Integrated rice-duck farming tagged as ‘super
organic farming system’
By Venus L. Garcia
AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Mar. 17 (PIA) – “I have known
some people in Asian countries who are fascinated by ducks and organic rice
farming and had their lives changed. The Integrated Rice-Duck Farming System
(IRDFS) innovation is certainly a ‘super system’ in the field of organic
farming,” underscored Dr. Takao Furono, founder of the IRDFS during the 18th
International Rice-Duck Conference held in Butuan City on March 10-14.
Furono said that unlike modernized techniques,
effects of rice on ducks, such as weed control, pest control, supply of
nutrients and stimulation need no thorough management.
As described, ducks worked effectively in the
rice paddies mainly for the rice where they swim freely around the rice plants.
Weeds and harmful insects which used to be the enemies in rice single cropping
are now feeding ducks, while the feces of ducks became nutrients for rice. This
means that unused spaces and resources have turned into useful resources
through IRDFS techniques.
"The creative unification of rice farming
and stock raising is at the same time an innovation that saves and increases
food diversity," added Furono.
He is optimistic that through exchange of each
country’s experiences in applying IRDFS and with the espousal of Philippine
Agrarian Reform Foundation for National Development, Inc. (PARFUND) to create
the International Rice-Duck Research Institute in the Philippines, new approach
across the IRDFS value chain or in other related studies will be adopted.
”We have to innovate the sustainable model of
local communities using those technical innovations. I believe that these two
innovations, which we can call ‘The One Duck Revolution,’ will spread out to
the world from here in Mindanao,” remarked Furono.
The conference has gathered IRDFS experts and
practitioners, as well as development investors from all over Asia and
highlighted IRDFS as a climate-smart agriculture system and a social
enterprise. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
Caraga RDRRMC enjoins LGUs to participate in the
Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake drill
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) – The Regional
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chaired by Office of
Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga regional director Liza Mazo enjoins local government
units (LGUs) through its local DRRMCs to participate in the 1st Quarter
Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill on March 19, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in
their respective area of responsibility (AOR).
“This is in response to OCD Memorandum dates
February 26, 2014 wherein all Local DRRMCs are hereby enjoined to participate
in the set drill in their respective AORs and to identify the venue as
ceremonial site,” bared Mazo.
Mazo emphasized that the drill will gauge the
efficiency of the warning dissemination and the response of the Provincial/City
and Municipal DRRM Councils and the LGUs, as well as the level of preparedness
of schools, hospitals, and surrounding communities if an actual earthquake
takes place.
It was also learned that the Caraga RDRRMC has
identified the city hall of Butuan as its ceremonial site.
In this activity, the regional pool of
evaluators coming from the different government agencies and partners will also
be there to assess the earthquake drill. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Caraga RCC bares job opportunities, workers
development initiatives
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) – The member agencies
of the Caraga Regional Coordinating Committee chaired by the Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE) through regional director Atty. Johnson CaΓ±ete
bared various job opportunities and its initiatives for the development of
workers.
CaΓ±ete said some 1,000 beneficiaries in the
region have already availed of the DOLE's Emergency Employment Assistance. DOLE
has also other programs and services that caters to the different sectors in
the community.
"The DOLE's Government Internship Program
(GIP) continues to serve the fresh graduates in Caraga region who are jobless
and we can have a total of 131 GIPs if the local government units in the
different districts will utilize their 3.5-M budget for this program,"
said CaΓ±ete.
Regional director Petrona Bergado of the
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) also revealed that their office
is focused on the development of the families especially those who have family
member/s working abroad. "We wanted to help the family of the Overseas
Filipino Worker (OFW) who are left behind to become financial literate since
working as OFW is temporary and so we wanted them to establish their own
livelihood," she remarked.
“We conduct different trainings for the
immediate families of the Caraganon OFWs which they can use in their livelihood
and future businesses,” added Bergado.
Technical Education Skills and Development
Authority (TESDA) Caraga regional director Florencio Sunico reported that more
scholarship programs are now being offered by TESDA. He further enjoined
interested applicants for scholarship to go to TESDA provincial offices for
profiling purposes so that they will be advised what TESDA courses are they going
to take in accordance with the demands of the industry here and abroad.
Olga Virginia Demata of the Employees
Compensation Commission (ECC) in Butuan City said that their office is
continuously conducting in-house trainings wherein they invite different
companies and hold the training at the ECC office while with the on-site
training, the ECC personally visits the companies and then hold the training at
the respective establishments.
“In coordination with other concerned government
agencies, we see to it that workers get the due benefits and compensation from
their employers. We do conduct monitoring on these establishments, companies,”
stressed Demata.
Lee Christian Jaquit of the Occupational Safety
and Health (OSH) also reported that their office is regularly conducting
trainings for the safety of workers. “Next week, we are set to conduct training
for the manufacturing industry. The training on Fire Safety is also ongoing
which is in line with the observance of this year's Fire Prevention Month,"
he said.
Meanwhile, Rotelo Cabugsa of the Professional
Regulation Commission (PRC) in Butuan City announced that applicants can now
apply for board exam online. "We are working on for the prompt release of
the board exam results so board passers can also use it for their job
applications," he said.
The RCC will convene the local media again for
its monthly briefing on each of the agencies ongoing programs and services,
special projects, as well its accomplishments. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DTI Surigao Norte steps up campaign on Consumer
Act
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Mar. 17 (PIA) – The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office here is doubling its
efforts in its campaign to raise public awareness of their rights and
responsibilities.
Just recently, DTI conducted a one-day Consumer
Education Seminar in Surigao City on the salient features of Republic Act 7394
or Consumer Act of the Philippines.
Among the attendees of the seminar are the
women’s group, barangay kagawads and officials, selected national line agencies
and 4P’s beneficiaries. The activity is also in line with the Women's Month
celebration, it was learned.
Topics presented and discussed during the
session were Eight Basic Rights and Five Responsibilities of Consumer; Consumer
Complaints Handling; Deceptive Sales Acts and Practices; and Household Energy
Saving Tips.
Chairperson committee on Women and Family, City
Councilor Rise Faith R. Recabo, in her message, lauded the effort of the DTI in
organizing the said activity that provides valuable inputs and information as a
consumer. She also cited the relevance of women especially when it comes to
financial management. (SDR/DTI-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
OWWA-Caraga focuses on OFWs' welfare, family ties
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) – In a recently
conducted press conference of the Caraga Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC)
chaired by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) held here, Overseas
Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Caraga regional director Petrona Bergado
emphasized that the agency focuses on providing the special needs of the
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families who are left behind in the
region.
"If the families who are being left behind
by the OFWs are settled, the OFWs are also in condition to work better and are
productive in the job they do. We will continuously look into the needs of our
OFWs for their welfare," said Bergado.
Bergado added that their office is focused on
the development of the families especially those who have family member/s
working abroad. "We wanted to help the family of the OFW who are left
behind to become financial literate since working as OFW is temporary and so we
wanted them to establish their own livelihood," she remarked.
Bergado also reiterated that an OWWA member-OFW
is entitled to services and benefits over and above the provisions of the
employment contract offer of employers or the laws of the receiving country.
“With its membership contribution (renewable
every two years, or for the duration of his/her contract if it’s less than two
years), an OWWA member is entitled to the following benefits and services:
Insurance and Health-Care Benefits (which include life insurance, disability
and dismemberment benefits, total disability benefit, burial benefit);
Education and Training Benefits; Social Services and Family Welfare Assistance;
and Workers Assistance and On-site Services,” Bergado cited.
Meanwhile, Bergado also invited family members
of the OFWs to avail of the OWWA’s Tulay Program where they are taught how to
connect and communicate with their families abroad in a faster, easier and
convenient way possible.
“TULAY was created to provide OFWs access to
both technology and IT training. Its main purpose is to provide free computer
classes to OFWs and their dependents,” explained Bergado. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Stakeholders’ Consultation-Forum on Migration,
Peace set in Butuan
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) – The Mindanao
Migrants Center for Empowering Actions, Incorporated (MMCEAI), a rights-based,
service organization based in Davao City for migrants – active and returning
Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their immediate families and communities,
is set to hold a one-day Stakeholders’ Consultation-Forum on Migration, Peace
and Development on March 27, 2014 at Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center,
this city.
“Moving along the framework that migration
phenomenon crosscuts peace and development issues, the consultation-forum seeks
to surface and encourages discourse on issues particular to Carag region, as it
aims to identify areas where local government and local stakeholders could
better strengthen their capacity to prevent and respond to cases of trafficking
in persons, illegal recruitment and migration-related gender-based violence,”
explained Inorisa Sialana-Elento, MMCEAI executive director.
Elento bared that migration, peace, environment
and development are interconnected, mutually reinforcing and deeply intertwined
concerns, particularly in the context of Mindanao. The fragile peace situation,
massive environmental degradation and disasters exacerbate migration problems
and hinder the full development of the island.
“There is a pressing need to address the
immediate and more apparent negative effects of migration by strengthening
mandated protection structures and broadening constituencies and responsive
stakeholders. Meanwhile, engaging with more evidence-based researches and
advocacies that push for strategic approaches to migration, peace and
development in Mindanao are equally important endeavors,” said Elento.
With this consultation-forum, Elento further
said that they intend to generate recommendations for concrete actions in the
region and agenda that could be contributed to a Mindanao-wide multi-sectoral
action plan on migration and development.
Some 40 participants representing government agencies,
local government units, private stakeholders, and civil society organizations
are expected to attend said activity.
MMCEAI shaped its missions for the migrant
workers in the mid-2007 by a group of advocates-women activists, young people,
lawyers, academicians, local legislators, former OFWs, relatives of distressed
migrants – who actively responded to the needs of migrants in distress,
specifically women migrant workers caught in vortex of the globalized economy
which trade people for cheap labor as domestic helpers, sex workers, and
others. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
PAGBA to discuss public financial management,
transparency with govt officers
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) – The Philippine
Association for Government Budget Administration (PAGBA) Incorporated is set to
convene officers of government agencies for a seminar and meeting on April
23-26, 2014 to be held at the APO View Hotel, Davao City.
Budget/Finance officers, accountants,
administrative/personnel officers, cashiers/treasurers, comptrollers, planning
development officers, fiscal/school administrators and other officials are the
participants of said activity.
“As a dynamic organization, PAGBA commences this
year’s quarterly seminars and meetings with an array of fora to respond to the continuing
and current requirements in public service and governance, particularly on
effective implementation of various reforms on public financial management,”
bared Mario Relampagos, PAGBA president.
Relampagos further said that distinguished
speakers were invited to discuss various topics such as Climate Change
Adaptation, Information Systems Strategic Planning, ongoing Public Financial
Management Reforms, Leave Credits Administration and Computation, Project NOAH,
Disaster Preparedness, Commission on Audit (COA) Rules and Regulations on
Suspension and Disallowance, and Personal Financial Management, among others.
In this seminar, each participant shall pay a
registration fee of P4,800.00, annual dues of P300.00 and membership fee of
P200.00. “Cheque/cash payment should be issued/addressed to the Philippine
Association of Government Budget Administration Inc. through the Land Bank of
the Philippines Account No. 1692-1000-30,” specified Relampagos.
Relampagos added that early payment and online
registration is encouraged. To register online, interested participant may
visit the website of PAGBA at www.pagba.com. The onsite registration will be
open on April 22, 2014 a day before the scheduled seminar.
Said seminar is anchored on the theme, “Public Financial
Management and Climate Change Resiliency Towards Responsive and Transparent
Governance.” (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
RDRRMC Caraga readies nationwide earthquake
drill
By Nora L. Molde
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) – The Caraga Regional
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) Caraga region will join
the nation in the conduct of the first Quarter National Simultaneous Earthquake
Drill (NSED) on March 19.
RDRRMC chairperson and Office of Civil Defense
(OCD) Caraga regional director Liza Mazo enjoined all local DRRMCs to actively
participate in the conduct of the first NSED on Wednesday at 9:00 a.m. in
response to the OCD Memorandum dated February 26, 2014, requiring all Local
Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils of Caraga to participate in the
1st Quarter National Simultaneous.
Mazo said the council has identified the city
hall of the Butuan City government as its ceremonial site during the nationwide
earthquake drill.
“The drill will gauge the efficiency of the
warning dissemination and the response of the Provincial/City/Municipal DRRM
Councils and the local government units, as well as the level of preparedness
of schools, hospitals and surrounding communities if an actual earthquake takes
place,” Mazo added. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
News Feature: Organic rice, duck meat feeding
program helps improve children’s health
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) –The introduction of
Integrated Rice-Duck Farming System (IRDFS), an organic farming that yields
better results, by the Philippine Agrarian Reform Foundation for National
Development, Inc. (PARFUND) has helped in reducing malnutrition through a
community-based feeding program.
Based on the data from PARFUND, among the 1,072
children (approximately 50 percent male, 50 percent female aged 1-10 years old)
who participated in the locally resourced feeding program manifested an
improved health, better skin and weight gain after two to three months eating
of organic, unpolished rice and iron and iodine-rich duck meat cooked as
porridge called ’arrozcalducks.’
Of the classified indigenous peoples (IP)
communities in Esperanza and Trento, Agusan del Sur, PARFUND was able to assist
the rice farmers to establish rice-duck farms. Through this, the feeding
program utilizes equipment, materials, supplies, and other resources from the
locality. “Thus, there is a greater likelihood that the local government will
be able to sustain and even expand the program to other areas," said chief
operations officer of PARFUND Jose Apollo Pacamalan.
Meanwhile, Corazon Penaloga from Trento, Agusan
del Sur also testified that her grandson, Carlo Penaloga, aged 4, is doing well
now by undertaking the feeding program. “His weight has increased and he became
very active,” she stated.
PARFUND has recently hosted the 8th
International Rice-Duck Conference on March 10-14, 2014 in Butuan City and was
graced by no less than Dr. Takao Furono, the founder of the Integrated
Rice-Duck Farming System (IRDFS). (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
News Feature: Rice self-sufficiency, it’s
possible
By Rhea C. Abao
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) - Rice is life. Since
the decline of rice production that started in the middle of the 80s, the
government has been doing all effort to bring back what was lost, rice
sufficiency.
“Una, hindi na tayo aangkat ng hindi kailangan.
Ikalawa, ayaw na nating umasa sa pag-aangkat. Ang isasaing ni Juan dela Cruz,
Dito ipupunla, dito aanihin, at dito bibilhin.” This is President Aquino’s
statement during the second State of the Nation Address last July 2011 as he
envisioned to end over-importation and gain rice self-sufficiency in every
"Juan" household.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the
leadership of Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, had directed the regions to get
their focus and pour in all necessary support to fulfill its goal, urging
everyone to work harder and deliver more results.
The Challenge
The year 2013 was declared by the President as
National Year of Rice, enjoining producers, consumers and policy makers to
complement the efforts of the government in attaining self-sufficiency; raise
awareness on responsible rice consumption; and boost farmer’s morale and
motivate them to adopt technologies and good practices to improve farm
productivity.
Producing enough food to feed the growing
population is a challenge the agriculture sector faces every day. Being at the
forefront, the DA intensified its intervention on production support and
strengthened its collaboration with various stakeholders to attain its goal of
a sustained rice-sufficiency in the country.
Intervention and Innovations
In Caraga Region, rice sufficiency is no longer
an impossible dream. Focused on the goal of becoming a rice-sufficient region
in line with the national thrust, the rice program provided full support to the
rice sector through production inputs, irrigation development, infrastructure
and postharvest development, market development, extension support, education,
training and research.
Irrigation
From 2011 to 2012, the completion and
rehabilitation of 12 irrigation facilities, has ensured farming communities to
be served adequate water supply. This lead to the opening of new areas of 3,383
hectares for rice production and resulted to the increase in area harvested
with a growth rate of 24.43 percent in 2013. Availability of irrigation systems
enabled farmers to maximize the benefits of high yielding varieties
particularly hybrid seeds.
Quality Seeds
The department also responded to farmers' access
to quality seeds through the establishment of 15 Community Seed Banks (CSB)
throughout the region in coordination with eligible upland farmers’
organizations. While CSB provided storage facilities for seeds produced by the
community, the strong Seed Grower Cooperatives in the region also ensured the
availability of certified seeds together with PhilRice who provided the
registered, certified, and hybrid seeds needed by the farmers. The 9.27 percent
increase in yield is attributed to the availability of quality seeds.
Although Caraga experienced unfavorable
conditions in the past three years which resulted to flooding, most of the rice
crops immediately recovered and rehabilitation efforts were undertaken through
provision of buffer seeds to farmers whose crops were totally damaged.
Mechanization
Based on a study from two established rice
research institutions, International Rice Research Institute and Philippine
Rice Research Institute (IRRI and PhilRice) postharvest losses is one of the
major hindrance to rice self-sufficiency. Postharvest losses include both
physical losses, 15 – 25 percent in weight and quality (lost during drying and
milling) and 10 – 30 percent in value
of paddy (while harvesting).
Inefficient postharvest handling is thereby
addressed by providing postharvest equipment and facilities throughout the
region. DA distributed two units of rice-combine harvester, 50 units of
collapsible dryer, 20 units of hermetic storage, 16 units of moisture meter, 50
units of rice cutter and 2,000 pieces of plastic grain bag were distributed to
farmer organizations and Irrigators associations.
“Rice combine harvester saves time and saves
labor. Losses incurred in harvesting means a reduction of farm income. Farm
mechanization is indeed a big help to minimize and avoid harvest losses. This should be adopted by the farmers in
order to deal with unpredictable weather conditions,” said Gerardo M. Mag-isa,
chairman of Antongalon-Agusan Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Butuan City.
Education and Training
In support to production services, DA also
continued to strengthen the delivery of extension services to rice farmers to
accelerate the adoption of new technologies and “best practices" through
the 83 deployed Local Farmer Technicians (LFT) and 280 Rice Agricultural Extension
Workers (AEW) assigned at the different barangays in the municipality.
Working together to realize the goal on
rice-self sufficiency, DA, its attached agencies, private sector, and the Local
Government Units, intensified the transfer of technology to farmers through 78
farmer’s field school, training of trainers and school-on-the-air program which
paved the way to a more empowered rice sector in the region.
Rice-Sufficiency Made Possible
The effort to attain rice self-sufficiency has
paid off. A total of 584,548.67 million metric tons production in rice was
attained exceeding its target of 547,484 M/mt or a total of 106.77
percent. The province of Agusan del Sur,
considered as the rice hub of the region contributed a significant yield of 305,171
M/mt equivalent to 52.7 percent of the total production in Caraga.
Such accomplishment in rice production not only
contributed to the over-all target but also showed that attaining rice
sufficiency is indeed possible. Amid
natural calamities besetting the country in 2013, the country still posted 97
percent sufficiency in rice with an increased production of 7.82 percent.
We are almost there
DA Secretary Proceso Alcala had instructed the
regions “to give it our all” during the DA internal budget hearing early this
year. “Avoid serious mistakes especially
complacency,” Secretary Alcala added.
Recognizing the regions as forefront in the
implementation of various DA services and projects in agriculture, Alcala has
mobilized the regions and attached agencies and bureaus to pursue two important
interventions: Investment in public goods and Growing agri-based
enterprises. “It is through this two
major interventions that we will deliver major scores on inclusive growth,”
said Alcala.
Together with the support in infrastructure,
post-harvest facilities, and strengthening market services, DA have high hopes
to deliver major achievements including food sufficiency by the end of 2015. (DA-13/PIA-Caraga)
Butuan makes historic Vision 2020 launching
By Diana Generalao
AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Mar. 17 (PIA) - The ancient
and historic kingdom of Butuan is now out to show the rest of the Philippines
why its rich history is not only limited to its balanghai boats as it
remarkably gathered thousands of people to join in the launching of Vision 2020
via a simultaneous tree planting activity Sunday.
Arriving at the area as early as 5:00 a.m. and
not paying much attention to the scorching heat of the sun later on that Sunday
morning, the tree planters, all coming from various organizations both from the
public and private sectors, lined up along the 5km stretch of the Bancasi
Rotunda towards the boundary of the Bancasi-Bonbon road with their planting
necessities, ready to plant 1,500 mahogany and narra trees and start a
life-long commitment for Butuan.
On the forefront of the momentous activity was
Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. who, from the start of the preparations, never
doubted the support of the Butuanons for Vision 2020. “The support we receive
especially in today’s launching is really very overwhelming. This is more than
what we prayed for and I’m just so thankful to everybody for doing their share.
A little help goes a long way, and yes, it is still a long way to go for us to
achieve Vision 2020, the road can get bumpier, but if we are in this together,
we can overcome whatever obstacles there are along the way. Being united as one
people. That matters greatly. And today
is a great start,” Mayor Amante said.
Led by Vice-Mayor Angelo Calo, the members of
the 13th Sangguniang Panlungsod, were also there to solidify their commitment
to Vision 2020. councilors Samuel Amante, Virgilio Nery, Ferdinand Nalcot,
Ramon Carampatana, and Rema Burdeos, each planted a tree along with their
respective families.
The Butuan City Government chiefs of office and
employees also came in full force and just as well committed themselves, along
with everyone else who planted that day, to not just nurture and protect the
trees, but to remain responsive to their obligations to this once-still city
that is now slowly unmasking itself to be one of the most competitive cities
down South and rise beyond expectations. (LGU-Butuan City PIO/PIA-Agusan del
Norte)
Tagalog News: Gobyerno at MILF lalagda sa
malawakang kasunduan sa Marso 27
Ni David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Marso 17 (PIA) - Kinumpirma ni
Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles noong Biyernes
na ang Malawakang Kasunduan ng Bangsamoro o Comprehensive Agreement on the
Bangsamoro (CAB) sa pagitan ng pamahalaan ng Pilipinas at ng Moro Islamic
Liberation Front (MILF) ay lalagdaan sa darating na Marso 27.
“Pagkatapos ng 17 taong marubdob na negosasyon,
sa huli, tayo ay darating sa isang pampulitikang kasunduan na siyang magseselyo
ng matatag na kapayapaan at progresso sa
Mindanao,” sabi ni Deles.
“Ang paglagda ng CAB ay inaasahang magbigay
benepisyo hindi lamang sa Bangsamoro kung hindi sa buong bayan, at ito ay
magliliwanag higit pa sa ating hangganan hanggang sa pangrehiyong komunidad, at
baka sa buong mundo,” dagdag pa niDeles.
Sinalaysay ni Deles na ang mga paghahanda sa
naturang kaganapan ay ginagawa na sa kasalukuyan. “Ito ay isang kaganapan na
nangangailangan ng masusing pagpaplano at konsiderasyon lalo na sa lugar na
pagdadausan, at iba pa. Magpapadala kami ng mga imbitasyon sa lalong medaling
panahon,” sabi niya.
Noong Martes, inanunsiyo ni Cardinal Orlando
Quevedo ng siya ay magdaus ng kaniyang testimonial dinner na imbitado siya sa
lagdaan ng walang iba kundi ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III mismo.
Si Quevedo na pinaka-unang Cardinal mula sa
Mindanao at kinagigiliwang tawagin na “Cardinal Peace” ay nagdiwang ng araw na
iyon ng kanyang ika-75 na kaarawan at iba pang pinagdaanan kasama na ang
kapulungan ng kanyang pagiging Cardinal kung saan lumipad si Pangulong Aquino papunta
ng Cotabato para dumalo sa misapasalamat na idinaos ni Cardinal Quevedo. (PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
Cebuano News: Presidente Aquino mihukom sa dili
pagtugot kang Cudia nga mogradwar samtang naghulat sa imbestigasyon
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Marso 17 (PIA) – Si Presidente
Beigno Aquino nakigkita kang Philippine Military Academy cadet Jeff Aldrin
Cudia ug sa iyahang pamilya niadtong Sabado ug mihukom sa dili pagtugot kaniya
nga mogradwar niadtong Dominggo samtang naghulat sa bag-o nga imbestigasyon.
Sa usa ka pamahayag niadtong Sabado, si Defense
Secretary Voltaire Gazmin miingon nga siya ug ang Presidente nakigkita kang
Cudia ug sa iyang pamilya ug nakadungog mismo sa ilahang mga apela ug mga
hangyo.
"Sila nangamuyo, mihangyo ug usab
mipadangat sa pipila ka mga isyu. Kami mihimo lamang nga sila mahatagan
oportunidad sa pagpagawas sa ilahang kabahin. Sa katapusan sa diin, kita
mirekomendar kanila nga himoon og pormal ang pagpadangat sa ilahang mga apela,
hangyo ug uban pang mga kabalaka pinaage sa sulat," ("They had
appeals, requests and also raised some issues. We made sure that they were
given the opportunity to air their side. At the end of which, we recommended
that they formalize their appeal, requests and other concerns in writing,”)
sumala pa ni Gazmin sa usa ka pamahayag.
"Kadto gikauyonan nga si Cdt 1Cl Cudia dili
mo-gradwar pagka-ugma, nga walay pagpihig sa bisan unsa man ang resulta sa
ilang bag-o nga apelar, nga karon gipataas na sa CSAFP diin si Presidente na
ang mimando sa pag-imbestigar." ("It was agreed that Cdt 1Cl Cudia
will not graduate tomorrow, without prejudice to whatever will be the result of
their new appeal, which is now elevated to the CSAFP whom the President directed
to investigate.")
Karon nga semana, ang Palasyo miingon sa pagtuon
sa hangyo ni Cudia kinsa wala maka-gradwar tungod sa giingong paglapas sa PMA
sa ilahang Honor Code.
Sa usa ka pamahayag, si Presidential
Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr miingon nga ang
PMA Honor Code importante diha sa kinaiya pagtukod sa umaabut nga mga lider ug
mga sakop sa armadong kusog.
"Ang nag-unang mga tumong sa PMA honor code
mao ang pag-andam ug sa pagpalig-on sa hunahuna ug sa mga bililhong gitakda nga
gilaumang opisyal sa Armed Forces ingon nga kini sa katapusan nga gipadangat sa
usa ka bug-at nga mga pagsulay sa natad sa panagsangka ug natad sa komplikto,
diin ang mga opisyal nga nadeploy ibabaw sa pagkapinili, " siya miingon.
Ang PMA mi-dismiss kang Cudia nga kasamtangan
karon naa sa indefinite leave. Si Cudia, ang batch salutatorian, nga gikan sa
pag-alagad human giingong nakalapas sa akademya sa Honor Code, sumala pa sa
PMA. Dugang pa niini nga si Cudia dili sa
makabaton sa iyang degree ug sa uban pang mga kadungganan.
Si Cudia kahinumduman nga giakusar nga namakak
mahitungod sa iyang rason pagkaulahi sa klase. Human sa pag-apela ni Cudia sa
iyang kaso, si AFP Chief of Staff Gen Emmanuel Bautista mimando sa usa ka
re-investigation sa maong insidente.
(NGBT/PND/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Cebuano News: 459, pinakaulahing mga gradwar sa
BCMTC
Ni Sheila Yatar
BUTUAN CITY, Marso 17 (PIA) - Malipayong gidawat
sa 459 ka mga indibiduwal ang ilang sertipiko isip kamatuoran na hingpit na
gayud silang nigradwar sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka mga gikuhang vocational courses
nga gihanyag ubos sa buhatan sa Butuan City Manpower Training Center atol sa
gipahigayong Graduation Ceremony, sa City Hall Lobby, Marso 13.
Sa iyang mensahe, gisaysay ni BCMTC Director Dr.
Aurora Zaportiza nga aduna nay mga bakanteng trabaho nga nakalaray ug naghinaut
nga kuhaon kining oportunidad sa mga nigradwar.
Samtang sa mensahe nga gipaabot ni City
Administrator Ms. Leah A. Mendoza, gidayeg niini ang mga nigraduwar tungod kay
naningkamot gayud sila nga mapalambo ang ilang kaalam ug gidasig sila nga
mangita ug trabaho aron magamit ang ilang natun-an.
Mao na kini ang ika-onse nga grupo nga nigradwar
ubos sa maong programa sa lokal nga panggamhanan sa Butuan.
Atol niini, mipadayag ug pagpasalamat ang mga
nakahuman tungod kay nahatagan sila ug opurtunidad nga makapahimulos sa maong
libreng pagbansay.
Nitambong usab sa maong seremonya sila SP
Members Hon. Derrick A. Plaza, Hon. Nestor D. Amora ug Technical Education and
Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Agusan del Norte Provincial Dir. Rodrigo
G. De Villa. (LGU-Butuan City PIO/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano News: Mga 'Nego-Kart' gilaumang
makatabang sa panginabuhian sa mga benepisyaryo
Ni Lyka Quinto
BUTUAN CITY, Marso 17 (PIA) - Malipayong gidawat
sa 25 ka mga benepisyaryo ang ilang tagsa- tagsa ka mga kariton kon “Nego-Kart”
gikan sa hiniusang pagkugi sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga
ug Butuan City Public Employment Services Office (PESO) niadtong Marso 10,
2014.
Ang matag “Nego-Kart” lakip ang mga gamit niini
sama sa mga electric stove ug mga water jug nagkantidad ug P15,000- P20,000.
Gawas niini nidawat usab ug kantidad nga P2,500 - P4,000 ang matag hingtungdan
isip puhunan sa ilang pagasugdan nga negosyo. Mupailawom usab sila sa pagbansay
mahitungod sa production, entrepreneurship ug business management skills aron
masiguro ang maayong pagdala unya nila sa ilang mga negosyo.
Gibutyag ni PESO Manager Ronnie Azura nga,
“Through the project, we intend that the income level of the ambulant vendors
would at least be at par with that of the minimum wage earners.”
The Nego-Kart project will provide the vendors
with services that will enable them to increase, upgrade and diversify their
products and services, and market the same to more buyers or customers,” dugang
pa niini.
Samtang gihangyo ni DOLE regional director
Johnson CaΓ±ete ang mga benepisyaryo nga atimanon ug palambuon ang gihatag nga
oportunidad tungod kay dili tanan swerte nga makaangkon ug sama niini nga
higayon.
Nahibaluan nga ang nasangpit nga proyekto
mukabat sa P568, 254 diin ang P455,000 niini gikan sa DOLE ug ang P113,254
gikan sa LGU sa dakbayan.
Ug aron mas mapasayon pa gayud ang ilang
pagsugod ug negosyo, ihatag nga libre sa Lokal nga Panggamhanan didto na sa mga
benipisyaryo ang pagkuha ug business permit to operate. (LGU-Butuan City
PIO/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano News: Kababayen-an sa Buenavista
nakadawat og P100T gikan sa probinsya
Ni Ronie P. Gerona
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 17 (PIA) - “Kusog sa
Kababayen-an sa Buenavista” kun KKB, mao kini ang grupo sa mga aktibong
kababayen-an sa lungsod sa Buenavista, Agusan del Norte.
Niadtong Sabado, Marso 8, 2014, nagpahigayon og
panagtapok ang naasoyng kababayen-an alayon kini sa nasodnong kasaulogan sa
kababayen-an sa atong nasod didto sa covered court sa Barangay Sacol sa maong
lungsod.
Sa maong kalihokan, nanumpa ang Federation
Officers sa KKB atubangan ni Gobernador Ma. Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba ug
ang mga Chapter Officers sa 25 ka barangay sa maong lungsod mihural usab
atubangan ni Bise Governador RamBu Bungabong.
“Kini nga kadaghanon karon igo na nga makapausab
sa dagan sa atong katilingban ilabina sa lungsod sa Buenavista,” nagkanayon si
Gob. Angel.
Dugang niini mihatag si Gob. Angel og 100,000.00
ka pesos para pagpalambo sa nasangpit nga organisasyon.
Sa maong kalihokan mitambong sila Provincial
Board Members Elizabeth Marie R. Calo, Danny M. Moran, Provincial Administrator
Percianita G. Racho ug 17 ka kapitan sa lungsod sa Buenavista. (LGU-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
