‘Mag Suroy-Suroy Ta Sa Caraga’ tv show
relaunched
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) – Rampage Events
Management Production, the team behind the successful huge production of events
in Caraga region, took the spotlight in relaunching the ‘Mag Suroy-Suroy Ta Sa
Caraga (Let's roam around Caraga)," a one hour travel and magazine show
covering the various ecotourism places within the region.
After 10 yrs from its final episode in November
2004, the show will have its most awaited come back.
Local television host of the 'Mag Suroy-Suroy Ta
Sa Caraga' Gary Aguilo recalled during a press conference on Thursday in this
city that it was the first longest running local show in the region and due to
increasing public demand they plan to introduce it to the viewing public again.
"Our
Expo Exhibit and Variety Show can be
seen on September 11 to 13, 2014 at Robinsons Place Butuan and the pilot
episode will be on September 14 via Zenergy Cable TV Network, Inc. (Channel 17)
at 10:30-11:30 a.m. time slot with a replay at 8:00-9: 00 p.m.," Aguilo
said.
Aguilo stated that they aim to promote more the
tourist destinations in Caraga region and feature the wonders of nature in the
show.
"As an independent private TV production,
we are hoping to get a good rating and expect to reap support from other local
governments in Caraga. The City Tourism of Butuan City is actually doling out
sponsorship for this relaunching event," articulated Aguilo.
When asked about concerns on children viewers,
Aguilo assured that the young students’ activities in schools will also be best
featured. "The production management is making sure to televise wholesome
episodes," Aguilo added.
'Mag Suroy-Suroy Ta Sa Caraga' will highlight
the inherent natural or cultural value and beauty, historical significance,
leisure, adventure, and amusement sites that made Caraga unique and naturally
abundant tourist attractions. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
DTI promotes Shared Service Facility Project in
the SurSur
By Romel M. Oribe
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Sept. 12 (PIA) – The Department
of Trade and Industry – Surigao del Sur (DTI-SDS) Provincial Office conducted a
series of meeting in the province this week to promote the Shared Service
Facility (SSF) project.
Considered as one of the pillars in achieving
the 2011-2016 Philippine Development Plan’s goal of poverty alleviation with inclusive
growth, the SSF project aims to increase the productivity and efficiency of
micro and small enterprises in the priority industry clusters - abaca, bamboo,
coconut, processed and marine products, arts and crafts, processed food and
other agri-based products.
As public-private partnership initiative,
implementation of the project will be through private sector partners who can
provide sustainable facilities to house the machines/equipment.
The DTI conducted six meetings last week in
Lianga, Barobo, Cantilan, Lanuza, Bislig and Tandag City. Various organizations
have showed interest to avail of the program and have submitted their proposal
to the DTI-SDS Provincial Office.
A Regional Technical Working Group deliberation
is set on September 15, 2014 to evaluate the SSF proposals submitted. (NGBT/DTI/PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
Rice supply remains stable in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Sept. 12 (PIA) –
As the National Food Authority (NFA) provincial office here headed by manager
Gleen Echin gears up for the joint 20th Regional Anniversary celebration on
September 26 that will be held in Siargao Island for the first time with the
theme “Bigas ng NFA Para sa Taumbayan,” it was assured that the rice supply in
Surigao del Sur remains stable.
To date, Echin said that they have a total of
about 57,000 bags of buffer rice stocks in all of their three warehouses
located in Cantilan and the two cities of Tandag and Bislig.
Meanwhile, she stressed that commercial rice are
currently priced between P43-P44 per kilo, the same price range that was noted
early last month that posted a P1.00 drop in retail price per kilo after
shooting up to P45 per kilo or more for sometime based on NFA regular daily
price monitoring.
However, NFA rice still carries the same price
tag of P27 and P32 per kilo, respectively, for the regular and well-milled, it
was learned.
In a related development, the said agency here
has already set up 26 Bigasan Sa Palengke (BSP) province-wide so far, Echin told.
On the contrary, she pointed out that a total of
five BSP were meted out perpetual disqualification as NFA accredited outlets
due to violation of the Deed of Undertaking (DOU), citing those doing business
in the towns of Marihatag, San Agustin, San Miguel, Cantilan, and in Barangay
Aras-Asan in Cagwait. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DTI launches GPB to 9 LGUs in SurSur
By Romel M. Oribe
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, September 12 (PIA)
- The Department of Trade and Industry-Surigao del Sur (DTI-SDS) Provincial
Office has launched 15 projects in nine municipalities of this province to
jump-start the agency’s 2014 grassroots participatory budgeting (GPB)
implementation.
As of August 13, 2014, the total amount released
to the local chief executives (LCE) and beneficiaries amounted to P4,742,546.00
for the following projects: local government unit (LGU) Cagwait- Abaca
Processing and Promotion Project
(P451,250.00); LGU Lianga-Nata de Coco Processing Project (P180,000.00);
LGU Marihatag-Abaca Handicraft Making, Coco by Products Skills Training and
Production, Street Food Development Project and Food Processing Project
(P783,275.00); LGU Lingig – Promotion of Micro-Enterpreneurship Industry
Project in which the DTI will implement the project in behalf of LGU Lingig
(P100,000.00); and LGU Tagbina- Coco Coir Development Project and Livelihood:
Bag Making Project (P968,875.00).
Moreover, GPB ceremonial turnover of checks for
Tandag City for its Livelihood the Seaweed Production and Processing Project
amounting to P240,000.00; LGU Barobo for Comprehensive Assistance to Market
Vendors Project (P786,250.00); LGU Lanuza P90,000 for Coco Coir Equipment/Coco
Coir Facility and 450,000.00 for Bamboo Development; and LGU Bislig P260,896.00
for Industry Clustering; and P432,000.00 for Micro-Enterprise Development
Program. It was done during the opening program of the Araw ng Surigao del Sur
celebration with a total amount of P2,259,146.00 checks turned over.
For 2014, DTI-Surigao del Sur has a total of 19
approved GPB projects for 11 LGUs with a total project cost of P6,692,228.00. (DTI-SDS/PIA
Surigao del Sur)
Agnor guv backs P10.9 M infra projects in
Carmen, Tubay
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) - Agusan del Norte
provincial governor Ma. Angelica “Angel” Rosedell M. Amante-Matba fully
supported the two infrastructure projects in the municipalities of Carmen and
Tubay in the province of Agusan del Norte amounting to more than P10 million
pesos.
In her letter dated August 29, 2014 to the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan headed by Vice Governor Ramon AG. Bungabong, she
endorsed the projects Construction of Slope Protection in Tagcatong-Vinapor
Provincial Road in Sitio Bolihon, Barangay Tagcatong, Carmen amounting to
P5,935,460.68 and Rehabilitation of Beto Bridge in Barangay Poblacion, Tubay
with project cost worth P5 million pesos for approval.
These infrastructure projects are included in
the priority projects of Gov. Angel and the funds intended for the projects are
to be taken from the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund of the
province.
Gov. Angel expressed that these infra projects
will surely help the residents in the said municipalities to provide access and
mobility especially in times of disasters and in transporting the agricultural
products to the neighboring barangays and municipalities of the province.
Provincial Board Member Danny M. Moran pushed
for the approval of the projects for immediate implementation and approved by
the Sangguniang Panlalawigan during its 57th Regular Session. (LGU-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Support to “TreeVolution” mounts, NGP success
seen in 2016
By Eric F. Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) – “The National
Greening Program is expected to succeed even before its expiration on 2016 as
shown by the manifestation of support to the Mindanao-wide TreeVolution:
Greening MindaNow campaign which seek to break the Guinness World Record of the
most number of trees planted in one hour keeps outpouring,” Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional director for Caraga Region
Nonito Tamayo said during a live broadcast interview on Tuesday here.
The stakeholders of the DENR including the
different national government agencies, local government units, private firms,
and various organizations are showing their manifestation of support to the
simultaneous Mindanao-wide tree planting rites on September 26, 2014,
highlighting the “Civil Service Anniversary Celebration.”
The world-record holder of the most tree
seedlings planted simultaneously at multiple locations is currently held by
‘Saint’ Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan of India which planted 1,945,535 tree
seedlings involving 340,200 participants in 408 locations across India, from
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. on August I5, 2011.
The National Greening Program (NGP) is a massive
forest rehabilitation program of the government established by virtue of
Executive Order No. 26 issued on Feb. 24, 2011 by President Benigno S. Aquino
III. It seeks to grow 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares nationwide
within a period of six years, from 2011 to 2016.
Tamayo said the five regional offices of the
DENR in Mindanao will attempt to plant 4.6 million tree seedlings in one hour
simultaneously in different locations on the day of reckoning. Director Tamayo
said he has instructed his field personnel in the five provinces of Caraga Region
to prepare and plant 500,000 seedlings in 1,000 hectares of open–access
timberland in different sites.
He said each province shall prepare 200 hectares
with the tree seedlings already prepared at the specified sites. Digging of
holes for the tree seedling shall be done by the participants assuming each of
them can plant 25 seedlings in one hour. “I think it can be done,” Tamayo said.
He said that the 500,000 tree seedlings
committed by DENR for the specified event is actually the target goal of the
agency for the National Greening Program (NGP) this year. “We are compelled to
plant this target number of tree seedlings this year and beating the Guinness
World-record holder is a collateral move," Tamayo said.
He said the latest report of percentage of
survival rate of the planted tree seedlings made in 2012 and 2013 is already
above 85 percent which is a good indication that those seedlings will grow into
trees.
Aside from being a reforestation initiative, the
NGP is also seen as a climate change mitigation strategy as it seeks to enhance
the country’s forest stock to absorb carbon dioxide, which is largely blamed
for global warming. It is also designed to reduce poverty, providing
alternative livelihood activities for marginalized upland and lowland
households relating to seedling production and care and maintenance of
newly-planted trees. (DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: AgNor gitutokan ang pagpakgang sa
sakit nga Dengue
Ni Mary Cheryl Sabandal-Monoy
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) - Nagsugod na usab
ang panahon sa ting ulan. Uso na pod ang mga sakit nga sama sa ubo, sip-on,
hilanat ug dengue fever nga maoy resulta sa pagpaak sa “aedes aegypti” nga
lamok ngadto sa tao.
Ang probinsya sa Agusan del Norte, pinangunahan
ni gobernador Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante – Matba, nag-organisa karon og
Provincial Dengue Task Force, uban ang buhatan sa Department of Health (DOH),
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), mga City / Municipal Health
Officials (MHOs) ug uban pa. Ang maong task force maoy muplano ug maghimo og
mga lakang aron masumpo ug mawala na ang dengue sa probinsya.
Sa Monday Convocation kaniadtong September 8,
2014 sa Capitol lobby, naghisgot si Mr. Jimmy L. Egay, ang Health Education
Promotion Officer (HEPO) – II sa Provincial Health Office (PHO), nga nisaka na
sa 122% ang dengue cases regionwide nga adunay nahitala nga 4, 902 gikan sa
Enero 1 – Agosto 23, 2014 kumpara adtong niaging tuig nga adunay 2, 206 lamang.
Sumala sa Disease Surveillance Report gikan sa
Department of Health (DOH) – Caraga, base sa Agosto 23, 2014 nga datus, adunay
552 dengue fever cases sa probinsya sa Agusan del Norte: Cabadbaran City – 187;
Buenavista – 134; Carmen – 27; Jabonga – 15; Kitcharao – 4; Las Nieves – 26;
Magallanes – 16; Nasipit – 58; RTR – 50; Santiago – 17; ug Tubay – 18. Aduna
usa’y nahitala nga namatay sa dengue: 2 sa Barangay Poblacion – 3 sa Buenavista
ug 3 sa Cabadbaran City – 1 sa Barangay Puting Bato, 1 sa Barangay Cabinet ug 1
usab sa Barangay 4.
Dugang pa ni Mr. Egay, nakapanghatag sila og mga
Ovitrap kits (an attractant agent for dengue mosquitoes) adtong niaging tuig sa
lungsod sa Nasipit. Puntirya nila nga tutukan sa pagkakaron ang Barangay 3, 5,
6, 9, Guinabsan ug Rizal sa Buenavista samtang ang Barangay Cabinet, Tolosa ug
Mahaba usab sa Cabadbaran City tungod sa kataas nga insidente sa dengue cases
niining mga lugara.
Wala pay nadiskobre nga tambal alang sa sakit
nga dengue, busa, gi-awhag ang tanan nga manglimpyo gayod sa palibot kada adlaw
o ang gitawag nga “the 4 o’clock habit”. Alisdan gayod ang tubig sa flower
vases kada adlaw, takloban ang sinalod nga mga tubig, limpiyohan ang mga
sandayong (gutter) ug mga kanal, manilhig sa nataran ug mangayo’g tabang sa mga
Local Government Units (LGUs) para sa fogging. Magsul-ob usab og mga long
sleeves, pajama ug maggamit og moskitero sa panahon sa kagabhion. Pinaagi niini
nga mga aktibidad, mapakgang ang breeding places sa mga lamok ug malikayan ang
insidente nga makapaak kini sa tao. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano News: Steel footbridge gitrabaho sa
Simbalan
Ni Roselyn Gangca-Exaure
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 12 (PIA) - Personal nga
gibisita niadtong adlawng Miyerkules ni Agusan del Norte Governor Hon. Maria
Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba ang proyektong Steel Footbridge nga
nahimutang sa Sitio Calaitan, Barangay Simbalan, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte,
aron susihon ang dagan sa pagtrabaho sa nasangpit nga proyekto.
Ang maong proyekto gipunduhan kini sa Agusan del
Norte Provincial Government ubos sa Calamity Fund nga giimplementar sa
Provincial Engineer's Office.
Gisugdan ang maong proyekto niadtong February
17, 2014 ug gikatakdang mahuman kini karong November 8, 2014.
Subay niini mapasalamaton ang mga katawhan sa
Barangay Simbalan sa pagpanguna ni Kapitan Walter B. Tuga sa lokal nga
panggamhanan sa Agusan del Norte sa pagpanguna ni gobernador Matba sa pagtunol
sa maong proyekto nga maoy labaw nga gikinahanglan sa ilang lugar aron luwas
ang pagtabok ug pagtransport sa mga katawhan sa ilang mga nagkadaiyang produkto
ngadto na sa kamerkaduhan.
Nasayran nga panahon sa ting-ulan lisod nga
tabukon ang maong lugar gumikan usab sa pagsaka sa tubig hinungdan nga
madelatar ang ilang pagtabok padulong na sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka mga
destinasyon. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
