RDC revalidates Caraga Reg’l Dev’t Invest Plan
2013-2016
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) – The Caraga Regional
Development Council (RDC) has recently revalidated the Caraga Regional
Development Investment Plan (RDIP) 2013-2016, and subsequently approved and
adopted during the 76th RDC Meeting held at the LJ Mega Convention Hall, this
city.
Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG) Caraga Regional Director Lilibeth Famacion, recalled that the Office of
the President issued Memorandum Circular No. 43 on February 4, 2013, “Directing
the Updating of the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) and the Revalidation of
the Results Matrix and the Public Investment Program (PIP) for 2011-2016. “With
this issuance, the RDIPs were likewise ordered to be revisited, updated then
revalidated,” she said.
“The Revalidated RDIP aims to veer away from the
traditional identification of all the priority programs and projects of the
government and shall instead focus on strategic core investment
programs/projects (CIP) of the agency regional offices (AROs), state
universities and colleges (SUCs), and the local government units (LGUs),” added
Famacion.
Famacion further said that the Revalidated RDIP
translates the objectives and strategies of the Updated RDP into concrete
programs, projects and activities (PPAs) to be implemented by the AROs, SUCs,
and LGUs.
To be considered a strategic CIP, the programs
and projects were subjected to the following parameters: a) Alingment and
consistency with all of the following parameters: Priorities in the President’s
Social Contract with the Filipino People, namely: transparency, accountability,
and open governance; poverty reduction and empowerment of the poor and the
vulnerable; rapid, inclusive and sustained economic growth; just and lasting
peace and the rule of law; and integrity of the environment and climate change
adaptation and mitigation; F.A.M.E. Center Goal of the RDP and its
corresponding development objectives; Sectoral Logical Frameworks/Revalidated
RMs; Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals; and Gender Respnsiveness.
Also, the new major capital programs and
projects are: Capital forming programs and projects (hard infrastructure
development or soft infrastructure such as institutional and human resource
capacity building) which would contribute directly to the region’s productive
capacity as well as to the achievement of higher living standards; those that
are implemented by AROs regardless of financing and/or implemented through
NG-supported local government projects; and with budgetary implications for
2013-2016 budget.
It was also learned that the PPAs in the
Revalidated RDIP are categorized into five funding sources, namely: 1) Programs
and Projects for National Government Funding; 2) Programs and Projects for
Local Government Funding; 3) Programs and Projects for ODA Funding; 4) Programs
and Projects for GOCC and GFI; and 5) Programs and Projects for Private Sector
Funding.
The Revalidated RDIP shall serve as the
reference document for the RDC in the conduct of review and evaluation of such
annual budget proposals. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Butuan GAD day care center holds Recognition
Program
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) – The Gender and
Development (GAD) Learning Day Care Center (DCC) of this city held on Friday its
1st Quarter Recognition Program. Each preschooler received awards based on
outstanding performance in various areas of learning with special citation of
child’s key strength.
Fe T. Labitad, GAD Learning DCC in-charge, said
that all 47 young children enrollees got the real advantage of holistic
development through GAD day care center’s implementation of seven domain and
multiple intelligence approach.
Aldeberan Mordeno, city social welfare officer,
recognized the stable support of parents and GAD day care workers. “I commend
Fe Labitad and her staff for their capability to yield well-rounded children.
Parents can have the assurance of acquiring positive outcome for entrusting
their children to them,” she expressed in her address.
Meanwhile, city DCC district supervisor Liz
Pontimar, revealed the evaluation result for accreditation of gender and
development DCC. “I congratulate everyone and I’m glad to inform you that GAD
Learning DCC is recognized of its outstanding compliance and highly competent
performance in the implementation of Early Childhood Care and Development
Center-based Programs. It means that this institution is worthy of recognition
as one of the best performing day care centers in Caraga,” she emphasized.
Labitad conveyed her thanks to the parents for
their involvement and display of concern to their children. She also
acknowledged the city government thru Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr., the
Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWD) Chief Aldeberan Mordeno and CSWD
Operations Chief Jocelyn Loquite, and other government organizations as well
who continually collaborate and pool resources for further improvements of said
DCC. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
RDC revises Caraga Reg’l Dev’t Plan
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) – The Caraga Regional
Development Council (RDC) has approved and adopted the revised Caraga Regional
Development Plan (RDP) 2013-2016, during the 76th RDC Meeting held at the LJ
Mega Convention Hall, this city.
In his discussion, Engr. Leonil Santos of the
private sector, relayed that RDP 2011-2016 which was approved and adopted by
the RDC through Resolution No. 23, series of 2010, is now on its third year of
implementation.
“For the past two years of plan implementation,
the region has performed exceptionally well based on the National Statistics
Coordination Board’s data on GRDPs. However, human development remains a
persistent challenge with poverty incidence among families at high levels.
Hence, it is timely to assess and revise the plan to identify appropriate
strategies that will strengthen the region’s continued quest for development in
the remaining three years of Aquino administration,” said Santos.
Santos further said that the revision is very
crucial as it will guide the region in all its development efforts in the next
three years. It will also trigger the preparation of the Regional Development
Investment Program (RDIP), the plan’s operational document, which will identify
the priority programs, projects and activities of the region.
“To achieve inclusive growth and reduce poverty
shall continue to be the main focus of the plan. Inclusive growth has three
critical elements, namely: 1) high and sustained economic growth; 2) growth
that generates mass employment, drawing majority of our people into the
economic and social mainstream; and 3) growth that reduces poverty and
facilitates the achievement of the millennium development goals,” added Santos.
The attainment of inclusive growth requires the
implementation of the following key strategies which are consistent with
national development agenda: boosting competiveness in the productive sectors
to generate high quality decent jobs and quality employment; investing
massively in infrastructures; developing human resources through improved
social services and protection; improving access to financing to address the
evolving needs of a diverse public; and promoting education, science and
technology to attain higher productivity.
“These strategies shall be implemented upon a
platform of: transparent and responsive governance; sustained national security
and peace; and ecological integrity that includes adaptation to and mitigation
of the potential impacts of environmental factors,” stressed Santos.
It was also learned that in the revision of said
plan, the council has undergone a series of consultations with the various
stakeholders of the five provinces and six cities of the region. The comments
generated during the consultations were considered in the draft plan.
Also, the committees under the RDC have
favorably endorsed the revised plan during its third quarter meetings.
Meanwhile, the revised RDP 2013-2016 also
expected to be presented to the President in the fourth week of November.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Agnor S & T center conducts study on water
hyacinth sandals
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) - The Provincial
Science and Technology Center – Agusan del Norte (PSTC-AdN) in collaboration
with the city government of Butuan spearheaded the Time and Motion (T&M)
study on water hyacinth sandals making, recently.
The T & M study was part of the Department
of Science and Technology’s (DOST) technology intervention project dubbed
“Strengthening the Capability of Water Hyacinth Handicraft Community in Butuan
City” to improve the competitiveness of water hyacinth-based handicraft
industry.
The study was participated by Ivory .07 Arts and
Crafts Association and Butuan City Population Office.
According to DOST, water hyacinth is abundant in
the city especially along its waterways
causing serious environmental problem. The plants blocked the river and canals’
water flow thereby causing flood.
Recognizing the potential of water hyacinth
processing as the city’s thriving economic industry, Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante,
Jr. initiated the introduction of water hyacinth as a livelihood program for
women.
The program was implemented as a joint
partnership of the city government of Butuan, DTI-Agusan del Norte and DOST. As
a result, the Ivory .07 Arts and Crafts Association, a group of housewives who
were trained to create handicrafts using water hyacinth as material, was
formed. Their main products are the water hyacinth sandals and slippers in
various colors and designs.
Considering the intense competition in the local
and global market of handicraft, the T & M study was used to establish a
time standard and to find ways in improving the processors’ productivity.
During the study, the time and movements spent by the craftsmen in making
sandals were recorded and analyzed. This served as an input in identifying area
that needs technology improvement to optimize workers’ productivity and
minimize materials wastage in production. In retrospect, the bottom-line of the
study is to enhance the value chain of water hyacinth processing sector in
Butuan City through technology infusion.
Other project components include the development
of value chain for this handicraft sector and capability building through
technology trainings. The project also involved provision of equipment that
enable its members to improve product quality and design. With this project,
the well-known invasive species will become an important asset, not as a
problem anymore for the Butuanons and in the countryside as a whole.
(DOST-Caraga/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
ASELCO asks beneficiaries to provide lodging,
ensure safety of rural electrification workers
By David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Oct. 7 (PIA) - The Agusan del
Sur Electric Cooperative Inc. (ASELCO) has asked the 107 beneficiaries of the
2013 Batch II of the Barangay Line Enhancement Program (BLEP) and the Sitio Electrification
Program (SEP) to provide lodging or place to sleep and rest to workers who will
install the electrical system in their places and ensure their safety while
they are in their respective areas.
Power Use and House wiring Section head Elmer
Gavino calls on the beneficiaries of the PNoy’s BLEP and SEP during a
consultative and coordination meeting late last week, in order to ensure the
safety of workers and fast implementation of the project.
“This is one of your counterparts in the
implementation of the project of the President in order that we can ensure the
fast implementation of the project even before the deadline on December of this
year. With this, we can expect that your Christmas will be merry and bright,”
Gavino said.
BLEP and SEP project manager Aureo Mondejar said
the target for the second batch of the program for this year are 104 sitios and
three barangays in Esperanza.
“We will install and energize electric power to
a maximum of 60 households with P4,260 budget per household in each sitio. But
of course, many sitios have below 60 households, but many sitios have also more
than 60 households so the budget of the government will be more or less even. The government budget will cover the cost of
electrical wiring not to exceed 20 meters per household, electric meter,
electrical posts, labor and other incidental expenses.Each household must also
have their counterpart in the amount of P837.24 to cover inspection fee,
membership fee, aid to construction, meterbox etc. and the lodging of our
workers plus their safety,” Mondejar said.
After the meeting and the briefing, the 107
beneficiaries were required to sign a memorandum of commitment in order to
become an active cooperative member of ASELCO and to comply with the
requirements for fast energization of their areas and to comply with their
obligation with the cooperative. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
