Four day care centers subject for turn-over to
respective barangays this month
By David M. Suyao
PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Sep 12
(PIA) -- Four day care centers will be turned-over this month in District 1 of
Agusan del Sur. This is part of the 30 day care centers programmed for
completion and turn-over this year.
This is a joint project of Cong. Maria Valentina
Plaza of the First Congressional District, the provincial and municipal
governments and the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation- Integrated
Development Center, Inc. (JPIC-IDC).
According to report of Melvin Osorio, JPIC-IDC
project coordinator, these day care centers are in Barangays Sto. Nino, Bayugan
City, Mt. Olive also in Bayugan City, Batohon in the municipality of Esperanza
and Kauswagan, Talacogon.
Last month, three day care centers were
turned-over in Barangay Tag-oyango in the municipality of Sibagat and barangays
Gamao and Mabuhay in Bayugan City.
Being a joint project, the fund for the
construction of the 30 day care centers were taken from the priority
development fund of Cong. Maria Valentina Plaza who shares 67 percent or P17
million, the provincial government with 12 percent or P3 million, the municipal
government with 10 percent or P2.5 million and the JPIC-IDC with another 12
percent or P3 million shares.
“The paintings of the day care centers are not
included in the program of work undertaken by the Department of Public Works
and Highways. We are therefore lobbying to the barangay councils where the day
care centers are constructed that they shoulder the painting of the building,”
Osorio said.
The five municipalities and barangays where the
30 day care centers are located and under construction are Sibagat with three
barangays, Esperanza with five, Bayugan City with five, Prosperidad with six,
Talacogon with five and San Luis with six. (PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Mindanao SUCs converge for a research on S&T
program for Responsible Mining
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, Sept 12 (PIA) -- State Colleges and
Universities (SUCs) in Mindanao have partnered on a research program on science
and technology for responsible mining.
The schools developed a research proposal
entitled “S&T Program for Responsible Mining in Mindanao.” Among the
institutions involved are the Caraga State University (CSU) and three other
SUCs in Caraga Region, which make up the Caraga Consortium for Responsible
Mining; University of Southern Mindanao (USM) in Kabacan, Cotabato; Mindanao
University of Science and Technology (MUST) in Cagayan de Oro City and the
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in Iligan
City.
The research is aimed to deliver science-based
information and alternative technologies to promote socially acceptable,
environment-friendly, ecologically sound and economically rewarding mining in
Mindanao.
In a statement, Dr. Joanna Cuenca, CSU
president, said the overall output of the program will be made available to
decision-makers to come up with activities for the economic potentials of
mining that can liberate Mindanao from poverty, as long as it is done
responsibly along with balanced sustainability.
To heighten awareness of its advocacy, CSU will
be holding a Mindanao-wide launching to inform several stakeholders about the
program on September 13-14, 2012 at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this
city.
Registration will start at 8 a.m. The two-day
event will be capped by the memorandum of agreement signing and visits to
mining areas covered by the consortium.
Senator Edgardo Angara, chairperson on the
Commission on Science and Technology and Engineering, is expected to grace the
activity and will deliver his keynote message. Also invited are Dr. Amelia
Guevara, Dept. of Science and Technology (DOST) Undersecretary of Research and
Development and Dr. Jean Tayag of the Commission on Higher Education.
Dr. Cuenca is inviting government and private
agencies and organizations especially the academe to take part in this research
and development consortium.
Interested participants may contact the CSU
through (085) 342-3047, 341-1079, 342-6625 for further details on the activity.
(RER/PIA-Caraga)
Tagana-an contingent is 2012 Bonok-Bonok
Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival champ
By Fryan E. Abkilan
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, September 12 (PIA) - The
‘Panginabuhi-an sa Tagana-an’ Festival (Livelihood/source of living in
Tagana-an town) emerged as champion of the Free Interpretation (FI) category of
the 28th Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival in Surigao City on September 9.
Panginabuhi-an sa Tagana-an Festival bested
other three contingents in the FI category and brought with them P200,000 as
their winning prize. The FI category requires contingents to use live musical
accompaniment.
The Mabuyok nan Mainit Cultural Groupe of the
municipality of Mainit was named second place with P150,000 cash prize. The
third prize went to the W.D. Rafols Memorial National High School with Barangay
Poctoy Council that won a P100,000 cash prize. Special awards for Best in
Choreography/Choreographer, Best in Music and Best in Street dancing all went
to Tagana-an contingent. Mabuyok nan Mainit Cultural Groupe contingent awarded
Best in Costume with P20,000 cash prize.
It was learned that Panginabuhi-an sa Tagana-an
Festival was also declared champion during the 'Sajaw Surigao' Festival 2012
spearheaded by the provincial government.
For the Bonok-Bonok Based Category, which uses
canned music, eight contingents from the city schools and barangays
participated to which R.C. Ouano Memorial Elementary School of Brgy. Cagniog
outstandingly outdone the other contingents and walked away victorious
receiving a cash prize of P100,000. R.C. Ouano was also declared winner in the
last year’s Bonok-Bonok Based category.
Second prize winner was the contingent from
Barangay Nonoc receiving a cash prize of P75,000 and the third prize went to
Capalayan National High School in partnership with Barangay Capalayan Council
with P50,000 cash prize.
Special awards for Best in
Choreography/Choreographer all went to R.C. Ouano Elementary School while the
contingent from Barangay Nonoc awarded Best in Street Dancing. The Simbada
Festival of Barangay Libuac was awarded Best in Costume.
The 28th Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival
is a festival of thanksgiving and invocation to the Almighty through the
intercession of the city's patron saint SeΓ±or San Nicolas de Tolentino for the
bountiful blessings of peace and good health.
The festival was graced by Hon. Jose Lorenzo H.
Bautista popularly known as Jolo Revilla, Board Member of the Province of
Cavite along with other local officials led by City Mayor Ernesto Matugas and
Vice Gov. Arturo Carlos Egay, Jr. (FEA/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
FNRI-DOST to conduct monitoring visit &
media forum in Butuan
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) -- The Nutrition
Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) will
be conducting a monitoring visit and media forum for Caraga region on October
4, 2012 to be held at the DOST-Caraga Regional Office’ Function Hall, this
city.
According to FNRI-DOST Director Mario Capanzana,
the media forum will provide the local tri-media and information officers of
the region with data and information on the 2011 Updating of the Nutritional
Status of the Filipino Children and other population groups; the roadmap on
establishing the Nutrition Communication Network (Nutricomnet); and Updates on
Brown rice as one of the DOSTs high-impact technology solutions (HITS) to
malnutrition.
“After the forum, a meeting will follow where
feedback on the status of the Nutricomnet in Caraga will be conducted,” said
Capanzana.
With this, Capanzana asked for the support of
the media and information officers on this event.
For more information, the DOST-Caraga Regional
Office can be reached at telephone number (085) 341-9551 and 342-5684.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Butuanons celebrate 1st anniv of ‘Clean Ground,
Zero Waste’ Movement
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Sept 12 (PIA) -- The city
government here commemorated the first year anniversary of the "Clean
Ground, Zero Waste" movement on Tuesday at the city hall grounds.
The said movement was launched in 2011, with a
simultaneous cleanup activity in all the barangays of this city.
In his message, Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. said
solid waste management is one of the most important advocacy in the local
government units.
Amante also asked for the continued cooperation
of the people of Butuan in making segregation part of their daily routine.
Also, Vice Mayor Lawrence Fortun said
“discipline among us is what we really need to make this movement realistic.”
“Through proper segregation of wastes, we are
able to help our environment, as well as our city government to reduce its
expenses in garbage collection,” added Fortun.
Fortun also said that as the chairperson of the
Environment and Natural Resources Council, comprising government agencies and
other sectors, they have created significant efforts, which include the
endorsement of the watershed code and creation of the Taguibo Watershed
Council.
Meanwhile, Amante awarded plaques of “Clean
Seal” to 34 recipient-barangays in Butuan City including Barangay Pagatpatan,
which is among the top three cleanest barangays of the Philippines for its
consistent implementation of proper solid waste management.
Amante said the one-year implementation of the
movement was a good start and hoped for the continued support and cooperation of
the Butuanons. (RER/JPG/PIA-Caraga)
RDC-DAC Caraga backs Surigao CDC to harmonize
LGUs’ data requirements
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, Sept 12 (PIA) -- The Development
Administration Committee (DAC) of the Regional Development Council (RDC) has
expressed support to the Surigao City Development Council (CDC) on harmonizing
data requirements asked by concerned national government agencies to local
government units.
During today’s third regular meeting, Engr.
Julio Carlon, assistant department head of the Provincial Planning and
Development Office in Agusan del Norte, urged committee members to support
Resolution No. 3, series of 2012 of the Surigao City Development Council,
requesting concerned national government agencies through the RDC-DAC-13 to
harmonize the reporting, monitoring and related data requirements from LGUs.
Carlon likewise supported the resolution and
asked the committee for its approval to support and bring the matter to the
general RDC-Caraga chaired by Surigao del Norte Gov. Sol Matugas.
RDC-DAC Chairman and Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand
Amante Jr. said through this, the RDC will find their work easily, especially
in the preparation of necessary reports for immediate and appropriate action.
The resolution, signed by Surigao City Mayor
Ernesto Matugas, stated that the city government has observed that reports,
data monitoring and related requirements by national agencies come in different
formats, data matrices, scope and other related details.
It was also stated that even the monitoring of
same indicators of performance area like the Millennium Development Goals
(MDGs) has to be done differently by two or more different national agencies.
It was further said in the said resolution that
such compliance to these requirements by national agencies is tasking, time
consuming and even to some extent constitute wasted man-hours that would have
been devoted to more pressing development concerns.
With this, the RDC-DAC has strongly expressed
its support by crafting a resolution to be submitted to the RDC for appropriate
action and approval. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Concrete road project inaugurated in Brgy.
Tiniwisan
By Maria Luisa Dianah Z. Generalao
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) – “Sukad kaniadto sa
gamay pa ‘ko, karon pa gayud kami nakatagamtam ug sementadong karsada (For the
first time, we'll experience what it's like to have a concrete road)."
This was the statement of Brgy. Capt. Demetrio
Tabelon during the inauguration of the Tiniwisan Road Concreting project Sept.
10, 2012 in gratitude for the city government's action on the barangay's
request.
The project was started on April 16, 2012 and
was completed on August 17 of the same year. With a cost of P12, 927,958.62,
the newly-concreted road measures 6.10 meters in width and sprawls 1.3
kilometers long – this year’s longest concreted road.
Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr. led the inaugural
walk with the barangay officials and constitu
A senior citizen said, “Dugay ra gayud mi
nangandoy nga masemento among karsada tungod kay mahasol gayud kami labi na kung
ting-ulan na (We have hoped for so long for our road to be concreted because
it’s very hard especially during the rainy season)."
Mayor Amante was presented a Certificate of
Recognition from the barangay council.
On the same occasion, Amante also said Brgy.
Tiniwisan placed top 3 among the cleanest barangays in the city, in connection
with the LGU’s Clean Ground Zero Waste Program. (CMO/PIO/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
DSWD welcomes partnership with Australian gov’t.
for CDD projects
By Keneath John O. Bolisay
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) -- International
development aid continue to pour into Caraga region as the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) enters into a partnership with the Australian
government through its overseas aid program AusAID (Australian Agency for
International Development) for community-driven development (CDD) projects.
Provision of infrastructure projects for local
government units (LGUs) that submitted project proposals favoring education
such as elementary and high school buildings and day care centers will receive
funding from AusAID.
AusAID is setting a fund limit of P800,000 for
each project proposal submitted by 88 barangays who will receive this grant.
The program will focus on the non-prioritized
barangays of DSWD’s anti-poverty project Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan –
Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Service (KALAHI-CIDSS) or those
that didn’t receive funding for their proposed educational facilities during
its three-year cycle implementation.
The same Kalahi-CIDSS-World Bank procedures will
be adopted by AusAID in implementing the program in a manner that the beneficiary
communities themselves will prepare the financial documents and the subsequent
construction of the infrastructures through a group of volunteers in the
barangay.
Sixteen municipalities in Caraga region that
went on to become champion areas of Kalahi-CIDSS for the past eight years will
be named once the performance assessment will be done.
Community-driven development (CDD) is an
approach adopted by Kalahi-CIDSS whereby participating communities are given
the power to choose, prioritize, plan, co-finance, implement, monitor and
maintain their development projects. (DSWD-13/Social Marketing
Unit/NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: Pangulong Aquino misaksi sa
parpirma sa Memorandum of Agreement tali sa DBM, DepEd and GSIS aron ibalik ang
mga benipisyo sa mga magtutudlo
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Sep. 12 (PIA) – Gisaksihan ni
Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III ang pagpirma sa tulo ka Memorandum of Agreement
tali sa Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Education (DepEd) ug
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) sa usa ka seremonya nga gipahigayon
didto sa MalacaΓ±ang kagahapon.
Ang maong MoA nga gipirmahan nila Budget
Secretary Florencio Abad, Education Secretary Armin Luistro ug GSIS president
ug general manager Robert Vergara, nagtumong aron maimplementar ang realistic
ug makiangayon nga solusyon sa gitawag nga “chronic issue” sa wala mabayri nga
mga premiums pinaagi sa pagbalik sa mga benipisyo sa hapit 800,000 ka mga
active ug inactive nga mga mga trabahante sa DepEd sukad niadtong Hunyo 1997.
Ubos sa maong gikasabotan, ang DBM maoy mohatag
sa P6.92-bilyon nga premium-in-arrears nga nagrepresentar sa share sa gobyerno
ug ipadali ang pagbayad pinaagi sa pasiunang P3.46-bilyon o katunga sa
kinatibuk-ang kantidad. Ug ang GSIS, pinaagi sa Board of Trustees niini,
molugway sa P14-bilyon nga naipon nga tubo lakip usab ang paghatag og lima ka
porsyento nga discount sa kinatibuk-ang kantidad.
Samtang si GSIS president ug general manager
Robert Vergara miingon nga sa parpirma sa maong MoA, ang mga trabahante sa
DepEd sa dili maduagy makapahimulos na sa sakto nga pag-umento sa ilang mga
benipisyo, taas nga mautang nga kantidad ug taas nga retirements benefits.
Dugang pa niya nga ang retirado ug aktibo nga
mga empleyado sa DepEd ang makadawat usab og umento sa mga pension kay ang GSIS
mokalkula pag otro sa ilang mga benipisyo ug ibalik ang kantidad nga gikaltas
ug idugang kini ngadto sa ilang madawat nga mga pension.
Uban sa Pangulo mao sila GSIS chairman Daniel
lacson, Jr., Senator Edgardo Angara, Manila 6th District Representative Rosenda
Ocampo, ug Alliance of Concerned Teachers Partylist Representative Antonio
Tinio, ug lain pang uban.
Didto usab sila Teacher’s Dignity Coalition
chairman Benjo Basas, Philippine School Teachers Association (PPSTA) president
Mario Ramirez, DepEd-NEU national president Atty. Domingo Alidon ug Manila
Public School Teachers Association (MPSTA) president Benjamin Valbuena.
(PIA-Surigao del Norte)
