2012 census of agri, fisheries reg’l
consultative forum held
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, Sept 14 (PIA) -- A regional
consultative forum spearheaded by the regional office of the National
Statistics Office (NSO) has been conducted here to inform stakeholders of
issues and concerns on the 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF).
Speaking before the stakeholders from both the
public and private sectors, Agusan del Sur Provincial Statistics Officer Jesus
Apellado said the objective of the census is to determine the structural
characteristics of agriculture and fisheries sectors.
"It also provides sampling frame for the
conduct of census supplementary modules on irrigation and cropping pattern,
livestock and poultry, aquaculture and fisheries, and other statistical
undertakings," Apellado said.
Apellado added the activity provides basic data
for use in national as well as subnational development planning and services in
the barangay.
The collection of data on agriculture and
fisheries establishments was first included in the Census of Establishments in
1903, 1918, 1939, and 1948. However, in 1960, the Census of Agriculture was
undertaken separately from Census of Establishments, Apellado said.
Since 1970, and every 10 years thereafter, the
Census of Agriculture has been conducted together with the Census of Fisheries.
These two census activities are collectively known as Census of Agriculture and
Fisheries. The 2012 CAF will be the sixth of a series of decennial census on
agriculture and the fifth on fisheries in the country.
For the government, Apellado said the statistics
derived from the CAF will be used to make more meaningful decisions with
respect to the use of the country’s agricultural and fisheries resources. This
will also provide framework for the country’s development program, as well as
for local area planning, and measure progress in agriculture and fisheries
sectors.
The business and industry sectors will also
benefit from this endeavor since the data will be utilized in making
projections on productions and planning the quantity and types of commodities
that should be produced, Apellado further said.
The official added that the result of the census
will serve as basis in conducting research on agriculture and fisheries as well
as to provide frame for the various surveys in agriculture and fisheries.
The Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) is
a large-scale government undertaking geared towards the collection and
compilation of basic information in the agriculture and fishery sector in the
country.
The collected data will constitute the bases
from which policy makers and planners will evolve plans for the country’s
development. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Briefing on ‘Learner Reference Number’ conducted
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Sept 14 (PIA) -- The Department of
Education through DepEd Order No. 22, series of 2012, adopted the use of a
unique Learner Reference Number (LRN) in order to facilitate the tracking of
students and their performance.
This was said during an orientation conducted by
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) to members of the Social
Development Committee of the Caraga Regional Development Council held recently
in one of the local convention centers here.
Engr. Mitchelle Castillon of the NEDA Caraga
said the LRN provides timely and accurate data about the learners and tracks
the progress of learners.
A permanent 12-digit number will be assigned to
a person who enters the Philippine basic education program, kindergarten level
or when the learner transfers from a school that has not yet issued LRNs.
Assigning of said unique LRN is based on the
school year 2011-2012 master lists of all public school pupils and students and
Alternative Learning System learners submitted per DepEd Order No. 67, series
2011.
“The following are expected outcomes of using
the LRN: ensure quality education delivery; determine local education needs;
enable planners support national development objectives,” Castillon said.
It was also learned that to date, there are
about 20 million learners already in the registry. (RER/JPG/PIA-Caraga)
254 households in Agusan del Sur enjoy
electricity
By Jun Sahay
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Sept 14 (PIA) -- A total of 254
households in two barangays of the municipalities of Rosario and San Luis here
now enjoy the luxury that electricity can give, having been energized recently.
Sitio Sinug-ang of Barangay Bayugan 3, Rosario,
Agusan del Sur was energized after a ceremonial switch-on done by second
district Rep. Evelyn Plaza-Mellana.
Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative (Aselco)
General Manager Emmanuel Galarce said the cost of electrification of Sitio
Sinug-ang reached P4 million, which energized 229 of the 800 households living
in the area.
“Sitio Sinug-ang used to light their houses with
kerosene lamps, or diesel during the night. That is the reason why we can see
and hear how happy the residents of Sitio Sinug-ang are, upon seeing that their
houses are already lighted with electricity. But if the parents are happy, I
believe the children are happier because they can now study their lessons well
during night time,” Barangay Captain Reynaldo Cuyos said.
Mellana reminded the people of Sitio Sinug-ang
to keep the electric lines from being hit by falling trees so they will not
experience long power interruption, and maintenance will be hard because of the
geographic location of the area.
After the energization ceremony in Sitio
Sinug-ang, ASELCO General Manager Galarce proceeded to Sitio New Alegria,
Barangay Cecilia in San Luis town for another energization ceremony where some
25 households became beneficiaries. The electrification project, according to
Galarce, costs P1.2 million.
“We cannot imagine how happy the residents of
Sitio New Alegria are, because they will now enjoy the luxury that electricity
can give. Before, they used to walk some kilometers away just to see their
favorite telenovela in Barangay Cecilia proper, but now, they can have them
inside their houses. How happy and grateful I am also to Pres. Noynoy Aquino
for ordering that all remote barangays in the entire country be energized
before 2013 ended, and here we are, now enjoying the program of the President,”
Mayor Ronald Corvera said.
The energization of these two barangays are part
of the President’s order to have all remote barangays energized before the year
2013 ends. (RER/DMS/LGU-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Convergence of NGAs intensified for Kalahi-CIDSS
project implementation
By Keneath John O. Bolisay
BUTUAN CITY, Sept 14 (PIA) -- The Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Caraga sees the importance of
convergence efforts of government line agencies in its implementation of
Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of
Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS).
During the Regional Inter-Agency Committee
(RIAC) orientation on the project, DSWD Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat
said the revitalization of a convergence strategy among national government
agencies (NGAs) is tantamount to carrying out the objectives of the project and
its scale-up initiatives.
“As we gear towards a more comprehensive
implementation of the project, intensifying our efforts in the regional level
for a more collaborative partnership should be done in addressing the needs of
our communities,” Jabagat said.
The project was supported by Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) Caraga Assistant Regional Director for operations
Alejandro Otacan, saying the activity is very timely as majority of the special
projects administered by NGAs throughout the country are community-driven
development (CDD) projects.
“Our government is favoring CDD programs and
this is also becoming a trend for international development programs since the
CDD technology ensures transparency and accountability,” Otacan said.
The official added that DAR’s CDD project also
funded by World Bank is implementing the same process as Kalahi-CIDSS and both
programs have one common goal: to improve the quality of lives of the
vulnerable and the disadvantaged.
The objective of community empowerment and the
principle of participatory approach in the implementation are also observed by
another community-based project of the Department of Health (DOH).
Meanwhile, Center for Health Development (CHD)
Caraga focal person Daylinda Alvizo said a convergence strategy should be in
place to continue enhancing and updating the implementation mechanism of all
CDD projects.
The DSWD along with other line agencies will be
conducting series of consultation-dialogues in the coming months.
“This is a start of a more meaningful and
fruitful partnership that will bring about the development we dream for our
communities,” Otacan said. (RER/NLM/PIA-Caraga/DSWD-13/Social Marketing Unit)
Tagalog news: FNRI-DOST magsasagawa ng
monitoring visits at media forum sa Butuan
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Set. 14 (PIA) -- Magsasagawa ang
Food and Nutrition Research Institute ng Department of Science and Technology
(FNRI-DOST) ng isang monitoring visit at media forum sa rehiyon ng Caraga
ngayong Oktubre 4, 2012 na gaganapin sa DOST-Caraga Regional Office Function
Hall, dito.
Ayon kay FNRI-DOST Director Mario Capanzana, ang
media forum ay magbibigay sa lokal na media at information officers sa rehiyon
ng mga datos at impormasyon hinggil sa 2011 updating ng nutritional status ng
mga kabataang Pilipino at iba pang population group; ng roadmap sa pagtatayo ng
Nutrition Communication Network (Nutricomnet); at mga updates sa brown rice
bilang isa sa mga high-impact technology solutions (HITS) ng DOST laban sa
malnutrition.
"Pagkatapos ng forum, susundan naman ito ng
isang pagpupulong kung saan ay pag-uusapan ang feedback sa status ng
Nutricomnet sa Caraga,” ani Capanzana.
Hiningi rin ni Capanzana ang suporta ng media at
information offices sa nasabing aktibidad.
Para sa karagdagang impormasyon, maaaring
tumawag sa DOST-Caraga Regional Office sa mga numerong (085) 341-9551 at
342-5684. (RER/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: DENR-Caraga itinampok ang mga
probisyon ng EO 23
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Set. 13 (PIA) -- Iprinisenta
kamakailan ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Caraga ang
Executive Order No. 23 na “nagdedeklara ng moratorium sa pagpuputol ng mga
kahoy sa natural na kagubatan at sa paggawa ng isang Anti-Illegal Logging Task
Force” sa isang isinagawang pagpupulong kasama ng Provincial Multi-sectoral
Forest Protection Committee (PMSFPC).
Sinabi ni Provincial Environment and Natural
Resources Officer Paterno Olivera na ipinagbabawal ng DENR ang pagbibigay ng
mga kontrata/kasunduan sa pagpuputol ng mga kahoy sa natural na kagubatan pati
na ang pag-renew ng mga permit sa pagpuputol, maliban na lang sa paglilinis ng
DPWH sa mga pangunahing kalsada na kinakailangan putulan ng kahoy.
Idinagdag din ng opisyal na sa ilalim ng EO 23,
ang DENR ay nag-uutos na itigil ang operasyon ng sawmills, veneer plants at iba
pang wood processing plants na hindi makakapagbigay ng pruweba kung saan
kukunin ang mga legal na puputuling punong kahoy sa loob ng limang taon.
Sinabi rin ng opisyal na ang pagpuputol ng kahoy
na may kaugnayan sa culture practices alinsunod sa IPPA law ay maaaring payagan
matapos ang pagsunod sa mga sumusunod: sa pamamagitan ng samahan ng
DA-DENR-DAR, magtataguyod ng National Greening Program (NGP) sa tulong ng
DepEd, CHED, DILG, at DSWD at ng BDM upang magbigay ng pondo para sa produksyon
ng mga binhi.
Dagdag pa ni Olivera, ang batas ay nag-uutos sa
paggawa ng Anti-Illegal Task Force.
Ayon kay Olivera, ang EO 23 ay nangangailangan
ng aktibong suporta ng lokal na pamahalaan, pribadong organisasyon, mga ahensya
ng gobyerno, law Enforcement agency, Lokal na komunidad, at mga katutubo.”
Samantala, sinabi ni DENR-Caraga Regional
Environment Director Asec. Marlon Mendoza na ang Loreto sa Agusan del Sur ay
nananatiling hotspot area ng illegal logging kung saan sila ay nakasabat ng
2,000 na ilegal na pinutol na kahoy kamakailan.
Sinabi din ng opisyal na dahil sa hindi
magandang imahe ng mga checkpoints sa ilang lugar sa Rehiyong Caraga, babawasan
na nila ang mga ito.
“Sa halip na maglagay kami ng mga checkpoints,
ang aming ilalagay ang mga multi-sectoral inspection team, kung saan ay dadaan
sa isang pagsusuri ang mga truck at gagawan ng record kung saan galing ang mga
karga nilang mga kahoy, ang multi-sectoral team din ay aatasang suriin ang mga
sawmills sa rehiyon,” ani Asec. Mendoza.
Idinagdag din ng opisyal na palalakasin nila ang
dating green court ng rehiyon lalo na ngayon na ang mga kaso na isasampa sa mga
kawani ng gobyerno na napatunayang lumabag sa kautusan ay administrative at
criminal cases.
Sinabi din ni Asec. Mendoza na ang DENR-Caraga
ay magsasagawa ng isang memorandum of agreement sa mga miyembrong ahensya ng
Provincial Multi-Sectoral Forest Protection Committee upang palakasin ang
kampanya laban sa illegal logging sa rehiyon. (RER/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Palasyo mikundina sa pagkamatay sa
US Ambasador ngadto sa Libya
Ni Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Sept 14 (PIA) -- Gikundina sa
Malacanang kagahapon ang atake sa Konsolado sa US ngadto sa Benghazi, Libya nga
mipatay sa Amerikanong Ambasador nga si Christopher Stevens uban sa tulo ka US
citizens.
Sa pagpangutana sa mga Palace nga reporters sa
usa ka konperensiya kabahin sa reaksiyon sa Palasyo sa nahisgutang
pagpangatake, Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda miingon: “They cover
the international law. We condemn any violence on any person especially the
Ambassador, so it’s something that we are certainly concerned with.”
Si Lacierda usab miasoy nga base sa impormasyon
nga nadawat sa Palasyo gikan sa Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), walay
Filipino nga namatay or nasakitan sa nahisgutang panghitabo sa Benghazi. Ang
DFA ingon man mitakda sa pahatag ug update sa sitwasyon sa Libya hapon sa
Huwebes, sulti ni Lacierda.
Si Stevens ug ang ubang tulo ka Amerikano
namatay human sa pagpangatake sa panon Islamic ngadto sa kosolado sa US ug safe
house nga dangpanan sa Benghazi niadtong Martes sa gabie. Ang mga miatake
mibasol sa Amerika sa usa ka pelikula nga ilang giingon nga giinsulto ang
“Prophet Mohammad.”
Sa maong pagpabuhagay ug bayolente sa Libya,
laing pagpangatake ang mitakmag usab ngadto sa US embase sa Cairo. Ang mga
nagprotesta uban sa mga Islamist migisi ug misunog sa U.S. flag.
Si U.S. President Barrack Obama mitawag ug
“outrageous attack” sa pagpatay kang Stevens ug tulo ka laing amerikano. Siya
misaad sa nga pangitaon ang responsible sa maong insidente ug miorder sa
mahugtanong security measures sa tanang U.S. diplomatic missions sa tibook
kalibutan. (RER/NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
