87 pairs wed during 'Kasalan sa Valentines Day'
in Surigao City
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) – A total of 87
couples from the different city barangays exchanged their vows during the mass
wedding ceremony held Friday at the city auditorium here.
The mass wedding dubbed “Kasalan sa Valentines
Day” is an annual activity spearheaded by the city government of Surigao thru
the City Local Civil Registry Office.
City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas, who served as
solemnizing officer, encouraged the newly-weds not to forget and always keep in
mind that the formal wedding ceremonies is only one aspect of a healthy
marriage.
“There are several more area of concerns that
you as a couple should both work on to keep the flame and attraction, the faith
in each other, and of course the most important element of loving each other, remain
forever until death and even beyond death,” Matugas said.
The oldest groom of this year’s 'Kasalan sa
Valentines Day' is 63 years old and the oldest bride is 57 years from Barangay
Luna, while the youngest groom is 19 years old and the youngest bride is 18
years old from Sitio Cayutan, Brgy. Cagniog, this city. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Scholarship program to continue, Agnor solon
hints
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) – In an interview
this morning, Agusan del Norte First District Representative Lawrence “Law”
Fortun hinted that the scholarship program of the government, facilitated
through the district constituency office, will continue and remains available
to constituents of the Butuan City and Las Nieves.
This is to quell unsolicited rumors that with
the scrapping of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF), government
scholarship programs, mostly sourced from the controversial fund, and
facilitated to the congressional districts will also put to end. The solon is
cognizant of the expressed concerns of students and parents and has intensely
lobbied with the national government to continue the implementation the
program, as this has helped a lot of students in the past.
To cushion the impact of the new system of
identifying priority projects to the congressional district,
Fortun added that the district constituency
office was able to synchronize efforts with the regional line agencies – giving
impetus to convergence and coordination in response to much needed development
initiatives of the district.
In the same interview, Fortun also proclaimed
that not only the scholarship grant remains available, but it will even be
expanded as well. This is to reach an even greater number of poor and equally
deserving students next school year. (NCLM/LAWig Katawhan/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Hands-on training on GSIS eBCS set in Butuan
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) – The Government
Service Insurance System (GSIS) Butuan branch will conduct a hands-on training
on the GSIS Electronic Billing and Collection System (eBCS) on February 18
here.
According to Belen Talita, branch manager of
GSIS Butuan, the hands-on training aims
to introduce the enhancements to the compulsory premiums and loan repayments
billing and remittance process of the agency.
Talita is requesting the administrative/finance
officer, electronic remittance file (ERF) handler, and the agency authorized
officers (AAO) of the different national government agencies, government-owned
and controlled corporations, state universities, local government units, and
congressional districts to attend the said activity.
During the activity, the agency concerned
personnel will be shown the features of the new system and will be guided
through an actual procedure to prepare them as users for the ensuring full
implementation of GSIS eBCS, Talita added.
The activity will be held at the second floor of
the GSIS Butuan branch office in Libertad, this city. (NCLM/PIA-Agusan del
Norte)
