By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 5, 2016 (PIA) –
National Food and Authority (NFA) Administrator Renan Dalisay personally
inspected this morning the Moonglow Public Market and the Provincial Warehouse
located in Barangay Mabua, this city.
NFA chief with his staff arrived Monday evening in
the city accompanied by NFA Caraga regional director Genaro Nunez Jr. and staff
after their brief visit in Agusan del Norte.
Right after his breakfast with the media and some
NFA employees, Dalisay went to the public market to personally monitor the
supply and prices of rice. Also, he was able to talk with some retailers in the
market regarding the quality of the services they are offering to the public.
“I started the first working day of the year
visiting the provincial warehouses to ensure the sufficiency of rice supply in
the area,” Dalisay said. Meanwhile, Dalisay, assured the public that that there
is enough rice to secure the areas which are vulnerable to the threat of
Climate Change.
Also, several issues and concerns were also raised
during his meeting with the NFA provincial employees.
After his visit in the city, the team proceeded to
Agusan del Sur for a similar activity. The official will stay in Caraga region
until January 6. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
NFA administrator visits Surigao Norte
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Jan. 5 (PIA) –
The food authority’s administrator, regional director and staff led by National
Food Authority (NFA) administrator Zenen Renan B. Dalisay arrived in the city
on Jan. 4, for its first official visit here.
In his message, Dalisay assured that the whole
region would have enough rice despite the onslaught of El NiΓ±o.
"We have sufficient stocks of rice and
Caraganons have nothing to worry about, thousands bags of rice are currently
stocked in various warehouses all over the region,” Dalisay said.
In effect, Dalisay backed the rice production
which is one of the leading source of livelihood and profit of the region,
especially the agricultural community.
He encouraged everyone to buy NFA rice which is
cheaper than the commercial rice. "There is a difference in price but
basically the quality is the same," said Dalisay.
Dalisay also led the inspection of NFA accredited
rice retailers at the City Public Market, he was accompanied by NFA Caraga
regional director Genaro S. NuΓ±ez, Jr, Surigao del Norte provincial manager
Gleen P. Echin and staff. (SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Army 402nd Brigade confirms failure of NPA to mark
CPP’s 47th anniversary in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 5 (PIA) – Col.
Isidro Purisima, 402nd Infantry Brigade commander, this province, confirmed
that the New People’s Army (NPA) has failed to hold the 47th founding
anniversary celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) here on
December 26, 2015.
Such celebration, characterized by plenum, has
been traditionally held in the province annually for a very long time.
Earlier, 1Lt. Karl Jan Devaras, company commander
of the 41st Civill Millitary Operations (CMO) Company of the 4th CMO Battalion
of the 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army (PA) based in Barangay St.
Christine, Lianga town, this province, issued a press statement in this regard.
The young army CMO chief cited “withdrawal of
support” from influenced masses in the province as well as “non-attendance of
local media practitioners on the day of the celebration.”
“It is believed that several of the CPP-NPA
influenced masses opted not to attend the anniversary and have withdrawn their
support from the local Communist-Terrorist group due to their continuous abuses
and extortion activities,” Devaras pointed out.
Besides, he stressed that “the tangible results of
the Bayanihan efforts of the 402nd Infantry (STINGERS) Brigade in partnership
with the Local Government Units and other local stakeholders in the pursuit of
peace, security and development in Surigao del Sur,” as one of the main reasons
to push through with the celebration.
Devaras noted in his statement that “Out of shame
and desperation,” Jorge Madlos aka ‘Ka Oris, Mindanao CPP-NPA-NDF spokesperson,
“blamed the AFP of orchestrating a threat to the local media practitioners
which was allegedly from a lawless armed group.”
He said Col. Purisima “belied the allegation.”
“We will never stop media from informing the
public, we respect the freedom of press for it is inherent in a democratic
society; after all we are here to defend the democracy of our country,” Devaras
quoted the brigade commander as saying.
With this turn of event, Col. Purisima expressed
belief “the CPP-NPA in Surigao del Sur is now close to being dismantled,” it
was learned. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Firecracker-related injuries reach 68 in Caraga
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 5 (PIA) – The Department of
Health (DOH) Caraga has recently recorded a total of 68 firework-related
injuries regionwide, as of Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016.
DOH Caraga information officer Romelyn Torraba
said among the 68, 34 cases were children below 10 years old while 27 others
had ages ranging from 11-20 years old. Two cases were recorded ranging from
21-30 years and five were adults, 31 years and older.
Torralba said the number of cases was higher
compared to the same period last year.
She added that the victims were mostly injured
with piccolo, however they only sustained minor injuries and are already out of
danger. (FEA/PIA-Caraga)
