DSWD augments P300K medical assistance to Agusan
del Norte PHO
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, April 23 (PIA) - The provincial
government of Agusan del Norte, with the assistance from the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) – Field Office XIII, augmented its health
services and medical assistance for patients in the Agusan del Norte Provincial
Hospital.
Through the efforts of Provincial Governor Ma.
Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba, the Agusan del Norte Provincial Hospital can
now provide better medical assistance through a credit limit amounting to P300,000.00
for all indigent patients in the hospital.
For proper and immediate implementation of the
program, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan authorized the governor to sign the
Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the DSWD Field Office XIII.
Under the said MOA, the program is in the form of a
credit line where the Provincial Hospital can charge the billings and costs of
services rendered to the indigent patient-beneficiaries to the account of DSWD
where the maximum credit line of the said hospital shall be P300,000.00.
The program promotes fast and effective provision
of the indigents’ immediate social services on their medical and surgical needs
at the PHO being a partner-health service provider of the said agency.
This aims to strengthen the agency’s social services
component by providing medical assistance to deserving indigent members of
society.
The Committee on Social Welfare, Population
Development and Health and Nutrition, chaired by Provincial Board Member
Elizabeth Marie R. Calo, pushed for the approval of the said grant of authority
and approved by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan through Sanggunian Resolution No.
094-2018. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
BFAR Caraga launches BASIL program, holds Tilapia
Stakeholders Forum
BUTUAN CITY, April 23 (PIA) - Partners and
frontliners from local government units (LGUs) composed of municipal
agriculturists and agricultural technologists for fisheries, together with the
fisherfolk beneficiaries in the region convened as the Bureau of Fisheries and
Aquatic Resources in Caraga (BFAR Caraga) officially launched here the “Balik
Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa” (BASIL) Program and hosted the first Regional Tilapia
Stakeholders Forum on April 18, 2018.
The activity was attended by Dr. Juan D. Albaladejo,
BFAR Caraga regional director, together with the provincial fisheries officers
from the five provinces in this region.
Meanwhile, Joyce M. Baclayo, project leader of the
National Stock Assessment Program (NSAP) had her presentation on the status of Lake
Mainit with emphasis on Pijanga (Glossogobius guiris) and the status of the
commodity in Agusan Marsh.
Likewise, Dr. Adelaida L. Palma, national focal
person for BASIL Program, provided an overview of said program.
“The BASIL program aims to rehabilitate/restore the
physical conditions of minor lakes and reservoirs, enhance inland fisheries
production, and repopulate indigenous species in support of biodiversity
conservation, poverty alleviation and food sufficiency,” said Dr. Palma.
The activity on the "Tilapia Forum" was
then conducted after the launching of BASIL program, with Laila Holoyohoy,
regional focal person for Tilapia facilitating the consultation with the LGUs
regarding the present status of the tilapia industry in Caraga.
Issues and problems concerning the tilapia industry
sector were raised by the participants. These included the lack of good supply
for breeder tilapia in Caraga region. They also asked the requirements for a
liable hatchery for the breeder tilapia.
These issues were already included in the Bureau’s
Commodity Action Plan for Tilapia, as presented by Ms. Holoyohoy.
(BFAR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
AgNor town, 23IB hold IP Youth Summit
By 1Lt Kevin B Gordolan
BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte, April 23 - The 23IB
“Masigasig” troopers and the local government unit of Buenavista, Agusan del
Norte recently conducted the 1st Buenavista Higaonon Indigenous Peoples (IP)
Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) 2018 in Brgy. Agong-ong, here.
The YLS was participated in by 50 IP youth from the
four barangays of Simbalan, Olave, Sangay and Guinabsan, all of Buenavista.
The conduct of the three-day summit was anchored on
the theme “Gugma ug Panaghiusa sa Kabataan, Dalan sa Kalinaw ug Kalamboan.”
According to Battalion Commander Ltc Emil J. Cruz,
the activity aimed to inculcate positive values, attitudes and behavior that
will ultimately develop a character-based leadership among the IP Youth. It
also fostered unity of different IP communities and youth groups leading to
synergy and commitment to community development.
“It also enabled the youth to discover, affirm and
further use their inherent leadership attributes that will later create a
positive impact to the society," Ltc Cruz added. (QMS, PA Civil Military
Operation, 23IB/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
SOA programs on Livestock and Cassava target 1,500
graduates in Caraga
By Jason Paul Dads E. Jampac
BUTUAN CITY, April 23 (PIA) - The power of the
airwaves remains relevant and far-reaching today.
It is on this belief that the Agricultural Training
Institute – Caraga Region (ATI-Caraga) launched the School-on-the-Air (SOA)
programs on cassava and good animal husbandry practices (GAHP) in the three
provinces of Caraga region on April 17-19, 2018.
These will run for 16 weeks and airing will start
on May 2018. A total of 1,500 enrollees are expected to graduate from the
program sometime in September of the same year.
The SOA on Cassava Production was launched in
Butuan City last April 17, 2018. Targeted number of graduates is 500. Enrollees
will include farmers, students and individuals who are interested in growing
cassava and would come from the 10 towns of Agusan del Norte and the cities of
Butuan and Cabadbaran.
Tentative airing schedule will be every Tuesday
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm starting May 29, 2018 via Hope radio.
Meanwhile, in Agusan del Sur, the SOA on
GAHP/Livestock Production was launched on April 18, 2018 in Patin-ay,
Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. Number of graduates is targeted at 500.
Maiden broadcast is tentatively slated on May 4,
2018 at DXSF and slated every Friday thereafter from 5:00 am – 6:00 am.
Moreover, the launching of the SOA on GAHP/Livestock
Production took place last April 19, 2018 at the Provincial Convention Center
in Surigao City. Like in other provinces, 500 enrollees are also expected to
graduate from the program.
All the 21 towns of Surigao del Norte including the
lone city of Surigao are enjoined to participate.
It was agreed among the coordinators during the
briefing and launching that it will be aired over DXSN every Wednesday from
5:00 am – 6:00 am starting on the last week of May 2018. However, Ginalyn V.
Arbutante (Information Officer II of ATI-Caraga and SOA Regional Coordinator)
clarified that there could still be changes in the SOA schedule depending on
the outcome of negotiation with the radio stations.
Sangguniang Panlalawigan member Melva P. Garcia,
during her welcome message, expressed her appreciation to ATI for utilizing
broadcast media in educating farmers on new technologies toward the achievement
of food security.
She encouraged everybody to listen to the radio
because she believes that in spite of the onslaught of gadgets and
internet-based technologies, radio is still a cheap and powerful tool in
disseminating local news and valuable information to the people especially
those in the rural areas.
Samuel L. Calonzo, OIC Center Director of
ATI-Caraga, manifested his happiness for the conduct of SOA in Surigao del
Norte because it has been a long time since the province had such program.
He vowed that the implementation of SOA would be
closely monitored by ATI to ensure its successful conduct. (ATI-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
