Agusanon kids bag bronze award in ASEAN
cyberkids camp
By
Nora L. Molde
The
two primary pupils, Rainbow Beltran Concha, Grade 4 and Jassef Ysaiah Leanne
Vista Tambis, Grade 3, all the way from Cabadbaran City in the province of
Agusan del Norte representing the Philippines bring home Bronze medals after
competing with other school children aged seven to 12 from other ASEAN Member
States (AMS). Twenty students with their coaches from the 10 AMS competed at
the Rizqun International Hotel.
Coach
Prets recalled that Rainbow and Leanne were given the project topic “Smart
City”. On the topic given, the two made an animation about what makes a smart
city smart. They made two sprite characters named Abby and Dee discussing what
makes a smart city smart by creating a city that uses an information and
communication technology (ICT) in the movement of the city.
“Their
entry illustrates a smart city animation – having a buildings, high technology
hospitals, transportation, wide coverage of Wi-Fi connection and has a
competent schools in it," coach Prets narrated.
What
makes the illustration great, coach Prets said, is the illustration of a smart,
healthy and happy people living on it, I think that makes their smart city
smart project becomes great.
During
the competition, they were given a total of 20 minutes to present their project
– three minutes for equipment set up; 10 minutes for preparation and
demonstration; five minutes for Questions and Answers; and two minutes for
disassembling the presentation equipment.
The ASEAN Cyberkids Camp (ACC) is
organized as a platform for the top students aged 12 years and below from the
ASEAN Member States (AMS) to gather together and create multimedia computer
projects upon an instant challenge from the judges. The program adopts the 21st
century learning objectives by way of developing computer animations,
interactive stories or applications. The event was aimed to enhance the
students’ skills in adaptability, critical thinking, problem solving, working
in a team, ability to use ICT creativity and awareness of cross-cultural
issues. (NCLM/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
By
Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN
CITY, Sept. 19 (PIA) – The Ladlad Caraga Incorporated, a Security Exchange
Commission (SEC)-registered non-stock, non-profit and non-government
organization representing the Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual- Transgender-Intersex and
Queer (LGBTIQ) in Caraga, is set to hold this year’s 1st LGBT Summit on
September 28, 2018 at Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city.
According
to Isagani Bacasmas Jr., Ladlad Caraga chairperson and chief executive officer,
the summit is aimed to deepen the understanding of issues facing the LGBTIQ
community; to network with communities from across Butuan; to learn what
organizations and individuals are doing to advance health, safety, fairness and
inclusion in the LGBTIQ Community in the City; and to join efforts to ensure
LGBTIQ protection in Butuan.
“Ladlad
Caraga is expecting some 100 attendees from the LGBT Community of Butuan. The
GAD focal persons from government agencies, educators, health workers, social
workers, youth sector, and other no-government organizations in the city are
also invited for the summit,” added Bacasmas.
Bacasmas
also said that Commissioner Norman Baloro of the Presidential Commission on
Urban Poor is the keynote speaker during the LGBT Summit.
“Agusan
del Norte Cong. Lawrence Fortun and Butuan City Mayor Ronnie Vicente Lagnada
are also expected to attend and deliver their messages to all participants,”
Bacasmas said.
Aside
from the breakout sessions, there is also an open forum right before the
closing program. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Agusan del Norte regulates ‘slow moving vehicles’
By: Aimee
B. Sienes
BUTUAN
CITY, Sept. 19 -- The provincial government of Agusan del Norte now mandates
that all slow moving vehicles plying in the highways of the province to drive
in the righter most part of the road.
This
was concretized under Provincial Ordinance No. 492-2018, which was authored by
Provincial Board Member Aquino W. Gambe, chairman of the Committee on Energy,
Transportation, Information and Communication.
Said
ordinance was approved on third and final reading during the 96th regular
session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan taking into consideration that the
purpose of the legislative measure is to reduce the number of traffic hazards
and unnecessary traffic delays in the highways of the province.
The
flow of traffic will be easier if slow moving vehicles ply only to the righter
most part of the road.
Under
the said ordinance, considered slow moving vehicles included bicycle, trailer,
tractor, public utility jeepney (PUJ), mini buses, pedicabs and those vehicles
with maximum speed of 40 km/hour.
To
effectively implement the mandate of the ordinance, the Highway Patrol Group
(HPG) is designated as enforcers of the ordinance and to use the Violation
Tickets (VTs) issued by the Provincial Treasurer’s Office in issuing tickets
for violators.
Penalties
for violators shall be: 1st Offense – Php1,000.00; 2nd Offense – Php2,500.00;
3rd Offense and Succeeding Offenses – Php5,000.00. (LGU-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Tagalog News: Barangay officials sa Caraga
region suportado ang kampanya sa Pederalismo
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD
NG BUTUAN, Set. 19 (PIA) - Suportado ng may mahigit 2,000 na mga opisyales mula
sa ibat-ibang barangay sa lungsod ng Butuan ang kampanya sa Pederalismo ng
gobyerno.
Sa
isinagawang Federalism Convention and Rally sa Agusan del Norte Provincial
Capitol Covered Court kamakailan, ang mga dumalong barangay officials ay
nagmula sa 86 na barangay sa lungsod ng Butuan, at yung iba naman ay mula sa
mga barangay ng ibat-ibang munisipyo at lungsod ng rehiyon.
Ipinahayag
ni Erlinda Dublois, purok chairperson ng barangay San Vicente, Butuan City na
malaki ang tiwala niya kay President Rodrigo Duterte na ma-iaangat nito ang
buhay ng mga Pilipino sa bansa lalung-lalo na’t isinisulong na ng gobyerno ang
Pederalismo.
Buong-buo
naman ang suporta ng mga miyembro ng Hugpong Federal Government of the
Philippines na nagmula pa sa ibat-ibang probinsya ng Caraga region. Ayon sa
kanilang national executive secretary na nakilalang si Virgilio Dela Cruz,
matagal na silang sumusuporta kay Pres. Duterte, kahit mayor pa ito nuon sa
Davao City. Ibinahagi pa niya ang kanilang maikling deskripsyon sa pederalismo
at ito’y tinawag nilang PRRD – P for power sharing; R - resources sharing; R –
respect for all; at D - development for all.
Naging
guest speakers ang mga commissioner na sina Professor Eddie Alih, Atty.
Ferdnand Bacobo, Atty. Randolph Parcasio, at Sec. Gary Bolivar – isang fellow
sa forum on economic freedom. Isiniwalat ng mga myembro ng Consultative
Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution ang mga dahilan kung bakit
kinakailangan ng bansang Pilipinas na mag-shift mula Unitary System to Federal
form of government.
Dumalo
rin si Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño ng Department of the
Interior and Local Government (DILG) sa nasabing pagtitipon at binigyang-diin
niyang panahon na para sa pagbabagong tinatamasa ng mga Pilipino sa pamamagitan
ng pederalismo ni Pres. Duterte.
Samantala,
nilagdaan din ng mga opisyales at partisipante ang manipesto bilang suporta sa
Pederalismo. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Butuan, AgNor tourism officials join Global Farm
Tourism Summit 2018
BUTUAN
CITY, Sept. 19 -- Nine delegates from Butuan City and Agusan del Norte joined
the rest of the more than 800 participants including those from other Caraga
provinces to the three-day Global Farm Tourism Summit 2018 in Tagaytay City.
At
least two of the private sector attendees from Butuan City expressed interest
to pursue the establishment and accreditation of their farm tourism sites.
Department
of Trade and Industry Agusan del Norte (DTI AdN) Provincial Director Brenda B.
Corvera was also given the chance to discuss in behalf of the department (she
being one of only three DTI delegates in the summit) the different programs and
services that DTI has that can help existing and potential farm tourism
site/camp operators. She shared the services of the Negosyo Centers in cities
and municipalities which any interested operator can visit for help.
This
was in response to the summit’s main mover and International School of
Sustainable Tourism (ISST) President, Dr. Mina T. Gabor's query regarding how
DTI can possibly help, citing that during her time in the department, there
were lots of assistances given, even hand-holding for exporters being the
former head of the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions
(CITEM).
Those
who attended include Butuan City Tourism Officer Evangeline Peña-Dominise; Peth
Gabor-Mañalac (potential farm tourism camp investor); Mina Marie Montilla-
Ladlad and Josephine Lozano Rabor of LMR Exim Trading and Mango Farm in Bit-os;
Dr. Danilo A. Ga-as Presidential Assistant for Ecopark Dev’t., Caraga State
University; Agusan del Norte Provincial Tourism Officer Edgar M. Palarca, Jr.;
Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte Municipal Tourism Officer Roquito Jugao, Jr.; DTI
AdN provincial director Corvera and Jocelyn Ordonia.
They
were joined by other Caraga delegates, namely: Agusan del Sur Sangguniang
Panlalawigan Member Hazel O. del Rosario, LGU - Sibagat, Agusan del Sur Mayor
Maria Liza Evangelista, Sibagat Tourism Officer Airene Peñas, Surigao del Norte
Tourism Officer Josephine Egay and Surigao City Tourism Officer Roselyn Merlin,
Surigao City Agriculturist Isaias M. Elumba, Mercy Alameda and Sofia Alameda of
Alameda Farms, Surigao del Sur Vice Governor Manuel O. Alameda, Jr.
Vice
Governor Alameda was one of the speakers under plenary 5: “Empowering Local
Government Units for Farm Tourism.”
Agusan
del Sur SP member del Rosario also took the floor to encourage the private
sector to go to their respective local government for assistance as she
believes that they too may have services like the financing program for small
businesses that her province has.
The
summit featured two days of plenary sessions on- 1) Sustainable Practices and
Opportunities in Farm Tourism (Farming is Sexy: Millennial Farmers, Women
Empowerment in Farm Tourism); 2) Climate Smart Farm Tourism ( Climate Resilient
Crops, Smart Farming, and Do-It-Yourself Promotion on Farm Tourism); 3) Don’t
Panic, Simply Organic (New Zealand Best Practices); 4) I Came, I Saw, I Stayed:
Unique Farm Stay Experiences (Vietnam, Philippines); 5) Empowering Local
Government Units for Farm Tourism (Surigao del Sur/Alameda Farms, Province of
La Union, Indonesia Experience); and 6) Farm Tourism Country Models (Malaysia,
Thailand, Philippines).
The
last day was devoted to a farm visit to the International Institute of Rural
Reconstruction in nearby Silang, Cavite for a guided tour, additional inputs
and the closing ceremony. (DTI-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Bunawan food producers learn food safety
concepts, good manufacturing practices
Dina
Lyra Pantaleon, a Microbiologist resource person, discussed Food handling, Food
safety hazards, Steps in Cleaning and Sanitation, Cooking, Packaging and
Storing of food and using proper wardrobe.
"Thank
you Department of Trade and Industry and Philsaga Mining Corporation for this
seminar, now we know the pros and cons in food processing and food handling. We
will apply this in our production," said Rodulfo Montes, one of the
association members.
The
PhilSaga Mining Corporation (PMC) through its Social Development and Management
Program (SDMP) assisted the participating organizations: 1. Empowered Women of
San Teodoro Association (EWSTA); 2. San Andres Selected Women Association
(SASWA); 3. San Marcos Fisher folks; 4.
ConWECo; and 5. 3 B’s Bakeshop.
Their
products are processed meat, dried fish, pineapple marmalade, bread and
purified water.
The said training was organized by
Philsaga Mining Corporation and DTI Agusan del Sur through the facilitation of
Connie Derro and France Tumulak of Negosyo Center – Bunawan. (DTI-Agusan del
Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
