FSUU to host candidates forum on Apr. 22
By Fryan E. Abkilan
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) - The Father Saturnino
Urios University (FSUU) will host a candidates forum on April 22 here.
FSUU College of Law dean Atty. Josefe Sorrera-Ty
said that due to time constraints, they can only facilitate a candidates forum
for Butuan City congressional, mayoralty and vice-mayoralty candidates.
“This is now the chance of the candidates to
present their platforms of government and discuss the various issues affecting
the community,” said Atty. Sorrera-Ty.
“Also, we want to assist the electorates in making
informed choices during Election Day,” she added.
The organizer has tapped the Commission on
Elections (COMELEC) Butuan City and Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Caraga
to be their official partners in the event.
The forum can be heard live over PIA Caraga’s
107.8 MHz Power FM and 105.8 Advanced Forward Emergency Broadcasting System
(AFEBS) Network. (FEA/PIA-Caraga)
AgNor public schools’ students participate in
DENR’s Environmental Youth Forum
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) – Some 50 participants
including students from the different public schools of Agusan del Norte joined
in the Environmental Youth Forum spearheaded by the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga on Tuesday at Big Daddy’s Hotel and
Convention Center, this city.
Herzon Gallego, Regional Public Affairs Office
(RPAO) chief of DENR Caraga welcomed all the participants and guests of the
said forum and emphasized the significance of getting involve in the
government’s initiative to environmental protection and development. He further
encouraged all the students to learn a lot from the forum and be able to
cascade it to their peers in their respective communities.
"We look forward to have a stronger
partnership with you in the future as we continue to work hand in hand with the
public schools in the implementation of our environmental programs. May this
forum enhance your knowledge and gets you more involved in community
activities," added Gallego.
DENR Caraga regional director Nonito Tamayo also
expressed his warm thanks to the invited guests who shared their time for the
said activity. "We are very happy to see you all here in this
Environmental Youth Forum with students from the different public schools in
Agusan del Norte. We are also glad to see our media partners who are always
advocating our programs. I am encouraging our students to be more active and be
agents of change, continue to get involve in the advocacy for the protection of
our environment," he stressed.
Dir. Tamayo also enjoined the students and guests
to support this year’s observance of the Earth Hour by switching off their
lights for one hour on March 30, 2016 from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
“The Earth Hour was first implemented in Australia
in 2007. It is a global initiative which the Philippines is one of the many
countries that joined and had the highest number of participants. Philippines
was even tagged as Earth Hour Hero Country,” recalled Tamayo.
Dir. Tamayo further reiterated that production of
electricity greatly contributed to the effects of climate change.
Also, the following public schools in the province
participated in the DENR’s contest on production of environmental radio plugs
and received plaque of recognition and cash prizes from the department:
Kitcharao National High School, Carmen National High School, Santiago National
High School, and Buenavista National High School.
Meanwhile, part of the said forum was the awarding
of plaque of recognition to DENR’s partner stakeholders which include the
Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), Philippine Information
Agency (PIA) and other media outfits. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
SurSur PNP bags 2nd top award on Performance
Governance System
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Mar. 16 (PIA) – The
Police Provincial Office (PPO) here earned the second highest rating on
Performance Governance System (PGS) from the Philippine National Police (PNP)
in Camp Crame.
With this feat, a Silver Eagle Award was given to
P/SSupt. Romaldo Bayting, OIC provincial director, during the Conferment of
Performance Governance System (PGS) Certificates and Awarding Ceremony held at
Camp Rafael Rodriguez, Libertad, Butuan City on Monday, March 14, 2016.
Such award has an equivalent rating of “90% -
95.99%” based on the “Computation for the Over-All Rating,” a little short of
the Gold Eagle Award, which means garnering an equivalent of “96% - 100%”
rating.
It was no less than P/CSupt. Noel Baraceros,
director, Center for Police Strategy Management (CPSM), who handed over the
plaque bearing the inscription “For demonstrated commitment to effectively
implement the PNP P. A. T. R. O. L. Plan 2030 for the attainment of the vision
for a highly capable, effective and credible police service.”
The CPSM director was, at the same time, the Guest
of Honor and Speaker during the occasion.
Other than the inscription cited, eight more
notable accomplishments were separately and distinctly highlighted just below
that, apparently the reduced photocopy of certain recognitions of the PPO here
in the past.
Compliance to the entire process was so elaborate
as it requires several stages to undergo, it was learned. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DENR 13 apprehends 150 pieces lumber, 86 pieces of
logs in AgSur town
By Hannah Yaelle M. Morano
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) – The Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga Regional Office led by its Regional
Director Nonito Tamayo has apprehended about 150 pieces of lumber and 86 pieces
of logs with no valid official documents at the Wood Station Corporation in
Trento, Agusan del Sur on Friday.
Director Tamayo was accompanied by the Assistant
Regional Director for Technical Services Roberto Oliveros, Bunawan CENR Officer
Ranulfo Climaco and Wood Station Corporation representative, Ramon Mamuyac. “We
found about 150 pieces or 2,565.50 lumber and 86 pieces logs of Lauan, Gubas
and Binuang species inside the compound which were obtained from illegal
sources,” ARD Oliveros said.
Based on the findings, the illegal forest products
were mixed among the planted specie of Mangium, Bagras, Marang and Durian
delivered at the sawmill plant. The Toog lumbers, Mamuyac explained were taken
from the trees fell down by Typhoon Pablo.
Tamayo said the company was informed of its
violation and asked the company officials to explain in writing about the
disparity during the 1st Administrative Adjudication Proceedings on February 10
held at Bunawan CENR Office, but the officials however failed to submit its
explanation despite a significant time given to them.
Considering it was already beyond the agreed
deadline, Tamayo has instructed CENR Officer Ranulfo to compel the Wood Station
Corporation to submit its valid explanation otherwise sanctions shall be
imposed by the DENR on the Wood Station Corporation for its violations
particularly in relation to Executive Order No. 23. (DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
AgNor barangays receive financial assistance
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 16 (PIA) - The provincial
government of Agusan del Norte extended financial assistance to some barangays
in the province to help succeed in their respective plans, programs and
activities.
Considering that the funds in the barangays are
not enough to fund their various programs and projects, the punong barangays
requested for financial assistance from the province to implement their priority
programs and projects.
The province extended financial assistance in the
amount of P30,000.00 to Barangay Dona Telesfora in the municipality of Tubay to
support its annual activities in the barangay.
Barangay Songkoy of the municipality of Kitcharao
was also extended financial assistance in the amount of P11,000.00 as support
to its Summer Sport Program.
Also included was Barangay Manapa of the
municipality of Buenavista in the amount of P15,000.00 for the purchase of 200
bags of cement for the completion of the flooring and finishing of its covered
court. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
