Former rebels, supporters benefit livelihood programs from gov't
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, July 25 (PIA) -- With
the aim to put a stop on the insurgency problem in the province of Surigao del
Sur, the members of the poverty reduction, livelihood and employment cluster
have launched the enterprise development and skills and livelihood programs for
the former rebels and supporters of the rebel groups in Sitio Ibuan, Barangay
Mampi, Lanuza, Surigao del Sur.
Along with it, beneficiaries also
undergone the spiritual and values formation session.
According to Regional Director
Ashary Banto of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA), with the said program, it brings the government closer to the people
particularly to the target beneficiaries, to ease their difficulty in going to
other places to get the services.
Col. Cerilo Balaoro, Jr., deputy
commander of 402nd Brigade, Philippine Army said, the initiated program seeks
to address the main problem in the area, to include poverty and unemployment.
Also, Thelma Salazar, an
Indigenous Peoples (IP) is thankful to the different government agencies for
providing them their programs and services in their barangay.
Meanwhile, Surigao del Sur
Governor Alexander Pimentel encourages the local residents to report to his
office should they know anyone who wants to surrender, as the local government
unit offers appropriate support for the former rebels who desire to live a
normal life in the mainstream society. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
More TESDA scholarships, skills trainings
available for SurSur folks
By Lee Escobal
BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur, July
25 (PIA) -- More scholarships from the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) will be made available to the Surigaonons, a
TESDA official confirmed.
During their recent meeting with
Second District Representative Johnny T. Pimentel and Governor Alexander T.
Pimentel, TESDA Surigao del Sur Provincial Director Rey Cueva said that
Rep. Pimentel has allocated scholarship slots for the interested
Surigaonons amounting to P3.5 million under the Special Training for
Scholarship Program (STEP).
More slots will also be provided
for the constituents in District II for the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) and Tourism Sectors.
For District I, Rep. Prospero A.
Pichay, Jr. has expressed full commitment and support to the conduct of Community-Based
Training Programs (CBTP) to ensure that government services will be made more
accessible to the Surigaonons.
On the other hand, Gov. Pimentel
has expressed his commitment for skills and livelihood programs amounting to
P2M per local government unit starting next year, these include the programs of
the Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC).
He also committed to allot
scholarship funds for TESDA.
TESDA Surigao del Sur, on the
other hand, is set to start its commitment to conduct trainings on Basic
Haircutting, Nail Care and Massage Therapy to the Mangagoy fire victims last
June as being profiled by the Bislig City Social Welfare and Development
Office. (TESDA/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Army, PNP enhance skills, complete journalism training in Butuan
By Maj. Francisco Garello
BUTUAN CITY, July 25 – About 31
personnel coming from the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police
(PNP) enhanced their skills as they completed the three-day Journalism Training
held at the Headquarters of 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade, Philippine Army
in Barangay Bancasi, this city.
In partnership with the Philippine
Information Agency (PIA) Caraga, the Basic Journalism Training participated by
21 personnel of the 402nd Brigade and 10 from Butuan City Police Office (BCPO)
formally culminated in a closing ceremony on July 20, 2019.
“We are very grateful for
including us in this training. It really helped us a lot in learning the skills
in news writing and the proper way of conveying our messages to the people,”
Police Corporal Laarni Mabilog of BCPO expressed.
During the training, participants
underwent series of workshops and presentations. They were subjected to
straightforward critiquing from the subject matter experts of PIA Caraga to
evaluate and improve their individual outputs.
1st Lieutenant Jayson Tulang from
36IB under the 402nd Brigade said, that his expectation on the training were
surpassed. The skills he learned were exceptional considering the limited
number of training days.
“Our skills were clearly enhanced.
Not only did we learn about how to craft a news release but also using the info
graphics to reinforce on how we convey our stories and to the intended
audience. We are very thankful to PIA for painstakingly guiding us,” he
added.
In his speech, Col. Maurito
Licudine, 402nd Brigade commander conveyed his heartfelt gratitude and
appreciation to PIA Caraga for the overwhelming support to the training and
lending their precious time in sharing their expertise and knowledge in the
realm of news writing and information to Army and PNP personnel.
“I would like to congratulate the
participants coming from different battalion and combat support units together
with the PNP personnel of Butuan city for enduring the training. I am confident
that the participants learned a lot as they go back to their respective units
with the acquired learning and skills, they will be able to contribute to the
information operation guided by the accomplishment of our mission in line with
our campaign to end the local communist armed conflict,” said Licudine. (CMO
officer, 402nd Brigade/ PIA-Caraga)
