DILG chief to LCEs:
Assist OFWs, LSIs upon arrival
By Doreen Marielle N. Rosales
BUTUAN CITY, May 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Local and Interior
Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo AΓ±o appealed to local authorities to
provide intended assistance upon the arrival of Overseas Filipino Workers
(OFWs) and locally stranded individuals (LSIs) to their respective hometowns.
This is in line with the government’s efforts to secure that every
Filipino who lives in the province be placed with their families during the
pandemic.
During the Laging Handa Network Briefing with Presidential
Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Sec. Martin Andanar on Tuesday, May 26,
the secretary reiterated that the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa (BP2) Program
was designed to provide short-, medium-, and long-term assistance for its
beneficiaries. Cash assistance will be given to the beneficiaries for their
travel expenses while additional financial and livelihood assistance will be
provided upon their arrival. Sec. AΓ±o called for local government units to
cooperate and lend the intended assistance.
“They have been staying Manila and abroad for far too long. This is
their chance to reunite with their loved ones,” he added.
The secretary added the LGUs must permit entry to OFWs who have
completed quarantine procedures and tested negative in the confirmatory test.
A total of 24,000 OFWs were already sent home by the government in a
span of three days. Sixty thousand more are expected to be sent home.
While President Rodrigo Duterte issued a one-week deadline for agencies
to send home LSIs and overseas workers, AΓ±o said that the sub-task groups were
told to give LGUs three days to prepare for their arrival. In addition, an OFW
Desk was established in every DILG field office to ensure that each OFW is
documented and will be included in the assistances provided by the government.
The secretary bared that there is still a lot to be dealt with in the
program implementation.
While schedules for OFWs to go home are fixed, those of LSIs are not,
which is why the LGUs’ cooperation is greatly needed.
Meanwhile, he also addressed the circulating reports on the alleged “sex
to pass”, wherein police personnel manning checkpoints coerce women to engage
in sexual intercourse for them to be allowed entry in borders. Although their
office has not received any official report, he urged the public to report such
incidents immediately to hold responsible officials liable.
“That is a major violation on one’s human rights. Report them immediately
to the authorities. I will personally deal with them,” the secretary said.
The same goes to violators in the Social Amelioration Program (SAP)
implementation. A fair investigation will be conducted. Those responsible for
creating anomalies will be dealt accordingly.
Secretary AΓ±o reminded the public to remain patient with the
governments’ initiatives to put an end to the pandemic.
“We all need to make sacrifices. We have to keep in mind that we are all
responsible for protecting the health of one another. Just bear with us and do
your part. Continue to abide protocols. This will have to be the norm for now,”
he affirmed. (DMNR/PIACaraga)
Pag-realign sa P5.5M
20% MDF sa Carmen aprobado sa SP
By Ramil L. Pasco
DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN, Mayo 27 -- Pinaagi sa Sanggunian Resolution No.
214-2020, gi aprobahan ug gideklarang balido bag-ohay pa lamang sa Sanguniang
Panlalawigan sa Agusan del Norte ang Municipal Appropriation Ordinance Nos. 01,
02, ug 03 sa Sanguniang Bayan sa Carmen, ning probinsya, alang sa pag-realign
sa 20% Municipal Development Fund (MDF) nga gikan sa tipon nga mga balanse sa
mga miaging tuig, CYs 2013-2017, 2018, ug 2019 sa total nga kantidad nga
P5,565,545.00.
Ang mga balanse ubos sa Municipal Appropriation Ordinances mapaingon sa
mga mosunod:
1.
Municipal Appropriation Ordinance No.
01-2020, pagtugot sa realignment sa kantidad nga P1,000,000.00 alang sa
pagtukod sa Multi-Purpose Building ug Training Center sa Munisipyo sa Carmen;
3.
Municipal Appropriation Ordinance No.
03-2020, realignment sa P3,065,545.00 alang sa lainlaing mga prayoridad nga mga
proyekto sama sa pagkonkreto sa Rojales Access Road - P1,000,000.00;
Rehabilitation of Sanctuary Guardhouse of Cahayagan and Tagcatong -
P275,000.00; Improvement/Repair of Multi-Purpose Building/Municipal Gym -
P640,545.00; Concreting of B. Sanches Acces Road - P1,000,000.00; og
Installation of Street Lighting System - P150,000.00.
Nakita sa Committee on Finance and Appropriation diin tsirman si Vice
Governor Ramon A.G. Bungabong, nga ang realignment nahisubay sa Section 321 sa
RA 7160 ug Article 417 IRR of RA 7160, as amended by A.O No. 47.
Kini gi aprobahan sa Sanguniang Panlalawigan pinaagi sa Sangunian
Resolution No. 214-2020 atol sa ilang ika-41st regular session sa pag
paningkamot ni Vice Governor Bungabong. (LGU Agusan del Norte/PIA Agusan del
Norte)
