2nd ‘Bonok-Bonok sa Surigao’ Trade Expo to open
on Saturday
By Fryan E. Abkilan
SURIGAO CITY, Aug. 24 (PIA) -- The 2nd
Bonok-Bonok sa Surigao Trade Expo (BOSSTEX) will formally open on Saturday,
Aug. 25, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Provincial Director Ceelestino
Negapatan said.
Negapatan said BOSSTEX aims to promote and
showcase fresh and processed food products, gifts and housewares, furniture and
furnishings, fashion accessories and novelty items, ornamental plants as well
as agri-tourism related products and services.
Residents of Surigao and tourists are invited to
see and buy an array of various products at affordable prices at the BOSSTEX.
It will run from August 25 until September 15,
2012.
Negapatan also said it is one of the highlights
of the city’s charter day on August 31 and fiesta celebration on September
9-10.
The event, which will be held beside the Luneta
Park, along Borromeo Street, is a joint project of the Surigao City Tourism
Council and the DTI-Surigao del Norte Provincial Office. (RER/FEA/PIA
13-Surigao del Norte)
CSC leadership, coaching brand for Caraga
launched
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 24 (PIA) -- Civil Service
Commission (CSC) Assistant Commissioner David E. Cabanag, Jr. headed the
launching of CSC Leadership and Coaching Brand for Caraga Regional Office,
along with CSC Caraga Regional Director Adams D. Torres and Assistant Regional
Director Noemi Rabe-Torres.
The launching was held at the CSC Caraga Human
Resource Development Center and this was attended by majority of CSC regional
and field operations’ personnel.
The CSC Leadership and Coaching Brand
encapsulated by the phrase “Coaching for Integrity and Excellence” is supported
with seven leadership brand attributes, such as thinking strategically, leading
change, building commitment, partnering and networking, managing performance,
developing people, and coaching for results.
Part of the launching activity was the symbolic
Leadership and Coaching Pin which the respective CSC Caraga regional and
assistant regional directors personally imposed upon the Corps of CSC Caraga
Leaders for Field Operation, namely Director II Christopher C. Mabale of the Province
of Agusan del Norte; Director II Harold P. Pareja of the Province of Agusan del
Sur, who is likewise the concurrent field officer of the Province of Surigao
del Sur; and Director II Meshach D. Dinhayan of the Province of Surigao del
Norte.
Assistant Commissioner David E. Cabanag, Jr.
administered their pledge of commitment to transformational leadership through
upholding the leadership brand and living the seven attributes to fulfill the
CSC’s vision of becoming the leading center of excellence in Asia for strategic
human resource and organization development in the year 2030, with its core
purpose of making every public servant a servant hero, or “Gawing Lingkod
Bayani ang Bawat Kawani.”
Assistant Commissioner Cabanag, in his
leadership message, said, “… this morning’s event is more than just a
culmination of the previous months’ work. It signals the start of a new journey
as we wield the CSC Leadership Branch in our everyday dealings with the staff,
our partners, clients and stakeholders. The challenge now is to prove that we
are able to embody, that we can live, that we are worth the leadership and
coaching brand – Coaching for Integrity and Excellence!” (RER/NLM/CSC-13/PIA
13-Caraga)
Agusan del Sur to become coconut seed producer
in Caraga Region
By Alexis Cabardo
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Aug. 24 (PIA) -- Coconut tree
planters have gathered in Bayugan City of this province in order to formulate a
plan that would improve the coconut industry in the province and to solve the
problem of rhino beetle attack on coconut.
During the coconut farmers gathering, the
launching of a 30-hectare coconut seed bank also took place at the Pagkain ng
Bayan, a provincial government owned demo farm located in Barangay Mabuhay,
Bayugan City.
According to Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA)
Provincial Manager Ramon Barbosa, aside from Bayugan City, a 40-hectare seed
garden was also launched in Barangay Sibulin, Trento, Agusan del Sur last
August 10, 2012.
“Three to four years from now, the two seed
gardens will be the suppliers of certified coconut seed, not only here in
Agusan del Sur, but the entire region of Caraga. These coconut seeds will
replace those old trees that are presently attacked by rhino beetles, due to
the cutting down of African palm oil trees that are already old and are no longer
productive. But I want you to know that the attack of the rhino beetles and the
coconut disease called brontispa are already under control because we have
deployed our coconut technicians to help the famers. Aside from deploying our
technicians, PCA has also distributed 11,300 bags fertilizers to our 10,000
registered members,” Barbosa said.
Barbosa added that aside from the launching of
two seed gardens in Barangay Mabuhay, Bayugan City and Barangay Sibulin in
Trento, coconut farmers are presently maintaining more or less a thousand
hectares of coconut seeds.
Barbosa made a call to all coconut farmers to
become members of coconut farmers organizations so they can easily avail of the
support given by the PCA. (DMS/LGU-PIO/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
DENR-Caraga steps up requirements in NGP sites
By Eric Herson F. Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 24 (PIA) – The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) top management is prioritizing
dipterocarp species in the choice of planting materials in its reforestation
activities as it stepped up its standard requirements in all reforestation
sites under a revived “Timber Corridor” management setting, a move that will
ensure sustainable growth of quality trees.
“We want to ensure that dipterocarp species are
also prioritized in the choice of species in the establishment of tree
plantations” DENR Assistant Secretary Marlo D. Mendoza, who is also the
Regional Executive Director for DENR 13 said during a Management Conference
with the newly-assumed Provincial and Community Environment Officers of Caraga
Region held at in this city on August 16, 2012.
This was first management meeting done by
Mendoza since he assumed his new post in the DENR Regional Office 13 following
a recent major shake-up of the middle management organization at the DENR 13 by
Secretary Ramon JP Paje in June this year.
“ Henceforth, all planting materials for the
National Greening Program (NGP) in all planting sites must either come from the
DENR–accredited nurseries or Seed Production Areas ,” Mendoza stressed. He also
discouraged the practice of “pwede na or bahala na” attitude in preparing
planting materials for the NGP because it only result to poor growth and low
productivity.
He said only indigenous tree species shall
planted in the 339,963-hectare protection forest area, which is about 30
percent of the region's total land area of 1,913,842 hectares.
The production forest area is 991,528 hectares.
This comprise 375,509 hectares of land classified as “without tenure” and
616,019 hectares with tenure.
He said that as part of the sustainable forest
management practice under the NGP, dipterocarp wildlings or saplings of lauan,
apitong, bagtikan, tangile, guijo, and yakal should not be allowed to be cut
down even in reforestation undertakings n in production forest areas.
He said a guideline , sort of “commodity road map
for 2013 to 2016 is being prepared during a planning workshop seminar to be
held sometime in September this year to serve as a direction for the NGP in
Caraga Region.
He said the commodity roadmap shall serve as a
guide on what to plant in a specific geographical area considering the type of
soil, climate and markets. “We are planning to establish 100,000 hectare area
under the NGP,” Mendoza said.
“We see a reforestation area with a combination
of bamboo and fast-growing trees and other shade-tolerant fruit tree species
like langka, lansones, coffee, cacao and other in an upland community,” he
added.
He said that the clonal nursery center being
maintained by the Eco-System Research and Development at Barangay Buod, Butuan
City should be strengthened.
He said all seedlings that are planted and
maintained in a NGP site especially dipterocarp species shall be closely
monitored, “geo tagged” and counted which are pre- requisites for harvest. He
likewise encouraged the PENRO and CENRO officers to establish their respective
25-hectare model forest zone within the NGP production area of their choice in
their respective jurisdiction which will showcase tree the application of
appropriate technology in forest tree farming. (DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: NAPOLCOM Caraga mangunguna sa 18th
Nat’l Crime Prevention Week sa lungsod ng Butuan
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Agosto 24 (PIA) -- Pangungunahan ng
National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)-Caraga region ang taunang pagdiriwang ng
National Crime Prevention Week ng lungsod na may temang, “Sa Crime Prevention,
May Magagawa Ako,” at gaganapin sa Setyembre 1 hanggang 7, 2012.
Sa isang mensahe galing sa NAPOLCOM-Caraga,
sinabi nito na ang aktibidad ay hindi lang upang itaguyod ang social order at justice
kundi pati na rin ang proteksyon ng ekonomiya ng bansa.
“Kahit anong sukatan na epektibo ay kailangan na
sumailalim hindi lang sa criminal justice system pero pati narin ang komunidad
o ilang sektor ng lipunan,” ani Napolcom-Caraga Regional Director atty. Remeneo
Valenzuela.
Sinabi rin ng opisyal na sa pagsisikap nilang
makagawa ng ligtas na komunidad, kinakailangang hawak-kamay ang komunidad sa
mga aktibidad ng kaunlaran.
"Ang pagdiriwang ng 18th NCPW ay magbibigay
kalakasan sa mga tao laban sa krimen pati na ang pagsali ng publiko sa mga
proyekto ng gobyerno na naglalayong itigil ang mga krimen pati narin ang
pagpapaigting sa kaalaman at pagpapaunlad ng komunidad,” ani Valenzuela.
Ang isang linggong pagdiriwang ng 18th NCPW ay
magsasagawa din ng Fun Walk at Hataw sa pagbubukas ng aktibidad, na dadaluhan
din ng iba't ibang ahensya ng gobyerno, nongovernment organizations, academe,
at religious sector.
Para sa karagdagang impormasyon, maaari silang
tumawag sa tanggapan ng NAPOLCOM Caraga region sa numerong (085) 342-8785.
(RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Aquino mipirma aron mamahimong
balaod ang People's Survival Fund Bill aron matubag ang problema sa Climate
Change
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Agosto 24 (PIA) -- Gipirmahan na
ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III aron mamahimong balaodnon ang People’s
Survival Fund (PSF) Bill aron mahimo sa gobyerno ang epektibo nga pagtubag sa
problema sa climate change.
Gipirmahan sa Pangulo ang Republic Act No.
10171, o naila nga “An Act Establishing the People’s Survival Fund to provide
long-term finance streams to enable the government to effectively address the
problem of Climate Change, Amending for the purpose Republic Act. No. 9729,
otherwise known as the Climate Change Act of 2009,” and for the purposes”
niadtong niaging Agosto 16, matud ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail
Valte atol sa regular press briefing didto sa MalacaΓ±ang kagahapon.
Ang People’s Survival Fund Law maoy mi-amenda sa
Climate Change Act of 2009 uban ang inisyal nga PSF fund nga mokabat P1 bilyon
matag tuig.
"There will be a People’s Survival Fund
board composed of nine members chaired by the secretary of Finance to provide
policy and strategic guidance in the management and the use of the survival
fund itself," sulti ni Valte.
Gibatbat ni Senadora Loren Legarda, ang chairman
Senate Committee on Climate Change nga usa ka kadaugan alang sa katawhang
Filipino ang paghimo ni Pangulong Aquino sa People’s Survival Fund Bill ug kini
usa ka konkretong lakang paingon ngadto sa Pilipinas nga andam mosagubang sa
katalagman.
"The enactment of amendments to the Climate
Change Act of 2009, primarily the creation of the People's Survival Fund (PSF),
strengthens the three-year-old law by helping achieve its objectives through
the provision of funds to local governments and communities for their climate
change adaptation programs," sulti niya.
"As we have seen clearly over the past few
weeks, there is a pressing need to financially support disaster prevention
efforts of local government units. The President's approval of the PSF affirms
our nation's commitment to building communities' resilience to disasters,"
dugang pa niya.
Si Lacierda, nga maoy principal author ug
sponsor sa Climate Change Act of 2009, ug principal sponsor sa pag-amendar sa
climate change law, miingon nga giaprubahan sa Kongreso ang PSF bill niadtong
niaging Hunyo. Ang maong balaodnon gihatag gilayon ngadto kang Pangulong Aquino
kinsa mipirma sa maong balaodnon niadtong niaging Agosto 16.
Ang maong balaodnon nagkantar nga ang PSF usa ka
special fund in the National Treasury – nga mokabat us aka bilyon ka pesos nga
gahinan matag tuig ubos sa General Appropriations Act- alang sa financing sa
mga programa ug mga proyekto binase sa National Strategic Framework on Climate
Change. Ang maong pondo pwde usab madungan pinaagi sa mga donasyon, mga
hinabang ug mga kontribusyon.
"The degradation of our environment,
coupled with the effects of climate change, such as heavy monsoon rains,
prolonged droughts, and other extreme weather events, places us on a highly
precarious position and endangers the lives of our citizens. The PSF will help
local governments' adaptation activities, such as in the areas of land and
water resources management, agriculture and fisheries, health, infrastructure
development, and natural ecosystems," pagpasabot ni Legarda.
"This will also support the improvement of
the monitoring, controlling and prevention of diseases triggered by climate
change, establishment of forecasting and early warning systems, and
strengthening institutional development, for local governments, for preventive
measures, planning, preparedness and management of impacts relating to climate
change," dugang pa niya.
Ang maong amendatory law sa Climate Change Act
of 2009, nga gipangunahan nila Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile ug Senadora
Loren Legarda gimandoan usab ang Department of Budget and Management aron
pangunahan ang paghimo og annual government budget aron sa ingon nga maseguro
ang sakto nga paggahin ug alokasyon sa maong pondo aron suportahan ang mga
programa ug mga proyekto kalabot na sa climate change. (RER/FEA/PIA-Surigao del
Norte)
