SKs in AgSur town
promote 'Maki-Brigada' program
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) -- As part of the humanitarian activities of
the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials dubbed “Maki-Brigada” in the
municipality of Sibagat, Agusan del Sur, they reached out to select public
schools in the area and provided assistance to the teachers and students.
Anna Mae Dadap, SK municipal federated president of Sibagat bared that
in time with the opening of classes in this new normal, they were able to
provide bond papers to be used by the teachers in printing their modules for
their respective pupils/students.
“Despite the limited budget, we tried our best to gather resources so we
could buy bond papers and give it to the different public schools. Along with
it, we also provided face masks,” said Dadap.
Dadap further revealed that in coordination with various youth organizations
in the municipality, they were able to conduct relief distribution to the
barangays. “In this activity, the members of the
Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer/Intersex (LGBTQI plus) have also joined
with us and extend help to those in need,” she recalled.
The SK-Sibagat has also conducted fruit trees planting activity, which
will benefit the youth sector during harvest time.
Meanwhile, she added that to address the continuing problem of teenage
pregnancy, they also conducted a symposium following strict social distancing
while wearing their face mask and face shield.
“Apart from that, we also help the government in curbing the problem of
insurgency. We, the SKs, have a great concern for the welfare of the youths and
we want to prevent them from becoming victims and exploitation of the NPAs,”
said Dadap. (JPG/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
DA Caraga promotes 'buy local, eat local'
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 -- The national government, through the Department
of Agriculture, together with its concerned attached agencies and bureaus had
extended its all-out support to farmers and fishers nationwide, from planting
to harvesting and marketing.
Provision of farm inputs such as seeds and fertilizers, pre and
post-harvest facilities, technical assistance, equitable and affordable financial
support, and marketing assistance was given for free to help the valued farmers
to become prosperous and resilient partners in development.
DA Caraga continues to support the farmers and encourages everyone to
patronize and promote the consumption of locally grown rice to help raise the
plight of the farmers.
Aside from helping the local farmers and their families, buying local
rice will also help the farming community and the economy.
Per monitoring conducted by the Grains Monitoring Team (GMT), as of
September 2020, most of the rice being sold in the market is locally produced
and less of imported rice. (DA-RFO XIII, RAFIS)
Caraganon designers
qualify for OTOP manlilikha designers course
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 -- Five emerging designers from Caraga region have
qualified to the One Town One Product (OTOP) Manlilikha Designers Course
organized through the OTOP Next Gen Modernong Obra, Desinyong Atin (MODA)
Project of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
OTOP Manlilikha aims to establish future design narratives through the
perspectives of young emerging talents in the country.
The program creates an opportunity for the participants to assemble a
substantial portfolio to promote their entry to a career in Product Design and
Development.
Gina Bagasbas and Goy Candelario of Agusan del Norte, Stephen Azarcon
and Christine Lisama of Surigao del Sur, and Rhea Xina Ariona of Agusan del Sur
will undergo a nine-module online lecture and workshop from September 29 to
November 9, 2020.
These topics include design awareness and appreciation, product design
and development, upcycling design, fashion accessories and fashion compliments
design, packaging and labeling, design material development and exploration,
basic furniture design, and visual merchandising.
The program will conclude with a product showcase from 120 participants
in the entire country.
“We are glad that we have this opportunity to assist emerging local
designers in the region in coming up with their own portfolios and eventually
establish their own design studios,” DTI Caraga OIC Regional Director Gay A.
Tidalgo.
Tidalgo added that the program will make the participants a part of the
pool of designers that the Department will be working within its product
development sessions.
“The OTOP Manlilikha is a platform that helps us, young designers, to be
the best version of ourselves. It allowed us to explore discovered the rich
cultural heritage of our country,” said Stephen
Azarcon. (DTI-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Tired high-ranking
CNT member in AgNor abandons movement
By 1Lt. Roel T. Maglalang
BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte, Oct. 7 -- After years of serving the group
which he thought would give him and his family a better life, a high-ranking
member of the Communist New People’s Army Terrorist (CNT) finally made up his
mind and called off his association with the communist movement and returned to
the folds of the law.
Alias Dansoy/Kevin, 40, the Political Instructor (PI) of Sentro de Grabidad
(SDG) CAOCAO, Guerilla Front (GF) 4A of the North Central Mindanao Regional
Committee (NCMRC) of the CNT surrendered to the troopers of 23rd Infantry
“Masigasig” Battalion (23IB) recently at the battalion’s headquarters in
Jamboree Site, Purok 6, Barangay Alubihid, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. He
also handed over to the Army during his surrender three high-powered firearms
and assorted ammunition. Alias Dansoy/Kevin is a resident of Km. 14, Sitio
Hinandayan, Barangay Camagong, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte.
Lt. Col. Julius Cesar C. Paulo, the commander of 23rd IB personally
welcomed Alias Dansoy/Kevin and received the high-powered firearms and
ammunition he surrendered, to include one M16 Rifle with an attached grenade
launcher, 40mm M203, one M4 Rifle and one Carbine Rifle which is all
serviceable.
During the interview, Alias Dansoy/Kevin said he was recruited and
joined the CNT movement because of their propaganda and promises. He was made
to believe by the CNT leaders that abundant life will be given to him and his
family. After five long years with the movement, he realized that the promises
made to him were false and deceptive. During his stay in the CNT movement, he
also made some realizations, the biggest of which is the fact that the armed
revolution the communist movement espouses is not designed to liberate the
people, especially the poor, but to terrorize and press them more to hunger and
poverty. He also measured, after years of fighting the government, that the CNT
movement will not win as hatred and detestation of the people, especially those
who fell in their terroristic activities, are now growing.
Dansoy/Kevin also testified that infighting among the CNT leaders and
within the members also start to divide the movement. With the pandemic that made
the government impose quarantine protocols coupled with the surrender of mass
supporters, hardships also struck the movement due to the scarcity of food and
other basic needs.
Lt. Col. Paulo assured the former Political Instructor of GF-4A that the
government will provide help to his family through the Enhanced-Comprehensive
Local Integration Program (E-CLIP).
“The surrender of this high-ranking CNT member is a manifestation that
their weakened group is slowly attenuating. Aside from that, they can no longer
move from place to place because our troops are visible anywhere. We have
deployed our joint Community Support Program Teams of the army and Community
Action Teams of the PNP in vulnerable areas and we are also relentlessly
conducting our focused military operations to clear the areas that were
commonly known as CNT lairs. Clearly, these CNTs have nowhere to hide now, and
they will surely suffer from great hunger due to less access to food supplies.
As you can see, Alias Dansoy also starved even though he was ranked higher than
his comrades, and his family whom he left behind also suffered because the CNT
does not regularly provide food to them,” Paulo said.
He also reiterated his call to the remaining CNT members to lay down
their arms and go back to their family and to the government.
“Real victory will only be felt once you leave the armed group. They
will never help nor value you. Our government is waiting for your return and is
always willing to help you to change your lives in order for you and your
family to have a brighter future,” Paulo said. (CMO Officer, 23IB, 4ID, PA/PIA
Agusan del Norte)
2 CNT leaders surrender to Army in Agusan Norte
By 1Lt. Roel T. Maglalang
BUENAVISTA Agusan del Norte, Oct. 7 -- Two dismayed members of the
Communist New People’s Army Terrorist (CNT) group who previously held the
positions of team leaders of the movement voluntarily surrendered recently to
the troopers of 23rd Infantry (Masigasig) Battalion (23IB), Philippine Army in
separate occasions at the battalion’s headquarters in Jamboree Site, Purok 6,
Barangay Alubihid, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte.
The two disgruntled CNT leaders were identified as alias FREDIE/ERWEN
and JAY-R/BADOY/BEBS. Alias FREDIE/ERWEN, 39, a team leader of Squad Dos,
Sentro de Grabidad (SDG) CAOCAO, Guerrilla Front (GF) 4A of the North Central
Mindanao Committee (NCMRC) and a resident of Purok Lumbia, Barangay Poblacion,
Carmen, Agusan del Norte while alias JAY-R/BADOY/BEBS, 24, is also the team
leader of Squad Dos, SDG CAOCAO, GF-4A, NCMRC who is a resident of Purok 8,
Barangay Lower Olave, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte.
Alias FREDIE/ERWEN turned over to the 23rd IB one MK-2 fragmentation
hand grenade.
Alias FREDIE/ERWEN narrated the difficult experiences he had while
inside the movement that pushed him to abandon the terrorist group.
Lt. Col. Julius Cesar C. Paulo, the Acting Commander of 23IB, said the
battalion is always open to welcome and help every member of the CNT group who
wishes to live normally and peacefully.
“More CNT members are now coming back to the folds of the government
because they never understood the kind of life they had inside the said
movement,” Paulo said.
He also expressed gladness to the decision made by the two CNT team
leaders, saying that the armed movement will never help them but instead, pull
them down to miserable lives.
“With a strong belief, they joined the armed group believing that they
will be given better lives but in contrast, they were only being enslaved by
their leaders and they are forced to follow orders without having any repay to
their prostration,” Paulo said.
He added that inside the 51 years of CNT existence, the Filipino
people have not seen a single member of the group who testified that they now
live a luxurious and comfortable life after joining the communist movement. (CMO
Officer, 23IB, 4ID, PA/PIA Agusan del Norte)
Halfway house para sa mga former rebels sa probinsya ng Agusan del Norte, pinasiyanaan
By Nora C. Lanuza
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Oktubre 7 (PIA) -- Upang mas mapadali ang pagbalik sa kanilang normal na pamumuhay ang mga former rebels sa probinsya ng Agusan del Norte, binigyang importansya ng probinsya ang konstruksyon ng halfway house ng probinsya bilang temporaryong tahanan ng mga former rebels sa pangangasiwa ng Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO).
Ang halfway house ay may 16 na silid at pwedeng makapag-accommodate ng
hanggang 50 former rebels kung saan sila ay magkakaroon din ng debriefing at
treatment.
Ang nasabing pasilidad ay binigyang prayoridad ng probinsya sa
pangunguna ni Gobernador Dale B. Corvera at Second District Representative
Maria Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba sa pamamagitan ng pag-allocate ng pondo
upang maipatayo ito.
Siniguro din ni Gob. Corvera na tututukan ng probinsya ang maayos
na operasyon ng halfway house sa tulong na din ng iba’t ibang ahensya ng
gobyerno upang maging mas madali sa mga former rebels ang pag-re-integrate sa
kani-kanilang mga pamayanan.
Dagdag din ni Silver Joy Tejano, ang PSWDO chief na malaki ang
maitutulong ng halfway house sa mga former rebels dahil sa loob ng dalawa
hanggang anim na buwan dito sila magkakaroon ng psychological debriefing,
treatment at pati na rin ang kahandaan nila at pagkakaroon ng mga kaalaman bago
ang kanilang reintegration.
Umabot sa P10 milyon ang konstruksyon ng nasabing haflway house na
matatagpuan sa loob ng 402nd brigade headquarters. Ayon din kay BGen. Maurito
Licudine, ang 402nd brigade commander, inaasahan nilang tataas ang bilang ng
mga magsusurender na mga NPA terrorist dahil sa maayos na implementastyon ng
E-CLIP sa probinsya. (NCLM/PIA Agusan del Norte)
ANGELL awards sa Agusan del Norte nakatulong upang mas mapabuti ang serbisyo ng mga LGUs
By Nora C. Lanuza
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Oktubre 7 (PIA) -- Kahit paman sa banta na dulot ng coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), patuloy pa rin ang pagbibigay ng gantimpala o award ang probinsya ng Agusan del Norte sa mga local government units (LGUs), paaralan, opisina, barangays at maging mga empleyado na hindi tumitigil sa pagbibigay ng tamang serbisyo at gabay para sa mga Agusanons sa pamamagitan ng Accelerating New Dimensions on Good Governance and Excellence in Local Leadership o ANGELL awards.
Sa kanyang mensahe, naniniwala si Department of the Interior and Local
Government (DILG) provincial director Ellen Vee P. Chua na isa ito sa mga
naging inspirasyon upang ang mga LGUs ay patuloy sa paggawa ng maayos na
serbisyo. Ayon kay Chua, mas napabuti ang kanilang performance dahil na din sa
mga cash incentives na kanilang natanggap.
Layunin ng ANGELL awards na maging inspirasyon ng ibang LGUs ang
pagkakaroon ng isang award at makilala sila bilang isang LGU na may kalidad na
serbisyo.
Nais din ni second district representative Maria Angelica Rosedell M.
Amante-Matba na maging ehemplo ang mga LGU sa mabuting gawain at tapat na
serbisyo. Dapat ma-replicate ang mga best practices ng LGUs hanggang sa
barangays, dahil naniniwala ako na sila ang back bone ng good governance, ayon
kay Matba.
Ang ANGELL awards ayon kay Gobernador Dale B. Corvera ay isang programa
hindi lang naging isang inspirasyon sa mga liders kundi isang interest upang
patuloy ang pagbigay ng maayos at tototong serbisyo para sa kanilang
nasasakupan kahit paman may COVID19 pandemic..
Naging inspirasyon naman kay Mayor Jovette Calo ng municipality ng
Carmen ang mga awards na kanilang natanggap at dahil dito mas pagbutihin pa
nila ang kanilang trabaho at serbisyo.
Ang mga programang kinilala ng probinsya ay ang mga sumusunod:
· Most Disaster Resillient LGUs
Municipal Category:
1st Place: Municipality of Las Nieves
2nd Place: Municipality of RTR
3rd Place: City of Cabadbaran
Elementary School Category:
1st Place: Santiago Elementary School
2nd Place: Ambacon Elementary School
Secondary School Category:
1st Place: Cabadbaran NHS
2nd Place: Agong-ong NHS
3rd Place: Del Pilar NHS
· Most Functional Nutrition Council
Hall of Famer: Municipality of Nasipit
1st Place: Municipality of Tubay
2nd Place: Municipality of Las Nieves
3rd Place: Municipality of Kitcharao
· Barangay Nutrition Scholars
1st place: Ms. Divina J. Cadiog – Brgy. Poblacion 2, Tubay
2nd Place: Ms. Nancy A. Dublois – Brgy. Agong-ong, Buenavista
3rd Place: Ms. Melissa E. Sanico – Brgy. Crossing, Kitcharao
· Most PWD Friendly LGU
1st Place: Cabadbaran City
2nd Place: Municipality of Las Nieves
3rd Place: Municipallity of Carmen
· Most Child- Friendly
Municipal Category:
1st Place: City of Cabadbaran
2nd Place: Municipality of Jabonga
3rd Place: Municipality of Buenavista
Rural barangay Category:
1st Place: Barangay Libas, Jabonga
2nd Place: Barangay Rizal, Buenavista
3rd Place: Barangay San Isidro, Las Nieves
Urban Category:
1st Place: Barangay Poblacion, Nasipit
2nd Place: Barangay Poblacion 2, Tubay
3rd Place: Barangay Poblacion, Carmen
· Best Performing Anti-Drug Abused Council (ADACs)
Municipal Category:
1st Place: Municipality of Tubay
2nd Place: Municipality of Cabadbaran
3rd Place: Municipality of Las Nieves
Barangay Category:
1st Place: Barangay San Antonio, RTR
2nd Place: Barangay Poblacion, carmen
3rd Place: Barangay San Pablo, Jabonga
· Best Performing MASSO
1st Place: Ms. Norma Sarigumba – Magallanes
2nd Place:Ms. Gina Lauro – Carmen
3rd Place: Ms. Erma Abao – Las Nieves
· Best Performing Barangay
Rural Category:
1st Place: Barangay La Paz, Santiago
2nd Place: Barangay Soriano, Cabadbaran City
3rd Place: Barangay San Isidro, Las Nieves
Urban Category:
2nd Place: Barangay Poblacion 3, Cabadabaran
3rd Place: Barangay Poblacion, Las Nieves
· Best Ecological Waste Management Implementer Elementary
School Category:
1st Place: Bangonay Central Elem. School, Jabonga
2nd Place: Nasipit CES
3rd Place: Casiklan Central Elem. School, Las Nieves
High school Category:
1st Place: Kitcharao NHS
2nd Place: Magallanes NHS
· Best Herbal Garden
1st Place: Barangay La Paz, Santiago
2nd Place: Barangay 9, Cabadbaran
3rd Place: Barangay Sto. NiΓ±o, Jabonga
· Outstanding Lupong Tagapamayapa
Component City Category:
Barangay Mabini, Cabadbaran City
1st-3rd Class Municipality:
Barangay Macalang, Buenavista
4th – 6th Class Municipality:
Barangay Poblacion, Kitcharao
· Local Legislative Award
1st-3rd Class Category:
-Nasipit
-Kitcharao
4th-6th class Category:
-Santiago
Ang ANGELL awards ay nasa ika-anim na taon na ngayong nagbibigay ng
awards at recognition sa mga LGUs. (NCLM/PIA Agusan del Norte)
