AgNor PARCCOM, FEDARCCO join call to save Mount
Mayapay
By Johny S. Natad
BUTUAN CITY, September 13 (PIA) - The
Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM) of Agusan del Norte
and the Federation of Agrarian Reform Communities Cooperative (FEDARCCO) have
joined the continuing advocacy to protect and conserve Mount Mayapay, the
city's natural heritage.
Officials of the Agusan del Norte PARCCOM during
its meeting in September 13 pledged their strong support for the rehabilitation
and conservation effort of Mt. Mayapay.
PARCCOM chairperson Greg Hontiveros bared that
there was already a study on Mt. Mayapay which substantially proposed the need
to rehabilitate and protect its ecological equilibrium.
Hontiveros believed that there should be
significant advocacy support and action to save Mt. Mayapay since the
surrounding communities especially the small farmers and agrarian reform
cooperatives will be greatly affected once the mountain will seriously
disturbed.
On the same occasion, the board of directors
(BOD) of the FEDARCCO submitted their full support to save Mount Mayapay.
Meanwhile, Roselyn D. Saldua, Board of Director
of FEDARCCO revealed that the cooperative has set a plan to conduct tree
planting activities at Mt. Mayapay as part of their environmental support
program.
"The FEDARCCO board of directors has been
discussing a plan for tree planting activities to Mt. Mayapay. We will soon set
schedule for the tree planting after we resolve some of the problems faced by
the cooperative so we can focus with our agriculture and environmental
programs," she said.
Saldua bared that the FEDARCCO is an alliance of
agrarian reform farmer cooperatives and associations in Agusan del Norte with
the total incorporators of 43 cooperatives and associations, as of September
2013. One of the missions of the cooperative is to "promote and develop
the environment and the forests." (JSN/PIA-Caraga)
Caraga Region Institute of Peace opens nominations
for Peace Ambassadors Award
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 13 (PIA) - The Caraga Region
Institute of Peace (CRIP) through chair and executive director Rex YbaΓ±ez is
accepting nominees for this year's Regional Peace Ambassadors Award which is
set on September 30.
YbaΓ±ez said the CRIP will recognize 10
individuals across the region that has made an impact in their communities
through their exemplary character and initiatives on propagating peace and
human rights education.
"The award gives importance of the
awardees' exceptional display of skills, knowledge and perseverance in
attaining greater heights of achievement for the community, for the work place,
for the church and for the school has served as an inspiration for others thus
becoming a role model worthy of emulation," said YbaΓ±ez.
YbaΓ±ez further said that the nominee, regardless
of sex and age, must be a resident of Caraga region who have proven track
records on peace education or human rights advocacies.
Interested parties, individuals may email the
narrative personal information of the nominee with emphasis on his/her
(nominee’s) efforts on peace and human rights advocacies with the nomination
letter on or before September 25, 2013 to cripcaraga@gmail.com.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
NGCP announces scheduled power interruption in
parts of Surigao Norte, Surigao Sur, entire Siargao Island
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 13 (PIA) - The National Grid Corporation of
the Philippines (NGCP) announced on Thursday, the scheduled shutdown of the
transmission facilities in some areas of Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur,
and entire Siargao Island from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
Milfrance Q. Capulong, NGCP Mindanao Corporate
Communications and Public Affairs Officer, said the affected utilities are the
Surigao del Norte Electric Cooperative (SURNECO), Siargao Island Electric
Cooperative (SIARELCO) and Surigao del Sur Electric Cooperative (SURSECO II).
Capulong said the specific cities and
municipalities that will be affected by the power interruption include the
municipalities of Alegria, Mainit, Tubod, Placer, Bacuag, Gigaquit and Claver,
Surigao del Norte; Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte; and municipalities of
Carrascal, Cantilan, Madrid, Carmen and Lanuza, Surigao del Sur.
NGCP explained to its customers and the public
clients that the power interruption was due to the re-scheduled tapping of
newly re-routed section from structures BM321 up to BM325 at Adlay, Carrascal,
Surigao del Sur, affected by road widening of the Department of Public Works
and Highways and rehabilitation of four critical structures.
Normal power operations will immediately resume
after the work completion. (FEA/PIA-Caraga)
Police, DENR arrest timber poachers in Dinagat
By Richele Bongato
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 13 (PIA) - Police and
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) operatives have arrested
five persons while attempting to
transport about 5,000 bd.ft. of illegally-sawn lumber in the remote coastal
village of Benglen in Libjo, Dinagat Province on Monday, September 9.
PENRO Agapito Patubo of Dinagat Province said
the police were responding to a text message information about an on-going
loading of undocumented lumber with an estimated volume of 5,000 bd.ft , by a
group of men in that fishing village
when the police chanced upon them. The police also confiscated the motorized
boat used by the suspects.
Suspects, all residents of the nearby town of
Loreto, Dinagat Province brought to the police station but they were later
granted temporary liberty pending the filing of criminal charges of theft and
violation of P.D. 705 and unauthorized use of chainsaw by the DENR against
them.
Patubo said DENR forest management personnel led
by Nathaniel Racho have brought the seized lumber products and the motorboat at
the PENRO compound for depository and proper disposition.
It can be recalled that during his visit in the
province earlier, the DENR Undersecretary for Field Operations Demetrio L.
Ignacio Jr. has challenged the people to protect the forest cover of the
aesthetic island province of Dinagat to attract tourists that could further
improve the local economy.
DENR Regional Executive Director Nonito M.
Tamayo has commended the police in that province headed by Police Inspector
Wilfredo Alarcon and PENRO Patubo for a “job well-done” in the apprehension of
the illegal lumber. (NCLM/DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
60 Surigao Sur PWDs trained in meat processing
SURIGAO DEL SUR, September 13 (PIA) - Some 60
persons with disability (PWDs) in Barangays Tina and Carromata in the interior
municipality of San Miguel, this province availed of a two-day livelihood "meat
processing" training.
According to Community Development Information Officer
Nancy Elizalde, the activity was part of the basic services extended by the
local government unit aimed at reducing poverty incidence in the community.
Elizalde said for Barangay Tina participants,
the activity was held on September 10-11 while for Barangay Carromata
participants the event was conducted on September 12-13.
"Both barangays were allotted 30
beneficiaries each," said Elizalde.
The activity was spearheaded by the municipal
government of San Miguel under Mayor Alvaro Elizalde in partnership with the
TESDA-Provincial Office who also served as facilitator of the four-day training.
(NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
