Senior citizens in
Cabadbaran town receive aid from LGU
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, June 8 (PIA) -- Some 90 senior citizens in Cabadbaran City,
Agusan del Norte have received financial assistance under the milestone award
from the local government unit (LGU) during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
pandemic.
Each beneficiary has received P50,000, and by the time they reached the
age of 100, they will again receive the additional P50,000 from the LGU.
Lola Rita Feliscio, a 90-year old was one of the awardees from Barangay
6 of Cabadbaran City who received the P50,000 from the said LGU.
“Thank you for recognizing the senior citizens like us who continue to
inspire others while we are still alive and the amount extended will be used
and enjoyed by our family,” she said.
Her family was delighted to receive this recognition and at the same
time aid from the government, as such amount could already help support their
daily needs, including the needed medicines and maintenance of Lola Rita’s
health condition.
Mayor Judy Amante bared that there was a proposal of lowering the age of
who could qualify and receive the said Milestone Award so that more could
benefit from this program.
Mayor Amante added that the Milestone Award has started in the year 2013
and this continues to serve the target beneficiaries in the city. She further
revealed that 19 senior citizens have already benefited the program while
validation of other elderly men and women by the city social welfare and
development is underway.
Meanwhile, apart from recognizing the senior citizens or the elderly men
and women sector, the LGU-Cabadbaran also continues to address the needs and
issues and concerns of the frontliners in order to avert the spread of COVID-19
in the area.
The LGU has provided personal protective equipment (PPEs) as well as
financial assistance to qualified individuals. (NCL/JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Senior citizen port
workers receive relief packs from PMO-Surigao
By Venus L. Garcia
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, June 8 (PIA) -- In these tough times of
battle against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the senior citizens are among
tho most affected sector in the Caraga region.
With this, the Philippine Ports Authority - Port Management Office in
Surigao (PPA PMO-Surigao) initiated to pool resources in order to provide
assistance to its elderly personnel.
In the spirit of ‘bayanihan,’ the employees of the PPA PMO-Surigao has
contributed an amount out from their own pocket and prepared the relief goods
for distribution through its “Adopt and Save a Family” project.
Port workers who are 60 years old and above have received the relief
packs containing assorted canned goods, rice, milk, egg and coffee.
Surigao port manager Froilan Caturla said they will continue to support
and help their fellow employees amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Rogelio Polvorosa, vice president of the Surigao Porters Association,
was grateful for the kind of assistance, saying it’s a big help for their
family. He was even more delighted to learn the concern and compassion conveyed
by his co-workers especially in this challenging time.
Meanwhile, other stakeholders have also contributed in keeping the
facilities of the port terminal safe.
The Surigao Metropolitan Water District-PrimeWater Infrastructure Inc.
has put up a handwashing station at gate four of the main base port terminal
building and at Lipata port ferry terminal.
Surigao State College of Technology also distributed face shields to the
frontliners of the PPA terminal, while the JCI Surigao Wensie, Inc. also
donated and installed sanitation tents at the entrance of the terminal.
(SDR/VLG/PIA-Surigao de Norte)
Water firm puts up handwashing station at Lipata ferry terminal
By Nolie C. Nusog
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, June 8 -- With the positive feedbacks generated regarding the installation of handwashing stations at the Port of Surigao, the Surigao Metropolitan Water District - Primewater Resources Inc. (SMWD-Primewater) also installed handwashing facilities at the Lipata Ferry Terminal, and an additional unit at the Port of Surigao.
This initiative is part of the measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Manuel Kong, board chairman of the SMWD-Primewater, saw the need for the installation of similar facilities at the Lipata Ferry Terminal upon seeing that port of the roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ships still caters to vessels transporting vital commodities as rolling cargoes.
To further advance the advocacy of SMWD-Primewater, another handwashing station was installed at the Port of Surigao’s Gate No. 7, right in the vicinity where island-bound vessels and motor launches are berthed.
Meanwhile, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has installed decontamination booths at the Lipata Ferry Terminal and the Port of Surigao. BFP’s decontamination stations facilitate the mandatory disinfection of all truck drivers and helpers of ‘ro-ro’ vehicles entering and going out of the ferry terminal, as well as those at the Port of Surigao. (PMO-Surigao/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DAR turns over oil
repacking facility to AgSur coop
By Rechel D. Besonia
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur, June 6 - The Provincial Agrarian Reform
Program Office (PARPO) headed by Jamil P. Amatonding
Jr., has handed over the keys of the newly constructed Crystal Oil
Repacking Center to Filipinas Palmoil Plantation Inc. Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
Multi-Purpose Cooperative (FPPI ARB MPC’s) chairperson Jesus Simbajon on
June 5, 2020, at Purok 4, Ebro, San Francisco, this province.
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development Sustainability Program
(ARBDSP) chief Joven Pizarro, together with OIC-MARPO Josette J. Simbajon,
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Provincial Director Jose T. Baron,
Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Science Research Specialist
Wenceslao Tianero and Bryan G. Campos, FPPI Manager Josephine B. Palen and
other coop officials also joined in the said ceremony.
“My only hope is for the cooperative to manage the building very well so
that in the end you will live a more comfortable life,” PARPO Amatonding said.
“It is with our best interest to help you so that you will stand above
the rest in terms of income,” he added.
In his message, Chairperson Simbajon narrated the story that led to
the idea of venturing into product enhancement of palm oil. “Before, we only
engage into labor contracting or credit services to our members, but through
DAR’s initiative to help us, we have come up with this kind of enterprise, and,
we are happy because we have seen the positive outcome since the product
launching in 2018,” he said.
FPPI ARB MPC Manager Josephine Palen likewise recognized the initiative
of the department in looking after the ARBO’s welfare. “What we are today, we
owe everything to DAR,” she said.
The provision of the facility is under the DAR’s Village Level Farm Focused
Enterprise Development (VLFED) project which aims to establish a sustainable
Income-Generating Project (IGP) in the area and to provide additional income to
656 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) of the FPPI ARB MPC, develop
rural-based entrepreneurs, upgrade the production, processing, packaging and
distribution and marketing of product and at the same time augment the ARBO’s
income.
The total cost of this VLFED project for the coop is Php780,000.00 of
which Php300,000 was allotted for the repacking facility while the rest is
intended for capacity development.
Meanwhile, DAR Agusan del Sur through the Provincial Investment and
Marketing Assistance Officer (PIMAO) has facilitated the processing of the
FDA-LTO to expand the product in a wider market.
Apart from the local market in Caraga, FPPI ARB MPC has also established
the distribution of crystal cooking oil to the institutional market under the
Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP).
“With the approval of the FDA-LTO, we hope to expand our market not just
locally but even internationally,” Amatonding said. (DAR-Agusan del
Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Mga magsasaka sa
AgSur, nakatanggap ng farm equipment mula sa DA
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Hunyo 8 (PIA) -- Isa ang sektor ng mga magsasaka na
apektado sa krisis na dulot ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sa bansa.
Kaya naman pinagtuunan ito ng pansin ng Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga
at binigyan sila ng farm equipment na nagkakahalagang mahigit P4-million.
May 49 na farmers’ associations sa probinsya ng Agusan del Sur na
makikinabang sa 53 units ng pre and post-harvest equipment.
Nasa kustudiya ito ngayon ng Agusan del Sur Pagkain ng Bayan Compound sa
Bayugan City at maaari ng magamit ng mga magsasaka.
Ayon kay Rene Morales, ang hepe ng Regional Agricultural Engineering
Division ng DA-Caraga, ang Provincial Agriculture Office ng nasabing probinsya
ang siyang maghahatid ng nasabing farm equipment kabilang dito ang threshers,
pumps, engine sets na may kompletong accessories, transplanters, rice reapers,
at granule applicators cum seed spreaders.
Ang pundong ginamit rito ay mula sa DA-Rice Program - Regular Fund
bilang suporta sa sektor sa layuning makamit ang inaasam na “Masaganang Ani at
Mataas na Kita.”
Dumaan na rin ang mga benipisyaryong magsasaka sa kinakailangang
pagsasanay upang masigurong maayos at epektibo ang kanilang operasyon sa
kanilang pang-araw araw na kabuhayan.
Samantala, binigyang-diin naman ni DA-Caraga regional director Abel
James Monteagudo, na patuloy ang kanilang pagtulong sa sektor upang patuloy din
itong magkaroon ng sapat na ani at produkto na maibahagi at maibenta sa
ibat-ibang probinsya ng rehiyon.
Inaasahan aniya ng ahensiya na sa tulong ng nasabing makinarya, tataas
pa ang ani ng mga magsasaka. Patuloy din ang kanilang pamimigay ng seeds,
fertilizers, maging tulong pinansyal at trainings sa sektor.
Ito rin ay bilang tugon sa direktiba ni DA Secretary William Dar sa
ipinapatupad na farming modernization sa bansa.(JPG/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
By Venus L. Garcia
LUNGSOD NG SURIGAO, Surigao del Norte, Hunyo 8 (PIA) -- Sa gitna ng
pagsubok dulot ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), isa sa mga
pinakaapektado ay mga manggagawang senior citizen sa rehiyon ng Caraga.
Kaya naman gumawa ng inisyatibo ang Philippine Ports Authority - Port
Management Office (PPA-PMO) sa Surigao upang matulungan at matugunan ang
pangangailangan ng kanilang manggagawang senior citizens.
Sa diwa ng bayanihan, nag ambag-ambag ang bawat empleyado ng PPA-PMO
Surigao para sa kanilang proyekto na “Adopt and Save a Family” upang
makapamahagi ng relief goods.
Nasa edad 60 years old pataas na mga port worker ang nakatanggap sa
nasabing relief goods na naglalaman ng bigas, assorted canned goods, gatas,
kape, itlog at asukal.
Ayon kay Surigao Port Manager Froilan Caturla, patuloy silang susuporta
at mamimigay ng tulong sa kanilang kasamahang manggagawa hanggang sa matapos
ang kasalukuyang krisis na kinakaharap gawa ng COVID-19.
Agad namang ipinaabot ni Rogelio Polvorosa, vice president ng surigao
porters association, ang lubos na pasasalamat sa tulong na kanilang natanggap.
Malaking bagay anya ito para maitawid ang pangangailangan ng kanyang
pamilya.
Batid ang kaligayahan sa kanyang mukha dahil may mga taong nagmalasakit
at handang tumulong sa oras ng kagipitan,
Samantala, nagmagandang loob din ang iba pang stakeholders para
panatilihing ligtas ang buong pasilidad ng port terminal.
Ang Surigao Metropolitan Water District - PrimeWater Infrastructure Inc.
ay naglagay ng handwashing station sa gate four ng main base port terminal
building at sa Lipata port ferry terminal.
Namahagi naman ng face shields sa mga frontliners ng ppa terminal ang Surigao
State College of Technology habang ang JCI Surigao Wensie, Inc. ay nagdonate
rin ng sanitation tents sa entrance ng nasabing mga terminal.
(SDR/VLG/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
