Govt agencies continuous to fight against
illegal drug crimes
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) – In celebration of
this year’s National Crime Prevention Week, government officials intensified awareness
campaign in its fight against illegal drug crimes in Agusan del Norte, and
Caraga region as a whole.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Agusan del
Norte provincial director PSSupt Rommel Francisco D. Marbil said that PNP
personnel are constantly upgrading their capabilities in order to help solve
problems in the community.
Regional director Erwin Ogario of Philippine
Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Caraga said that drug problem cannot only be
solved by the PDEA and PNP. Solution should start within the homes, families,
and each individual.
“The agency is continuously obtaining more
information to develop concrete bases for apprehension of illegal drug pushers
presently operating in the region,” stressed Ogario.
"As much as we welcome all business
entities in the province, we are urging all companies to submit all security
plans and corrective measures on their security lapses to ensure maximum safety
and security in doing business. Business owners must be compelled to act on
fortifying their security," remarked Agusan Norte Gov. Ma. Angelica
Rosedell Amante-Matba.
Matba further emphasized that a collective
efforts of all government and concerned agencies must be synchronized in
solving drug and peace problems in our community.
As to the efforts of the local government units,
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga regional director
Lilibeth Famacion bared that the local government units are being monitored by
the DILG on its community development efforts.
"Plans must be properly integrated with
equal participation of all peace and order enforcers/councils and community
members to enable these anti-illegal drug measures to work effectively. We are
aware that these illegal drugs became a precursor to other problems in the
society," added Famacion.
Meanwhile, Commission on Human Rights (CHR)
Caraga regional director Atty. Marylin Pintor bared that her office is
continuously promoting human rights laws.
"These laws created should really be
enforced. The CHR aims to recognize and protect the rights of the people. We
have mechanisms and tools in fighting against illegal drug crimes. There are
laws being implemented to protect the people from these harmful drugs and
punish the responsible ones… We promote the rule of law. We are all human
beings and we are not barbaric. That's why we should all follow the law and its
processes. Our challenge now is not to lose hope and let's all contribute to
peace and development of our region," she highlighted.
This year’s celebration is anchored on the
theme, “Krimen ay Labanan: Karapatan ay Igalang Tungo sa Mapayapang Pamayanan.”
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
PDEA, PNP seek community cooperation to sustain
order, security
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) – The Philippine Drug
Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in Caraga region
shared the same bearing in keeping the safety and security of the local
communities with a target to get a full cooperation of the general public.
"We want to assure the public that the
police forces are looking after everybody’s safety and security needs and
always ready to render service & assistance whenever needed. Let us always
keep in mind that the community is the police and the police is the
community," remarked PCSupt Keith Ernald SiΓ±gian representing PNP Caraga
regional director PCSupt Dominador Aquino, Jr. in his welcome address during
the kick-off activity of the 20th National Crime Prevention Week (NCPW)
celebration hosted by Agusan del Norte Provincial Peace and Order Council on
Monday held at the provincial capitol covered court, this city.
This year's NCPW’s celebration from September
1-7, 2014 is anchored on the theme, "Krimen ay Labanan, Karapatan ay
Igalang Tungo sa Mapayapang Pamayanan."
SiΓ±gian urged the public to promote peace in
their respective community by participating in the activities for the welfare
of everyone. "Peace and order can be attained by continuous coordination
of the government agencies and although all sectors of the society are enjoined
to take part in the celebration, the heightened attention and active
participation of schools particularly the students has been emphasized because
of young people's vulnerability to fall as victims of any crime and the
increase in violent school related incidents,” he said.
National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) regional
director in Caraga Atty. Remeneo Valenzuela also invited everyone to foster
interest and participation to deter crime and criminals for a safer community.
Meanwhile, PDEA Caraga regional director Erwin
Ogario stated during a press conference on Crime Prevention that the agency is
continuously obtaining more reliable information fro reliable sources to
develop concrete bases for apprehension of illegal drug dealers presently
operating in the region.
Ogario said that drug problem cannot be solved
by the PDEA and PNP alone. He added that solution should start within homes,
families and oneself, and what will determine still is the solid evidence
before proceeding to the tactical approaches in apprehending the law offenders.
"Then again, we seek for the cooperation of
the community to help contain the problem of drug problem in our locality. The
PNP, PDEA and other law enforcement agencies are working hand in hand to
counter this illegal drugs issue," said Ogario.
Moreover, JSSupt Dennis Rocamora, BJMP regional
director likewise assured that his office does not tolerate unscrupulous acts
within his agency. "Those officials who will be caught being involved in
the different crimes will surely face the consequences. There have been
officials who were already dismissed in the service because they were
protecting the criminals," disclosed Rocamora.
Government employees who were present during the
opening of the Crime Prevention Week celebration witnessed the audio-visual
presentation where efforts against crime prevention by law enforcement agencies
in this region were featured followed by the symbolic releasing of balloons.
(VLG/PIA-Caraga)
SurSur LGU supports 'TreeVolution' on Sept 26
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Sept. 1 (PIA) –
The provincial government here headed by Governor Johnny Pimentel is in full
support to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and
Mindanao Development Authority's (MinDA's) “TreeVolution” activity set on
September 26, this year.
The said activity, which is in line with the
National Greening Program of the national government, aims to break the
Guinness World Record for the most trees planted simultaneously in just an hour
to be held in multiple locations in Mindanao.
Ecosystems Management Specialist II, Planning
Officer-designate Adelfo Luengas said that they have already made a preliminary
briefing to the employees and representatives from the different offices of the
provincial government, national line agencies, and other stakeholders.
Luengas said that the simultaneous tree planting
activity will start at 8:30 a.m. on September 26.
"More than 5,000 participants provincewide
are expected to join the activity and targetting to plant 113,000 seedlings to
338.5 hectares in four different locations of the province. The areas
identified are Bislig City, Tandag City, and the towns of Lianga and
Cantilan," he said.
TreeVolution is a world record-breaking event
that will mobilize 185,440 people targeting to plant 4,636,000 trees in one
hour at 228 sites covering a total area of 9,200 hectares within Mindanao. The
current world record for the most trees planted simultaneously at multiple
locations was achieved in India on August 15, 2011, setting the record of
1,945,535 trees planted by 304,200 participants across 408 locations. (NGBT/PIA
SUrigao del Sur)
DTI-Surigao Norte approves 12 projects worth P8M
for shared service facilities
By Rodrigo R. Matabaran
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Sept. 1 (PIA) -
A total of 12 projects were recently approved by the Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI) Surigao del Norte Provincial Office under its Shared Service
Facility (SFF) support for 2014 implementation.
The projects that will be implemented in the
following months have a total cost of P8 million that will be used to acquire
equipment for the use of community-based enterprises and some institutions
supporting the development of small business in the province.
The objective of the SFF project is to help
existing micro, small and medium enterprises acquire additional needed
equipment that can increase their present level of production and improve the
quality of their products.
The SSF projects approved are Coco Sugar
Production of Pilar Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Siargao Island worth
P585,000.00; Nipa Sugar Production of Gigaquit Federated Women’s Organization
worth P585,000.00; Coco Sugar Production of Katipunan United Farmers
Association P585,000.00; Cassava Fritters Production of Cankohoy Samahan ng
Kababaihan in Del Carmen, Siargao Island P450,000.00; Nipa Sugar Production of Cabugao First
Farmers Consumers Cooperative in Bacuag P585,000.00; Bamboo Slat Production for
the farmers of the municipality of Alegria P910,000.00; Bambo Slat Production
of Tinago Farmers Association in Malimono P910,000.00; Geonets Production of
Claver Coconut Farmers Multi-purpose Cooperative P550,000.00; Bamboo Sticks
Production of Macopa Farmers Cooperative P850,000.00; Coco Sugar Production of
Malimono Farmers and Consumers Cooperative P950,000.00; Calamay Production of
Trinidad Farmers Cooperative in Surigao City P290,000.00; and Coco Sugar
Production of Mayag Women’s Association in Sison worth P750,000.00.
More projects for this year’s implementation are
still on the process of evaluation.
DTI provincial director Celestino L. Negapatan
encouraged cooperatives, community and business organizations, educational
institutions and local government units to avail the SSF project to improve
their operation, or support their clients having equipment needs to improve
their productivity.
For more details of the SFF project, just visit
the DTI provincial office and see Engr. Ma. Theresa Z. Calang, DTI Surigao del
Norte Provincial SSF Coordinator. (SDR/Information Officer-DTI Surigao del
Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
LGU-SurSur bares activities for 114th
Phillippine Civil Service Anniversary
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) – The provincial
government of Surigao del Sur has bared the month-long activities for the 114th
Philippine Civil Service Anniversary celebration this September 2014 with the
theme, “Tapat na Serbisyo Alay Ko, Dahil Lingkod Bayani Ako.”
As agreed upon during the meeting on August 22
with the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Field Office here, the opening day on
September 1 will feature the Fun Run and Zumba at 5:00 a.m. to be participated
in by provincial and national government employees.
Meanwhile, it was also agreed upon that all
activities for the occasion will only be held every Friday (September 5, 12,
19, and 26) except for September 23-24 which will be the holding of the Leave
Administration Course For Effectiveness (LACE) Seminar/Workshop.
During the first two Fridays, Zumba will
continue to be undertaken from 3:30-5:00 p.m., while on the anniversary day on
September 19, a Thanksgiving Mass will be held to be followed shortly by
Renewal of Pledge as Public Servants (Panunumpa ng Lingkod Bayan).
September 26 is set for “Family Day” especially
for the provincial government employees. (NGBT/Radyo ng Bayan/PIA-Surigao del
Sur)
DTI’s Diskwento Caravan set in Surigao City
By Rodrigo R. Matabaran
SURIGAO CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) - In order to give
opportunity to Surigao City residents to buy basic and prime commodities at
discounted prices from dealers and distributors, the Department of Trade and
Industry in coordination with the city government here will conduct a Diskwento
Caravan on September 2 to 6, 2014 to be held at the Luneta Park, this city.
DTI-Surigao del Norte Provincial Director
Celestino L. Negapatan explained that the caravan will help the consuming
public more particularly the city residents to lower their expenses on grocery
items during their preparation for the festival season.
Among the products that will be sold in the
caravan are food products such as noodles, sardines, beef loaf, corned beef,
soy sauce, milk, sugar and coffee.
Also available are varieties of laundry soaps,
fabric conditioner, shampoo, diapers and other grocery items of famous brands.
The following local and regional distributors
and dealers of manufactured goods are expected to participate in the Caravan
with their items displayed and sold to the buying public at discounted prices
were Extract Sales, Inc., Oro Grande Distributors, Inc., Sun Pride Foods, Inc.,
Wing-on, Inc.; Marjeck; D’Best Century Marketing and Philippines Spring Water
Resources, Inc.
Residents in rural areas and island barangays
are encouraged to avail of these opportunities for them to make the best value
of their money and save in their purchases.
Barangay officials and community leaders are
requested to disseminate this information to help their respective constituents
be able to buy low cost basic commodities and grocery items. (SDR/DTI-Surigao
del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
AgSur plans to lift at least 13,000 out of
poverty by 2016
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Sept. 1 (PIA) – The
provincial government here is bent on uplifting at least 13,000 families from
being poorest of the poor by 2016, a top provincial officials has disclosed.
Jesusimo Roquillo, provincial administrator,
told participants of basic journalism seminar among department information
officers of the capitol that the objective of reducing poverty incidence to 13
percent or from 37 percent to just 24 percent by 2016 is part of the main
development framework of the administration of Governor Adolph Edward Plaza.
“This
goal will stand for the battle cry of the provincial government which is shared
governance, shared accountability and shared prosperity,” Roquillo stressed in
his presentation during the opening program of the three-day training.
The goal of drastically decreasing poor families
was based on the survey conducted by the provincial planning and development
office through the Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS), which showed that
as of 2012, there are still 52,000 families still living below the poverty
threshold.
Roquillo said most of those identified in the
CBMS survey are living in the hinterland villages where there are less
government intervention and far from accessibility of government services.
Gov. Plaza has vowed to at least achieve closer
to the goal of reducing poverty before his second term ends after he recently
introduced the Upland Agri-forestry Development (USAD) program as his flagship
development thrust.
USAD was launched in August 2012 with four pilot
villages as beneficiaries including Sta. Teresita, Pinagalaan and Magkiangkang
in Bayugan City and Sta. Irene in Prosperidad town.
Initially, a total of 127 hectares will be
developed into rubber plantation, 13,500 square meters for cutflower production
and almost a hectare of upland rice of which the areas are mostly covered by
Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title.
Ronquillo said the program is anchored to the
core principles of the province to have a deliberate targeting of the poor,
link of perepheries to the growth centers, impact-driven and results oriented
programs and projects, tap local partners and organizations as development
partners and establish shared governance for shared accountabilities.
(DMS/Provincial Public Information Office/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
AgNor pushes for CCTV installation in all
establishments
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) - The provincial
government of Agusan del Norte, with the leadership of governor Ma. Angelica
Rosedell M. Amante-Matba, is now pushing for the strict implementation of the
installation of CCTV cameras or other video monitoring devices in all
establishments in the province.?
This is mandated under Provincial Ordinance No.
361-2014 to monitor the crimes committed and provide valuable assistance to law
enforcers in the identification, apprehension and prosecution of suspects.
?Provincial Board Member Rey G. Jamboy, author of the said ordinance,
manifested that data reveals an increase of criminalities in the province in
the past few months and many of these criminal acts remained unsolved and the
perpetrators still unidentified and free from the bounds of the law.
He, further, said that the installation of CCTV
and other video monitoring devices can be an effective tool to deter the
occurrence of crimes and a big help to solve crimes committed.
All establishments like banks, other financial
and lending institutions, pawnshops, gasoline stations, supermarkets, 24-hour
convenience stores, bus terminals, internet cafes, universities, hotels, inns,
lodging houses and the likes are required to set up CCTV cameras in their
business premises or places that shall be in operation 24 hours everyday.
Penalties are provided for those violating the
said ordinance. ?The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved it on third and final
reading during the 56th Regular Session on August 27, 3014. (LGU-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DILG 13 convenes partners on GBP 2016 run
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) - The Department of
the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 13 convened the Grassroots
Participatory Budgeting (GPB) participating national government agencies
(NGAs), community mobilizers and civil society organizations (CSOs) last August
26-27, 2014 at Pietro’s Square, Imadejas, this city, to prepare the grounds for
the GPB 2016 run.
The workshop is generally aimed at enhancing the
present GPB process by addressing issues and concerns, learning lessons learnt
from previous experiences and clarifying myths and misconceptions surrounding
GPB. Poised to commence this September 2014,
the department is preparing for a bigger and better GPB process.
“We wanted to develop a holistic module that
will guide our community mobilizers and other key players to ensure wider
participation, increase efficiency in reaching the poor and pushing of
evidence-based and community–driven
projects that really address
poverty,” DILG 13 regional director Lilibeth A. Famacion said.
“The clamor for improving and enhancing people
participation in the entire process is evident in all lessons learnt activities
we conducted; hence, this [workshop] also serves as ground to crystallize and
resolve all issues and concerns relative to GPB,” added Famacion.
Citing a World Bank Report, Famacion said that
when communities are involve in the planning, designing and implementation of
the program, the project is likely to succeed.
“We recognize that detractors will never run out of issues and
concerns concerning the GPB implementation; however, when all players and partners have one eye to
achieve our common goal, we can make a
difference and improve the lives of poor communities in the region,” said
Famacion.
The activity was participated by the
representatives from the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Labor
and Employment, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of
Education, Technical Education and Skills Development Authoirty, National
Eeconomic and Development Authority, Department of Budget and Management,
Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Agrarian Reform,
basic sector, community mobilizers and National Anti- Poverty Commission (NAPC)
focal persons. (DILG-13/PIA-Caraga)
Tandag City set for 392nd fiesta celebration
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA) – Invitations were
already sent out last week to officially trumpet the approaching 392nd Tandag
City Fiesta Celebration on September 8-10, this year, in honor of its patron
saint San Nicolas de Tolentino.
With the theme “Kinaiyahan Protektahan, Kabilin
Ampingan, Kalambuan Palapdan (Protect the Environment, Take Care of Domain,
Spread Growth),” a Grand Parade and Opening Program, Agri-Aqua Trade Fair,
Pinoy Games, Kasalan sa Parokya, Sinugdan (Sinugbahay sa Dan), and Ginang Parokya Coronation apart from the
live concert that will be held at the Vicente L. Pimentel, Sr. (VLP) Boulevard will mark the opening day; 2nd Sangkaan Festival, Theatrical Showdown,
and Showbiz Entertainment I with the special casts of both Pilipinas Got Talent
Season 1 and 2 winners—Jovit Baldovino and Marcelino Pumoy, respectively, and
comedienne Cacai Bautista are the activities set for the second day; while
Showbiz Entertainment II featuring comedienne K Brosas, RnB singer Jay-R, and
sexy star Arci MuΓ±oz is scheduled on the third and fiesta day.
The VLP Boulevard, Tandag City Plaza as well as
the Tandag City Gymnasium are the designated venues for almost all major events
of the three-day fiesta celebration, except for the Kasalan sa Parokya which
will be held at the San Nicolas de Tolentino Cathedral. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
