PRC Agusan del Norte-Butuan City Chapter to elect
new set of officers
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) - The Philippine Red
Cross (PRC) Agusan del Norte-Butuan City Chapter will be electing another set
of officers for 2015-2016 in time with this year’s 9th Biennial Chapter
Assembly on February 18, 2015 at the Balanghai Hotel, this city.
The assembly, according to Atty. Felixberto
Guiritan, chairman of PRC Agnor-Butuan Chapter, will be a venue to elect nine
new members of the board of directors (BODs).
“If there’s anyone that you knew who also deserves
to take a seat in the board, then you can nominate him/her. As long as they are
willing to give the best service for the chapter and willing to take part of the
chapter’s responsibilities, they can be one of the board of directors,” shared
PRC Agusan del Norte-Butuan City Administrator Teodoro Cairo during a meeting
held on Thursday.
It was learned that the orientation of the
nominees together with the board of directors (BODs) is set on February 4, 2014
at the Rosario’s Grill and Restaurant here.
Meanwhile, the next BOD meeting is scheduled in
March 2015. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
TS Seniang leaves P552M infra damage in AgSur
By David M. Suyao
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 16 (PIA) -
Tropical Storm Seniang left P501,166,580 worth of damages on roads and another
50,900,000 on bridges after the final inventory of the Department of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH) and the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Councils
(MDRRMCs) all over the province of Agusan del Sur.
Final and official report from the Provincial
Disaster Risk Reduction Council, as of January 12, 2015 revealed that 57
barangays from five municipalities namely, Sibagat, Bayugan, Bunawan, Trento
and San Luis suffered the damages ranging from national, provincial, municipal
and barangay roads.
Barangay Berseba in Bayugan City incurred the
highest cost of damage worth P100,000,000 in its national road. Ranked second
is Barangay Panay-tay also in Bayugan City and they are concrete provincial
roads worth P65,000,000. The third highest worth of damage on roads is barangay
Gethsemane and they are barangay graveled roads with a total cost of
P43,500,000.
The most number of barangays whose roads were
affected is Bayugan City with 38 barangays, followed by Sibagat with nine, San
Luis with eight and Bunawan and Trento with one each. Because of the terrain in
the area, the road going to Barangay Berseba in Bayugan City was damaged. Also,
most of these roads were financed by the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan
(PAMANA) project of the national government.
Together with Vice Gov. Santiago Cane Jr. and some
members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and other municipal and provincial
officials, Gov. Agusan del Sur Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza personally visited the
most affected areas and distributed relief goods to the affected families.
These relief goods in family packs contain rice, noodles, sardines/ corned
beef, coffee and sugar.
A day after the floods, the PDRRMC also dispatched
the Rapid Disaster Assessment and Needs Analysis (RDANA) team to evaluate the
extent of damages and knowing the needs of the typhoon victims, prioritizing
the most affected areas. (PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Police official adopts elementary school
By Junnabelle Mae D. EboΓ±a
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) - In support to the
Department of Education's (DepEd's) “Adopt-A-School Program,” Police Chief
Inspector (PCI) Nelson C. Nelmida adopts Grade-VI pupils of San Roque
Elementary School in Brgy. Bit-os, this city.
A memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed between
PCI Nelmida and the school last September 11, 2014.
A total of 18 grade-VI pupils benefited from this
program, which focuses on the pupils’ authorized fees amounting to 5,760.00
pesos. This covers on the following
fees: school paper-60.00, athletic fee-50.00, sustaining-10.00, Alternative
Learning System-10.00, Skills Technology and Livelihood Education
Program-10.00, Phil. Red Cross-50.00, Anti-Tuberculosis-5.00, Parents-Teachers
Association-75.00, and Boy Scout of the Philippines/Girl Scout of the
Philippines membership-50.00.
Furthermore, after the MOA signing, PCI Nelmida
together with his personnel conducted a school feeding and gave various school
supplies to all pupils of the said school.
In his message, PCI Nelmida encouraged all pupils
to strive hard in their studies in spite of some difficult circumstances that
they are encountering. “When I was like
you, I experienced the same thing of what you have met in your life. I strived hard in my studies in order to
achieve my goals in life. I have reached
of what I am right now because of my perseverance and commitment to achieve my
dreams. Poverty is not a hindrance in
making ourselves successful in our chosen field,” PCI Nelmida said.
Adopt-A-School Program aims to draw support from
various stakeholders and create multiple partnership with them in implementing
various programs and projects of a school.
This program serves as an instrument in addressing resource gaps and
needs of the schools, in providing pupils with quality learning environment and
instruction, and in making quality learning experience accessible to the
wildest extent. (DepEd Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DAR Surigao Norte conducts 1st management meeting
for 2015
By Daryll M. Tumbaga
SURIGAO CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) - The Department of
Agrarian Reform in Surigao del Norte (DAR-SDN) conducted an expanded Management
Committee (ManCom) meeting on January 12, 2015 at Gateway Hotel, this city.
The meeting was led by provincial agrarian reform
program officer (PARPO) II Jose T. Sebucao of DAR-SDN Provincial Office.
In his message, PARPO Sebucao encouraged the
participants to look back to year 2014 and review the lessons learned from the
past year and identify the good practices that can be adopted this year.
During the meeting, some issues and concerns were
also discussed including anticipated problems, needs and concerns that the
office may encounter for this year as it continues to execute its mandate in
the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program in the
province.
Priority activities that need to be done for the
year 2015 were also identified and laid out.
The meeting was attended by the municipal agrarian
reform program officers from the five cluster municipal agrarian reform offices
of Surigao del Norte, the chief agrarian reform program officers of the
attached province of Dinagat Islands and the division heads of DAR-Surigao del
Norte. (SDR/Information Officer, DAR-SDN/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
SurSur COMELEC gears up for Feb. 21 SK polls
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) – The Commission on
Elections (COMELEC) in Surigao del Sur is now getting ready for the February
21, 2015 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) polls.
According to Atty. Ernie Palanan, provincial
election supervisor (PES), a Joint Provincial Command Conference is set to take
place on January 26 at the Schacene Pension House and Restaurant, this city.
Concerned allies have already been informed by
sending an invitation program to ensure an orderly and peaceful conduct of
elections, it was learned.
Among them are high ranking AFP and PNP officials
as well as chiefs of offices of particular provincial and state agencies like
the Provincial Treasurer’s Office (PTO), Department of Education (DepEd) and
the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Also, the Barangay Federation President of the
province and the manager of the electric utility here are invited to attend the
initial undertaking with Atty. Francisco Pobe, COMELEC Caraga regional election
director (RED) to give guidance and provide updates. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
2015 seminar-workshop on education reform,
innovation set on May
By Remelie V. Cedro
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) – The AimSkills World
Management Training Center will conduct its 2015 International Seminar-Workshop
on Education Reform and Innovation on May 15 to 17, 2015 at the Hotel Supreme,
Magsaysay Road, Baguio City.
The training with the theme, “Creating Excellent
Learning Outcomes Through High Quality Teaching-Learning” aims to update
teacher-participants on the trends in education reform and innovation; and
train them on the updated teaching strategies for quality teaching learning.
Target participants of the three-day training are
supervisors, principals, head teachers, teachers-in charge, and teachers from
both public and private elementary and secondary schools nationwide.
As stated in the Department of Education (DepEd)
Advisory No. 4, series of 2015 dated January 9, 2015, the participation of the
teachers are subject to the 'no disruption of classes policy' of the DepEd as
stipulated in DepEd Order No. 9, series of 2005 entitled "Instituting
Measures to Increase Engaged time-on-Task and Ensuring Compliance
Therewith." (DepEd Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DepEd releases ALS guidelines for PWD program
By Remelie V. Cedro
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) – The Department of
Education (DepEd) through the Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS)
revitalizes the Alternative Learning System for Persons with Disability (ALS
for PWD) Program which is formerly known as ALS for Differently-Abled Persons
(ALS-DAP) to further attain the department's goals in relation to the Education
for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and the effort to reach
all types of learners.
Just recently, the department through DepEd Order
No. 46, series of 2014 dated November 24, 2014 released the "Guidelines on
the Implementation of the ALS for PWD Program."
It is stated in the guidelines that in order to
strengthen the department’s effort to reach hearing and visually impaired
learners and provide them with appropriate learning interventions through the
ALS, a Program Support Fund for the ALS for PWD shall be downloaded to the
recipient Division Offices (DO).
There are 24 DOs that are implementing the ALS for
PWD with 28 schools nationwide.
In Caraga region, Butuan City and the Surigao City
DOs are implementing the program. These include the Butuan City Special
Education (SPED) Center, and the Mariano Espina Memorial Central Elementary
School (MEMCES) SPED Center, respectively.
The ALS for PWD Program according to DepEd
Secretary Br. Armin Luistro is designed to reach both the hearing and visually
impaired learners and provides them with appropriate learning interventions
through the ALS Basic Literacy Program (BLP) and the Accreditation and
Equivalency (A&E) Program. (DepEd Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan del
Norte)
Feature: Why monitoring children's growth is
important
By Ma. Anna Rita M. Ramirez
Do you know that the period of infancy up to age
two is a period of rapid physical growth?
lnfancy is a critical period in the health and
nutrition of children since food intake should match the increased requirements
for energy and protein at this age.
More than providing children with age-appropriate
energy-dense complementary foods on top of continuous breastfeeding even at age
six months and older, their growth should be monitored closely by health
personnel.
It is therefore alarming that the 2011 regional
survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department
of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) reports that only 53.3 percent of
households participated in growth monitoring activities.
The FNRI report said that about half of the
children was not checked by health personnel.
Likewise, their parents may not have been informed
of the importance of growth monitoring.
According to the same report, "growth
monitoring is the regular measurement of weights of children using growth
charts where measurements are plotted."
Monitoring and plotting the weights of a child
monthly give an idea whether the child is growing within standard or
age-appropriate weights.
Any deviation from the standard may be a cause for
alarm, as this can demonstrate growth faltering --- either towards becoming
underweight or overweight.
Growth monitoring is a regular activity conducted
by midwives and barangay health or nutrition workers in rural health units and
by doctors in private clinics. Parents should take advantage of this free
health service to ensure the normal growth of their children. It is important
to determine the cause of growth faltering so that immediate remedy can be
offered.
For more information on food and nutrition,
contact: Dr. Mario V. Capanzana,
Director, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Department of Science and
Technology, General Santos Avenue, Bicutan, Taguig City; Tel/Fax Num: 8372934 and 8373164; email:
mvc@fnri.dost.gov.ph, mar_v_c@yahoo.com; FNRI-DOST website: http://www.fnri.dost.gov.ph.;
FNRI Facebook page: facebook.com/FNRI-DOST; FNRI Twitter account:
twitter.com/FNRI-DOST. (FNRI-DOST S & T Media Service/PIA-Caraga)
