Tandag City joins river clean-up drive
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur,
April 3 (PIA) – The city government of Tandag thru the City Environment and
Natural Resources Office (City-ENRO) led the river clean-up drive in time with
the World Water Day celebration on March 22, 2019, in this city.
City ENRO chief Edwin Ajos said
the river clean-up operation is a community-based activity, under the River
Care and Protection (RCP) program.
"The activity is geared
towards maintaining the cleanliness of Tandag City River, and enhances the
community awareness and responsibility to manage the river," he added.
Ajos said they have involved six
urban barangays as hosts and these are Bontud, Dagocdoc, Telaje, San Agustin
Sur, Bag-ong Lunsod, and Mabua.
The residents of the host
barangays actively joined the activity along with the representatives from the
national line government agencies, local government employees, students,
institutions, and different groups.
"We could draw inspiration
from Iloilo City. How they successfully revived their main river and built a
beautiful esplanade - the first of its kind in the country with their key
guiding principles of unity, strategic planning, and the political will,” he
said.
Earlier, Mayor Alexander Pimentel
appealed to all Tandaganons, government agencies, groups, and institutions to
go out from their homes and support the said endeavor.
“I believe that this endeavor
would sow to each one of us, the seed of environmental responsiveness that
would somehow lead us to the right path towards achieving our goal, that is,
the genuine and sustainable development of the city of Tandag,” Pimentel noted.
Accordingly, Tandag River has an
estimated 26,806.68 linear meters long stretch from Sitio Ibuan, Lanuza, and
traversing through the area of Tandag by passing through the barangays of
Maitum, Pandanon, Quezon, Bioto, Telaje, San Agustin Sur, Dagocdoc, and
Bongtud. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Mga IPs nakinabang sa serbisyong hatid ng
AgNor PPOC
By Nora L. Molde
TUBAY, Agusan del Norte, Abril 3
(PIA) - Mahigit 4,000 mga residente kabilang ang mga indigenous peoples (IPs),
persons with disabilities (PWDs) at mga buntis ang nakinabang sa serbisyong
hatid ng mga ahensya sa gobyerno sa ginanap na Provincial Peace and Order
Council (PPOC) immersion sa barangay Tagmamarkay sa nitong bayan.
Sa ginanap na immersion at bilang
pagdiriwang na din sa buwan ng mga kababaihan, binigyang kahalagahan ang
kalusugan at kahandaan ng mga buntis.
Malaki ang pasalamat ni Regine
Bandigan, isang buntis ng barangay Telesfora na binigyang pansin ang tulad nya
na matulungan upang mapaghandaan ang kanyang panganganak at masigurado ang
kanyang kalusugan. Si Regine ay nakatangagap ng buntis kit, mosquito net at
family pack.
Ayon kay Department of the
Interior ang Local Government provincial director Ellen Vee P. Chua, ang
barangay Tagmamarkay ay pang-apat na barangay na binisita nga PPOC kung saan
ito rin ay naitala bilang isa sa mga barangay na apektado ng insurhensya at
kasama ang barangay Telesfora na may naitalang mahigit na 500 indigenous
peoples households.
Malaki din ang pasalamat ng punong
barangay ng Tagmamarkay na si jJay Mark Graven sa pagkakaroon ng proramang
gaya nito upang maramdaman ng mga indigenous peoples sa lugar ang kanilang
kahalagahan at sila ay binigyang pansin ng ating gobyerno.
Nakinabang din ang mahigit
pitompong kabataan sa libreng tuli na hatid ng mga sundalo.
Maliban sa libreng serbisyong
medical at dental, nakinabang din ang mga residente ng Tagmamarkay, DoΓ±a
telesfora, DoΓ±a Rosario at Sta. Ana ng legal assistance, consultasyon,
serbisyong galing sa Land Transportaiton Office, Philhelath, Philippine
Statistics Authority, libreng gupit, at marami pang iba.
Sila din ay tumanggap ng family
food packs at binhi at livelihood assistance. (NCLM/PIA Agusan del Norte
Advocacy campaign fires up youth’s interest in
agriculture
By Vanessa P. Sanchez
BUTUAN CITY, April 3 - Around
1,000 junior and senior high school students from various schools all over the
region responded to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA's) call to convene for
an Information Caravan dubbed as “Kabataan sa Agrikultura, Para sa Bayang
Masagana" last March 21 here.
The activity aims to create
awareness among the youth regarding agriculture and its importance.
It also aims to encourage
the younger generation to engage in agriculture and agri-related enterprise.
This is to address recent studies
which show that the average age of farmers in the country is 57 and that there
is a decline in interest towards agriculture among the younger generation.
A report from the Commission of
Higher Education (CHED) that enrollment in various institutions that offer
agricultural courses all over the country fell from 127,287 for the school year
2016-2017 to 100,922 for 2017-2018.
During the whole-day activity,
resource speakers discussed DA programs, projects, and new technologies
especially on rice production and mechanization to let the youth know that
agriculture has already evolved and is now modernized and that farming could
now be done using mechanized types of equipment. Employment and business
opportunities in the agricultural sector were also presented.
DA – Caraga Regional Executive
Director Abel James Monteagudo emphasized in his message the significance of
agriculture. “Without farmers, there will be no food. There is no future
without agriculture,” he said.
Jerome Taniola, a student of
Mararag National High School in Marihatag, Surigao del Sur said that he learned
so much from the info drive.
“This activity enhanced my
knowledge about agriculture and because of this I want to be part of the
agriculture sector someday to be able to help feed the world and contribute to
the improvement of the economy,” he added.
On the other hand, Kervin Baltazar
of Agusan National High School in Butuan City said the activity opened his eyes
to the window of opportunities in the agriculture sector.
“I am thankful to the Department
of Agriculture for conducting this activity and enlightening us, the youth, on
the various aspects of agriculture,” Baltazar said.
The DA’s Agriculture and Fisheries
Information Division in coordination with the Department of Agriculture –
Caraga spearheaded the conduct of the information caravan on March 21 in Butuan
City. (DA Caraga/PIA Caraga)
DA Caraga forges ties with information partners
to boost agri info drive
By Aurelius P. Arais
BUTUAN CITY, April 3 - Heeding to
the call of Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel PiΓ±ol to strengthen the
dissemination of government projects, Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga,
through its Information Section, conducted a series of training for information
partners.
Members of the DA Caraga
Information Network once again converged in Butuan City for a Radio Messaging
Harmonization Workshop recently.
Attended by DA attached bureaus
and national line agencies, each participant packaged various radio spots to be
used for massive information dissemination, where a total of 22 radio spots
were produced.
Said radio spots covering from
production to marketing of crops, livestock and fisheries will be aired in
various radio stations particularly during DA-funded radio programs and spot
placements all over Caraga.
Meanwhile, DA Information Section
in partnership with the Provincial Agriculture Office-Information Section
conducted also a news writing and radio reporting seminar workshop in Tandag
City, Surigao del Sur.
LGU agri-based information
officers were taught on basics on writing for radio and radio reporting to make
them more effective in conveying messages through the use of radio broadcast.
The participants who were
agriculturists but designated also as information officers were honed to make
their reports palatable for radio listeners.
DA Caraga has been partnering DA
attached bureaus and agencies, and local government units through funding radio
programs and spot placements all over Caraga for wider information
dissemination.
For transparency and wider
appreciation of government projects and programs, PiΓ±ol ordered all DA attached
agencies and bureaus as well as DA regional offices to strengthen information
dissemination through radio and other information media. (DA Caraga/PIA Caraga)
