By Nora C. Lanuza
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 7 (PIA) – Pilmico Food
Corporation in partnership with Winrock International will hold the “Mahalin
Pagkaing Atin (MPA) – Caraga Pork Festival on January 29 in one of the
convention centers here.
The MPA campaign, according to Pilmico Corporate Social Responsibility Unit
Head Katrina Angelie Bayog is the agency’s thrust in helping affected partners.
"It is also one of our initiatives to build a
purpose driven organization and to create sustainable livelihood, and support
to backyard farmers," Bayog added.
Also, Bayog said, MPA aims to help people rebuild
their lives; promote sustainable entrepreneurship through promotion of locally
grown produce; instill a “pride of product, pride of place” mindset for both
the farmers and the local consumers. MPA will also enable the operator to
maximize profit without passing through middlemen.
The conduct of the event is a retrospect to the
MPA event conducted in the city last November 2014.
Pilmico Foods Corporation is a subsidiary of the
Aboitiz Equity Ventures. (NCLM, PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Feature: DepEd Tandag City Division: Reaching
beyond targets, a milestone
By Gemma B. Espadero
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 7 (PIA) - Most
people are familiar with the words “milestone,” but they used it in a slightly
different manner. Milestones for the Romans helped traveller to know how far
they had come on their journey. Our
modern use of this expression does the same thing. The Tandag City Division as
a newly created division of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the province
of Surigao del Sur, has also its milestones. As it started its journey in 2013,
it is guided with its milestones which mark significant events in the lives of
the Tandaganons.
In its effort to make education more relevant to
the needs of its local constituents, the division is guided with the following
milestones:
* Preparation of the six year Division Education
Development Plan (DEDP) for CY 2016 – 2021,
* Hiring and organization of division personnel
based on the Rationalization (RAT) Plan,
* Preparation of Information and Communication Technology
(ICT), Results - based performance
Management System (RPMS), Human Resource (HR) Prime and Learning Resource
Management and Development System (LRMDS) plans
* Creation of free division website/Internet
connectivity where everybody could access globally,
* Acquisition and titling of lot for the
construction of Division Office building, Improvement of Monitoring and
Evaluation (M & E) activities,
* Identify standards, developed procedures and
tools necessary for the improvement of Instructional Supervision,
* Implement the 100 percent downloading and
liquidation of the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) intended for
the programs and projects of the department as scheduled,
* Initiate reviews to help the Principal test
takers and have enough principal passers to manage the schools,
* Finalization of the Senior High School (SHS)
Implementation Plan for SY: 2016-2017,
* Improve Academic Performance specifically in the
National Achievement Test (NAT),
* Improve Non-academic performance particularly in
Sports, and
* Produce a number of Alternative Learning System
(ALS) graduates.
Division-initiated activities will never be
successful without the full support of the Local Government (LGU) and other
stakeholders thus, the office has increased and improved its linkage with them
and in return shows its maximum participation to any civil service or community
activities.
These milestones are indicators of our big dreams
for DepEd Tandag City whose motto is to teach minds, touch hearts and transform
the lives of Tandaganons. (EPS-1 DepEd Tandag City Division/PIA-Surigao del
Sur)
SurSur guv assures capitol employees of pay hike
By Greg Tataro
Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 7 (PIA) –
Governor Johnny Pimentel here has assured capitol employees of pay hike under
the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) IV that will take effect starting January
1, 2016.
Speaking during the first Monday Flag ceremony
program at the capitol lobby this year, the governor said even if there was no word yet as to whether
the SSL IV was already signed or not by President Benigno Aquino III, his
administration made sure that funds for said purpose had already been set aside and incorporated
in the 2016 annual budget.
Pimentel indicated knowing about the proposed
salary increase passed by Congress in 2015.
During the announcement, employees present during
the flag ceremony program were so overwhelmed with delight. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DAR provides P900k calamity assistance to AgSur
coop
By Engr. Josette J. Simbajon
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Jan. 7 (PIA) - The Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) of this province has recently executed a Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) for cash assistance amounting to P900,000.00 for Sta. Isabel
Patrocinio Calamansi Growers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SIPACAGROMUPCO).
The said MOA was executed by Provincial Agrarian
Reform Officer II Paysal B. Tumog, Al Hajj, the local government unit of Sta.
Josefa, Agusan del Sur represented by Mayor Jann Roby R. Otero, and
SIPACAGROMUPCO chairperson Edgardo Macias.
The DAR Central Office donated the fund for
selected typhoon Pablo victims in affected agrarian reform communities (ARCs).
The said amount will be used for construction of vermiculture bed quilting,
acquisition of plant tools and equipments and other assets and raw materials
for the project.
“We are so grateful for the assistance from DAR.
This will help us recover from typhoon Pablo which badly damaged our crops,”
Edgardo Macias of SIPACAGROMUPCO happily expressed. (JPG/DAR-Agusan del
Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Dinagat Chamber conferred Most Outstanding Young
Chamber
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Jan. 7 (PIA) - The
Dinagat Province Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DiPCCI) adjudged as the Most
Outstanding Young Chamber of the Philippines by the Philippine Chamber of
Commerce and Industry (PCCI).
The awarding ceremony was held recently during the
closing ceremony of 41st Philippine Business Conference and Exposition at
Marriott Grand Ballroom Hotel, Newport City Complex in Pasay City, Manila.
The said awarding ceremony was attended by no less
than President Benigno S. Aquino III and Vice President Jejomar Binay and
witnessed by the local business tycoons and several foreign investors.
The DiPCCI officers led by its president Leonel C.
Rojo received the said award together with Dinagat Islands provincial vice
governor Benglen B. Ecleo, provincial administrator Gwendolyn B. Ecleo,
provincial board member Norberto A. Sarita Sr., provincial information officer
Millard Tawakal and provincial treasurer Annabelle S. Naluan.
“I’m so happy that we're able to grab this award
which stimulates growth and economic development of Micro and Small Enterprise
in our province,” vice governor Benglen B. Ecleo said in his short message.
Also, provincial administrator Gwendolyn B. Ecleo
said that the award provides the business community the distinct opportunity to
network and establish links with other business organizations and individuals
and identify prospective business partners and clients thus putting Dinagat
Islands into the map of business investment in the Philippines.
Meantime, Rojo expressed his sincerest thanks and
gratitude to the local hero Divine Master Ruben E. Ecleo Sr. for the wisdom and
guidance during the interview and panel defense, to the provincial government
and employees headed by provincial governor Glenda B. Ecleo for the moral and
financial support, to the different municipal officials and to all national
lines agencies which serve as their partners in all the activities especially
the Department of Trade and Industry which gave them the source to be effective
premiere economic development driver in the province.
Rojo also thanked the DiPCCI officers,
consultants, members and the civil society organizations for all their support
all the way, "especially to the organizer Mr. Tawakal, former provincial
administrator and now provincial information officer for without him there
would be no DiPCCI and to all
Dinagatnons."
“Though Dinagat Province Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, Inc. is still very young and fresh in the realm of doing business in
our province, we were able to implement several advocacy programs made on
behalf of the business community. In
just two years of existence, we were also able to serve other stakeholders like
farmers, women, youth and person with disabilities. We also crafted different
policies that were successfully implemented and positively influenced to
concern stakeholders particularly the business community,” Rojo added.
DiPCCI is a non-stock, non-profit organization
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 28, 2014 with
SEC Registration No. CN201429845. At
present it has around 392 member-businesses comprising the various trade and
industry sectors in the province. (SDR/MPTawakal, PIO-Dinagat Islands/PIA-Dinagat
Islands)
AgSur coop launches microfinance program
By Engr. Josette Simbajon
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Jan. 7 (PIA) – The Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries (ARBs) of Buenasuerte Multi-Purpose Cooperative with the
assistance from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Los Arcos
Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LAMPCO) recently launched the microfinance program
in the province.
The program aims to help the local farmers foster
its credit program. The DAR tapped LAMPCO of Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur to
train the officers and members of BUENASAMCO.
LAMPCO manager Luciano Rensulat shared the center
of Agriculture and Rural Development, INC (CARD) technology to the ARBs for them
to ensure better performance in managing microfinance program and avoid default
on payment.
Also, an orientation on climate change adaptation
and mitigation was conducted on the same day for the farmers to be aware on
issues relating to climate change, the causes, how to adapt and mitigate and
the effective methods on strengthening micro-finance venture. (JPG/DAR-Agusan
del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
ARBs, non-ARBs graduate from farm business school
in AgSur
By Cyrene Tajonera & Cyna Jane Alcular
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Jan. 7 (PIA) - The Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) Agusan del Sur and Agricultural Training Institute (ATI)
as co-implementer of Farm Business School (FBS) within the Municipality of
Esperanza, Agusan del Sur recently conducted a joint graduation which involved
both Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) and non-ARBs held at Farmers Training
Center, Municipal Agriculture Office, Esperanza, this province.
The graduates were from Agrarian Reform
Communities specifically Crossing Luna Beawan Vegetable Producers Multi-Purpose
Cooperative, Mahagkot Farmers Association and Mahagkot Rural Improvement Club.
Also, DAR personnel headed by PARPO I Leoncio C.
Bautista Jr., the Municipal Mayor of Esperanza Deo S. Manpatilan, Jr,
Sangguniang Bayan (SB) Chairman on Agriculture Committee Cesar P. Ambray, SB
Vice Chair on Agriculture Elvie Batoy graced the said occasion.
The Farm Business School is a learning program
aimed to help farmers build knowledge, enhance kills, and adjust attitudes to
make their farms more profitable. It evolves and adapts to help farmers keep
pace with the worldwide changes which enhance extension content from production
extension to farm business management focused on profitability. (JPG/DAR-Agusan
del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
