The 2nd
Humayanon street dancing competition set tomorrow
by Nida
Grace B. Tranquilan
SURIGAO
DEL SUR, Sept. 26 (PIA) –- The 2nd Humayanon Festival street dancing competition,
sponsored by the Local Government of San Miguel, Surigao del Sur is set
tomorrow in celebration of the 49th Araw ng San Miguel.
According to the CDIO Nancy Elizalde, the
participants in the competition include San Miguel National Comprehensive High
School Annex (SMNCHSA)-Poblacion, SMNCHA-Magroyong, SMNCHA-Bolhoon, and
SMNCHSA-Sagbayan.
The final showdown will be held 2:00 P.M. in
front of the Municipal Gym. The winner will receive a cash prize of P55,000.
Anchored from its theme: “Kalambuan sa Mag-uuma
Kuyog sa Pakigdait ug Panaghiusa,” the celebration is also in line with its
annual fiesta celebration of their patron saint San Miguel Arcanghel every 29th
day of September.
Humayanon comes from the word “humay” which
means rice grains. The Festival is a thanksgiving for the bountiful harvest of
grains in the municipality. (NGBT/PIA
Surigao del Sur)
Surigao
City celebrates Nat’l Tourism Week, World Tourism Day
by Fryan
E. Abkilan
SURIGAO
CITY, Sept. 26 (PIA) –- After successfully attracting more tourists and visitors to
visit Surigao City, the city government celebrates National Tourism Week on
Sept. 25-30 and World Tourism Day on Sept. 28, with this year’s theme “Tourism
Linking Cultures.”
This morning, a motorcade in the major
thoroughfares of the city marked the beginning of the celebration spearheaded
by the City Tourism Office and Surigao City Tourism Council. It was followed by
a short presentation of Tourism Excellence Award to several tourism enterprises
of the city and the awarding of Special Thanks and Recognition (STAR) Award to
the Bonok-Bonok Festival 2011 working committees.
The simple ceremony was held in front of the
city hall building and was graced by Department of Tourism-13 Regional Director
Leticia Tan, City Vice-Mayor Danilo Menor and Councilor Jose Begil, Jr.
Sr. Tourism Operations Officer Roselyn Armida
Merlin said part of the series of activities is a video showing of city’s
tourism attractions to the different schools starting on Sept. 27.
On Sept. 28-29, Merlin said a planning workshop
will be conducted for the formulation of the city’s Tourism Development Plan. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
GSIS
updates members of their benefits
by Maria
Rebecca C. Ayaton
BUTUAN
CITY, September 25 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) conducted
recently a seminar-cum dialogue on the updates on GSIS benefits and programs,
and pre-retirement counseling.
GSIS Regional Manager Mamole A. Pangandaman
informed the Agency Authorize Officers (AAO) and other participants that GSIS
has made ways to make their transactions easier and faster for the convenience
of their members such as deployment of additional GSIS Wireless Automated
Processing System (GW@PS) in all major government offices, city halls, and
provincial capitols nationwide.
Aside from installing additional GW@PS Kiosk,
GSIS partners with Land Bank of the Philippines(LBP) as an additional servicing
bank for its members.
GSIS and LBP signed a memorandum of agreement
(MOA) to accommodate services to GSIS pensioners like opening a savings account
and providing an automated teller machine (ATM) services to GSIS members.
Mamole clarified that GSIS members do not
necessarily need to transfer from Union Bank of the Philippines (UBP) to LBP.
Having LBP is just an option for the members to choose from the two banks (LBP
and Union Bank) that offers services to the pensioners.
Those pensioners who keep their existing savings
account with the UBP can still use the GSIS eCard to transact business with
GSIS. (MRA/PIA-Caraga)
Revived
Surigao media club elects new sets of officers
by Vanessa
L. Almeda
SURIGAO
CITY, Sept. 26 (PIA)
-- After several years in hiatus, the Surigao Press and Radio Club (SPRC) is
back and rearing to go forward.
On Sept. 24, Saturday, veteran broadcasters and
journalists in the city gathered to elect the new set of officers for the
revival of one of the oldest press clubs in Mindanao at the BG & C coffee
shop, a local coffee shop here.
The new roster of officers are: President
Nathaniel “Natz” C. Corbeta, editor and publisher of Karaga News Central; vice
president for Broadcast Mario “Mar” Semorlan; VP for Print Eugenio “Jun” Lira;
Secretary Jamar Gavino; Treasurer Cheryl “Pinky” Visenio; Auditor Joselito
“Jun” Ramirez; PIO Vanessa L. Almeda; Board of Directors Rolando “Lando” Sindo,
Romy Remion, Carl Lafuente and Prudencio “Boy Power” Portuguese.
SPRC President Natz Corbeta said it’s really
high time to revitalize the once respected media group in the province.
“This is our time to take the cudgel of
responsibility as professional journalists in our beloved Surigao. Responsible
journalism is a must dictum for all of us practicing media’," said
Corbeta.
“We are going to project and establish a
non-partisan, non-political approach in order for us to be more credible in
bringing true and unbiased news and information to the Surigaonons and to our
country,” Corbeta added.
The group has also designated local historian
and journalist Fernando A. Almeda Jr., Nonoy Lerio of Goldstar Daily and
Rodrigo Catoto of Agusan Surigao Enquirer as its advisers.
The Surigao media club is already on its 43rd
year having been established on April 1968. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DSWD-Caraga
gears up for Elderly Filipino Week celebration
by Maria
Rebecca C. Ayaton
BUTUAN
CITY, Set. 26 (PIA)
–- In line with Proclamation No. 470 declaring every first week of October as
“Linggo ng Nakatatandang Pilipino” or Elderly Filipino Week, the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga has lined-up activities for the
elderly citizens of the city.
During the special meeting of the Regional
Inter-Agency Committee for Senior Citizens (RIAC-SC), Golda V. Pocon,
DSWD-Caraga SWO IV/Head of the Standards Unit said the DSWD and its partner
agencies will join the Hataw Exercise. It will be spearheaded by the Office of
Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA)as part of the opening ceremony and it will be
conducted at the Butuan City Hall Grounds.
Pocon also said joining with OSCA’s opening
ceremony for the Elderly Filipino Week celebration is a way of getting other
agencies involved in the celebration. “Why don’t we converge with OSCA’s Hataw?
Anyway we are celebrating the same celebration,” said Pocon.
Moreover, DSWD-Caraga and RIAC-SC members will
spearhead an activity called “DalawKalinga and Visit to the Visitorless,
Indigent, Sick Older Prisoners (VISO)” on October 5.
Pocon said they are going to visit senior
citizens at Por Cristo Home for the Abandoned Elderly which is situated at
Barangay Abilan, Buenavista, Agusandel Norte.
This year’s Elderly Filipino Week celebration
theme is “Nakatatanda: Gabay, Tulay, Kaagapay at BantayTungosaKaunlaran.”
(MRA/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog
News: Mga lolo’t lola sa Butuan City handa na para sa Senior Citizens Week
ni Nora CL
Molde
BUTUAN
CITY, Set. 26 (PIA)
-– Handa na ang mga lolo’t lola ng siyudad para sa gagawing selebrasyon ng
Senior Citizens Week ngayong darating na Oktubre 3 hanggang 9.
Ayon sa pinuno ng Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA)
ng siyudad na si Imelda B. Mupas-Nonan, may mga nakahanda ng aktibidad para sa
isang linggong selebrasyon.
Upang mas maging makahulugan at masaya ang
selebrasyon, magkakaroon ng Hataw (low grade exercise), jog for health at
medical check-up sa unang araw ng selebrasyon sa Oktubre 3. Ang pagbubukas ng
selebrasyon ay gagawin sa city hall compound na dadaluhan ng mga senior
citizens mula sa 86 na barangay ng siyudad.
Sa Oktubre 4, gaganapin din sa city hall lobby
ang isang paligsahang pangkultura sa umaga at ang Search for King and Queen
Senior Citizens 2011 naman sa hapon.
Isang paligsahan sa Food Preparation and Table
Setting ay gaganapin din sa hapon ng Oktubre 5.
Maliban sa serbisyong medical at paligsahan,
magaganap din sa isang buong araw ang “Pabibo” para sa matatanda. Ito ay
gaganapin sa gusali OSCA sa ika-apat na araw ng selebrasyon.
Ang isang linggong selebrasyon ay naaayon sa
Proclamation No. 470 na nagdedeklara sa unang linggo ng Oktubre bilang Linggo
ng Katandaang Pilipino o Elderly Week. (PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog
News: Namatay na OFW sa Kuwait, inilibing na
ni Robert
E. Roperos
BUTUAN
CITY, Set. 26 (PIA)
–- Inilibing na sa Bayugan Cemetery noong Linggo ang namatay na OFW sa Kuwait
na si Jovie Montesoso.
Sa pakikipanayam sa nakatatanda nitong kapatid
na si Evelyn ng isa sa mga himpilan ng radio dito, ipinaaabot nito ang
pasasalamat sa lahat ng mga tumulong at dumamay sa kanilang pamilya.
Pinasasalamatan nito ang mga opisyal ng
probinsiya ng Agusan del Sur dahil sa pagtulong nito upang maibalik sa bansa
ang bangkay ng kapatid. Nagpapasalamat din ito sa alkalde ng Bayugan City,
Agusan del Sur sa pinansiyal na suporta nito.
Sinabi nito na kahit wala na ang kanilang
kapatid ay pagtutulungan nilang mapabuti ang kalagayan ng pamangkin at
sisikapin nilang lumaki ito bilang isang mabuting mamamayan.
Samantala, nangako naman si Senador Manny Villar
na bibigyan nito ng scholarship ang anak ng biktima hanggang sa makatapos ito
sa kolehiyo, na siyang pangarap ng nasirang ina.
Si Jovie Montesoso ay namatay noong Agosto 5 at
ayon sa ulat, ito raw ay tumalon sa ika-walong palapag ng gusaling pinapasukan
bilang isang receptionist sa Kuwait.
Dumating ang kaniyang bangkay dito sa Pilipinas
noong Setyembre 20 matapos ang imbestigasyong ginawa sa Kuwait. Noong Setyembre
21, dumating ang bangkay ng biktima dito lulan ng Philippine Airlines Flight PR
477.
Pagkalapag ng eroplano sa Bancasi Airport,
dinala agad ito sa isa sa mga punerarya dito upang tingnan ng pamilyang
sumalubong nito sa paliparan. Dinala agad ito ng pamilya sa kanilang lugar sa
Barangay Verdo, Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur at kahapon nga ay inihatid na ito
sa kaniyang huling hantungan. (PIA-Caraga)
