Surigao del Sur LGU sponsors 3-day peace
building, institutionalization workshop to PPOC
By Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Aug 28 (PIA) -- The local
government unit of this province sponsored a three-day peace building and
institutionalization workshop to stakeholders of the Provincial Peace and Order
Council aimed to come-up with a comprehensive Peace and Development Plan for
the province.
The said activity was facilitated by the Balay
Mindanao Foundation Inc., in partnership with the Department of the Interior
and Local Government, participated in by PPOC members, some local chief
executives, national line agencies and civil society organizations held at
Shacene Function hall, Tandag City.
During the workshop, participants identified
several issues where perennial problem on armed conflict is taking place, as
well as problems that hindered the implementation of programs for development,
like what other provinces encountered.
The participants cited what the provincial
government had already started doing, like the implemention of infrastructures
and livelihood programs anchored on the priority programs of some identified
conflict areas under the present administration.
Gracing the activity is Misamis Oriental
Governor Oscar Moreno who shared his experience citing the transformation of
Sitio Lantad, Kibanban, Balingasag from the alleged insurgencies long time ago
into a peace loving and progressive village now. (RER/NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Twin labor assemblies held
Called for decent work, equitable growth
By Rafael E. Mapalo
BACOLOD CITY, Aug. 28 (PIA) - Some 400 labor
leaders, youth, and women members representing 50 unions from Mindanao,
Visayas, and Luzon and 200 Bacolod-Negros members of the BDO Employees
Association (BDOEA-NUBE), in separate meetings here called for decent work,
equitable growth, protection and creation of employment, respect for the
freedom to join unions of their own choosing, and genuine labor representation
in all decision-making mechanisms in government.
“Labor can be government’s best development
partner, however, workers’ rights, security of tenure and equitable sharing of
profits and gains are like gospel imperatives. These should be given due
consideration” says Atty. Zoilo V. de la Cruz, national president of the
National Congress of Unions in the Sugar Industry of the Philippines (NACUSIP).
The International Labor Organization defines
decent work as productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and
human dignity. It respects core labor standards and promotes productive
employment, social dialogue, and social protection.
“Security of employment is cool.
Contractualization is not! The fruits of labor are never sweet when workers are
not given their due,” says De la Cruz.
The joint convention of NACUSIP, Philippine
Agricultural Commercial and Industrial Workers Unions (PACIWU); Congress of
Independent Organizations (CIO) and Fraternal Labor Organizations (FLO), an
affiliate of the largest labor organization in the country --Trade Union
Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) is an annual gathering of union leaders to set
new directions and adopt programs of action for the four national labor
federations.
Congresswoman Mercedes Alvarez, Negros Occ.
Board Member Nene de la Cruz, Negros Oriental Board Member Melliemoore Saycon,
Jr., Bacolod City Vice Mayor Thaddy Sayson, TUCP General Secretary Jose Umali,
and representatives of DOLE Region 6, National Conciliation and Mediation Board
(NCMB), National labor Relations Commission (NLRC), and the Sugar Industry
Foundation Inc. (SIFI) delivered messages of congratulations and solidarity.
In a separate assembly, BDOEA President Nestor
Perez and members in Bacolod and Negros expressed unwavering support for its
mother organization, the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE).
“We believe in transformation that NUBE
espouses. We are resolved to thwart unguided actions of various sectors to
break our organization,” says Perez.
“We at the TUCP are moving towards a positive
change, a transformation, a new dawn,” says NUBE President Jun Umali, Jr.
“In NUBE, we are stepping up actions to ensure
improved services for our members and their families. And we are firm in our
resolved to achieve desired results in the banking industry with better
policies, practices, and programs.”
Umali is also General Secretary of the TUCP and
represents labor in the Banking Industry Tripartite Council (BITC)
Members from nine BDO branches, including in
Cities of San Carlos, Escalante, Cadiz, Victorias, Silay, Bacolod, Kabankalan,
and towns of Hinigaran and Binalbagan attended the assembly. (TUCP/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
DOH gives computer set to PHO
AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Aug. 28 (PIA) -- The province
of Agusan del Norte is one of the implementing sites of the Department of
Health-Center for Health Development's Unified Health Management Information
System.
The Unified Health Management Information System
(UHMIS) aims to integrate data collection, processing, reporting and use of the
information which is necessary for improving health service efficiency and
effectiveness.
With this, the province will be given a computer
set, free software and continuous training and technical support as stated in
the memorandum of agreement (MOA) made for this purpose.
The said computer set will be stationed at the
Provincial Health Office (PHO) – Technical Service Division.
Some of the computer-based health information systems
are Electronic Field Health Services Information System (EFHSIS), Clinic
Information System (CLINICSys) which is formerly the Rural Health Unit
Management Information System, Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance and
Response (PIDSR), Philippine Malaria Information System (PHILMIS), Integrated
Tuberculosis Information System (ITIS), Hospital Operations and Management
Information System (HOMIS), Schistosomiasis Information System (SIS),
Filariasis Information System (FIS), Integrated Chronic Non-Communicable
Disease Registry System (ICNCDRS), Online National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System (ONEISS), and other DOH-developed and maintained health
information systems. (NCLM/MSMonoy/LGU-Agusan del Norte/RER/PIA-Agusan del
Norte)
New daycare centers formally turned over in 2
Agusan del Sur barangays
By Alexis Cabardo
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Aug. 28 (PIA) -- Blessings and
formal turnover of two new daycare centers took place last week as part of the
provincial government’s priority program on early child education program.
It is also a component of the provincial
government’s flagship program on education dubbed “Pagtoon alang sa Masanag nga
Kaugmaon (Education for brighter future).”
The said daycare centers are in Barangay
Mabuhay, Bayugan City and Barangay Tag-uyango, in the municipality of Sibagat.
Armando Gomez, chief of staff of Governor Plaza,
said the project is a joint undertaking of the provincial government of Agusan
del Sur, Rep. Maria Valentina Plaza of the First Congressional District and the
Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation-Integrated Development Center
(JPIC-IDC).
The JPIC-IDC, a nongovernment organization, has
been a partner of Agusan del Sur in many of its programs.
Last April, a memorandum of agreement was signed
between the provincial government of Agusan del Sur, Rep. Maria Valentina Plaza
and the JPIC-IDC for the Early Childhood Education Project Phase 2. Its
objective is to establish daycare centers in 30 barangays in five
municipalities and the lone city under the first congressional district of Agusan
del Sur. (DMS/LGU-Agusan del Sur/RER/DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Cebuano news: Aquino kumpiyansang ibalik sa
bag-ong Chief Justice ang pagsalig ug pagtoo sa katawhang Filipino ngadto sa
judicial system
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Agosto 28 (PIA) -- Mipadayag sa
iyang kumpiyansa si Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III nga mabalik ang pagsalig ug
pagtoo sa katawhang Filipino ngadto sa sistema sa hudikatura sa pagkatudlo ni
bag-ong Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno ngadto sa Korte Suprema.
Kini gipadayag sa Pangulo sa iyang keynote
speech sa commemoration of National Heroes Day didto sa Libingan ng mga Bayani
sa Taguig City kagahapon.
Si Sereno, ang pinakabata ug unang babaye nga
Chief Justice sa Korte Suprema, gitudlo ni Pangulong Aquino niadtong Agosto 16
ug nanumpa sa iyang katungdanan niadtong Sabado, Agosto 25 didto sa MalacaΓ±ang.
“Umaasa akong titimbangin mo ang iyong hatol at
pasya upang manumbalik ang kompiyansa ng taumbayan sa institusyong iyong
pamumunuan,” matud sa Pangulo.
“Ang atas sa iyo ng taumbayan: pairalin ang
patas na sistemang pangkatarungan; wala dapat itong kilingan, mayaman man o
mahirap, karaniwang Pilipino man o nasa kapangyarihan,” dugang pa niya.
Ang Pangulo mipasalig kang Chief Justice Sereno
nga ang iyang administrasyon lakip usab ang katawhang Filipino mosuporta ka
niya sa iyang paghimo sa iyang trabaho isip pangulo sa mahistrado sa highest
court dinhi sa nasod.
“Sa ating bagong Punong Mahistrado -- Huwag kang
mawalan ng loob sakaling dumagsa ang mga pagsubok na kailangan mong pasanin;
makakaasa kang kasangga mo ang sambayanang Pilipino, matud pa sa Pangulo.
(RER/SDR/PCOO/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
