600 motorcycle riders, enthusiasts join clean riders launching
BUTUAN
CITY, Aug. 20 - More than 600 motorcycle riders and enthusiasts participated
in the launching of Philippine National Police’s (PNP) newest campaign plan
“Clean Rider”at Police Regional Office (PRO) 13, Saturday, which aims to curb
crimes perpetrated by motorcycle-riding suspects.
“This
is a serious move by the PNP that aims mainly to underscore the total
elimination of crimes committed by these motorcycle-riding suspects, eradicate
road unworthy motorcycles, impound stolen motorcycles, and ensure the safety
and security of the law-abiding motorcycle riders,” said Police Chief
Superintendent Noli A. Romana PRO13 Regional Director.
Also
present during the launching were ranking police officials of PRO13 led by
Acting Deputy Regional Director for Operations PSSupt. Jimili L Macaraeg, who
delivered the message of the regional director to 20 motorcycle clubs and
enthusiasts, regional staff, Regional Highway Patrol Group, Crime Laboratory
Office 13, media personalities and other PNP personnel of PRO13.
A
promotional video was presented that followed a signing of the Pledge of
Commitment to encouraged riders to obtain a clean rider sticker by applying for
one at the police stations in their localities.
Motorcycle-riders
will only need to submit the official receipt and certificate of registration
of his motorcycle, his driver’s license and other valid identification cards.
Once a rider and a vehicle pass inspection, they would be given a sticker with
security features.
PCSupt.
Romana reminded that the clean rider sticker and serial number are
non-transferrable.
He
also reminded the motorists to immediately report to the nearest police station
if they lose their clean rider sticker or serial number.
(PNP-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DTI conducts techno training on 'ampao' making in SurSur
By Romel Oribe
TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 20 - The Surigao del Sur Provincial Office of the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), under its Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program (CARP), conducted a techno-training on "ampao" (puffed rice)
making to 21 members of Bayogo Agro-Forestry Multi-Purpose Cooperative (BAFMPC)
in Bayogo, Madrid, Surigao del Sur on August 16, 2018.
Florida
O. Madrona, a self-proclaimed pop rice queen from Tago, trained the
participants on the intricacies of ampao making. Hers is an heirloom recipe
whose production process is totally different from those Do-It-Yourself
pop/puffed rice videos one finds on the net.
Her
brand of ampao-making maybe a bit tedious because it involves cooking rice, sun
drying, frying and popping, soaking it in sugar syrup, letting it cool on a
flatbed before slicing and packing; but it has a distinct flavor that makes one
reach for more.
All
five men and 16 women members of BAFMPC, an agrarian reform beneficiary
organization (ARBO), had it easy as Madrona is a born comic who did an actual
demo and allowed them to do hands-on. Later, during the food-tasting,
participants agreed that it was one yummy ampao they made.
Joselito
B. Paler, CARP senior staff of DTI-SdS, did a lecture on costing and pricing as
part of the training. To ensure that participants can “monetize”
immediately their newly-acquired skills, DTI-CARP gave a starter package that
included one sack of rice, 24 kilos brown sugar, 18 kilos cooking oil, one kilo
calamansi, one mesh oil strainer, mold, and one wooden ladle.
Being
part of Basak ARC in Madrid, Surigao del Sur, BAFMPC is all set to become a
more viable economic enterprise. As they say: once you pop, you can’t stop! (DTI/PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
NC-Bayugan City invites more food, handicraft processors for product
enhancement services, programs
BAYUGAN CITY, Agusan del Sur, Aug. 20 - The Negosyo Center (NC) here
under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) continuously encourages
handicraft and food producers in the city who need product enhancement
assistance to visit the office and avail of the programs and services.
Bayugan
City has many processed products that need proper labeling and packaging in
order to enhance marketability.
In
partnership with the local government unit (LGU) of Bayugan City, the center
has been introducing various skills enhancement trainings to those who are
interested to start business, facilitating trainings for the food and
handicraft producers and promoting these products thru trade fairs and other
marketing initiatives.
Recently,
LGU-Bayugan City organized the 11th Charter Day Mega Jobs Fair 2018 thru
Trabaho Negosyo Kabuhayan (TNK). The Local companies who joined the event to
satisfy their requirements for additional staff are: Hervic
Commercial, Gaisano Marketplace, Ace Hardware, Taytay sa Kauswagan, Butuan
Doctors Hospital, Saint Francis Xavier College, RMA Manpower Corporation.
The
participating overseas companies include I-Excel Manpower Corp., Starworl Int'l,
Jenerick Int'l Manpower Inc., Placewell Int'l Manpower Services.
TNK
facilitated a total of 188 applicants and hired on the spot 47 workers. The
Agusan del Sur DTI Provincial Director, Jose T. Baron, encouraged job-seekers
to be prepared when attending jobs fair and the employees to save money and
invest it in business.
DTI
staged a technology demonstration on karlang chips processing attended by the
TNK participants.The activity was one of the initiatives of the LGU in
partnership with the Provincial Employment and Services Office, Department of
Labor and Employment and the DTI. (JPG/DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
16 chiefs of police sacked over poor performance in Caraga
BUTUAN
CITY, Aug. 20 - Philippine National Police (PNP) Caraga regional
director PCSupt Noli A Romana ordered the immediate relief of 16 chiefs of
police in the region from their respective posts over their poor performance in
the government's anti-illegal drug campaign.
PCSupt.
Romana ratified the recommendation of the Oversight Committee on Illegal Drugs
on the fast relief of the 16 Municipal Chiefs of Police (COP) who either had
"no or low accomplishment" in the anti-illegal drug campaign in their
area of responsibility.
The
oversight committee headed by PSSupt. Jimili L Macaraeg, Acting Deputy Regional
Director for Operations, decided to recommend to get rid of the police heads of
the Municipal Police Station (MPS) of Santiago, Las Nieves, Kitcharao, and
Magallanes of Agusan del Norte; Taganaan, Bacuag and San Francisco of Surigao
del Norte; and Cantilan, Marihatag, Cagwait and Madrid of Surigao del Sur.
“The
COPs failed to meet the requirements presented by the oversight committee on
the number of accomplishment in their anti-illegal drugs operation,” PCSupt.
Romana pointed out.
Meanwhile,
the Provincial Director of Dinagat Islands Provincial Police Office already
relieved five Chiefs of Police from their post.
Other
low performers were warned to intensify their operations, otherwise will also
be relieved of their posts.
“All
Chiefs of Police in our region are reminded to maximize their efforts on
anti-criminality operations especially on illegal drugs or they will face the
same fate if they fail to meet the requirements set by the oversight
committee,” Romana warned. (PNP-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Geotagging aids monitoring of DAR AgSur projects
By Rechel D. Besonia
SAN
FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur, Aug. 20 - To sustain the gains from the different
Foreign-Assisted Projects (FAPs), the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in
Agusan del Sur has institutionalized a sustainability mechanism on operations
and maintenance (O&M) of completed physical infrastructure sub-projects
through an Applied Geotagging Training on August 14 to 16, 2018 at Mabe’s
Savory Place, this province.
The
activity was participated in by municipal coordinators whose task is to conduct
sustainable monitoring and evaluation of these projects and provide proper
recommendations to local government units (LGUs) and people's organizations
(POs) in their respective area of coordination.
“This
initiative was part of the directives during the national assessment which is
to conduct a regular sustainability monitoring for completed physical
infrastructure sub-projects under completed and on-going FAPs,” Provincial
Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Leoncio C. Bautista said.
“This
was given emphasis to avoid any reversion of grants extended by the DAR to the
LGUs into loans in cases where completed physical infrastructure sub project
are not maintained,” added Bautista.
Senior
Economic Development Specialist of the National Economic and Development
Authority (NEDA) Engr. Mitchell C. Castillon and ARPO II of DAR Regional Office
Engr. Evangeline G. Hanginan served as the resource speakers.
The
three-day training started with a discussion and overview of applied geotagging
technology in project monitoring, setting up the geotagging device and website
application database.
The
second day focused on actual field work for sample data gathering, processing
of actual projects, data uploading and information management, data banking and
archiving and creating the geotagging website, while the last day wasthe
presentation of outputs per group.
Geotagging
is the addition of geographical information, usually in the form of latitude
and longitude coordinates through web sites, images, videos, smartphone
transmissions, and various other data types and sources.
In
DAR, this will help preserve and restore the system of completed subprojects to
the designed or accepted configurations in order to offset the effects of
weather, organic growth, traffic wear, damage or vandalism and to preclude
deterioration of structures and appurtenant facilities over time. (DAR-Agusan
del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Tagalog News: National ID system ng gobyerno, umani ng suporta mula sa
iba't ibang sektor sa lungsod ng Butuan
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD
NG BUTUAN, Agosto 20 (PIA) - Umani ng positibong reaksyon at suporta ang
Philippine Identification System (Philsys) ng gobyerno sa lungsod ng Butuan
mula nang malagdaan ni President Rodrigo Roa Duterte ang Republic Act 11055
kamakailan, na kung saan pangungunahan ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
ang pag-gegenerate ng mga datus ng bawat Pilipino at resident aliens, at sila
ay mabibigyan ng national ID na may nakalaang magkakaibang Philsys
number.
Ayon
kay Nel Oliver Agudo, media practitioner ng isang radio station sa Butuan City,
malaking tulong ang pagsasabatas ng Philsys at pagkakaroon ng iisang ID sa
bawat pilipino dahil naka-streamline na ang impormasyon ng bawat indibidwal
gamit ang kanyang ID number o CRN.
Hindi
na rin daw kailangan pa ng ibang valid IDs sa kanilang transaksyon sa mga
opisina, at mas madali pa ang pagverify ng identity.
Sang-ayon
din si William Mepieza, isang person with disability (PWD) na taga barangay
Baobaoan, Butuan City sa Philippine ID System. Mas magaan daw ito sa
kanila dahil iisang ID nalang ang gagamitin sa mga transaksyon sa
gobyerno.
Ibinahagi
naman ni PSA Caraga regional director Rosalinda Celeste-Apura, na sa
pamamagitan ng Philsys, ang bawat pilipino ay magkakaroon ng iisang ID na syang
gagamitin nila sa kanilang business transactions sa mga ahensya ng gobyerno at
magagamit din nila ito sa pag-aaply ng driver’s license, passport, tax-related
transactions, voters’ registration, pag-apply sa mga paaralan, at maging sa
kanilang transaksyon sa bangko.
Ang national
ID ang siyang gagamitin ng bawat Filipino at resident aliens sa kanilang
transaksyon sa pamahalaan, at mas mapapabilis pa ang kanilang pag-avail ng mga
benepisyo, programa at serbisyo ng gobyerno nang wala ng masyadong maraming
dokumentong kailangang ipresenta.
Ito
na rin ang gagamitin nilang ID sa pagproseso ng kanilang benepisyo sa
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), Social Security System (SSS),
Philippine Health (PhilHealth) Insurance Corporation, Home Development Mutual
Fund (HDMF), maging sa local civil registry offices, Commission on Elections
(COMELEC), Philippine Post at iba pang ahensya ng pamahalaan.
Dagdag
pa ni Dir. Apura, bagamat isa ng batas ang Philsys, hinihintay pa nila ang
paglabas ng implementing rules and regulations (IRR), kung saan nakasaad lahat
dito ang alituntunin sa pagpapatupad ng nasabing batas.
Ang
mga marginalized sectors ng bansa din ang syang mauunang mabibigyan ng national
ID, kabilang na dito ang mga indigenous peoples, senior citizens, at PWDs.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog News: 'Campaign plan clean rider' inilunsad ng PNP sa Surigao
Sur
Ni Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, Agosto 20 (PIA) – Matiwasay na nilunsad ng kapulisan
dito sa probinsya ng Surigao del Sur ang kanilang programang “Campaign Plan
Clean Rider” nuong Sabado, Agosto 18, 2018 na isinasagawa sa Vicente L.
Pimentel Sr. Boulevard nitong lungsod.
Ang
nasabing okasyon ay pinangunahan ni Police Senior Supt. Francisco Dungo Jr.,
Provincial Director ng Police Provincial Office ng probinsya, kasama na din
dito ang hepe ng Tandag Municipal Police Station kung saan dinaraos ang
nasabing aktibidad.
Sa
kanyang mensahe, sinabi ni PSSupt Dungo, “layunin ng programa na
mapaigting ang seguridad at kaligtasan ng bawat motorista sa kalsada.”
Dagdag
pa ni PSSupt Dungo, sa pamamagitan nito “mapapabilis ang pagsisiyasat sa mga
checkpoints na ilulunsad nang ating mga kapulisan at mapadali ang pagtukoy sa
mga motoristang lumalabag sa batas trapiko at sa mga nasasangkot sa krimen.”
Sa
kanyang mensahe, hinikayat din ng opisyal ang mga motorista sa nasabing lungsod
at sa buong probinsiya ng Surigao del Sur na magparehistro sa mga estasyon ng
mga kapulisan sa kani-kanilang bayan para na rin sa kanilang kaligtasan.
Ayon
dito, ang isang motorista na magpaparehistro kinakailangan lamang na magpasa ng
mga papeles sa estasyon ng Police upang mapabilang sa Clean Riders. Kabilang na
isusumite ng isang motorista ay ang Official Receipt (OR), Certificate of
Registration (CR), lisensya at valid identification.
Ayon
pa kay PSSupt Dungo, ang mga ito ay sisiyasatin ng mabuti kung tunay ang mga
papeles o kaya ay lumalabag sa batas at nakaalarma sa vehicle Information
Management System ng Highway Patrol Group.
Kalakip
ang motor na sisiyasatin kung ito ay lumalabag sa batas ng RA 4136 o “An Act To
Compile the Laws Relative to Land Transportation and Traffic Rules, to Create a
Land Transportation Commission and for other purposes.”
Matapos
dumaan sa masusing pagsisiyasat ng mga dokumento at motor, ito ay itatalaga ng
pulis bilang clean rider sa system ng Campaign Plan Clean Rider, ayon pa kay
Dungo.
Tatlong
silyo ang ibibigay sa bawat motorista na pasado sa pagbeberika na may iisang
serial number lamang. Ang mga ito ay ididikit sa motorsiklo, helmet na my ICC
mark, at sa likod ng Driver's License ng motorista.
Samantala,
ang nasabing paglulunsad ay dinaluhan ni Tandag City Mayor Alexander Pimentel
bilang pangunahing bisitang pandangal at tagapasalita sa nasabing okasyon, na
sumusuporta sa nasabing programa. Namigay din ito umano ng libreng gasolina sa
mga motoristang dumalo at nagpamyembro sa Clean Rider sa araw ng nasabing
okasyon. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
