Phil Red Cross Agusan del Norte-Butuan City
Chapter reports monthly accomplishments
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red
Cross (PRC) Agusan del Norte-Butuan City Chapter chaired by City Prosecutor
Felixberto Guiritan bared its accomplishments for the month of November 2012,
held Tuesday during its meeting at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center,
this city.
The Disaster Management Services Committee of
PRC reported that they conducted two sessions on 143 volunteers Mobilization
and Basic Disaster Management training Course producing 65 graduates from
Agusan National High School (ANHS) as part of the school’s Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council.
It was learned that there is 629 units of blood
collected in the month of November including those acquired from the
bloodletting activities with partner stakeholders. There is also 368 patients
from different hospitals served by the chapter.
The Safety Services Committee also reported that
they have conducted five classes on Tailored First Aid Training Course
producing 104 graduates from Shell Cabadbaran, ANHS’ Math and English Clubs,
Barangay Gosoon volunteers and Butuan City School of Arts and Trade (BCSAT)
Senior Red Cross Youth (SRCY) Council.
The RCY Committee said that they conducted
training on Youth Volunteer Orientation Course; Leadership Formation Course; and
Basic Leadership Training for Libertad National High School Senior RCY Council
held at the PRC RCY Development Center producing 16 newly trained SRCY members.
The Agusan del Norte-Butuan City Chapter - RCY
Department in partnership with Father Saturnino Urios University College
Department – RCY Council meanwhile conducted a symposium on HIV and AIDS
awareness and prevention last November 28, 2012 with the theme “YOUth as an
Advocate towards the road to HIV/AIDS free generation; Getting to Zero.”
Meanwhile, chairperson Guiritan also cited that
the chapter will be organizing a ‘Million Volunteer Run’ on February 10, 2013
from the city’s Sports Complex going to Agusan del Norte Provincial Covered
Court.
“Students who will join will have to pay a registration
fee of P100 while P200 for the workers, and P500 for the business sector. All
registered runners will also receive a whistle and certificate after completing
the run,” Guiritan added.
Guiritan further announced that the board of
directors’ Christmas Party is set on December 22, 2012 at the Balanghai Hotel
and Convention Center, Butuan City. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Labor Chief Baldoz lauds ISO 9001:2008 of DOLE
Caraga Region
BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- Labor and
Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiliz-Baldoz congratulated the DOLE Caraga
Region as it has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality
management system as planned.
Remarkably completed within 10 months, Baldoz
said that with the ISO certification of QMS, we have transparency in
governance, and that we ensure quality management system in government as it
meets international standards in terms of meeting the requirements of our
clients as well as of the state.
“Makikita at napapalantad natin ang prosesso ng
ating mga tansaksyon na simpler and easier as we do things as a process,”
Baldoz said. “It makes us less in imposing authority and rules as we avoid
hidden but instead transparent transaction with clear accountability,” she
added.
As defined, a quality management system is a set
of interrelated or interacting elements that organization use to direct and
control how quality policies are implemented and how quality objectives are
achieved, and DOLE Caraga is now certified to the International Organization
for Standardization’s ISO 9001:2008 by the Certification International
Philippines, inc. (CIPI).
“Sa inyong ISO QMS sa pagtatrabaho maiiwasan
natin ang pagtuturuan as it is a chain of processes and everyone has
responsibility. It makes the processing speed-up and avoid lost of documents,”
Baldoz said.
The certificate was conferred by the CIPI
Managing Director Renato V. Navarrete to DOLE Caraga thru Secretary Baldoz with
Regional Director Ofelia B. Domingo and her Assistant Director Joel M. Gonzales
on December 8, in Butuan City.
Secretary Baldoz came to Caraga region on the
day of the DOLE 79th year anniversary, said that “the reason why I have a
strong urge to come because I know that it is not easy to undergo the process
of the QMS. If you (the staff) are 100 percent happy, we are 200 percent
happy,” she added.
Baldoz said that the certification of a QMS of
international standard is also the DOLE’s response to the President Benigno
Aquino, III’s call on “Matuwid na Daan.” Baldoz added that DOLE Caraga can
assure “maliwanag, mabilis at simpleng serbisyo sa publiko.”
Baldoz recounted that DOLE Caraga is now
currently the second in the regions certified to ISO with DOLE Region 12
certified last year. She revealed also that the Bureau of Labor and Employment
Statistics and Philippine Overseas Employment Administration are also ISO
certified agencies of DOLE. She announced that other regions, services, bureaus
and agencies of DOLE shall be going to ISO as it is one of her commitments as
Secretary in the labor department. (DOLE-13/PIA-Caraga)
SARAS bags country’s best fire volunteer group
plum
By Edwin S. Fuentes
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Dec. 13 (PIA) --
The Search and Rescue Agusan del Sur (SARAS) was awarded as the “Best Fire
Fighter Volunteer Group” in the Philippines during the 21st Bureau of Fire
Protection (BFP) anniversary celebration held at the Armed Forces of the
Philippines Commissioned Officer Center in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on
October 24, 2012.
President Simeon Benigno Aquino III handed over
the award to Governor Adolph Edward Plaza, the founder of SARAS. The local
chief executive received the trophy, a replica of a firefighter, in recognition
of the group’s commendable services as a ready emergency response unit during
fire incidents.
Senior Inspector Augusto Cesar Kinazo, the
acting Provincial Fire Marshal of BFP said their office has only 75 personnel
throughout the province and the existence of SARAS is a huge boost in
minimizing the number of casualties and in mitigating damages on personal
properties and government facilities during conflagrations.
Kinazo said that since its existence five years
ago, the number of volunteers has since doubled with the creation of teams in
the municipalities and barangays. He cited Plaza’s initiative in creating the
group and strong support by providing fire trucks and equipping volunteers in
various life and property-saving skills through various capability training.
SARAS successfully responded to calls of
distress in support of BFP in putting off fires in Prosperidad, Bayugan City,
Talacogon, San Francisco and in the Provincial Correctional Services Office
within the provincial government center.
In the entire province, SARAS has 376
volunteer-members trained on effective response on handling various natural and
man-made disasters with 121 of them equipped with firefighting capability in
support to the undermanned firemen of BFP.
SARAS has been accredited as a community
disaster volunteer group and is under the direct supervision of the Provincial
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (PDRRMC) created in 2011 by
virtue of Executive Order No. 7 in consonance with Republic Act No. 10121 also
known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act.
Its objective is to save lives and properties in
times of emergency and disaster; advocate preparedness through trainings;
respond to concerns on public safety; achieve participation in answer to
challenges of climate adaption; and provide services to Agusanons. SARAS
conducts trainings on firefighting, vehicular accident response, mountaineering
and rescue, water safety and rescue, earthquake preparedness and emergency
medical assistance. (DSM/LGU-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Python troopers spearhead tree-planting activity
By Captain Steve L. Mangabat
SURIGAO CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- Troops from the
30th Infantry "Python" Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, Philippine
Army have planted a total of 100 assorted fruit tree seedlings during the
tree-planting activity at the Military Reservation Area in Sta. Cruz, Placer,
Surigao del Norte.
The conduct of the tree-planting activity is in
line with this year’s celebration of the 77th Founding Anniversary of the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on December 21, 2012 with the theme, “Bayanihan
at kahandaan: Tuwid na daan tungo sa kapayapaan,” and its campaign on promoting
environmental protection and conservation.
The activity was spearheaded by Operation
Officer Capt. Rolando E. Vargas, Headquarters Commandant 1LT Stephen G. Basco
and 1LT Kaharudin K. Cadi, and participated by all unit personnel. (SDR/CMO-30IB/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
Dinagat PDRRMC opens 1st Rescue Summit
SURIGAO CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- The Dinagat
Islands Provincial Disaster Risk and Reduction Management Council will mark the
1st Rescue Summit as highlight to the 5th year anniversary celebration of the
Dinagat Islands Search & Rescue (DISAR) today, December 13 at the Municipal
Gymnasium, Dinagat Islands.
The summit anchored on the theme, “Giving our
best… so that others may live…” aims to strengthen relationship among
responders by sharing good practices in its respective LGUs and agencies. It
also aims to deepen understanding on disaster risk reduction and climate change
adaptation, and to re-enforce rescue skills capabilities.
The participants of the said summit are members
of the different municipal disaster risk reduction council of the province and the
DISAR teams. (PDRRMC-Dinagat Islands/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
24 rebel returnees in Agusan Sur received
livelihood assistance
By Melody de Vera
PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Dec. 13
-- Twenty four rebel returnees (RR) early this month received P50,000 each as
livelihood assistance from the national government’s Social Integration Program
(SIP) under the Office of Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
here at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall at the Provincial Capitol.
The cash assistance were personally handed out
by Vice-Governor Santiago Cane Jr. representing Governor Adolph Edward Plaza
and witnessed by Brig. Gen. Nestor AΓ±onuevo, 4th Infantry Division Chief, Col.
Romeo Ramon, 401st Brigade Deputy Commander, Lt. Col. Jose Leonard Gille, 26th
Battalion Commander, Sen. Supt. Glenn dela Torre, PNP Provincial Director, DILG
Provincial Director Arleen Ann Sanchez and Provincial Correctional Services
Management Officer Josefina Bajade.
Bajade, in an interview said the cash assistance
are for dissidents who yielded their arms and returned to the folds of the law
in 2010 and 2011. The former rebels also received P20,000 each as emergency
assistance at the time when they surrendered.
Giving utmost priority in the attainment of
sustainable peace in the province, the provincial government, through the
Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office then headed by Bajade,
provided RR and their families with assistance in the form of food, shelter,
education and livelihood skills trainings.
“Amo usab sila gitagaan ug tukmang seguridad
tungod naa man sila’y gipang-surrender nga armas nga gikasuko sa ilang mga
daang kauban sa bukid”. (We also provided them with corresponding security
because they have surrendered their firearms that made their comrades mad at
them),” Bajade added.
With the distribution of the cash assistance and
the help that the provincial government has extended to the RR, Vice Gov. Cane
is hopeful that the rebel returnees will effectively use the aid in their quest
for a new and peaceful life as productive citizens in the community. The
vice-governor urged them to engage in planting high value crops like fruits,
vegetables and trees which the provincial government is advocating and
supporting like the Upland Sustainable Agro-forestry Development program or
USAD.
“Every Filipino has the obligation in order that
we obtain genuine peace in our country and we should not wait what the
government can do for us, but we also have duties and responsibilities on what
we can do in order that we can obtain the peace and prosperity that we long
for,” Vice Gov. Cane said.
The recipients are Jacquilyn Fernando of Sta.
Teresa, Loreto; Marjun Campos of Tandang Sora, Esperanza; Roel Librero of Afga,
Sibagat; Danilo Gomez of Coalicion, San Luis; Arin Matebulig of San Pedro, San
Luis; Gomez Cogit, Lito Cogit, Ansogal Guinumbay, Domingo Domelin, Richard
Handayan, Juanito Malumogdong Jr., Edwin Leganio, Mampahina Lucdayan, Mayadi
Madanay, Sammy Mansal-agan, Kaking Sadangga and Birmo Tambagan, all of
Binicalan, San Luis; Danilo Balamban and Rodel Gonzales of Kasapa 2, La Paz;
and Lagno Mandanay of Angeles, La Paz, all from Agusan del Sur while Jerome
Salonga, Richard Gonzales, Jimmy Butron and Joseph Butron are from Angeles,
Butuan City.
In return, the 24 rebel returnees expressed their
gratitude to the government agencies which helped them return to their normal
lives since laying down their arms after realizing the futility of their armed
struggle. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Tagalog news: DSWD-Caraga, mga kasamahang ahensya
nagsagawa ng isang flash mob sa mga pampublikong lugar sa Butuan
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Dis. 13 (PIA) -- Pinangunahan
ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga sa
pakikipag-ugnayan ng mga kasamahang ahensya ng pamahalaan ang isang flash mob
sa mga pambulikong lugar sa lungsod ng Butuan kaugnay sa pagdiriwang ng
Internationa Day Against Trafficking.
Ayon kay DSWD-Caraga Regional Director Mercedita
Jabagat na ang dalawang araw na aktibidad ay naglalayung palakasin ang kaalaman
ng publiko hinggil sa human trafficking.
Noon Miyerkules nagsagawa sila ng flash mob sa
Bancasi airport, city hall at bus terminal. Nakatakda naman silang magsagawa ng
flash mob ngayon sa Gaisano Mall and at Guingona Park, Butuan City.
Mamimigay din sila ng mga flayers, stickers at
fans na naglalaman ng detalye ng kampanya laban sa human trafficking.
Ang flash mob ay isang grupo ng mga tao na
nagtitipon-tipon sa mga pampublikong lugar para i-entertain ang mga tao na sa
lugar. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: TESDA Caraga inilunsad ang
kanilang website
Ni Danilo S. Makiling
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Dis. 13 (PIA) -- Inilunsad
kamakailan ng Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (Tesda)
Caraga ang kanilang website sa Red Palm Hotel, dito sa lungsod.
Sa kanyang mensahe, sinabi ni TESDA Caraga
Director Edwin C. Gatinao, na ang pagsasagawa ng website ay naglalayong gawing
globally competitive ang nasabing ahensya.
“Ang website na ito ay magbibigay ng isang link
ng impormasyon para sa ikauunlad ng ating serbisyo sa mga tao, dahil gusto po
nating maging globally competitive,” ani Gatinao.
Sinabi din ni Gatinao na layunin din ng website
na maging madali ang sebisyo ng tesda sa mga kleyinte at ibat ibang ahensya.
Sa ngayon, halos lahat ng ahensya ng pamahalaan
sa buong mundo ay nag-ooperate ng kanilang serbisyo sa publiko sa pamamagitan
ng website bilang alternatibong paraan ng kanilang transaksyon, aniya.
“habang ang internet po ay gumagalaw pasulong,
ang serbisyo din po ng ahensya ay nagsasagawa din ng hakbang pasulong para sa
kaunlaran. Kung ang isang ahensya ay hindi nag-ooperate ng kanilang serbisyo sa
pamamagitan ng online, maaaring mahirapan po ang kanilang mga kleyinte na wala
pong lubos na oras at pera para sa personal na transaksyon,” dagdag ni Gatinao.
Binati din ni Dir. Gatinao ang mga Tesda Caraga
Website developer na sila Elpsalms David Franco, Alvin John Verano, Judah
Adrian Rivero, dahil sa kanilang pagsisikap na maisakatuparan ang proyekto.
Ang Tesda Caraga website ay maaaring bisitahin
sa website’s URL www.tesdacaraga.com. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: Military sa Pilipinas motrabaho
uban sa mga awtoridad sa Indonesia sa pagpangita sa mga biktima nga nangawala
sa bagyo sa kadagatan
Ni Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Dis. 13 (PIA) -- Ang military
sa Pilipinas nakig-alayon na sa mga mga awtoridad sa Indonesia alang sa
pagpatabang sa padayon nga operasyon sa pagpangita ug pagluwas human milumpag
ang bagyong “Pablo” sa Mindanao.
Si Philippine Navy’s Capt. Robert Empedrad,
commander sa joint task force alang sa maritime search and rescue miingon nga
sila motrabaho uban ang mga awtoridad sa Indonesia milaum nga ang mga Pilipino
nga nangawala sa kadagatan atol sa bagyo mahimo nga maluwas pa.
“Ang maayong balita mao ang pakig-alayon sa
Indonesian tungod kay kon atong abalohan ang sitwasyon naay posibilidad nga ang
uban sa mga nawala nga mangingisda naanod didto sa Indonesian waters,” kini ang
gisulti ni Empedrad atol sa press briefing sa Malakanyang niadtong Miyerkules.
“Kami mihangyo sa gobyerno sa Indonesia nga
mopadala ug mga barko ug sila mipadala ug usa ka barko sa lugar diin (dunay)
naa ang posibilidad nga mga mangingisda kinsa nangawala nga makit an sa south
sa Central Mindanao – paubos sa Balut Island,” (“We requested the government of
Indonesia to send ships also and they sent one ship in the area where (there
is) a possibility that the fishermen who were lost may be located in the south
of Central Mindanao—down Balut Island,”) dugang pa niya.
Ang navy gapakaingon nga ang mga tawo nga
nangawala basin naanod sa 100 nautical miles east sa Bislig Island, siya
miingon ginotahan nga base sa navy’s assessment sila mahimo nga makaabot sa
katubigan sa Indonesian tungod sa naglabing kundisyon sa hangin sa northeast.
Ang National Disaster Risk Reduction Management
Council (NDRRMC) miingon nga duna nay 313 nga mangingisda ang nangawala base sa
pinaka-ulahing tala niini. Ang navy bisan pa nakahimo sa pagrekober sa 35 ka
lawas gikan sa dagat, sulti ni Empedrad.
The navy isn’t losing hope in finding survivors
because fishermen with enough supply of food and water could survive at sea for
several days, he said.
Ang navy wala nawad-an ug paglaum nga
makapangita ug mga buhi tungod kay ang mga mangingisda nga dunay igong sangkap
sa pagkaon ug tubig nga makapabiling buhi sa kadagatan sulod sa pipila ka
adlaw, matud pa niya.
Ang NDRRMC miingon nga mitotal na sa 890 ang
nangawala resulta sa bagyo. Ug sa pagkakaron Miyerkules sa buntag, ang mga
nangamatay gilagdokan sa 740, ug gidahom nga motaas pa kini pagkonsiderar sa
mga bilang sa mga nangawala.
Lt. Gen George Segovia of the Easter Mindanao
Command miingon, ang pinakadakong hagit sa pagkakaron sa pagpangita ug pagluwas
nga operasyon mao ang pag atubang sa “Magnitude of disaster”.
“Ang magnitude of disaster usa ka hagit sa
kaugalingon. Pagpadangat sa mga katawhan sa mga hilit nga lugar dunay igong
kalisdanan, pero bisan pa kami mohimo niana piaagi sa paggamit sa amoang “air
assets”. Sa amoang aerial nga kapabilidad, ang panahon padayon nga maoy hagit
tungod, labina sa kahapunon, ang low cloud ceiling mupogong sa mga helicopter
sa paglupad sa mga nasangpit nga mga lugar,” sulti ni Segovia atol sa susamang
briefing sa Malakanyang.
Si Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III bag-ohay pa
lamang mi-tudlo kang Segovia sa pag-atiman sa tanang operasyon sa pagpangita ug
pagluwas human midasdas ang bagyong “Pablo”.
Ang Presidente mimando sa wide-scale nga
operasyon sa pagpangita, aron mataho ang tanan nga nangawala ug mahibalik sa
ilang mga pamilya.
Si Presidente Aquino mibisita sa nadestrosar nga
nga mga lugar sa miaging semana, partikularmente sa Compostela Valley ug Davao
Oriental. Siya usab mihimo sa iyahang katakos mahimong epektibo ag pagpang
relief ug reconstruction nga kakugi. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Cebuano news: Pangulong Aquino nangulo sa
ceremonial signing sa girebisar nga Armed Forces of the Philippines
Modernization Act didto sa Malacanang
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Dis. 13 (PIA) -- Gipangulohan ni
Pangulong ang ceremonial signing sa girebisar nga Armed Forces of the
Philippines Modernization Act o pagailhon nga Republic Act No. 10349 didto sa
MalacaΓ±ang kagahapon.
Ang RA 10349 nag-amendar o mitarong sa pipila ka
mga probisyon sa RA No. 7898 o naila nga AFP Modernization Act sa gitinguha nga
dugang pagpataas sa kapasidad sa depensa sa AFP alang sa proteksyon ug
seguridad sa nasod.
Ang maong balaodnon nagmando alang sa pondo sa
AFP Revised Modernization Program, nga gigahin sa Kongreso nga mokabat sa P75
bilyon alang sa unang tuig aron palapdan ang kapasidad sa AFP nga gibag-o gikan
sa internal ngadto sa external defense capability.
Ang maong pondo gigahin alang sa pagpalit og mga
gikinahanglan nga mga gamit sa AFP sama sa mga pusil, ekwipos, bala ug lain
pang gikinahanglang mga butang alang sa maong programa.
Ubos usab sa maong balaodnon gimugna ang usa ka
Defense System of Management (DSOM) nga naglangkob sa mga dagkong lideres sa
defense ug militar nga maoy modumala alang sa pagplano ug pagdesisyon sa angay
ug gikinahanglan nga paliton nga mga ekwipo alang sa AFP aron gyud mabuhat
niini ang ilang mandato. (RER/SDR-PIA Caraga Surigao del Norte)
