POEA-Caraga chief reiterates call vs illegal
recruiters
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- The chief of Caraga
Region’s Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has reiterated
her call for vigilance against illegal recruiters.
This developed as POEA continued to receive
reports that there are alleged illegal recruiters roaming around, especially in
remote barangays in the region, recruiting individuals to work abroad.
Director Marietta Bellotindos said the POEA has
come up with tips to prevent illegal recruitment.
First, applicants should not apply at
recruitment agencies not licensed by POEA.
Second, they should not deal with licensed
agencies without job orders nor transact business with unauthorized persons or
representative of a licensed agency. They should also not 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.
The POEA chief of the region also pointed out
that the recruit should 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 to pay any
placement fee unless they have a valid employment contract and official
receipt. Further, the agency advised applicants not to be enticed by ads or
brochures requiring you to reply to a Post Office Box and to enclose payment
for processing of papers.
Furthermore, POEA reminded applicants not to
deal with training centers and travel agencies that promise overseas
employment, not to accept a tourist visa, and not to deal with fixers. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
.
Bislig Bay in Surigao del Sur is negative from red tide toxin, BFAR says
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- Caraga Region’s
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) today said the Bislig Bay in
Surigao del Sur is negative from red tide toxin, and shellfish from this area
are safe for human consumption.
Based on the bureau’s shellfish bulletin, latest
laboratory results by BFAR and local government units showed that shellfish
collected in Bislig Bay and other areas are red tide toxin-free.
However, BFAR said shellfish collected at
Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur, Murcialagos Bay in Zamboanga del Norte
and Misamis Occidental, Matarinao Bay in Eastern Samar, and Balite Bay in Mati
Davao Oriental are still positive for paralytic shellfish poison that is beyond
the regulatory limit.
Moreover, the coastal water of Milagros in
Masbate is now positive for red tide toxin, the BFAR said.
Because of this, all types of shellfish and
Acetes sp. or alamang gathered from the areas mentioned are not safe for human
consumption.
The fisheries and aquatic resources bureau also
reminded the public that fish, squids, shrimps and crabs are safe from human
consumption provided that they are fresh and washed thoroughly and that
internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking.
Aside from Bislig Bay, the BFAR said the
following coastal waters continue to be free from toxic red tides: Cavite, Las
PiΓ±as, ParaΓ±aque, Navotas, and Bulacan in Manila Bay.
The coastal waters of Bolinao, Anda, Alaminos
and Wawa, Bani in Pangasinan, as well as the Masinloc Bay in Zambales, Mandaon
in Masbate, Juag Lagoon in Matnog, and Sorsogon Bay in Sorsogon are also free
from the said toxin.
Further, Honda and Puerto Bays in Puerto
Princesa City, and Inner Malampaya Sound in Taytay, Palawan; Pilar, President
Roxas, Panay, Roxas City, Ivisan and Sapian in Capiz completed the list in the
Luzon area.
In the Visayas region, the following coastal
areas are also free from red tide toxin: E.B. Magalona, Pontevedra, Pulupandan,
Valladolid, Talisay City, Silay City, Bacolod City, Hinigaran, Cadiz City,
Victorias City, Bago City, Binalbagan and San Enrique in Negros Occidental;
Irong-irong, Maqueda, amd Villareal Bays in Samar; Ormoc, San Pedro, Cancabato
and Carigara Bays in Leyte; and Biliran waters in Biliran province.
Coastal waters of Hinatuan, and Lianga Bays in
Surigao del Sur along with Taguines Lagoon in Benoni, Mahinog, Camiguin Island
are also free from the toxin.
Bataan coastal waters composed of Mariveles,
Limay, Orion, Pilar, Balanga, Orani, Abucay and Samal is now free of the toxic
red tides, the BFAR said. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
P500,000 worth of logs seized in Agusan del
Norte
By Noel B. Najarro
BUTUAN CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- The campaign
against illegal logging waged by the police provincial office of Agusan del
Norte paid off as its personnel led by Director PSSupt. Eugenio B Paguirigan
chanced upon a sizable pile of what was believed to be illegally cut logs in
one of their recent police operations.
Reports from the said police office had it that
Paguirigan’s team who were doing anti-illegal operations along Agusan River,
particularly at the vicinity of Brgy. Ambacon, Las Nieves town of the said
province 7:30 on Sunday morning, found and confiscated a total of 343 pieces of
round logs in different sizes and miscellaneous species of hardwood.
The confiscated forest products has an
approximate volume of 120 cubic meters and was believed to be valued at P500,000.
The confiscated round logs were turned over to
the custody of the personnel of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources based at Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte for proper disposition.
(RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
149 police recruits sworn-in for basic training
By Noel B. Najarro
BUTUAN CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- A total of 149
police recruits took their oath before Caraga Philippine National Police (PNP)
Regional Directof CSupt Reynaldo Rafal at Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez on Monday
morning in a simple, yet solemn ceremony to commence their basic police
training.
The recruits comprises 123 males and 26 females.
The would-be police trainees were accepted upon
the recommendation of PSSupt Pedro U Obaldo, Jr, chief of the Regional
Personnel Human Resource Doctrine and Development (RPHRDD) to CSupt Rafal, the
official who administered the oath by virtue of Special Order Nos. 444, 445 and
446 (for the regular) and Special Order Nos. 447, 448 and 449 (for the
attrition) as Police Officers 1 (in temporary status), where they will be receiving
a salary of P14,834.00 while on training effective July 2, 2012.
Also attending the said mass oath-taking rites
were top officials of the Police Regional Office 13, the NAPOLCOM personnel led
by their Regional Director Atty. Remeneo D. Valenzuela, members of the 1st
Semester Regular and Attrition Quota Screening Committee, LGU Butuan
represented by Councilor Ryan Anthony Culima who is the Chairman of the City
Council Committee on Peace and Order, family, loved ones and friends of the
recruits.
In his opening message of the occasion, PSSupt
Mario O Soriano, Deputy Regional Director for Administration (DRDA) of PRO 13
who headed the Regional Screening Committee, reminded this year’s batch of
soon-to-be police personnel that they were chosen by the screening committee as
they were found to have possessed the necessary qualifications for police
recruits, passed the process of selection which according to him “was based on
their competence, decisiveness, practicality and high standards of morality.”
Soriano mentioned that this year’s number of
batch was chosen from among the more or less 300 applicants. Their background
he said were also diversified having amongst them licensed criminologists,
computer science graduates, nurses, call center agents, financial manager,
broadcasters and even a former nun, whom he said “had chosen to leave her
congregation to join the PNP ranks.”
He also pointed out that PNP records show that
most of the police scalawags who were involved in irregularities, violating
police rules and regulations and worst becoming parties themselves in the
commission of crimes came from the ranks of the police beginners. He challenged
this year’s batch to “make a difference.”
CSupt Rafal for his part admonished the police
neophytes during his inspirational message that their primary responsibility
“is to serve and protect the people.” He said that they had just sworn their
sacred oath of office before God, the constitution and the people. They were
from now on, he said, “been entrusted with that responsibility and had to live
up with that expectation.”
He posed the challenge in them as well, that to
achieve that end, they have to be always on the alert, be pro-active and
innovative.
Right after the oath-taking rites, the would-be
law enforcers were transported on board three buses towards the police regional
training school at Camp George Barbers, Lipata, Surigao City, to commence their
Public Safety Basic Recruits Course for six months. (RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Bayugan folks want more Diskwento Caravan
By Cirila P. Inson
BAYUGAN CITY, Agusan del Sur, July 4 (PIA) --
Residents in this city and from nearby towns benefited from the mobile
Diskwento Caravan and are looking forward to more caravans. Nine hundred ten
consumers got more for less as they were able to buy more items for less pesos.
The caravan was organized by the Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) in coordination with the local government unit of
Bayugan City, as well as the distributors in Butuan City and food producers of
Agusan del Sur in order to address the rising prices of basic commodities.
Diskwento Caravan is a project designed to
provide discount on the basic commodities. The caravan is the private sector’s
opportunity to achieve effective corporate social responsibility through
discounts.
Products offered during the caravan were bath
soap, detergent bar and powder, canned goods, noodles, biscuits, frozen
products, iron-fortified rice, distilled lemon grass, school supplies, and
kakanin produced by Agusan del Sur producers. The discount ranged from five to
30 percent. The caravan generated sales of P143,422.
For the Agusan del Sur consumers, two caravans
are lined up on October and December. DTI provincial office will give updates
for the final dates and venue. (RER/DMS/Agusan del Sur LGU/PIA-13)
Feature: SGP-PA sends CCT beneficiaries to
college
By Stella Maris V. Barcelon
“Nalipay kaayo ko pagkabalo nga naay scholarship
kay pwede na ko mo eskwela og college nga mag focus ra gyud sa pag eskwela (I
was very happy when I knew about the scholarship, because I could focus on my
studies),” said Barbie with a smile.
Barbie Retchie Felisidad, 18, is a high school
graduate from barangay Simbalan, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. She is second
among the twelve siblings.
Barbie believes that education and hard work are
the key factors in achieving her dream of becoming a teacher someday. “Gusto
gayud ko mo eskwela ma’am mao kada adlaw sa high school sa una maski wala’y
baon mo sulod gayud ko kay dili ko ganahan mo absent (I really wanted to go to
school. When I was in high school even if I don’t have provision either money
or food, I still attended classes),” Barbie said. She also shared that everyday
she had to walk 30 minutes from their house to Simbalan National High School.
“I love numbers, I want to be a math teacher,” Barbie declared while perusing
her high school card.
Looking back in 2011, Barbie’s perseverance and
determination in her studies paid off when she graduated second honorable
mention in her class. She excelled in Math, English and Science subjects. “My
parents were so proud and happy, but somehow sad because we knew that I would
not be able to go to college. You see, we are twelve siblings in the family,”
explained Barbie.
Barbie's world crushed when her father told her
one night, “Bam, kung gusto ka mo eskwela og college dili gayud ka namo kaya
nga mapa eskwela sa imong mama (Bam, your mother and I cannot afford to send
you to college)."
Her mother Jovy Felisidad is a plain housewife,
and her father is a farmer. Much as she wanted to go straight to college after
high school graduation, the family's income could not support it. The
situation, however, didn’t discourage her; instead, it makes her even more
determined to reach her goal.
One day, Barbie's aunt in Manila called up and
encouraged her to enroll in the six-month course offered by TESDA, Barbie
grabbed the opportunity. “Ako to gikuha nga oportunidad aron dili masayang ang
pila ka bulan nga dili ko maka eskwela, unom ra siya ka bulan pero daghan
gihapon ko’y mahibaluan (I took my aunt’s offer because I don’t want to waste
my time of not going to school, it may be only for six months but I will still
learn from it),” said Barbie. enrolled Barbie in TESDA’s dress making class.
Barbie enrolled in the dress making course
offered by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and she
finished the course. She then planned to work and have a part time job for her
to pursue a four-year college education. “I know it’s going to be hard, having
a part time job at the same time studying, but I really want to achieve
something so I have to do everything to have it,” Barbie said with full
determination.
Her desire to study further slowly come to
reality. One day, one the Pantawid Pamilya Municipal Link Officers (MLO)
assigned in Buenavista announced that the government is implementing a
scholarship program for the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries who finished high
school and want to pursue college education.
Barbie’s dream of becoming a teacher is not far
from reach because of the government’s Student’s Grants-in-Aid Program
Alleviation (SGP-PA).
SGP-PA aims to contribute to the National
Government’s thrusts in effectively addressing poverty alleviation by the
increasing of graduates in higher education among poor households and get these
graduates employed in high-value occupations in order to lift their families
out of poverty and contribute to national development. SGP-PA is in partnership
with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE). The program has already identified State
Universities/Colleges (SUCs) that are approved by CHED’s Commission en Banc,
other SUCs may be considered provided that programs are either Level III or II
accredited by a CHED recognized accrediting agency.
Pantawid beneficiary applicants need to present
the duly accomplished SGP-PA application, certification from DSWD declaring as
a Pantawid Pamilya beneficiary, birth certificate by NSO or Local Civil
Registrar (LCR), health certificate issued by any government physician, forms
138 or has passed PEPT exam and certificate of grades for the last semester
attended for continuing college students.
With the help of SGP-PA, Barbie and other
scholars will receive a total of 60,000.00 annually or 20,000.00 per year for
her tuition based on the average national tuition fees of SCUs 5,000.00 for per
year for textbook/other learning materials and 35,000.00 per year for her board
and lodging, transportation, health/medical needs, basic school supplies and
other needed costs.
In return, scholars have to carry a full load
per semester as prescribed in the curriculum and finish within the required
period of the program, maintain a satisfactory academic performance in
accordance with the policies and standards of SCUs, render a return of service
for two years after graduation in the Philippines except for highly critical
courses demanded by local industry and government services and adhere to the
terms and conditions as stipulated in the contract.
“When I finish college and get a job, I promised
my parents that I will help them send my younger siblings to school. I want our
lives to be different this time; I’ve seen many of our neighbors reach college
but were not able to finish it. I want to be different, I am going to finish
college, make my parents proud, help my siblings and be a math teacher
someday,” said Barbie.
Barbie is one of the 163 potential Pantawid
Pamilya scholars in Caraga region for the SGP-PA who, despite of the difficult
situation, did not allow poverty to stop her from becoming a good educator in
the future. (NCLM/DSWD-13/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: Pilipinas magpabilin nga
resulbahon ang West Philippine Sea dispute sa malinawon nga paagi sulti sa
Palasyo
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Hulyo 4 (PIA) -- Ang MalacaΓ±ang
misubli nga ang Pilipinas magpabilin sa pagresulbar sa away sa West Philippines
Sea sa malinawon nga paagi ug ingon nga gihatagan lamang og laing pagsabot ang
pamahayag ni Pangulong Aquino mahitungod sa US spy planes nga nagmonitor sa
borders.
Matud sa taho nga ang Chinese Foreign Ministry
mipagawas og pamahayag pag-awhag sa gobyerno sa Pilipinas nga dili na mopagawas
og dugang isyu nga makapaaghat og mga tension.
Gitudlo sa opisyales sa China ang pamahayag ni
Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III mahitungod sa posible nga pagtabang sa US pinaagi
sa paggamit sa American spy planes didto sa West Philippine Sea aron magmonitor
sa mga borders sa nasod.
Si Presidential Communications Development and
Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) Secretary Ramon Carandang atol sa press
briefing didto sa MalacaΓ±ang kagahapon Martes miingon nga mitubag lamang ang
Pangulo sa espisipikong mga pangutana sa Thomson Reuters karong semanaha.
Usa sa mga pangutana mao ang aprubahan ba o dili
sa Pilipinas ang paglupad sa mga US surveillance planes nga gitawag Orions, ug
aprubahan o dili sa gobyerno ang paglupad aron magmonitor sa teritoryo sa
Pilipinas, siya miingon
“The President said that was one of the options.
Remember that we have a responsibility to monitor our territory to make sure
that there are no incursions for one reason or another and our capabilities are
rather limited,” matud ni Carandang.
“The President was responding in the context of
saying that it’s one of the options being considered to enable us to enhance
our ability to monitor our territory. Now, he reiterated that there have been
no decisions and that the primary responsibility belongs to the Philippine
government.”
Kung ang gobyernong Pilipinas motugot sa mga
surveillance flights gamit ang US spy planes, kini dili aron manghagit, si
Carandang mipasabot, nga kini magmonitor lamang sa teritoryo sa Pilipinas
“There’s no offensive capability here. So this
should not be viewed as a provocative statement,” dugang pa niya.
Gipasabot usab ni Carandang nga bisan unsa nga
US spy plane ang molupad didto sa West Philippine Sea dili na kini
magkinahanglan og treaty o agreement tali sa US kay kini adunay kasamtangang
military agreements tali sa gobyerno sa America.
Naglaom usab ang opisyales sa Palasyo nga kining
bag-ong bikil tali sa People’s Republic of China ug Pilipinas maresulbar sa
madaling panahon samtang ang duha ka mga nasod padayon pa sa pagtuki pinaagi sa
diplomatic channels. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Tagalog news: Disaster council ng Caraga
pinangunahan ang pagdiriwang ng Disaster Consciousness Month
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Hulyo 4 (PIA) -- Pinangunahan ng
Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) sa rehiyon ng
Caraga ang pagdiriwang ng National Disaster Consciousness Month.
Mahigit sa 200 manggagawa mula sa mga ahensya ng
gobyerno at lokal na pamahalaan ang nagtipon-tipon sa city hall Martes ng umaga
para sa fun run papuntang Philippine Ports Authority ground kung saan isinagawa
ang pagbubukas ng programa.
Sa kanyang mensahe, sinabi ni Office of Civil
Defense (OCD)-Caraga Regional Director at RDRRMC Caraga Chairperson Dr. Blanche
Gobenciong na siya ay lubos na nagpapasalamat sa lahat ng mga dumalo sa
aktibidad.
Ang aktibidad sa taong ito ay naaayon sa temang,
“Ligtas na Bayan, Maunlad na Pamayanan” na mariing tinututukan ang masamang
dulot ng mga kalamidad, at relasyon nito sa kaunlaran ng ekonomiya. Dahil dito,
nakiusap si Gobenciong sa lahat ng ahensya na itaguyod ang tamang aksyon para
sa kapakanan ng lipunan, seguridad ng tao, at seguridad ng kapaligiran kaugnay
ng mga kalamidad na sanhi ng tao.
Idinagdag din ng opisyal na ang isang buwang
selebrasyon ay magbibigay ng oportunidad upang palawakin ang kaalaman at
pag-unawa ng mga tao sa mga kalamidad at kung ano ang pinakamaayos na paraan
upang maghanda at umiwas dito.
Dahil sa aktibong pagresponde ng ahensyang
miyembro ng konseho, sinabi ni Gobenciong na sila ay umaasa na marami pang
miyembro ang makikiisa sa pagsali sa lahat ng aktibidad.
Alinsunod sa Executive Order No. 137, ang buwan
ng Hulyo ay itinilaga para sa National Disaster Consciousness Month. Ang RDRRMC
Caraga ay naghanda ng mga aktibidad upang itampok ang kahalagahan ng disaster
risk reduction and management na naaayon sa Republic Act No. 10121.
(RER/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Kapitolyo sa Surigao Norte
gisaulog ang bulan sa Nutrisyon
Ni Mary Jul E. Escalante
SURIGAO CITY, Hulyo 4 (PIA) -- Pormal nga
gibuksan niadtong miaging adlaw ang kasaulogan sa Nutrition Month uban sa tema
nga “Pagkain ng Gulay Ugaliin, Araw-araw itong Ihain” nga gipangulohan sa
pangamhanan sa probinsya didto sa Provincial Convention Center, Surigao City.
Atol sa maong okasyon malampuson nga gipahigayon
ang tabo sa kapitolyo, supplemental feeding, cooking demo contest ug press
conference sa pagpanguna ni Surigao del Norte Governor Sol Matugas, Vice
Governor Arturo Carlos Egay Jr., ug pipila ka mga board members.
Sa gipahigayon nga cooking demo contest high
school category, ang unang dapit nakuha ni Ma. Luisa Orillaneda nga gikan sa
Surigao City High School sa iyang giluto nga Curried Rice Shrimps, ikaduhang
dapit nakuha nila Niel Figuron ug Jayzel may Mejong sa Dapa National High
School sa ilanhg giluto nga Ginataang Kalabasa with Malunggay, ikatulong dapit
nakuha ni Mae Palma sa San Francisco High School sa iyang luto nga Ginataang
Gulay ug ang consolation prizes nakuha sa Surigao del Norte National High
School.
Sa fruit/vegetable shake contest elementary
category, ang unang dapit nakuha ni Lhendross Kyle Navarro gikan sa Dapa
Central Elementary School pinaagi sa iyang Healthy Shake with Vegetables,
ikaduhang dapit nakuha ni Katherine Mae Zerda sa C.V Diez Elementary School sa
iyang gihimo nga Squash-Mango-Shake, ang ikatulo mao si Roselou Laid sa San
Francisco Elem. School sa iyang Tropicana ug ang ikaupat nakuha ni Julia Leila
Cosmiano sa Surigao City Pilot School sa iyang Antioxi Vege Fruit Shake.
(RER/FEA/SDR/PGO-PIC/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
