1st Info Officers’ Summit set in Surigao City
By Fryan E. Abkilan
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) - The city government
of Surigao and Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Caraga Regional Office in
collaboration with the provincial government of Surigao del Norte will hold the
first-ever Information Officers’ Summit on Feb. 11, 2013 in Surigao City.
Anchored on the theme, “Empowering Surigaonons
through Information and Communication,” the activity is deemed to empower the
Information Officers through timely, accurate and reliable information and
highlight government initiatives, programs and projects for the benefit of the
people.
Surigao City Public Information Officer Annette
Villaces said they have invited the designated information officers from the
line agencies, department heads and barangays to attend the summit.
“We have numerous programs, projects,
initiatives, innovations, and accomplishments in the city and the present
administration under City Mayor Enesto Matugas believed that these should be
shared and disseminated to the public,” said Villaces.
According to PIA Caraga regional director Abner
Caga, during the summit, Information Officers will also learn how to maximize
the use of social media to bring the good news to the people and use it for
disaster response.
PIA Director-General Jose Mari Oquinena will serve
as the keynote speaker of the event.
Other guests who are expected to grace the event
include 1st district representative Francisco Matugas and Gov. Sol Matugas.
(FEA/PIA-Caraga)
Caraga GADCC to perform flash mob dance on
Valentine’s Day in Butuan
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) – In time with the
world’s celebration of Valentine’s Day, the Gender and Development Coordinating
Committee (GADCC) under the Caraga Regional Development Council (RDC) will be
performing a flash mob dance on February 14, 2014 at the Robinsons lobby, this
city.
This is also in support of the “One Billion
Rising For Justice” Campaign in the country.
GADCC chair and Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
Caraga regional director Atty. Marylin Pintor relayed that on February 14, one
billion people in 207 countries will rise and dance to demand an end to
violence against women and girls.
“We are appealing to the general public to
support this campaign and help prevent violence against women and girls in our
community,” said Pintor.
Now on its second year, the One Billion Rising
For Justice campaign is a global call to women survivors of violence and those
who love them to gather safely in community outside places where they are
entitled to justice – courthouses, police stations, government offices, school
administration buildings, work places, sites of environmental injustice,
military courts, embassies, places of worship, homes, or simply public
gathering places where women deserve to feel safe but too often do not.
It is a call to survivors to break the silence
and release their stories – politically, spiritually, outrageously – through
art, dance, marches, ritual, song, spoken word, testimonies and whatever way
feels right. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
ASESDC strengthens members' capability thru a
workshop
By David M. Suyao
PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Feb. 6
(PIA) - The Agusan del Sur Environment and Sustainable Development Council
(ASESDC) strengthens its members’ capability by conducting a workshop that
encourage the members to lay down issues, concerns and feelings that confronts
them, and to voluntarily and sincerely share their bests in the discharge of
their responsibilities and functions for the protection and conservation of
environment without sacrificing development.
Chairperson of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP)
Committee on Environment Hazel del Rosario said, being a new member of the SP,
she does not have direction in passing local laws that will support the ASESDC
because the provisions presented in the province' Environmental Code where the
creation and functions of ASESDC is mandated are broad enough, that needs to be
specific and defined in order for the member agencies to point out their
respective mandate that would become guidelines in the implementation of ASESDC
functions.
“Being the Chairperson of the SP Committee on
Environment, I find it very interesting and challenging to implement the
functions of ASESDC, but sad to note I find it very hard to impose its
functions without each member’s cooperation during deliberations. That is why I
requested the secretariat of ASESDC to call for this workshop so that I can
present to all the members what I believe very essential matters in order for
them to be committed in discharging their functions and responsibilities during
the implementation,” SP del Rosario said.
Facilitated by GIZ-COSERAM (Conflict Sensitive
Resources and Asset Management) consultant Cesar Villanueva, the workshop
ranges from ASESDC Review of Mandates, the role clarification of committees and
council and the areas of concern. Within these scope, the weaknesses of the
council emerged conforming there are duplication of functions, unclear
participation of each member agencies and poor identification of areas of
concern.
With this discovery, solutions to issues and concerns
were given possible solutions and the time frame of the final amendments of the
mandates, as well as the specific intervention of each member-agencies.
“With the clear set up of the council, I am very
confident we will become a very effective and efficient council in Agusan del
Sur that our next generation can be proud of. Now that our functions are well
defined and identified, there will be no more confusion from among us that will
surely result to harmonious and productive discharge of our responsibilities,”
SP del Rosario said. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Compensation for Marcos dictatorship's HR victims
distributed
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) – Relative to the
Hawaii Class Suit filed against the Estate of Ferdinand Marcos, the Claimants
1081 or C1081, in behalf of Human Rights Victims (HRV) during the Martial Law
years, have received their cheques as payment in the amount of P50T during the
second distribution at the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga office
today.
In Caraga region alone, there are 160 members of
Claimants 1081. These claimants are victims of illegal detention, torture for
being accused of rebellion, and others were even executed or have disappeared.
Caraga Regional Human Rights Director Atty.
Marylin Pintor bared that the first distribution was made sometime in 2012.
“Our office fully support the victims and we accommodate them by providing the
nearest venue here in our own region rather of them going to Davao City to get
the claims entitled for them,” she said.
History would tell that Marcos human rights
litigation is a class action lawsuit which was filed pursuant to the Alien Tort
Act in the United States in 1986. Ferdinand Marcos was in United States (US)
territory that time which made US court to have jurisdiction over the case.
Atty. Bob Swift, lawyer of the Hawaii Class
Suit, personally handed over the cheques to eligible claimants.The same
claimants also received the 1,000 dollars (more or less P43T) during the first
distribution.
Accordingly, the members in the human rights
class suit against Marcos are all Filipinos who belong to the marginalized
sector of the Philippine society.
“I’m glad that finally our violated human rigths
are now compensated after years of waiting for the judgement. Truly justice
prevails despite our odd experiences during the Marcos dictatorship,” said
Marciano Tancawan, member of Claimants 1081. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
Butuan Manpower opens recruitment for work
abroad
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) – The Butuan City
Manpower Training Center (BCMTC) opens today its special recruitment activity
for applicants who are interested to work overseas at the Democrito O. Plaza
(DOP) Center, this city.
As of noontime, a total of 158 applicants have
already been registered and more are expected to come to grab the opportunity.
Interviews for electrical and mechanical
engineers, plumbers, carpenters and welders are still ongoing and the
recruitment is until February 7, 2014.
The city’s public information officer said that
hiring of administrative secretaries for abroad is also available.
For more inquiries, to get a job on the spot and
work in a foreign country, interested individuals are encouraged to call BCMTC
at contact numbers 816-2990 or City Assessor’s Office at 341-1214.
(VLG/PIA-Caraga)
All set for 17th CRAM in Surigao Sur
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) – All is set for the
Caraga Regional Athletic Meet (CRAM) at the GPM Sports Complex in this city
from February 23-27.
The gigantic event will be hosted by the
Department of Education (DepEd) Surigao del Sur Division and provincial
government of Surigao del Sur.
Governor Johnny Pimentel said that around 12
different divisions will be the participating teams with more than 5,000
expected guests including athletic delegations, technical and officiating
officials.
The 12 delegation teams are from the divisions
of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur,
Dinagat Islands, Tandag City, Bislig City, Butuan City, Surigao City, Cabadbaran
City and Bayugan City.
CRAM aims to select athletes who will represent
Caraga Region in the forthcoming Palarong Pambansa. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Surigao Norte gov extends aid to 3 rebel
returnees
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) – Three members of
the New People’s Army (NPA) have returned to the folds of the law and received
cash incentives under the provincial government’s Comprehensive Local
Integration Program (CLIP) to help them adjust and start to live normally in
the mainstream society.
Gov. Sol Matugas personally handed-over the
assistance worth P20,000 each during the recently held Provincial Peace and
Order Council at Gateway Hotel, this city.
The three rebel returnees who surrendered
recently to 30th Infantry Batallion, 4th Infantry Division, Philippine Army are
identified as Vicente alias “Edward” Igong-Igong Jr, 19 years old, single from
Barangay Bunyasan, Malimono, Surigao del Norte (with AK 47); Aljon alias “Maxi”
Tagonsulod, 19 years old, single from Purok 4 Barangay Hinapuyan, Carmen,
Surigao del Sur (with M16 garrand); and Jonathan alias “Rimwell” Bulag
Arguilles, 29 years old, single from Purok 3 Liboon, Ampayon, Butuan City
(withAK 47 and M16).
Matugas bared that the construction of the Bayay
Paglaum Project (Home Of Hope) is already underway and hopefully to be
implemented within this year.
Matugas said Bayay Paglaum Project is peace
village for former rebels fully supported by the government within a mainstream
community where peace and harmony prevails, where the residents help and
respect each other, and practice bayanihan in all communal activities.
(PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DOST launches complementary food blends, other
technologies in Quezon
By Ma. Anna Rita M. Ramirez
MANILA, Feb. 6 (PIA) - In its bid to showcase
and advocate for smarter technologies at the grassroots level, the Provincial
Office of the Department of Science and Technology in Quezon commemorated the
2013 National Science and Technology Week by providing programs and services to
the municipality of Mulanay, recently.
Technologies and services developed by the Food
and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI), the Industrial Technology Development
Institute (ITDI) and the Advance Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) in
cooperation with the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical
Services Administration (PAG-ASA) were launched and deployed.
Dubbed as the Science and Technology Program for
Community Empowerment for Mulanay, these programs and services address concerns
that directly affect the Mulanay constituents such as hunger and malnutrition,
water potability and risks to natural calamities like typhoons and floods.
Five thousand packs of rice-mongo-sesame
complementary food blends manufactured and packaged by Atimonan, Quezon’s very
own, Joemix Food Processing Center, were
donated by the DOST- CALABARZON (Region IV-A) to pump up the Complementary
Feeding Program among malnourished children in Mulanay.
Ceremonial turn-over of 50 ceramic-type pot
filters to identified household beneficiaries aims to address water safety and
potability.
Formal signing of the Memorandum of Agreement
for the deployment of Automated Rain Gauges or ARG was facilitated.
According to the ASTI, the ARGs are used “to
gather and record the amount of rainfall over a set period of time. Data is sent by short messaging system or
SMS, transmitted in a central database server and forwarded to PAGASA for
interpretation. Rainfall warning may be
facilitated in real time”.
In a nutshell, this move by the DOST-CALABARZON
and the DOST-Quezon is the actualization of the DOST Secretary Mario G.
Montejo’s S&T campaign that “local technology works”. At the same time, this converges with the
programs of the Office of Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process or OPAPP.
Mulanay is one of the recipients of the OPAPP’s
PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn program or PAMANA, the “national government’s
program and framework for peace and development implemented in areas affected
by conflict and communities covered by existing peace agreements”, one of three
pillars is delivery of services.
Ranking fifth in the hierarchy of malnutrition
in Quezon, latest poverty incidence in Mulanay is 59.7 percent. Forty-three percent are food-poor based on
the 2009 Community-Based Monitoring System.
While it is acknowledged that malnutrition is a
complex problem deeply rooted in poverty, the use of complementary food blends
in its feeding program comes at a most opportune time.
The Barangay Nutrition Scholars of Mulanay were
also recipients of the DOST PINOY training early this year. The DOST PINOY is the branding of the DOST’s
program on S&T Based Interventions to Address Malnutrition.
The DOST PINOY package includes modules on basic
nutrition, breastfeeding, complementary feeding, meal planning, safe food handling
and preparation and backyard vegetable gardening.
It was stressed during the launching that, aside
from food-based approaches to address malnutrition, these activities should be
supported with efforts toward uplifting livelihood of the majority of the
households such as fishing and “pagkopras” or the extraction, drying and
cooking of the coconut meat especially in lean or off-season, like during
typhoons or when market prices of “kopra” are low.
The program was held in the Municipal Covered
Court of Mulanay. It was a well-attended
event by local government unit officials, mother and children-beneficiaries of
the Complementary Feeding Program and the ceramic-type pot filters, Barangay
Nutrition Scholars, Barangay Health Workers, and Barangay Chairmen.
The welcome address was delivered by Ms. Maria
Esperanza E. Jawili, Provincial Director of the DOST Quezon. Messages were delivered by invited guests
from the FNRI-DOST and the ITDI-DOST and Dr. Alexander R. Madrigal, Regional
Director of DOST-CALABARZON. Closing
remarks was delivered by Honorable Mayor Joselito A. Ojeda of Mulanay.
The FNRI-DOST is mandated to track the
nutritional status of Filipino children every five years in its comprehensive
National Nutrition Survey and every two years in its Regional Updating Survey.
For more information on food and nutrition
researches, you may contact Dr. Mario V. Capanzana, Director, FNRI-DOST, at
telephone number 837-2934 or email at mar_v_c@yahoo.com. You may also visit our website: www.fnri.dost.gov.ph. (FNRI-DOST S&T
Media Service/PIA-Caraga)
Patrol 117 New Year’s Call to DILG Caraga chief
By Don Manuelo O. Patrimonio
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) - As its tradition,
personnel of the Caraga Patrol met recently with the Department of Interior and
Local Government – Caraga Region (DILG 13) regional director Lilibeth A.
Famacion at the DILG Caraga Regional Office in Libertad, this city to report
operations of the prior year, 2013, and to set directions for 2014.
The annual meeting cum courtesy call has been
called New Year’s Call and forms part of a long and on-going tradition with
uniform personnel.
During this particular New Year’s call, officers
of Patrol 117 presented the capsulized report of the 2013 operations of the
centrally-managed and secured telephone central monitoring station of the
emergency hotline 117 in the region.
As reported, 84.43 percent of the 11,779
incoming calls for the year have been answered, the remaining 15.57 percent are
dropped or abandoned calls. The 84.43 percent can be broken down into 3.38
percent life-threatening calls, 54.82 percent non-life threatening, and 26.23
percent are illegitimate or prank calls. All of the 6,855 legitimate calls have
been responded accordingly.
To improve operations in the year 2014, their
New Year’s call also brought out recommendations for strengthening 117 through
a four-pronged approach.
The first approach is to strengthen the internal
operations of the 117. This can be achieved through the setting-up of a
database of respondents across the region.
The second approach is to strengthen 117 in the
DILG. This can be done by convening the Regional Monitoring Coordinating
Committee (RMCC) which is comprised of Regional Directors of the DILG group of
agencies, namely: Local Government Sector, Philippine National Police, Bureau
of Jail Management and Penology, Bureau of Fire Protection, National Police
Commission, and the Philippine Public Safety College, for the purpose of
re-introducing and re-establishing the 117 as a significant function in their
respective agencies.
The third approach is to strengthen 117 in the
Local Government Units. This can be made possible through improved linkages
with the LGUs, linking with their responders, activation of tanods, and
incorporating 117 in the different Provincial and City Peace and Order Councils
(PPOCs and CPOCs).
The fourth approach is to strengthen 117 by
fostering partnerships with the private sector. Patrol 117 can be introduced to
hospitals. Further arrangements can also be made with telecommunication
entities to improve 117 operations.
With these, the DILG and Patrol 117 gears
towards a fully-functioning emergency response network across Caraga Region
contributing to the safety of people’s lives and property.
117 is the national and official emergency
hotline number of the Philippines institutionalized through Executive Order No.
226 dated July 14, 2003. (DILG-13/PIA-Caraga)
Save on food cost - use left-overs
By Ma. Idelia G. Glorioso
MANILA, Feb. 6 (PIA) - The meal planner in the
house has a difficult task. One has to think of ways on how to cut down food
cost and how to cook budget meals for all.
Everyday, food prices fluctuate. One of the ways
of stretching the food budget is making use of left-over foods. These are the
uneaten edible remains of a meal after everyone has finished eating.
Left-over foods are cooked foods that you and
your family do not eat within two hours after cooking.
Are left-over foods safe to eat? Here are some tips to make left-over foods
safe:
Storing left-over food
- Refrigerate
left-over foods as soon as possible after meals.
- Before
freezing left-overs, put the date on the container for easy recall.
- Transfer
left-over canned foods to a clean and dry container and refrigerate.
- If you
have any doubt about left-over food, throw it away.
- Be sure
to take out from the freezer those foods that were stored first. Practice FIFO
(First-In-First-Out)
- Consume left-overs stored in the refrigerator
within four days.
Following the steps of storing left-over foods,
one can now make use of left-over foods
and enjoy eating make-over foods.
Making-over left-over foods
- Left-over cooked foods should be boiled or
heated thoroughly before serving again.
- Fry left-over rice. For more nutrients and
flavor, add flaked fish, chopped meat, egg or shrimps, and seasonings. Serve
with chopped green leafy vegetables.
- Prepare fried fish or meat into cardillo,
omelette, escabeche, and sarciado.
- Grilled "liempo" or pork belly or
other grilled pork can be added to "kilawen", a broiled fresh meat
dish that has with just a healthy dose of salt and vinegar.
- Scrap beef, pork, and chicken bones can be
used as tasty soup stock.
- Left-over "adobo", a favorite
Filipino stew, can add flavor to chopsuey, a stir-fried vegetable mix
- Left-over fried fish or meat can add extra
flavor to "dinengdeng", an Ilocano dish with vegetables and shrimp
paste
- Left-over “lechon kawali” can be added to
vegetable dishes like pinakbet
- Overripe bananas from the traditional fruit
bowl can be made into tasty banana cake or bread
- Overripe saba can be made into delicious turon
with langka.
For more information on food and nutrition,
contact Dr. Mario V. Capanzana, : The Director, Food and Nutrition Research
Institute, Department of Science and Technology, Gen. Santos Avenue, Bicutan,
Tagig, Metro Manila, Tel./Fax: 8372934, 8373164; FNRI-DOST website:
http//www.fnri@dost.gov.ph, email:mar_v_c@yahoo.com, mvc@fnri.dost.gov.ph. (FNRI
S&T Media Service/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog News: Paano gagawing kasama sa
pang-araw-araw na buhay ang ehersisyo?
Ni Ma. Idelia G. Glorioso
MANILA, Peb. 6 (PIA) - Alam ba ninyo na madaling
gawing kasama sa pang-araw-araw na buhay ang ehersisyo?
Una, kung maaari, maglakad kung malapit lang ang
pupuntahan sa halip na sumakay patungo sa trabaho, palengke, o simbahan.
Pangalawa, kung nasa isang gusali, gamitin ang
hagdan sa halip na elevator o escalator.
Pangatlo, kung may sariling sasakyan, i-park ito
sa malayo at maglakad tungo sa lugar na pupuntahan.
Tandaan, maraming benepisyo ang ehersisyo kaya
mas mabuti na kahit kaunti ay gumalaw-galaw kaysa walang ehersisyo..
Ang ehersisyo ay tumutulong sa pagbawas ng
timbang, maayos na pagdaloy ng dugo, pag-iwas sa sakit sa puso, dyabetis at
alta-presyon, mabuting pagtulog, pagbawas ng epekto ng pagtanda at marami pang
iba.
Ayon sa 2012 Nutritional Guidelines for
Filipinos (NGF) na binuo ng Technical Working Group (TWG) sa pamumuno ng Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the
Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST), maging physically active,
pumili ng masustansyang pagkain, i-manage ang stress, iwasan ang pag-inom ng
alak at huwag manigarilyo para maiwasan ang mga lifestyle-related
non-communicable diseases
Ang impormasyong ito ay hatid sa inyo ng
FNRI-DOST, ang pangunahing ahensiya ng gobyerno sa pananaliksik sa pagkain at
nutrisyon. Para sa karagdagang impormasyon tungkol sa pagkain at nutrisyon,
lumiham o tumawag sa Food and Nutrition Research Institute-DOST, Bicutan,
Taguig, Metro Manila, Tel. No. 837-29-34 or 837-20-71 loc. 2287, FNRI-DOST
website:http//www.fnri@dost.gov.ph mvc@fnri.dost.gov.ph. (FNRI S&T Media
Service/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: Gobyerno misubli sa dili matarug
nga pasalig sa pagsumpo sa pagpangawkaw, korapsyon
Ni Nida Grace P. Barcena
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Peb. 6 (PIA) - Ang gobyerno
padayon sa pagtuman sa mga reporma sa burukrasiya aron mapadayon ang pagtaas sa
ekonomiya alang sa kaayohan sa tanan nga mga Pilipino, kini ang gibutyag sa usa
ka opisyal sa Palasyo niadtong Martes.
"Ang administrasyon ni Presidente Aquino
magpadayon sa pagpursige ug establisar sa maong reporma nga gilaod sa mga
baruganan sa maayo nga pagdumala ug sa pagtukod sa lig-on nga publiko nga mga
institusyon,” (“The Aquino administration shall continue to pursue and
institutionalize these reforms anchored on principles of good governance and to
build stronger public institutions,” )sulti ni Presidential Communications
Operations Office Secretay “Sonny” Coloma Jr tubag sa gikatahong report tinumbok
ang dakong lugi sa gobyerno isip resulta sa kaylap nga korapsyon sa
panggamhanan.
Sa usa ka report, ang Global Financial
Integrity, Washington, DC-based research and advocacy organization miingon nga
ang Pilipinas nag-antus sa $ 132,9 bilyones sa illegal nga pinansyal nga
kahimuan gikan sa krimen, korapsyon, ug tax evasion, samtang $ 277.6 bilyon ang
iligal nga gibalhin ngadto sa nasud sulod sa kapin sa 52 ka-tuig.
Si Coloma miingon nga samtang ang report
naglangkob lamang sa unang tuig sa administrasyong Aquino, ang gobyerno
komitido sa pagpadayon sa pagwagtang sa korapsyon sa burukrasya.
Ang pagtuon nga gihimo sa Global Financial
Integrity gilangkuban sa mga administrasyon sa pito ka mga Presidente gikan pa
kang Carlos P. Garcia hangtud kang Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, ug siya miingon nga
ang importante nga matubag ang mga problema nga gipahayag diha sa mga report
tungod kay kini makaapekto sa reputasyon sa nasud sa kalibutanong bantawan.
Aron pagsulbad niini nga mga problema, si Coloma
miingon nga sukad sa tuig 2010, ang gobyerno mihimo ug reporma sa pagpugong sa
smuggling ug sa pagkontrolar sa money laundering nga kalihokan. Sa miaging
tuig, ang Financial Action Task Force ang Pilipinas dili apil sa ilahang
blacklist tinumbok ang "mahinungdanon nga pag-uswag sa pagpalambo sa
anti-money laundering" nga mga lakang.
Siya usab miingon nga pipila ka mga
internasyonal nga mga ahensya nga mipunting dakong kalamboan sa nasud, ilabi na
sa mga dapit sa pagdumala, transparency, sa gobyerno ug sa kahanas sa negosyo
ug sa ekonomiya nga performance.
Pananglitan, sa Pilipinas sa ranggo sa
International Finance Corp 's "Doing Business 2014" nga taho, milukso
sa 25 nga ranking ngadto sa 108 gikan sa
133 sa tuig 2013 samtang ang iyang mga kahimtang sa Transparency International
sa miaging tuig mahinugdanong milambo sa
ika- 94 gikan sa ika-105 sa miaging tuig.
Usab, sa labing ulahing 2013 World Economic
Forum, ang Pilipinas misaka ug ranking sa ika- 59 gikan sa miaging tuig nga
ika-65 gilangkoban sa mokabat sa 148 ka
mga nasud, samtang ang 2013 Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index gipakita sa
Pilipinas ang pagbangon sa ika-25 nga pwesto ngadto sa ika-21 taliwala sa 60 ka
mga nasud.
Ang Pilipinas usab sunod-sunod nga nakab-ot ang
mga riting patugbaw sa kahimtang sa grado sa puhunan gikan sa prominente nga
credit ratings agencies sama sa Standard and Poor, Fitch, Moody ug Japan Credit
Agency. Kini nga mga ratings agencies nga mga inila sa tibuok kalibutan ingon
nga katuohan sa pag endosar sa mga nasud pagkab-ot sa selyo sa maayo nga
pinansyal sa housekeeping ug sa pagdumala. (NGBT/PND/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
