(PAGASA 24-HOUR PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST as of Wednesday, 30 October 2024) At 3:00 AM today, the center of the eye of Typhoon "LEON" {KONG-REY} was estimated based on all available data at 380 km East of Aparri, Cagayan or 395 km East of Calayan, Cagayan (18.8 °N, 125.2°E) with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h and gustiness of up to 205 km/h. It is moving West Northwestward at 15 km/h. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—˜π—”π—§π—›π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur will experience partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms due to Localized Thunderstorms. Possible flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms. 𝗙𝗒π—₯π—˜π—–π—”π—¦π—§ π—ͺπ—œπ—‘π—— 𝗔𝗑𝗗 π—–π—’π—”π—¦π—§π—”π—Ÿ π—ͺπ—”π—§π—˜π—₯ π—–π—’π—‘π——π—œπ—§π—œπ—’π—‘: Moderate to Strong winds coming from West to Southwest will prevail with moderate to rough seas / (2.1 to 3.5 meters).


PIA News Service - Sunday, January 6, 2013


DSWD finishes 2012 with 99% Kalahi-CIDSS fund utilization

By Kent John O. Bolisay

BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Caraga closed the year 2012 with a near-perfect fund utilization for its anti-poverty project called Kalahi-CIDSS.

This was learned during the project’s year-end assessment and evaluation meeting last December.

A total of P135,771,894.53 was utilized by beneficiary communities from the P136,979,959.78 that was released and downloaded directly to community accounts.

“We were projecting a hundred percent fund disbursement at the start of 2012 but with the variety of sub-projects the communities are implementing, there are those that need facilitating payment of contract works,” Mita G. Lim said, DSWD Caraga assistant regional director for operation and project manager.

With this accomplishment, the regional project management office of Kalahi-CIDSS is shifting to full gear as barangays are getting ready for the completion of their respective sub-projects or infrastructures for proper turn over in the first quarter of 2013.

The year 2012 saw three “phases” of Kalahi-CIDSS implemented in 139 barangays in 16 municipalities in the region.

Lim added that 139 sub-projects or infrastructures are almost ready to be inaugurated and be accessed by both volunteers and community residents once the remaining funds are fully utilized and closing of community accounts are facilitated. (NCLM/DSWD-13/PIA-Caraga)


Tagalog news: 24 dating rebelde sa Agusan del Sur tumanggap ng tulong pangkabuhayan

Ni Melody de Vera

PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 6 -- Dalampu’t apat na dating rebelde (RR) ang tumanggap ng tulong pangkabuhayan na nagkahalaga ng P50,000 bawat isa mula sa Social Integration Program (SIP) ng pamahalaan na sakop ng Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) na isinagawa sa session hall ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa kapitolyo.

Ang naturang pag aabot ng tulong ay isinagawa ni Bise Gob. Santiago Cane Jr. na siyang kumatawan kay Gob. Adolph Edward Plaza at ito ay sinaksihan nina Brig. Gen. Nestor AΓ±onuevo, hepe ng 4th Infantry Division, Col. Romeo Ramon, 401st Brigade Deputy Commander, Lt. Col. Jose Leonard Gille, 26th Battalion Commander, S/Supt. Glenn dela Torre, PNP Provincial Director, DILG Provincial Director Arleen Ann Sanchez at ng hepe ng Provincial Correctional Services Management Office na si Josefina Bajade.

Sa pakikipanayam kay Bajade na dating hepe na Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWD), sinabi nito na ang tulong pangkabuhayan ay binibigay sa mga rebeldeng isinuko ang mga armas at bumalik sa pamahalaan noong 2010 at 2011. Ang mga ito ay nakatanggap din noon ng tig P20,000 noong sila ay sumuko bilang panandaliang tulong.

Bilang pagiging isa sa mga pangunahing programa ng pamahalaan para makamit ang tunay na kapayapaan, ang pamahalaang panlalawigan, sa pamamagitan ng PSWDO na noon ay pinamamahalaan ni Bajade, ay nagbigay ng pagkain, tirahan, edukasyon at teknikal na pagsasanay bilang pangunahing tulong sa mga dating rebelde.

Sa mga ibinigay na tulong pangkabuhayan at tulong ng pamahalaang panlalawigan, umaasa si Cane gagamitin ito ng mga dating rebelde sa kanilang pagbabagong buhay at magiging produktibong mamamayan. Iminungkahi rin ni Cane na sila ay magtanim ng mga piling pananim tulad ng prutas, gulay, at kahoy na siyang iminumungkahi rin ng pamahalaang panlalawigan at suportahan ang upland Sustainable Agro-forestry Development Program o USAD.

“Bawat mamamayang Pilipino ay mayroong obligasyon para makamit natin ang tunay na kapayapaan sa ating bansa. Kaya hindi natin dapat hintayin kung ano ang magagawa ng pamahalaan sa atin. Bagkos, ang dapat nating isaisip ay mayroon tayong responsibilidad para makamit natin ang kapayapaan at masaganang pamumuhay na siya nating pinakapangarap,” sabi ni Cane.

Ang mga tumanggap ng tulong pangkabuhayan ay ang mga sumusunod: Jacquilyn Fernando ng Sta. Teresa, Loreto; Marjun Campos ng Tandang Sora, Esperanza; Roel Librero ng Afga, Sibagat; Danilo Gomez ng Coalicion, San Luis; Arin Matebulig ng 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 at Birmo Tambagan, lahat ay galling sa Binicalan, San Luis; Danilo Balamban at Rodel Gonzales ng Kasapa 2, La Paz; at Lagno Mandanay ng Angeles, La Paz, Agusan del Sur habang sina Jerome Salonga, Richard Gonzales, Jimmy Butron and Joseph Butron ay galing Los Angeles, Butuan City.

Bilang pagkilala sa kabutihang pinakita sa kanila, ang mga dating rebelde ay nagpasalamat sa ibinigay na pagkakataon ng pamahalaan sa kanila at sa kanilang pagtalikod sa karahasan at pakikibaka. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)