PIA Caraga readies for ISO certification
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 9 (PIA) – With a commitment to uphold a
high level of quality management service delivery and to enhance its
operational procedures, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Caraga is now
gearing up to join the list of ISO certified organizations.
PIA Caraga regional director Abner Caga and senior officers have
recently met up with Kevin Castillon, an ISO Auditor representing the Anglo
Japanese American (AJA) Registrars, and they discussed the ISO (International
Organization for Standardization) certification process.
“As a certifying body, we offer our extensive range of
certification services that can help the agency in streamlining its operational
procedures to international standards,” Castillon said.
He added that striving to attain the ISO certification mainly
distinguish the agency from being compliant to Executive Order No. 605 -
“Institutionalizing the structure, mechanisms and standards to implement the
government quality management program.”
He further emphasized that with ISO, efficiency and
effectiveness will be upheld through a well-defined and regularly reviewed
office procedures.
Meanwhile, Director Caga bared that “PIA Caraga aspires to
continue serving with excellence. We are open to practical solutions and
recommendations to further enhance the good practices that we relentlessly
championed.”
“This seal of excellence and pursuit for perfection became our
bases to seek and work for improvement, thereby, finding better approaches to
inspire progress. And as we welcome constructive change, we can be assured of
consistency in our level of performance with increased productivity and
decreased inefficiency. This reflects well our core values of integrity and
credibility,” underscored Caga.
Caga is positive that by initiating such action, PIA Caraga will
be putting more substance to the call of the Presidential Communications
Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma to conform with the requirement
of standards and quality management system, the logical way. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
DTI-AgSur starts 2014 grassroots
participatory budgeting; releases funding checks
By Raul H. Tidalgo
BUTUAN CITY, April 9 (PIA) - The Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) kick-started the implementation of the 2014 Grassroots
Participatory Budgeting (GPB) projects in Agusan del Sur with the release of
DTI funds amounting to PHP5.134 million for the first batch of 12 livelihood
projects in three municipalities, as of March 31, 2014.
Out of the total fund release, PHP1.250 million were transferred
to the local government unit of Sibagat for three projects, PHP2.480 million to
Talacogon for seven projects, and PHP 1.216 to Trento for two projects in
addition to corresponding counterpart funds from the LGUs amounting to
PHP130,000.00, 360,000.00 and 300,000.00, respectively.
These GPB projects were mainly livelihood projects including
organic and non-organic food processing, mushroom culture, handicraft
production, laundry soap and dishwashing liquid making, trading, bamboo
development, coco-coir and twine production, e-commerce, and organic fertilizer
production. These projects are expected to generate 502 jobs, extend
technical assistance to 364 micro-entrepreneurs, and provide additional income
to 841 project beneficiaries within the year.
The province of Agusan del Sur has 39 approved projects for the
2014 GPB under DTI in thirteen out of its fourteen city/municipal LGUs
(excluding San Francisco) with total project cost of PHP35.103 million;
PHP30.087 million from the national government thru the DTI and PHP5.016
million counterpart fund from LGUs.
DTI-Agusan del Sur provincial director Lolita I. Dorado hopes to
implement the remaining 27 projects before the end of the semester.
The GPB program, formerly the Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB), aims to
help attain the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) goal of inclusive growth and
poverty reduction. DTI-Caraga got PHP87.96 million for the implementation of
130 projects in Caraga region for 2014. (DTI-13/PIA-Caraga)
Caraga contingent readies for Palarong
Pambansa
By Marivic M. Cuizon
BUTUAN CITY, April 9 (PIA) – The students
athletes of Caraga region for the 2014 Palarong Pambansa (National Games)
scheduled on May 4 to 10 in Sta. Cruz, Laguna are now undergoing rigid
practice.
According to Education Program Supervisor and City Division
Information Officer Dr. Israel Reveche, the weeklong event of the Palarong
Pambansa will be participated in by almost 10,000 athletes from the 17 regions
of the country. The student athletes will be billeted in public schools near
the venue.
In Caraga region, a total of 562 students athletes, coaches,
chaperon and delegation officials composed the contingents, Reveche said.
Palarong Pambansa is an annual event showcasing and promoting
sportsmanship of Filipino learners.
In May 2013, President Benigno Aquino III signed Republic Act
No. 10588 or Palarong Pambansa Law institutionalizing the said event. This
year’s Palaro is the first Palarong Pambansa under RA 10588. (DepEd-Butuan
City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano News: BCG misulod sa kasabutan
tali Nephro Synergies
Ni Lyka Quinto
BUTUAN CITY, Abril 9 (PIA) - Pormal na nga
nagpinirmahay ang lokal nga panggamhanan sa Butuan nga girepresentahan ni Mayor
Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. ug Nephro Synergies, girepresentahan ni Ms. Miriam A.
Martin, usa ka domestic corporation nga naghatag ug serbisyo sa tibuok nasud
pinaagi sa pag operate ug usa ka Kidney Dialysis Center, alang sa pagmuntar ug
dialysis center sa Butuan Medical Center niadtong Marso 31, 2014 sa City
Mayor’s Office.
Ang pinirmahay gilangkuban sa ubay- ubay nga mga kasabutan. Usa
niini nga ang Nephro Synergy mag-abang ug lugar o area sa Butuan Medical Center
aron mamahimo unyang dialysis center sa syudad. Muabang kini sa kantidad nga
Php 13,248 matag bulan. Atol sa pakighinabi kang Kag. Virgilio G. Nery, Jr.,
Chairman on Health and Sanitation, gipahayag niini nga “Gitan-aw nato nga
tungod ang atong BMC pampubliko nga hospital man, ang mga pasyente gyud diha
mga pobre unya dugang nga presumption nga atong gihimo is kining mga pasyente
nato sa BMC nga nagkinahanglan ug dialysis wala gyud silay kapadulngan kay ang
dialysis sa ubang hospital o sa mga pribado nga mga centers, mahal gyud siya.
Ang pangutana pwede ba nato librehon? Ang problema duna gyuy mga gamit para ana
nga gamitunon nga angay gyud bayran, so ang gihimo sa syudad gidoble nato ang
mga indigent nato nga mga pasyente nga naenroll sa PhilHealth. Kung last year
adunay 32, 000 ka mga nga pamilya lamang, karong tuiga 2014, bisan ning doble
ang premium sa PhilHealth, ang syudad sa Butuan mo- enroll gihapon ug sama ug
nadugangan pa gyud nga mga indigent family nga maka benepisyo sa PhilHealth.
Mukabat na ug 66, 000 families. Daghan na ang mga pasyente nga dunay PhilHealth.
Kon naay pasyente nga nagkinahanglan ug dialysis, kung naay PhilHealth, naa sa
kontrata nga gi pirmahan nga Php 500 lang ang ilang bayaran. Libre na tanan
apil na ang mga gamit ana.”
“Siguro mga March next year mag operate na ni siya. Atong
ipaniguro nga sa tibuok Butuan o tibuok man nasud kaning dialysis center nga
naa sa atong BMC maoy pinaka barato, pinaka ubos, while at the same time nag
maintain sa top of the line nga mga makina ug serbisyo nga maayo. Mao na ang
atong gisiguro sa mao nga kontrata nga while nag renta sila ang serbisyo usab
maayo sa pinaka barato nga presyo,” dugang sa pamahayag ni Hon. Nery. (LGU-Butuan
City PIO/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
