NPC, DICT to hold Data Privacy Roadshow in Butuan
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN
CITY, July 3 (PIA) - The National Privacy Commission (NPC) in partnership with
the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) - Mindanao
Cluster 2 is set to hold an orientation on Compliance with Republic Act 10173
also known as Data Privacy Act of 2012 on July 10, 2018 at Almont
Hotel's Inland Resort, this city.
According
to Evamay Dela Rosa, DICT cluster director/DICT Mindanao 2, the Data Privacy
Roadshow seeks to provide a venue where local government units, national
government agencies, academe and private sector can familiarize themselves with
the fundamental data privacy principles, the data privacy law and its
implementing rules, as well as with the administrative policies issued by the
Commission.
“The
NPC and DICT aim to facilitate better delivery of government services, in
pursuit of nation-building,” said Dela Rosa.
The
NPC also hopes to establish a network of cooperation among all local government
units that will pledge loyalty to the highest standards of data privacy, in
line with the trust ascribed to them by the Filipino people.
Dela
Rosa added that after the orientation, the participants are expected to be
familiarized with the law, its IRR and the commission’s regulations on
compliance or the “5 Utos”; carry out its sectoral-wide Privacy Impact
Assessment and Privacy by Design; building a Privacy Resilience Workplace; and
undergo a Privacy Impact Assessment Workshop, among others. (PIA-Caraga)
Kapatid Mentor Me batch 3 starts in Butuan City
BUTUAN
CITY, July 3 - Twenty-five mentees and a crowd of some 100 composed of other
micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), accredited mentors of the
Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE), members of the local MSME
Development Council (MSMEDC), other partner agencies, local government unit
(LGU) functionaries and officials of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
attended the recent 2018 kick-off of the Kapatid Mentor Me (KMME) -
Batch 3, this city.
The
conduct of this 2018 MSME mentoring program, the 3rd for DTI Agusan del Norte
and 10th for DTI Caraga, is a joint undertaking of DTI, PCE and the City
Government of Butuan.
Butuan
City Sangguniang Panlungsod Member and Chair of the Committee on Commerce,
Trade and Industry Joseph Omar Andaya, who represented City Mayor Ronnie
Vicente Lagnada, thanked DTI for coming up with this program since this would
really help the entrepreneurs improve their businesses.
Andaya
said that he himself took his Masters in Entrepreneurship at the Asian
Institute of Management and he believes that the topics lined up under the KMME
program mirrors that of the course which he took after paying a very large fee.
Those part of the program should be very happy that they will get it for free,
he added.
“The
city of Butuan, other than helping defray the cost of mounting this KMME
program is also helping entrepreneurs by providing the enabling infrastructure
via roads built to ease flow of goods and since Butuan is really agri-based to
promote and support investments and job opportunities in agri-business,” Andaya
said.
KMME
is a targeted and focused assistance to a group of 20 to 25 pre-selected MSMEs
called mentees via weekly coaching and mentoring sessions by business owners
and practitioners on the different functional areas of entrepreneurship. After
this mentoring journey which will run for 10 weeks, the mentees are expected to
become more confident, more knowledgeable and armed with their business
improvement plan ready for implementation.
The
pre-selection criteria included the commitment or willingness of the MSME to
complete the whole process, at least one -year of business operation, with a
clear market and a unique selling proposition and awareness of the enterprise’
areas for improvements or gaps that can be addressed from expert inputs
(mentoring), coaching and sharing of practices from co-mentees.
The
modules include the following: Module 1 : Entrepreneurial Mind--‐Setting and Values Formation; Module
2 : Marketing Mindset (Situation Analysis, Business as a Solution and Matching
with the Market); Module 3A: Market--‐Driven Product Development and Innovation; 3B: Market Growth and
Expansion; Module 4 : Business Model Canvass; Module 5 : Operations Management;
Module 6 : Supply and Value Chain; Module 7 : Human Resource and Organization
Management; Module 8 : Entrepreneurial Accounting and Financial Management;
Module 9 : Taxation, and Module 10 : Business Law (Obligations and Contracts).
Andaya
was joined by DTI Regional Operations Group Assistant Secretary Blesila
Lantayona, DTI Caraga Regional Director Brielgo O. Pagaran, OIC Assistant
Regional Director Gay A. Tidalgo. Provincial MSMED Council Chair Esther Uy,
Department of Labor and Employment Provincial Head Keith Duran and DTI-Agusan
del Norte OIC Provincial Director Brenda B. Corvera.
Doing
over-all facilitation was DTI Agusan del Norte Negosyo Center (NC) and KMME Provincial
Coordinator Myra Gavero. She was assisted by the provincial office's NC staff
and personnel from the Butuan City Trade, Industry and Investment Promotion
Office. (DTI-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Mindanao Institute champs in drum, lyre competition
By Nora L. Molde and Jessica O. Mellejor
BUTUAN
CITY, July 3 - The Mindanao Institute (MI) located at Cabadbaran City, Agusan
del Norte bagged the championship title in the Drum and Lyre Competition held
at the Provincial Capitol Ground here during its recent founding anniversary
celebration of the province of Agusan del Norte.
Eight
contenders coming from both public and private schools in the province
participated in the competition to include the Jabonga National High School,
M.I. Cabadbaran City, Nasipit National Vocational School, Magallanes National
High School, Candelaria Institute of Cabadbaran City, Guinabsan National High
School, R.T.R. National High School and SPED Buenavista.
MI bested
other contenders in the Best in Musicality & Majorette
awards. Candelaria Institute got the first runner up and Best in
Choreography while the 2nd runner up and Best Uniform went to SPED
Buenavista and Best Band Master was awareded to Guinabsan National High School.
The
champion received P50,000; 1st runner-up - P30,000; 2nd runner up - P20,000;
and P15,000.00 was given each to the non-winners as consolation prizes.
(LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DOST-Davao to spearhead 2018 Mindanao National Science and Technology
Week celebration
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, July 3 – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
Regional Office XI is set to host the 2018 Mindanao National Science and
Technology Week celebration via a three-day event to showcase the different
Science and Technology (S&T) programs and projects at the SMX Convention
Center, Lanang, Davao City on July 6 – 8, 2018.
Dr.
Anthony Sales, DOST Region XI director and MindaDOST chair, said that President
Rodrigo Duterte is “expected to give the Keynote Address” during the affair,
noting that it had already been a long time that a head of state had graced
such an occasion.
It
was confirmed that the “event will showcase the different S&T programs and
projects of DOST covering various Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)
thematic areas,” citing “the youth, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs), Communities, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) and
Environment, and Health STI for the Academe.”
In
pushing for their programs and projects, Dr. Sales admitted to have invited
“all congressmen and senators” who played a “crucial part of
development.”
The
DOST regional director had also sent an invitation letter dated June 18, 2018
to Surigao del Sur Gov. Vicente “BB” Pimentel, Jr. cordially inviting the
latter “as one of our Honored Guests during the Opening Ceremony” and the “Main
Program,” as well at 3:00 p.m. on July 6, 2018 and
at 4:00 p.m. on July 7, 2018, respectively. (Radyo
Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
