SurSur District Jail joins 20th National
Correctional Consciousness Week celebration
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Oct. 24 (PIA) –
The Surigao del Sur District Jail (SDSDJ) under the Bureau of Jail Management
and Penology (BJMP) headed by Jail Warden Senior Jail Officer 4 (SJO4) Andres
Espinoza, Jr. joins the celebration of the 20th National Correctional
Consciousness Week (NACOCOW) 2014.
With the theme “Bawat Isa’y Mahalaga sa Maayos na
Pamamahala ng Piitan at Pagtahak sa Matuwid na Daan,” the District Jail here
has lined-up several activities to highlight the occasion on October 25-31.
According to Espinoza, the week-long celebration
that will be participated in by inmates includes the “Holy Mass, Sportsfest,
Medical and Dental Mission, Legal Counseling, Parlor Games, Presong Henyo,
Talentadong SDSDJ-Inmate, and Search for Mr. SDSDJ-Tandag 2014.”
During the opening program on October 25, both
Editha Lemosionero, chief, Parole and Probation Office (PPA) and Atty. Porferio
Baluran, Jr., district public attorney, Public Attorney’s Office (PAO), all
based in the province, are going to deliver their respective messages during
the affair. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DENR Caraga releases captured tarsier to natural
habitat
By Maria Catherine M. Gonzaga
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 24 (PIA) – The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga Regional Director Nonito M.
Tamayo has advised the residents at the perimeters of the Promontory Park in
Barangay Bood, Pinamanculan, this city to protect the first tarsier released by
the DENR in the area where it will make its natural habitat for the rest of his
life.
The DENR Protected Areas and Wildlife Division
(PAWD) personnel headed by regional technical director Ronilo Salac have freed
the tarsier on October 5 at the said park.
The tarsier was captured by Felix Lambigit, an
abacca worker in Sitio Kadahon-dahunan, Barangay 2, Poblacion, Santiago, Agusan
del Norte.
“It was my first time to see a tarsier. I thought
it was an “evil” creature when I hit it. I tried to sell it to a friend to earn
extra income,” he said.
On October 4, 2014, a call from his friend
informed him that the tarsier would be turned over to the DENR. “We were told
that selling the animal is prohibited by Republic Act 9147 or the Wildlife
Resources Conservation and Protection Act,” he added.
On the following day, the PAWD technical staff
namely, Rex Plaza, Rolly Caballero and Jestoni Peras released the 37.5 cm. tall
tarsier to the park so that the male tarsier could live.
The Philippine tarsier, (Tarsius syrichta) is one
of the smallest known primates. They are mostly active at night and lives on a
diet of insects. According to DENR Administrative Order No. 2004-15, the
Philippine tarsier is under the “other threatened species” conservation status.
“Tarsiers are very sensitive to a life in
captivity. They commit suicide due to trauma caused by touching and loud noise.
This is why releasing them back to their habitat is the best thing we can do to
protect them,” a PAWD technical staff said. (NCLM/DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
AgNor PNP launches public info center
By Noel B. Najarro
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 24 (PIA) - Aiming to be an
accessible and transparent provincial police, the Agusan del Norte Provincial
Police Office launched on Thursday morning, its public information office at
the Resource and Learning Center, 2nd floor Agusan del Norte Provincial Police
Office, Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez, this city.
The activity was attended by PSInsp. Marife M.
Farol, OIC PPO Public Information, PSInsp. Danilo B. Palen, OIC, ADMIN/HRDD,
PInsp. Analie Enriquez, OIC, Provincial Tactical Operations Center (PTOC), and
local media practitioners.
In her message and also during the open forum,
PSInsp. Farol said that Agusan del Norte Police Provincial Director PSSupt.
Rommel Francisco D. Marbil had given his instructions to make Agusan del Norte
PPO be transparent, accessible to the media and the public for information as
long as it will not impede police tactical operations. SSupt. Marbil also
instructed the provincial police to be very responsive to any concerns or
complains from the public needing police assistance whenever and wherever in
the province, Farol said.
Farol assured the members of the media that the
instructions of the police provincial director will be implemented down, even
to the municipal police stations. The official also had given her assurance
that timely information of their accomplishments, activities and other
newsworthy materials will be available the soonest time possible.
SInsp. Farol also said that the launching of their
police information office were among the “firsts” of the said provincial police
office. The others include their police watchtower at Kitcharao Municipal
Police Station, in Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte, which was considered the first
police watchtower of its kind in the region. The structure according to her was
built with the assistance of the Agusan del Norte local government unit headed
by Gov. Ma. Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba. Then, they have their police mascot
“General A.M.A.N.T.E.” (Absolute Mentoring and Nurturing Towards Excellence)
which became a crowd drawer particularly the children, during public dialogues
and other forums initiated by the police. (PNA/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DENR Caraga reports NGPs status of accomplishments
By Maria Catherine M. Gonzaga
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 24 (PIA) - The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga reported that the reforestation
efforts in the region has been successful as reflected in the results of the
on-going validation made in September 2014.
Survival rates of National Greening Program (NGP)
sites from 2011 to 2013 has improved and hit the benchmark of 85 percent set by
the government.
A survival rate of 97 percent or 2,181,293
seedlings planted in 4,514.41 hectares was noted in the 2011 re-planting
catch-up plan and 99 percent or 6,232,898 seedlings planted in 8,503.83
hectares in 2012.
A 100 percent accomplishment in the status of maintenance
and protection was noted during the validation done in the second quarter this
year which includes the 9,384 hectares of NGP sites in 2012 and 13,019 hectares
of NGP sites in 2013.
An ongoing 2013 NGP site validation is being done
by the Regional Office to determine the survival rate of the seedlings planted
in the sites. Based on the latest data, the teams have already validated a
total of 35 percent or 2,842,976 seedlings planted in 6,548.70 hectares out of
the 18,525.70 hectares target. An initial survival rate of 81.60 percent had
been noted.
As of September, DENR officials have positive
outlooks on the implementation of NGP in 2014. This was supported by the fact
that it has already marked a 90 percent seedling production or 7,977,570
seedlings out of the 8,817,439 seedlings target and 76 percent area development
or 12,400 hectares out of the 16,292 hectares target.
“The construction of the Mechanized Nursery in
Bislig, Surigao del Sur which is expected to be fully operational next year
will augment the supply of seedlings needed for the fulfillment of the program.
The nursery is now 89.3 percent done and we are looking forward for its
completion as soon as possible,” DENR Caraga regional director Nonito M. Tamayo
said.
President Benigno Aquino III issued Executive
Order No. 26 or the National Greening Program on February 2011 to serve as a
tool to fight climate change and provide a sustainable income for the
Filipinos. The program targets to plant 1.5 billion trees covering 1.5 million
hectares of land from 2011 to 2016 in the Philippines.
“The NGP reforestation project was implemented by
contracted people organizations and beneficiaries who will not only plant trees
but ensure the survival of the seedlings planted for the duration of three
years," Tamayo said. (NCLM/DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
City LGU, DILG to meet with city CSOs
By Noel B. Najarro
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 24 (PIA) - The city government
here in coordination with the Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG) Butuan City has set an assembly with the city civil society
organizations (CSOs).
The CSO assembly is set on October 29, 2014 from
8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at a local convention center, this city.
DILG city director Romeo A. Solis said that the
assembly is in consonance with the Philippine Development Plan’s goal of
inclusive growth and poverty reduction, and promoting good governance at the
local level.
Solis also said that the city government of Butuan
in coordination of the DILG Butuan City through the Grassroots Participatory
Budgeting (GPB) formerly known as the Bottoms-up Budgeting (BUB), will be
starting to draft its Local Poverty Reduction Action Plan (LPRAP) for 2016.
According to Solis that part of the preliminary
process is the civil society organization (CSO) assembly wherein the objectives
are to orient the CSOs on their role in the local governance and selection of
CSO representatives in the Local Poverty Reduction Action Team (LPRAT) guided
by Joint Memorandum Circular No. 5. (PNA/PIA-Caraga)
