Saturday, June 26, 2021

PCIC, NMIS Caraga urge hog raisers to insure pigs

By Venus L. Garcia

SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte (PIA) -- To safeguard the interests and investments of local hog raisers and industry players, Dr. Bernadette Montenegro, action officer of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) Caraga, and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation is encouraging them to avail of the regular livestock insurance program.

This is in support to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA’s) effort in recognition of the urgency of the situation the hog industry is currently in especially with the seasonal prevalence of the African swine fever (ASF).

Backyard and commercial swine raisers are urged to have their stocks insured, as these insurance packages will help protect their livelihoods in case their farms are affected by the ASF.

Dr. Montenegro also underscored during a virtual briefing on Swine Mortality Insurance hosted by the DA-Caraga on Friday the need for immediate depopulation of pigs infected by the ASF to control the spread or even completely eradicate the ASF in the region.

She also urged the hog raisers and traders to cooperate and not to sell live or dead pigs or pork products infected with the said viral disease.

Hog raisers can apply for insurance online on the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) website or visit any of its regional offices, provincial extension offices, and service desks.

“Hog raisers must take advantage of the government’s free insurance coverage which is part of DA’s broader goal under the hog repopulation program,” said Dr. Montenegro.

The intended beneficiary-participants of the Swine Repopulation Insurance Program of the DA-PCIC are backyard swine raisers listed in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA), farmers cooperative or associations, commercial farm operators, local government units, state colleges and universities.

Based on the minimum requirements for the Swine Repopulation Insurance Program, the provincial and municipal governments that have jurisdiction over the farms of these beneficiaries must have adopted harmonized ordinance relevant and pertaining to the prevention and control of ASF.

The municipal government must have prepared and is implementing and regularly updating a Municipal ASF Control and Prevention Plan aligned with the regional initiatives of the DA Regional Field Office, the PCIC said.

In addition to the minimum requirements for the Swine Repopulation Insurance Program, the local government must have organized the Bantay ASF sa Barangay; the hog farms are registered with the local government unit; operations must be compliant with Biosecurity Level 1 standards; and farmers, or in case of commercial farms, owners and staff have been trained in biosecurity procedures.

The PCIC has allotted P600 million from its current budget for the Swine Repopulation Insurance Program. The amount shall be used either as insurance premium subsidy or indemnity payment for assured RSBSA listed hog raisers. The DA will provide additional fund, if needed.

For backyard swine raisers/smallholders, the premium subsidy under the Swine Repopulation Insurance Program shall be 100% of the premium cost or full premium subsidy, while for commercial swine raisers, the premium subsidy shall be at such rate of the premium cost as may be agreed upon by the DA and PCIC.

Swine Repopulation Insurance Program includes the following policy condition: Hog raiser farm should be in an area cleared for repopulation or in the green zone; hog raiser must be a registered practitioner of the biosecurity under the Bantay ASF Program; the insured shall be the sole owner or co-owner of the livestock subject for insurance coverage; the insured livestock should remain within the premises of the farm of the insured; and the hog farm must be supervised by a hog technician or a veterinarian.

The responsible agencies are continuously monitoring the status of ASF in the entire region wherein pigs are recently detected to have been infected in barangay Florida, Butuan City. (VLG/PIA-Suriao del Norte)

Friday, June 25, 2021

SurSur implements AWA for capitol employees

By Nida Grace P. Barcena

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur -- Due to the implementation of the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) in the entire province, the provincial government of Surigao del Sur has implemented an alternative work arrangement (AWA) effective June 16, 2021 up to June 30, 2021, in order to safeguard employees’ health while they are actively working.

Provincial Human Resource Management Office chief Ace Orcullo said the implementation of the skeleton work was based on the Memorandum No. 112-2021 released by Governor Alexander Pimentel.

Gov. Alexander Pimentel

However, Orcullo said the provincial department heads were also given an option to either implement such or not, as long as the functions and services rendered by their respective departments will not be hindered.

Some of the departments, accordingly, applied the skeleton force, of which the employees were divided into teams.

As of press time, Orcullo said all the department offices are now open, and on their regular operation to render their services, after some of the offices were previously on lockdown, and employees were isolated inside their office as part of the protocol in order to contain the transmission of COVID-19. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)

Friday, June 25, 2021

DA, media gear up info drive vs ASF in Caraga region

BUTUAN CITY (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga, in partnership with the media practitioners from the different provinces of the region converged their efforts to intensify information drive against the African Swine Fever (ASF) cases and discussed security measures to help hog raisers and farmers.

Emmylou Presilda, chief of Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Section (RAFIS) of DA-Caraga emphasized during the virtual briefing on Swine Mortality Insurance held on Friday, the vital role of the media in propagating relevant information and updates to the public through their respective platforms. “We recognized the active support of the media to DA's advocacy campaign and in the implementation of our programs and projects for our target beneficiaries,” she said.

Jekem Sanchez, livestock program focal person of DA-Caraga urged the media partners to constantly disseminate relevant information and updates on the prevention of the ASF in the municipalities down to the barangays. The Agriculture Offices in the provinces along with the Bantay ASF Task Force of the region are regularly monitoring those areas with ASF cases. Needed assistance to the affected swine raisers, insured farmers were also provided.

As he encouraged hog raisers and farmers to apply for the insurance program of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), Ernesto Chaves of PCIC revealed that the insurance program specifically aims to provide insurance coverage to the backyard and commercial hog raisers who continue with hog farming and help mitigate risk to their investments.

“In support of the DA’s effort, the PCIC, an attached agency of DA has designed the Swine Repopulation Insurance Program. It contains relaxed features of the agency's regular livestock insurance program, including the discounted premiums to commercial hog raiser, increased indemnity payment for hog losses and inclusion of culling or destruction of swine due to ASF as ordered by the government as compensable peril. These features were adopted in recognition of the urgency of the situation the hog industry is currently in,” bared Chaves.

Chaves cited that the PCIC has allotted P600,000,000 from its current budget for this program. The amount shall be used either as insurance premium subsidy or indemnity payment for the assured Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) listed hog raisers. The DA will provide additional funds if needed.

“These policies shall apply only to the current situation with regard to ASF infection and shall remain effective until such time that hog industry and the market will have stabilized or solutions or treatment to the disease shall have been developed,” Chaves added.

Meanwhile, Dr. Bernadette Montenegro, action officer of the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) Caraga, also underscored the need for immediate depopulation of pigs infected by the ASF to control the spread or even completely eradicate the ASF in the region. She also called on the hog raisers and traders to cooperate and not to sell live or dead pigs or pork products infected with the said viral disease. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)

Friday, June 25, 2021

DA Caraga capacitates LGUs, media partners on ASF

BUTUAN CITY -- Another batch of ASF Prevention and Control virtual forum was held on June 24-25 for the four remaining local government units (LGUs) in the province of Agusan del Norte and media partners from the four provinces of the region. 

The virtual forum hosted by the DA- Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Section (RAFIS) aims to strengthen information dissemination and public awareness about the die-hard virus, especially in the LGUs, elaborating also the role of every barangay on the prevention and containment of such virus is detected. 

On June 24, SB Members, Punong Barangays, Barangay Committee Chairperson in Agriculture, Municipal Agriculturists, and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Operation Officers from the Municipalities of Jabonga, RTR, Tubay, and Santiago in Agusan del Norte participated the forum. 

On June 25, media partners including the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) provincial managers in the four provinces attended the event. 

Presenting the Swine Mortality Insurance of the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC), Insurance Underwriter of PCIC – Northern Mindanao Ernesto Chavez Jr. underscored the necessity of availing the free insurance coverage of PCIC on or before June 30, 2021, since it will be a safety net for the swine raisers especially with the rising ASF cases in the region. Without the insurance, the swine affected will no longer be accommodated. 

As per Memorandum from the Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar, hogs culled due to the ASF starting July 1, 2021, will be shouldered only by the PCIC. The payout for every pig that contracts ASF has doubled from the original P5,000 to the current P10,000. This is one way to ensure that hog raisers will be encouraged to report affected pigs and to halt the spreading of the virus. 

Moreover, swine raisers in the Caraga region are encouraged to avail the free insurance coverage of PCIC by registering to the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) and visiting their City/Municipal Agriculture Office to fill up the PCIC Livestock Application Form and filled some necessary documents. 

The virtual forum is one of the efforts of the Regional ASF Task Force, spearheaded by its communication team to intensify awareness and strengthen cooperation among agriculture stakeholders in the region.  This is in coordination with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Caraga, Provincial Veterinary Office of Agusan del Norte, National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS)-Caraga, and the PCIC – Northern Mindanao. (DA Caraga/PIA Caraga)

Friday, June 25, 2021

NPA nanunog ng construction equipment; Lanuza MPS, Police Mobile Force Company Patrol Base sabay na pinapaputukan

By: Greg Tataro Jr.

LUNGSOD NG TANDAG, Surigao del Sur -- Tuwirang kinumpirma ni Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Office (SDS-PPO) Provincial Director (PD) Col. James Goforth na mistulang nagpakita na naman ng pangil ang komunistang  teroristang grupo sa Surigao del Sur kagabi, Hunyo 24.

Caraga Pulis PIO

Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng ginawang panununog ng construction equipment at pagpapaputok sa Lanuza Municipal Police Station (LMPS) pati sa patrol base ng 2nd Surigao del Sur Police Mobile Force Company sa parehong lugar.

Ani Goforth, ang insidente ng karahasan ay nangyari nang sabayan dakong alas 9:00 ng gabi kagabi.

Ang mga sinilabang gamit pangkonstruksiyon ng MR1 Construction ay napag-alamang pag-aari ng isang nagngangalang Paulo Lopez at matatagpuan sa bulubunduking bahagi ng bayan ng Lanuza, 43 km hilaga ng Tandag City.

Gayunman, ayon sa police director, bigong magapi ang police station pati ang patrol base.  Wala rin aniyang napahamak sa panig ng pamahalaan.

Samantala, agad namang inalerto ang lahat ng mga karatig-police station at inatasang magsagawa ng kaukulang checkpoints sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa army counterparts.

Dagdag nito ay pinabubusisi rin ang mga pagamutan at clinics sa hinalang may naisugod na pasyente resulta ng pakikipagbakbakan ng mga tropa ng gobyerno bunsod ng pangyayari. (Greg Tataro, Jr., DXJS RP-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)

Friday, June 25, 2021

Ekipo alang sa 'Beyond Rice' project sa RTR nagsugod na og pangabot

DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN -- Nagsugod na og pagpangabot ning semanaha ang mga himan pangproseso sa “Beyond Rice,” ang core processing project sa lungsod sa RTR nga tabangan pagpahiluna sa mga tiggama og kakanin, sa Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), sa munisipyo ug sa probinsya ubos sa AGUSAN UP!, ang kampanya sa pagpalambo sa administrasyon ni Gob. Dale B. Corvera kaabag ang buhatan ni Kong. Angel Amante-Matba.

Ang unang nangabot isip kabahin sa Shared Service Facilities (SSF) Project sa DTI mao ang mga himan sa pagluto sa kakanin – bibingka, puto, budbod, biko, uban pa. Kulang pa kini sa gas oven ug table top vacuum machine apan mangabot na kini sa bulan sa Hulyo.

Niini, gitakda nga magtigum ang mga stakeholders sa maong proyekto sa idakduhang seman sa Hulyo aron maplastar ang mosunod nga mga lakang.

Sa inisyal nga plano ipahiluna ubos sa proyektong “Beyond Rice” ang processing center sa kakanin daplin sa highway sa RTR nga magsilbi usab nga roadside rest stop diin maka-snack o makapabalot og baon o sinugatang kakanin ang mga biyahero sa Butuan, Cabadbaran, Surigao ug ubang dapit sa Caraga ingon man sa motabok sa Lipata sa Surigao ngadto na sa Visayas ug Luzon.

Magsilbi usab nga tigtumod ang proyekto sa mga inadlaw-adlaw nga stock sa kakanin sa mga kan-anan sa Butuan, Cabadbaran, Surigao ug ubang mga lungsod sa Caraga.

Apil usab sa ipahiluna sa proyekto mao ang paggama og rice wine ug beer.

Tumong sa proyekto nga makamugna ang mga mag-uuma sa humay sa RTR og lain pang mga produkto gikan sa bugas niini mismo alang sa dugang kita.  

Mahinumdoman nga gihimo ang kakanin cooking contest sa RTR sa miaging tuig aron motumaw ang labing maayong pagkaluto nga maangayan merkado. Gisundan kini sa tasting nga gihimo atol sa 54th Araw nga Agusan del Norte niadtong Hunyo 17. Kabahin kini sa proseso sa product development nga padayong himoon sa mosunod nga mga adlaw. (Agusan Up/PIA Agusan del Norte)

Friday, June 25, 2021

AgSur stakeholders join 1st Southeast Asia Rubber-Based Cropping Production Forum

BUTUAN CITY -- Rubber farmers, researchers, students, and other rubber industry stakeholders from all over Southeast Asia converge recently for the 1st Southeast Asia Rubber Based Cropping Production Forum via Zoom platform.

The forum was hosted by the province of Agusan del Sur in coordination with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR).

Said forum was anchored on the theme "Sustainable Rubber-based Farming Systems in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for Research, Development and Extension for Empowering Small-hold Farmers."

Keynote Speaker Department of Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said that the Philippine Rubber Industry has massive potential for growth and its development is among the most far-reaching investments the Philippine Government can make in the bid to promote equitable prosperity across the islands.

The forum served as an avenue for rubber industry stakeholders to learn and also to share technologies on rubber production. Currently, there are 700 attendees to the forum. (DA-RFO XIII, RAFIS/PIA-Agusan del Sur) 

 

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Local LGBTQ group celebrates Pride Month 2021

By Doreen Marielle Rosales

BUTUAN CITY -- Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) community in Agusan del Norte joined the entire world in celebrating the 2021 Pride Month Celebration held on June.

Festivities were launched by GARBO – Agusan del Norte, a LGBTQ group supported by the provincial government of Agusan del Norte which is founded by its employees.

“For this year’s celebration, we copied the theme from the New York City Pride, which is “The Fight Continues,” said GARBO-ADN co-founder Christian Rey Cloma.

Various competitions were launched such as the ’Drag Up Your Life’ Makeover Challenge, where participants are challenged to come up with their most creative drag look; the ‘Talentadong Ka-Garbo’ Pop Dance competition; and the GARBO Short Film Competition, where storytellers are given the chance to portray in the film their own interpretation of the theme.

More or less 50 community members from the ten municipalities and one component city of the province joined the competition, the youngest being 15 years old. Winners of each challenge will receive a cash prize as big as P15,000 and other freebies.

The top three winners of the makeover challenge will win P7,000, P5,000, and P3,000, respectively, while three others will receive a consolation prize of P1,500 while the winning entries of the talent competition will win P5,000, P3,000, P2,000, respectively and a consolation prize of P1,000 will be given to succeeding three entries. For the short film competition, three entries receiving top ratings from the judges will receive P15,000, P10,000, and P7,000, respectively while three more entries will receive a P3,500 consolation prize.

As of writing, entries have now been deliberated by the panel of judges and will be announced on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 6PM PST. Entries are posted at the group’s official Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/GARBOAGUSAN.

GARBO-ADN was founded by Mr. Elly Navarroza, Jr. and Mr. Cloma who are co-workers at the Human Resource Department of the Provincial Government. They marked the group’s founding by launching its first Pride event for last year’s Pride Month celebration. (DMNR/PIA-Caraga)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Cash for Work diha sa pagpananum og kahoy himoon sa RTR

DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN -- Gipahigayun niadtong Hunyo 24, 2021 ang oryentasyon sa mga benepisyaryo sa cash-for-work program sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) nga giimplementar kaabag ang munisipyo ug ang probinsya sa barangay sa San Antonio, Balangbalang ug sa Tagbongabong, RTR. 

Ang maong oryentasyon gitambungan sa mga benepisyaryo, mga opisyal sa barangay nga gipangunahan sa kapitan, personahe sa Department of Social Welfare and Development ning rehiyon ug sa mga personahe sa AGUSAN UP alang sa probinsya.

Kining programa kabahin sa tinuig nga cash-for-work program ubos sa Risk Resiliency Program-Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation sa DSWD.

Mosuma sa 540 ka residente sa RTR ang makabenepisyo niini.

Ubos sa program makatrabaho ang mga benepisyaryo sulod sa napulo (10) ka adlaw ug sweldohan sila og 240 pesos matag adlaw.

Ang mahimong trabaho sa mga benepisyaryo mao ang pagpananum og mga kahoy sama sa fruit trees nga rambutan, durian, santol, mangga ug kahoy nga mahogany.

Matud pa sa kapitan sa Barangay San Antonio, daku  ang iyang pasalamat sa higayon nga bisan sa pandemya ug kalisud sa panahon karon dakong tabang ning programa sa panginabuhian sa iyang katawhan. Bisan kung pipila lang ka adlaw ang trabaho apan daku kining tabang sa makatrabaho niini ug tabang diha sa pagpabaskug sa kinaiyahan. (Jessa Mindajao ug Nibika Calixtro, LGU Agusan del Norte/PIA Agusan del Norte)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Vlog, tiktok kompetisyon nagmalampuson

DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN -- Nagmalampuson nga gipahigayon niadtong Hunyo 16 ang mga aktibidadies alang sa ika-4 nga adlaw sa kasumaran sa 54th Araw ng Agusan del Norte ug 7th SADOW Festival pinaagi sa Araw ng Agusan TV.

Kabahin sa mga kalihokan nga gihimo mao ang: Vlog your Spot diin adunay 23 ka mga entries ug Tiktok ta Agusanon nga adunay 25 ka mga entries.

“Probinsya ko, Ipasigarbo ko” ang tema sa Vlog your Spot samtang sa tiktok kids and teens category adunay tema nga “Be safe, Be creative in the comfort of your own home”; sa adult category adunay tema nga “Sa Bakuna, Luwas ta Bai!” ug sa Group category mao ang “Inspired by Sadow Festival Song.”

Nahimong mananaog sa nasangpit nga kompetisyon mao ang mosunod:

• Vlog Your Spot

 1st Place- Municipality of Tubay- P 35,000.00

 2nd Place- City of Cabadbaran- P 25,000.00

 3rd Place- Municipality of Santiago- P 20,000.00

• Tiktok Kids Category

 1st Place- Municipality of Santiago- P 5,000.00

 2nd Place- Municipality of Carmen- P 3,000.00

 3rd Place- Municipality of Magallanes- P 1,500.00

• Tiktok Adult Category

 1st Place- Municipality of Carmen- P 5,000.00

 2nd Place- Municipality of Santiago- P 3,000.00

 3rd Place- Municipality of RTR- P 1,500.00

• Tiktok Teens Category

 1st Place- Municipality of Magallanes- P 5,000.00

 2nd Place- Municipality of Santiago- P 3,000.00

 3rd Place- Municipality of RTR- P 1,500.00

• Tiktok Group Category

 1st Place- Municipality of Magallanes- P 10,000.00

 2nd Place- City of Cabadbaran- P 8,000.00

 3rd Place- Municipality of Carmen- P 5,000.00

 

Sa mensahe nga gipadayag ni Gob. Dale B. Corvera matod pa niya nga “Padayon kita sa pagbuhat og mga estorya sa daghan pang tourist spot sa probinsya apan palapdan pa nato ang atong maabot, himoon pa nato ubang narratives kalabot sa nagkalain-laing aspeto sa pagpalambo, putingan ta nga mas daghan pang tao ang maenganyo pagsalmot sa kalihokang pangkalamboan.”

Sa laing bahin, gipahigayon usab anang adlaw ang “Kulturang Agusanon, Ipasigarbo ko” diin gipakita ang nagkalain-laing tradisyon ug kultura sa mga Indigenous Peoples (IP’s) sa Agusan del Norte nga mao ang Higaonon, Mamanwa ug Manobo pinaagi sa Awit ug Sayaw. 

Ang maong kalihokan adunay tema nga “Padayong hiniusang Buntugon ang Pandemya, Ipalambo ang Ekonomiya.” (Justine Perez, LGU Agusan del Norte/PIA Agusan del Norte)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Pagbabakuna sa Tandag tuloy pa rin sa gitna ng hamon ng pandemya dulot ng COVID-19

Ni Nida Grace P. Barcena

LUNGSOD NG TANDAG, Surigao del Sur, Hunyo 24 (PIA) -- Malaking hamon ang kinakaharap ng mga health workers na kasali sa pagpapatupad ng vaccination rollout sa lungsod, lalo pa at napabilang na ang Tandag City na may local transmission at isa na ring kinukonsederang high risk base sa bilang ng mga nagpositibong kaso sa lugar.

Sa panayam sa Radyo Pilipinas-Tandag kay Dr. Ruth Arraz, hepe ng City Health Office, apat sa kanilang empleyado ang kasalukuyang sumasailalim sa kwarentina matapos mapag-alaman na may “first generation contact” ang mga ito sa nagpositibo sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Inamin din ng opisyal na nabawasan din sila ng mga Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) na tumulong sa kanila sa vaccination centers, sa kadahilanan na rin na pinabalik na sila sa kani-kanilang barangay na merong mataas ang kaso sa COVID-19 para gawin ang kanilang mga tungkulin bilang mga “contact tracers.”

Sa kabila sa hamon ng pandemyang kinakaharap dulot ng COVID-19, patuloy pa rin aniyang ipapatupad ang pagbabakuna, at maayos na sumunod sa mga safety protocol. Patuloy rin ang maayos na koordinasyon sa local inter–agency task force against COVID-19 para sa maayos na implementasyon sa buong syudad. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

203 aktibong kaso sa COVID-19, naitala sa lungsod ng Tandag

By: Nida Grace P. Barcena

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Hunyo 24 (PIA) –  Umabot na sa 203 indibidwal ang naitalang aktibong kaso na nagpositibo sa coronavirus disease 2019 o COVID-19 sa syudad ng Tandag, base sa ipinalabas nilang situational report ng lokal na pamahalan ng syudad noong Hunyo 23 ng kasalukuyang taon.

Base sa pinalabas na Situational Report No. 74, simula ng pandemya, nakapagtala na ang syudad ng 805 na kumpirmadong nagpositibo, kung saan 203 nito ang mga aktibong kaso, 586 ang mga gumaling na (recovered), samantalang 19 naman ang namatay.

Napag-alaman na ang mga naitalang aktibong kaso ay nagmula sa mga sumusunod na barangay: Telaje (48), Mabua ( 32 ), Bag – ong Lungsod ( 20 ), San Agustin Sur ( 20 ), Awasian ( 19 ), Rosario ( 19 ), Dagocdoc ( 18 ), Bongtud ( 8 ), San Agustin Norte ( 8 ), Buenavista ( 4 ), Bioto ( 3 ), Salvacion ( 3 ), ug San Isidro ( 1 ).

Sa kabuuang 203 na mga aktibong kaso, 132 nito ang Asymptomatic, samantalang 71 ang may mga sintomas. Kasalukuyan sumasailalim sa istriktong kwarentina sa kanilang mga bahay ang 132 na mga indibidwal, 37 ang nasa quarantine facility, 32 ang nasa Adela Serra Ty Memorial Medical Center, (ASTMMC), at dalawa (2) ang nairefer sa ibang health facility.

Samantala, umabot naman sa  1, 978 ang mga suspetsadong mayroong kaso ng COVID-19 sa kasalukuyan na patuloy na minomonitor nga mga health workers sa nasabing syudad. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Comelec registration ipinagpaliban sa lungsod ng Tandag

By: Nida Grace P. Barcena

 

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Hunyo 24 -- Dahil sa patuloy na pagtaas ng datos ng mga nagpositibo sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), kasalukuyan ipinagpaliban ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) Tandag City Office ang pagparehistro, pati na rin ang nakatakdang “satelite registration” sa mga barangay na sakop nito, matapos sumailalim sa Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) ang buong lalawigan ng Surigao del Sur simula Hunyo 16 hanggang Hunyo 30 ng kasalukuyang taon.

Sa panayam kay Tandag City Election Officer Florephi Botona, ang pagpaliban ay naayon sa ipinapalabas na resolusyon ng kanilang opisina kung saan iniutos nito ang pagpapatupad ng work-from-home scheme sa lahat ng mga manggagawa o empleyado nito, na nagdeklara ng Enhanced Community Quarantion (ECQ) o di kaya ang MECQ.

Napag-alaman mula kay Botona na sarado na ang kanilang tanggapan simula sa unang araw ng pagpapatupad ng MECQ sa buong syudad.

Kinumpirma din niya ang pansamantalang pagkansela ng mga nakatakdang satelite registration sa mga natitirang barangay na dapat pa nilang puntahan.

Kabilang sa mga nakanselang satellite registration ang Barangay Bioto na nakatakda sana noong Hunyo 18, at Barangay Quezon noong Hunyo 19.

Dagdag pa ni Botona, kasama din na ipinagpaliban ang Barangay San Agustin Sur na nakatakda sa Hunyo 25, at ang Barangay San Agustin Norte sa Hunyo 26. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)

Thursday, June 24, 2021

DepEd-Caraga to conduct canned jingle competition

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

BUTUAN CITY, June 24 (PIA) – In time with the 26^th Anniversary of the Department of Education (DepEd), the Caraga regional office will be spearheading the conduct of canned Jingle Competition to all its personnel regionwide on July 14, 2021, thru an online platform.

According to DepEd Caraga Regional Director Dr. Evelyn Fetalvero, every July of each year, DepEd Caraga celebrates its founding anniversary wherein all community stakeholders and partners in the region are recognized as part of the success of the department in its operations from 1995 up to the present date.

“This year, DepEd Caraga continues to recognize the contribution of its stakeholders and partners by having a regionwide virtual 26^th Year Anniversary celebration on July 12-16, 2021 with the theme: Celebrating Synergy for LID-19 Pandemic,” she said.

Fetalvero added that this celebration is an act of appreciation for all the efforts, cooperation, and commitment of all the people behind the success of DepEd Caraga operation, in making a difference in the lives of the learners, their parents, and their communities for the last 26 years. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)