AgNor province’s
breeder stock augmented
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 5 – The provincial government of
Agusan del Norte, through the Provincial Veterinarian’s Office, is set to receive
from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga Regional Office additional one
head purebred Anglo-Nubian Buck as breeder stock in the province .
This is a support and assistance from DA to
livestock stakeholders in pursuit of agricultural development and worthy
endeavors to promote the interest of the farmers that aims to ensure continuity
of developing the livestock industry that will attain high productivity and
resilient animals in support to the DA programs.
To recall, the province received in 2017, 2 beehive
colonies, 10 heads swine (1 head boar and 9 heads gilt), 5 heads heifer and 5
heads caraheifer from DA Caraga.
The provincial government of Agusan del Norte and
DA recognize the importance of the involvement and participation of the private
and government breeding farms in the production of livestocks forecasted to be
the sources of stocks for the backyard farmers in the future.
With this program, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of
Agusan del Norte recently authorized Provincial Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell
M. Amante-Matba to sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DA Caraga
Regional Office for a smooth implementation of the program through Sanggunian
Resolution No. 011-2018, authored by Provincial Board Member Aquino W. Gambe.
(ABSienes, LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Efforts to sit an IPMR in SurSur in limbo
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 5 – Despite the
Certificate of Affirmation (COA) issued to Jimmy Iligan Guinsod by the National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in Caraga Regional Office XIII under
Atty. Jose Dumagan, Jr., the expectant “Board Member” seems to be going nowhere
for now.
However, DILG Provincial Director (PD) Pedrito
Alacaba expressed optimism that in the end the result would come out fine.
The DILG top chief explained that with the COA
already handed, what should be done was just to “recognize” the bearer.
Guinsod, the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory
Representative (IPMR) of San Miguel town, would also be replaced by Rico Maca
down at the municipal level as planned upon vacating his post soon.
To become a duly authorized IP representative of
the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, Guinsod had to make it to the last and final
process of taking the oath of office before Gov. Vicente “BB” Pimentel,
Jr. But such ritual had yet to take
place, according to NCIP Provincial Head Engr. Charlyn Binghoy.
The NCIP chief was also saying that in case Guinsod
got the nod from the province, it would be one for the books. She explained that he would be the very first
SP Member from among the IPs at the provincial level in Caraga region. Besides, the NCIP was noted to have bared in
an exclusive interview that having a sitting IPMR would matter in the annual
conferment of Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG).
Meanwhile, Vice-Governor Manuel Alameda, Sr. was
found out to have been in a quandary.
Describing the situation as “pressing matter” in his letter to DILG
Secretary Eduardo AΓ±o dated January 25, 2018, the SP presiding officer was
seeking for “the proper course of action to be undertaken.” He cited both the
position paper of the League of Vice-Governors of the Philippines (LVGP) dated
February 17, 2017, which the DILG Secretary had been furnished a copy as well
as the communication sent to him by Alacaba on January 23, 2018.
Also, in a related interview, the chair of the
Finance and Appropriation Committee, SP Member Henrich Pimentel, clarified that
the august body had already approved the 2018 Executive Budget with “unfunded”
IPMR post during the budget deliberation in 2017. Being existing but unfilled
during the preceding year, he added that said plantilla position, among others,
was decided to be scrapped. (Radyo Pilipinas-Tandag
City/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
AgNor to upgrade medical equipment, systems in
local hospitals

BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 5 – With the help of the
Department of Health (DOH) Regional Office XIII, the provincial government of
Agusan del Norte was given an opportunity to upgrade the medical and laboratory
equipment of the hospitals and Rural Health Units (RHUs) in the province.
This move was under the Health Facility Enhancement
Program of the DOH to improve the primary health facilities and hospitals to
comply with the DOH licensing and Philhealth accreditation requirements as
referral centers.
For its smooth implementation, the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan authorized Provincial Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M.
Amante-Matba to sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DOH.
Under this MOA, the hospitals and RHUs are to
identify their needed medical and laboratory equipment to be funded and
purchased by the DOH through the Health Facility Enhancement Program.
On the other hand, another MOA will be signed by
Amante-Matba in behalf of the province and the DOH for the Integrated Hospital
Operation and Management Program (IHOMP), Policies and Guidelines to be put in
place in the hospitals.
Starting January 2018, Philhealth is requiring all
hospitals to adopt the Integrated Hospital Operations and Management
Information system (IHOMIS) of the DOH in their day-to-day hospital operations
to improve the quality of management system and procedures within the hospital
with Total Quality Management and Patient Safety as framework.
This new technology is part of the Philippine
Health Agenda for 2016-2020 of the national government to improve health care,
practice good governance and promote universal health services access for all
Filipinos.
Provincial Board Member Elizabeth Marie R. Calo
pushed for the approval of the two MOAs during its recently conducted regular
sessions. (ABSienes, LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
