DSWD Caraga turns-over P8.8 million SLP funds to
Siargao SEA-K associations
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Apr. 5 (PIA) – The Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga Region has recently turned-over around
P8,850.000 million pesos to 55 SEA-K Associations (SKAs) in the five
municipalities of Siargao Islands.
The five recipient municipalities that received
the grants are the municipalities of Dapa with P1.9 million (12 SKAs); Del
Carmen got P1.55 million with eight SKAs; General Luna got P900 thousand with
five SKAs; Pilar P1.050,000 million with six SKAs; and Socorro P3.450,000
million with 24 SKAs.
According to DSWD Caraga Regional Director Minda
B. Brigoli, the SEA-K (Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran) Program is a
livelihood and capability building program of DSWD aimed at enhancing the
socio-economic skills of poor families towards establishing and managing sustainable community-based
credit organizations for entrepreneurial development.
“With the capital assistance, the SKAs member
beneficiaries can now start their income-generating projects such as
hog-raising and poultry, carenderia/eatery, sari-sari store, vulcanizing shop
and other feasible microenterprises,” Brigoli said.
Brigolli also said that there are six types of
microenterprises funded under SKAs wherein member beneficiaries can engage
into, which include Trading: retailing and wholesaling of fish, rice, copra,
gasoline, ready-to-wear (RTW), nipa, scrap, sari-sari store; Livestock Raising:
hog raising and poultry; Land-based Agriculture: corn, rice and coconut
production; Marine-based: fish cage, fish shelter, fishing; Service: money
lending, carenderia/eatery, loading station, barber shop, vulcanizing and
welding shop; and Manufacturing: banig making, nipa weaving, food processing,
bakery. (SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
CSC briefs newly-hired proctors in Bislig City
By Laine Elechicon
BISLIG CITY, April 5 (PIA) - The Civil Service
Commission (CSC) Provincial Office in coordination with the city government
here through its Human Resource Management Office conducted an orientation for
the chosen supervising examiners, room examiners and proctors recently at the
DepEd-Bislig City Division in Mangagoy, this city.
The briefing was part of the preparation for the
upcoming CSC Paper and Pencil Test (PPT) Examination for Professional and
Sub-Professional levels on Sunday, April 6, 2014 to be held at De La Salle-John
Bosco College in Mangagoy.
The orientation was carried out by the CSC
Provincial Director Ruth C. Beniga. On the said briefing, matters on the duties
and responsibilities of the Professional Corps of Examiners and Proctors
(PROCTAD) on test administration were tackled.
They were reminded and made to understand that
examiners shall ensure the proper conduct of the examination based on the rules
and guidelines set by the CSC. (NGBT/CDIO-Bislig/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
