Tandag City, SurSur town to get DILG award
By Nida
Grace Barcena
HINATUAN, Surigao del Sur, Nov. 10 (PIA) – Tandag
City and the town of Hinatuan, this province are among the recipients of the
Seal of the Good Local Governance (SGLG) award by the Department of Interior
and Local Government (DILG).
Tandag City is the only city in the region which
got the award for the Component City Category, it was learned.
For the Municipal Category, Hinatuan and the other
17 local government units (LGUs) namely: Carmen, Las Nieves, and Santiago, all
in Agusan del Norte; Esperanza, San Francisco and Trento of Agusan del Sur;
Cagdianao, Dinagat, Loreto, Tubajon of Dinagat Islands; and Claver, Del Carmen,
Mainit, Malimono, Sison, Sta Monica, and Tubod, all in Surigao del Norte, will
also receive the award.
This year’s conferment also included the province
of Dinagat Islands for the provincial category.
All qualified LGUs are to be conferred with a 2017
SGLG marker and a cash incentive through the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF)
to finance their local development initiatives. (NGPB/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
NIA turns over P23.6M project to irrigators
association in SurSur town
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Nov. 10 (PIA) – The
National Irrigation Administration-Irrigation Management Office (NIA-IMO) of
Surigao del Sur has turned over the Cabangahan Communal Irrigation Project
(CIP) under the extension/expansion of existing irrigation systems (EEIS) for
Calendar Year 2016 amounting to P23.6 million on Nov. 7, 2017.
NIA-IMO Chief Engr. Dexter Sablaon said the
turnover and inauguration ceremony was conducted at the dam sites (Dam 1 and
Dam 2), Cabangahan multi-purpose gym in Tago town.
The said project was formally accepted by 65
farmer-beneficiaries of Cabangahan Greenfiled Farmers Irrigators Association,
Inc. led by Melchor Saur, president.
During the ceremonial activity, NIA Caraga Regional
Manager Magante Ganotisi reminded the farmers to take care of the project.
“Now that the project has been turned-over to you,
you should take care of the system and you must have the sense of ownership.
The failure and success of the association are in your hands,” Ganotisi said.
Ganotisi also emphasized that the beneficiaries
should develop a cropping calendar, which will serve as their cropping guide
when it is fully operational.
She also hoped the project would augment farm
income as it would provide a stable supply of irrigation water yearlong. (NGBT
with a report from NIA/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
