DTI-Caraga spearheads celebration for this
year’s Consumer Welfare Month
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga will take the lead in this year’s Consumer
Welfare Month celebration in October with the theme “Get Organized. Be Heard.
Be Empowered.”
DTI-Caraga Regional Director Brielgo Pagaran
said the celebration is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1098, which
declared October of every year as the Consumer Welfare Month.
“Its annual celebration aims to promote
dissemination of sound consumer information on subjects that affect the
consumers and to encourage dialogue and cooperation among the consumers,
business and government sectors in strengthening consumer awareness and
protection,” said Pagaran.
Pagaran added that said celebration will kick off
with a motorcade on October 1, within the city thoroughfares. On October 1-3,
the "Diskwento Caravan" will be held at the Caraga Product Depot
Grounds.
Also, lecture series on consumer rights and
responsibilities will be conducted within the month-long celebration.
The celebration will culminate through the
following activities: dialogue with cellphone sellers in the morning session
and Consumer Network (ConsumerNet) meets the public in the afternoon session.
Both activities will be held at Barangay Imadejas Convention Hall, this city.
DTI-Caraga encouraged the public to support and
promote consumer awareness and protection. (RER/JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Irish youth holds immersion with Bajaus
CEBU CITY, Sept. 20 (PIA) -- Youth volunteers of
SERVE, a community service organization based in Ireland, have visited this
city and stayed for three weeks in the Bajau community under the care of Ramon
Aboitiz Foundation Inc.’s (RAFI) Bajau Integrated Area Development Project
(BIAD-P) in Sitio Puntod, Alaska Mambaling, Cebu City.
During their immersion, SERVE’s three Irish
adult leaders and 13 youth assisted in the fabrication of ICEB bricks for the
housing quads, in holding classes for preschoolers and in the feeding program.
They also shared part of their country’s culture
through sports and other interactive activities.
“I find the first day in the Bajau community the
highlight of our entire five-week stay in the Philippines. The children warmly
welcomed us with smiles. The short program that was organized in the school for
us that day was incredible,” Majella, a SERVE volunteer, shared.
“We couldn’t imagine anything more wonderful, and
we are so grateful. The heartfelt welcome given to us every day will be always
treasured in our hearts,” she added.
SERVE focuses on programs and projects that help
marginalized communities in developing countries. It aims to empower children
and youth and recognizes that gender equality is essential to sustainable
development. It has 15 partner countries around the world that receive support
in terms of funding for development projects or programs, placement of
short-term and long-term volunteers, capacity building in areas of management,
finances and accounting, monitoring and evaluation, and child protection.
At present, BIAD-P has already started building
33 more housing quads for the Bajau community.
This project component intends to provide better
settlements to poor Bajau families. This is anchored to its vision towards
making Bajau a self-sufficient, progressive and self-reliant community with
sense of pride and belongingness.
This project component was made possible through
close collaboration with the Cebu City government, Presentation Sisters of the
Blessed Virgin Mary and University of San Carlos. BIAD-P was organized in
January 2011.
This project continues to employ strategies
towards transformational development and empowerment of Bajaus. It continues to
address and mitigate the effects of poverty such as providing decent housing,
parenting support, education programs, assisting families in obtaining health
and nutrition information, and supplementary feeding programs. These interventions
give young children a chance to build the resiliency and competence they need
to break the detrimental cycle of poverty.
BIAD-P is under the Integrated Development focus
area of RAFI, helping communities overcome the vicious cycle of poverty. RAFI’s
other focus areas include micro-finance and entrepreneurship, culture and
heritage, leadership and citizenship, and education.
For more information about BIAD-P, please
contact (032) 418-7234 loc. 515 and look for Anthony Fuentes, or visit
www.rafi.org.ph or www.facebook.com/rafi.org.ph. (RAFI/RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
NSO readies the conduct of DBM’s Registry System
for Basic Sectors in Agriculture
By Villa S. Bayotas
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of
Budget and Management (DBM) will conduct the next round of registration
activity for the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA).
The Philippines, being an agricultural country,
needs a comprehensive and systematic information system that caters to the
various data and information needs of economic development planners,
policymakers, and project implementers. To address this need, the Cabinet
Cluster on Good Governance and Anti-Corruption (GGAC) chaired by President
Benigno S. Aquino III has included the database or registry of farmers in its
list of key programs under the Digitization and Information Technology in
Government Sub-cluster.
The GGAC identified the DBM as the lead agency
responsible for the conceptualization of the RSBSA.
The RSBSA is an electronic compilation of basic
information on farmers, farm laborers and fishermen, the target beneficiaries
of agriculture-related programs and services. The establishment of the RSBSA
database envisions manageable access to baseline agricultural information by
government stakeholders. Through this system, government planners and
policymakers could effectively formulate significant policies and programs for
agricultural development.
The DBM enjoined major agencies, specifically
the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department of Agriculture,
Department of Agrarian Reform, and the National Statistics Office to develop
and implement the RSBSA. In addition to these five partner agencies, The National
Anti-Poverty Commission has become one of the cooperating agencies for the
second batch of RSBSA.
The creation of the RSBSA database requires the
conduct of a registration activity in all barangays nationwide to gather the
necessary data inputs for the system. The registration activity for the RSBSA
has been programmed to be conducted in batches.
The registration activity for the first batch
was already completed in January 2012, covering 20 provinces nationwide. The
next registration activity will be undertaken from October to November 2012,
covering the rest of the provinces and their cities/municipalities, excluding
those in the National Capital Region and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
In Caraga, only Agusan del Norte, including Butuan City, and Dinagat Islands
are covered in the RSBSA Batch 2 operation. The provinces of Agusan del Sur,
Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur were covered in RSBSA Batch 1.
The barangay secretaries are identified as focal
persons at the barangay level during the registration activity. They shall
serve as the immediate supervisors of the interviewer/s in their barangay. In
Caraga, NSO field staff and selected trained field interviewers shall conduct
the actual house-to-house visit and listing of households; interview of the
farmers, farm laborers, and fishermen; and recording of information on the
prescribed registration forms. (NSO-13/RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
401st Infantry Brigade to conduct operation
smile
By Alexis Cabardo
PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Sept. 20
(PIA) -- The 401st Infantry Brigade based in Awa, New Leyte, Prosperidad will
be conducting “operation smile” for people born with hare lip, as part of the
brigade’s social obligation to the Filipino people.
401st Brigade Commander Col. Romeo Gan said the
operation is free of any charges and will cater patients six months old and
above.
“We, in the 401st Infantry Brigade, are calling
for parents who have children with harelip or anybody, young and old, under our
area of responsibility, to register anytime at the Civil Military Operation
Section of the 401st Brigade located at New Leyte, Awa, Prosperidad until
September 22, 2012. After the registration, we will announce the schedule of
operation at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro City, and
all expenses in going to Cagayan de Oro City will be shouldered by the
Brigade,” Gan said.
It can be recalled that the army, under the
command of Gan of the 401st Infantry Brigade, has been active in giving their
share in civil military activities.
During the opening of school year 2012-2013, the
two battalions under the 401st Brigade have actively participated in the
“Brigada Eskwela” program of the Department of Education, or the preparation of
schools provincewide for the start of the school year.
During the conduct of the joint medical caravans
by the provincial government and the two congressional districts of Agusan del
Sur, the 401st Infantry Brigade has also offered their expertise in minor
operations like tuli, harelip operation and video showings. (RER/DMS/PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
Tagalog news: PHO, DOPMH at ang Provincial
Sports Coordinating Office nagkaisa sa pag-alay ng libreng serbisyo bilang
parte sa pagdiwang ng anibersaryo ng Civil Service
Ni David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Set. 20 (PIA) -- Sa buong buwan na pagdiriwang ng anibersaryo ng Civil Service, nagkaisa ang Provincial Health Office (PHO), sa pamamagitan ng D.O Plaza Memorial Hospital (DOPMH), at ang Provincial Sports Coordinating Office (PSCO) na magbigay ng libreng serbisyo at mga gamot.
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Set. 20 (PIA) -- Sa buong buwan na pagdiriwang ng anibersaryo ng Civil Service, nagkaisa ang Provincial Health Office (PHO), sa pamamagitan ng D.O Plaza Memorial Hospital (DOPMH), at ang Provincial Sports Coordinating Office (PSCO) na magbigay ng libreng serbisyo at mga gamot.
Kasama sa mga serbisyong ibinigay ay ang libreng
pagpapakuha ng blood pressure, pagsuri ng sakit na diabetes at scistosomiasis
pati na ang pamimigay ng libreng gamot.
Isa rin sa mga aktibidad na ginawa ay ang
demonstrasyon ng iba't ibang ehersisyo na naaayon sa Department of Health at
isinagawa ng PSCO para sa malusog na pamumuhay, at ilang palabas sa video ukol
sa pag-iwas at kontrol ng iba't ibang sakit ng tao.
“Mamayang hapon, ang PSCO, sa pamamagitan ng
Provincial Sports Coordinator na si Danilo Garcia, ay siyang mangunguna para
gawin ang demonstrasyon ng iba't ibang ehersisyo sa Provincial Sports Gymnasium
kung saan matatagpuan ang iba't ibang kagamitan at pasilidad para sa lahat ng
ehersisyo ng katawan at handang ipagamit kahit kanino na gustong gumamit nito,”
sabi ni Cabanos.
Ayon kay Nanette Cabanos, hepe ng Technical Team
ng Provincial Health Office, sa pagdiriwang ng anibersaryo ng Civil Service,
ang lahat ng tanggapan ng pamahalaan, lokal man o national, ay kasama sa
pagbibigay-alam sa publiko ng mga ginagawa ng pamahalaan at ang mga serbisyong
ibinigay nito sa lahat ng mamamayan. (RER/DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Tagalog news: Palasyo bukas loob na tinanggap
ang Heritage Foundation’s 2012 Index of Economic Freedom
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Set. 20 (PIA) -- Bukas-loob na
tinanggap ng Malacanang ang Heritage Foundation’s 2012 Index Economic Freedom
na nagsasabing ang antas ng kaunlaran ng bansa ay dahil sa resulta ng patuloy
na pagbabago ng pamahalaan.
Sa 2012 Index of Economic Freedom kamakailan,
lumabas na ang Pilipinas ay kasalukuyang nasa 57.1, mas mataas sa score na 56
sa taong 2008. Ang global average naman ay 59.5 samantala, 57.5 naman sa
rehiyon ng Asia-Pacific.
“Kami po ay masaya, gayunpaman, kailangan parin
po nating ipagpatuloy ang pagpapaunlad ng ating mga pamantayan, hindi para sa
konsumo ng survey organizations, kundi para sa atin pong konsumo. Ito po ay
ating pangako sa publiko na tayo’y patuloy na magseserbisyo sa kanila ng may
dedikasyon,” ani Presidential Spokeperson Edwin Lacierda sa isinagawang press
conference sa Malacanang kamakailan.
Kinilala din ni Lacierda ang pagmamalasakit ng
Heritage Foundation sa Philippine judiciary, kung kaya itinalaga ng Pangulo si
Maria Lourdes Sereno bilang Chief Justice upang maisagawa ang mga
kinakailangang reporma sa judiciary, upang magpatuloy ang pag-unlad ng bansa.
“Sila po ay may iba't ibang sukatan kung paano
i-evaluate ang bansa. Ngunit malinaw pong lumabas sa mga pagsusuri ang
pag-unlad ng bansa. Ipinakita rin ang patuloy na pag-unlad sa pamamahala”
aniya.
Ang mga bansa ay sinusuri sa ilalim ng 10
economic freedoms gaya ng rule of law, limited government, open markets, at iba
pa. (RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: DSWD lakip sa mga kaubanang
ahensya sa panggamhanan nangandam alang sa pagsaulog sa Filipino Family Week
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Set. 20 (PIA) -- Alang usa sa mga
nag-una nga ahensya sa Regional Inter-Agency Committee para sa Filipino Family
(RIAC-FF), ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga
paga-unhan ang kasaulogan sa Filipino Family Week nga pagabuhaton karong
umaabot nga Setyembre 22 hangtod sa 30.
Sigon kay DSWD-Caraga Regional Director
Mercedita Jabagat, base usab sa Proclamation No. 60, ang kasaulogan sa Filipino
Family Week pagahimuon kada Setyembre 22 hangtod 30, 2012.
“Karong tuiga, Kami naninguha nga mapalapdan ang
pagkahiusa ug pagkamaayo sa relasyon sa matag-usa ka pamilya pinaagi sa
paghatag kanila ug madaygon nga pagsaulog para sa kaayuhan sa pamilya sa
pilipino,” ingon ni Jabagat.
Usa ka motorcade ang pagabuhaton diin sulod sa
syudad sa Setyembre 24, nga sundan usab sa gamay nga programa nga pagahimuon sa
Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center ning dakbayan.
lakip sa programa ang Seach for Talentadong
Pamilyang Pilipino kung diin ang first placer makadawat ug usa ka sako nga
bugas, P1,000 cash ug Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(Tesda) scholarship, ang second placer makadawat usab sa P1,000 worth of
grocery items og Tesda scholarship, ang third placer makaangkon usab sa P500
worth of grocery items og Tesda scholarship. Mangapud-apud usab ang komitiba sa
consolation prizes.
Nag-andam usab ang komitiba ug dula alangan
pahalipay sa mga ginikanan ug ilang mga anak nga pagabuhaton atol sa
kasaulogan. (RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Malacanang mibutyag nga mosugod na
ang inter-agency body sa pag-implementar sa regulasyon alang sa Cybercrime
Prevention Act of 2012
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Sep. 20 (PIA) –- Sugdan na
pagtrabaho sa usa ka inter-agency body ang mga implementing rules and
regulations (IRR) sa bag-ong balaodnon nga Cubercrime Prevention Act of 2012
nga nagtinguha aron masumpo ang cybercrime dinhi sa Pilipinas, matud sa
opisyales sa Palasyo kagahapon.
Matud ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin
Lacierda sa regular press briefing didto sa MalacaΓ±ang kagahapon nga ang
Department of Justice (DOJ), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
ug ang Information and Communications Technology Office ubos sa Department of
Science and Technology (ICT-DOST) maoy gitahasan aron trabahoon ang IRR sa
Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012.
Gipirmahan ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III
niadtong Septyembre 12 ang Republic Act 10175 o ang Cybercrime Prevention Act
of 2012. Ang mga punishable act ubos sa bag-ong balaod apil niini ang mga
kalapasan batok confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data
system, illegal access, illegal interception, data interference, system
interference, ug misuse of devices. Lakip usab ang kalabot na sa computer nga
mga kalapasan sama sa pagpameke (forgery), pangilad (fraud) ug pangawat og
ilhanan (identity theft) nga maoy sarang sa Internet.
Lakip usab nga masilotan ubos sa bag-ong balaod
ang content-related nga mga kalapasan sama sa cybersex, ug child pornography.
Ang maong balaod mosilot usab sa mga unsolicited
commercial communications o gitawag nga cyber squatting, paggamit sa ngalan sa
usa katawo aron mokita o dauton ang reputasyon niini.
Ang kasamtangang mga balaod sa Pilipinas nga
mosilot sa mga Internet crimes mao ang Republic Act (RA) 9995 (Anti-Photo and
Voyeurism Act of 2009); RA 9775 (Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009); ug RA
9208 (Anti-Trafficking in Person Act of 2003). (PIA-Surigao del Norte)