Marcventures to ‘power’ Power Fm in Tacloban
City
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) – As part of its
Corporate Social Responsibility, the Marcventures Mining and Development
Corporation has collaborated with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
Caraga regional office in providing logistical support for the establishment of
Power FM, the agency’s FM station in Tacloban City.
Marcventures is a multi-million company engaged
in the mining of nickel, copper and gold in Surigao del Sur.
Marcventures corporate secretary Atty. Noel
Anthony Libres said that since there’s no power lines yet, the company will
provide a generator set to energize the station.
“This is our way of helping our people return to
normalcy and deliver critical information,” Libres said.
PIA Caraga regional director Abner Caga said the
station will operate on 24/7 under 107.8 FM band.
“I know that the large population in Leyte have
no access yet to television, newspapers, internet or normal radio since the
infrastructure was destroyed by the typhoon but majority of them have still
cellphones with radio capability. We will tap them, ” Caga said.
(FEA/PIA-Caraga)
PIA Mindanao cluster supports Coloma’s move to
send Team Mindanao to Tacloban
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) – The Philippine
Information Agency (PIA) Mindanao cluster welcomes the idea of sending the PIA
Team Mindanao led by PIA Caraga regional director and Northern and Northeastern
Mindanao cluster head Abner Caga to Tacloban City to provide communication
support to the emergency relief efforts of the government and temporary
take-over of the agency’s operation there.
It can be recalled that Presidential
Communications and Operations Office (PCOO) Sec. Sonny Coloma tapped the PIA
Mindanao cluster to lead the communication effort of the government in the
storm-ravaged region.
“We welcome the move of Sec. Coloma to send our
disaster czar in Mindanao to Tacloban to provide communication support to the
relief efforts of the government,” said Southern, Western and Central Mindanao
cluster head and PIA-XI regional director Efren Elbanbuena.
Most disaster relief efforts focus on supplying
food, water and shelter, “but it’s equally important to establish communication
links and provide appropriate information intervention to the public, that’s
why PIA-Mindanao team led by Dir. Caga will be in Tacloban,” Elbanbuena added.
PIA X regional director Thelma Oliver also
declared support to team Mindanao for successfully performing their task with
efficiency always. “The team is known of implementing an effective approach in
coming up a more functional way in running the agency’s operations,” said
Oliver.
“We certainly see the exceptional capability of
Team Mindanao to provide services needed in the field of information and
communication. Equipped with the state-of-the-art technology, they are in best
position to encompass a wide-range coverage to make people aware about the
status and important concerns in Tacloban,” said PIA IX regional director Noemi
Edaga.
“With the serious demand of maintaining the
usual operation of PIA in the devastated areas, I believe that the Mindanao
team has the full competencies in the discharge of their duties,” said PIA XII
regional director Olivia Sudaria.
Caga thanked his fellow directors “for placing
their trust and confidence in our abilities. I also thank God for giving me the
opportunity to go over there and help our ‘kababayans’ in dire need. Rest
assured that our team will do its best, as always.” (FEA/VLG/PIA-Caraga)
RCC briefs local tri-media on its accomplishments
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) – The Regional
Coordinating Committee (RCC), composed of different government agencies led by
the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga convened on Thursday and
briefed members of the local tri-media on its accomplishments, future plans,
programs.
Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA)-Caraga Regional Dir. Florencio Sunico Jr, bared that their
office has donated cash amounting to P42,355.00 for the typhoon 'Yolanda'
victims. "We also gave relief packs and used clothing while fund raising
is still ongoing," he said.
Atty. Johnson CaΓ±ete, Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Regional Director and RCC chair, expressed his warm
gratitude and appreciation to the active participation of the local tri-media
in Caraga in the government’s activities and advocacy. "I'm happy to see
our media here in Caraga who are very serious in what they do to inform the
public on the government’s efforts," he said.
When he discussed on the updates on the monitoring
of the implementation of the workers’ rights and benefits, CaΓ±ete urged the
employers in the private companies to give the 13th month pay of its workers.
"Those employees who have only worked for few months in the certain
company, can still receive due amount of their service," he said.
CaΓ±ete also announced that the members will hold
its last meeting for this year on December 2, in time with DOLE’s 80th
anniversary celebration, wherein various activities will be conducted.
Meantime, Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA)-Caraga Regional Director Petrona Bergado reported updates
on ‘Saudization’. “The Saudization law in Saudi Arabia allows the arrest of
illegally staying Filipino workers in the oil-rich kingdom,” she said.
Bergado further said that there are 5,189
Caraganon-workers who are presently employed in Saudi Arabia to which 20
percent of it are representing the whole number of OWWA members. “There are
also 2,407 active OWWA members in Caraga and 2,782 inactive. With this, we are
continuously encouraging our OFWs to register in OWWA so they can get the
protection and benefits while they are abroad,” she added.
Atty. Ligaya Lumbay of National Conciliation
Mediation Board (NCMB)-Caraga bared that for the past and present year, Caraga
has maintained to be a strike-free region.
Also, Olga Virginia Demata, Information Officer
of Employees Compensation Commission (ECC), said that they are establishing a
network with TESDA Caraga thru its Kagabay Program Skills Enhancement Training
and have partnered with M.J. Santos hospital in Butuan City to implement
certain programs.
The RCC in Caraga is composed of different
government agencies such as DOLE, NLRC, NCMB, TESDA, OWWA, Philippine
Regulatory Commission (PRC), Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board
(RTWPB), and Philippine Employment Service Office (PESO). (VLG/JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DOST “adopts” Yolanda victim families, raises
funds for relief
By Allan Mauro V. Marfal
MANILA, Nov. 21 (PIA) - The Department of
Science and Technology (DOST) is currently conducting its own relief operations
to support the families affected by
typhoon Yolanda that ruined Tacloban City and Palo town in Leyte, as well as
neighboring towns in central Philippines two weeks ago.
During the flag raising ceremony last Monday at
DOST Compound in Bicutan, Taguig City, Secretary Mario G. Montejo appealed to
all employees to extend assistance to the 400 families or about 2,000 people
who have evacuated to the Philippine Science High School System (PSHS) Eastern
Visayas Campus in Palo, Leyte. The evacuees are staying at the first and second
floors of the PSHS buildings and depend solely on donations for their daily
survival.
“We appeal to your kindness and generosity to
adopt a family at the PSHS evacuation center,“ Sec. Montejo said.
Secretary Montejo also said that DOST would need
about P1,000.00 to support for a family of five for a week. Thus, DOST targets
to rise P2 million to support the families for a month.
“With 20 agencies under the department, the goal
is to receive cash donations of about
P100,000.00, more or less, from each DOST agency,” he said.
DOST will turn over cash donations this week to
the DOST VII Regional Office in Cebu City where food, water, and other
necessities will be bought and packed. The supplies will be immediately brought
to Palo, Leyte. The relief operation is being managed by the DOST-Office of
Undersecretary for Regional Operations.
“We are all witnesses to what typhoon Yolanda
brought to our country, particularly its effect on our brothers and sisters in
the central part of the country. We cannot leave the 2,000 evacuees behind,” he
told.
DOST also hopes that assistance will also come
from other sectors in the country and abroad to help “alleviate the difficult
circumstances of our colleagues and the other 2,000 other evacuees.”
Last week, DOST has donated food, water,
clothes, and other supplies to DOST VIII and PSHS personnel, students and their
families, including those staying in DOST VIII and PSHS campuses.
“Our regional offices coordinated efforts and
the Mindanao regional offices, braving the risks on the road, brought the long
awaited assistance to our colleagues and their families in Palo, Leyte,” he
informed. (S &T Media Service, DOST-STII/PIA-Caraga)
Cabadbaran City hosts 2013 Regl Skills
Competition
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) – The City of
Cabadbaran has hosted the 2013 Regional Skills Competition held recently at
Candelaria Institute of Cabadbaran (CIC).
TESDA-Caraga Regional Director Florencio Sunico,
Jr. said through the Caraga Association of Technical Vocational Institutions,
Inc. (CATVII), seven skills/qualifications were featured in the competition
such as Food and Beverage Services, Commercial Cooking, IT/Software
Application, Visual Graphics Design, Electrical Installation and Maintenance,
Shielded Metal Arc Welding, and Plumbing and Heating.
The two-day competition kicked-off with a
motorcade participated in by different Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs)
in the region, followed by a festive opening ceremonies attended by coaches,
experts, competitors, students, CATVII and TESDA officials and personnel. In
the afternoon, the competition proper started.
For the Food and Beverage Services, Jorlex Solde
Villa of AMA Computer Learning Center in Agusan del Sur won gold medal while
Geronimo Pino of Philippine Electronics and Communications Institute of
Technology (PECIT) won silver medal.
In the Electrical Technology, gold medalist is
Junrel Adante of Surigao del Sur Electric Coop. (SURSECO) Training Center.
Silver medal went to Ramulo Acal Jr. of the Agusan del Norte Provincial
Training Center, while Joy Col of Surigao del Norte Provincial Training Center
won third place and received bronze medal.
Meanwhile, Greg Gauden Mundiz of Bislig City
Water District Training Center was declared winner in the Plumbing and Heating
Technology and received gold medal.
For cooking, gold medal went to Monaliza Fundar
of Agusan del Norte Provincial Training Center, followed by Janice Merin of
Agusan del Sur College who went home with silver medal, while Joselle Tabares
of Andres Soriano College was proclaimed bronze medalist.
Computer wizards in the region have also
competed in the IT/Software Application where Walter Lad of Surigao del Sur
State University (SDSSU) Main was proclaimed gold medalist. Saint Michael
College of Caraga’s Jhoremavic April Balinton won second place and awarded
silver medal. In the Visual Graphics Design, the lone contender from Candelaria
Institute of Cabadbaran has reached the minimum standard set by the Regional
Skills Competition and received gold medal.
Under the welding area, Agusan del Sur School of
Arts and Trades’ (ASSAT) Christian Gerongco won the gold medal. Followed closely
is Ray Anthony Orbillos of Agusan del Norte’s Provincial Training Center while
third place was shared by Junrey Hinayon of Surigao del Norte Provincial
Training Center and Jerlyn Casia of Great Center in Surigao del Sur.
All winners received cash prizes of P3,000;
P2,000; and P1,000 for gold, silver, and bronze medalists, respectively during
the Closing and Awarding Ceremonies held at the People’s Hall in Cabadbaran
City Hall.
The Regional Skills Competition showcases and
recognizes the work excellence of trainees for both sexes and a competitive
setting. It also provides technical-vocational education and training system
with an objective and precise means of measuring the comparative and collective
quality of its output.
Dir. Sunico likewise emphasized that the skills
competition is a venue where capabilities of skilled workers and
technical-vocational students will be featured and will somehow be enhanced
because winners will represent the region in the national level next year.
The official also said before the winners will
be sent for the national finals, they will undergo massive training and
coaching with the different experts and coaches in the region to see to it that
they can meet the standards set in the national and international level.
Sunico further said national winners will have
the chance to represent the country in the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) Skills Competition scheduled next year. Meanwhile, winners in
the ASEAN level will compete in the World Skills Competition. (TESDA-13/PIA-Caraga)
Skills competition, venue to change the world,
CATVII prexy says
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) – Top official of the
Caraga Association of Technical Vocational Institutions, Inc. (CATVII) said the
holding of the skills competition in the region served as venue to change the
world into a better one.
In his speech during the opening ceremonies of
the 2013 Regional Skills Competition held recently in Cabadbaran City, Agusan
del Norte, CATVII President Inocencio Angeles, Jr. pointed out that in
coordination with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA)-Caraga, the dream of engaging all the Technical Vocational Institutions
(TVIs) and its trainees in the region for a friendly competition have come into
a reality through the event.
Angeles discussed that this year’s competition
is the first skills competition spearheaded by CATVII which was founded in
2012. He added the activity is showcasing the different skills and capabilities
of the tech-voc trainees and students to prepare them for the upcoming
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Skills Competition slated next
year.
“We shall showcase the skills and capabilities
of our trainees as we prepare them in accordance to international standards
particularly the ASEAN standards in the areas of Food and Beverage Services,
Commercial Cooking, IT/Software Application, Visual Graphics Design, Electrical
Installation and Maintenance, Shielded Metal Arc Welding, and Plumbing and
Heating,” Angeles said.
The activity, according to the officiasl also
promotes cooperation among different Technical Vocational Education and
Training (TVET) institutions, TESDA provincial and regional personnel, industry
partners and other stakeholders.
Angeles further said winners of the different
skills competition will represent the region in the staging of the Philippine
National Skills Competition early next year. He added the region’s
representatives will be trained accordingly to comply with the ASEAN skills
competition requirements.
The Regional Skills Competition is a friendly
competition on vocational and technical skills. Competitors are endorsed by
respective TVET institutions in Caraga Region who is currently enrolled or
6-month graduates prior to the competition of Training Centers and/or
Technical-Vocational schools of trade areas stated earlier.
With the successful conduct of the activity,
Angeles expressed his thanks and gratitude to all TVIs in the region who have
made significant contributions. He also lauded the efforts of TESDA-Caraga for
extending full support to the event.
This year’s competition which is anchored on the
theme “Ganda ng Buhay, Tekbok ang Kulay” is graced by TESDA Deputy
Director-General for Field Operations Atty. Teodoro C. Pascua who interacts
with the local tri-media here in a press conference held prior to the closing
and awarding ceremonies. (TESDA-13/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: Gobyerno gipadali ang distribusyon
sa mga hygiene kits, non-food items sa mga apektadong lugar sa bagyong Yolanda,
matud sa DSWD
Ni Susil D. Ragas & Nida Grace P. Barcena
SURIGAO CITY, Nob. 21 (PIA) – Gipadali na sa
DSWD ang pagpang-apod apod sa mga non-food items didto sa mga apektadong lugar
sa bagyong Yolanda tungod kay nagsugod na ang pag-ulan-ulan sa maong mga lugar.
Sumala ni DSWD Secretary Corazon Soliman kini
nga butang naglangkob sa sa hygiene kits ug mga trapal nga pwede magamit isip
temporaryong atop.
Sumala pa niya nga gisugdan na sa DSWD ang
inisyal nga stress debriefing didto sa mga evacuation centers, ug siya naglaom
nga madugangan pa ang maong kapasidad sa mosunod nga mga adlaw.
Matud ni Soliman , ang DSWD nagpadayon sa pag
hatod og mga bugas ug food packs ngadto sa apektadong mga lugar lakip na ang
Leyte, Eastern Samar ug Tacloban City.
Gikan sa Tacloban hub, matud niya ang DSWD naka
hatod na og 52,412 packs sukad kagahapon, sa mokabat 24 ka mga munisipyo.
Gikan sa Ormoc hub, matud pa niya ang DSWD
nakahatod na og 19,004 food ug rice packs ngadto sa nuybe ka mga munisipyo.
Apan, sumala pa ni Soliman nga gisugdan na sa
DSWD ang transisyon diin ang mga goods dalhon didto sa syudad sa Tacloban imbes
nga ang mga taga barangay ang mokuha niini gikan didto sa mga hubs.
Iyang gipasabot nga ang lokal nga pangagamhanan
maoy moapod-apod niini ngadto sa mga kabarangayan tungod kay obligasyon man
niini ang pag responde.
Matud niya nga ang mga evacuation centers sa syudad
padayon nga suportado sa DSWD regional ug national offices.
Dugang pa ni Soliman nga sukad niadtong Nob. 9
ngadto 20, mokabat na sa 863,691 food ug rice packs, 184,779 high-energy
biscuits, ug 220,192 (usa ka litro nga water) ang ilang nahatag. (PIA-Surigao
del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
