Caraga GAD committee sets activities for 2015
Women’s Month celeb
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) – In line with this
year’s Women’s Month celebration, the Regional Development Council - Gender and
Development Coordinating Committee (RDC-GADCC) Caraga has lined-up several
activities for the month-long celebration.
During its first quarter meeting held on Wednesday
at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Caraga Training Center,
the full committee have agreed to kick-off the said celebration on March 3,
2015 (Tuesday) through a fun walk activity from this city’s Guingona Park going
to the Capitol Covered Court, where the opening program and performances of
live bands will be witnessed by the participating agencies and partner
stakeholders.
“Unlike with the usual fun walk which we conduct
early in the morning, this time we will do it in the afternoon so many people
can join us and hear our call to end violence against women and their children.
After that, we hoped to have fun during our opening program and we will be
joined by the members of the Men Oppose to Violence Everywhere (MOVE) from
government agencies and private entities, who will also serenade the women with
roses and chocolates. Live bands from different agencies are also invited to
perform. It will be a fun night for us,” expressed Edna Hontiveros, GADCC
co-chair.
Also, the ‘Kalandrakas sa Kababaihan’ will be
conducted on March 11, 2015. It is an avenue for men and women to enjoy the
trade fair, ukay-ukay/garage sale, massage and spa, medical mission, legal
counseling, parlor
games, and other leisure activities.
It was learned that the RDC-GADCC will be awarding
the Outstanding Women Entrepreneurs, as well as women personnel of the
Philippine National Police (PNP) in the region.
Another activity is the Women’s Summit which will
be hosted by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Schedule and venue
will still be finalized.
On March 27, 2015, the culminating activity will
be held through the premier showing of the winning videos of the five finalists
for the ‘Salida’ (Film) Festival, and the student-artists will be recognized
during the said activity.
Meanwhile, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
Caraga will be facilitating a press conference on February 24, 2015 to brief
the local media on the celebration and other lined-up activities. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
137, 315 people affected by TS Seniang in AgSur
By David M. Suyao
PROESPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 14 (PIA) - The
Agusan del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Council (PDRRMC) Action
Center has recorded 137, 315 persons or 33,329 families who were affected by
Tropical Storm “Seniang” leaving eight persons dead mostly due to landslide and
drowning.
Seven, all from Prosperidad that died due to
landslide were Pepe Ares, 50 years old, male from Barangay San Martin; Martin
Tana, male; Tata Tan-ugan, male; Lolong Dagyom, male; and one a.k.a. “Ilonggo.”
Also from Prosperidad was an unidentified male person and another from San
Francisco named CJ Florentino, 15, died by drowning.
According to reports collated by the PDRRMC as of
January 12, the municipality of Esperanza was the most affected municipality
with 6,696 families but no persons count, followed by La Paz with 6.657
families or 30,083 persons and ranking third is Prosperidad with 5,737 families
or 27,595 persons. Bayugan City has 3,109 families affected or 33,616 persons.
Displaced families who evacuated in evacuation
centers like schools, health centers, barangay halls, chapels/ churches,
gymnasiums, multi-purpose buildings and other government buildings reached to
11,425 or 55,085 persons.
There are houses from 14 barangays in Sibagat town
that were damaged, with a total cost of 2,630,000. One house in Bayugan 3,
Rosario and another one in San Luis were damaged costing 30,000 each, according
to the same report.
From December 28, 2014 to January 5, 2015, 12
municipalities in Agusan del Sur have declared under State of Calamity while
relief goods distributed by the MDRRMCs to their affected constituents with
some relief goods coming from the DSWD Caraga Regional Office now reached
P3,051,681, excluding those whose money value were not yet declared. The Office
of the Vice President has also donated 2,300 food packs containing sardines,
noodles, biscuits and sugar. Most of the family packs served contain rice,
noodles, coffee corned beef/ sardines and sugar.
On January 8, Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza with Vice
Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. and some members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan with
some chiefs of offices personally distributed relief goods to some 2,000
households in Barangays Calaitan, Berseba and Sto. Nino, all in Bayugan City. (PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
DepEd sets January 31 as 'Early Registration Day'
for SY 2015-2016
By Simplicia C. Cebreros
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) – The Department of
Education (DepEd) has scheduled January 31, 2015 (Saturday) as the date for the
early registration in all public and secondary schools nationwide.
The early registration aims to gather information
to base its preparations to address potential gaps that may arise even before
and during the regular enrolment.
Also, the activity will help school heads better
prepare classrooms, seats and learning materials, if they will know in advance
the number of students for the school year.
The early registration targets all five-year olds
to ensure their enrolment in kindergarten and six-year olds in Grade 1 this
coming June. (DepEd-Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DepEd announces schedule of ALS A&E Test
By Alfonsito Allan Cale
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 14 (PIA) – The Department of
Education (DepEd) has set February 1, 2015, Sunday as the schedule of
Alternative Learning System (ALS) Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) Test
2014 for the six regions in Mindanao – Regions 9, 10, 11, 12, Caraga and ARMM.
In Caraga region, the test will be conducted in the
13 different testing centers.
According to Caraga ALS Focal Person Leoniza T.
Lavapiez, there are 13 testing centers in the different divisions of the
region. “Each division will have one
testing center except for Surigao del Sur division which will have two separate
testing centers,” said Lavapiez.
Caraga region has 12 divisions namely: Butuan
City; Cabadbaran City; Agusan del Norte;
Bayugan City; Agusan del Sur;
Surigao City; Siargao island; Surigao del Norte; Bislig City; Tandag
City; Surigao del Sur; and Dinagat Islands.
Regional Supervisors will also be deployed during
the testing day to monitor the successful conduct of the A&E Test.
Also, lead monitors from Manila will be coming to
the region to make sure that the conduct of A&E Test is implemented
according to what is planned and expected, Lavapiez added.
The ALS A&E registration, administration and
certification is free of charge.
ALS is a parallel learning system in the
Philippines that provides a practical option to the existing formal
instruction. When one does not have or cannot access formal education in
schools, ALS is an alternate or substitute. ALS includes both the non-formal
and informal sources of knowledge and skills. (NCLM/DepEd Butuan City
Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Surigao Norte guv turns over water tank, piglets,
speech lab in Siargao
By Mary Jul E. Escalante
SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Jan 14 (PIA) – The provincial
government here recently turned over water tank, piglets and speech laboratory
in Siargao Island, this province.
Governor Sol Matugas led the turn-over of one set
water tank to the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Dapa Field
Office.
While, a total of 20 piglets were also turned over
to different island municipalities under the Animal Dispersal Program of the
Provincial Veterinary Office.
Out of 20 piglets, three piglets were turned over
to Barangay Caridad in Pilar, three piglets to Barangay Sayak in Del Carmen,
four to Barangay Daku in General Luna, four to Brgy. del Carmen in San Isidro,
and six piglets to Barangay OsmeΓ±a in Dapa.
On the same day, Matugas also led the turn over
and blessing of the Speech Laboratory worth P1 million to General Luna National
High School in Gen Luna town.
The state of the art speech laboratory with 50
cubicles is part of the Social Development Management Program of THPAL Mining
Corporation through the initiative of the governor. (SDR/PIC-Surigao del
Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano News: Dul-an P140M proyektong ipang
apod-apod sa probinsya para sa 2015 gikan sa 29% Dev. Fund
Ni Ronie P. Gerona
BUTUAN CITY, Enero 14 (PIA) – Human giaprobahan sa
hunta-probinsyal sa pagpanguna ni bise gobernador Ramon A.G. Bungabong ang
budget sa tuig 2015 nga mikabat sa dul-an P800M lakip na niini ang pundo nga
P139,569,000.00 kun dul-an sa P140 milyon para sa 20% Development Fund nga
nagagikan sa 20% sa IRA kon Internal Revenue Allotment sa probinsya.
Sa giluwatang mensahe ni gobernador Ma. Angelica
Rosedell M. Amante-Matba mahitungod sa 2015 nga budget, kon balikan ang kanhing
balita sa Agnor Bulletin nga sinulat ni Jay Vincent V. Demain, Vol. 14 No. 49
nga isyu, matod sa gobernador nga giseguro niya nga ang maong budget subay sa
panglantaw sa probinsya nga adunay transparensiya sa paggamit sa pundo pinaagi
sa tiunay nga panerbisyo (performance-based) ug balance nga alokasyon sa mga
katigayonan niini. Gipasalig sa gobernador nga ang nasangpit nga budget tulay
sa padayong pagkab-ot sa usa ka mauswagong probinsya.
Mokabat ngadto sa dul-an P140 milyones ka pesos
ang kantidad sa mga programamg pangkatawhan para sa pagpalambong-sosyal ug
ekonomikanhong pagpalambo niin sama sa mga imprastraktura ug panginabuhian sa
katawhan. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
