Butuan Habitat for Humanity turns-over
Multi-Purpose Hall
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, June 4 (PIA) -- The Habitat for
Humanity Incorporated here turned-over on Saturday the newly-constructed
Multi-Purpose Hall in Christ the King, Ambago, this city where the senior
citizens, young adults and children will gather together for their community
activities.
Butuan Habitat for Humanity Inc. (BHFHI)
President Mrs. Nora Rama, together with HFHP-Davao City Area Manager Atty.
Jun-Jun Sawadjaaan; BHFHI Vice President Engr. Heddy Sumalpong; BHFHI Program
Administrator Mr. Joseph Vicente BaΓ±ares; and BHFHI Board Member Mr. Santiago
Tagapulot, led the ceremonial ribbon-cutting witnessed by the participants and
residents at the said area.
Rama expressed her warm thanks and gratitude to
all the guests, partner-stakeholders and volunteers from Alpha Phi Omega for
their efforts and support to make this endeavor successful. She also
acknowledged the Angelo King Foundation that sponsored the funding of the
building construction.
“We are glad that finally our partners in the
community here can now use this multi-purpose hall for good. With this, we hope
to strengthen your working relationship as neighbors and do your activities
peacefully,” said Rama.
Atty. Sawadjaaan also stressed that the main aim
of the Habitat is to bring people together and to build houses in union for the
unprivileged people in the community with partner-stakeholders.
"I will be back here in Butuan and with the
Angelo King Foundation, we are committed to give more projects for the benefit
of our people in the community here and even outside Butuan," he said.
Sawadjaaan further emphasized that the Habitat
will also intensify disaster preparedness in the communities thru conducting
trainings and providing necessary equipment. "We must see to it that we
have close coordination with the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council, city government and other concerned agencies in times of
calamity/disaster," he added.
CTK Home Owners Association thru its President
Mr. Solomom Callano, received the ceremonial key from the BHFHI thru Vice
President Engr. Sumalpong.
“Keys symbolize ownership, security, privacy and
opportunity. With these keys in your hands, you can now say that you already
have a house and a multi-purpose center you can call your own. From now on, you
will take full control over your house and this multi-purpose center giving
your family the security, privacy and comfort they need. Having been freed from
the burden of homelessness, it is our fervent prayer that your lives will be
filled with success and prosperity according to the fullness of God’s plan and
intervention for you. Keep in mind that the ultimate owner of our lives and
your house is God and we are only stewards of them. May God’s blessings be upon
you and your home,” Sumalpong highlighted.
With tears of joy, Mr. and Mrs. Taganile, one of
the New Home partners in Kinamlutan, Butuan City expressed their happiness to
the BHFHI, Angelo King Foundation, and volunteers for giving them a home to
live in. The couple promised to take care of the house provided to them.
Meanwhile, BHFHI Program Administrator Joseph
Banares bared that after its project in Christ the King, Ambago, the Habitat
will put up another project in Barangay Pagatpatan and in San Francisco, Agusan
del Sur.
The 10 young volunteers from the Alpha Phi Omega
were acknowledged and received Certificate of Appreciation for their continued
volunteerism and support to Habitat. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano news: Mokantidad sa P28-bilyones
kontribusyon gikan sa 38 ka mga GOCCs gitunol ngadto kang Presidente Aquino
Ni Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Hunyo 4 (PIA) -- Mokantidad sa P28
bilyones nga kontribusyon gikan sa mga Governmet-Owned and –Controlled
Corporations (GOCCs) ang gitunol ngadto kang Presidente Aquino atol sa GOCC
Dividend Day kagahapon didto sa Malakanyang.
Ang 38 ka mga GOCCs mitunol kagahapon sa
mokantidadP28 bilyon ug lain pang mga remittances ngadto sa nasyunal nga
panudlanan gikan sa ilang operasyon sa tuig 2012.
Ubos sa Republic Act No. 7656, ang tanang GOCCs
kinahanglan modeklara ug mohatag og 50 porsyento sa ilang tinuig nga kinitaan
ngadto sa National Government.
Ang 28 bilyones nga dibidendo nagagikan sa
kinitaan sa otso ka mga GOCCs nga nakahatag og mokantidad 1- bilyon nga mao ang
Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA), Philippine Ports Authority (PPA),
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA), Philippine Amusement and Gaming
Corporation (PAGCOR), Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management
Corporation (PSALM), Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA), Development
Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP).
Lakip usab ang PAGCOR nga mihatag og
P7.18-bilyon, LBP (P6.24-billion), DBP (P3.16-billion), BCDA (P2.30-billion),
PSALM (P2-billion), MIAA (P1.54-billion), PPA (1.03-billion)ug PRA (P1
billion). (RER/SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
