DICT-Caraga conducts capability development
workshop for ICT

BUTUAN CITY, April 20 (PIA) - The Department of
Information and Communications Technology (DICT) - Caraga Region and the Caraga
ICT Council recently conducted here a Capability Development Workshop to
various ICT councils and organizations in the region.
Emmy Lou Delfin, program manager of e-Innovation,
introduced DICT’s Digital PH which aims at enabling digital opportunities and
innovation in the countryside through its principal programs - SeedPH, Stepping
Up the Value Chain, Digital Cities PH, and Rural Impact Sourcing.
Atty. Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, vice president of the
National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), facilitated the Capability
Development Workshop.
She also shared how NICP started and its mission
fundamental to boosting ICT in the country.
Representatives from the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) and Caraga State University (CSU) were invited to share their
plans, best practices, and initiatives to aid other councils that will best
serve the entire ICT landscape of Caraga. (DICT-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DepEd Caraga trains educators on multi-factored
assessment tools
BUTUAN CITY, April 20 (PIA) - To orient and train
the participants on how to identify the developmentally- delayed Grade 1
learners, a Regional Mass Training of Teachers on Multi-Factored Assessment
Tools (MFAT) was held on April 9-13, 2018 at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention
Center in this city.
The seminar-workshop was in line with the thrust of
the Department of Education (DepEd) to ensure inclusive education for the
learners with special needs. The Multi-Factored Assessment Tools are being used
by the special education teachers to determine if a child needs special
education services.
Being a Grade 1 classroom teacher in her first 13
years with the department, DepEd Caraga assistant regional director Fidela V.
Rosas, CESO V, expressed her admiration to the participants.
“I love being with Grade 1 teachers, they are as
happy as their students. It’s not easy as per experience, and I adore you for
that,” she said.
She also emphasized that “the MFAT is for further
enhancement as a means to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the
learners at the early grades that will serve as a basis for designing
appropriate educational interventions for the pupils.”
A series of workshops were conducted during the
first three days of the training and a return demonstration with Grade 1 pupils
was performed to properly execute the learning of the participants.
The Curriculum Learning Management Division of
DepEd Caraga headed by the Regional Special Education (SPED) Coordinator, Dr.
Elena N. Capangpangan, together with the SPED Coordinators of the different
schools division offices facilitated the five-day orientation which was
participated by the district supervisors, school principals, and Grade 1
teachers of the 12 schools divisions of the region. (DepEd-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
423 4Ps student-grantees set to graduate in SurSur
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 20 (PIA) -
After four years of implementation, a total of 423 student-grantees under the
“Expanded Students’ Grants-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGP-PA)” of
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD) are set to graduate in Surigao del Sur.
The recognition rites, which also “aims to
highlight the gains of Pantawid Pamilya and to share the stories of positive
change among ESGP-PA grantees,” will take place at Surigao del Sur State
University (SDSSU) Main Campus Gym at 1:00 PM on April 23, 2018, according to
Meiraflor Cabigon, DSWD Provincial Link here.
“This program serves as an educational assistance
for college students of selected Pantawid Pamilya households,” she said in a
letter of invitation to Gov. Vicente “BB” Pimentel, Jr. on April 16, 2018.
Cabigon invited the governor to attend the event
and deliver an inspirational message.
“The activity will be attended by DSWD, SDSSU,
Provincial Stakeholders and Local Government Units including the graduates and
their parents,” she said.
SDSSU under President Dr. Baceledes Estal was named
by Cabigon as partner of their agency in carrying out the said program.
(PIA-Surigao del Sur)
1 dead, 2 injured in NPA harassment in Surigao del
Norte
By Capt. Francisco P. Garello, Jr.
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, April 20
(PIA) - The CPP-NPA Terrorist operating in Surigao del Norte harassed a
community in Brgy Lahi, Gigaquit town that resulted to the instantaneous death
of one civilian and wounding two others around 12:00 PM on April 18, 2018.
Accordingly, CPP-NPA Terrorist believed to be under
Guerilla Front 16C harassed the civilian community of the town by
indiscriminately firing their high-powered firearms at the residents living
near the social hall of said barangay.
Further, three civilians on board a motorcycle that
was passing by in the area were fired upon by the said armed group that
resulted to the death of one and wounding the other two of his companions.
The victim was identified as Jepti Acido, a Pastor,
32 years old, single and resident of Brgy Tayaga, Claver, who died
instantaneously and the two wounded were Virgil Flor Ortiz, 23 years old,
resident of Brgy Tayaga, Claver and Adner Malaque, 20 years old, single and
resident of Brgy Villafranca, Gigaquit town.
Troops of 36IB, while on combat operation,
immediately maneuvered to intercept the perpetrators in order to bring justice
for the killing of an innocent civilian and wounding two others which were
immediately brought to the nearest hospital in Surigao City.
Lt. Colonel Xerxes A. Trinidad, Commanding Officer
of the 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion, in his statement, confirmed the
incident and the unfortunate tragedy in the middle of plans on the resumption
of Peace Talks between the Government and the NDFP.
“We vehemently condemn these treacherous attacks to
the civilians by the CPP-NPA Terrorist. These actions manifest their true
intentions of deception and how to resolve conflict in Mindanao,” Trinidad
said.
He said that the community of Brgy Lahi has been
responding positively to the programs of the government towards peace and
development. However, the said attack was made to sow fear and force the
community not to support government peace initiatives.
“I am calling all peace loving people of the said community
to include the entire municipality of Gigaquit; let us stand together and
condemn these barbaric actions of the CNTs,” Lt Colonel Trinidad added.
It can be recalled that since the immersion of the
Community Support Program Teams of the 36IB in Brgy Lahi of same town, CNTs
already conducted two harassments last September and October of 2017 that
brought fear and terror to the civilians residing in the said community. (CMO-36IB,
Philippine Army/PIA Surigao del Norte)
