CSC to hold career service test anew
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 5 (PIA) - In
less than a month time and rare instance, the Civil Service Commission (CSC)
has set to conduct career service sub-professional and professional
examinations on April 15, 2018.
Imelda Bongabong, newly installed director of the
CSC field office in Surigao del Sur, believed that this action taken by their
head office was owing to the mounting demand of those who were not accommodated
during the recent career service test given on March 18, 2018.
Since the deadline of filing for application was
set April 3, 2018, the same CSC official advised that qualified applicants had
to dash off.
She called on all hopefuls to take advantage of the
situation before the close of office hours.
The announcement came after Bongabong was installed
by no less than Regional Director (RD) Resurreccion Pueyo together with
Assistant Regional Director (ARD) Atty. Winston Plaza of the CSC Caraga
Regional Office at 2:00 p.m. on April 2, 2018. (Radyo
Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
SurSur makes history with “IPMR”
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 5 (PIA) - The
province of Surigao del Sur has made an indelible mark on history in Caraga
region with the official oath taking of
Jimmy Guinsod as Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR)
before Governor Vicente “BB” Pimentel, Jr. on April 4, 2018.
Atty. Jose “Jake” Dumagan, Jr., National Commission
on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Caraga Regional Director (RD), was so grateful to
Gov. Pimentel upon learning that the latter had already signed and administered
the oath of office of Guinsod.
According to the NCIP chief, what took place was
“first in the history of IPMR in Caraga,” stressing that the other provinces
comprising the region had yet to follow suit.
Dumagan also said that before Guinsod was issued a
Certificate of Affirmation (COA) by his office and a Certificate of Recognition
by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) through
Provincial Director (PD) Pedrito Alacaba, the newly selected IPMR had undergone
first a thorough selection process.
IPMR Guinsod would serve for a three-year term
unless cut short by “vote of loss of confidence,” he pointed out. However, “decision on that matter rests upon
the IP elders.”
Governor Pimentel, in a separate interview, said
that the selection of Guinsod could have been made earlier if not only for the
“lack of budget,” adding that he really wanted an Indigenous Peoples (IP)
representative at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) much earlier.
The governor confirmed that what happened was
indeed “first in Caraga” and a “proud moment” as well for the province of
Surigao del Sur.
When asked how the reaction of IPMR Guinsod was
during the oath taking ceremony, Gov. Pimentel told Radyo Pilipinas that the
Lumad representative “was so happy.”
In an exclusive interview, SP Member Jimmy Guinsod
admitted to have been overwhelmed with joy.
He blurted out then thanking his fellow IPs, the NCIP, Gov. Pimentel,
and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, which he said was instrumental in realigning
a budget for his post.
Guinsod assured that, being an IPMR, he would bring
the voices of the three tribes in the province—Mamanwa, Manobo and Mandaya.
Knowing that there were only a few of the IPs who
had earned a college degree, the newly selected mandatory representative
likewise bared his priority programs: to
advocate for the education of his fellow IPs and to help them “resist the
NPAs.”
On the part of the committee chair of the Finance
and Appropriation, Surigao del Sur 1st District Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP)
Member Henrich Pimentel, was surprised to know that Guinsod had already taken
his oath of office before Gov. Pimentel that swift. However, he said to have received a call from
Gov. Pimentel, through Atty. Lemuel Auza, provincial attorney, who inquired about
the “budget ordinance” which had something to do with the IPMR. Fund “realignment” was done during their
regular session on April 3, 2018, it was learned.
The board member, who happened to be the presiding
officer of the said regular session since Vice-Gov. Manuel Alameda, Sr. was out
on official business, likewise said he was “glad over the selection of Guinsod”
and that “it paved the way for a historic event.” Indeed, it was a “proud
moment for Surigao del Sur,” he commented further.
Citing regard for the IPRA law, SP Pimentel noted
that the province had “set an example for the other provinces of Caraga
region.” (Radyo Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
