Surigao principal named best elem school
principal in Caraga
By Jun Parada
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, July 14 (PIA) -- A principal
from Surigao has been named as the best elementary school principal in the
Caraga Region.
Karen L. Galandia, Principal II of Socorro
Central Elementary School and Special Education (SPED) Center of the
municipality of Socorro, Bucas Grande Island, was adjudged as the Most
Outstanding Elementary School Principal of Caraga Region for school year 2011
to 2012.
The award was given to Galandia during the
awards night dubbed, “Legacy of Excellence” on the 17th Department of Education
(DepEd)-Caraga’s founding anniversary held at Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort in
Butuan City on July 6.
Galanida of Siargao Division, emerged triumphant
from among the other eight school principal-finalists representing other
divisions of Caraga namely; Danilo M. Felias of Agusan del Norte; Ofracila E.
Pearson of Agusan del Sur; Anna Marie L. Ceniza of Butuan City; Marcela T.
Masangcay of Bislig City; Lydia B. Eludo of Dinagat Islands; Dr. Noemi D. Lim
of Surigao City; Eva E. Josue of Surigao del Norte; and Rosanna C. Meniano of
Surigao del Sur where all of them received certificates of commendation as finalists
of the search for the laudable and worth-praising performances as school
administrators of the schools in their respective divisions.
The DepEd Regional Office evaluated the
finalists using criteria such as personal qualities and character; administrative
and managerial competence and effectiveness; involvement in community work; and
professional advancement and growth.
Galanida, is indeed very thankful to her Schools
Division Superintendent, Teresita P. Tranquilan for her support and
encouragement as well as to colleagues and constituents.
Upon her entry in Socorro Central Elementary
School in 2008, Galanida, known for her “coolness” and dexterity, catapulted
the school to earn numerous awards both in the division and region and launched
significant programs of the school, to name a few and the most recent; is the
Level 1 APPES Accreditation of School and its recognition as a SPED Center in
2011.
Galandia said in an interview, “As a pivotal
leader of the school, my heart is filled with love, motivation and
encouragement to embrace the children and to lay out the road map for them to
become successful and capacitated individuals. My spirit is truly fortified and
strengthened, to perform my role as a school leader with all its challenges and
adversities, one of those is our geographical location being located in a very
far and remote island-town of Socorro, Bucas Grande Island.”
“I do understand, that if schools fail to lay
down the opportunity to answer to these challenges, our children would utterly
lose their competitive position in the global village. This is a work of the
heart, surpassing the difficulties and struggles along the way. If there’s a
will, there will always be a better way, for the love of our fellowmen, and for
God’s greater glory,” she added. (RER/FEA/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Training tackles laws on illegal recruitment,
trafficking in person
By David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, July 14 (PIA) -- The Philippine
Overseas Employment and Migration (POEA) and the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) presented on July 12, 2012 laws that would determine that
illegal recruitment and trafficking in person are present during the hiring and
recruitment of applicants abroad.
Lawyer Antonio Millanes III of POEA presented
five problems of illegal recruitment. He said illegal recruitment exist
alongside legal migration, maybe committed by bothe licensed and unlicensed agencies,
illegal recruiters may take advantage of announced job opportunities as an
opportunity to dupe unsuspecting applicants, victims indifference and imbalance
manpower supply.
The training was held at the provincial training
center at the D.O. Plaza Government Center in Agusan del Sur.
“But these problems can be controlled by two
prolonged nationwide anti-illegal recruitment campaign if we join our hands in
delivering information and this is in the preventive side plus systematic law
enforcement and prosecution on the remedial side,” Atty. Millanes III said.
Lawyer Jone Fung of the OIM said illegal
recruitment shall mean any act of canvassing, enlisting, transporting,
contracting, hring, utilizing, procuring of workers, referrals, contact
services, promising and advertising for employment abroad, and Atty. Fung has
elaborated all those acts in actual experience they have while enforcing the
laws on against illegal recruitment.
“Before we trust anybody when we apply for work
abroad, we have to see to it that the representative or agent can show us that
the person or entity that he is representing has a valid license or holder of
authority. We must also make sure that the agent or the representative
transacting with us has been duly appointed by the license or holder of the
authority and that the agent’s appointment was previously authorized by the
POEA,” Fung said.
Glad of the training being conducted, Gov.
Adolph Edward Plaza asked the POEA, , the DOLE and other government agencies to
encourage legal and stable recruitment agencies to conduct recruitment in
Agusan del Sur because according to him, the provincial government has set
aside funds to help the applicants in processing the necessary requirements in
order that they can work abroad. Gov. Plaza added that the provincial
government is doing this because they want the families of Agusanons to have a
better life, and the money that they will send to their families will only
revolve in the province, while foreseeing that business and stability will follow.
The whole day activity ended up with training of
the PNP and the prosecutors on criminal investigation and entrapment procedures
and the discussion on the law on anti-trafficking in person. (DMS/PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
Police Regional Office 13 vies for a national
award
By Noel B. Najarro
BUTUAN CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- Police Regional
Office 13 (Caraga) is one of the three police regional offices in the country,
selected by the national headquarters to contend for this year’s top police
prestigious award a chief police regional spokesman said, Thursday.
PSupt Martin M Gamba, chief public information
officer of the Caraga PNP said in an interview that Police Regional Office 13
(Caraga) is one of the three regional police offices in the country selected to
contend for the prestigious “Best Regional Police Office for 2012.” The other
two police offices competing for the said award are Police Regional Office 2,
based in Camp Adduru, Alimanao, Tuguegarao City (Cagayan Valley Region) and
Police Regional Office 6, which is based in Camp Martin Delgado, Fort San
Pedro, Iloilo City (Western Visayas Region).
The basis for the evaluation and validation to
attain such award will be the performance, programs and accomplishments of the
respective police offices as of last year, 2011 Gamba said.
In this connection a team of field evaluators
from Camp Crame arrived in the region on Wednesday noon to conduct the
evaluation and validation of the regional police headquarters here.
The team from Crame consisting of the
representatives from the five directorial offices of the national police
headquarters is headed by Police Director Elpedio Z.de Asis, Jr. chairman of
the field evaluation and validation (FEV) team according to Supt. Gamba.
The award, according to Gamba will be given at
Camp Crame in August 8, this year during the occasion of the 111th service
anniversary of the Philippine National Police.
The PNP regional spokesman believed that Caraga
PNP can present among its significant accomplishments, the successful
anti-insurgency campaigns particularly the gallant defense of its two police
municipal stations in Lianga, Surigao del Sur and Trento, Agusan del Sur
respectively, from being overrun by rebel forces during separate predawn
attacks last year.
Moreover, our regional headquarters down to the
municipal police stations, has also improved significantly its facilities,
augmentation of personnel, equipments, transportation, communications and
trainings, according to Gamba.
Gamba also said that almost all of our key
police offices have its specially trained units such as the Special Weapons and
Tactics (SWAT), the Deep Reconnaissance Unit (DEU), a K-9 Unit, our Explosive
and Ordinance Device (EOD) Unit and the Disaster Response Teams.
The rapport, linkage, support and joint
cooperative endeavors with the local government units as well as the community
in the region is also significantly strong, Gamba said. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
