Seminar on parliamentary procedures set to
capacitate young leaders
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 26 (PIA) – The Supreme Student
Government (SSG) of Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) in cooperation
with the Butuan Global Forum, Inc. (BGFI) and the Samahang Magdalo Butuan
Balangay Chapter (SMBBC) will hold a Seminar on Basic Parliamentary Rules and
Procedures on August 27, 2014, 8:00 a.m. at the FSUUMorelos Campus Mini
Theater, Brgy. Ambago, this city.
According to SMBBC regional coordinator Michael
Leo Torralba, “the primary objective of said seminar is to increase community
awareness regarding the fundamentals of parliamentary rules and procedures to
help facilitate orderly discussions, thus, capacitating the younger and current
generation as we see them as the future leaders and beacons for a stronger and
progressive nation.”
No less than the vice governor of Agusan del Sur
province, Hon. Santiago Cane, Jr. would serve as resource speaker and share his
high level of expertise on the talking point to around a hundred and fifty
participants coming from the youth sector.
Torralba said that this community initiated and
funded activity intends to benefit the participants through familiarization of
the correct parliamentary procedures and ethics with application of its
essential principles making a more effective proceedings of the meeting.
By exercising parliamentary procedures, it will
make it easier for people to work together efficiently and help groups
accomplish their purposes, he added. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
Bosstex 2014 opens in Surigao City
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Aug. 26 (PIA) -
The Surigao City Tourism Council in partnership with the Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI) and Surigao Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SSCI) opened
on Friday, Aug. 22 the Bonok-Bonok sa Surigao Trade Expo (Bosstex) at the
Luneta Park along Borromeo Street, this city.
The opening ceremony started with a thanksgiving
mass at the San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral, followed by a ribbon cutting
and booth exhibits led by city administrator Atty. Manuel Coro in behalf of
Surigao City Mayor Ernesto T. Matugas with Department of Tourism Caraga
regional director Leticia dela Cruz Tan, city legal officer Atty. Manuel
Delani, DTI provincial director Celestino L. Negapatan, Surigao City Tourism
Council, Inc. chairman Richard Nick A. Amores, SCCI president Concepcion R.
Paqueo and Senior Tourism Operations officer Roselyn Armida B. Merlin.
The Bosstex exhibit is a yearly undertaking of
the city government together with other concerned agencies that features all
Surigao products, delicacies and handicrafts from different exhibitors.
The event will run from August 20 to September
20, 2014. (SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DAR Surigao Norte joins Mindanao Trade Expo
By Daryll M. Tumbaga
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Aug. 26 (PIA) -
The provincial office of the Department of Agrarian Reform-Surigao del Norte
(DAR-SDN) recently joined the 2014 Mindanao Trade Expo held at the Abreeza Mall
in Davao City.
The expo gathered Mindanao’s best manufacturers
that converged at the mall's activity center from August 8-15, 2014.
Six products from the assisted Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) of DAR-SDN were chosen to be displayed at
the expo.
The ARBOs were all recipients of DAR's Village
Level Processing Center Enhancement Project (VLPCEP).
The farmers’ products were the Turmeric Salabat
Tea of Garcia Farmers Fisherfolks Credit Cooperative of Brgy. Garcia, Sta.
Monica; the Dried Pijanga of Magpayang Rural Farmers Producers Cooperative of
Brgy. Magpayang, Mainit; the Nipa Vinegar of Cabugao First Farmers Consumers
Cooperative of Brgy. Cabugao, Bacuag; the Pure Tableya of Honrado Farmers
Credit Cooperative of Brgy. Honrado, San Francisco; the Papaya Pickles of Brgy.
Uno Poblacion Credit Cooperative of Brgy. Uno Poblacion, Dapa; and the Banana
Chips of Trinidad Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative of Brgy. Trinidiad, Surigao
City.
Elizabeth L. De Guzman, Chief Agrarian Reform
Program Officer (CARPO) for Program Beneficiaries Development Division of
DAR-SDN led the provincial team.
“Our purpose in going to the Expo is to display
VLPCEP products of Surigao del Norte and get some vital information on
improving our farmers’ products and some techniques in processing raw products
for value adding to make it more marketable and attractive to buyers,“ De
Guzman said.
The Mindanao Trade Expo is one of the much
anticipated events in Davao City’s celebration of the Kadayawan Festival. (SDR/DAR-SDN/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
AgSur town receives P59M worth of MRDP projects
By Emmylou T. Presilda
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 26 (PIA) - The municipality of
San Luis in Agusan del Sur culminated the Mindanao Rural Development Program
(MRDP) implementation through a celebration during the turnover of the
remaining P5 Million worth of livelihood sub-projects completed under the 3rd
round of MRDP’s Community Fund for Agricultural Development (CFAD) last August
8.
In total, the municipality was able to avail
P59Million worth of projects under the MRDP including the reinforced concrete
deck girder (RCDG) Bridge amounting to P40M; P9M Farm to Market Road; and P10M
worth of various livelihood projects such as expansion of potable water system
(level 2), cattle production, pre and post harvest facilities, goat production,
multi-purpose drying pavement (MPDP) with open storage, and MPDP with
warehouse.
“I am very thankful to the Department of
Agriculture for this support. This
indeed calls for a celebration,” Mayor Ronaldo Corvera said.
During the event, 13 farmer associations and
women's organization received the key of responsibility and certificate of
turnover from Mayor Corvera. This is in
addition to the 21 associations who already received ownership of their
projects in the previous rounds.
Congresswoman Ma. Valentina G. Plaza who graced
the activity, urged the farmers to take care of their projects. “I ask you to love and nurture the projects
for it is a great privilege to be one of the beneficiaries of this program.
Hopefully, when we come back, we will be able to see a big difference in your
lives,” she said.
Beneficiaries of the subprojects also took pride
on how the projects were able to help them in their needs.
“My child was able to finish her college degree
because of the cattle production project that we have availed of MRDP. I was
able to sell one of its offspring to support my child’s college education,”
said Gilda Bada of Brgy. Sta. Ines.
“I am not the only one who benefitted the
project. Other members of our
association were able to buy farm lands and renovate their houses out from its
offspring that is why we will continue to let the project grow,” she added. (DA-13/PIA-Caraga)
DOLE chief joins conduct of joint assessment of
ship in Surigao Norte
CLAVER, Surigao del Norte, Aug. 26 (PIA) - Labor
and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis Baldoz emphasized that the DOLE's
new Labor Laws Compliance System (LLCS) for the first time covers and applies
to companies and workers in domestic shipping and, thus, encouraged
Philippine-registered ships plying domestic waters to voluntarily comply with
all labor laws.
"Ensuring compliance with all labor laws,
including with safety and health standards, are pursuant to our obligations
under the Maritime Labor Convention, 2006, and national issuances, such as
Department Order (D.O.) No. 129, or the 'Rules and Regulations Governing the
Employment and Working Conditions of Seafarers Onboard Ships Engaged in
Domestic Shipping, and the new LLCS,'" said Baldoz during a dialogue with
officials of officials of Taganito Mining Corporation (TMC), one of the
country's largest nickel mining companies.
Baldoz, together with Undersecretary Rebecca
Chato, head of the DOLE's internal and labor relations cluster, and DOLE Caraga
regional director Johnson Canete, recently visited Claver in Surigao del Norte
to join in the conduct of a joint assessment of TMC's cargo vessels at the
Claver Port, in a bid to emphasize the seriousness of the DOLE in accelerating
implementation of the new LLCS.
"Voluntary compliance fosters harmonious
workplace relations and is generally good for business. It leads to
productivity and profitability," the labor and employment chief emphasized
before boarding one of TMC's cargo ships, the LCT TMC II, for the joint
assessment.
TMC owns three cargo vessels and contracts
several other ships to transport its mine production from the shore to the
ships for export. It engages a crewing agency, Lacerta Shipping Agencies
Philippines, Inc. to man its three vessels.
The joint assessment is one of the mechanisms
that the DOLE uses under the LLCS. During the process, management and worker
representatives sit down with the DOLE to assess compliance, with the latter
informing the former about the various labor laws, including the safety and
health standard regulations, that the company ought to comply.
If deficiencies or gaps in compliance are
discovered during the assessment, a plan of action is formulated to correct the
gaps or deficiencies. The DOLE teaches the company and the workers on how to
comply. After the gaps or deficiencies are effected, the DOLE issues a
certificate of compliance to the company.
Engr. Eric Igual, together with the TMC
management representative and the TMC union, informed Secretary Baldoz that the
result of the joint assessment showed very minor deficiencies/gaps. Some of
these were the lack of organized safety and health committee; lack of
occupational safety and health reportorial requirements; lack of on-board and
on-shore complaint procedure; no weekly rest period; lump-sum salary structure;
no written program and policy on prevention of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis B, TB, and
sexual harassment.
Also, the employment agreement of the 19 crew of
the ship is not co-terminus with the service agreement of the manning agency
with the principal, and the manning agency is not registered with DOLE under
D.O. 18-A.
In the presence of Secretary Baldoz, the TMC
management submitted an undertaking and pledged to correct these
deficiencies/gaps in 20 days under the agreed action plan. On this note, DOLE
Caraga regional director Johnson Canete issued a CoC to the mining company.
Baldoz instructed Conciliator-Mediator Ericson
Igual, head of the joint assessment team, to restructure the salary structure
of the seafarers manning the ship, and also directed Director Canete to
continue monitoring the company's compliance, particularly with its
undertaking.
"The DOLE is here to help you comply. All
our technical assistance services are free. You should not anymore fear the
DOLE because our new labor law compliance system is designed as a mix of
developmental and regulatory approaches that encourages voluntary
compliance," Baldoz said. (DOLE-13/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: P11M kapin nga proyekto sa Carmen
gi-turn over sa MRDP
Ni Ronie P. Gerona
BUTUAN CITY, Agosto 26 (PIA) - Mokabat ngadto sa
onse milyones kapin ka pesos ang kantidad sa proyekto nga gipatuman karon sa
lokal nga panggamhanan sa Carmen, Agusan del Norte sa pagpaningkamot ni Mayor
Ramon M. Calo.
Ang nasangpit nga proyekto usa ka farm-to-market
road nga nagsugod gikan sa Poblasyon paingon sa Macopa ug Kabayawa sa maong
Lungsod diin mokabat sa kwatro kilometros ang katas-on sa maong dalan.
Ang nasangpit nga proyekto gikan sa nasodnong
panudlanan sa Agrikultura pinaagi sa MRDP kun Mindanao Rural Development
Program.
Ang pag-abri sa maong dalan usa ka oportunidad
sa katawhan sa maong dapit aron pagpasayon sa ilang produkto padulong sa maong
lungsod. Kahibaloan nga ang lungsod sa Carmen naila na sa produktong manga ug
maoy hinungdan nga moangat na ang ilang panginabuhian sa katawhan sa pipila ka
mga barangay sa maong lungsod.
Niadtong Agosto 15, 2014, pormal nang
gi-turn-over ang maong proyekto pinaagi ni Department of Agriculture Region
XIII Regional Director Edna Mabeza ug gidawat ni Carmen Municipal Mayor Ramon
M. Calo inabagan ni Bise Mayor Wilfredo T. Taglucop ug Punong Barangay Ger A.
Montero sa Barangay Poblacion.
Ang maong kalihokan gitambongan usab ni Bise
Gobernador RamBu Bungabong, Gloria Pabillore nga nagrepresenta ni Cong. Erlpe
John M. Amante ug Daniel Gudahl sa Winrock International isip partner sa maong
proyekto. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano News: P42.6M proyektong imprastraktura
gi-implementar
Ni Gemma C. Dumpe
BUTUAN CITY, Agosto 26 (PIA) - Sugod niadtong
Enero ning tuiga gisugdan pagtrabaho sa panggamhanang probinsyal sa Agusan del
Norte ubos sa pagdumala ni Governador Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba ang
mga proyektong imprastraktura niini nga nagkantidad og 42,677,740.53 milyones
ka pesos.
Kini nga mga proyekto mao ang pagpasemento sa
kadalanan sa Puyo-Colorado sa Jabonga (P9,781,606.80), NRJ-Manoligao sa Carmen
(4,844,426.86), Comagascas-Katugasan-Bayabas-Del Pilar sa Cabadbaran
(9,764,967.95), La Fraternidad sa Tubay (P6,900,067.89),
Capudlusan-Tagbungabong sa RTR (P4,861,912.11), Matabao-Tinago sa Buenavista
(1,372,840.39) ug lakip ang pag-ayo sa kadalanan sa Poblacion 2 (P1,957,227.15)
ug Punta Gracia (1,451,172.06) sa Tubay, ug ang dalan sa Lower Panaytayon sa
Caloc-an, Magallanes (P1,743,519.32) diin kini nga proyekto natapos na niadtong
Hulyo 17, 2014.
Matod pa ni Engr. Celecia J. Morales, ang OIC sa
Provincial Engineer’s Office ning probinsya, basi sa ilang schedule of works
ang maong mga proyekto niining tuiga ra gayud mahuman. Dugang pa, nga bisan sa
kasamtangan kamulo pa silang nagtrabaho niini nga mga proyekto.
Ang probinsya aduna na usab unom ka bag-ong
gihan-ay nga mga proyektong imprastraktura nga bag-uhay pa lamang gi-bidding
niadtong Agosto 19, 2014. Kini nga mga proyekto mao ang Construction of
Spillway sa Brgy. Del Pilar sa Cabadbaran, Construction of Slope
Protection/Riprapping of Tamping Creek sa Brgy. Baleguian sa Jabonga, Spring
Development and Installation of Level II Water System gamit ang Hydraulic Ram
Pump Technology sa Brgy. Lawan-Lawan sa Las Nieves ug Brgy. Simbalan sa
Buenavista, ug ang pagpasemento sa Sta. Ana Road sa Nasipit,
Kitcharao-Anibongan Provincial Road ug Pirada Road sa Cabadbaran. (LGU-Agusan
del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
