Training on protection of internally displaced persons set in Davao
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 23 (PIA) -- The Norwegian
Refugee Council-Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (NRC-IDMC) will be
spearheading the first training workshop on the protection of internally
displaced persons (IDPs) in East Mindanao on October 25 and 26 to be held in
Paradise Island Resort, Samal, Davao City.
The training will be joined by the personnel of
the Philippine Commission on Human Rights (PCHR), Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD), member-agencies of the IDP Caraga Link, non-government
organizations (NGOs) and civil society indigenous people organizations.
The training workshop aims to enhance the
institutional capacity of the PCHR, DSWD, civil society indigenous peoples
organizations and NGOs and to contribute to the professional development of
their staff and members, in the protection of human rights of IDPs in East
Mindanao based on international and national legal frameworks, legislation and
policies said Cecilia Jimenez of the NRC-IDMC Senior Training and Legal Office
in a written statement.
This will also include prevention of arbitrary
displacement and protection of IDP rights during and immediately after
displacement, as well as durable solutions.
“The activity is also intended to raise the
participants’ awareness of international standards on IDP protection from and
during internal displacement and on durable solutions, as provided for by the
UN Guiding Principles on IDPs, international human rights law obligations of
the Philippine government and national law, with a focus on substantive rights
and advocacy for those rights; to come to a common appraisal on the current
situation of IDPs and the issues and problems confronting the IDP situation in
East Mindanao and have a comprehensive picture of the challenges affecting IDP
protection including various categories of displacements, the IDPs and affected
populations; and to enhance the participants’ knowledge and skills to be
effective agents in advocating for the rights of the IDPs and their active
participation, especially those of indigenous peoples and women and children,” said
Jimenez.
Participants will also reflect on the respective
roles of the participating institutions in responding to the protection
concerns affecting IDPs in East Mindanao and will come up with parameters for
ways forward. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
OWWA-Caraga awards 2012 Reg'l MOFYA winners
By Danilo S. Makiling
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 23 (PIA) -- The Overseas
Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Caraga region awarded the regional
winners in the annual Search for Model Overseas Family of the Year Award
(MOFYA) in a ceremony held here.
According to OWWA-Caraga Director Ron Lionel
Bartolome, MOFYA is an award-giving program designed to give recognition to
outstanding OFW families and promote best practices achieving optimal success
in all aspect of life in the face of overseas migration of one or more members
of the household.
Bartolome also said MOFYA aims to give
recognition to the outstanding achievements of the Overseas Filipino Workers
(OFWs) and their families and serve as the role models for the whole OFW
population; to promote success stories about the OFW families’ endurance over
the challenges on their family relations and uplift the image of the OFW
families in the community; and to highlight the role of the OFW family acting
as a group/unit in the attainment of socio-civic, educational, professional and
success.
The awards is categorized into two namely the
land-based and the sea-based, with the following qualifications: A) The family
is headed by an OFW, land-based/sea-based, formerly or presently working abroad
with a formal or informal contract of employment and with proof of OWWA
Membership; B) the OFW either married or single, is the head of the family, and
has at least four years of work experience as an OFW; C) The OFW family is
known as solid/stable family in the locality with a certification of family solidarity
by the Barangay Captain; D) Financially stable.
The awardee for the land-based category is Nelly
Arangali who works as a quality inspector in Liberty Woods International based
in Malaysia.
Nicolas Sonsona won the sea-based category. He
is working as a seafarer chief cook from different shipping company abroad.
The awardees were examined and approved by the
Board of judges from different government and private stakeholders.
The winners received P20,000 cash in the form of
GCASH from Globe Telecom, and DBO Asenso Card from Banco De Oro.
OWWA Caraga also said that the awardees of
Caraga region are also the nominees for the National MOFYA to be held on
December 6 at Mall of Asia, Manila. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Surigao del Sur DRRMC to implement red alert
status on Oct 26
By Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Oct. 23 (PIA) --
Due to the scheduled rocket launching by South Korea on October 26, 2012, the
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) in Surigao
del Sur chaired by Gov.Johnny T. Pimentel thru the PDRRMC Executive Officer
Florencio Pimentel directed all the local DRRMC in the province to implement a
red alert status.
This was announced by Norberto Lorente of PDRRMC
Center to 19 LDRRMC chair/officers during the Provincial Development Council
Meeting held last week at the Provincial Capitol Conference Room here.
The PDRRMC said the advisory was sent by the
office of the Regional DRRM Center directing them to activate the Red Alert
Status on the day of the launching of the Republic of Korea’s 3rd Science and
Technology Satellite-2.
In Caraga region, the provinces of Surigao del
Norte and Surigao del Sur were identified to be on red alert status where the
general public especially the fishermen are advised not to venture on seas from
2:30 – 6:00 P.M..
Lorente further said Surigao del Sur Operation
Center during the day of the launch will monitor, assess and respond to the
possible effects of the satellite such as the fall of debris within the
province. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Soldier killed in Surigao Norte clash
SURIGAO CITY, Oct. 23 (PIA) - A government
trooper was killed following a clash with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in
Gigaquit town, Surigao del Norte Monday afternoon.
Capt. Steve Mangabat, Spokesperson of the Army’s
30th Infantry ‘Python’ Battalion said the fatality was identified as Sgt.
Jessie D. Kuaya.
Mangabat said troops from the 36th Infantry
Batallion led by Sgt Labadisos and from the 29th Infantry Battalion led by 1Lt
Plete while conducting Community Organizing for Peace and Development operation
were harassed by more or less 10 NPAs believed to be members of Guerilla Front
16, Northeastern Mindanao Regional Command around 3:10pm, Monday, Oct. 22 at
the vicinity of Brgy Lahi in Gigaquit.
An exchange of gunfire ensued which lasted for
about 15 minutes after which the enemy withdrew towards Southeast direction.
“The said harassment is a manifestation that the
said group is anti-peace and development in the area,” said Lt. Col. Vincent
Iringan, Commanding Officer of 30IB. (FEA/CMO-30IB/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DILG 13 conducts regional forum on local
governance
By Florian Faith Jr. P. Bayawa
BUTUAN CITY, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Caraga, in commemoration of the 21st
year of the Local Government Code, conducted the regional forum on local
governance on October 19 at Dottie’s Place Hotel, Butuan City.
Local chief executives in the region,
representatives from regional line agencies, civil society organizations,
academe and DILG personnel convened in the forum to celebrate the two decades
of local autonomy in the Philippines.
The regional forum is pursuant to Presidential
Proclamation No. 63, Series of 1992, which declared the month of October of
every year as the local government month, and the second week as the local
government Week, and the 10th of October as the local government day.
DILG Regional Director Lilibeth A. Famacion, in
her welcome message, said that collective efforts will set the direction for
good governance as the principles of participation, accountability,
responsiveness and transparency are being uphold and put into action.
Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr, who
gave his message in the event, emphasized the essence of local autonomy in the
country as local governments have exercised certain basic powers to provide for
the best interest of their constituents.
The forum proper started with the region’s stake
on sustainable development focusing on its three pillars, namely, social,
economic and environmental aspects. It was presented by Mylah Faye Aurora B.
CariΓ±o, assistant regional director of the National Economic and Development
Authority-Caraga. She presented the status of Caraga in terms of development
and areas of improvement where the region needs to recover and focus its
attention, such as the presence of low water quality and forest degradation.
The regional state of local governance report
was presented by DILG Local Government Capacity Development Division Chief
Charissa T. Guerta. She made mention of the five performance areas, namely,
social, economic, environmental, administrative and valuing fundamentals.
Critical observation on the report is the region’s incidence on AIDS/HIV, which
has increased tremendously compared with other regions in the country. It was
also noted that local government units needs to sustain their compliance to the
Anti-Red Tape Act, which is an important component for the Seal of Good
Housekeeping for 2012.
The regional winners of the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi
Awards 2012 were given plaques, certificates and a cash incentive: P1 million
for the municipality of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur; P2 million for Surigao City
and P3 millionfor the province of Surigao del Norte.
Also during the forum, the municipalities of
Magallanes, Agusan del Norte and Loreto, Dinagat Islands being recipients of
the DILG Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig Para sa Lahat Program received the first
tranche of release, which is equivalent to 50 percent of the total project
cost. Magallanes received P3.5 million, while Loreto received P500,000.
Symbolic checks equivalent to 80 percent of the
total project cost were given to the provinces of Agusan del Sur and Surigao
del Sur as recipients of DILG-Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan program. The
province of Agusan del Sur, through Provincial Governor Adolph Edward G. Plaza,
received P56 million, covering the municipalities of Sibagat, Prosperidad, Sta.
Josefa and Veruela.
On the other hand, the Province of Surigao del
Sur, through Provincial Governor Johnny T. Pimentel received P30.4 million,
covering the municipalities of Marihatag, Bayabas, San Agustin, Tagbina and
Hinatuan; and the cities of Tandag and Bislig. (NCLM/DILG-12/PIA-Caraga)
Amante signs commitment with WFP, UNH
By Maria Diana Luisa Z. Generalao
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 23 (PIA) -- In his most recent
trip to Manila, Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. signed a commitment
of partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations
Habitat (UNH) during the Sustainable Philippine Cities Project Launching at the
Crowne Plaza in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Oct. 16, 2012.
Butuan City was chosen by the Joint WFP-UNH
Initiative on Philippine Cities and Climate Change Adaptation to be one of the
partner cities for both its Disaster Preparedness and Response Program and the
Program for Achieving Sustainable Development (ASUD).
The project aims to build resilient cities in
the face of climate change and natural disasters by increasing city government
capacities in participatory risk and vulnerability assessment as basis for
planning and operationalizing community-based adaptation actions to benefit
vulnerable poor families living in high-risk areas.
Under the program, the WFP and UNH will provide
Butuan City a P3 Million-fund with the directive of utilizing the support to
produce an Action Plan for Disaster Preparedness as well as Urban Planning for
the enhancement of the current Comprehensive Land Use Program.
In a phone interview with Engr. Antenedo
Milloren, City Planning and Development Office Chief, he said the LGU is
planning to use P1 Million of the total fund of P3 Million for Mapping, a
requirement to enhance our Comprehensive Land Use Program, and which includes
dense updating of the city’s Urban Observatory. He added that the P1 Million
allotment would not be enough to cater to the specified task, but the UNH is
willing to give additional funding assistance.
Engr. Milloren also said that we are given the
condition of submitting the aforementioned requirements not later than December
of this year for us to be included in the UNH Pabahay Program for 2013.
Inclusion of which would mean additional funding for our existing housing
programs.
Meanwhile, the remaining P2 Million will be used
for the production of an Action Plan for Disaster Preparedness, with more
emphasis on critical villages/areas in the city. The German Government has
recently trained the local government unit on the ground rules of establishing
a sound action plan, which is now seen as a useful tool in the creation of the
said requirement.
Mayor Amante signed the commitment of
partnership together with the mayors of the other partner-cities which included
Iloilo, Davao, and Cagayan de Oro. Four programs were introduced during the
launching. Butuan was the only city which qualified partnerships in two of the
four programs. (NCLM/BC-PIO/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog News: Anim sa pitong programang pang
imprastraktura isinulong noong magpulong ang RDC
Ni David M. Suyao
PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur -- Anim sa
pitong programang pang inprsatraktura sa rehiyon ng Caraga ang isinulong para
maaprobahan matapos itong maipresenta noon magpulong ang Regional Development
Council (RDC) pagkatapos na ito ay lubusang mapag usapan at pagpasyahan ng mga
miyambro ng RDC noong nakaraang lingo.
Ang pitong programang pang imprastraktura na
ipineresenta ng Chairman ng Infrastructure Development Committee na si Agusan
del Sur Gob. Adolph Edward Plaza ay ang hiling ng Departamento ng Agricultura
(DA) na mapadali ang pag palabas ng pundo para sa rehabilitasyon ng
Man-on-farm-to-market road sa bayan ng Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, ang hiling ng
Department of Environment at Natural Resources (DENR) para sa maayos na
pagtanggap ng mga surveyors para sa mga local na pamahalaan (LGUs) at maisali
sa grupo ng mga surveyors ang naiturong representante ng bawat LGU at; ang
limang nangungunang proyekto sa turismo na pang imprastraktura sa Surigao del
Sur para mapundohan sa ilalim ng 2013 General Appropriation Act
Kasama sa mga programang naendorso ay ang
paghikayat sa lahat ng LGU sa rehiyon ng Caraga para pagtibayin ang pagrehistro
o pagtala sa mga turista at itaas ang antas ng kanilang kwalipikasyon para sa
tourism road infrastructure project prioritization criteria; hilingin ang Gawad
Kalinga para suportahan ang paglilipat ng 32 na pamilyang apektado sa Dona
Helene area; ang napipintong Siargao Island Agri-Eco Tourism Nautical Highway.
May isang hindi naisali at ito ay upang pag usapan pang mabuti ng komitiba ay
ang paghiling sa DOT na e-deklara ang buong Rehiyon ng Caraga na destinasyon ng
turismo maliban sa mga lugar na naideklarang mineral reservation at watershed
areas.
Ayon sa mungkahi ng isang miyembro ng konseho na
inaprobahan ng RDC chairperson Sol Matugas, yung hindi naisaling e endorse ay
dapat mapag usapan ng mabuti para yung mga nadeklarang mineral reservation at
watershed areas ay makilala ng mabuti para mapag-igting ang pagpatupad ng
batas.
Ang iba pang programa na ipinipresenta ni Mayor
Amante ng Lungsod ng Butuan ay ang siyam na programang pampaunlad sa ilalim ng
Development Administration Committee kung saan, si Mayor Amante mismo ang
namumuno. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Cebuano News: Pangulong Aquino niabot na sa
Auckland
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Okt. 23 (PIA) – Si Pangulong Benigno
S. Aquino III miabot sa Aerobridge 5, Auckland International Airport kagahapon
aron sugdan ang iyang duha ka adlaw nga pagbisita napuno og daghang mga metings
uban ang mga lideres sa maong nasod ug aron motambong sa business forum.
Si Pangulong Aquino sakay sa Philippine Airlines
flight PR001 gikan sa Manila, milanding eksakto alas 11:15 sa buntag (New
Zealand nga oras), sayo og 45 minutos sa gikatakdang pag-abot niini.
Siya gisugat ni Philippine Ambassador sa New
Zealand Virginia Benavidez ug Minister Giovanni Palec sa Philippine Embassy
didto sa Wellington.
“Sa pagbisita ng ating pangulo dito lahat kami
ay excited kasi lahat nararamdaman ng mga kababayan natin dito kung gaano
ka-importante sila sa ating pangulo at gaano sila kalapit sa puso ng ating
pangulo. Bakit? Dahil ang kauna-unahan niyang gagawin paglapag niya dito sa
Auckland…ay makipag-panayam at makasama ang ating mga kababayan,” matud ni
Benavidez.
Kabahin nini, una ng nagreunion ang mga Filipino
aron eselebrar kining maong okasyon nga gipangunahan sa grupo sa Nobleja uban
ang pakigtambayayong sa Council of Auckland Filipino Organizations ug New
Zealand-Philippines Business Council, matud pa sa ambassador.
“Malaking bagay ang planong pagpunta ni
President (Aquino) dito kasi mas lalong makikilala ang lakas ng Filipino; na
hindi kami abandoned; na they (are) continuously looking after our welfare kasi
‘pag may mga problema Philippines pa rin ang tumutulong,” dugang pa ni Noblejas
.
Sa kasamtangang, ang New Zealand adunay mokabat
sa 36,000 ka mga Filipino nga naglangkob og usa ka porsyento sa kinatibuk-ang
populasyon ug ang pinakadakong komunidad sa mga Filipino makit-an didto sa
Auckland nga mokabat sa 23,000, matud sa Philippine Embassy didto.
Human sa iyang mga meting sa Filipino community,
pasinayaan ni Pangulong Aquino ang usa ka interbyu sa Radio New Zealand sa dili
pa niini tak-opan ang adlaw uban ang pribadong panihapon didto sa SkyCity Grand
Hotel. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano News: Fortun nangusog aron mapalig-on
ang pinulungang Binutuanon
Ni Eldie N. David
BUTUAN CITY, Okt. 23 (PIA) -- Tungod sa katuyuan
nga mapalig-on ug mabalik ang pinulungang Binutuanon, gipa-tambong ni Bise
Mayor Law Fortun ang mg empleyado sa Sangguniang Panlungsod sa “3rd Butuanon
Language Camp” nga gipahigayon niadtong Setyembre 21-23, 2012 sa Brgy. Babag
niining Siyudad sa Butuan.
Ang maong language camp gipasiugdahan sa Save
our Languages through Federalism (SOLFED) ug sa Butuan Global Forum (BGF) sa
katuyuan sa pagtudlo sa mga sumasalmot sa pinulungang Binutuanon ug pag puyo sa
kinabuhi sa usa ka Butuanon. Lakip sa mga aktibidades sa maong language camp
ang lecture ni Dr. Jose Dacudao kung unsaon pag litok sa sakto ang maong
pinulungan. Agig pag suta sa mga nakat-onan sa mga ni salmot, aduna usab
gipahigayon nga pag himo ug short story sa pinulungang Binutuanon ug pagkanta
sa usa ka Butuanon nga awit. Gipahigayon usab ang pagbisita sa mga lugar sa
Babag diin gipakita ang paghimo ug pagpa-ila sa ilang gipasigarbo nga ‘Laksoy’.
Ang Brgy. Babag mao na lamang ang barangay sa Siyudad sa Butuan nga adunay mo
kabat sa 90 porsyento sa populasyon nga mo litok sa pinulungang Butuanon.
Matod pa ni Bise Mayor Law Fortun, angayan gayod
nga pakusgon ug tagaan ug importansiya ang atong paglitok sa atong lingwahi kay
amo kini ang atong kailhanan o ‘identity’ ug legasiya nga atong ikabilin sa mga
sumusunod nga henerasyon. Dugang pa niya, “Importante kini para kita mailhan
nga usa ka malig-on nga syudad.” Mitoo siya nga pinaagi sa pag-una sa gobyerno
sa pagpaningkamot nga mubalik ang sinultian nga Binutuanon, mao kini ang
mutultol sa uban nga mupadayon niining atong kaugalinong lingwahe.
Tungod kay nakit-an ug nabati sa mga empleyado
ang importansiya niini, gisugdan na dayon sa mga empleyado diha sa ilang
opisina sa pagsulti isip usa ka tinood nga Butuanon. Kabahin niini, bisan kinsa
nga mo bisita sa Sangguniang Panlungsod madunggan gayod nila ang pakig hinabi
sa mga empleyado sa pinulungang Binutuanon. Dakong pasalamat sa mga empleyado
sa Sangguniang Panlungsod kang Bise Mayor Law Fortun nga gi-awhag sila sa
pag-apil niing Language Camp kay daghan silay nahikat-unan dili lamang sa
pagsulti ug sa paglitok ug Binutuanon apil na pud sa kaagi o ‘history’ sa
Butuan. (NCLM/BC-VMO/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: BANFA, 2nd place sa Smart Club Championship
Football Tournament
Ni Eldie N. David
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 23 (PIA) -- Sa unang higayon
sa dugay na nga panahon nasungkit sa Butuan-Agusan Norte Football Association
(BANFA) ang ikaduhang pwesto sa gipahigayong Smart Club Football Championship
Tournament dili pa lamang dugay sa Malaybalay, Bukidnon.
Ang maong torneyo gisalmutan sa mga
nagkalain-laing Football teams sa Northern Mindanao diin sakop niini ang BANFA.
Kahinumduman nga ang football team sa Butuan kanhi naghari sa Mindanao
kaniadtong 1970’s paingon sa 1980s. Tungod sa pagpaningkamot ni Bise Mayor Law
Fortun sa dihang namahimo siyang Presidente sa BANFA, nabuhi ang interes ug
kasibot sa mga football players sa Butuan ug Agusan del Norte.
Matud pa ni Mr. Robby Rulona, ang kasamtangang
General Secretary sa Banfa, “Bisan tuod nga 2nd place lang ang among nasungkit,
apan dako na kini nga accomplishment sa BANFA tungod kay karon pa ang unang
higayon nga niabot mi sa championship match.” Dugang pa niya nga “ang paglambo
karon sa Footbal sa Butuan tungod kini sa maayong liderato ug supporta ni Bise
Mayor Law Fortun nga among presidente,”
Dako usab ang kalipay ni Bise Mayor Law Fortun
sa nakab-ot karon sa Banfa. Matod pa niya, nga “ang atong pagpaningkamot sa
Butuan-Agusan Norte Football Association, natubag ug positibo nga resulta ug
nanghinaot ako nga maka produce kita ug mga players nga usa mga best in the
country.” (NCLM/BC-VMO/PIA-Caraga)
