Caraga region is out from the poorest regions in
Phl – RDC vice chair
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Caraga region
is now out of the list of poorest regions in the country.
Caraga Regional Development Council (RDC)
vice-chairperson and the region’s National Economic and Development Authority
chief Dir. Carmencita Cochingco today that Caraga improved its poverty
incidence significantly from 43% in the first semester of 2006 and 2009, to 34%
in the first half of 2012.
The National Statistical Coordination Board
(NSCB) earlier reported in its First Semester per Capita Poverty Threshold and
Poverty Incidence among Families for 2006, 2009 and 2012 that there are no
significant changes in poverty conditions in the country.
The RDC official also pointed out that with the
latest development, this can be attributed to the continuous cooperation of the
public and private stakeholders, spearheaded by the different local chiefs
executives of the region.
On April 23, 2013, the NSCB released its latest
report on the state of poverty in the country through their website
http://www.nscb.gov.ph.
The report has used the data from the Family
Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) conducted by the National Statistics
Office (NSO) last July 2012, which measured poverty incidence or the proportion
of people below the poverty line to the total population.
The report revealed that at the regional level,
the regions with the lowest poverty incidence among families in the first
semesters of 2006, 2009 and 2012, continue to be the National Capital Region,
CALABARZON, and Central Luzon.
Also, for the same period in 2012, ARMM
consistently figured in the bottom (poorest) cluster of regions with the
highest poverty incidence among families between 42 to 47 percent in the same
period.
The NSCB report also emphasized that even Region
9 and Caraga were included in the poorest cluster in the first half of 2006 and
2009, the two regions did not figure in the bottom cluster during the first
semester of 2012. However, SOCCSKARGEN and Eastern Visayas were new entrants in
the said cluster at around 37 percent.
In general, according to Dir. Cochingco, based
on the NSCB report, the poverty conditions in the first semester of 2012 appear
to be unchanged from the first half of 2006 and 2009. During this period, the
rate of increase in the average incomes of the bottom 10% and the bottom 30% is
practically the same as the rise of food process and overall prices,
respectively.
Also, during the same period, the rate of
increase in the prices of food and average per capita income of the bottom 10%
(as well as bottom 30% of families) is almost the same.
Further, for the same period, the total income
of the top 20% of families is approximately eight times of the total income of
the bottom 20% of families. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Use LDRRM fund properly says DBM, COA
By Nora L. Molde
BUTUAN CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Agusan Norte
Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) members
convened Wednesday to discuss the proper usage of the local disaster funds.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM)
Caraga assistant regional director Ricky Sanchez presented the Joint Memorandum
Circular No. 2013-1 “Allocation and Utilization of the Local Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF). He said the circular was issued to
guide LGUs in the allocation and use of the LDRRMF and to enhance transparency
& accountability in the use of the fund.
Based on Section 1 of Republic Act No. 10121
otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of
2010, the LDRRMF amounting to not less than five percent (5%) of the estimated
revenue from regular sources shall be set aside to support disaster risk management
activities.
The LDRRMF shall cover the thirty percent (30%)
lump-sum allocation for Quick Respond Fund (QRF) and the seventy percent (70%)
allocation for disaster prevention and mitigation, preparedness, response,
rehabilitation and recovery.
Also, during the council’s meeting, ARD Sanchez
discussed the policies and procedures on the utilization of the LDRRM fund such
as: The appropriation for the LDRRMF shall be included in the General Fund
Annual Budget and/or Supplemental Budget of the local government unit (LGU);
The projects and activities to be charged against the LDRRMF shall be
incorporated in the LDRRM Plan, and integrated in the approved Annual
Investment Program (AIP) of the LGU; The release and use of the 30% QRF shall
be supported by a resolution of the local sanggunian declaring the LGU under
the state of calamity of a Presidential declaration of state of calamity upon
recommendation of the NDRRMC.
ARD Sanchez further said that unexpended LDRRMF
should accrue to a special trust fund solely for the purpose of supporting
disaster risk reduction and management activities of the LDRRMC within the next
five years. It may be released and utilized for new expenditure items upon
submission of a revised AIP as approved by the local sanggunian and Local Chief
Executive (LCE) upon recommendation of the LDRRMC in accordance with the
approved LDRRMP.
Using the LDDRMF, acquisition/availment of
disaster risk reduction and management equipment, may be done through
rental/leasing from service provider of such items, and the procurement of
supplies and equipment chargeable against the fund shall be subject to RA No.
9184 (An Act Providing for Modernization, Standardization, and Regulation of
the Procurement Activities of the government and For Other Purposes) and its
Implementing Rules and Regulations, Sanchez added.
Meanwhile, Commission on Audit (COA) Caraga
assistant regional director Visitation Mendoza also briefed and shared to the
members of Agusan del Norte PDRRMC that the LDRRM Fund shall be used only to
support disaster risk management activities such as: Pre-disaster preparedness
programs such as training of personnel, and purchase of life-saving and rescue
equipment, and supplies and medicines; Post-disaster activities to include
rehabilitation of public infrastructures and purchase of office/school
equipment damaged by calamities during the budget year.
Director Mendoza further said that LDRRMF can
also be used for the payment of insurance premiums on property if indemnity
includes damages or loss due to fire, earthquake, storm or other casualties and
on the personnel accident insurance of Accredited Disaster Volunteers; and for
relief and recovery programs in communities or areas stricken by disasters,
calamities, epidemics or complex emergencies. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog news: Candidate’s Forum ginanap sa
lungsod ng Butuan
Ni Doren D. Emfimo
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Abril 24 (PIA) -- Ginanap
kamakailan ang Candidates’ Forum na pinamunuan ng Policy Center ng Father
Saturnino Urios University (FSUU).
Layunin nito na maslalong makilala ng taong
bayan ang mga nagsipaktakbo sa lokal na posisyon dito sa siyudad at malaman na
rin ang kani-kanilang inilatag na plataporma.
Sa kaniyang pambungad na pananalita, binigyang
halaga ni FSUU Policy Center Executive Director Josefe Sorrera-TY ang
kapaligiran, mabuting pamumuno at ang pagpapanatili ng pag-unlad na ilan lamang
sa mga pinaka-importanteng isyu na kinakaharap ng syudad.
“Bilang pagtugon sa mga hamon na ito, kami sa
masidhing naniniwala na ang katuparan ng isang makabuluhang demokrasya ay
nagsisimula sa aming mahusay at pagsasanay ng karapatan sa impormasyon,’’ sabi
ni Ty.
Samantala, isa-isang pinahayag ng mga kandidato
ang kanilang plataporma na siyang hinihintay ng mga nagsidalo sa nasabing
kaganapan.
Ayon kay Atty. Roan Libarios, kung siya ay
mananalo bilang kongresista, gusto niyang makatulong sa pamamagitan ng
edukasyon, trabaho at pangkabuhayan upang sa ganu’n ay mapabuti ang ekonomiya
ng Butuan City at Las Nieves.
Ayon naman kay Atty. Lawrence Lemuel Fortun,
kasalukuyang vice mayor at kandidato sa pagka-kongresista, dapat maipatupad ang
pagkakaroon ng good governance para sa ikauunlad ng bayan.
Samantala, inihayag din ng mga kandidatong
tumatakbo sa pagka alkalde, bise-alkalde at mga konsehal ang kanilang mga
plataporma.
Ang FSUU Policy Cente, sa pakikipagtulungan ng
City Comelec Office, ay umaasa na sa ginawang forum, maslalo pang makikilala ng
mga botante ang mga kandidato at nang sa ganun ay makapili nang maayos ang mga
ito para sa kapakanan ng siyudad. (RER/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Mayo 13 gideklara ni Presidente
Aquino isip special public (non-working) holiday sa nasod
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Abril 25 (PIA) -- Gideklara ni
Presidente Aquino ang Mayo 13 isip walay trabaho dinhi sa nasod agig paghatag
og kahigayonan sa mga Filipino nga makahimo sa ilang katungod pagbotar sa
Nasyunal ug Lokal eleksyon atol sa maong adlaw.
Kini maoy gianunsyo ni Presidential Spokesperson
Edwin Lacierda atol kagahapon nga gipagawas sa Presidente ang deklarasyon subay
sa Proclamation No. 571 nga gipirmahan ni Executive Secetary Paquito N. Ochoa
Jr. niadtong Abril 23.
Matud pa ni Lacierda nga sumala sa gitakda sa
batakang balaod ang nasyunal ug lokal nga piniliay ipahigayon sa ikaduhang
adlaw nga Lunes sa bulan sa Mayo ug karong tuiga ang nasyunal ug lokal nga
piniliay naatol sa Mayo 13 mao nga ang Presidente mipagawas sa maong
proklamasyon aron gyud mahatagan og kahigayonan ang mga Filipino nga makabotar.
Dugang pa niya nga ilang giawhag ang mga
lehitimong botante sa pagpahimulos niining maong non-working holiday aron mo
partisipar sa proseso sa piniliay nga maoy tinubdan sa atong demokrasya.
Kung mahinumduman niadtong niaging bulan sa
Enero, gimando sa Presidente ang paghatag og katungod sa mga law enforcement
agencies sa gobyerno , lakip na ang Armed Forces of the Philippines aron
seguroon ang luwas, hapsay, ligdong, malinawon ug matinud-anon nga pagpahigayon
sa Mayo 13 automated national ug local elections. (RER/SDR/PIA-Surigao del
Norte)
