Caraga RCWC members to participate in Capability Building cum Strategic Planning
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, May 19 (PIA) – The focal persons of
the Regional Committee for the Welfare of Children (RCWC) from the different
government agencies will be participating in the Capability Building cum
Strategic Planning on June 7-9, 2016 at the Hotel Tavern in Surigao City.
The highlight of the activity is to assess and
evaluate RCWC performance including its roles and functions. It is aimed to
identify issues and concerns encountered by the committee members that affect
its performance.
It was also learned that the activity will
culminate with the formulation of the Three-year Work and Financial Plan (WFP)
that includes milestone activities that will strengthen the RCWC.
The RCWC is a convergence of various clusters and
partners that respond to child protection issues before, during, and after
emergencies; facilitate the development and coordination of child protections
strategies and responses; and advocate for support and assistance with
authorities and humanitarian actors as necessary, among others. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
RPOC to launch Caraga Roadmap for Peace in Butuan
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, May 19 (PIA) – The Regional Peace and
Order Council (RPOC) with the Department of the Interior and Local Government
(DILG) Caraga as the head secretariat will be launching the region’s Caraga
Roadmap for Peace on May 24, 2016 at the Robinsons Place, this city.
According to DILG Caraga regional director
Lilibeth Famacion, with the RPOC Caraga’s efforts in upholding peace and order
in the region, the Caraga Roadmap for Peace was crafted with the active
participation and support of the council members and partners.
“The roadmap, the first of its kind of document
and Caraga as the first to come up with such, serves as the blueprint of the
RPOC towards achievement of peace and development and fulfillment of human
security in the region,” highlighted Famacion.
The Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) plays
a vital role in maintaining the peace and order situation in every region of
the country. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
AgNor creates body to take actions during crisis,
emergencies
By Nora C. Lanuza Molde
BUTUAN CITY, May 19 (PIA) – The provincial
government of Agusan del Norte has created its Crisis Management Committee
(CMC) during its recent Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting
through PPOC Resolution No. 2016-03.
The CMC is a governing body of the province that
will take decisive actions to resolve crisis or emergencies. It is primarily
concerned with the formulation of crisis management policies, integration and
orchestration of government and public efforts towards the control of crisis or
incidents.
The CMC is chaired by governor Ma. Angelica
Rosedell M. Amante-Matba, co-chaired by vice governor Ramon AG Bungabong and
the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) provincial director
will serve as the technical adviser, as need arises.
. Point persons were also identified to include:
·
Medical Services - Dr. Elizabeth N. Campado;
·
Legal Services - Fiscal Cyril B. Viva;
·
Logistics
- Atty. Ramie Duropan;
·
Community Relations
- Edgar Palarca;
·
Public Information/Dissemination
- Nora C. Lanuza Molde;
·
Public Safety and Security
- PSSupt Ronelo D
Jaurigue;
- LTC Adonis Ariel G
Orio;
- LTC Lynart D Castisimo;
- F/Insp Rey Antonio C
Restauro;
·
Social Services - Daisybiel O. Demavivas.
The Provincial CMC shall function as follows:
1.
Establish procedures for producing timely direction and guidelines;
2.
Coordinate and implement responses to crisis in an integrated manner;
3. Ensure
that the perspective of government agencies and other stakeholders are
integrated into the overall government responses;
4.
Provide and mobilize available resources through an established
inter-agency resource sharing protocol;
5.
Coordinate inter-agency crisis management efforts;
6. Ensure
that operational demands during crisis are met and all actions are coordinated
and complementary; and
7.
Establish accessible communication lines so that reliable and timely
information are received and disseminated to appropriate offices or persons
responsible.
During the first CMC meeting on May 5 held at the
DILG Agusan del Norte conference room on May 5, officer-in-charge Ellen Vee P.
Chua has reiterated the functions of the point persons.
“Each of us plays a very important function, role
and responsibility in order to maintain a peaceful province and have a secure
community. There should be a thorough coordination between and among the
members of the CMC to achieve its very purpose of creation," Chua said.
(NCLM/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
SurSur new NIA chief bares plan to seek more
irrigation projects
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 19 (PIA) – The
new chief of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) here has bared plan
to seek more irrigation projects for the province.
Citing the lack of irrigation service facilities,
Engr. Ferdinand Amon, Provincial Irrigation Management Office (PIMO) manager,
said that he would try to push hard for more irrigation service expansion to
cover the remaining irrigable areas in Surigao del Sur.
He was talking about 40 percent of the 26,778
hectares of potential irrigable farmlands yet to be covered by irrigation
service.
Amon noted that if the new dispensation would
indeed be aiming to make good about food security program, then it had to put
premium on constructing more irrigation projects for the agricultural sector.
The new NIA provincial chief, who just assumed
post on April 5, 2016, replacing predecessor Engr. Salome Layasan, said that he
would go doing the rounds province-wide to muster support from the farm sector
just to push through with the proposal.
Engr. Amon explained that a significant issue such
as this must have to undergo the process of passing the respective development
councils especially from the municipal or city, provincial, and regional levels
for the backing needed. (Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
