Caraga RDC to hold Training Workshop on Design,
Production & Evaluation of Print Communication Materials to IOs
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – The National
Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Caraga as the secretariat of the Regional
Development Council (RDC) will be holding a Training-Workshop on Design,
Production, and Evaluation of Print Communication Materials on August 26-29,
2014 at the Nasipit Hall, Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city.
According to NEDA-Caraga regional director Mylah
Faye Aurora CariΓ±o, participants of this training-workshop are the information
officers and public relations officers of government agencies.
CariΓ±o bared that the RDC is currently
implementing the Communication Plan (ComPlan) for the Revised Caraga Regional
Development Plan 2013-2016. One of the strategies identified in the ComPlan is
to establish linkage with the association of information officers (IOs), which
will serve as the regional arm in promoting, popularizing and effectively
communicating the Plan to program implementers, non-government organizations,
private sector and the general public.
“In order to strengthen the capacities of the
information officers, the conduct of capability building interventions is also
given priority in the Communication Plan. Hence, the Caraga RDC in cooperation
with the Republic of Germany through the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH will conduct this activity, which is free of charge,”
relayed CariΓ±o.
Participants are required to bring their own
laptops installed with MS Publisher 2007 and a DSLR camera.
It was learned that the Day-1 of said training
will focus on visual and graphic design, and photo journalism. Participants on
Day-2 will undergo editing photoshop while Day-3 will focus on publications
design on poster, leaflets, brochures, newsletters and magazines. Day-4 will be
the presentation of the participants' outputs and closing ceremony.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Govt agencies to celebrate 2014 Natl Filipino
Family Week
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – Government agencies
with partner stakeholders will be celebrating this year’s National Filipino
Family Week on Sept. 22-30.
During the recently held meeting of the Regional
Inter-Agency Committee for Filipino Family (RIAC-FF) led by the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga, the member-agencies discussed and
set activities for the weeklong celebration.
Among of these activities include the: 1)
Orientation on Republic Act 8972 or the Solo Parents Welfare Act and the
Organization of Solo Parents in the regional level; 2) Search for Huwarang
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino; 3) Mass Wedding; 4) Binyagang Bayan with free
birth registration; 5) Search for Best Family Portrait; and 6) Regional Parents
Education Congress.
“The members of the RIAC-FF from the different
provinces of the region will participate in these activities and will hold
other activities related to this celebration in their respective areas. We’ll
surely have a family bonding,” emphasized Aldie Mae Andoy, focal person for
RIAC-FF and Regional Committee for the Welfare of Children (RCWC) from DSWD.
Presidential Proclamation No. 60 dated September
28, 1992 and Executive Order No. 241 dated June 9, 1995, declared the
observance of the National Filipino Family Week on the last week of September
and every year thereafter.
It is aimed to strengthen family unity and
relationships through meaningful celebration and promotion of Filipino values.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
CSC-COMEX system launched in Caraga region
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – Civil Service
Commission (CSC) Caraga has finally launched the Computerized Examination
(COMEX) System here on Thursday and anyone interested to get a Civil Service
Eligibility can now apply online.
The CSC-COMEX is designed and developed to unite
all previous stand-alone examination process into a single, automated examination
system.
Basically, CSC-COMEX is a replacement of then
Computer-Aided Test (CAT). “With CSC-COMEX, we are actually giving people the
option of how they want to undergo the test depending on their personal
preference, either in written or though COMEX. They can get the advantage of
faster and easier process in this innovative system,” bared CSC commissioner
Robert Martinez in a press conference.
Martinez said that CSC-COMEX works on five
modules: 1st: Examination Account Registration (EAR); 2nd: Examination Slot
Reservation (ESR); 3rd: Examination Slot Confirmation (ESC); 4th: Actual Test
Program (ATP); & 5th: Test Result Processing (TRP).
The CSC-COMEX examination will be conducted
quarterly and examinees with consecutive failed results may opt to retake
provided that he or she have taken the same level of exam within the last three
months, announced Martinez.
Meanwhile, CSC Caraga regional director
Resurreccion Pueyo said that while others are hesitant to the savvy way of
taking an eligibility examination, COMEX system proves to be simple and
user-friendly. “It is an integration of modern facilities with secured data
storage and is tamper-proof,” assured Pueyo.
CSC Examination, Recruitment and Placement
Officer (ERPO) director Fernando Porio explained that the sets of testing
materials are pre-tested. He said, examinees get a mixed of easy, moderate and
difficult levels of questions in the test questionnaire and that they follow a
particular test specification.
At CSC-Caraga testing center, there are 20
computer units available for the CSC-COMEX exam. P600 will be charged for the
examination fee and P80 for photo generation, a total of P680.
As mentioned by Porio, CSC-COMEX can cater
around 50,000 examinees per year in the entire country when fully
operationalized. “As of this time, there are five remaining regions that have
yet to formally introduce CSC-COMEX. These are regions III, XI, IX, NCR and
ARMM,” he said.
Applicants shall create a user account in the
COMEX website www.comex.csc.gov.ph/user. For further queries, you may contact
CSC Caraga COMEX in-charge at telefax (085) 815-9459; 815-3370; 342-6089;
225-6097; or email at cscaraga@philcom.ph. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
Comelec installs new office chief in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – The Commission on
Elections (Comelec) in Surigao del Sur has now installed a full-fledged
Provincial Election Supervisor (PES) after so long a time.
According to Atty. Ernie Palanan, he was
appointed on July 28, but only held his first day in office on August 12 due to
important matters that have yet to be settled in his previous assignment in
Butuan City, being the former city election officer (EO).
He also clarified that his first day as PES was
set for the “partial turn-over” of things from his predecessor—referring to
Alma Acosta, who was at the helm for almost two decades in an acting capacity.
Meanwhile, Palanan stressed that the final
turn-over will take place on August 21. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del
Sur)
Intense crime-busting effort triggers crime
volume to rise in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – The rise in crime
volume in Surigao del Sur for the seven-month period from January to July 2014
was attributed “to the intensified/stepped-up police operations against
violators of Special Laws.”
In a report on August 12 at the Provincial Peace
and Order Council (PPOC) meeting chaired by Governor Johnny Pimentel, the
Police Provincial Office (PPO) led by Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Provincial
Director P/SSupt. Narciso Verdadero through P/Insp. Alex Luna, Chief,
Provincial Police Strategic Management Unit (PPSMU), claimed in their “assessment”
that “there has been a notable increase of the Total Crime Volume for the
period covering January to July 2014 as compared to the same period of CY
2013.”
In spite of the situation, he stressed that “the
peace and order in the province is generally peaceful.”
The PPO, during the said meeting, has presented
eight topics on its “Updates On Criminality and Law Enforcement,” namely: I - General Situation; II – Crime Statistics; III – Accomplishment
on Special Laws; IV – Significant Accomplishments; V – Current Programs,
Projects, & Activities; VI – Issues and Special Concerns; VII – Assessment;
and, VIII – Recommendations.
Meanwhile, in order “to ensure the security and
safety of the Surigaonons and to enhance economic development in the province,”
the PPO has come up with four recommendations by means of “institutionalization of the Local
Anti-Criminality Action Plan (LACAP); observance of strengthened coordination
with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts in both Internal
Security Operations (ISO) and intelligence operations at all times;
intensification of the conduct of police operations within the area of
responsibility (AOR) through sustained police presence/patrols in coordination
with the local government units (LGUs) and active partnership with the
community; and, ‘commitment’ to continue to formulate and implement programs,
projects, and activities.” (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
AgNor solon calls for nationwide probe on DOH’s
reported lapse to enforce RA 8344; urged DOH Caraga to act with haste on BDH
incident
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) - Rep. Lawrence
Lemuel H. Fortun (First District, Agusan del Norte) filed House Resolution No.
1379 directing an investigation on the reported failure of the Department of
Health (DOH) to strictly implement, monitor and ensure compliance by Hospitals
of Republic Act (RA) 8344, or the act prohibiting hospitals from refusing to
administer appropriate initial medical treatment, and forbidding any hospital
officer to "request, solicit, demand or accept any deposit or any other
form of advance payment as a prerequisite for confinement or medical
treatment."
Section 1 of RA 8344 reads: "In emergency
or serious cases, it shall be unlawful for any proprietor, president, director,
manager or any other officer, and/or medical practitioner or employee of a
hospital or medical clinic to request, solicit, demand or accept any deposit or
any other form of advance payment as a prerequisite for confinement or medical
treatment of a patient in such hospital or medical clinic or to refuse to
administer medical treatment and support as dictated by good practice of
medicine to prevent death or permanent disability..."
Since last week, netizens volunteered sentiments
over post on Facebook of a certain Tutz Salarda-Chan and she shared grief with
the passing of her daughter 'Yanna'. Story of Yanna spread like a wildfire as
both national and local dailies started to catch her sad fate.
Jannary "Yanna" Chan, a critically-ill
10 year old child, succumbed to a heart ailment in the early hours July 16,
2014, after Butuan Doctors Hospital in Butuan City reportedly denied her
admission for medical treatment due to insufficient money to pay for the
hospital's pre-admission required deposit of P30,000.00. Yanna accompanied by
her mother, came all the way from San Francisco Doctors Hospital on board an
ambulance with complete medical certificate and referral documents. Despite the
presentation of said documents, the critical situation of the child and the
entreaty of the parents, hospital personnel refused admission, forcing the
family to look for another hospital in Davao City - that required another few
hours of travel and on their way thereto, the child perished.
"Prior to this incident involving the death
of Yanna Chan, there have been earlier accounts and reports of hospital and
medical clinics rejecting or refusing to administer medical treatment and
support on account of their inability to pay the required deposit or
downpayment", Fortun in his explanatory note. Parallel to filing of HR
1379, the solon also wrote the DOH Caraga to immediately conduct an inquiry on
the alleged refusal of Butuan Doctors Hospital to admit Yanna. In his letter,
Fortun aptly wrote: "I respectfully urge you to act on this concern with
haste and urgency as part of the mandate of the Department to monitor and
enforce the provisions of the law (RA 8344)." (LAWig Katawhan/PIA-Agusan
del Norte)
Surigao Norte town receives fund for water
hyacinth handicraft training
By Rodrigo R. Matabaran
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Aug. 15 (PIA) -
The local government unit of Mainit recently received a Grassroots
Participatory Budgeting (GPB) fund allocation amounting to P60,000 for the
conduct of skills training on water hyacinth handicrafts making during the
ceremonial turn-over held at the Mainit Municipal Hall, Mainit town, this
province.
The water hyacinth handicrafts making project
will be implemented by the Women Organizations in the barangays of Tagbuyawan,
Mansayao and Tapian, all in Mainit, Surigao del Norte.
The gathering of water hyacinth in the Lake
Mainit for productive purposes will at least reduce pollution and help prevent
clogging of waterways on the lakeshore and its tributaries, it was learned.
In his message, Mainit Mayor Ramon B. Mondano
hoped that the little amount will go a long way in enhancing capabilities of
the beneficiaries in concerned barangays to engage in productive livelihood
projects as he expressed his thanks to the Department of Trade and Industry’s
(DTI's) management for the support.
On the part of DTI, Provincial Director
Celestino L. Negapatan assured to provide needed technical and other
micro-enterprise development support to the proponent during their project
implementation. (SDR/Information Officer-DTI/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
SurSur may host 2015 Caraga Regional Athletic
Meet
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – For two consecutive
periods, the province of Surigao del Sur may possibly play host to the next
Caraga Regional Athletic Meet (CRAM)—the 18th year by 2015.
Early this week, Governor Johnny Pimentel said
that a meeting is set with the Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office
on August 15, adding that the purpose is to request the province for the
possible hosting.
“Accordingly, way mo-host na lain (Nobody is
going to play host) he said in the local dialect," Pimentel said.
Gov. Pimentel went on saying, “Nakita man nila
madayaw an ato pag-host (They have seen how good we were during our
hosting)."
Meanwhile, he hinted that he is amenable to the
idea, “Ok ra man ‘sab sa ako kon mo-host kita.
Again, kinahanglan mo-trabaho na isab (It’s just okay for me to play
host. But, then, again, we need to work)."
However, last Monday, the governor had already
held a meeting with Surigao del Sur Schools Division Superintendent Teofila
Cabatuan, indicating during the time he broke the news that this is some sort
of preliminaries.
When Cabatuan was asked about what happened
during the meeting, she replied that it was just an assessment of this year’s
hosting of the province about the 17th CRAM.
Also, when asked to comment on the possible
hosting as signified by the governor, she expressed gladness that Gov. Pimentel
had already shown interest.
Likewise, Cabatuan confirmed that a meeting of
the Regional Sports Board on August 15 to thresh out the matter is already set.
(NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Intense crime-busting effort triggers crime
volume to rise in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) – The rise in crime
volume in Surigao del Sur for the seven-month period from January to July 2014
was attributed “to the intensified/stepped-up police operations against violators
of Special Laws.”
In a report on August 12 at the Provincial Peace
and Order Council (PPOC) meeting chaired by Governor Johnny Pimentel, the
Police Provincial Office (PPO) led by Officer-In-Charge (OIC) Provincial
Director P/SSupt. Narciso Verdadero through P/Insp. Alex Luna, Chief,
Provincial Police Strategic Management Unit (PPSMU), claimed in their
“assessment” that “there has been a notable increase of the Total Crime Volume
for the period covering January to July 2014 as compared to the same period of
CY 2013.”
In spite of the situation, he stressed that “the
peace and order in the province is generally peaceful.”
The PPO, during the said meeting, has presented
eight topics on its “Updates On Criminality and Law Enforcement,” namely: I - General Situation; II – Crime Statistics; III – Accomplishment
on Special Laws; IV – Significant Accomplishments; V – Current Programs,
Projects, & Activities; VI – Issues and Special Concerns; VII – Assessment;
and, VIII – Recommendations.
Meanwhile, in order “to ensure the security and
safety of the Surigaonons and to enhance economic development in the province,”
the PPO has come up with four recommendations by means of “institutionalization of the Local Anti-Criminality
Action Plan (LACAP); observance of strengthened coordination with the Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) counterparts in both Internal Security
Operations (ISO) and intelligence operations at all times; intensification of
the conduct of police operations within the area of responsibility (AOR)
through sustained police presence/patrols in coordination with the local
government units (LGUs) and active partnership with the community; and,
‘commitment’ to continue to formulate and implement programs, projects, and
activities.” (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DAR SurSur to train agrarian coops on basic
accounting
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, August 15 (PIA) –
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Provincial Office of Surigao del Sur
will spearhead a week-long training on Basic Accounting for Non-Accountants to
the 22 assisted cooperatives of the province on August 18 – 23, 2014.
According to DAR-Surigao Sur information officer
Myra Yu, the said training aims to give additional knowledge and enhance
capabilities of the cooperative members and officers who are in-charge in the
preparation of financial statement and other related transactions.
The training will be divided into two batches to
be held separately in Tandag City and the municipality of Barobo. Expected
participants are the Treasurers, Bookkeepers and Audit Inventory Committee of
the cooperatives. Speakers are from VICTO National Cooperative Federation and
Development Center in Cebu City.
Accordingly, this is also one of the
requirements during the conduct of Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) Level of
Development Assessment (ALDA) in evaluating the maturity and stability of the
cooperatives.
Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Benjamin
Mataksil believes that this training will improve the literacy of the
cooperative members in handling their financial operations.
It was learned that the said endeavour is part
of the various support services in empowering the farmer beneficiaries under
the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program. (NGBT/with report from DAR-SDS
IO/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DOH Caraga investigates alleged hospital refusal
of patient
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) - In response to the
alleged incident involving Butuan Doctors Hospital (BDH) which circulated in
social media, the Department of Health (DOH) Caraga Regional Office has already
created a Fact-Finding Committee and has conducted initial dialogues with the
involved hospital’s administration to probe into the said incident which led to
the death of Jannary “Yanna” Chan.
Also, the said office has ordered its Provincial
DOH Office to trace the medical history from the hospital where the patient was
previously admitted and to hear the side of the child’s family as to their
accounts of the incident.
The DOH on Tuesday, August 12, first had
accounts of inquiries regarding the alleged admission refusal of BDH in Chan's
case from the media.
Verification and validation of the said incident
were conducted and on Wednesday, 13 August, and more information were gathered
from the hospital.
On Thursday, August 14, the DOH Caraga regional
office visited BDH for initial discussions on the matter at hand with the
hospital administrator Dr. Maria Chiara Estacio. It was revealed that the
administration only knew of the alleged incident at the height of the issue, on
August 12, 2014. The administration assured the DOH Caraga Fact-Finding team
that an in depth investigation will be done at the soonest time and, that the
DOH will be informed of these findings.
Dr. Glenn H. Tiangha, OIC of the Regulation,
Licensing and Enforcement Division of the DOH Caraga, reiterated in his
interviews with the media that, according to Republic Act 8344, “In emergency
or serious cases, it shall be unlawful for any proprietor, president, director,
manager or any other officer, and/or medical practitioner or employee of a
hospital or medical clinic to request, solicit, demand or accept any deposit or
any other form of advance payment as a prerequisite for confinement or medical
treatment.”
“We have created a Fact-Finding Committee to
scrutinize the events relating to the alleged incident. The result or findings
of the committee will be submitted to the DOH Central Office, specifically the
Bureau of Health Facilities for the appropriate actions to this incident. The
general public will be updated in due time,” said DOH Caraga regional director
Minerva P. Molon. (DOH-13/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog News: Palasyo: Nasa Kagawaran ng
Katarungan ang pag-ases sa pasiya ng korte na ilipat si Palparan sa
panlalawigang kulungan
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Agosto 15 (PIA) - Ipinaubaya ng Palasyo
sa Kagawaran ng Katarungan (DOJ) ang pagtantiya sa pasiya ng korte na ilipat si
dating Army Major General Jovito Plaparan sa Bulacan Provincial Jail, ayon kay
Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr.
noong Huwebes.
“Ipauubaya po natin ‘yan sa ating panel of
prosecutors o sa DOJ. Sila naman ang gumagawa ng assessment hinggil sa bagay na
‘yan at tiyak naman na gagawa sila ng kinauukulang manipestasyon hinggil sa
bagay na ‘yan, kung inaakala nilang hindi mainam ang pasya ng hukuman,” sabi ni
Secretary Coloma sa isang panayam sa media sa Malakanyang.
Sumasagot siya sa tanong kung si Palparan ay
hindi nanganganib sa pasilidad ng kulungan ng National Bureau of Investigation
kaysa sa kulungan sa Bulacan.
Si Palparan na dating kumander ng 7th Infantry
Division ng Philippine Army ay nahuli noong Martes ng umaga, halos magtatlong
taon mula ng iniutos ng Malolos Trial Court ang kanyang pagka-aresto dahil sa
pagkawala ng dalawang estudyante ng Pamantasan ng Pilipinas noong 2006.
Inakusahan din siya na gumawa ng hindi
makatarungang pagpatay ng mga suspetsadong pumapanig sa komunistanong termino
ni dating Pangulo Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Ang sangay blng. 14 ng Malolos Regional Trial
Court noong Miyerkoles ay nag-utos ng kanyang paglipat sa Bulacan Provincial
Jail, na siyang nagbigay alam sa abogado ni Palparan para pigilan ang kanyang
paglipat dahil sa mataas na panganib ng kanyang seguridad. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del
Sur)
