Over 6T drug personalities surrender in SurSur
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 18 (PIA) -
More than 6,000 drug personalities from various parts of the province have
surrendered to police and local authorities under the intensified anti-illegal
drugs campaign of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Provincial Police
Office.
Based on the latest data gathered, 5,821 drug users
and 230 drug pushers have surrendered to authorities as of August 15, 2016
since July 1 with Barobo town having the highest number with 677 drug
personalities; Bislig City with 605; Tagbina with 592, Hinatuan with 515; and
Tandag City with 492.
Meanwhile, Carrascal only recorded 91 drug users
and six drug pushers; followed by Bayabas with 109 drug users and nine drug
pushers; San Miguel with 132; Carmen with 155 drug users and six drug pushers;
and San Agustin with 158 drug users and nine drug pushers.
Bislig City has reportedly arrested six
personalities who were engaged in anti-illegal drugs activities, followed by
Tandag City, San Agustin and Madrid towns with five persons arrested; Cantilan,
Carrascal, Lianga and Lingig have arrested four persons; Barobo, Hinatuan and
Carmen recorded three arrested persons and the rest of the towns recorded only
one.
The implementation of Project Double Barrel is
aimed to fulfill President Rodrigo Duterte’s key campaign promise: to stop – or
at least suppress – crime in three to six months. The Project Double Barrel is
an all-out anti-illegal drugs operational plan of the PNP under the supervision
of PNP chief Ronald dela Rosa. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
ANHS eyes school’s next ‘Albert Einstein’
By Ederlina R. Jampac
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 18 (PIA) - Student-researchers
and science wiz of Agusan National High School (ANHS) here will compete in the
annual school-based Science Fair on August 25-26, 2016. It will revolve around
the theme, “Retrovive: Amplifying the echoes of time.”
The highlight of the event is the Science
investigatory project contest where there are two categories: Individual and
Group. During the congress, the proponents will be defending their science
project and will be judged based on the following criteria: Creativity (30%),
Scientific Thought and Engineering Goals (30%), Thoroughness (15%), Research
Skills (15%), and Presentation Skills (10%).
Winners of the competition will qualify to join in
the Division level Science Fair which will be scheduled later in the year.
Meanwhile, there are also minor competitions to be
held which include science quiz, games, impromptu speaking, microscope
focusing, process skills, on-the-spot painting, on-the-spot improvisation,
poster making, collage making, barge making, and the search for Binibini and
Ginoong Kalikasan 2016.
This event aims to promote Science and Technology
consciousness among the youth and identify the most creative/innovative and the
best Science researchers. It also encourages to promote Science investigatory
projects that are related to environmental protection and conservation. (DepEd
Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
OFW families affected in KSA crisis get monetary
aid from OWWA Caraga
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 18 (PIA) – The Overseas Workers
Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office Caraga has released a
total of P518,000 financial aid as of August 16 under its Relief Assistance
Program (RAP) in support to OFWs including their families employed by
construction companies in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), which suffered
financial difficulties.
Under OWWA’s RAP, OFWs still at the jobsite can
claim SR1590 from POLO-OWWA in Saudi Arabia and P6000.00 for their respective
families. Repatriated OFWs who still have unclaimed salaries or end-of-service
benefits may also receive P20,000 cash assistance from OWWA regional offices
nearest their residence.
As of press time, OWWA Caraga has extended
assistance to 10 repatriated OFWs and 53 families of OFWs stranded in KSA since
the implementation of the program on July 26.
“This program is really of great help to us
especially now that it has been several months already that my husband was not
able to send us money because of the crisis in their company,” expressed Evamie
Abuzo in local dialect.
Evamie is one of the recipients of P6,000 monetary
aid afforded by OWWA to the families of OFWs stranded in crisis hit Saudi
Arabia.
Fifty one year old Evamie is the spouse of OFW
Editho Abuzo, one of the OFWs affected by retrenchment of construction
companies in Saudi Arabia.
Among the companies identified under the RAP
include Mohammed al-Mojil Group (MMG) Saudi Bin Laden Group of Companies (SBG);
Saudi Oger Ltd (SOL); Mohammad Hameed Al-Bargash and Bros Trading and
Construction; Aluminum Company (ALUMCO L.L.C.); Rajeh H. Al Merri Contracting
Company; Arabtec Construction L.L.C.; Real EstateDevelopment and Investment
Company.
Based on record, as of August 11, OWWA has already
assisted a total of 7,155 OFWs including those who were still at the jobsite,
families of OFWs stranded in KSA and those repatriated OFWs employed by the
aforesaid companies and has released a total amount of P96,930,733.98 under the
relief assistance program. (OWWA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
NHCP invites Surigao Norte tourism office for
training series
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Aug. 18 (PIA) -
The Provincial Tourism and Culture Office (PTCO) is invited by the National
Historical Commission of the Philippines to a series of training and seminars
to be conducted soon by said agency.
According to PTCO chief Arturo M. Cruje, the
seminars are designed for social studies, teachers, history graduate students,
historians, researchers, tourism and culture officers, museum personnel and
historical and cultural societies.
The aim of the seminars is to foster understanding
and appreciation of local history and to disseminate local knowledge through
historical writing, museums, memorial lectures, public commemorations,
conference, declaration of historical landmarks and preservation of historic
heritage.
He said the scheduled seminars include Doing Local
History; The History Museum as Learning Tool; Putting – Up a Local Museum; and
Academic Writing.
Cruje further said that Governor Sol F. Matugas is
interested to put up a Provincial Museum on Surigaonon Social History.
“The museum will serve as the educational and
cultural center which takes lead in the preservation of the province’s rich
artistic, historical and cultural heritage. It aims to rebuild and reconstruct
the province’s past and to venerate the great leaders who helped build the
province,“ Cruje added. (PTCO-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
