BAI to hold Animal Rabies ComPlan Workshop in
Tagaytay
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 12 (PIA) – The Department of
Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) will be holing
this year’s Animal Rabies Communication Planning (ComPlan) Workshop on Jauary
19-22, 2015 at the Lake Hotel in Tagaytay City.
Said activity is in support of Republic Act 9482
or the “Anti-Rabies Act of 2007” which specifies the National Rabies Prevention
and Control Program (NRPCP), a multi-agency effort in controlling and
eliminating rabies in the country.
“The BAI was mandated to strengthen the training of
field personnel and the Information, Education and Communication (IEC)
activities on rabies prevention, control, eradication and responsible pet
ownership. As art of this responsibility, the BAI needs to develop more
target-specific IEC materials to create better awareness of the disease and the
rabies program,” disclosed Rubina O. Cresencio, acting Director IV of BAI.
Cresencio also bared that the objective of this
workshop is to develop a communication plan for rabies by: (1) identifying
priority target audiences; (2) determining the appropriate channels for
dissemination of information on rabies; and (3) defining key messages for
specific target audiences on the prevention and control of rabies.
The conduct of the workshop will be supported by
the Stop Transboundary Animal Diseases and Zoonoses (STANDZ) Rabies Project of
the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). All travel expenses, as
clarified by Cresencio, shall be borne by the sending agency.
It was learned that the Animal Rabies Program will
be discussed by Dr. Emelinda Lopez, Rabies Focal Person of the Animal Health
and Welfare Division, Bureau of Animal Industry (AHWD-BAI), while the inputs on
Communications Plan will be discussed by Rosemarie Aguirre, chief of the Health
Communications Division of the National Center for Health Promotion of the
Department of Health (NCHP-DOH).
Meanwhile, a question and answer session will
follow every topic to give the participants an opportunity to clear up
questions that they might have regarding the topic.
After the presentations, a workshop on the
development of a complan will follow. The participants will be grouped into
three to work on identified target audience: veterinarian, pet owners and local
chief executives. The group’s output will be presented in a plenary. The
facilitators are from the NCHP and BAI. Consultant will consolidate the outputs
and will be presented to the National Rabies Control Program Committee.
Rabies is a viral disease that affects the central
nervous system of warm-blooded animals, including humans. The disease can take
a long incubation period (up to six months) and symptoms may take several weeks
to appear after infection. However, once symptoms appear, rabies is always
fatal in animals. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DTI reminds business owners to renew their
accreditation
By Nora L. Molde
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 12 (PIA) – The Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) Agusan del Norte Provincial Office reminds all
business owners and managers specifically that of service and repair shops to
renew their annual accreditation.
According to DTI Agusan del Norte
officer-in-charge Gay A. Tidalgo, renewal of accreditation of said shops in the
city and the province of Agusan del Norte without penalty will be until January
30, Friday only. Late filers will be fined with 25 percent surcharge as against
their corresponding fees, Tidalgo said.
Tidalgo further said that the renewal of
accreditation is based on Republic Act No. 7394 or the Consumer Act of the
Philippines. The scat requires the accreditation of service and repair
establishments with DTI in order to protect the interest of consumers availing
of their services by ensuring that the said establishments have the right
competencies to undertake the necessary repairs in terms of personnel support
and mandatory tools. No person or company shall be allowed to operate a service
and repair firm without first being accredited with the DTI, Tidalgo added.
“Any firm found to be violating the provisions of
the Consumer Act of the Philippines pertaining to the service and repair shop
accreditation warrants the imposition of administrative penalties to include,
among others, the issuance of a cease and desist order, and fines not exceeding
P300,000,” Tidalgo explained.
Tidalgo urges applicants, both new and renewal of
accreditation to visit their office at Rudy Tiu Building, Km. 2, J. C. Aquino
Avenue here and they can also contact (085) 341-5221 or 341-3877 for more
details. (PIA-Agusan del Norte)
NCC conducts online survey on business permit, licensing
system experience
By Rodrigo R. Matabaran
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Jan. 12 (PIA) –
The National Competiveness Council (NCC) is presently conducting an online
customer experience survey on the Business Permit and Licensing System (BPLS)
nationwide to evaluate and get feedback of the business registration processes
implemented by the local government units and other agencies.
Based on the Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG) - Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Joint Memo Circular
issued on August 6, 2010, all city and municipal government units should
streamline their business permit and licensing system to conform to certain
standards in terms of number of form, number of steps, processing time and
number of signatories.
The goal of the BPLS is to improve the quality of
services extended to the business sector, reduce time and enhance efficiency of
the registration process.
The NCC, originally organized on October 2006 as
the Public-Private Task Force on Philippine Competitiveness through
Presidential Executive Order 571, is composed of various government,
non-government and business personalities and organizations in the country.
In June 2011, President Benigno Simeon S. Aquino
III renamed it into a National Competitiveness Council (NCC) through Executive
Order 44 with its vision to promote a competitive Philippines and instill a
culture of excellence, through public-private sector collaboration as a means
to reduce poverty through inclusive growth.
It has already spearheaded the enhancement of
competitiveness and business readiness of all institutions in the country
including local government units to create a climate conducive for local and
foreign investments.
The NCC is being co-chaired by DTI secretary
Gregory L. Domingo for the government and Guillermo H. Luz, associate director
of Ayala Corporation for the private sector.
All business owners who have just undergone
processing of their business permits with their respective LGUs are hereby
invited to participate in the on-line survey.
The online survey form can be accessed at this
webpage: www.competitive.org.ph/bpls_survey. (SDR/PIO-DTI/PIA-Surigao del
Norte)
DAR, LGU-Tagbina ink MOA on village level project
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 12 (PIA) – The
Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Surigao del Sur headed by provincial
agrarian reform officer Benjamin Mataksil and the local government unit of
Tagbina under mayor Generoso Naraiso signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for
the implementation of the Expanded Village Level Processing Center Enhancement
(E-VLPCE) project recently held in Tagbina town in Surigao del Sur.
The said project is designed to provide the
technical assistance to existing Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARB)
organizations in the locality.
Aside from technical assistance, a total of
P500,000.00 as financial support to be allocated for the construction of coffee
processing center. It includes application of Food and Drug Administration
license to operate and enterprise capacity development of the recipient
cooperative as well.
The identified proponent for the E-VLPCE project
for Calendar Year 2014 in Caraga Region is the Mabuhay Kahayagan Coffee Growers
Cooperative. It is also a DAR assisted cooperative engaged in the processing of
Rubusta Ground Coffee under its brand name “CafΓ© de Tagbina.”
The said project is targeted to complete on the
first quarter of 2015, accordingly. (NGBT/with a report from Myra Q. Yu-DAR-SDS
PIO/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
SurSur town receives P48M DAR project
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 12 (PIA) –
Tagbina mayor Generoso Naraiso had recently expressed his gratitude to the
Aquino administration thru the Department of Agrarian Reform’s (DAR’s)
initiative citing the support services to the constituents of the said town in
Surigao del Sur.
Four deserving barangays reportedly have benefited
the farm to market road and bridges project implemented, namely: Ugoban, Sta
Juana, Sta maria and Dona Carmen all of USSAD ARC (Ugoban, Sta. Juana,Sta.
Maria and Dona Carmen- Agrarian Reform Community) of the said municipality.
Report said, the P48 Million worth of farm to
market road and two bridges funded under the Agrarian Reform Infrastructure
Support Project (ARISP III) recently turned-over to Surigao del Sur farmer
beneficiaries in Tagbina town.
Present during the turned-over ceremonial
conducted were DAR-Caraga staff representatives, provincial agrarian reform
officer Benjamin Mataksil, Department of Public Works and Highways
representatives, mayor Naraiso, provincial/municipal LGU staff representatives
and barangay officials. (NGBT/with a report from Myra Q. Yu, DAR-SDS
PIO/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Price of agri-products up in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 12 (PIA) – The
Philippine Statistics Administration (PSA) in Surigao del Sur headed by Ruel
Dres has already noticed an increase in prices of agricultural products
particularly in Tandag City public market.
Joysen Bautista, PSA administrative aide IV, who
is tasked to monitor and prepare the Agricultural Marketing Information on a
periodic basis, said that price increases, although insignificant, have been
recorded after Tropical Storm Seniang hit the province on December 29, 2014.
He opined that it could have been the result of
double-handling of goods due to the collapsed detour bridge in Hubo River in
Barangay Buhisan, San Agustin town, 64.5 kilometers south, this city.
All types of vehicle cannot yet pass through the
Surigao-Davao Coastal Road (SDCR) in the area, the shortest route to Tandag
City and the rest of the municipalities heading north of the province after San
Agustin town, until the restoration work of the detour bridge that was washed
out at the height of the said typhoon is completed.
On the other hand, the Department of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH) has already made effort to immediately address the problem,
but so far, no significant progress has been done yet since the restoration
work depends upon the weather condition, it was learned.
In the meantime, District Engr. Joseph Calderon
has suggested to use the alternate route via Surigao del Norte. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Tagalog News: Palasyo kinundena ang nakakasindak
na atake sa Paris
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Enero 12 (PIA) - Nakiisa ang
Malakanyang sa buong mundo sa pagkondena sa nakasisindak na pag-atake na
nangyari sa Paris sa nakaraang tatlong araw na nag-iwan ng 17 ka taong namatay.
Sa isang panayam sa dzRB Rdyo ng Bayan, ipinaabot
din ng kalihim ng Komunikasyon Hermenio Coloma ang pakikiramay ng Palasyo sa
mga pamilya ng mga biktima sa nakakasindak na pag-atake.
"Unang-una, nakikiisa tayo sa pamahalaan ng
France at sa buong mundo sa pagkondena sa pagpaslang ng mga mamamahayag, pulis,
at pagdamay ng mga inosenteng sibilyan sa mga naganap na terror attacks at
hostage-taking sa Paris nitong mga nakaraang araw," sabi ni Secretary
Coloma.
"Maigting ang ating paniniwala at
paninindigan sa kahalagahan ng pagtataguyod ng kalayaan sa pamamahayag at ang
pangangalaga sa kaligtasan ng lahat ng manggagawa sa industriya ng pangmadlang
komunikasyon sa alinmang panig ng daigdig," dagdag pa niya.
Tiniyak ni Coloma sa publiko na ang intelligence
community ng pamahalaan, ang militar at ang kapolisan ay nakatuon na maseguro
ang seguridad sa bansa, lalo na sa darating na pagbisita ni Pope Francis sa
darating na linggo.
Dalawang magkaibang nakasisindak na pag-atake ang
yumanig sa Paris mula Enero 7 hanggang Enero 9.
Noong Enero 7, dalawang armadong lalake ang
pumasok sa tanggapan sa isang satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at namaril sa
isang editorial na pagpupulong, na siyang ikinamatay ng 12 ka tao, kasama na
ang editor ng pahayagan at dalawang pulis.
Habang binaril naman ang isang babaeng pulis noong
Enero 8 at ginawang hostage ang ilang ka tao sa isang supermarket ng sumunod na
araw ng isang armadong tao. Sumugod naman ang mga pulis sa supermarket noong
Enero 9, namatay ang namaril at iniligtas ang 15 na hostages. Apat na mga
hostages ang namatay sa pangyayaring iyon.
Ganon din, noong Enero 9, natiyempohan ng pulis
ang dalawang suspetsado na magkapatid, na umatake sa Charlie Hebdo at
pinagbabaril hanggang mamatay. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Cebuano News: Mga kawani sa Provincial Engineering
Office gipakigkitaan sa gobernador
Ni Mary Jul Escalante
DAKBAYAN SA SURIGAO, Surigao del Norte, Enero 12
(PIA) - Mga kawani sa kapitolyo sa Provincial Engineering Office nga
gipanguluhan ni Engr. Alwin Pono gipakigkitaan ni Gov. Sol Matugas alang sa usa
ka consultation meeting bag-ohay pa lamang didto sa Provincial Governor’s
Office, Capitol Compound, ning dakbayan.
Ang maong consultation meeting gipahigayon
tungod kay tumong ug tuyo sa gobernador
nga personal nga masusi ug mahibaw-an ang mga responsibilidad ug obligasyon sa
matag empleaydo, masuta ang ilang mga mulo ug problema, mga gikinahanglan ug
labina ang ilang mga suweldo.
Tungod kay gusto gyud sa gobernador nga mapatas-an
pa ang ilang mga sweldo aron madasig ang tanan sa paghatag og tinud-anay nga
pagserbisyo.
Unang hut-ong sa mga kawani nga gipakigkitaan sa
gobernador mao ang division sa Construction, Planning, Quality, ug Maintenance
ug sunod dayon ang Admin ug Motorpool divisions. (SDR/PIC-Surigao del
Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
