Agusan del Norte Prov’l Council HRM to host 9th
reg’l annual confab
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- The Agusan del
Norte Provincial Council of Human Resource Managers (HRM) will host the 9th
Annual Regional Convention of Caraga Regional Council of Human Resource
Managers on September 19-20, 2012.
In a statement, Council President Luz Dumanon
said this year’s convention, which is anchored on the theme, “ Revitalizing HR
Practitioners towards Global Challenges” will feature series of activities that
have been planned and prepared by identified working committee chairmen and
members.
Dumanon also said Vice President Jejomar Bina
has been invited to grace the activity and will likewise deliver the keynote
address.
Dumanon said significant number of participants
is expected to attend this activity.
Invited participants are representatives from
local government units and national government agencies of Butuan City and
Agusan del Norte to respond to the current demands of excellence in public
service. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Surigao del Sur PSWD set activities for Nat’l
Disability Prevention & Rehabilitation Week this July
By Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
SURIGAO DELO SUR, July 11 (PIA) -- The
Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office here has set activities in
celebration of the National Disability Prevention Week on July 17-23.
With the theme “Mainstreaming Reforms with
Disabilities in Economic Development,” PSWD Officer May Salinas said the
program is focused on livelihood skills training for persons with disability
(PWD).
Salinas said among training to be conducted in
Tandag City for PWDs are rug-making, soap-making and fancy jewelry-making.
Projects will be visited including a housing
project for PWDs and other livelihood projects in Buhangin, Davao City and the
livelihood Project of San Francisco Association of Differently Able Person
(SAFRA ADAP) in San Francisco Agusan del Sur, said Salinas. (RER/NGBT/PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
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POEA campaigns for anti-illegal recruitment,
anti-trafficking in persons
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- The Philippine
Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is intensifying its campaign against
illegal recruitment and anti-trafficking in persons.
In a statement, POEA-Caraga Regional Supervisor
Marietta M. Bellotindos said the campaign is in relation to the agency’s
project in upscaling and intensification of community-based migration
information, orientation and advocacy campaign under the Millennium Development
Goal-F Joint Programme on Youth, Employment and Migration (MDG-YEM).
Bellotindos said this is in support of POEA’s
effort to continuously partner with several agencies in having a common goal of
reaching the municipalities and provinces with high incidence of illegal
recruitment and trafficking in persons.
Bellotindos further said this will also help in
advancing a strengthened and simplified education and information dissemination
campaign program.
With these developments, the official said the
POEA National and Regional Center representatives are currently conducting
series of activities on Campaign Against Illegal Recruitment, Trafficking in
Persons and Irregular Migration (CAIRTIM) in Agusan del Sur.
Bellotindos said the activity includes several anti-illegal
recruitment campaign activities pursuant to Republic Act 10022, which mandates
local government units to have an active role in the overseas employment
program, particularly in information dissemination.
Bellotindos said training on anti-illegal
recruitment and anti-trafficking in persons for law enforcers and prosecutors
is set on Thursday, July 12, 2012 at the Provincial Training Center, D.O. Plaza
Government Center, Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur.
Also, the signing of a new memorandum of
understanding between the provincial government, POEA, Department of Labor and
Employment, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and other involved agencies
will take place on the same date and venue. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Butuan City to host 21st Mindanao Business
Conference
BUTUAN CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- This city is
hosting the annual Mindanao Business Conference, which will run from August 2
to 4 at the Almont Hotel's Inland Resort.
Now in its 21st year of staging, the “MinBizCon”
is the main multisectoral platform for fostering competitiveness and
accelerating growth in the region and for showcasing investment destinations,
particularly in its host city and surrounding provinces.
The Mindanao Business Conference is organized by
the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) and the Butuan Chamber
of Commerce, with support from the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Growth with
Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program.
The MinBizCon is also supported by local
governments of Butuan City and Agusan del Norte province, DTI, Department of
Tourism, Department of Agriculture and other partners.
“We’re looking forward to hosting this event and
drawing attention to opportunities here,” said City Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr.,
who cited several ongoing business developments, including the construction of
a mall and a 150-room hotel by a nationwide chain, as well as a golf course.
“This is a good time for public-private
investment. We’re finalizing BOT schemes for upgrading the ports in Nasipit and
Masao, and have worked with the DENR, other government agencies and the local
private sector to open up upwards of ten thousand hectares of land for
development,” Amante said.
Regional Director Brielgo Pagaran of the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that in addition to its tourism and
mining industries, the Caraga Region around Butuan City has strong competitive
advantages in agriculture.
“Among the newer agri-businesses, we have a
herbal processing plant for the export market that uses local raw materials,
and ventures in sago flour and nipa sap sugar production, to name just a few,”
Pagaran said.
Amante and Pagaran pointed out that Caraga has
significant hydropower potential. One plenary at the MinBizCon will highlight
current public-private initiatives in the energy sector in Caraga, with
partners from Japan and China.
“The Asiga and Taguibo rivers have a 23-megawatt
and 8-megawatt capacity, respectively,” said Amante.
Another MinBizCon session will focus on improved
economic integration within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, through
the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area
(BIMP-EAGA), which includes Mindanao and Palawan.
The MinBizCon is also an opportunity different
stakeholders to speak on the region’s most pressing economic policy concerns.
The highlight of the conference is the presentation of the annual Mindanao
Business Policy Agenda to the Office of the President of the Philippines.
The formulation of policy recommendations
contained in the agenda was initiated through broad-based regional
consultations held earlier this year by PCCI in the cities of Zamboanga,
Cagayan de Oro and General Santos, in collaboration with MinDA and USAID/GEM.
At a series of roundtables held in Manila in
early July, Cabinet officials and private sector representatives met to
fine-tune these recommendations aimed at improving key business sectors and to
draft appropriate government responses.
The MinBizCon is expected to draw more than 300
participants, including senior business leaders, members of chambers of
commerce, government policymakers, investors and foreign trading partners.
Butuan City, which now has five weekly
round-trip commercial flights to Manila and three to Cebu, has become known in
recent years as a Mindanao convention destination, with accommodations for more
than 2,800 guests.
Conference participants will be brought on a tour
of the city’s main attractions, which include the Butuan National Museum
housing ancient Asian artifacts and the Balangay Shrine. They will also have a
chance to visit the ongoing archaeological excavation of another centuries-old
balangay boat used in Southeast Asian trade routes. (MinBizCon/GEM/Butuan
Chamber of Commerce/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: DSWD, DILG namigay ng death
benefits sa mga kamag-anak ng mga hikahos na mga senior citizens
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Hulyo 11 (PIA) -- Bilang suporta sa
pagpapaunlad ng mga senior citizens, ang Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) at ang Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG) ay lumagda sa isang joint memorandum circular para sa pagsasagawa ng
Death Benefit Assistance na nagkakahalaga ng P2,000 sa pinakamalapit na
kamag-anak ng namatay na senior citizen.
Ito ay alinsunod sa Republic Act 9994 o Expanded
Senior Citizens Act of 2010.
Ayon kay Wilma Geralla, focal person ng
DSWD-Caraga, ang joint Memorandum Circular No. 1 na ipinalabas noong Enero 13,
2012 na nilagdaan naman ni Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman ng DSWD at
Secretary Jesse M. Robredo ng DILG ay naglalayong i-implementa ang istriktong
gabay para sa death benefit assistance na ibibigay sa pinakamalapit na
kamag-anak ng namatay.
“Ang joint Memorandum Circular na ito ay
maaaring ma-apply sa lahat ng lokal na pamahalaan sa buong bansa, at mangunguna
sa lahat ng death benefit assistance ng lahat ng mga nabubuhay na legal na
asawa ng namatay. Kung namayapa na ang legal na asawa, ang death benefit
assistance ay mapupunta sa pinakamalapit na kamag-anak ng namatay alinsunod sa
order of degree of kinship: anak; mga magulang; mga anak; mga apo; at tiyo at
tiya,” ani Geralla.
Kung wala na rin ang mga nabanggit, ang mga tao
na nag-alaga at nagbigay ng kalinga sa namayapang senior citizen at may patunay
ng city o municipal social welfare and development officer (C/M SWDO), kahit
hindi kamag-anak, ang pagbibigyan ng death benefit assistance.
Idinagdag din ni Geralla na kailangang ipagbigay
alam kaagad ng legal na asawa o kahit ang pinakamalapit na kamag-anak sa
tanggapan ng Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) ang pakamatay ng
senior citizen.
Ang OSCA, sa pamamagitan ng C/M SWDO, ay
kailangan na may kopya ng talaan ng mga namatay na senior citizens. Kailangan
din ng OSCA ang isang photocopy ng death certificate ng namatay na senior
citizen.
Samantala, ang orihinal at certiftied true copy
ng mga dokumento ay kinakailangan na maipakita ng kamag-anak ng namatay upang
mabigyan ng death benefit assistance. Napag-alaman na ang mga sumusunod ay ang
mga kailangang ipakita: 1) kopya ng death certificate ng namatay na indigent
senior citizen; 2) kahit anong government ID, gaya ng postal ID, driver's
license, GSIS o SSS; 3) senior citizens ID at; 4) certification galing sa
barangay.
Hinihikayat ng DWSD at ng DILG ang publiko na
bumisita sa kanilang tanggapan para sa karagdagang detalye. (RER/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: DOH pinalakas ang kampanya kontra
dengue sa pamamagitan ng impormasyon
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Hunyo 11 (PIA) -- Pinangunahan ng
Department of Health (DOH) ang pagpapalakas ng kampanya laban sa dengue sa
pamamagitan ng pakikipag-ugnayan sa Philippine Information Agency bilang
pangunahing ahensya ng gobyerno na nagbibigay ng impormasyon sa publiko.
Ito ay matapos ang isang consultative workshop
na isinagawa sa kalakhang Maynila tungkol sa pag-implementa ng DOH’s nationwide
anti-dengue campaign kung saan hiniling ng huli sa PIA ang tulong sa
pagpapalaganap ng kanilang kampanya sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng dalawang
electronic communication channels: ang inbox news at ang text blast operation
ng ahensya.
Ayon sa memorandum na nilagdaan ni PIA
Director-General Jose A. Fabia na ipinadala sa lahat ng PIA regional office sa
buong bansa, inatasan ang lahat ng regional directors at officers-in-charge sa
16 na rehiyon na kumpletuhin ang directory ng PIA inbox news at text blast
recipients.
Ayon kay Fabia, upang maging matagumpay ang
kampanya, ang lahat ng barangay dengue warriors at barangay health workers sa
bansa ay kailangang gawing mga recipients.
Iniutos din ng hepe ng ahensiya na i-grupo ang
kanilang database kada barangay o komunidad para gawing madali at maayos ang
text blasting ng mga impormasyon sa kani-kanilang mga lugar para sa
pag-implementa ng anti-dengue communication activity.
Sinabi rin ni Fabia, ang text blasting kada
barangay ay naunang isinagawa sa Rehiyon 3 at ng National Capital Region (NCR)
sa loob ng dalawang linggo at pagkatapos suriin ang implementasyong nito, ito
ay sunod na i-implementa sa ibang mga rehiyon at probinsya ng bansa.
Ang inbox news ay isang electronic news magazine
na gawa ng apat na cluster ng ahensya kagaya ng iStar ng Southern Luzon
Cluster, One Luzon ng Northern Luzon Cluster, One Visayas para sa Visayas
Cluster at ang naunang e-news magazine ng ahensya, One Mindanao.
Ang mga recipients nito ay mula sa mga sektor na
regular na nakakatanggap ng news galing sa ahensya, na binubuo ng local
tri-media, local government units, national government agencies,
government-owned at controlled corporations, government financing institution,
military, police, religious, academe, judiciaries, business, labor,
agri-workers, non-government organizations at civic organizations.
(RER/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: PDEA, PNP pinatindi ang operasyon
kontra droga sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay impormasyon
Ni David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Hulyo 11 (PIA) -- Pinatindi ng
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at ng Philippine National Police
(PNP) ang kanilang operasyon laban sa paglaganap at pag-aabuso ng ipinagbabawal
na gamot.
Nagsagawa rin sila ng mga hakbang na
makatutulong sa pagbabawas kundi man ay tuluyang pagpuksa sa paggamit bawal na
gamot sa pamamagitan ng pagpapalaganap ng impormasyon.
Sa ulat ni PDEA regional director Joel Plaza sa
mga kasapi ng Provincial Peace at Order Council kamakailan lang, sinabi niya na
sila ay nagkaroon ng mga operasyon mula noong Marso hanggang Mayo ng taong ito
at nakahuli ng anim na suspects. Nakakumpiska rin sila ng humigit kumulang 10
gramo ng Methamphetamine hydrochloride o "Shabu" at humigit kumulang
360 gramo ng marijuana.
Sa parehong ulat, ang PNP naman ay nagsasagawa
ng limang operasyon simula Enero hanggang Mayo at pitong katao ang nahuli at
ang kanilang kaso ay naisampa na sa hukuman.
"Noong Marso 21, kami ay nagsagawa ng isang
buy-bust operasyon sa Taglatawan, Bayugan City at nakumpiska kami ng mahigit na
walong gramo ng shabu at naaresto ang isang matandang babae. At noong Abril 30,
sa pamamagitan ng isang arrest warrant, kami ay naka aresto ulit ng isang tao
at naka kumpiska ng tatlong sachet ng shabu at 360 gramo ng dahon ng marijuana
at ang pinakabago ay noong Mayo 16 lamang, sa Taglatawan sa lungsod ng Bayugan
din sa pamamagitan ng isang buy-bust operasyon at naaresto ang limang katao at
nakakumpiska ng 0.8672 gramo ng shabu. Ang mga naaresto ay nasampahan na ng kaso
sa hukuman," ayon kay Plaza.
Dagdag pa ni Plaza, ang PDEA ay sumali sa
aktibidad noong Mayo 4, 5 at 6, nang magsagawa ang 401st Civil Military
Operations battalion ng youth leadership seminar sa Bayugan City, ang PDEA ay
nagpaliwanag kung ano ang masamang epekto ng bawal na gamot.
Samantala, muling lumahok ang PDEA at nagbigay
ng lecture noong Mayo 21-23, sa Sangguniang Kabataan Health Congress na
isinagawa ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Veruela at gayundin sa brigada eskwela sa
Trento. (RER/DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Cebuano news: Gobyerno i-implementar ang
performance-based system sa paghatag og mga bonus sa mga workers – DBM
Secretary Abad
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Hulyo 11 (PIA) -- Ang
administrasyon ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III moimplementar sa
performance-based system sa paghatag og bonus nga nahilakip sa 2013 General
Appropriations Act, matud ni Budget Secretary Florencio Abad kagahapon Martes.
Sa press briefing didto sa MalacaΓ±ang, si Abad
miingon nga ang maong “innovation” sa paghatag og mga bonus ngadto sa mga
deserving nga mga empleyado ug institusyon kini subay sa direktiba ni Pangulong
Aquino aron hiusahon ang tanang performance-based management system sa
gobyerno.
"We hope to strengthen also the
accountability of public institutions and public servants to perform their
mandates and, therefore, we continue to deepen performance budgeting and
harmonize all performance-based management systems in government,” si Abad
miingon.
Dugang pa niya nga ang dugang bonus lahi kaysa
naandan nga productivity enhancement incentive nga ipanghatag ngadto sa mga
empleyado sa gobyerno ug mga institusyon matag tuig.
“But one innovation that we are going to
introduce next year is a system of performance-based bonuses which can range
from 5,000 to 35,000 pesos per employee on top of the productivity enhancement
incentive of about 5,000 that they will be receiving,” sulti ni Abad.
Siya miingon nga dugang pang mga detalye
mahitungod sa incentive program ang ihatag sa sunod nga mga adlaw. (RER/FEA/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
