CHR-Caraga to hold IDP Summit in Butuan
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- As the country
celebrates this year’s National Human Rights Consciousness Week, the Commission
on Human Rights (CHR) will organize an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)
Summit on December 10-11, 2012 at the Mazaua Island Resort, this city.
CHR-Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marylin
Pintor said the summit is part of the IDP Protection Project with the United
Nations High Commissioner for the Refugees.
“The activity aims to raise awareness on the
situation of the IDPs with emphasis on the plight of the vulnerable sectors;
identify issues in the protection of the IDPs, as well as strategies to address
them and to build commitments from the government and other actors,” said
Pintor.
Said summit will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DTI-Caraga to present its year-end
accomplishments
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga will be presenting its year-end accomplishments
with the local tri-media in the city on December 17 at the DTI-Caraga
Conference Room here.
DTI-Caraga Regional Director Brielgo Pagaran
said, they will be presenting the agency’s 2012 major accomplishments and
highlights from major activities, programs and projects that they have
implemented in the region.
“Said activity is aimed to provide information
to media people, civil society organizations, local government units and other
stakeholders on what the agency has done for the year and generate responses,
comments and feedbacks from the participants on how the agency could improve
its services and activities,” said Pagaran.
The DTI shall be considering those responses in
coming up with the next year’s plans and activities. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Bad gov’t service? Text 0908-8816565
By Michael Punongbayan
MANILA, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- Reporting and
complaining about inefficiency, discourtesy, and even red tape in government
offices is now a text message away.
Since almost every Filipino has a cellular
phone, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced the launching of a faster
way for the public to air their grievances and expect action through short
messaging system (SMS).
CSC chairman Francisco Duque III said citizens
may now access the government’s central helpline, dubbed Contact Center ng
Bayan (CCB), not just by a phone call but also by sending a text message to
0908-8816565.
He bared that opening additional channels or
means for reaching the complaints center will make it easier and more
convenient for the public to complain about inefficiency, discourtesy, and
fixing in government services.
“Through the Contact Center ng Bayan (CCB), we
aim to engage citizens to be the primary drivers of the kind of service they
want to get from their civil servants,” Duque said.
Last Sept. 27, the CSC, with members of the CCB
steering committee from the Information and Communications Technology Office
(ICTO) and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), launched the program.
For its initial implementation, six agencies
including the CSC, National Computer Center, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Department of Health, and the DTI have
electronically interconnected their call centers to the CCB.
The CCB is accessible nationwide by dialing
1-6565 using PLDT, Smart, and Digitel landlines, Mondays to Fridays, from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. with each call to charge P5.00 plus VAT. (CSC/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: NSO magsasagawa ng Reg’l
Dissemination Forum para sa 2010 Annual Survey ng ASPBI, SICT
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Dis. 10 (PIA) --
Pangungunahan ng National Statistics Office (NSO) Caraga ang Regional
Dissemination Forum para sa 2010 Annual Survey ng Philippine Business and
Industry (ASPBI) at 2012 Survey on Information and Communication Technology (SICT)
na gaganapin ngayong Disyembre 18 sa Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort ng lungsod.
Ang forum ay naglalayong palakasin ang kaalaman
ng mga ahensya at mga gumagamit ng datos sa importansya ng economic survey data
at magbigay pagkilala sa 20 respondent na nakagawa ng mga dekalidad na datos at
naaayon sa tamang oras, ayon kay Statistician Reynaldo Magno ng NSO-Caraga.
“Ang forum ay dadaluhan ng mga provincial
planners, city planners at mga kinatawan ng mga national government agencies,
lokal na pamahalaan, non-government organization, people’s organizations,
academe at mga nagmamay-ari ng negosyo, mga awardees at iba pa,” ani Magno.
Ang forum ay magsisilbing lugar din upang
makakalap ng suporta para sa 2012 Census of Philippine Business and Industry na
gaganapin sa April 2013.
Para naman sa karagdagang katanungan o
impormasyon, maaari tumawag sa NSO sa numerong (085) 225-5219. (NCLM/DSM/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: DSWD pangungunahan ang taunang SLP
Congress sa Butuan
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Dis. 10 (PIA) --
Pangungunahan ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga ang
taunang Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Congress na gaganapin sa Disyembre
13 sa Balanghai Hotel ng lungsod.
Ang congress ay magsisilbing lugar kung saan
maipapakita natin sa iba ang mga produkto na ginawa ng mga benepisyaryo ng
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino na proyektong pinondohan ng SLP, ayon kay
DSWD-Caraga Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat.
Isa sa mga aabangan sa aktibidad ay ang gallery
viewing at product selling na bubuksan sa publiko mula 11 n.u hanggang 1 n.h.
“Ito ay isang paraan upang itaguyod ang ating
mga produkto sa mga mamimili na siya namang tutulong sa ating mga benepisyaryo
upang maging produktibo,” ani Jabagat.
Dahil dito, ang DSWD-Caraga ay umaasa sa suporta
ng mga ahensya ng pamahalaan para sa lalo pang ika-uunlad ng mga benepisyaryo
ng Pantawid Pamilya. (NCLM/DSM-PIA Caraga)
Cebuano news: Pangulong Aquino gideklara ang
State of National Calamity
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Dis. 10 (PIA) -- Gideklara sa
Pangulo niadtong Biyernes ang State of National Calamity aron mapadali ang
operasyon sa rescue, relief ug rehabilitasyon sa naangol nga mga probinsya sa
Mindanao nga naigo sa bagyong Pablo.
Gipagawas ni Pangulong Aquino ang Proclamation
No. 522 nga magtugot sa mga local government units aron gamiton ang ilang mga
calamity funds sa operasyon sa rescue, relief ug rehabilitasyon.
Mapadali usab niini ang pagpagawas sa mga
hinabang gikan sa gobyerno ug mga pribadong sektor, lakip na ang mga donasyon
gikan sa laing nasod ug bantayan usab niini ang mga presyo sa nag-unang mga
palitonon sa mga apektadong lugar.
Ang mga naangol nga mga probinsya mao ang
Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental ug Davao del Norte , Surigao del Sur, lanao
del Norte, Misamis Oriental ug Cagayan de Oro City, Siquijor ug Palawan.
(RER/SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
