Winners of the 2015 search for sustainable,
eco-friendly schools bared
By Regine Ga
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) - The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga commended the winners of the
2015 Search for Sustainable and Eco-friendly Schools - Regional level.
The regional winners are Matin-ao National High
School from Surigao del Norte and Puerto Princesa Elementary School from
Dinagat Islands.
The finalists for the Elementary Category are
Melquiades N. Cagasa Elementary School, Surigao City, 2nd place; Sukailang
Elementary School, Surigao City 3rd place; Mainit Central Elementary School,
Surigao del Norte, 4th place; and Taligaman Elementary School, Butuan City, 5th
place. While the finalists for the high school category include Barobo National
High School, Surigao del Sur, 2nd place; Agusan del Sur National High School,
Agusan del Sur, 3rd place; Anomar National High School, Surigao City, 4th
place; and La Soledad National High School, Butuan City, 5th place.
The Barobo National High School from Surigao del
Sur and Puerto Princesa Elementary School from Dinagat Islands have received
the Nestle Water Conservation Award. The Meralco Energy Leadership Award was
awarded to the Matin-ao National High School from Surigao del Norte and Puerto
Princesa Elementary School from Dinagat Islands.
The search is a joint activity of the DENR through
the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), the Department of Education (DepEd),
Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Smart Communications, Inc. and Nestle
Philippines, Inc. and Meralco Energy. (DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DOLE SurSur undergoes ISO 9001:2008
re-certification
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 01 (PIA) -
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) - Surigao del Sur Field Office
has undergone re-certification audit by the Certification International
Philippines (CIP) auditor Carlos I. Somera recently in the city.
In a press statement, it was learned that the
objective of the audit is to evaluate and determine conformity of the
management system to specified requirements for re-certification. Audited areas
were the Provincial Management Review, MFO (major find output) 2- Employment
Facilitation and Capacity Building Services and the MFO 3- Labor Forcer Welfare
Services.
During the closing meeting, Somera declared that
DOLE-Surigao del Sur has conformed to the ISO 9001:2008 Standard. Likewise, he
closed the remaining NC (non-conformity) of the office which was one of the
findings during last year’s surveillance audit conducted by Justo Batoon in
Surigao del Sur.
Since December 2012, DOLE-Caraga has been awarded
by the CIP with ISO 9001:2008 Certificate for its Quality Management System.
(NGBT/ with report from Romely Bactol-DOLE-SDS/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DENR Caraga, MinDA push for ARB governing board
institutionalization
By Maria Catherine M. Gonzaga
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) - The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga in collaboration with the
Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) has organized the Agusan River Basin
Governing Board (ARBGB) in a meeting held at the Bishop’s Home in Ampayon, here
recently.
The meeting was presided over by Rev. Fr. Carlito
L. Clase, the ARBGB Vice Chairperson. It was attended by more or less 40
members of the governing board.
“This activity was undertaken in order to
institutionalize and strengthen the Agusan River Basin Governing Board (ARBGB)
as the governing body in the management of the Agusan River Basin,” Fr. Clase
said.
The Agusan River Basin Governing Board is composed
of seven governors, one city mayor, academe (Father Saturnino Urios
University), DENR, MinDA, Philippine Information Agency, Armed Forces of the
Philippines, Philippine National Police, National Economic and Development
Authority, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, non-government
organizations/civil society organizations, religious sector, indigenous
peoples/ICCs representative and designated permanent representatives.
“Through this undertaking, we are hoping that we
are getting close to the finalization of the Agusan River Basin Master Plan.
This plan will surely help a lot of people especially those who are highly
dependent on the river for their survival,” Forester Maritess M. Ocampo, DENR
Caraga ARB focal person said.
It has been agreed during the conference that the
ARBGB will have a regular meeting every three months to ensure proper coordination.
(DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
PSA Caraga to lead 2016 civil registration month
celeb
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) - The Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA) Caraga region will lead the celebration of the Civil
Registration Month. Pursuant to Proclamation 682 issued on January 28, 1991 and
signed by then president Corazon C. Aquino, February of every year has been
observed as the Civil Registration Month.
This year’s theme, “Makiisa..Makisali sa Dekadang
CRVS (Civil Registration and Vital Statistics)” is in consonance with the
global advocacy of getting everyone registered and of promoting awareness on
the importance of civil registration in the lives of every Filipino.
PSA Caraga will initiate various activities
related to the upcoming national celebration, such as: mass wedding in
coordination with the city/municipal local civil registrars of Caraga; mobile
registration; display of panel exhibit at the regional office; display of
tarpaulin; orientation on CRS Business Rules and Customer Service with the CRS
staff both Butuan City and Surigao City outlets, User’s Forum on Civil
Registration and Vital Statistics to be participated by private and government
agencies.
There will also be contests prepared by the office
such as: Best display of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Practices
Using Infographics to be participated by the Office of the Civil Registrars of
Caraga; CRVS Jingle Writing Contest which is open to all individuals; CRVS
Infographics Contest to be participated by college students from colleges and
universities of the city; and Civil Registration Quiz for the LCRO Staff of
Caraga. (FEA/PSA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
SurSur DepEd set for 19th Caraga Regional Athletic
Meet
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 01 (PIA) –
The Department of Education (DepEd) Division Office here is all geared up for
the upcoming 19th Caraga Regional Athletic Meet (CRAM) at the Poly Sports
Complex in Butuan City on February 4-9, 2016.
In an invitation letter dated January 18, 2016,
schools division superintendent Dr. Marilou Dedumo told Governor Johnny
Pimentel that “Surigao del Sur Division will be sending a strong delegation
composed of 765 athletes, coaches, chaperons, officiating and delegation
officials to participate in the said sports competition.”
Earlier, in a brief conversation, Dr. Dedumo
admitted athletes here had undergone training in Hinatuan. Unlike before, Surigao del Sur Sports Center
in Tandag City had always been the practice hub.
Since September 1, 2015, the said sports arena
here had remained the temporary home to most evacuees coming from the
indigenous communities in the vicinity of Sitio Han-ayan, Barangay Diatagon,
Lianga town after the infamous lumad slay.
Nobody knows when the evacuees are going back to
their respective abodes; but the demands that were set have yet to be met for
them to leave the place.
On the same invitation, apart from seeking the
“all out support” for the provincial delegation, Dr. Dedumo requested Governor
Pimentel “to join the Opening Program of the said prestigious occasion as
Honorary Official on February 4, 2016.”
For the past two consecutive years—2014 and 2015,
Surigao del Sur had been “host of the 17th and 18th Caraga Regional Athletic
Meet,” the DepEd provincial chief cited. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DOH-PHT in SurSur sees feat to hit higher thru
mopping up operation for National School Deworming
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 01 (PIA) –
After a “mopping up operation” schedule to be carried out this first week of
February, the Provincial Health Team (PHT) office under the Department of
Health (DOH) in Surigao del Sur has envisioned a better result for the second
round of the National School Deworming day conducted last January 27, 2016.
The PHT headed by Dr. Helen CaΓ±o has to go back to
some multi-grade public schools to do the same since teachers during that time
were out on a training-seminar, it was learned.
Meanwhile, the DOH Caraga under Dr. Jose Llacuna,
Jr., regional director, had already come out with the initial accomplishment,
citing 72.62 percent region-wide.
For Surigao del Sur, Bislig City, and Tandag City
DepEd divisions, the percentages of accomplishment were posted at 80.54; 90.86;
and 50.62, respectively.
However, the breakdown per province was reported
as follows: Agusan del Norte—75.08 percent; Agusan del Sur—80.22 percent;
Surigao del Norte—55.87 percent; Surigao
del Sur—79.34 percent; and Dinagat Islands—47.68 percent.
Except for a single case of “erratic worm migration,”
no adverse event following the deworming had been noted.
On related development, Harmonized Mass Drug
Administration (HMDA) also came out a success for two pilot barangays in Bislig
City—Cumawas and San Isidro. School
children were said to have been given the combined drugs of Albendazole and
Praziquantel, both anthelmintic or anti-worm medication.
Jointly held with the DepEd, the National School
Deworming program is aimed at treating kinder up to Grade 6 school children
from worm infestation. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Tagalog News: West Philippine Sea issue advocacy
campaign, ginanap sa Butuan, opisyal ng DFA binigyang-diin ang lehitimong
karapatan ng Pilipinas sa West Philippine Sea
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Peb. 1 (PIA) - Positibo ang isang
opisyal ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na papabor sa gobyerno ng
Pilipinas ang Arbitral Tribunal na syang dumidinig sa kaso ngayon na maangkin
ng bansa ang pinaglalaban nitong mga teritoryo sa West Philippine Sea laban sa
China.
Sa ginanap na multi-sectoral forum on the West
Philippine issue ng DFA at Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Caraga region
kamakailan dito sa lungsod, binigyang-diin ni direktor Maria Teresa Almojuela
sa Office of the Undersecretary for Policy ng DFA na sa ilalim ng United
Nations Conventions on the Laws of the Seas o UNCLOS, bawat coastal state o
bansang may baybay-dagat tulad ng Pilipinas at China ay may karapatan sa
territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone at continental shelf.
Malinaw anya na nakasaad sa UNCLOS ang mga
karapatang-pandagat na ito. Pinirmahan ng UNCLOS ng isang daan at
animnaput-anim na bansa at itinuturing na saligang batas ng karagatan.
Kinakailangan umanong ipaglaban ng mga Pilipino
ang kanilang mga lehitimong karapatan lalung-lalo na patungkol sa West
Philippine Sea.
Ayon sa opisyal, ito man ay magiging mahabang
proseso bagamat kung may patuloy na magbibigay ng tamang impormasyon patungkol
dito sa bawat pilipino ay magiging matatag ang posisyon ng bansa sa kasong
inihain nito sa arbitral tribunal.
Anya, hindi inaangkin ng pilipinas ang buong South
China Sea, kundi ang bahagi lamang nito na sakop lamang ng exclusive maritime
zones ng Pilipinas, kasama na ang Kalayaan Island Group at ang Scarborough
Shoal, gayundin ang mahalagang karagatang nakapaloob dito.
Dagdag ni Almojuela, mahalaga ang West Philippine
Sea sa pag-unlad ng ekonomiya, seguridad pangkalikasan at kasapatan ng pagkain
ng Pilipinas, at mahalagang tirahan ng mga isda at iba pang organismong
pandagat na mayaman sa korales.
Dagdag pa ni Almojuela, ang gobyerno ng Pilipinas
ay sumusunod ng tama sa batas at hindi anya kailangan ng dahas o pagbuwis ng
buhay upang makamit ng bansa ang pinaglalaban nitong West Philippine Sea.
Inihayag din niya na makakamit ng mga Pilipino ang positibong resulta sa kaso
at papabor sa bansa ang Arbitral Tribunal. Patuloy na ginagawa anya ng
Philippine government ang lahat ng makakaya nito sa payapa na usapang
international sa ibat-ibang bansa.
Matapos ang multi-sectoral forum ay isinagawa rin
ang isang campus forum na ginanap sa Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU)
na dinaluhan ng may mahigit sa dalawang daang estudyante galing sa ibat-ibang
kolehiyo at unibersidad ng lungsod ng Butuan.
Samantala, sinuportahan din ni Presidential
Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma ang nasabing
multi-sectoral at campus forum, pati na rin ang ginawang focus group discussion
ng DFA at PIA Caraga, at pinahayag ang kanyang saloobin tungkol dito.
Marami anyang magagawang paraan ang bawat pinoy
upang maipakita sa buong bansa na ang mga pilipino ay nagkakaisa, matatag at
buo ang paniniwala na may mas lehitimong karapatan itong mag-angkin sa West
Philippine Sea.
Pinasalamatan din niya ang lahat ng dumalo at
nagbigay-oras sa diskusyon patungkol sa West Philippine Sea at hinimok ang
lahat na magpatuloy sa ginagawang inisyatibo upang mapalaganap ang
pinaglalabang karapatang-pandagat ng mga pilipino at bansang Pilipinas.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
