DTI Caraga delivers SME programs to Marihatag
residents
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
SAN ISIDRO, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 24
(PIA) – In time with the Peace Caravan (Serbisyo Caravan) spearheaded by the
Association of Caraga Executives (ACE), the Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI) Caraga extended its Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) Programs to the
residents of Barangay San Isidro, this municipality.
Jorge Silaga, PAyapa at MAsaganang PAmayanan
(PAMANA) Focal Person of DTI-Caraga relayed that the SME Development Programs
of the department focuses on the following: Design and Development Assistance;
Entrepreneurial and Product Development Trainings; Trademark Registration;
Export assistance; Investment Consultancy; Shared Service Facility; Host to
loan facility of small business guarantee fund for financial assistance to
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and other programs such as Buttoms-Up-Budgeting
(BuB), and Go Negosyo Center.
“With our aim to promote the welfare of our
consumers and entrepreneurs, we are always ready to extend help and assistance
to them. And this time, we would like to improve the lives of the marginalized
and most vulnerable sector in this barangay here in Marihatag, as well as in
other barangays to let them know that the government is doing all its best to
provide the services and programs for them. We hoped to see them starting to
put up their own businesses and livelihood not only for their family but for
the community,” expressed Silaga.
She further relayed that the department has just
recently launched the Go Negosyo Centers that features locally-made products of
the different residents in the provinces of Caraga.
Silaga also disclosed that for the local business,
DTI provides repair shop accreditation; construction industry; product
standards; and product development.
“For us also to be effective as consumers and at
the same time entrepreneurs, it is also very important to know well how to
handle complaints; be well-aware of the ‘No Return, No Exchange’ Policy; as
well as the Price Tag Law; Deceptive Sales Acts and Practices; Warranties;
Credit Cards Policy; Sales Promotion; Senior Citizens privileges; Balikbayan
Boxes; Exports; Investments; and Patents and Trademarks,” added Silaga.
The said DTI representative also encouraged the
local residents to know their rights as consumers and prevent themselves from
being a victim of any scam by the different groups illegally circulating and
operating in the region.
“We will conduct orientation-seminars and
trainings that will enhance their business skills and will help them sustain
whatever business they would like to indulge into. We have partners in the
government who will also provide you with your other needs. Distance may
separate us but we will always find ways to reach you,” stressed Silaga.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DOH brings ‘High Impact Five’ scheme to Marihatag
local residents
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
SAN ISIDRO, Marihatag, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 24
(PIA) – The Department of Health (DOH) Caraga joined in the Peace Caravan
(Serbisyo Caravan) on Monday spearheaded by the Association of Caraga
Executives (ACE) together with other government agencies bringing their newest
scheme dubbed as “High Impact Five.”
“In pursuit of peace, justice and sincere
commitment to the provision of direct and improved health services to target
areas in the region, the Department of Health is here participating in the
Peace Caravan for the benefit of our locals in Marihatag today and Lianga,
Surigao del Sur by tomorrow,” said Dr. Jose Llacuna Jr, regional director of
DOH-Caraga.
Llacuna stressed that the Peace Caravan is only a
segment of the Whole of Nation Initiative which is a wide-scope strategy to
maintain peace and order to target communities while giving them proper
services related to livelihood, agricultural, educational and most of all their
health needs.
“The continued dynamism of the department has
improved with our newest scheme – the ‘High Impact Five.’ This scheme supports
the Whole of Nation Initiative to allay the effects of armed conflict areas,
specifically in some municipalities of the region. This mechanism also aims to
provide specific, direct and enhanced health services in terms of Maternal,
Infant and Child Care, HIV Counseling and Testing and a finer Service Delivery
System,” disclosed Llacuna.
Llacuna added that the services groomed does not
only revolve in these areas because the locals in target communities deserve a
broader coverage of health and health-related services, “which is why
notwithstanding from the five main services declared, the DOH regional office
will cater medical consultation, dental services, blood donation services,
immunization for senior citizens, and distribution of family and hygiene kits,
toilet bowls, Jerycans, visual aids and advocacy materials."
“We will never stop giving you (residents) the
services you deserve. As we promote peace and order, we also promote good
health and healthy living. Continue to support us and make use of our free
services in the Peace Caravan today,” Llacuna added.
The good director further emphasized that to
further bring and emphasize the accessibility of these services, instead of the
people going to health facilities, the DOH will also bring these services to
the people by means of a customized bus called “Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan Bus,”
that will serve as multi-channeled tool and health services in congruent to the
government’s health reform agenda of universal access to health care.
“As a whole, the DOH led by Secretary Janette
Loreto-Garin is expanding all opportunities and all our best efforts to
maintain and improve mediocre health status and health care system especially
to the farthest areas of local communities. With the intensified programs of
the agency and the helpful hands from partners, a better quality life is
envisioned not just by Caraganons but for all Filipinos,” Llacuna underscored.
The DOH has a vision of a global leader for attaining
better health outcomes, competitive and responsive health care system, and
equitable health financing. Its mission is to guarantee equitable, sustainable
and quality health for all Filipinos, especially the poor, and to lead the
quest for excellence in health. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
108 Tagbina farmers get land titles from DAR
By Joie L. Ceballos
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 24 (PIA) – A total of 108
farmers from Brgy. Quezon in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur received land titles from
the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) covering 214 hectares last August 19,
2015.
Margarita Caindoy, 67, one of the recipients,
expressed so much joy receiving her parcel, along with eight other members of
her family. “I have been a farmer all my life. Thanks to DAR, now I have a land
I will call my own,” she added.
The distribution ceremony, which was attended by
Surigao del Sur Governor Johnny Pimentel, Tagbina Mayor Generoso Naraiso, DAR
Caraga regional director Julita Ragandang and Provincial Agrarian Reform
Officer II Benjamin Mataksil, is part of the 1st Araw ng Brgy. Quezon
celebration.
Governor Johhny Pimentel said that this
distribution of land title is a proof that the government under the Aquino
administration is doing its job.
Tagbina Mayor Generoso Naraiso said, that indeed,
the 1st celebration of the Araw ng Brgy. Quezon in Tagbina is a celebration of
joy. (DAR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
SurSur vice-gov bares feat in 2014 Annual
Legislative Accomplishment Report
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 24 (PIA) –
Surigao del Sur Vice-Governor Manuel Alameda, Sr. has brought the best out in
the 17th Sangguniang Panlalawigan in his 2014 Annual Legislative Accomplishment
Report (ALAR) delivered during the opening of the 102nd Regular Session on
August 18 held at the Capitol Seminar Hall.
Addressing everybody from the highest official of
the province down to the marginalized sector, Vice-Governor Alameda took pride
in saying that “The year 2014 was another momentous year for the Legislative
Department as new initiatives were positioned to improve service delivery and
bring about far-reaching and significant changes not just during the year in
review but for the years ahead.”
“It is therefore noteworthy to say that this
Annual Legislative Accomplishment Report is a salute to the hard work,
commitment, honesty and integrity of the Provincial Governor who showed his
sincere efforts and sense of unity by spearheading the Legislators in order to
have an authentic public service without politics and self-serving interest,”
he pointed out.
He split his 14-page ALAR into three main
parts: The Vice Governor’s Report
alongside his accomplishments plus other programs he had engaged in; the
accomplishments of Sangguniang Panlalawigan members, starting off from
individual and then as a collegial body; and finally, the accomplishments of
the Tanggapan ng Sangguniang Panlalawigan (TSP) Officers, Staff and Employees
plus other related tasks.
The vice-governor stressed that “Development had
been our major agenda for every action we took to alleviate the conditions of
the community and most of all to the people we are serving.”
Being the vice-governor and presiding officer, he
cited that as a lawmaking body, “the 17th Sangguniang Panlalawigan chalked up a
record of 48 Regular Sessions in 2014 held alternately in the Cities of Tandag
and Bislig as mandated by Ordinance No. 1 series of 2013.”
“In the second legislative year of the present set
of lawmakers, a total of 515 Resolutions and 31 Ordinances were passed and
approved,” he added.
However, being composite member of the august body
and chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Alameda said he was able to pass
four vital legislations, citing Resolution Nos. 549; 550; and 570; aside from
Ordinance No. 28.
His ALAR culminated with a vow to “deliver
legislations that matter and promote welfare.” (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
