Security measures up for game fishing tourney in
Siargao
BUTUAN CITY, April 13 - The Police Regional Office
(PRO)-13 revealed that security measures in the island of Siargao have been
intensified for the 11th Siargao International Game Fishing tournament
scheduled on April 12 to 16, 2018 in Pilar town.
“We are expecting thousands of local and foreign
tourists, and stakeholders to witness and participate in the competition. Thus,
PRO-13 in coordination with the Task Force Siargao headed by Governor Sol F.
Matugas, Local Government Units, Surigao del Norte Provincial Tourism, 30th
Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Navy,
and other force multipliers joined together for synchronized public safety and
security operations,” PRO-13 Regional Director PCSupt. Noli A. Romana
disclosed.
A total of 32 personnel from the Regional Mobile
Force Battalion including two personnel from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal
unit with equipment and bomb suit, two handlers with K9 dogs, 50 handheld
radios, base radios and mobile repeater, two Information Technology Management
Service personnel with CCTV cameras and recorders and 10 Special Action Force
(SAF) were deployed to reinforce the local police in ensuring the security not
only for competitors but for tourists, as well.
PCSupt. Romana said that he is confident that
Caraga police will do its best to make sure that the public will feel secured
during their stay in the island.
(PRO13/PIA-Caraga)
PopCom, LGUs engage in “Family Talk”

BUTUAN CITY, April 13 - Population workers of
Agusan Provinces and Cities of Butuan, Bislig and Cabadbaran who successfully completed the first batch of
the recent “Training of Trainers on Parent-Teen Trail”, vowed to popularize the
new strategy in their respective locality
in its effort to curb early sex and other reproductive concerns among
young people.
This was concretized in the re-entry plan submitted
wherein various roll-outs are set starting
April this year, expecting to
reach out more than a hundred of parents
with their teens, as a strategy to bridge the gap within the family, thus,
strengthen the bonds.
Under their plan, population workers are eyeing
on to strengthen the bond between parents and teens through each parallel sessions for four hours, which shall be highlighted with the sharing
of love letters during the encounter of parents and adolescent children.
Through the activity, population workers will
educate the parents to communicate with their adolescent children in a
non-confrontational manner about matters pertaining to adolescent health and
development.
In one of the roll-out activities, one of the
mothers shared, with teary eye, that she is indeed very grateful to the
organizers in coming up with the parent-teen trail, as it has helped bridge the
communication gap between her and her teen daughter. Furthermore, she shared that
the inputs made her realized the importance of communication and listening ears
to sustain harmonious family relationship.
In his speech, Commission on Population (PopCom)
Caraga Director Alexander Makinano stressed that communication among parents
and teens are indispensable to avoid a non-threatening discussion among family
members; thus two-way communication is strengthened where children have the
opportunity to express their thoughts and feelings.
Parent-Teen Trail or otherwise known as “Usapang
Mag-anak” is a fun and relevant learning journey for parents and teens on the
importance of communication about adolescent sexuality in achieving happy and
healthy relationships at home.
It was also patterned after the successful U4U
(You-for-You) Teen Trail campaign, supported by the United Nations Population
Fund. (PopCom Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Arms, ammunition delivery for NPA terrorists
prevented
AGUSAN DEL SUR, April 13 - Following a report from
a concerned resident of a suspicious group of men believed to be members of
Guerilla Front 3 of Southern Mindanao Regional Committee in Sitio Paradise,
Barangay Del Monte, Veruela, Agusan del Sur on April 10, 2018, elements of the
26th Infantry Battalion immediately proceeded to verify the information.
While approaching the area in the early morning on
April 11, 2018, a burst of gunfire met the troops as the group of men hastily
scampered towards the forested portion in the vicinity.
The Army troops pursued and discovered two carton
boxes filled with 3,000 rounds of 5.56mm ammunition for M-16 rifle made by
ARMSCOR, one cal. 30 carbine rifle, two KG9 submachine-guns, one ARMSCOR cal.
22 rifle with scope, one complete set of Improvised Explosive Device (IED), and
two magazines for AK47 rifle with ammunitions, all left by the NPAs.
Recently, series of encounters between the troops
of 26IB and Guerilla Front 3 of the terrorist NPAs took place in the same,
which led to the demise of one of their top leaders and one female member.
“This indicates that the NPA group in the area is
desperate and weakening. The more that they should realize the better option to
surrender. I applaud the efforts of the
26IB personnel in the denial of the delivery of these war materials to the
NPAs. We will remain steadfast and we will make sure that those responsible on
this attempt to support the terrorists will be made answerable to the
provisions of the law,” averred Col. Andres Centino, commander of 401st
Brigade.
The recovered items are now being processed for
investigation of its source and the personalities who will be held responsible
in its unauthorized dispensation. (26IB, PA/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Tagalog news: Paggamit ng alternative fuels sa
Caraga Region, isinusulong
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Abril 13 (PIA) - Bilang tugon sa
problema sa polusyon na nagdudulot ng malaking epekto sa kalusugan ng mga
mamamayan, isinusulong ng Department of Energy (DOE) ang pagamit ng Alternative
Fuels at Energy Technologies sa mga Caraganons.
Sa ginanap na Information, Education, and
Communication (IEC) advocacy on Alternative Fuels and Energy Technologies ng
DOE sa lungsod ng Butuan, binigyang-diin ng mga personahe ng nasabing
departamento ang magandang maidudulot ng alternative fuels, maging ng electric
vehicles.
Ayon kay deputy regional director Fryan Abkilan ng
Philippine Information Agency – Caraga, ang DOE at at Philippine Information
Agency (PIA) ay nagsasagawa ng ganitong aktibidad sa ibat-ibang rehiyon upang
mas mapalaganap pa ang kaalaman ng mga pilipino at mas maintindihan ang
alternative fuels bilang pinaka-cost effective renewable resources.
Ayon kay Abkilan, ang kasalukuyang administrasyon
ay pinapalaganap ang naaayon at tamang pagamit ng mas malinis na alternative
energy fuels at ng electronic vehicles.
Ibinahagi naman ni Engr. Federico Domingo, Jr., ang
supervising science research specialist ng DOE central office, na ang
pamamahagi ng e-trikes ay sa ilalim ng programang market transformation ng DOE.
Bahagi ito ng P1.7 bilyon loan agreement sa Asian Development Bank kung saan
3,000 e-trikes ang ipapamahagi sa iba’t ibang bahagi ng bansa.
Maliban sa energy-efficient mode of transportation,
ang green vehicles gaya ng e-trikes ay naglalayong mabawasan ang pagamit ng oil
fuel na siyang nagdudulot ng panganib sa kalikasan.
Dagdag naman ni Karolline de Vera, ang science
research specialist ng DOE, kinakailangan na umanong magshift into alternative
fuels upang maiwasan o mabawasan umano ang epekto ng polusyon sa kalikasan,
maging sa kalusugan ng tao. Mas mura din umano ang alternative fuels kaysa sa
oil fuel.
Sa ilalim ng Alternative Fuels Program, bababa’
umano ang bilang ng mga konsumante ng imported oil sa bansa gaya ng paggamit ng
karaniwang gasolina at diesel, kapag nabigyan sila ng ibang alternatibo na
environment-friendly at mas mahusay na klase ng sasakyang pampubliko.
Nagpahayag din ng interest ang isa sa mga
partisipante na nakilalang si Engr. Charito Rosinas, chief engineer ng isang
international vessel, sa pagsisimula ng e-trike business sa lungsod ng Butuan,
dahil umano ay makakatulong ito sa pagpapababa sa masamang epekto ng polusyon
na galing sa masamang kemikal na binubuga ng mga sasakyan.
Samantala, ang DOE ay nananatiling bukas sa lahat
ng lokal na pamahalaan bilang e-trike off takers sa kani-kanilang komunidad na
magagamit din sa pagpapalago ng turismo. (JPG/VLG/PIA-Caraga)
