DENR Caraga chief visits 82-year old NGP
beneficiary
By Maria Catherine M. Gonzaga
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 9 (PIA) – Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga regional director Nonito M. Tamayo on
Wednesday visited a senior folk at the remote barangay of Sangay in Buenavista,
Agusan del Norte to commend him for a successful endeavor in maintaining a
perfect survival rating of the tree seedlings that he planted through the
National Greening Program (NGP).
The DENR official congratulated Juan Acero Galon,
82 years old and his wife Teofila for the 100 percent survival rating of the
falcata seedlings on their one-hectare farm.
“This is the essence of the NGP, which is to
reduce poverty in the countryside by giving them the means to earn income,”
Director Tamayo said. The other goals of the NGP are to promote food security,
environmental stability, biodiversity conservation, and enhance climate change
mitigation and adaptation.
“My wife and I are happy that we were able to
participate in the NGP,” Galon said. “We expect to earn income from those
falcata trees once they mature in about six years from now,” he said.
Mang Juan as he is fondly called by his peers
admitted he can hardly afford to provide decent meal for his nine children
before he joined the program. “The NGP helped us sustain our daily needs,” he
said.
Mang Juan is an active member of the Sangay Watershed
Planters Association (SAWAPA) People’s Organization. The association maintains
58 hectares of falcata plantation under the NGP.
The program taught him to diversify his tree farm
through planting cash crops such as banana and corn although he opted for
banana. “This is where we get our income to survive while waiting for the
falcata to mature,” Mang Juan said.
The elder couple which will celebrate their 59th
wedding anniversary this year can still outpace the much younger age in hiking
uphill and manage to work in the farm from sunrise to sunset. “This is the
secret of long life, which is to live a healthy lifestyle in a clean
environment,” Mang Juan said.
Director Tamayo said the couple is a role model of
NGP who despite their advance age could maintain a 100 percent survival rate of
the tree seedlings that they have planted. “NGP is more than climate change
mitigation,” he said. “The program helps the people in any possible way it can
to give the people in the hinterlands a better living condition,” added Tamayo.
He said the DENR is happy to note that there are
people like Mang Juan who are dedicated in pursuing the success of the NGP. (DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
223 Agusanons complete STEP training, receive
toolkits from TESDA
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 9 (PIA) - A total of 223
Agusanons have recently completed their skills training and received toolkits
from Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
The first batch of scholars in Caraga Region under
the Special Training for Employment Program (STEP) received toolkits and
Certificate of Training Completion from TESDA Caraga regional director
Florencio F. Sunico, Jr., and Agusan del Sur 1st district representative Ma.
Valentina G. Plaza during the program's Closing and Awarding Ceremonies at the
Bayugan City Gymnasium, Agusan del Sur.
The program was initiated by TESDA-Agusan del Sur
and the Agusan del Sur School of Arts and Trades (ASSAT) being the training
institution, in partnership with the Congressional Office of Ma. Valentina G.
Plaza of the First District of Agusan del Sur.
The program was also made possible through the
Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Department of Education
(DepEd)-Bayugan City Division, and the Local Government Units of the Municipalities
of San Luis, Esperanza, Talacogon, and Prosperidad.
For Bayugan City, 24 finished Carpentry NC II;
Masonry NC I - 24; Install Lighting System/Electrical Devices - 28; and
Shielded Metal Arc Welding NC I - 29.
In San Luis, 30 beneficiaries have finished
Install Lighting System/Electrical Devices. Further, 30 beneficiaries from
Esperanza graduated in Masonry NC I.
Furthermore, 28 beneficiaries from Talacogon have
finished in Carpentry NC II, while 30 beneficiaries from the municipality of
Prosperidad finished Shield Metal Arc Welding NC I.
The Special Training for Employment Program (STEP)
is a community-based specialty training program that will address the specific
skills needs of the communities and promote employment, particularly through
entrepreneurial, self-employment and service-oriented activities.
Training programs are generally short-term and
shall use the cluster of competencies prescribed in the Training Regulations
promulgated by TESDA whenever applicable. (TESDA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Police Regional Office 13 to hire 947 police
rookies
By Noel B. Najarro
BUTUAN CITY, April 9 (PIA) - The Police Regional
Office 13 (Caraga) announced recently that it will be hiring 947 qualified
applicants for police rookie positions for this year.
”This is in line with the Philippine National
Police (PNP) program to look for new sets of police officers in the entire
country for this year 2015,” said PSupt. Martin M. Gamba, the chief regional
police spokesperson in an interview on Monday.
According to Gamba, any physically fit male or
female and graduate of any four year college course, who wishes to join the
profession of public service will be eligible applicants. He added that the
regional police office is accepting police young applicants every day, those
who have the desire and determination to undergo the underlying trainings to
become part of the police force. The applicants will possibly be divided in
three batches, with the first batch possibly on the month of July, another
batch sometime on October and the third batch possibly on December of this
year, Gamba said.
At present, the regional headquarters has already
received about 600 application folders because of their continuing reception of
police applicants every day, “But we need more than this present number so that
we may have a wider choice of the most qualified young applicants to enter the
police service,” Gamba said.
The general qualifications and standards as set
forth by the PNP and the National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) includes:
Filipino citizenship, good moral character, baccalaureate degree holder from a
recognized learning institution, must possess any of the following eligibility,
NAPOLCOM PNP Entrance Examination, R.A. No. 6506 (License Criminologist), R.A.
No. 1080 (Bar and Board Examinations of Baccalaureate Degree), P.D. 907
(Granting of Civil Service Eligibility to College Honor Graduates), civil
service professional examination. The applicant must not have been dishonorably
discharged from military employment or dismissed for cause from any civilian
position in the government, must not have been convicted by final judgment of
an offense or crime involving moral turpitude, at least 1.62 meter in height
for male and 1.57 meters for female, weighing not more or less than 5 kilograms
from the standard weight corresponding to his or her age, height and sex and
must not less than 21 nor more than 30 years of age.
Other documents to be photocopied which must be
issued and authenticated by the issuing office will include (initial
requirements) such as: duly accomplished personal data sheet (CSC Form 212),
birth certificate authenticated by the National Statistics Office (NSO),
reports of rating of eligibility authenticated by the issuing authority, transcript
of scholastic records and diploma duly authenticated by the school registrar
and a certification authenticated and verified (CAV) by the Commission on
Higher Education (CHED).
According to Supt. Gamba, that interested
applicants may call at 815-3325; 815-1668; 342-4570 or visit PRO 13 Office and
look for SPO1 Josephine Mante of the Regional Personnel and Human Resource
Development Division (R-1) for more details. (PNA/PIA-Caraga)
