PIA Caraga to hold Kapihan on 'Yes for Peace'
Campaign; asks media support
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 11 (PIA) – In time with this
year’s International Humanitarian Law Day on August 12, the Philippine
Information Agency (PIA) Caraga will hold the press conference or Kapihan on
“Yes for Peace - Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran, Kasaganahan (KKK)”
Campaign at the Teacher’s Development Center of the Department of Education
(DepEd) Caraga regional office, this city.
Panelists of said activity include the representatives
of DepEd, Commission on Human Rights (CHR), and Commission on Higher Education
(CHED). This activity will also be held simultaneously in all the regions of
the country.
“The Yes for Peace aims for a collective
involvement and participation of the Filipino people for an end to the armed
conflict,” remarked PIA Caraga regional director Abner Caga.
Caga also bared that the said campaign is to
level up from a mere peace education and advocacy campaign to document and
pursue that call and support of at least 10-million Filipinos into an initial
step for the Filipino people to claim and assert their individual as well as
collective right to peace and demand the following: 1) Permanent ceasefire
between the government and all armed groups instead of the traditional
Christmas and Holy Week cessation of hostilities; 2) Conduct of peace talks
anywhere in the Philippines instead of outside the country to enable the
Filipino people to witness and monitor these; and 3) Collective involvement and
participation (Bayanihan) of Filipinos for the implementation of all policies,
programs and projects to address the roots of the armed conflicts that may be
agreed upon by the negotiating panels.
“With this move, we are also calling on our
media partners to join us and help us propagate this call for peace,” Caga
emphasized.
He further revealed that while the government
maintained that people’s participation is vital to the success of the
comprehensive peace process, peace negotiations with various armed groups were
generally held outside the country and with minimal direct participation from
the Filipino people. In its desire to reach out and forge a peace agreements,
the government has given in to the demands of armed groups to keep the
negotiations away from the people.
“To pursue the campaign’s drive to provide
democratic support to the government’s peace policies and institutionalize
linkages to pursue it, an inter-agency Memorandum of Undertaking (MOU) was
entered into on December 10, 2002, in time with the International Human Rights
Day, to solicit no less than 10-million responses to the Yes for Peace –
Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan campaign from Filipinos, 10 years and older,”
relayed Caga.
Also, it was learned that based on banking on
the Memorandum of Undertaking and the spirit of Bayanihan (collective
involvement and participation), the campaign pushed through with the following
results: 2008-2009 – 334,807; 2010-2011 – 720,000; 2011-2012 – 2,768,421; and
2013 to date: 2,912,232. Cumulatively, 9,125,410 Filipinos or 91.25 percent of
the target 10-million or about 10 percent whole population have expressed their
interest to join the call for peace.
“It is projected given the number of Yes for
Peace KaBayanihans (respondents) and the simultaneous conduct of Kapihan sa PIA
nationwide, the Filipino people’s claim and assertion of their individual and
collective Right to Peace will catch both local and national media attention
from that day onwards and is positively expected to impact on the ongoing
comprehensive peace process,” stressed Caga.
The said campaign started as a student-led
initiative (Di-YES for Peace – Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan) in University of
the Philippines System to advance the peace process pursuant to the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and as a move to establish
democratic basis for the declaration of Zones of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality
(ZOPFAN) in 1988. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Gov’t agencies converge for 'Yes for Peace'
campaign
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 11 (PIA) – In line with the
simultaneous conduct of the press conference or Kapihan on “Yes for Peace -
Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran, Kasaganahan (KKK)” Campaign on August
12, 2014 at the Teacher’s Development Center of the Department of Education
(DepEd) Caraga regional office here, several government agencies converged its
efforts to facilitate discussion on the salient features of the campaign with
the local media partners.
Representatives from DepEd, Commission on Human
Rights (CHR), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Office of the Presidential
Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP), and Philippine Information Agency (PIA) will
serve as panelists of the set Kapihan. This activity will also be held
simultaneously in all the regions of the country.
“It is high time for the Filipino people to
assert their collective and individual right to peace on August 12, 2014 which
is also in time with the International Humanitarian Law Day,” emphasized PIA
Caraga regional director Abner Caga.
In this campaign, it was agreed that the PIA
regional directors nationwide shall schedule and organize ‘Kapihan sa PIA’ on
August 12, 2014, and to coordinate with the local and national media.
The OPAPP shall discuss the current government
current policy, particularly the three principles on peace and the six paths to
peace with emphasis on the importance of people’s participation in defining the
comprehensive peace process.
Also, the Yes for Peace regional representatives
shall present the background objectives and status of the Yes for Peace –
Bayanihan para sa KKK campaign. The DepEd regional directors shall consolidate
reports from its School Division Superintendents on participation to the Yes
for Peace campaign and announce summary results, while CHED regional directors
shall consolidate reports from higher education institutions on participation
of said campaign and announce summary results.
Meanwhile, it was also agreed that the regional
representatives of the CHR or the Presidential Committee on Human Rights shall
discuss the relevance the campaign in claiming and asserting the Filipino
people’s right to peace.
The Yes for Peace campaign started as a
student-led initiative (Di-YES for Peace – Bayanihan para sa Kapayapaan) in
University of the Philippines System to advance the peace process pursuant to
the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and as a move to
establish democratic basis for the declaration of Zones of Peace, Freedom and
Neutrality (ZOPFAN) in 1988. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Enviro advocacy lived up by Butuan Sillimanians
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 11 (PIA) – The Silliman
University Alumni Association, Inc. (SUAAI) Butuan Chapter, under its green and
clean advocacy, has once again brought members together for a tree planting
activity at the Macapagal Highway in Butuan City on Saturday
Dwarf golden coconut seedlings were planted this
year as a component of its organization's commitment and participation in the
city's vision of making Butuan as a ‘Premier Forest City’ by 2020. The
undertaking is mainly part of the university's 13th Pre-Founding Anniversary
Celebration which is anchored on the theme, "Submitting to the Refiner's
Fire."
Silliman University Alumni Association, Inc.
Butuan Chapter public information officer and Butuan Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
(BHHI) president Nora Rama bared the relevance to its theme “that just the same
with the process of purification of precious metal by fire, it has to do with
the perception of removing impurities and resigning ourselves from our own
selfish motives and petty ambitions and able to refine our moral fiber into
more concerned citizens guided by divine wisdom.” She cited for instance the
advantages when environmental protection concern be earnestly upheld.
In the previous year, the SUAAI Butuan Chapter
has also planted and maintained more than 100 dwarf yellow golden coco trees
along Tiniwisan road in support to the National Greening Program of the
government which aims to promote Butuan into a green city.
"We are in a mission to protect, preserve
and save our natural environment. This simple contribution of growing trees
will provide better and beneficial ecosystem essential for all life forms to
thrive and is essentially a global warming solution," said Rama.
Meanwhile, SUAAI president Atty. Rene Burdeos
was thankful for the usual support of its active members. He encourages them to
"be more involved in taking actions for development such like this to help
restore the natural beauty of the city and to help mitigate the impacts of
climate change." (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
SurSur holds culmination activity for Nutrition
month
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 11 (PIA) -
The provincial government here successfully held its culmination program for
the celebration of the Provincial Nutrition Month held recently in the city.
Inter-school poster making, and quiz bee
contests were conducted participated in by the different secondary schools, and
Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) in the province. A BNS is a trained community
worker, who links the community with service providers. Their basic tasks were
caring the malnourished children, mobilize the community, serve as
linkage-builder to ensure that members of the community especially those with
underweight children, and assists in delivering nutrition and related services.
These contests are also the provincial
government’s way of getting the students informed and involved in the different
nutrition-related activities of the province, it was learned.
Gerald Santisas, a delegate from the local
government unit (LGU) of Carrascal was proclaimed as champion in the poster
making contest. While, Kathleen Jeanne Tulang was proclaimed as second place
winner, followed by Ivy Mariel Maca from LGU Bayabas as third place winner.
Champion, second, and third place winner received a cash prize worth P2,000.00,
P1,500.00 and P1,000.00, respectively. Non-winners received consolation prizes
amounting to P500.00 each.
For the Quiz Bee competition, Erivita Abao from
Tandag City was adjudged as the grand winner beating other 14 contenders. She received a cash prize amounting to
P2,000.00.
Liezel Bantugan from LGU Carmen got the second
place with P1,500.00 cash prize and Rechelme Velasco from LGU Lianga as third
placer with P1,000.00.
Meanwhile, the municipality of Lanuza, during
the culmination program, was also awarded for being the “Consistent Provincial
Outstanding Winner in Nutrition Program Management.” (NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Rice prices in SurSur start to go down
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Aug. 11 (PIA) – The price in
commercial rice has started to go down in Surigao del Sur, according to Gleen
Echin, Officer-In-Charge (OIC) provincial manager of the National Food
Authority (NFA) here.
Based on the latest monitoring conducted, a
P2.00 drop was noted in the prevailing commercial retail prices.
Last week, the price per kilo of regular-milled
rice (RMR) variety, as contained in a report transmitted to Caraga regional
office, was recorded at P40.00 as compared to P42.00 during the previous week.
Echin attributed this positive development to
what has been termed as “flooding” the market of rice supply which was resorted
to since last month, making the allowable withdrawal of NFA rice for all
Bigasan sa Palengke (BSP) outlets here at a maximum of 175 bags per week.
In the entire province, there are 30 BSP
outlets, but four of them have meted out suspension recently due to the
so-called “diversion” of NFA rice to commercial rice, which is a serious
violation of the Deed of Understanding (DOU) entered into by and between
sides—NFA and outlet-owners.
Meanwhile, Echin stressed that the NFA rice
retail price per kilo has remained at P27 for regular and P32 for premium.
She also said that NFA is strictly conducting
“visitorial inspections” to rice millers and warehouses to make sure that
nothing “fishy” is taking place.
In addition, Echin pointed out that Surigao del
Sur has ample supply—with NFA having 51,777 bags of buffer stocks. (NGBT/Radyo
ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DSWD: LGU consultations start for 43.9B
anti-poverty program
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 11 - The Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) started this semester the series of
consultations with identified local government units (LGUs) to implement the
nationwide poverty-alleviation program amounting to 43.9 Billion for
Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social
Services- National Community-Driven Development Program (KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP)
projects.
For Caraga, municipalities namely: Buenavista, Jabonga,
Kitcharao, Las Nieves, Remedios T. Romualdez, Santiago, San Francisco (AdS),
Santa Josefa, Veruela, Alegria, Bacuag, Burgos, Claver, Dapa, Del Carmen,
General Luna, Gigaquit, Mainit, Malimono, Pilar, Placer, San Benito, San
Francisco (SdN), San Isidro, Santa Monica, Sison, Socorro, Tagana-An, Tubod,
Barobo, Cagwait, Carmen (SdS), Carrascal, Cortes, Hinatuan, Lanuza, Lianga,
Lingig, Marihatag, Basilisa, Cagdianao, Dinagat, Libjo, Loreto (PDI), San Jose,
and Tubajon were visited already.
“The Regional
Program Management Office (RPMO) had conducted a municipal level orientation,
Potential Problem Analyses (PPAs), and follow-up on the enrollment requirements
to the 47 recipient municipalities of the program,” said DSWD Caraga regional
director Minda B. Brigoli.
Brigoli added that these dialogues were attended
by the local chief executives, Municipal Local Government Unit (MLGU) officials
and department heads, and the barangay captains of the respective
municipalities.
Regional Program Manager Mita G. Lim stated that
the conducted PPAs resulted with local policy support of which the LGUs
expressed commitment to upkeep the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for KALAHI
CIDSS-NCDDP and willingness to craft ordinances in lieu to mainstreaming the
participatory, transparency, and accountability principles, and enforcement of
local ordinance on the conservation and protection of the environment.
“Information disclosure was also achieved
through the PPAs,” Lim shared.
Also, Lim said the LGUs are now on the process
of preparation for their Local Counterpart Contribution (LCCs), which is a
requirement for project implementation. "Other LGUs have ready
counterparts yet some are still finding ways to raise their needed funds for
2014 engagement with KALAHI CIDSS- NCDDP,” she mentioned.
The PPA is a pre-enrollment phase of the social
preparation stage of the KALAHI CIDSS- NCDDP’s Community Empowerment Activity
Cycle (CEAC). This process is one of the features of the CDD approach used by
the program.
KALAHI CIDSS- NCDDP will be implemented in the
country from 2014 to 2019 with an allocated budget of Php 43.9 B from the World
Bank, Asia Development Bank, and the Government of the Philippines. The program
is expected to benefit some 14 regions, 58 provinces, 847 municipalities, 19,
647 barangays, and 5.4 M households in the Philippines.
KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDP is a national program which
aims to provide the poor communities access to services and increase their
participation in more inclusive local planning, budgeting, and implementation.
(Social Marketing Unit/DSWD-13/PIA-Caraga)
HR managers gather for
regional convention in Dinagat Islands
By Ma. Jane Mayola
SAN JOSE, Dinagat
Islands, August 11 (PIA) – The Dinagat Islands Council of Human Resource
Managers, Inc. hosted the 11th Annual Convention of Caraga Regional Council of
Human Resource Managers, Inc. (CRCHRMI) on August 6-8, 2014 at the Provincial
Guest Center, this province.
This year’s convention is
anchored on the theme, “Caraga HR Managers: Leading the Region’s Human and Vast
Natural Resources Strategic Management.”
Dinagat Islads Human
Resource Management and Development Officer Elvis dela Merced, in his message,
said the event is significant to the province since it gives an opportunity to
promote tourism and boast the province’s spiritual culture.
More than 200 registered
Human Resource Practitioners and Administrative Officers from different
provinces of the region attended the said activity.
During the three-day
event, guest speakers tackled the livelihood and sustainable agriculture
towards Caraga development and recent updates and development on HR strategies.
Notable guest speakers include Department of Agriculture Caraga regional operations
chief Rebecca R. Atega, Agricultural Training Institute Caraga director
director Nenita O. Sumile and Civil Service Commissioner director Nieves L.
Osorio.
One of the highlights of
the event is the ground breaking of the Civil Service Commission Field Office
located at the Capitol Site in Barangay Sta. Cruz, San Jose. (SDR/PIO-Dinagat
Islands/PIA-Dinagat Islands)
DepEd Butuan holds
training on K-12 mother tongue based multi-lingual educ
By Dr. Jonas H. Jomonong
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 11
(PIA) - An eight-day Division Training-Workshop on Mother Tongue Based
Multi-Lingual Education or MTB-MLE Instructional Material Development for
Grades-I-III will be conducted starting Monday, August 11 at the Division
Training Center, Butuan City Division here.
The said training is
divided into three phases, namely: Phase I on August 11-12, which focuses on
the training-workshop; Phase II will be on August 14-16 which focuses on
writing and editing and lastly, Phase III will be on August 26-28 which focuses
on final editing and lay-outing.
The training-workshop
aims to help the Grades-I-III teachers in the making of instructional materials
in teaching the Mother Tongue and other learning areas taught in Sinugbuanong
Binisaya and Butuanon such as “Big Books" (Short Stories), songs, poems,
and other related materials, train potential writers/illustrators on the
mechanics and rudiments of short-story writing and digital illustrating and
develop reading/instructional materials in Butuanon and Sinugbuanong Binisaya
based on the K-12 MTB-MLE quarterly learning competencies from Grades-I-III.
Furthermore, the
training also aims to have these materials checked, edited and validated by
experts for reproduction, have these materials printed, reproduced and be given
to all Grades-I to III teachers and lastly, organize a pool of division writers
and illustrators.
Butuan City councilor
and Committee on Education chairman Ramon P. Carampatana stressed that Butuanon
dialect must be included in the instructional materials and it must be
localized in order to preserve the culture and heritage of Butuan.
On the other hand,
Butuan City Schools Division Superintendent Josita Carmen posed a great
challenge to the participants that quality and relevant instructional materials
across all learning areas must be produced as training outputs and used in the
teaching-learning process. She also emphasized that teachers’ works must
transcend to mortality in order to leave a lasting legacy to the students.
“These instructional
materials must contribute significantly to the students’ performance especially
on their reading ability which is the gateway in learning all genres of
learning," said Carmen.
The training is being
participated by 120 participants to include 55 members of the division’s
technical working group in the material editing and validating, 39 grades I-III
story-writers or master teachers, 13 illustrators and 13 district reading
coordinators. (DepEd-Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Dengue-ridden SurSur
capital city declares state of calamity
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Aug. 11
(PIA) – The city government here was prompted to declare “state of calamity”
due to the ever increasing number of dengue cases in the locality.
According to former mayor,
now city administrator Alexander Pimentel, during the 2nd Special Session held
on August 8, the local legislative arm, cognizant of the situation, has
declared “the City of Tandag under the State of Calamity due to Dengue Outbreak
based on the report of the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the
Department of Health (DOH)-Regional Office XIII.”
It was stated in
Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) Resolution No. 130 series of 2014 that the number
of cases in the city, “although no fatality was reported,” has dramatically
increased to 81.2 percent as compared to the same period last year from January
1 to August 2.
It was likewise cited
that “report further shows that dengue incidents are recorded in 18 out of 21
barangays of the city, with a total of 271 cases, and with hot spot of cases in
Barangays Telaje and Mabua, and clustering of cases in Barangays Bag-ong
Lungsod, Bongtud, Dagocdoc, San Agustin Sur and Rosario.”
On the other hand,
administrator Pimentel stressed that with such declaration, “calamity fund can
already be used for the purpose of addressing its financial needs.”
On July 31, Mayor
Roxanne Pimentel had already launched the Department of Health’s (DOH)
anti-dengue campaign Aksiyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (ABKD) in Telaje—the leading
barangay on the most number of said cases. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del
Sur)
Tagalog News: Palasyo
sineguro na ang mga taga South Korea, iba pang dayuhan na ang kanilang
kaligtasan ay may pinakamataas na prayoridad
Ni David M. Suyao
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Agosto
11 (PIA) - Sineguro ng Palasyo noong Linggo na ligtas ang mga taga South Korea
at iba pang dayuhan na bumibisita at umaalis ng bansa sa panahon na sila ay
nandito.
Ito ang sagot ni
Presidential Communication Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr., sa
pahayag ng South Korean Embassy sa Manila na dapat paigtingin ng gobyerno ang
mga hakbang para protektahan ang kanilang mga mamamayan na bumibisita at
umaalis ng bansa.
Sinabi ni South Korean
Ambassador Lee Hyuk sa isang pahayag na “maagap na aksiyon” ay dapat gawin para
maibsan ang pagkabahala ng mga South Koreans dito sa Pilipinas.
“Para sa kanila (South
Koreans) at para sa lahat ng mga galing sa ibang bansa na naninirahan dito at
para sa ating mga mamamayan, mahalagang tungkulin ng ating pamahalaan na
pangalagaan ang kanilang kaligtasan at ang katahimikan at kaayusan ng ating mga
komunidad. Kaya gusto po nating bigyan ng assurance ang embahada ng (South)
Korea na ito po ay mayroong pinakamataas na prayoridad mula sa ating
pamahalaan,” sabi ni Coloma sa isang panayam sa media sa pamamagitan ng dzRB
Radyo ng Bayan noong Linggo.
Ayon sa tauhan ng
Embahada ng South Korea, ang kanilang
mga mamamayan ay siyang target ng mga kriminal.
“Sisikapin po nating
matanggal ang agam-agam at maalis ang ligalig nila para magpatuloy ang mainam
na pakikipag-ugnayan ng ating dalawang bansa at para naman mapanatag ang
kalooban ng kanilang mga mamamayan dito sa ating bansa,” sabi Coloma.
(DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Tagalog News:
Malakanyang: Lahat ng Pilipino sa Iraq ay ligtas at naitala
AGUSAN DEL SUR, Agosto
11 (PIA) - Lahat ng Pilipino sa Iraq ay ligtas at naitala ang bilang, sabi ng
isang opisyal ng Palasyo noong Linggo.
“Ayon sa pinakahuling
ulat ng DFA (Department of Foreign Affairs), ang tinatayang 900 Pilipino sa
Iraq ay nananatiling ligtas. Ayon din sa DFA, ang mga airtstrikes ay sa mga
lugar na malayo sa mga pamayanan ng mga Pilipino o Filipino communities,” sabi
Presidential Communication Operations Office Secretray Herminio Coloma, Jr.
Iniutos ni Presidente
Obama, pangulo ng Amerika, ang limitadong pambobomba mula sa himpapawid laban
sa mga militanteng Islamic sa Timog na rehiyon ng Iraq. Ito ay bilang tugon sa
“maaring aksyon na genocide” sa rehiyon na iyon.
Itinaas ng ng DFA ang
babala sa Kurdistan, Iraq sa Alert Level II (restriction phase), habang ang
Alert Level IV ay nanatiling nasa bisa pa rin sa nalalabing parte ng bansa.
“Masinsing tinututukan
ang sitwasyon at handang tumulong ang DFA kung kailangan sa paglilikas sa higit
na ligtas na lugar ng mga Pilipino sa Iraq,” dadag ni Coloma.
Sinabi ng Kalihim ng
Komunikasyon na maigting na minomonitor ng pamahalaan ang sitwasyon sa Iraq
para maseguro ang kaligtasan ng mga Pilipino doon.
“Sa kahuli-hulihang
ulat, marami pa ring nananatili doon sa Baghdad, dahil hindi naman yata mismo
doon ang airstrikes. Pero tinututukan ito ng DFA para sa kaligtasan ng ating
mga mamamayan,” sabi ni Coloma. (DMS/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Cebuano News:
'Sanggunian Information and Communication System' sa kabarangayan sa Agusan
Norte, gisugdan na
By Ronie P. Gerona
BUTUAN CITY, Agosto 11
(PIA) – Mokabat ngadto sa usa ka milyon ka pesos ang gigahin nga pondo sa
Sangguniang Panlalawigan ubos sa pagdumala ni bise gobernador RamBu Bungabong
pinaagi usab sa pagtugot ni gobernador Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba
para sa pagpatuman sa Sanggunian Information and Communication System kun SCIS
para sa kabarangayan sa Agusan del Norte.
Ang SICS usa sa mga
girekomenda sa Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) ngadto sa mga balay-balaoranan aron
makatabang sa pagpaspas sa pagtala sa mga ordinansa ug resolusyon. Ang maong programa makatabang usab pagpasayon
sa mga impormasyon nga buot kuhaon sa katawhan sa balay-balaoranan.
Subay niini aron hingpit
nga mapatuman ang maong programa, gipang apod-apod ni RamBu ang mga computer
unit sa kabarangayan aron maoy gamiton sa mga barangay officials pagpatuman
niini.
Sa pagkakaron walo ka
barangay ang nakadawat sa maong computer, ang barangay Simbalan, Lower Olave,
Sangay, Guinabsan, Rizal ug Malpoc sa lungsod sa Buenavista ug barangay Vinapor
ug San Agustin sa lungsod sa Carmen.
Mukabat ngadto sa 32 ka
mga barangay ang makabenepisyo karon tuiga. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan
del Norte)
