DOST-ICTO, LGU-Butuan to host the “Next Wave
Cities ICT Roadshow 2nd Edition”
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 13 (PIA) -- The Department of
Science and Technology – Information and Communications Technology (DOST-ICTO),
Caraga ICT Council, and the city government here will be hosting the second
edition of the “Next Wave Cities ICT Roadshow” on September 19-20, 2013.
This activity is in partnership with the
Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines
(IBPAP) and the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP).
City Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr bared there has
been a dramatic surge in the development of Information Technology – Business
Process Management (IT-BPM) industry in the country as seen in its exponential
growth in revenues and in employment generation.
It was also learned that the event will be
attended by ICT professionals both from the private sector and government
agencies, together with students, parents, local leaders and businessmen.
Along with this activity is the conduct of ICT
Presentation and Coordination Meeting on August 15, 2013 at the City Mayor’s
Conference Room here.
Said activity is anchored on the theme “Bringing
ICT Opportunities to Countryside Filipino Talents”. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Surigao City bares contingents for Bonok-Bonok
Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival 2013
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, August 14 (PIA) – The Surigao City
Tourism Office has released its final listing of contingents for the
Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival 2013 set on September 9, 2013 with the
this year’s theme, “Pasalamat! Isinggit. Isadjaw. (Thanksgiving! Shout.
Dance.)"
Thirteen contingents from the different city
barangays and schools and neighboring city and province have already confirmed
their participation.
The confirmed contingents for the Bonok-Bonok
Based Category include the Anomar High School and Anomar Elementary School from
Barangay Anomar, B. Vasquez Memorial Central Elementary School of Brgy. Rizal,
Rafols National High School of Brgy. Poctoy, Sabang Elementary School and Mat-I
Elementary School of Brgy. Mat-I.
For the Free Interpretation Category, confirmed
contingents are Mabini National High School of Bgy. Mabini, Municipality of
Talaingod of Davao del Norte, Bayugan City, Navarro Memorial Central Elementary
School, Surigao City, Caraga Regional Science High School, Surigao City,
Barangay Buenavista, Lipata National High School of Brgy. Lipata and Cantiasay
National High School of Brgy. Cantiasay, Surigao City.
The 29th Bonok-Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw Festival
is a festival of thanksgiving and invocation to the Almighty through the
intercession of the city's patron saint SeΓ±or San Nicolas de Tolentino for the
bountiful blessings of peace and good health. (SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Schools, companies, volunteers capacitated on
Family Planning
By Angie Balen-Antonio
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 14 -- Effort of the Commission
on Population to popularize family planning program has been fruitful when
representatives from the private companies, faculty members and guidance
counselors of the different colleges and universities in Butuan and Agusan
provinces completed the three-day Family Planning Technology and Interpersonal
Communication and Counseling Training recently.
As part of the program thrusts along Responsible
Parenthood and Family Planning, POPCOM capacitated the participants on the
different natural and artificial Family Planning Methods.
In the closing ceremonies, one of the
participants expressed her appreciation to POPCOM for the new knowledge on
family planning. She assured that a re-echo to her co-teachers will be
conducted soonest.
Mr. Alexander A. Makinano, the Officer-In-Charge
of POPCOM, underscored that aside from the family planning, participants were
also trained on the interpersonal communication and counseling in facilitating
behavioral change on family planning.
The Center for Health Development extended the
financial support to POPCOM in capacitating the different stakeholders of the
program region-wide.
The same training will be conducted in Surigao
City on August 28 – 30 to be attended by the guidance counselors and private
companies in the Provinces of Surigao and Dinagat Islands, including Surigao
City.
Meanwhile, the second batch of convention for
Barangay Service Point Officers (BSPOs) will be conducted in Surigao City this
coming on August 16. It can be recalled that the BSPOs for Butuan City and
Agusan Provinces convened on July 9,2013 at Provincial Training Center of
Agusan del Norte. (POPCOM-13/PIA-Caraga)
Government intensifies Family Planning
By Angie Balen-Antonio
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 14 -- The government’s goal to
achieve a better quality of life for every Filipino family may reach another
height as the country celebrates this August the Family Planning Month.
This year’s theme “Planuhin ang Pamilya Para sa
Magandang Kinabukasan” is the focus of the campaign done through the
Responsible Parenting - Family Planning (RP-FP) classes at the grassroots.
As reported by the Provincial/City Population
Officers in the region, there are already 164,031 couples who attended the
RP-FP classes since its inception in 2007.
“RP - FP is now integrated in the Family
Development Session of the Pantawid Pamilya of Department of Social Welfare
& Development (DSWD)”, said Mr. Alexander A. Makinano, Officer-In-Charge of
POPCOM-Caraga.
Mr. Makinano further mentioned that planning the
size and number of children in the family is a shared responsibility between
husband and wife.
In another development, the Commission on
Population together with the Department of Health and the Local Government
Units unified their efforts to provide couples with the comprehensive family
planning information and services particularly to women with unmet need for
family planning – or those currently married women 15 – 49 years old who do not
want any more children or want to space births but are not using any family
planning method.
In Caraga, 20 in every 100 married women of
reproductive age or 20.4% have unmet need for family planning as revealed in
the 2011 Family Health Survey.
This group of women is the priority target of
the government’s Family Planning Program to help them achieve their desired
number of children. (POPCOM-13/PIA-Caraga)
