PSA Caraga to hold contest on Best Display of
Statistical Practices via Infographics
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 3 (PIA) – In time with the 27th
National Statistics Month (NSM) celebration, the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA) Caraga is set to hold the Best Display of Statistical Practices
using information graphics (infographics) Contest this month.
According to PSA Caraga regional director Rosalinda
Celeste-Apura, the said contest is aimed to affirm partnership with the data
providers, producers and users in the enhancement of the statistical products
and services.
“Judging period is from October 11-25, 2016.
Announcement of winners will be on October 28, 2016 during the closing
celebration of the 27th NSM,” bared Apura.
Apura elaborated that the Best Display of
Statistical Practices is guided by the principles of truth and professional
integrity and shall promote and maintain an efficient government statistical
practices that provide adequate, accessible, consistent, reliable and timely
data.
“We are also encouraging our partner agencies to
promote the effective delivery of government statistical services and ensure
relevance of outputs in other statistical undertakings in the region,” Apura
added.
The contest conveys latest and accurate statistical
information produced by the participating office. It is open to all regional
line agencies whose offices are located in the city.
Apura reminded the participating agencies that
display should be in a 3.5 feet by 6 feet size exhibit board. It should present
statistical information produced from 2014 to present through infographics.
Excellent renditions of all the necessary elements of statistical information
that are highly attractive and compatible with the data presented should also
be included.
The criteria for judging are the following: Content
– 50 percent; Visual Appeal – 30 percent; and Mechanics – 20 percent.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
‘Serbisyo Peace Caravan’ benefited IPs in AgNor
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 3 (PIA) – Some 2,000 indigenous
peoples (IPs) have benefited from the joint “Serbisyo Peace Caravan” of the
government agencies in coordination with the Office of the Presidential Adviser
on Peace Process (OPAPP) conducted Friday in Barangay Baleguian, Jabonga,
Agusan del Norte.
OPAPP program manager Oliver Binancilan disclosed
that the caravan is aimed to provide services to the localities of Jabonga, in
culmination of the Peace Month celebration. “Services from government agencies
are being brought here for our IP beneficiaries. We have been giving focus on
the conflict-affected areas in the region, and after here in Agusan del Norte,
similar activity will be conducted in the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Surigao
del Norte, and Surigao del Sur,” he said.
The said peace caravan is focused on prioritizing
the IP communities in the municipalities of Agusan del Norte composed mainly of
the Mamanwa and Manobo tribes.
During the whole day activity, jerry cans, buntis
kits, seedlings and seeds, nutri curls and baby foods, and school supplies were
distributed to the IP beneficiaries. Medical consultations, distribution of
cheque incentives for IP beneficiairies of PCPP, and awarding of Certificate of
Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) were also conducted at the same venue.
Mayor Jasmin Monton of Jabonga, Agusan del Norte
expressed her warm gratitude and thanks to all the government agencies that
extended their services to their municipality especially to the IP
beneficiaries. She added that there were four barangays in Jabonga that have
availed from the caravan. The local government unit has also made sure that the
conduct of said activity will turnout successful.
Fr. Carlito Clase, representing the Caraga
Conference for Peace and Development bared that they are working with the
networking among stakeholders who extend government services in the ground. He
added that as advocates for peace they stand by the 'Do No Harm' principle and
help in bridging peace to the people.
“We are strongly supporting the activities of the
OPAPP and other partners in providing basic services to the localities
especially the IPs. Government agencies have been doing their best to reach out
to the marginalized sector,” stressed Clase.
Also, Datu Raffy Pinao, Mamanwa chieftain of
barangay Maraiging, Jabonga, Agusan del Norte underscored that their tribe was
able to receive several services from the government agencies. He further
expressed his overwhelming thanks to all agencies that extended assistance to
them. (JPG/VLG, PIA-Caraga)
ECC holds employees’ compensation program advocacy
seminar in Butuan
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 3 (PIA) – The Employees
Compensation Commission (ECC), in coordination with the Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE) Caraga has recently conducted a one-day advocacy seminar on
the Employees’ Compensation Program with different government agencies held at
Dottie’s Place Hotel, this city.
Ma. Cecilia Maulion, chief of Information and
Public Assistance Division of ECC bared that the seminar was aimed to increase
awareness of the general public through government agencies’ information
officers the three major components of the EC program namely – prevention,
compensation and rehabilitation services.
The Employees Compensation Program is designed to
provide employees and their families with income benefits, medical, and other
benefits in the event of work-connected sickness, injury or death.
“During the seminar, we discussed with the
participants the recent program reforms of the ECC anchored on the '3Es' –
Equalize, Enhance, and Expand strategy in response to the challenges facing the
EC Program,” said Maulion.
Maulion added that participants from various
private companies particularly the human resource officers, employers, company
representatives and labor union officers have actively participated in the
seminar.
Members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP), Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force have also attended the said
activity. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DOH to declare Agusan Norte as filarias-free
province
By Nora C. Lanuza Molde
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 3 (PIA) – The Department of
Health (DOH) Caraga is set to declare the province of Agusan del Norte as
filarias-free on October 4-5 at Almont Inland Resort, here.
Said declaration is one of the highlights in the
Talakayan on “Regional Health Summit cum Colloquium.”
“After 12 years of implementing the different
program strategies of the National Filariasis Elimination Program, the province
of Agusan del Norte is now declared as Filariasis free province,” said DOH
Caraga regional director Jose R. Llacuna, Jr.
The declaration followed the results from the
Transmission Assessment Survey conducted last year, Llacuna said. For a
province to be declared filariasis-free, no cases must be recorded for five
consecutive years, it was learned.
The agency is on its course towards the
implementation of the Service Delivery Network and the honing of local
government leaders in bridging leadership and provision of health in the
respective communities, Llacuna added. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Youth should help protect Earth’s ozone says PENRO
SurSur chief
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Oct. 3 (PIA) - In
celebration of the National Ozone Protection Month, Provincial Environment and
Natural Resources Office (PENRO) chief Jose Flavio Concha called on the youth
to help protect the ozone layer and fight against global warming and global
climate change.
During the symposium on Ways to Mitigate Global
Warming spearheaded by the Diocesan School Science Club and participated by the
secondary students held at the Municipal Gymnasium in Tago town, this province,
Concha, in his message read by PENRO information officer Johny Natad, urged all
the students to help avert the impact of global warming and depletion of ozone
layer.
“It is not enough for the youth, who are the future
young scientists, to have equip with knowledge and wisdom but also have the
will and consistent action to fight against global warming and global climate
change,” said Concha.
"By simply planting trees, practicing best
waste management, applying best practices in sustainable organic agriculture,
saving energy utilization, supporting the use and adoption of alternative
source of renewable energy, carpooling or reduce driving car used with fossil
fuels, consuming more veggies locally harvested than processed meat are some
easy ways to help reduce carbon footprints,” added Concha.
Explaining that Science needed the focus on
understanding, adaptation and preparation in mitigating the global warming and
climate change, Concha encouraged the youth the need to learn apply some old
hard lessons on saving energy, walking, eating more veggies, and reaching out
to the grassroots communities in order to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions.
Concha also revealed that DENR Secretary Gina Lopez
wanted to facilitate and motivate the youth’s inspiration, dedication, and
energy in the mobilization for environmental action.
“It is the desire of DENR to partner and muster the
youth in environmental initiatives to include an endeavor to protect Ozone via
symposium or forum,” Concha further said, believing that the voices and actions
of youth represent an international initiatives to help safeguard the ozone
layer through the calls and advocacy to control the production, consumption and
use of ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and
hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) among others which deplete the ozone layer and are
widely used in refrigerators, airconditioners, fire extinguishers, in dry
cleaning, as solvents for cleaning, electronic equipment and as agricultural
fumigants like.
The National Ozone Protection Month is annually
observed pursuant to Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone
Layer entered into force on January 1, 1989 and DepEd Memorandum No. 358, s.
2007. (JSN/PENRO-SDS/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DTI SurSur bares activities for consumer welfare
month celebration
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Oct. 3 (PIA) – The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here recently bared its activities for
the celebration of the consumer welfare month this October.
Romel Oribe, DTI provincial director, said the
monthlong celebration kicked-off with a motorcade this morning joined by the
ConsumerNet members and business establishments followed by a market inspection
at the Moonglow Public Market, this city.
This will be followed by radio guesting with the
ConsumerNet members focusing on consumer–related matters and updates of
programs/activities of the different government agencies to be aired over Radyo
ng Bayan-Tandag on October 4.
Other activities are: Consumer’s Expectation Survey
with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on October 5; Briefing on Labor Laws
on October 17; and the Provincial Quiz Show on October 21 - winners will
represent the province for the regional level.
This year’s celebration carries the theme,
“Consumer Protection: Shared Responsibility” with Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas as
the lead agency, it was learned.
October was declared Consumer Month by the virtue
of Proclamation number 1098 signed on September 26, 1997, by then former
President Fidel V. Ramos. (FEA/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DTI Surigao Norte holds in-phasing event cum
technical session
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Oct. 3 (PIA) – The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Surigao del Norte provincial office in partnership with the Deutsche
Gesellschaft fur International Zussamenarbeit (GIZ) spearheaded a two-day
in-phasing event cum technical session on green economic development held
recently at Parkway Hotel, this city.
The two-day event is anchored on the theme,
“Sustaining the Promotion of Green Economic Development.”
The first day of the event highlighted the gains of
the Promotion of Green Economic Development (ProGED) Project in the province
through the testimonies of Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) who already
implemented green measures in their establishments and those from the
government sector who continuously supporte3d the green initiatives of DTI.
Successful “Greened MSMEs” shared happily their
stories in greening and the positive results of adopting green measures in the
businesses.
They encouraged other MSMEs to green so that they
too will benefit and enjoy the gains of using green sector.
The event also highlighted the commitments of other
national line agencies, local government units and other stakeholders in the
province to jointly pursue green economic development through the “Tree of
Commitment.”
On the other hand, a technical session on green
practices especially along the key environmental hotspots namely: energy,
water, solid waste, natural resource, pollution, transportation, and material
consumption were undertaken on the second day of the event.
Resource persons from Sheridan Marketing, Inc. for
LED bulbs and solar panels, Edward Marcs Inc. for SEDNA Aircon powered by solar
panels, Easy Link for Zero payment (changing of existing bulbs to LED), Barring
Technologies for waste water treatment and Thehco Green Technology for green
vehicles discussed their available technologies for MSMEs.
Aside from discussions, the resource persons also
showcased their existing green technologies that will help MSMEs operation
become sustainable and competitive.
A total of 95 participants attended the said event
which was graced by Vice Governor Arturo Carlos A. Egay, Jr and facilitated by
ProGED Senior Adviser Raquel Capio. (DTI-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao del
Norte)
Bayugan team wins POPCOM's indie film fest
By Angie B. Antonio
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 3 (PIA) – A team of young talents
from Bayugan City produced a winning independent film for the Regional
Adolescent Health and Development Film Festival sponsored by the Commission on
Population (POPCOM).
The film is dubbed as “Paglaum sa Hangin” produced
by Bayugan National Comprehensive High School of Bayugan City Division pictured
out the role of young people in addressing emerging health issues out of the
environmental quality. The young talents
made the material out of their equipment free from interferences of any
professional expertise.
The best film was adjudged based on the content (40
percent), technique (40 percent) and overall impact (20 percent).
POPCOM official handed in to the winners cash prize
and plaque, while the participating students who act as cinematographer and
director also received a medal.
The organizer revealed that only the film entry of
the 1st place will be forwarded to POPCOM Central Office as the region’s entry
for the National AHD Independent Film Festival.
Awarding and the national film showing is set on the early part of
December, this year.
Also, awarded for the short film production as 2nd
place is Caraga Regional Science High School of Surigao City Division and
Jacinto P. Elpa National High School, Tandag City Division for the 3rd place.
POPCOM Caraga regional director Alexander A.
Makinano pointed-out that the film will become property of POPCOM as
communication and information materials for Adolescent Health and Youth
Development Program.
Makinano further mentioned that the film festival
will be the venue to create awareness on the status of today’s adolescents and
young people and as one of the many approaches of the agency in helping the
young people in the crucial stage of their development so that they will grow into
healthy, responsible, and productive adults.
On the other hand, POPCOM also gave cash prize,
plaque and medals to the winning schools/divisions who participated in to the
Script Writing Contest.
The winning divisions for the Script Writing
Contest are the following: 1st place: Surigao City Division; 2nd place: Bislig
City Division and 3rd place: Cabdabaran City Division. (POPCOM-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DepEd bares 464 SHS implementers in Caraga
By Concepcion P. Vasquez
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 3 (PIA) – The Department of
Education (DepEd) Caraga region has recorded a total of 464 Senior High Schools
(SHS) implementers in the entire region.
As of August 31, 2016, of the 464 SHS implementers,
367 are form public, 84 private, and 13 state/universities/colleges implemented
SHS.
DepEd Caraga also bared that 124 implementers came
from the province of Surigao del Sur, 113 from Agusan del Sur, 106 from Agusan
del Norte, 92 from Surigao del Norte, and 29 from the province of Dinagat
Islands.
As to the enrolment, as of June 20, 2016, a total
of 21,327 enrolled to the different four academic tracks. GAS or General
Academic Strand topped with 10,490 enrollees, followed by STEM or Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics with 3,980; Humanities and Social
Sciences or HUMSS track with 3,486; and Accountancy, Business and Management
(ABM) with 3,371 enrollees.
Of the 1,048 teachers’ items allocated by DepEd
regionwide, 983 of which have already been filled-up while the remaining 64
have attributed to the lack of qualified applicants and conversion of some
items. (DepEd Butuan City division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Tagalog News: 36IB pinarangalan ng TESDA Surigao
Sur
Ni Nida
Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Okt. 3 (PIA) –
Pinarangalan ang 36th Infantry “Valor” Battalion (36IB), Philippine Army sa
ginanap na “Araw ng Parangal” na idinaos kamakailan kasabay ng pagdiriwang ng
ika-22 na anibersaryo ng Pangasiwaan sa Edukasyong Teknikal at Pagpaunlad ng
Kasanayan (TESDA) nitong probinsya.
Ayon sa report, mismong si Lt. Colonel Randolph
Rojas, ang pinakamataas na opisyal ng 36IB ang tumanggap ng plake bilang
parangal at pagpapasalamat sa patuloy nitong pakikipagtulongan sa nasabing ahensya
sa pamamagitan nang pagdadala at pagbibigay suporta na maihatid ang kanilang
programa sa kumunidad.
Sa termino ni Rojas bilang pinuno ng nasabing
batalyun, maraming ginanap na mga pagsasanay (trainings) sa iba’t-ibang klase
ng pangkabuhayan ang naiparating sa mga mamayan na higit na nangangailan nito
para sa kanilang pang araw-araw na pangkabuhayan. Naisakatuparan ang nasabing
pagsasanay sa pamamagitan ng pakikipagtulongan nito sa TESDA.
Kabilang nito ay ang sumusunod: Small Engine
repair; Ear Tapping and Nail Polishing, Nail Care and Haircut Training;
Vegetable Production; Organic Farming Training; Automotive Electrical Assembly;
Business Management and Vulcanizing Training; Tocino and Chorizo Making;
Chicken Production; at ang Crab Production. Ginanap ang lahat nang ito dahil na
rin sa hinaing ng mga sibilyan, ayon sa report.
Kasabay nito, pinasasalamatan ni Direktor Rey
Cueva, ang kasalukuyang pinuno ng TESDA sa Rehiyon ng Caraga at hepe sa
nasabing ahensya sa probinsya ng Surigao del Sur ang Valor Batalyon sa
serbisyong ipinagkakaloob para sa mga sibilyan na nasasakupan nito.
Ang makaahon sa kahirapan sa pamamagitan ng
pagbigay kaalamang edukasyong teknikal naman ang pinagkakaloob ng TESDA sa
bawat mamayan na ngangailangan nito sa pakikipagtulongan na rin sa iba’t-ibang
ahensya ng gobyerno, kabilang nito ang military at lokal na pamahalaan.
Sa pinalabas na mensahe ni Rojas, sinabi nya na
kailangan na mabigyan ng kaukulang pansin at tulong ang mga mamayan sa
pamagitan ng pagtuturo sa kanila ng kanilang pagkukunan ng pangkabuhayan.
Dagdag pa ng opisyal, “ipagpatuloy natin ang
magandang relasyon ng military at ng TESDA, kasama na ang iba pang mga kaagapay
mapapribado man og gobyerno (stakeholders) para sa ganitong pamamaraan mabigyan
natin ng sulosyon ang problema sa kahirapan.”
Ayun na rin sa opisyal na patuloy ang kanilang
suporta at pakikipagtulongan para makamit ang tunay kapayapaan at mapaunlad ang
pamayanan. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
