44 couples to wed in mass civil wedding in Butuan
City
By Ma. Lourdes P. Apego
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 11 (PIA) – A total of 44 couples
will celebrate the Valentine’s Day with proclamation of their love and the
sealing of their union in a mass civil wedding ceremony initiated by the City
Civil Registrar’s office of Butuan City to be held at Luciana Convention Center
on February 12, 2015 at 8 o’clock in the morning.
According to City Civil Registrar Judith Calo, the
couples are composed of live in partners who have cohabited within or for more
than five years already.
They will be joined in matrimony in a ceremony led
by Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr. as solemnizing officer in the
presence of two witnesses or Godparents for each couple and the couple’s
parents.
Calo revealed that, except for their wedding
attires, the couples spent nothing for the wedding as the registration fee was
not collected while expenses for food for six people per couple and the wedding
cake were shouldered by the city government.
The mass civil wedding is the highlight of the
Civil registration Month celebration in the month of February.
Calo also disclosed that the City Civil Registrars
Office is offering free birth registration for the whole month of February. (Radyo
ng Bayan Butuan/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Dinagat Islands land use committee reviews CLUP
By Ma. Jane A. Mayola
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Feb. 11 (PIA) – The
members of the Provincial Land Use Committee (PLUC) here recently conducted a
re-orientation meeting on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) held at the
Provincial Guest Center, Capitol Compound, this province.
The committee discussed on the preparation and the
role of every committee members in reviewing CLUP which was presented by Mr.
Harvey Villegas from Housing & Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) of Cagayan
de Oro City.
Dinagat Islands Planning Officer Engr. Manuel
Foronda during the meeting explained the rationale of the activity.
Engr. Faronda said that in 2008 the PLUC had
already constituted but unfortunately, the province became defunct.
“So with the new administration, we have to
constitute the PLUC again because of their critical role in the review of CLUPs
in the municipalities," Foronda said.
The CLUP is a tool used to implement the proper
land segregation in the province either it is agricultural, industrial,
residential, or mineral reserved.
The PLUC committee is composed of the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Agrarian Reform
(DAR), Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO), Department
of Public Works and Highway (DPWH), Provincial Agriculture (PAG), and other
partner agencies. (SDR/PIO-Dinagat Islands/PIA-Dinagat Islands)
Evacuation Center phase 1 construction 99%
completed, phase 2 ongoing
By Ma. Lourdes P. Apego
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 11 (PIA) - The City Engineer’s
Office (CEO) here revealed that it has completed 99 percent of the Phase I of
the construction of an evacuation center located at Barangay Bancasi, this
city.
In an interview, City Engineer Lorden G. Vismanos
said the Phase I, comprising of the first floor of a two storey building, is
funded by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) which donated
ten million pesos (10,000,000.00) to the project.
Vismanos further revealed that the completion of
the second floor of the building is still ongoing which is funded by a five
million peso (P5,000,000.00) counterpart of the city government.
Vismanos also disclosed that the building, which
sits on an eight hectare lot, can accommodate up to 150 families.
Meanwhile, Vismanos also said that this year 2015,
the city government plans to construct a Response, Rehabilitation and Development
Center for victims of disasters and calamities and a Women’s Production Center
still at Bancasi, this city. (Radyo ng Bayan Butuan/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Turn-over rites for DepEd high post in SurSur set
today
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Norte, Feb. 11 (PIA) –
The Department of Education (DepEd) in Surigao del Sur is set to hold today the
turn-over ceremony for the Schools Division Superintendent here.
Dr. Marilou Dedumo, incoming schools division
superintendent is going to take the place of Dr. Teofila Cabatuan, outgoing
schools division superintendent.
Based on the official program, the event is going
to start at 9:00 a.m. at the Shacene Grand Ballroom, this city.
During the occasion, both the outgoing and
incoming officials are going to render their respective speeches in connection
with the turn-over and acceptance of responsibility.
Governor Johnny Pimentel is also set to give his
message.
After the turn-over ceremony and welcome program,
a management committee (ManCom) conference will follow. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Cebuano News: Turismo gipanghingusgan sa probinsya
sa Surigao Norte
By Mary Jul E. Escalante
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Peb. 11 (PIA) –
Ang pangagamhanan sa probinsya sa Surigao del Norte gipanghingusgan ang natad
sa turismo pinaagi sa usa ka panagtigum nga gipahigayon kagahapon, Pebrero 10,
2015 didto sa PGO Conference Hall, Capitol Compound, ning dakbayan.
Gihisgutan sa maong tigum ang paghatag og maayong
serbisyo sa mga turista diin hatagan gayod og maayong pagtagad ug prioridad ang
mga turista gikan sa ilang pagsakay paingon sa isla hangtod na sa ilang
pagpamauli.
Gihisgutan usab sa maong tigum ang paglimita sa
mga kargamento sa lantsa, paggahin og priority seats sa mga turista, cut-off
time sa biyahe sa mga lantsa, pagparehistro sa mga turista, registration sa mga
motor bangka operators sa Sohoton ug ang tripartite agreement tali sa
Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), Phil. Coast Guard (PCG) ug Maritime Industry
Authority kun MARINA.
Ang maong panagtigum gipangulohan ni Governor Sol
F. Matugas og kini gitambungan nila Department of Tourism (DOT) Caraga regional
director Letecia Tan, hepe sa City Tourism Office Roselyn B. Merlin, Arturo
Cruje sa Provl. Tourism Office, Ivonnie Dumadag sa Provincial Planning and
Development Office (PPDO), PCG Surigao del Norte Field Office Commander Lt.
Geoffrey Gervo ug Atty. Maria Roslyn CastaΓ±o sa MARINA Caraga. (SDR/PIC-Surigao
del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Cebuano News: MOA tali PVAO ug ADN aprubado na
Ni
Mary Cheryl S. Monoy
BUTUAN CITY, Peb. 11 (PIA) - Gi-aprubahan bag-ohay
pa lamang sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan ang Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) tali sa
probinsya sa Agusan del Norte, Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO) ug
Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) mahitungod sa PVAO hospitalization
program.
Buot sa PVAO nga mahatagan og maayong pagtagad ang
tanang military veterans sa tibuok nasod, lakip na ang ilang mga tinabangan
(beneficiaries), kung sila magmasakiton o ma-admit sa ospital. Gani, gipatas-an
pa niini ang hospitalization benefits gikan sa P800.00 ngadto sa P1, 200.00
kada adlaw hangtod sa 45 ka adlaw kada tuig.
Gipahiluna usab sa PVAO
nga ma-apil sa Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) ang World
War II veterans sa ilang health insurance coverage aron mas mapalambo pa ang
maong programa.
Human mapirmahan ni Gobernador Ma. Angelica
Rosedell M. Amante – Matba ang nasangpit nga MOA, i-accredit sa PVAO ang
Kitcharao District Hospital, Cabadbaran District Hospital (CDH) ug ang Nasipit
District Hospital (NDH) sa probinsya nga mohatag sa medical care and treatment
ngadto sa mga beterano ug ilang mga tinabangan aron makabaton sila og maayong
panglawas sa kanunay nga gimando sa Republic Act No. 6948 o “An Act
Standardizing and Upgrading the Benefits for Military Veterans and Their
Dependents” as amended by Republic Act No. 7696.
Kini nga Sanggunian Resolution No. 016-2015
gipangamhanan ni Board Member Rey G. Jamboy. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan
del Norte)
Cebuano news: DENR mi-implementar ug mga proyekto
para sa key biodiversity areas sa nasud
Ni Richell P. Bongato
BUTUAN CITY, Peb. 11 (PIA) - Gi-implementar sa Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR) ang usa ka proyekto mikabat sa 17 milyon dolyaris
nga gipondohan sa World Bank (WB) kauban ang Biodiversity Conservation padung
ngadto sa Local Agricultural Landscapes sa mga unom ka rehiyon kauban ang
rehiyon sa Caraga para sa key bio-diversity areas.
Ang proyekto nga gitagaan og prayoridad sa
pagkunserba sa mga naalaot nga species ug ang ilang puluy-anan hinungdan niini
ang dili pagsustinar sa produksyon sa agrikultura ug sa dili saktong pag-gamit
sa yuta.
Si DENR 13 Regional Director Nonito M. Tamayo
nag-ingon nga sa unom ka tuig nga proyekto mao ang mo lig-on ang lokal nga
gobyerno sa pag-adap aning biodiversity isip prayoridad sa paglambo sa mga
plano.
Sa pagkakarun, aduna nay 228 KBAs sa Pilipinas,
ana na sa 128 terrestial ug 123 marine sites.
Ang uban niini naa sa protected
area status pero kasagaran ang anaa sa gawas sa protected areas nga gi-proklema
ubos sa National Intregrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act, nga kinhanglan
pa ang dugang inisyatibo sama sa BPP aron masunod ang DENR’s biodiversity
efforts sa maong mga rehiyon sama sa Davao Region, Northern Mindanao, Central
Visayas, Calabarzon ug ang Cagayan Valley. (DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
