PIA, local media personnel sign up as organ
donors
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, June 18 (PIA) – Five personnel of
the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Caraga Region and 16 local tri-media
here have signified their intention to become organ donors.
This, after the Advocacy on Deceased Organ
Donation was conducted here recently spearheaded by the Department of Health
(DOH) through the National Center for Disease and Prevention and Control
(NCDPC), in coordination with the Philippine Organ Donation and Transplantation
Program (PODTP), Philippine Network for Organ Sharing (PhilNOS), and
PIA-Caraga.
Four PIA personnel including Regional Director
Abner Caga have signified to donate all of their organs after death such as
kidneys, heart, pancreas, eyes, cornea, lungs, liver and bones while one
personnel wishes to donate her kidneys.
Also, all the 16 local partner media
personalities in this city have signified their intention to donate all their
organs after death.
According to Caga, being an organ donor is like
a hero to others. “While we are nearing to death, we will leave an
unforgettable contribution to other people who want to extend their lives,” he
added.
Caga likewise pointed the message printed on his
donor card saying “like what this card said, When I shut down, you restart…
What a noble achievement on our part as donors, isn’t it?,” he said.
Meanwhile, in her lecture, Abigail Raposas, a
registered nurse and PhilNOS Transplant Coordinator presented the donor
eligibility criteria and definition of brain death. She pointed out organ of
patients who are in comatose stage and are considered brain dead can be donated
if they are Organ Donor Card Holders.
Further, Helen Rose Baclig, also a registered
nurse and PhilNOS Chief Transplant Coordinator oriented the participants on the
Organ Procurement Process.
Leading the panelists during the open forum is
Dr. Antonio Paraiso, PODTP and PhilNOS Program Manager; with PhilNOS Assistant
Program Manager Dr. Marie Angeline Gumba; Dr. Romina Rusillon, a fellow of the
Association of Philippine Physicians; as well as Baclig and Raposas.
In a related development, a total of 139 donors
successfully received their organ card donors before the end of the half-day
activity and are now ready to donate their organs after their death. The
activity supported the nationwide annual celebration of Kidney Month this June.
(RER/PIA-Caraga)
PopCom to award LGUs
By Angie Balen-Antonio
BUTUAN CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- In a most fitting
occasion, the Commission on Population will bestow an award on June 27 to the
Local Government Units (LGUs) for their contributions in the attainment of the
thrust of the country’s population program.
Nominees to the 2012 Best Program Implementer
will be evaluated based on the LGU’s accomplishment primarily on the Philippine
Population Management Program (PPMP) components, as follows: For organizational
- 20%, Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RP/FP)- 40%, Adolescent Health
and Youth Development (AHYD) – 30%, for Population and Development (POPDEV)
Integration – 10 %.
Awarding of the best program implementer will
highlight the Mid-year Program Assessment and Planning Workshop on June 26 –
27, 2013.
The provincial and city level major winners
(1st, 2nd & 3rd place) will each receive a cash prize and plaque trophy.
Mr. Alexander A. Makinano, PopCom
Officer-In-Charge, pointed-out that Caraga’s remarkable performance at the
national level would’nt be possible had it not been for the active involvement
of the local population officers and the barangay volunteers.
On the other hand, on the same week the
provincial/city population officers together with partner agencies will be
convened in a Regional Population Management Conference (RPMC) to discuss the
updates of the population program and its various activities for the remaining
six months.
To vouch the region’s performance, acting PopCom
Executive Director Rosalinda D. Marcelino will grace the occasion.
“Updates on the program as discussed in the
recent National Management Meeting which I have attended will be one of the
agenda”, Mr. Makinano qouted.
Director Marcelino will also meet the
frontliners of the program at the barangay level during the convention of the
Barangay Service Point Officers on June 28. (NCLM/PopCom/PIA-Caraga)
DENR 13 to reforest more than 32,000 hectares
By Eric F. Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Caraga Region is prepared to
reforest more than 32,000 hectares over the next five months as part of this
its endeavor to surpass the goal for the National Greening Program in the
region this year.
“Our goal is only 13,252 hectares but we have
our efforts,” DENR OIC regional executive director for Region 13 Nonito M.
Tamayo said.
“While the DENR Caraga may have earned credit
from the top management as one of the ‘top performing’ regional offices
nationwide, we should give our best shot on reforestation efforts this
time."
Tamayo echoed the challenge of DENR Secretary
Ramon JP Paje to the 13 CENR and % PENR officers of DENR 13 during a top
management conference held at the DENR Regional Training Center in Butuan City.
“This is the time for you to shine,” he said.
The meeting was called by Tamayo in a move to trouble-shoot
what could be a slow-pace implementation of the NGP and other programmed
activities in some key-result areas during the first semester this year.
Tamayo said that while the top management
officials at the Central Office appreciate the positive accomplishment of the
DENR Regional Office 13, “it should however, drive us to perform more than what
we have laid out for the physical target this year’ Tamayo told his field
officers.
“Let us be serious about this program, we can
afford to compromise the banner program of President Benigno S. Aquino
III," Tamayo said.
He said the productivity of the field offices in
the NGP during the first six months this year has been slow reaching only to an
average 35 percent of the target.
Tamayo said the funds for the NGP have already
been downloaded to the different field offices; hence, he said “we expect that
the reforestation activities are expected to accelerate at the maximum level
performance.
“Our time is limited to accomplish the goal in
six months," Tamayo said. "It would be the best for us to surpass the
target goal by 200 percent of the target."
He said the participation of other sectors in
the NGP is very encouraging and very important to the goal of the DENR 13 this
year which has a target goal of 12, 112 hectares. Aside from the DENR, the
mining sectors, the Community Based Forest Management Program, Integrated
Forest Management Agreement, various schools, and private sectors have joined
the DENR in the NGP.
PENRO Roberto Oliveros of Agusan del Sur said he
has mobilized all personnel assigned in the forestry section with instruction
to coordinate with the different private organization to maximize reforestation
efforts.
Director Tamayo, however, warned the PENROs and
CENROs to wisely utilize the NGP funds and avoid the misuse of it otherwise” we
will be criminally liable and face the consequences of our actions” he added.
(NCLM/DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
Surigaonon news: Syudad nan Surigao nakadawat
nan 3 ka water pumps gikan sa DA
Ni Annette Villaces
SURIGAO CITY, Hunyo 18 (PIA) -- An buhatan nan
City Agriculture ning syudad nakadawat bag-ohay pa lamang nan tuyo ka mga water
pumps gikan sa Department of Agriculture-Regional Office 13.
Sumaya pa ni City Agriculturist Isaias Elumba na
an tuyo ka mga water pumps jaon kuman nahimotang sa Brgy. Mat-I, Brgy.
Togbongon og Brgy. Quizon ning dakbayan alang sa ilang water irrigation system.
Dugang pa ni Elumba na an amo na water pumps
makatabang gajud nan dako para sa mga mag-uuma labi na sa panahaon na masinati
ang kakuyangon sa tubig gumikan sa wayay pag-uyan
Si Elumba midugang na aduna pay upat ka mga
water pumps ang ilang gilauman nga moabot alang sa uban pa nga mga barangay.
Sa iyang bahin, si City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas
nagpaabot og iyang dakong pasalamat ngadto sa buhatan sa DA-Region13 nga maoy
mihatag sa mga water pumps lakip usab sa buhatan nan City Agriculture nga diin
mao gajud an naninguha aron ma-angkon an maong kalamboan. (City PIO/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
Cebuano news: Gobyerno target gihapon ang
zero-casualty atol sa mga katalagman
SURIGAO CITY, Hunyo 18 (PIA) -- Padayon nga
gitindogan sa gobyerno ang polisiya niini nga zero-casualty samtang ang mga mga
bagyo nagsugod na pagsulod sa nasod, matud sa opisyales sa Palasyo niadtong
Sabado.
Sumala ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail
Valte ang target sa gobyerno nagpabilin lang gihapon nga zero casualty ug ang
tanan giandam na alang sa pagsulod sa bulan sa ting-ulan, apan hinaut unta nga
walay dagkong bagyo ang mosulod sa nasod,
Sumala pa niya nga gimandoan na sa Presidente
ang tanang mga ahensya sa gobyerno nga iprayoridad ang kaayohan niadtong mga
pinaka posibleng maapektuhan sa mga kalamidad.
Dugang pa niya, nga ang Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Disaster Risk Reduction Management
Council (NDRRMC) ug ang Department of Interior & Local Government (DILG) ug
uban pa nga mga ahensya, nangandam na tungod kay pasulod naman ang panahon sa
ting-bagyo. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano news: Balaodnon alang sa modernisasyon
sa sektor sa agrikultura ug pangisda gipirmahan ni Presidente Aquino
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Hunyo 18 (PIA) -- Gipirmahan na ni
Presidente Aquino ang balaodnon alang sa pagpakusog sa modernisasyon sa sektor
sa agrikultura ug pangisda.
Ang balodnon nga Republic Act No. 10601 o
pagatawgon nga “Agricultural and Fisheries Mechanization (AFMech) Law,”
gipirmahan ni Presidente Aquino niadtong Hunyo 15 ug kining maong balaodnon nga
gikan sa Senate Bill No. 3338 ug House Bill No. 6548, pormal nga gipasar didto
sa Senado ug Balay Balaoranan niadtong Pebrero 4, 2013.
Sumala ni Presidente Aquino ang mandato sa maong
balaodnon mao ang pagpasiugdas og kalamboan ug paghaum sa modern, angay ug dili
mahal ug dili makadaot sa kinaiyahan nga makinarya ug ekwipo pang uma ug
pangisda aron mapauswag ang ani ug aron usab makab-ot ang seguridad sa pagkaon
ug mapauswag ang kita sa mga mag-uuma ug mga mangingisda.
Samtang ang mandato sa gobyerno mao ang paghatag
og mga makinarya ug mga ekwipo nga haom ug angay aron mapalmbo ang sektor sa
agrikultura ug pangisda.
ubos sa maong balaodnon, ang Departmemnt of Agriculture
(DA) mohimo og lima ka tuig nga National Agri-Fishery Program. Samtang ang mga
lokal nga pangagamhanan, pinaagi sa mga ordinansa, kinahanglan mohimo og mga
konsultasyon uban ang DA ug moimplementar sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka mga
probinsyal, city ug municipal agricultural ug fishery mechanization plans isip
mahinungdanong parte sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka mga local development plans
Ang DA usab, uban ang Department of Agrarian
Reform, kinahanglan mopahigayon og sunod-sunod nga mga farming projects aron
matagamtaman gayud ang epektibo nga operasyon sa mga makinaryas ug ekwipo sa
agrikultura ug aron maseguro ang balanse nga ekonomiya.
Ang paggamit og mga renewable ug nonconventional
nga mga enerhiya sama sa wind, solar, hydro, biomas ug lain pang uban nga mga
tinubdan sa enerhiya kinahanglan mapasiugda isip usa ka tinubdan sa kuryente
alang sa operasyon ug maintenance sa mga makinarya pang-agrikultura ug
pagpangisda. (RER/SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
