Council endorses P38.484-B budget for Caraga in
2014
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- For Caraga Region
(Northeastern Mindanao) to become the leading mining, agricultural and tourism
core and trade center in Southern Philippines, the Regional Development Council
of Region 13 (RDC-13) on Wednesday endorsed P38,484,856,528- worth of programs
and projects proposed for implementation in 2014 by 26 agencies and four state
universities and colleges (SUCs) in the region.
The current RDC leadership is aiming to increase
more their budget in an effort to be more competitive in the global market.
RDC-13 chairperson Gov. Sol F. Matugas led the
Council’s review and endorsement of the budgets presented by the
chairs/co-chairs of the sector committees during the 74th RDC-13 Full Council
meeting held at Butuan City’s inland resort, Wednesday.
Before the RDC-13 Full Council Meeting,
technical review of the proposed budgets were done during the previous sector
committee consultation to ensure the consistency of the agencies’ proposed
programs and projects with President Aquino’s Social Contract and its areas of
transformational leadership, the strategies in the Philippine/Regional
Development Plan for 2011-2016, and the Millennium Development Goals.
During the meeting, the RDC chairperson strongly
recommended the increase of budget allocation of all regional line agencies,
saying, “Budget allocation of these government agencies are the major
instrument and drivers of continuing economic development in this region.”
“I am requesting the Mindanao Development
Authority (MinDA) to help us bring more budget allocation for this region to
sustain our economic growth,” said Matugas.
The RDC chair made this statement as she was
surprised by the slash of budget allocations to 16 other line agencies of
government. “We don’t want this to happen and ask you to help me in lobbying in
the government to increase more your budget so that we can move ahead,” said
the provincial governor of Surigao del Norte.
In this same meeting, local government unit
officials including Rep. Ma. Valentina G. Plaza also joined the RDC chair in
requesting the national government for increase of budget allocation of all
regional line agencies of the government for sustainable economic growth of the
region.
The RDC asked the national government for an
increase of budget allocation for DOLE, DAR, DENR, DPWH, DoH, DA, DENR, DAR,
DTI, DoT, DSWD, AFP, PNP, DILG and DOST.
In a related development, the Regional
Development Council (RDC) of Region 10 in Northern Mindanao also endorsed on
Tuesday P52.9-billion worth of programs and projects proposed for
implementation in 2014 by 23 agencies and seven state universities and colleges
in the Northern Mindanao region.
RDC-10 chairperson and Iligan City Mayor
Lawrence Ll. Cruz led the Council’s review and endorsement of the budgets
presented by the chairs/co-chairs of the sector committees during the 96th
RDC-10 Full Council meeting at the RDC-10 Main Conference Room, in Cagayan de
Oro City on Tuesday.
In that same meeting, the RDC also announced
that the province of Misamis Oriental and Gingoog City are this year’s winners
in the Regional Development Council-10 (RDC-10) Search for Outstanding Local
Project Monitoring Committees (LPMCs).
The LPMCs were evaluated on six areas:
organization, capability building, relevant and timely reporting on the status
of program/project implementation, information dissemination, participation of
civil society organizations in the monitoring process, and institutional
arrangement for the operation of the Regional Project Monitoring and Evaluation
System.
The winners were awarded plaques of recognition
during that same meeting. (MUC/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Gobyerno mopasaka ug charges batok
sa mga sumusunod kon alagad ni Kiram nga mibakwit ug Sabah
Ni Nida Grace B. Tranquilan
SURIGAO DEL SUR, March 15 (PIA) -- Ang gobyerno
nangandam sa angayan nga ipasaka batok sa 36 ka mga indibidwal nga nasakpan sa
Philipine Navy (PN) nga misulod sa kadagatan sa Pilipinas gikan sa Sabah,
Malaysia sakay sa duha ka bangka niadtong Miyerkules (Marso 13), sulti ni
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima.
Sa usa ka pahimangno sa Malakanyang niadtong
Huwebes, si De Lima mikompirma sa bag-ohay pa nga report nga ang mga indibidwal
nga nasakpan sulod sa kasilinginan sa mga isla sa Omapoy ug Adulingan sa
Tawi-tawi, mga membro sa Royal Security Forces (RSF) ni Sulu Sultan Jamalul
Kiram III.
“Kami mikompirma sa report sa milabayng adlaw
mahatungod sa interception sa duha ka mga armadong grupo gikan sa Sabah,
Malaysia. Nan ang unang grupo nasakpan niadtong Miyerkules alas 6:35 sa buntag
sa Philippine Navy Vessel PS38. Mokabat sa 18 kanila, 17 ang mga lalaki, ug usa
ka babaye, ug mga nagkadaiyang klase sa armas, diin usa kanila napalgan nga
samaran, ug sila mipaila sa ilahang kaugalingon nga mga Royal Security Force,”
(“We confirm the reports yesterday about the interception of two groups of
armed men from Sabah, Malaysia. So the first group was intercepted yesterday at
6:35 in the morning by Philippine Navy vessel PS38. There were 18 of them, 17
males, and one female, and with assorted firearms, and one of them was even found
wounded, and they identified themselves as Royal Security Force,” ) sulti ni De
Lima.
“Ang ika-duhang grupo misulod alas 7:37, usab sa
susamamng adlaw, so usa lang ka oras ang deperensya. Sa susamang Philippine
Navy Vessel PS38 nakasakop sa ikaduhang grupo, ug usab, dunay 18 ka mga
pasahero nga naila nga mga membro sa RSF, ug usab dunay mga nagkadaiyang klase
sa armas,” (“The second group came in at 7:37, also yesterday, so isang oras
lang ang pagitan. The same Philippine vessel PS38 intercepted the second group,
and again, there were 18 passengers who were identified to be RSF members, and
again, with assorted firearms,”), dugang pa niya.
Siya mitumbok nga ang nagkalain laing pwersa
nilangkuban sa mga membro gikan sa National Bureau of Investigation (NBI),
Philippine National Police (PNP) ug Criminal Investigation and Detection Group
(CIDG) nga mo-estudyo sa tukmang charges nga ipasaka batok sa mga ndibidwal.
“So sa maong kalambuan, ang pagproseso ginahimo
na sa maong bando gilangkoban sa nagkadaiyang grupo nga gilantaw nga mapasakaan
sa tukmang charges batok kanila sa madali nga panahon. (“So with that
development, the processes are now being undertaken by a composite team with
the end view of filing the appropriate charges against them as soon as possible,”)
(NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Cebuano News: Presidente Aquino miduyog sa
nasod, Katolikong katilingban pagdawat sa bag-ong Santo Papa
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Mar 15 (PIA) -- Si Presidente
Aquino uban ang katawhang Filipino, miduyog sa tanang Katoliko sa pagdawat kang
bag-ong Santo Papa Jorge Mario Bergoglio sa Argentina, ug nag-ampo nga unta ang
santo papa mamahimong tingog alang sa kalinaw, katarong, ug kaluoy sa kalibutan
nga adunay dakong hulga sa tension ug kagubot, kapobrehon, kawad-on, ug kawalay
kumpiyansa sa katilingban.
Sumala ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin
Lacierda sa iyang gipagawas nga mensahe kagahapon human ang pagkapili ni
Bergoglio isip bag-ong lider sa Romano Katolikong Simbahan. Ang bag-ong papa
pagatawgon sa ngalan nga Francis ang pinakauna nga dili uropanhong santo papa
sa milabayng 1,300 ka mga katuigan.
Ang 76-anyos nga Pope Francis mipakita didto sa
central balcony sa St. Peter’s Basilica usa ka oras human migawas ang puting
aso gikan sa tsinamiya sa atop sa Sistene Chapel tima-ilhan nga ang 115 ka mga
cardinal nakapili na og siya maoy napili nga mangulo sa mokabat 1.2 bilyon nga
mga Romano Katoliko sa tibook kalibutan.
Matud pa ni Lacierda sa iyang mensahe isip
pagpahalipay kang Pope Francis iyang giampo nga unta ang langitnong Amahan
maghatag kaniya og igong kusog ug kinaadman alang sa pagdumala niini sa
Katolikong Simbahan. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
