Reg’l Youth Advisory Councils to participate in
2014 Nat’l Summit on Teen Pregnancy
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, April 7 (PIA) –The Regional Youth
Advisory Councils nationwide are set to participate in the 2014 National Summit
on Teen Pregnancy on April 24-25 at the Subic International Hotel, Subic
Freeport Zone, Subic, Zambales.
The National Youth Commission (NYC), Department
of Health (DOH), World Health Organization (WHO) and the Inter-Agency Group on
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) are the ones organizing said
summit.
According to ASec. Percival V. CendaΓ±a,
Commissioner-at-Large of the NYC and Convenor of National Organizing Committee,
Teen Pregnancy is one of the defining issues of this generation. “In the
context of youth development, immediate interventions are very much needed to
address this urgent concern,” he said.
CendaΓ±a further bared that the said summit will
be conducted in two phases. Phase I is for institutions at the local level
which is aimed at developing local interventions. With the goal of facilitating
convergence at the regional level, Phase II is for the members of the Regional
Youth Advisory Councils (RYAC).
Also, on day one, participating regions will
undergo workshop and will be presenting their Developing Regional Action Plans.
On day two, mainstreaming ASRH in regional programs and policies will also be
tackled by the participants during its workshop.
The summit is anchored on the theme, “Addressing
Teen Pregnancy, Working for a Brighter Future.” (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Suspected NPA rebels torch mining firm, trucks
in Agusan
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 7 (PIA) – Suspected New
People’s Army (NPA) members raided the Phil Alstron Mining Corporation compound
in Purok 4, Brgy. Tagmamarkay, Tubay town in Agusan del Norte at around 1:50am
on Saturday, April 5, 2014, revealed police report.
According to PInsp Roderick Aranas of Tubay
Municipal Police Station, the front portion of the two dump trucks and side
portion of the backhoe and a mining firm’s building were partially burned.
A single ‘Sunriser” motorcycle was destroyed
completely by fire while communist rebels also shot out the windshields of the
two bulldozers.
“The security guards on duty were outnumbered
that made NPA rebels to easily torch the heavy equipment and to seize seven
short firearms and six shotguns at the security arsenal,” said civil-military
operations officer of the 402nd Infantry Brigade 1st Lieutenant Joe Patrick
Martinez.
He confirmed further that there was no reported
casualty of the incident.
Follow-up investigation and hot pursuit
operations of the Philippine National Police and Philippine Army personnel are
ongoing to incarcerate the culprits. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
Governor’s Cup 2014 Technical Screening
Committee met to lay down final rules
By David M. Suyao
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Apr. 7 (PIA) - The
2014 Governor’s Cup Screening Committee met last week with officials and
municipal sports coordinators of the 13 municipalities and the lone city of
Bayugan and lay down the final rules that will govern the Governor’s Cup this
year, while taking the opportunity and time to conduct the final screening of
players.
According to Provincial Sports Coordinator
Danilo Garcia, unlike the previous tournaments, the technical screening
committee will strictly implement the rules and regulations of the Governor’s
Cup in order to avoid unnecessary contests every after each game, and even
before the tournament starts.
Garcia said the rule clearly states that all
players must be 18 years old and below, or every player must have been born in
1996. Every player must be a resident of Agusan del Sur, particularly at least
one year prior to the date of commencement of the 9th Gov’s. Cup. They must be
living with their parents who are permanent resident of Agusan del Sur.
“Players who are under guardianship and are
living with their guardians are not allowed to play even if their guardians are
permanent resident of the province or in any municipality within the province
in particular,” Garcia said.
The 9th Governor’s Cup will open on Friday,
April 11 at 6 a.m. It was learned that two groups of motorcade, one coming from
Prosperidad for District I or the northern part municipalities and the other
will start in San Francisco for the southern part municipalities will meet at
the D.O. Plaza Sports Complex covered court for a short opening program of the
Governor’s Cup. During the opening program, the search for Miss Governor’s Cup
2014 will take place, including the recognition of delegations’ Best in
Uniform. There will also be Cheer Dance competition and all winners will
receive their prizes every after the competition.
“We want that all municipalities will join and
participate in the Governor’s Cup. Most of all, we want that everybody will
abide by the rules set for the competition. We do not want that this tournament
will be the cause of any trouble because our aim here is to instill
sportsmanship in every Agusanon’s spirit and strengthen camaraderie among our
youth and everybody as a whole,” Gov. Eddiebong Plaza said.
Prizes range from P300,000 cash and another
P300,000 worth of projects for the champion, P200,000 cash and another P200,000
worth of projects for the second prize and P100,000 cash and another P100,000
worth of projects for the third prize. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
2014 Brigada Eskwela in Butuan City set
By Marivic M. Cuizon
BUTUAN CITY, April 7 (PIA) - The Department of
Education (DepEd) Butuan City Division is now preparing for year’s Brigada
Eskwela here, said Education Program Supervisor and Division Information
Officer Dr. Israel Reveche.
Reveche said, concerned teachers of the
different schools of the division after the commencement exercises and
graduation ceremonies start coordinating with parents and informing their
students of the scheduled weeklong activity.
“The Brigada Eskwela is considered as the school
preparation activity, it will gather teachers, parents, students, community
members and other organizations work together to do minor repairs and clean-up
their schools in preparation for the coming school year,” Reveche said.
The activity aims to spare school children from
using their time and effort to clean the school surroundings once they report
for classes, Reveche added.
Brigada Eskwela, which started in 2003, is a
nationwide voluntary effort among teachers, parents, students, community
members and other organizations to do minor repairs and cleanups on their
schools in preparation for the opening of classes. (DepEd-Butuan City
Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Wage increase for JOs in capitol ok’d
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, April 7 (PIA) - All casual and job
order employees of the Agusan del Norte provincial capitol will receive
additional daily wage starting on April 1, 2014.
This is what the provincial government of Agusan
del Norte will implement pursuant to the Caraga Wage Order No. RXIII-12 adopted
by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board XIII.
During the 4th Special Session of the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan on March 26, the council has approved Provincial
Ordinance No. 348-2014 amending Provincial Ordinance No. 130-2002 or “An
Ordinance Establishing a Policy Guidelines on the Hiring Rate of Casual
Employees in the Provincial Government of Agusan del Norte, by Providing a
Provision Increasing its Hiring Rate,” to implement the daily wage increase
from P231.00 to P268.00.
Provincial Board Member Rodulfo A. Pitogo,
author of the said ordinance, opined that it is deemed appropriate to increase
the daily minimum wage of the casual/job order employees in the province to
boost their morale and to financially capacitate them in the face of rapid
urbanization and rising cost of the present standard of living nationwide.
Local officials see and recognize the
contribution of casual and job order employees wherein some of them are
performing vital tasks and work assignments in line with the vision and goals
of the province.
Based on the Daily Minimum Wage Rate for Caraga
region, effective May 13, 2013 the wage is P258.00 for agriculture sector
(plantation); P238.00 for agriculture sector (non-plantation); P268.00 for
non-agriculture; P238.00 for retail and service sector employing 10 or less;
and P268.00 for retail and service sector employing more than 10 workers. (LGU-Agusan
del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DAR Surigao Norte honors 2 ARBs
By Daryll M. Tumbaga
SURIGAO CITY, Apr. 7 (PIA) - The Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) Surigao del Norte Provincial Office recognized recently
two women Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) who were hailed as 2014 Regional
Outstanding Women ARBs.
The awardees were Lilibeth Salem Arce,
chairperson of the Trinidad Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Brgy.
Trinidad, Surigao City and Remedios Seda Dequito, treasurer of Honrado Farmers
Credit Cooperative in Brgy, Honrado, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte.
The two ARB awardees were cited for their
exemplary contributions in making the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
(CARP) works at its best by making their farm productive through the knowledge
they acquired from training, new technologies and approaches in farming and sharing
it to other farmers to adopt the same technologies to improve their income.
The Trinidad Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative
in Brgy, Trinidad and Honrado Farmers Credit Cooperative in Brgy. Honrado, San
Francisco are part of the cooperative organizations assisted by DAR.
DAR Caraga regional director Faisar A. Mambuay
personally handed-over the plaque of recognition to the recipients assisted by
Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer (PARPO) II Jamil P. Amatonding, Jr.,
PARPO-I Jose T. Sebucao and DAR-SDN Program Beneficiaries Development Division
chief Ma. Elizabeth De Guzman during the culmination of the National Women’s
Month Celebration held recently at the DAR provincial office. (SDR/DAR-SDN/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
Tagalog News: Ikinalulugod ng Malakanyang ang
suporta ng CPP-NPA-NDF sa West Philippine Sea
Ni David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Abril 7 (PIA) - Ikinalulugod ng
Malakanyang ang sinabi ng Communist Party of the Philippines- New People’s
Army- National Democratice Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) ang kanilang suporta sa
pag-angkin ng bansa sa pinagtatalunang langkay ng mga isla na nasa West
Philippine Sea.
Sinabi ni Presidential Communications Operations
Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. noong Linggo sa isang panayam sa media na
pinarinig sa pamamagitan ng dzRB Radyo ng Bayan na pinuri ng Malakanyang ang
sinabi ng CPP founding chairman Jose Maria Sison.
Sa isang pahayag, sinabi ng founding chairman ng
CPP na “sa manipestasyon sa pamamagitan
ng sulat at malawakang aksyon, ang makabayan at progresibong pwersa ay tumayo
para sa soberanya at pagkabuo ng teritoryo ng Pilipinas sa mga isla na
pinagtalunan na nasa dagat, kanluranng parte ng Pilipinas na naaayon sa United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea at iba pang instrumentong
pandaigdigan.”
Parteng sa kanya, sinabi ni Secretary Coloma
“lahat po ng pagpapahayag ng suporta na nanggagaling dito sa ating bansa at sa
labas ng bansa ay malugod pong tinatanggap. At umaasa po tayo na lahat ng
sektor ng ating lipunan at lahat ng ating mga kababayan ay nakikiisa sa
posisyon ng ating bansa hinggil dito.”
Noong nakaraang Marso 30, 2014, ang Pilipinas ay
naghain ng memorial sa International
Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) laban sa Tsina.
Ang Manila at Beijing ay may alitan dahil sa
cluster ng mga isla na nasa West Philippine Sea. Silang dalawa ay lumalapag ng
pag-angkin ng Kalayaan Group of Island at ng Ayungin at Scarborough Shoals. (PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
Cebuano News: PABO nga Gipahigayon sa Butuan,
Pinakauna sa Mindanao
Ni Sheila Yatar
BUTUAN CITY, Abril 7 (PIA) - Gipahigayon ang
pinakadakung panagtigum sa mga inhenyero ug arkitekto gikan sa nagkadaiyang
syudad ug munisipyo sa tibook nasud, ang 7th Philippine Association of Building
Officials (PABO) National Convention ning syudad niaadtong Abril 2-4.
"It
is our goal to make the city a center of meetings, incentives, conventions, and
exhibits and holding such a big activity [like this one] in Butuan is a
fulfillment to that task," saysay ni Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr. atol
sa pag-abli sa nasyonal nga konbensyon. Kini ang unang higayon nga ang maong
panagtigum gipahigayon sa Mindanao diin napiling host ang PABO Caraga.
Layon sa maong panagtigum nga magkahiusa ang mga
building officials aron mapa-ugmad ang mga estatistika sa kontraksyon alang sa
mga plano sa gobyerno ug mga magbabalaod. Gihisgutan usab didto ang mga
kasamtangang panghitabo ug simagno nga nakaapekto sa industriya sa
konstraksyon. Misalmot usab sa maong panagtigum sila Agusan del Norte
Provincial Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba ug Surigao del Sur
Provincial Governor Johnny T. Pimentel. (LGU-Butuan City PIO/PIA-Agusan del
Norte)
