mapreparar alang sa kolehiyo.
"Should these highschool graduates decide
not to pursue college studies, they will still be able to find employment
opportunities after highschool," sulti ni Lacierda.
Ang pag-abli sa mga klase karong tuiga maoy
unang implementasyon sa programa sa K+12. Atol sa pag-abli sa mga klase
kagahapon Hunyo 4, moabot sa 21.49 milyon ka mga estudyante sa mga pampublikong
eskuylahan ang gidawat sa DepEd.
Si Lacierda usab mipasalig nga ang gobyerno
naningkamot aron matubag ang problema sa kakulangon sa mga klasroms. Sa
paglingkod ni Pangulong Aquino niadtong tuig 2010, aduna nay kakulangon nga
mosobra sa 60,000 ka mga klasroms dinhi sa nasod.
Ubos sa administrasyong Aquino, ang gobyerno
nakahimo na sa pagtukod og 10,000 ka mga klasroms ug dugang pang 30,000
klasroms karong tuiga uban ang tabang sa nagkalain-laing mga sector.
Si Lacierda miingon ang gobyerno mihimo sa tanan
aron mapadali ang pagtukod og dugang mga klasroms aron matubag ang kakulangon.
(PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano news: PPDO mibutyag sa ilang upat ka
bulan nga accomplishment report
SURIGAO CITY, Hunyo 6 (PIA) -– Ang buhatan sa
Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) Surigao del Norte mibutyag sa
ilang upat ka bulan nga accomplishment report niadtong miaging adlaw, Lunes,
Hunyo 4, 2012 atol sa gipahigayon nga Monday Morning Sharing didto sa
Provincial Convention Center, ning dakbayan.
Si Provincial Planning and Development
Coordinator Arturo M. Cruje maoy mipresentar sa upat ka bulan nga
accomplishment sa maong buhatan nga naglangkob sa mga mosunod: finalization
DRR-CCA Plan (Disaster Risk Reduction-Climate Change Adaptation), finalization
sa 2013 Provincial Investment Plan, preparasyon sa Disaster Risk Assessment
Plan, regional and provincial monitoring and evaluation of foreign and national
funded projects, conducted community impact sa mga PRMF projects ug submitted
the local governance performance management system (LGPMS) report alang sa tuig
2011.
Gipresentar usab ni Cruje ang ilang kahimoan
kalabot na sa mga kalihukan sa Provincial Development Council nga mao ang
pagcoordinate ug pagdocument sa mga PDC full council meeting lakip na ang upat
ka mga sectoral committees niini nga development administration, social development,
economic development and infrastructure development. (Provincial Information
Center/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano news: JBC hatagan og panahon nga
makasumite og listahan sa mga kandidato sa mosunod pagka Chief justice, sulti
sa Malacanang
Ni Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Hunyo 6 (PIA) -- Ang Malacanang
nagpadayon nga ang Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) kinahanglan nga hatagan ug
tukmang panahon nga maka-deliberate ug makapili sa ilahang mga nominado para sa
musunod nga Punong Mahistrado, sa ingon man ang JBC ang bugtong judicial body
nga gimando sa balaod nga mohimo ug metikuloso ug igong oras nga konsumohon sa
pagproseso.
Sa press conference kagahapon sa Malacanang, si
Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda miingon nga luyo sa mituhaw nga mga
pangalan nila ni Justice Secretary Leila De Lima ug Internal Revenue
Commissioner Kim Henares nga posibleng mga nominado, ang JBC gikinahanglan nga
hatagan ug kagawasan nga mohimo sa ilang obligasyon kon katungdanan.
Matud pa ni Lacierda, “both officials were
“qualified to be the next Chief Justice,” it was still up to them if they
wanted to accept the nomination. (bisan pa ang parehong mga opisyales mga
kuwalipikado nga mamahimong musunod sa pagka Chief Justice, kini magadepende
kung gustohon nila nga dawaton ang nominasyon.)
“I think the decision whether to be included in
the nomination list will be up to Secretary De Lima and Commissioner Henares”.
Among gimentenar nga ang parehong personahe pulos mga kuwalipikado nga musnod
pagka Chief Justice, pero, ang desisyon dili magagikan sa amoa gikan pa sa
sinugdan, kana gikan sa JBC, matud pa ni Lacierda)
Ug kon ugaling masumite na ang ilahang mga
pangalan sa nominasyon, wala kami masayod kon si Secretary De Lima kon Commissioner
Henares mo-aksiptar, Dugang pa niya.
Siya mitumbok sa pag ingon nga ang duruha ka
opisyales “have performed very well in their respective positions.”
“They are very knowledgeable in the field of law
and nobody can question their competence, integrity and probity,” si Lacierda
nagkanayon. (RER/NGBT /PIA-Surigao del Sur)
