Development giant croc Lolong eco park starts in
time with the PCL week celebration
By David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Sept. 25 (PIA) -- The Philippine
Counselors’ League (PCL) Agusan del Sur Chapter opened its weeklong celebration
last week with a tree planting at the home of the giant crocodile Lolong in
Bunawan, Agusan del Sur, marking the start of the development of the park as
programmed by the municipal government of Bunawan and provincial government of
Agusan del Sur.
Agusan del Sur PCL Vice President and
Prosperidad Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member Toto Bastareche said some 500
seedlings of mahogany were planted in the two-hectare land area designed to be
developed into an eco park where the Guinness world record holder crocodile
named Lolong is housed.
“We solicited the seedlings from the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources-Community Environment and Natural
Resources office based in Bunawan and they generously provided us with enough
seedlings. We also tapped the municipal employees of Bunawan LGU and volunteer
students from the Agusan del Sur College of Agriculture and Technology also in
Bunawan to take part in the tree planting, and we are very glad that all the
invited participants responded willingly,” Bastareche said.
PCL Agusan del Sur Chapter members also pledged
to support the LGU Bunawan in keeping the giant crocodile Lolong in the eco
park by making an appeal to the national government whose plan is to transfer
Lolong to Manila.
Aside from the LGU Bunawan and the PCL plan to
develop the Bunawan eco park, the provincial government will also help finance
the development of the park, while other agencies like the DPWH, DENR, the DAR
and the Provincial Agriculture Office also pledge their support. (RER/DMS/PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
Caraga coop sector readies activities for the
Cooperative Month celeb in October
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 25 (PIA) -- The Cooperative
Development Authority (CDA) Caraga and the Regional Cooperative Development
Council (RCDC) will be conducting a series of activities for this year’s
Cooperative Month celebration in October.
CDA-Caraga Regional Director Manuela Pelaez said
that by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 493, October of every year is
declared Cooperative Month.
This year’s celebration is anchored on the theme
“Kooperatiba ay Pagyamanin, mga Kasapi Paramihin.”
It is a sub-theme of the Philippine
International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) 2012 which is “Transformative Cooperatives
for people, Planet, Prosperity, and Peace.”
Pelaez added that the opening ceremony will kick
off on October 1 with a simultaneous conduct of a thanksgiving mass at 7:30
a.m. to be held at the Agusan del Norte Provincial Capitol Covered Court for Butuan
City while other local government units will hold it in their local churches.
A motorcade within the city thoroughfares and a
short program at the city hall will then follow. Along with it is the Awarding
of CDA Gawad Parangal Regional Winners and Nominees.
On the same day, cooperatives will also be
spearheading the “Larong Pinoy/Cooplympics” at their localities, as well as the
conduct of the following activities: 1) Coop Awareness Forum and Quiz Bee; and
2) Coastal cleanup and tree-planting activities.
On October 2, Surigao del Norte coops will be
conducting the Provincial Cooperative Congress and Seminar on Laws and
Regulations Affecting Cooperatives to be held at Surigao City.
The Coop Agro-Medical-Trade Fair activity is
scheduled on October 3-5 at Surigao City. On October 3-6, the Financial
Management Training will be held in Butuan City. Coops will also participate in
the 11th National Cooperative Summit and CDC Mindanao Convergence on October
10-12 in Limketkei, Cagayan de Oro City.
It was also learned that on October 13, coops
will be conducting the "Lunch with the Badjaos and Muslim tribes" in
Tandag City. On October 25, coops in Bislig City will conduct a Cooperative
Forum, and October 26 is set for the conduct of Municipal Cooperative Assembly
to be held in Basilica, Dinagat Islands, as well as the Coop Fun Run activity
in Rosario, Agusan del Sur.
Coops in different municipalities are encouraged
to initiate their own activities along with the set schedules mentioned.
Said celebration will culminate on October 31
with a simultaneous thanksgiving mass, short program, and awarding of Cooplympics
winners. (RER/JPG/PIA-Caraga)
EJACC, partners to hold the nine-year awareness
drive
CEBU CITY, Sept. 25 (PIA) -- The Eduardo J.
Aboitiz Cancer Center (EJACC) of the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) will
hold the 9th Moonwalk: A Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness on October 2 in observance
of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Moonwalk is an advocacy that aims to promote a
collective effort in fighting breast cancer through a massive awareness
campaign focused on the early screening and detection of breast cancer, such as
observing monthly breast self-examination for women aged 20 years old and
above.
This event is organized in collaboration with
the Cebu City government, through Task Force Cancer of Cebu City, and other
cancer support groups such as Kahayag Network of Cancer Support Group, I Can
Serve Foundation Inc., Cebu Cancer Fight Inc., Cebu Breast Association, and CAN
with GOD.
Sponsors of the event are Goldilocks, She
Matters, Destiny Medical Fund Inc., I Can Serve, Rotary Club of Cebu-Fuente,
and Department of Health Region 7.
The assembly area will be at Plaza Independencia
at 4 p.m., to be followed by a short program. Participants will then walk
towards Fuente OsmeΓ±a Circle at 5 p.m.
Half of the lane of the entire OsmeΓ±a Boulevard,
from Plaza Independencia to Fuente OsmeΓ±a Circle, will be closed from 5 p.m. to
6:30 p.m.
The event is open to the public. Participants
are encouraged to wear pink shirts or any pink costume.
For more information on Moonwalk and EJACC and
its services, please contact 254-6351 and look for Gina Mariquit, or visit
www.rafi.org.ph or www.facebook.com/rafi.org.oph. (RAFI/RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Inauguration of new DILG-AgNor Provincial Office
Building held
By Mary Christine Anthonette M. Salise
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 25 (PIA) -- The Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Agusan del Norte has conducted the
inauguration and blessing of its new provincial office building in Capitol
Compound, this City.
The construction of the new office amounting to
P 1.5 million was sponsored by the provincial government of Agusan del Norte,
headed by Governor Erlpe John M. Amante.
DILG-Caraga Regional Director Lilibeth A.
Famacion, DILG Agusan del Norte Provincial Director Romeo A. Solis, Vice
Governor Enrico R. Corvera and Provincial Administrator Percianita G. Racho led
the ribbon-cutting of the new provincial office. Government employees and
people from the media attended and witnessed the momentous event.
In his opening remarks, Solis thanked the
provincial government of Agusan del Norte, especially Governor Amante through
the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, for appropriating funds for the construction of
the new building. He also thanked the DILG regional management especially the
regional director, Famacion, for the support extended in making the dream of
having a new office a reality.
Corvera, representing Amante, graced the
occasion. In his message, he said it is indeed nice to see that the provincial
government and the DILG are one in its goal of serving the people. He also
added that the new office is a legacy of the close relationship between the
DILG and the provincial government of Agusan del Norte and through it, the DILG
will be able to serve well its clientele.
Famacion in her closing remarks cited her
experience when she first stepped into the old DILG-Agusan del Norte Provincial
Office and hoped that somebody would finance the construction of a new building
for the DILG Agusan del Norte personnel because the old building was quite
hazardous for health. She expressed her gratefulness to the provincial
government for sparing funds for the realization of the construction of a new
building.
Famacion added that she hopes that the DILG
Agusan del Norte personnel will take care of its new office because it took
more than 20 years to construct a new one. She assured everyone that the new
provincial office will serve its purpose of providing better services to the
LGUs as the new building is more conducive for working.
After the short program, a press conference
followed. (DILG-Agusan del Norte/RER/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: 254 residente sa magkahiwalay na
barangay sa Agusan del Sur nagkaroon ng kuryente
By Jun Sahay
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Sept. 25 (PIA) -- May kabuuang
254 na pamilya sa dalawang magkahiwalay na barangay sa mga bayan ng Rosario at
San Luis ang nabigyan ng kuryente kamakailan.
Abot sa 229 kabahayan sa Sitio Sinug-ang sa
Barangay Bayugan 3, Rosario, Agusan del Sur ang nagkaroon ng kuryente matapos
ng ginawang seremonyang pag switch-on na pinangunahan ni Rep. Evelyn
Plaza-Mellana ng pangalawang distrito ng probinsiya.
Ayon kay Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative
(ASELCO) General Manager Emmanuel Galarce, ang kabuuang halaga na ginugol sa
pagpapailaw ng Sitio Sinug-ang ay abot sa P4 milyon, na nagbigay ilaw sa 229
mula sa 800 na pamilyang nakatira sa lugar na iyon.
Dati, ang Sitio Sinug-ang ay gumagamit lamang ng
lamparang pang-ilaw ng kanilang tahanan sa gabi. Ito ang dahilan kung bakit
nakikita at naririnig natin ngayon kung gaano kasaya ang mga residente ng Sito
Sinug-ang na makitang magkaroon ng ilaw dulot ng kuryente ang kani-kanilang
pamamahay. Kung masaya ang mga magulang, naniniwala ako na mas masaya ang mga
kabataan dahil mas madali na ang kanilang pag-aaral sa gabi," sabi ni
Barangay Kapitan Reynaldo Cuyos ng Bayugan 3.
Pinaalalahanan ni Mellana ang lahat ng tao sa
Sitio Sinug-ang na ingatang mabuti ang linya ng kuryente upang hindi matamaan
ng mga natutumbang puno at hindi nila maranasan ang mahabang pagkawala ng
kuryente, at ang pagpapanatili nito ay mahirap dahil sa lokasyon ng lugar.
Pagkatapos ng pagpapailaw ng Sitio Sinug-ang,
dumeretso si ASELCO Gen. Manager Galarce sa Sitio New Alegria, Barangay Cecilia
sa San Luis para sa isa na namang pagpapailaw sa 25 kabahayan. Ayon kay
Galarce, ang halagang ginugol sa pagpapailaw ay umbot sa P1.2 million.
“Hindi natin lubos maisip kung gaano kasaya ang
mga residente ng Sitio New Alegria dahil ngayon ay may kuryente na sila. Noon,
tinitiis nilang maglalakad ng ilang kilometro para mapanood ang kanilang
paboritong telenovela sa sentro ng Barangay Cecilia. Ngayon, mapapanood na nila
ito sa mismong tahanan nila. Ako ay masaya at nagpapasalamat ng lubos kay Pres.
Noynoy Aquino sa kanyang programang pailawin ang malalayong barangay sa buong
bansa bago matapos ang taong 2013, at ngayon, nadarama na natin ang programa ng
Presidente,” ani Mayor Ronald Corvera.
Ang pagpapailaw sa dalawang barangay na ito ay
parte ng utos ni Pangulong Aquino na magkaroon ng kuryente ang lahat ng
malalayong barangay bago matapos ang 2013. (RER/DSM/PPIO-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
Cebuano news: Presidente Aquino milagda sa
Administrative Order # 30, ang pagestblisar ug Martial law Historical Advisory
Committee nga magdukomento sa mga katuigan sa Martial Law
Ni Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Sep. 25 (PIA) --
Si Presidente Benigno Aquino III mimando sa pagestablisar og Martial law
Historical Advisory Committee uban sa tahas sa pagkolekta ug pagtigum sa mga
impormasyon nga milangkob sa mga panghitabo atol sa mga kautigan sa Martial
Law.
Ang Chief Executive miisyu og direktiba pinaagi
sa Administrative Order Number 30 nga gilagdaan ni Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa
Jr., niadtong Setyembre 20.
Ang Martial Law Historical Advisory Committee or
Advisory Committee gitahasan nga musubay ug sestimatiko sa pagtigum,
pagpreserba, ug sa pag-publikasyon sa mga testimonya, binababa kon oral nga
kasysayan, dokumentaryo, pelikula ug audio record sa katuigan sa Martial law.
"The Martial Law Historical Advisory
Committee is hereby established to undertake the compilation of materials that
will make possible the true account of the events that transpired during the
said period in our history," matud pa sa AO.
Ang trabaho sa komite gikinahanglan nga hinimo
aron magamit sa publiko pinaagi sa websites of the official Gazzete,
Presidential Museum and Library, ug National Historical Commission of the
Philippinnes (NHCP), ang AO miingon.
Ang Advisory Committee sa sinugdan maoy motigum
ug mo-pablisar sa mga binababa nga kasaysayan mahitungod sa Martial Law. Ug
kini, padayon sa pagkuha ug makuhaan sa publikong dukomentaryo, pelikula ug
audio records sa panahon nga kini available,” ("The Advisory Committee
shall initially gather and publish oral histories about Martial Law. After
which, it shall continue to gather and make accessible to the public
documentaries, film, and audio records as soon as readily available,")
dugang pa niini.
"The Advisory Committee may also call upon
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the government for assistance as
the circumstances and exigencies may require," ang AO usab miingon.
Si Presidente Aquino midirihir sa NHCP nga maoy
molihok kon mopapel isip Secretariat sa Advisory Committee. (RER/NGBT/PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
Cebuano news: Gobyernong Aquino nalipay sa
pinakabag-ong Social Weather survey nga nagpaila nga minos-minos na ang mga
pamilyang Filipino nga mikonsiderar sa ilang mga kaugalingon nga kabos
ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Sep. 25 (PIA) -- Gikalipay sa
administrasyong Aquino ang pinakabag-ong Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey
nga nagpakita nga minos na ang mga pamilyang Filipino nga mikonsiderar sa ilang
kaugalingon nga kabus.
Si Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda
mipagawas sa maong pamahayag atol sa regular press briefing didto sa MalacaΓ±ang
kagahapon human nga migawas ang Third Quarter 2012 SWS Survey nga nagpakita nga
ang mga pamilyang migrado sa ilang kaugalingon isip pobre o kabus miubos ngadto
sa 47 porsyento.
Matud ni Lacierda ang bag-ong resulta sa
self-rated survey sa SWS maoy resulta sa mga paningkamot sa administrasyong
Aquino aron mokonhod ang kapobrehon. Iyang gipasalig ang padayon nga
pagpaningkamot sa gobyerno aron kini masustener pinaagi sa pag-implementar og
mga nagkadaiyang mga sumbanan aron maseguro ang maayong kaugmaon sa katawhang
Filipino.
Gipakita sa maong SWS nga 47 porsyento sa mga
respondents nga kapareho sa gibana-banang 9.5 milyon ka mga pamilya ang miingon
nga sila pobre o kabus, ang mikonhod ngadto sa upat ka porsyento gikan sa 51
porsyento (gibana-banang 10.3 milyon ka mga pamilya) niadtong bulan sa Mayo.
Gipakita usab sa maong survey nga mino-minos ang
mga pamilya nga miangkon nga sila kabus o pobre kung pagkaong ang hisgotan,
matud pa sa bag-ong SWS survey.
Ang August 2012 Social Weather Survey
gipahigayon gikan niadtong Agosto 24-27 gamit ang face-to-face interbyu sa
mokabat 1,200 ka mga adult respondents. (RER/SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano news: Opisyales sa syudad gipangulohan
ang turn- over ceremony sa mga Farm Machineries didto sa Barangay Sukailang,
Brgy. Trinidad
Ni Annette Villaces
SURIGAO CITY, Sep. 25 (PIA) -- Malamposon nga
gipangulohan sa mga opisyales sa syudad ang turn-over ceremony sa mga Farm
Machineries niadtong miaging semana didto sa Brgy. Sukailang ug Brgy. Trinidad,
ning syudad.
Si City Mayor Ernesto Matugas uban ni City
Agriculturist Isaias M. Elumba maoy personal nga mi turn-over sa Vermie House
ngadto sa mga mag-uuma sa Brgy. Sukailang ug gidawat kini sa kapitan sa maong
barangay nga si Kapitan Renato G. Cabajes.
Giturn-over usab nila Mayor Matugas ug Mr.
Elumba ang usa ka Farm Turtle ngadto sa mga lumolopyo sa Brgy. Trinidad ug kini
gidawat pinaagi ni Kapitan Lorna Revil.
Si Mayor Matugas, sa iyang mensahe, miingon nga
ang vermie-culture o vermie-composting maoy usa sa mga proyekto nga gihatagan
pagtagad sa iyang administrasyon tungod kay kini usa ka maayo ug mahimsog nga
paagi sa pagpananom gamit ang organic fertilizer imbes nga mogamit ug chemical
nga fertilizer ang mga mag-uuma.
Siya usab nanghinaut nga masustenir sa katawhan
kining maong mga proyekto ug hinaut unta nga makatabang kini og dako ngadto sa
ilang panginabuhian. (PIO-City Media Office/RER/FEA/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
