DOLE-13 readies 2014 Labor Day celeb
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 22 (PIA) – In line with this
year’s Labor Day celebration, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Caraga has prepared activities on May 1 that will kick-off with a Thanksgiving
Mass at the St. Joseph Cathedral, this city.
A foot parade will follow right after the mass
and an opening program highlighting the 2014 Labor Day Job Fair for local and
overseas employment.
“The mass will start at 6:15 a.m. at the
Cathedral to be followed by a foot parade at 7:30 a.m. going to Robinson’s
Place Atrium, where the opening program will be held. This will be participated
by the representatives of the region’s labor, management and government sectors
including the informal and Overseas Filipino Workers,” bared DOLE-Caraga
regional director Atty. Johnson Canete.
Along with the Jobs Fair, a bloodletting
activity will also be conducted at the same venue. DOLE’s attached agencies
such as the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA),
Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board (RTWPB), Overseas Workers
Welfare Administration (OWWA), Philippine Overseas Employment Administration
(POEA), National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB), National Labor
Relations Commission (NLRC), Occupational Safety and Health (OSH), Employees'
Compensation Commission (ECC), National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO),
and Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) will be there as well to serve its
clientele.
Moreover, men and women will also enjoy the free
massage, manicure and pedicure. A booth for the One-Stop-Shop processing of
documents for the Social Security System (SSS), Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation (PhilHealth), Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF)/Pag-ibig,
National Statistics Office (NSO), National Bureau Investigation (NBI), and
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) will be installed at the Atrium area.
This year’s celebration is anchored on the theme
“Sa Sipag, Tiyaga at Talino, buong mundo saludo sa Manggagawang Pilipino.”
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DTI-AgNor set to destroy non-conforming products
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 22 (PIA) – The office of the
Agusan del Norte provincial director of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
has authorized and ordered the disposition of forfeited products by way of
destruction for being unsafe for public use.
The activity is set on Wednesday, April 23,
2014, 10am at the Butuan City Hall grounds.
According to Officer-in-charge Gay Tidalgo of
DTI Agusan del Norte, the destruction is a result of enforcement activities
conducted within the area of jurisdiction and after due process, various
non-conforming products from several establishments were confiscated in favor
of the government.
As part of the mandate on consumer protection,
DTI Caraga is firm in implementing the Product Standards Law and its
implementing rules and regulations (IRR) whereby business establishments are prohibited
from selling or offering for sale of products covered by mandatory product
certification which do not comply to the requirements of the said law and IRR.
Tidalgo added that if the establishments were
caught selling uncertified products, penalties will be determined according to
the schedule of fines stipulated in DTI’s Department Administrative Order No.
2, series of 2002 including other administrative sanctions. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
Agusanons to strengthen protection of Mt.
Magdiwata
By David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, April 22 (PIA) - Truckloads of
people while others were riding in their own vehicles and motorcycles started
to move towards the foot of the Mt. Magdiwata in San Francisco town, this
province at around 6:00 a.m., Tuesday to take part in the tree
planting/parenting of the denuded portion of the mountain.
Mt. Magdiwata is the main source of fresh and
clean water of San Francisco and was declared as protected forest and watershed
area by then President Fidel V. Ramos.
The participants, numbering around a thousand,
have to walk almost two kilometers up the mountain where the local government
of San Francisco thru its Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office
(MENRO-LGU) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources- Provincial
office (DENR-PENRO) stored the prescribed seedlings of Toog trees to be used
during the tree planting/parenting activity.
Toog tree is a rare specie found only in Agusan
del Sur, part of Agusan del Norte, also part of Compostela Valley and Surigao
del Sur.
After a short briefing of the objective of the
tree planting/ parenting by Dr. Rex Linao and the procedure of planting by
Forester Danilo Sarong, seedlings were distributed and the participants have to
walk again about a kilometer up hill to the planting site in order to plant the
seedlings.
“Because of heavy rains that hit Agusan del Sur
these past few months including some illegal cutting of trees and illegal
mining in Mt. Magdiwata that threatens its condition, the Agusan del Sur
Environment and Sustainable Development Council (ASESDC) designed this tree
parenting activity in order to start the never ending protection and care of
the main source of fresh and clean water that supply San Francisco and the
neighboring areas. Aside from that, we are now conducting research as to who
really is the authorized government agency that will manage Mt. Magdiwata,”
said Linao.
“While climbing Mt. Magdiwata until here where
we conduct this short program and to the planting area is sacrifice, we all
know that priceless reward will be reaped by our children and our children’s
children after we decide today to become part of the forces that will sincerely
protect and take care of Mt. Magdiwata. We all know that even in our wildest
dreams we can never restore Mt. Magdiwata if this will be totally destroyed and
only in dreams our children can enjoy the fresh and clean waters that Mt.
Magdiwata give us. Gov. Plaza therefore pledged his full support to this
endeavor and promised he will always be with us for causes like this,”
Provincial Administrator Jesusimo Ronquillo said.
The tree planting/ parenting lasted more than
two hours because of the distance and the terrain in going to the planting area
while saving Mt. Magdiwata. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Eastern Samar delegation set for “study tour” in
SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, April 22 (PIA) – A delegation
coming from Eastern Samar province is set to conduct a “study tour” in Surigao
del Sur today, April 22 to visit the eight provincial-owned district hospitals
all operating under the so-called Income Retention System (IRS).
According to Governor Johnny Pimentel, Surigao
del Sur is the only province in Caraga region that implements the so-called
IRS, saying that it has already started to attract the attention of other
provinces, citing Surigao del Norte and Mountain Province. Now, he stressed that Eastern Samar is coming
to the province for the same purpose.
Pimentel bragged that in the entire country,
there are only four to five provinces that are implementing the IRS, adding
that the Department of Health (DOH) has even lauded such application.
He continued to say that with the IRS, the trust
fund of the respective hospitals here has swelled to an incredible amount.
Pimentel admitted, however, that while on the
one hand some provinces hate the negative effect of the IRS on the local
coffers, but others try to replicate it, on the other, because of financial
independence.
All district hospitals here do not solely rely
on provincial budget allocation but generate its own income, he hinted.
But to ensure smooth operation, all of these
hospitals need the monitoring of both the Provincial Treasurer’s Office (PTO)
and the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO), he advised. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Local farmers receive free rice seedlings
By Diana Generalao
BUTUAN CITY, April 22 (PIA) - A total of 2000
bags of free rice seedlings were distributed to 1,500 farmer recipients from 48
barangays here during a Ceremonial Distribution held at the DOP Center,
Tiniwisan recently.
According to City Agriculturist Engr. Alberto B.
Buca, the recipients were those farmers whose rice fields were damaged during
the onslaught of Typhoon Agaton first quarter of this year.
Records from the City Agriculture Office have
previously revealed that a total of 2,898 hectares of rice field worth P32.8
million was damaged due to the continuous rains and flooding brought about by
the said typhoon.
Of the 2000 bags, 1,500 of these came from the
local government unit of Butuan while the remaining 500 bags were provided by
the Department of Agriculture. (LGU-Butuan City PIO/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DILG-13 reinforces LGU transparency through FDP
Reorientation
By Don Manuelo O. Patrimonio
BUTUAN CITY, April 22 (PIA) - The Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region XIII conducted a series of
coaching sessions entitled Review on the Full Disclosure Policy (FDP) and
Orientation-Workshop on the Redesigned FDP Portal in five batches for Agusan
del Norte and Butuan City; Agusan del Sur; Surigao del Norte mainland; Dinagat
Islands and Siargao in Surigao del Norte; and Surigao del Sur on March 11-19,
2014.
The activity intended to assist the Local
Government Units (LGUs) comply with the full disclosure provisions of laws such
as Local Government Code (Republic Act 7160, Section 352); the Government
Procurement Reform Act (RA 9184); and the General Appropriations Act (RA 10352,
Section 84) through the implementation of the Full Disclosure Policy of the
DILG which allows the LGUs to upload the financial documents requiring
disclosure as well as enables the public to view, download and print the
financial documents of the LGUs.
During the activity, LGU FDP Focal Persons were
reoriented on the FDP and taught how to utilize the redesigned FDP Portal, the
host website for all the LGUs’ financial documents. Ultimately, it was the
intent of the department to promote to LGUs ownership of FDP compliance as part
of their public accountability and transparency and that the activity is a way
for them to appreciate more this constitutional responsibility to the public at
large.
Anybody who wishes to peruse the financial
documents of their local governments can access the FDP portal via
www.fdpp.blgs.gov.ph (DILG-13/PIA-Caraga)
Placer mayor donates lot for new CENRO building
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, April 22 (PIA) – Placer
municipal mayor Felimon Napuli and his wife Daisy Napuli donated a parcel of
land to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Surigao del
Norte for the construction of the new Community Environment and Natural
Resources Office (CENRO) building site.
The deed of donations of the 1,000 square meter
lot located at Barangay San Isidro, Placer, this province was formally signed
by mayor Napuli and his wife and was received by DENR officials led by regional
executive director Nonito Tamayo during the formal signing and ground breaking
ceremony held recently at the said site.
According to Tamayo, since there will be only
one CENRO in the province in all its way of implementing the rationalization
plan, the booming municipality of Placer will be a strategic place for the
office.
“Placer is the closest junction from different
municipalities in the mainland such as Alegria, Mainit, Tubod, Claver,
Gigaquit, Bacuag, Sison and Tagana-an, that is why we are very thankful to the
bighearted family of Mayor Napuli for their generosity,” Tamayo said.
On the other hand, Daisy Napuli on behalf of
Napuli family said that they have donated the lot in order to bring the
government closer to their constituents and extend further services to the
province as well.
Right after the signing of the deed of donation,
a ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the P5 million CENRO Placer
building followed.
The historic event was also attended by board
member Victor Borja representing Governor Sol Matugas, Mines and Geosciences
Bureau (MGB) Caraga officer-in-charge Engr. Noli Arreza, DENR-PENRO Zaldy C.
Perater, Dapa-CENRO Iniego S. Collantes, Surigao City CENRO Cliff C. Abrahan,
officials and employees of DENR Surigao del Norte and LGU Placer.
(SDR/DENR-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DAR bares 2014 Q1 Accomplishment Report in
Surigao del Sur
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG CITY, April 22 (PIA) – The Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) Provincial Office in Surigao del Sur bared its 1st
Quarter Accomplishment Report for 2014.
Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO)
Benjamin Mataksil particularly stressed on the Land Acquisition and
Distribution (LAD).
He said that of the 5,666 hectare-target, 929
hectares have already been accomplished which is equivalent to 16.39 percent.
Aside from the LAD, he noted that his office
regularly keeps track of other major undertakings like the survey of new lands—536
hectares; subdivision of collective CLOA (Certificate of Land Ownership
Award)—750 hectares; leasehold—3.2 hectares; recommendation and generation of
Individual CLOA—94 hectares; and land distribution (LDIS)—1.3 hectares.
When it comes to accomplishment, Mataksil
bragged that Surigao del Sur has always been a “donor province”—which means
that any excess on the target is always used to cover the shortfall of other
provinces in Caraga region. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Cebuano News: Aquatic research station ibutang
sa Jabonga
Ni Aimee B. Sienes-Sajor
AGUSAN DEL NORTE, Abril 22 (PIA) - Adunay plano
si Cong. Eripe John M. Amante nga magbutang og Aquatic Research and
Experimental Breeding Station alang sa lanaw, suba ug uban pang ilayahon nga
isda sa lungsod sa Jabonga ning lalawigan.
Mao kini ang unod sa iyang gipasaka nga House
Bill No. 4025 nga iyang giduso ngadto sa kongreso aron kini maaprobahan ug
mamahimo na kining balaod.
Matod pa ni Cong. Amante, ang pag-establisar og
aquatic research and experimental breeding station alang sa lanaw, suba ug uban
pang ilayahon nga isda mahinungdanon kayo alang sa kausbawan sa tubignon
kapanguhaan sa probinsya sa Agusan del Norte. Dugang pa niya makatabang kini sa
pagpalabo sa teknolohiya sa pagpanganak og pagpadaghan sa nagkalain-laing klase
sa isda, pasayan ug uban pang mga marine resources nga anaa sa presko nga
tubig.
Ang Lake Mainit, nga mauy ikaupat nga pinakadako
nga lanaw sa Pilipinas ug giila nga pinakalalum nga lanaw sa nasud nga adunay
kalawom nga 223 metro nga anaa mahimutang gitung-an sa Agusan del Norte ug
Surigao del Norte, adunay dakong papel sa ekonomiya sa nagpalibot nga mga local
government units isip maoy major fishing ground sa katawhan.
Kini nga balaodon dako og matabang sa pagdumala
ug pagpalambo sa fisheries resources aron makab-ot ang programa sa goberno
alang sa food security.
Ang maong estasyon ubos sa pagdumala sa Bureau
of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. Ang Department of Agriculture usab
gimandoan nga maoy mohimo sa mga rules ug regulations nga gikinahanglan aron sa
epektibo nga implementasyon niini. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
