Gov. Plaza’s birthday celebration to focus on
less privileged, launching and turn-over of projects
By David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Aug. 17 (PIA) -- Agusan del Sur
Governor Adolph Edward Plaza’s 50th birthday celebration on August 21 will be
focused on tree planting, feeding of less privileged and launching and turnover
of various projects.
An 8 a.m. thanksgiving mass will open the whole
day activities. After the mass, cleaning of the entire Barangay Patin-ay,
Prosperidad, will take place, to be participated in by residents themselves.
The Philippine Red Cross will also be open for
all volunteer blood donors for blood-letting activity. While the blood-letting
is ongoing, a tree planting activity at the provincial capitol grounds will
take place.
At lunch, Plaza has ordered the feeding of
patients of the D.O. Plaza Memorial Hospital (DOPHM), the detainees and youth
offenders at the provincial jail and the Regional Rehabilitation Center for the
youth.
Turnover of projects in Barangay Sta. Emelia,
Veruela will take place. These projects include farm-to-market roads and repair
of a bridge.
Launching of E-Procurement System, Upland
Sustainable Agri-forestry Development and the DOPMH as economic enterprise will
take place during night time, with video presentation of the Adolph Edward G.
Plaza legacy program. Stage presentations from the SPED San Francisco, rondalla
presentation from the Agusan del Sur National High School and live band playing
jazz and pop music will entertain visitors and guests during dinner time.
The grand fireworks display will follow, with
singing and dancing spree. (RER/DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
DENR-EMB Caraga to validate local gov't best
practices on ESWM
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 17 (PIA) -- The
member-agencies for the Caraga Regional Ecology Center (CREC) led by the
Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) will be validating local government
units’ best practices on Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) from August
22-25, 2012.
CREC members will be validating seven
municipalities in different schedules as follows: Aug. 22 – Hintauan and
Carrascal, both in Surigao del Sur; Aug. 23 – Veruela, Agusan del Sur and
Socorro, Surigao del Norte; Aug. 24 – Trento, Agusan del Sur and Las Nieves,
Agusan del Norte; and Aug. 25 – Esperanza, Agusan del Sur.
Said LGUs will be validated based on three
aspects: segregation at source, 35 points; segregated collection, 35 points;
and operationalization of materials recovery facility, 30 points.
EMB-Caraga Officer-in-Charge Engr. Ester
Olavides said that aside from LGUs, their office is also validating schools
that have environmentally sustainable practices in terms of water conservation,
solid waste management, and tree planting, among others.
“We also provide technical assistance to LGUs,
government offices, and schools who would want to conduct a seminar related to
environment. We also support those organizations who will conduct coastal
cleanup activity,” said Olavides.
The region's REC is a center for information,
database and processing where information materials such as documentation of
LGU best practices on SWM, lecture materials for training and IEC, information
on best available technologies for SWM, sample plans and SWM flyers are
available.
DENR-EMB is calling on the general public to be
conscious in their surroundings and held protect the environment. (RER/JPG/PIA-Caraga)
8 Philippine Red Cross ambulance volunteers complete
training course
By David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Aug. 17 (PIA) -- Eight
Philippine Red Cross (PRC) volunteers, who will be tasked to operate the Red
Cross ambulance, graduated today from the five-day training on first aid and
basic life support.
Christyll Basan, PRC Agusan del Sur Chapter
(PRC-AdS) administrator, the training included soft tissue injury tending,
cardio pulmonary resuscitation and ambulance service operation: operating
ambulance equipment.
“We are very lucky to have that ambulance, and
that is the main reason why we really need competent manpower to man the
ambulance. The ambulance itself is equipped with modern facilities that need
experts to operate them. I am very proud to say that we are very lucky to have
that ambulance because in the entire country, I believe it is only in Agusan
del Sur that half the cost of the ambulance was shouldered by the provincial
government, which cost them some P900,000, and half its price by the Philippine
Red Cross,” Basan said.
Among the trainees that have completed the
training are Julie Lapidez, the PRC- AdS medical technologist; volunteers Efren
Cabardo; Jupiter Ladam; May Angelie dela Cruz; Rabin Kye dela Cruz; Oliver
Calub; Duane Costillas; and driver Abundio Quinio.
These eight trainees will serve in a shifting
basis, 24 hours a day and seven days a week, Basan said.
Basan added another batch of trainees will again
undergo training when another ambulance will be delivered as requested by
Agusan del Sur Governor Adolph Edward Plaza. (RER/DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Mindanao leaders laud creation of power
monitoring body
DAVAO CITY, August 17 (PIA) -- Key government
and business leaders in Mindanao welcomed the recent signing of Executive Order
No. 81 by President Benigno S. Aquino III, creating the Mindanao Power
Monitoring Committee (MPMC).
The Mindanao Business Council (MinBC) lauded
MalacaΓ±ang for the creation of the committee, which will make way for the
review of policies and processes to accelerate private investments for
additional generating capacities to the Mindanao grid.
“This is a welcome development and we expect
greater collaboration between the government and the Mindanao business sector
in addressing the Mindanao power situation," said Vicente Lao, MinBC and
Mindanao Electric Power Alliance (MEPA) chair.
Lao said Mindanao needs to put up at least 1,000
megawatts (MW) of new capacities in the next 10 years and another 1,500 MW from
2021-2030 to support its growing economy.
The committee, which shall be headed by the
Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), is tasked to put forward and coordinate
the efforts of national, regional and local governments and power industry
stakeholders to improve the power situation in Mindanao.
“I am thankful that the President approved the
creation of MPMC which will monitor, harmonize, and integrate measures to
address the island-region’s power situation,” said MinDA chair Secretary
Luwalhati Antonino, who represented President Aquino at the closing of the 21st
Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) recently in Butuan City. MinBizCon is
the largest annual gathering of business leaders in Mindanao.
Antonino noted that as early as January this
year, MinDA had initiated series of advocacies to push for measures and
policies aimed at bringing to an end the recurring power problem Mindanao.
At the height of the power problem in April,
MinDA, in collaboration with the Department of Energy (DoE), convened the
Mindanao Power Summit in Davao City and rallied Mindanao stakeholders around
short and long-term solutions to the problem.
“The committee will be working on the
recommendations presented by the Mindanao power stakeholders to President
Aquino during the summit,” said Antonino, adding that the President has been
earnest in his desire to address the power situation in Mindanao.
She said MPMC shall also ensure the
establishment of a power-monitoring mechanism that regularly generates
information on Mindanao power generation and distribution, including status of
efforts to add new generating capacities to the grid.
The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines
(NGCP) puts the island-region’s system capacity at only 1027 MW in its latest
weekly power outlook bulletin, 133 MW short of the Mindanao grid’s 1160 MW
system load.
Antonino also said MPMC shall study power summit
proposals such as the creation of a Mindanao Power Corporation, which shall
take on the operation and maintenance of the Agus and Pulangi hydropower
complexes. Such proposal is now gaining ground in Congress with the filing of
House Bill No. 6308, proposing for the creation of a Mindanao Power
Corporation, authored by House Deputy Speaker for Mindanao, Rep. Ma. Isabel
Climaco of Zamboanga City.
Meanwhile, the Special House Committee on
Mindanao Affairs chaired by Rep. Arnulfo Go of the second district of Sultan Kudarat
will be working closely with the Committee on Government Enterprises and
Privatization and the Committee on Energy on the proposed measure.
“I believe that the creation of MPMC will ensure
a dynamic and efficient performance of all electric cooperatives and power
alliances in Mindanao,” said Go.
He added that the creation of a monitoring body
will help bolster a more effective generation and delivery of power in the
island-region. “Together with the Mindanao lawmakers bloc in Congress, I will
support measures that will address the energy needs of Mindanao,” he said.
Moreover, MPMC shall lay the ground for the
setting up of a One-Stop-Shop Processing Center (OSSPC) for mini-hydropower
plant applications in Mindanao, with support from the DoE.
Mindanao has a big potential in mini-hydropower
projects,, but the tedious application process draws back investors.
“The establishment of OSSPC, like the one-stop
shops of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), will help fast-track
processing of applications for new generation capacities in Mindanao,” Go said.
Currently, the awarding of service contracts for
mini hydro projects takes several years to be processed. Antonino said the main
goal is to complete the setup of small hydro plants within 10 months to one
year.
MPMC is composed of MinDA, DoE, Energy
Regulatory Commission, National Electrification Administration, National Power
Corporation, Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation, and
representatives from MEPA and the Association of Mindanao Rural Electric
Cooperatives.
The committee is set to convene a technical
working group meeting this week. (MinDA/RER/NLM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Aquino gitugyanan sa National
Artist award si Fernando Poe Jr. (posthumous)
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Agosto 17 (PIA) -- Gitugyan ni
Pangulong Aquino ang talagsaon nga National Artist for Cinema kang anheng
Ronald Allan K. Poe, o mas ilado sa tawag nga Fernando Poe Jr., sa usa ka
seremonya nga gipahigayon didto sa MalacaΓ±ang kagahapon, Huwebes.
Ang midawat sa maong award sa ngalan sa
beteranong actor nga ilado sa iyang mga papel isip kampeyon sa yanong tawo, mao
ang iyang kapikas nga si Susan Roces ug anak nga si Mary Grace Poe Llamanzares.
Sa iyang pamahayag, gipasalamatan sa Pangulo si
Fernando Poe Jr. dili lamang tungod sa iyang kontribusyon sa industriya sa
pelikula apan usab tungod sa iyang kaayo ug pagkamatinud-anon sa iyang
isig-katawo.
“Sino po bang Pilipino ang hindi nakakakilala
kay FPJ? O sino po sa atin ang hindi pa nakakapanood ng kanyang mga pelikula?
Kakabit na ng pelikulang Pilipino ang kanyang pangalan, at ‘di-matatawaran ang
kontribusyon niya hindi lamang sa pinilakang-tabing, kundi pati na rin sa
kalakhang lipunan. At higit pa sa pagiging aktor, higit sa pagiging writer, prodyuser
at direktor, isa siyang Pilipinong mapagkumbaba, mapagmalasakit at matulungin
sa kapwa,” matud sa Pangulo.
“Ganitong prinsipyo nga po marahil ang
isinabuhay ni Ronald Allan K. Poe, mas kilala bilang FPJ, kaya’t naging
matingkad ang kanyang karera, at nagmistulang alamat ang buhay niyang inilaan
sa pagsusulong ng industriya ng pelikula at kapakanan ng kapwa,” dugang pa
niya.
Uban sa maong talagsaon nga award, si Fernando
Poe nahilinya na sa lain pang mga gitugyanan sa National Artist for Cinema award
nga naglakip nila directors Lamberto Abellana, Ishmael Bernal, Eddie Romero ug
Lino Brocka.
Si Fernando Poe maoy co-founder sa Movie Workers
Welfare Fund (Mowelfund), director, producer ug nahimong bida sa mokapin 200 ka
mga pelikula.
Pipila sa iyang mga pelikula nga dili makalimtan
mao ang “Ang Probinsyano,” “Eseng ng Tondo,” “Alamat ng Lawin,” ug “Ang
Panday.”
Sa panapos nga bahin, ang Pangulo mipadayag sa
iyang paglaum nga daghan pang mga Filipino ang mahimong inspirado sa ilang mga
kinabuhi aron sundon ang professionalism, dedikasyon ug compassion ni Poe.
“Sa paggawad natin ng titulong pambansang alagad
ng sining kay FPJ, nawa’y libu-libo pang tulad niya ang umusbong at gamitin ang
husay at talino upang iangat ang kapwa Pilipino. Dahil sa pagtutulungan,
pihadong mapapasakamay natin ang tagumpay, ilang butas man ng karayom ang ating
daanan,” matud sa Pangulo.
“Muli, maraming salamat, FPJ. Nawa’y sumapat ang
munting parangal na ito upang maihayag ang aming pagmamamahal at pagdakila po
sa iyo,” dugang pa niya. (RER/SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano news: De Lima mipadayag sa desisyong
mobalik ngadto sa JBC isip ex-officio
Ni Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Agosto 17 (PIA) --
Si Justice Secretary Laila de Lima mibutyag sa iyahang desisyong mobalik ngadto
sa Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) isip ex-officio nga membro subay sa gihimong
lakang sa constitutionally-created body sa dili pag-apil kaniya sa “Shortlist”
kon hamubong listahan sa sunod nga hepe sa Hidikatura.
“Mobalik ako ngadto sa JBC. Molingkod ako isip
ex-officio member tungod kay kini ang mandatos sa kontitusyon sa akoang kabahin
(I will go back to the JBC. I will sit there as an ex-officio member because
that is the constitutional mandate of my part)," kini ang gibutyag ni de
Lima atol sa press briefing nga gipahigayon sa Malacanang niadtong Huwebes.
Ang Article VIII Section 8 (1) sa Konstitusyon
nagsangkap nga ang JBC kinahanglan nga gigambalay sa Chief Justice isip
ex-officio chairman, ang Secretary of Justice ug ang representante sa Kongreso
isip ex-officio nga mga membro ug upat ka regular nga membro gilangkuban sa
representante sa Integrated Bar, ang propesor sa Law, usa ka niretiro nga
membro sa Korte Suprema ug representante gikan sa pribado nga sector.
Si de Lima miingon nga walay problema sa iyaha
ang pagbalik sa trabaho uban sa JBC.
Ang JBC misumite niadtong Lunes ngadto kang
Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III sa listahan ug walo ka nominado para sa
mosunod pagka Chief Justice sa Korte Suprema uban nagkahaduol na ang Agosto 27,
tagal sa pagpayl sa bakanteng posisyon.
Sa listahan wala malakip si Justice Secretary
Leila de Lima. Ang JBC usab miboto sa pagdiskwalipikado kang de Lima, kinsa
nag-atubang sa duha ka kaso ngadto sa Integrated Bar of the Philippines.
Lima sa insider sa Korte Suprema ang naa sa
shortlist, apil na si Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio (pito ka boto) apil
pod si Associate Justices Roberto Abad (unum ka boto), Arturo Brion (unum ka
boto) ug si Maria Lourdes Sereno (unum ka boto), and Teresita Leonardo-De
Castro (lima ka boto).
Apil usab sa shortlist sila Solicitor General
Francis Jardeleza (unum ka boto votes), kanhing Executive Secretary Ronaldo
Zamora (unum ka boto) ug Ateneo De Manila University Law Dean Cesar Villanueva
(lima ka boto).
Ang walo ka kandidato nga nakapwesto sa top 3,
pagapilion gikan sa total nga 20 ka nominado, kinsa ang tanan panulun-an sa
proseso sa pagpili apil na ang “public interview.” (RER/NGBT/PIA-Surigao del
Sur)
