95% of police hotlines, personal numbers of PNP
officers regionwide are working
By Noel B. Najarro
BUTUAN CITY, April 28 (PIA) - Ninety-five percent
of the almost three hundred police hotlines and personal numbers of the police
officers (from the Regional Director down) are working, said a senior police
official here on Friday.
Police Regional Office13 chief spokesperson PSupt.
Martin M. Gamba said that he had tasked his personnel at the PRO 13 PIO since
Wednesday to check on the PNP hotlines and personal numbers of the Police
Regional Office 13 Headquarters, Provincial Police Offices, City Police Offices
and police stations and the municipal police stations all over the region.
”It was found out that 95 percent so far of the
police hotlines and personal number of the officials from our regional director
down to the lower units and those of the support units all over the region are
working. It is accessible for calling or texting to any person who are in
emergency or in need of police assistance.
We need however to re-check the five percent and to ascertain why they
seemed not to be working at the moment,” Gamba said.
He said the move was initiated by the Regional
Tactical Operations Center (RTOC) which tasked the public information office to
do the checking.
He said that it is to ensure that the police
hotlines and personal numbers of the offices and officers concerned from the
command group headed by the regional director, the directorial staff, the
personal staff/support office, the national support units, the city, provincial
and municipal police stations are working 100 percent in line with their program
dubbed as “Text Information to the Police for a Speedy and Timely Emergency
Response (T.I.P.S.T.E.R.),” Gamba said. (PNA/PIA-Caraga)
Butuan, AgNor youngsters finish skills training
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, April 28 (PIA) – More constituents
from the province of Agusan del Norte have finished the skills training
provided by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
This, after series of graduation exercises and
toolkits distributions were conducted recently in different municipalities of
the province.
A total of 667 trainees from the Butuan City
Manpower Training Center (BCMTC) have received training certificate from the
Agusan del Norte Provincial Office of the Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA).
During the recent graduation ceremony held at the
city hall lobby here, TESDA-Agusan del Norte OIC-Provincial Dir. Emma R. de
Villa has conferred upon the 15 graduates in the Heavy Equipment Operation
(HEO)-Wheel Loader.
Another 15 trainees were conferred graduates in
the HEO-Hydraulic Excavator, 16 for Massage Therapy NC II, 54 in the Basic
Plumbing, 94 in the Basic Electrical Installation and Maintenance, 8 in the
Basic Auto-Electrical and 45 in the Food Processing.
Under the Community-Based Training Program, a
total of 56 trainees have graduated in the Siomai and Camote Making, 22 in the
Burger Patties Making, 108 in the Body Massage, Soap Making – 31, Table
Skirting – 52, Footwear Making – 21, Candle-making – 27, Floor wax making – 31,
Nail Care Services – 48, and Chicharon Making – 24.
In her speech, Dir. De Villa pointed out that
being a TESDA graduate means a lot. “This simply means that the skills you have
acquired are world-class and can compete with other skilled workers around the
globe,” De Villa said.
Meanwhile, trainees from the Northern Mindanao
School of Fisheries (NMSF) and the Agusan del Norte Provincial Training Center
were able to receive toolkits from TESDA Officials under the Special Training
for Employment Program (STEP).
According to Dir. De Villa, the program was
implemented thru the leadership of 2nd District Cong. Erlpe John M. Amante who
has allocated some Php 3.5 million in 2014 to see to it that young people of
Agusan del Norte will be equipped with necessary skills to be productive
citizens in the community.
Dir. De Villa added the good Congressman has again
allocated some Php 1-million for the program to be implemented this year.
Under this program, 97 trainees have graduated
under the Install Wiring and Lighting Devices leading to Electrical
Installation and Maintenance NC II; 70 graduated in the Shielded Metal Arc
Welding NC I; and 33 in the Gas Engine Tune-up leading to Automotive Servicing
NC II. All graduates under this program have received toolkits from TESDA.
In a related development, 42 trainees in the Las
Nieves Training Center in Brgy. Mat-i, Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte have
finished SMAW NC I and each received portable welding machine from Dir. De
Villa.
In this municipality, the TWSP was implemented
through the Congressional Office of Atty. Lawrence Lemuel H. Fortun of the 1st
District of Agusan del Norte covering Butuan City and Las Nieves. (TESDA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DA taps media to bolster farm mechanization
campaign
By Daisy C. Cabigayan
BUTUAN CITY, April 28 (PIA) - The Department of
Agriculture (DA) RFO XII together with the Philippine Center for Postharvest
Development Mechanization (PhilMech) met the local media here to boost the
campaign on Farm Mechanization held at Goat2Geder Hotel and Restaurant, this
city.
Dr. Rodolfo P. Estigoy, Science Research
Specialist and Chief of Applied Communication Division of PhilMech, said that
Farm Mechanization is a new way of helping the farmers in producing higher
yield with the help of newly invented technologies. “Mechanization can increase
yield, lower the labor cost, reduce losses, and if it reduce losses therefore
it increase rice availability and affordability,” Estigoy said.
To fully brief the media, Dr. Estigoy presented
videos about “Agrinovations.”
“These new innovations are system’s approach
invented by PhilMech and made especially for the farmers to make farm
activities easier,” he added.
“Agrinovations” are important tools that improve
farm production especially from the time of planting their crops, during
harvest and post-harvest period.
Machineries in “Agrinovations” include:
Mini-Combine Harvester; Rice Transplanter; Compact Corn mill; Cassava Digger;
Ten-row Onion Planter; Brown rice Huller and; Belt-Dryer for Granulated Cassava.
In support to farm mechanization, DA turned-over
53 units of floating tillers to the various farmers’ associations in the
different municipalities regionwide. Additional 37 hand tractors with
implements were also distributed to other farmer associations who were next in
line beneficiaries. The said intervention is aimed to boost and sustain the
rice production in Caraga Region.
DA-RFO 13 acting director III Nicandro M. Navia
Jr. thanked the media for being active partners of the department in disseminating
information.
To promote and encourage farmers to adopt the use
of mechanized farm equipments, a week-long Farm Mechanization Caravan followed
after the media briefing. (DA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DTI notes price decrease of milk products
By Rodrigo R. Matabaran
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Apr. 28 (PIA) –
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here noted a decrease in the prices
of milk products as per recent monitoring conducted from April 14-15, 2015.
DTI Price Monitoring Officer Lourdes A. Chua said
that Alaska Powdered Milk 150ml had reduced from PhP45.15 to PhP44.15, Birch
Tree Full Cream Milk 150gm from PhP58.10 to PhP57.10 and Bear Brand 150gm from
PhP51.00 to PhP50.00.
The price reduction is equivalent to about 1.72
percent to 1.96 percent over the prices monitored the second week of March.
Also, two major retail establishments namely,
Absolute Traders, Inc. and TT & Company pulled out from their shelves a
number of CDO canned meat products that had exceeded the suggested retail
prices (SRP). (SDR/DTI-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DSWD 4Ps in SurSur produces 37 valedictorians
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Apr. 28 (PIA) -
Around 37 students in Surigao del Sur benefiting under the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program (4Ps) graduated valedictorians.
In a report presented by Meiraflor Cabigon,
provincial link officer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD)-Provincial Operation Office based in this city, that out of 90
valedictorians regionwide, 37 of them are from the province of Surigao del Sur.
Cabigon said that the province of Dinagat islands
has 19 student-beneficiaries followed by Agusan del Norte with 16 students,
Agusan del Sur with 12 students and six students from Surigao del Norte.
For students with honors, out of 931 in Caraga,
still the province of Surigao del Sur led among the other provinces regionwide
with 289 students. It was followed by the province of Agusan del Sur with 248
students, Agusan del Norte with 187 students, province of Dinagat islands with
113 students and Surigao del Norte with 94 students.
For students with awards, Caraga has recorded a
total of 78 students where 41 students are from Agusan del Norte; 16 from
Agusan del Sur; 14 from Surigao del Sur; five from Surigao del Norte and two
from Dinagat Islands.
Cabigon also revealed that the province of Agusan
del Sur has the most number of 4Ps household beneficiaries in the region. (NGBT/PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
DAR’s Credit Program helps AgNor farmers finance
rice production
By Gil E. Miranda
BUTUAN CITY, April 28 (PIA) - The Department of
Agrarian Reform in Agusan del Norte through the Agrarian Production Credit
Program (DAR-APCP) in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and
Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) provided with a total of P3.1 million for
rice production covering an area of 99 hectares to 61 Agrarian Reform
Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Agusan del Norte in 2014. This was disclosed by
OIC-Chief of Program Beneficiaries Development Division (PBDD) Raul Hermoso
during the discussion of the 2014 accomplishment.
The said recipients composed of two groups are New
Generation Organic Farmers Producers Cooperative (NGOFPC) and Taguibo IPM
Irrigators Association, Inc. in Los Angeles, Taguibo, Sumilihon and Sto. Nino
Agrarian Reform Community (LATASS ARC).
Rita Gerbolingo, farmer-beneficiary who tilled the
2.75 hectares of land said, “mapasalamaton gayod ako kay barato ang interest
diin moresulta kini sa dako nga kita sa pagpanguma (I am thankful because aside
from low interest, my income in farming has expanded)."
“Thanks to credit assistance of DAR, some of the
farmers' needs are now met,” Gerbolingo added.
LBP Lending Department Manager Engr. Jimmy P. Arco
said that APCP intended only for ARBs indorsed by DAR whose loan amount availed
by each ARB depends on the total hectare of awarded land under land
distribution program of DAR.
The Agrarian Production Credit Program (APCP) is
the convergence initiative of DAR, Department of Agriculture (DA) and Land Bank
of the Philippines to pool resources and expertise to help ARBs in credit, with
insurance package in partnership with the Philippines Crop Insurance
Corporation (PCIC) leading to boost farmers economic advancement. (DAR-Agusan
del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Cebuano News: Gobyerno misaad sa pagpanalipod sa
katungod sa mga trabahante
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Abril 28 (PIA) - Ang gobyerno
magpadayon sa pagpanalipod sa mga katungod sa mga trabahante, subay sa gilagda
sa Batakang Balaod, sumala pa sa opisyal sa Makanyang kagahapon, adlaw nga
Lunes.
Sa pamulong ni Presidential Spokesperson Edwin
Lacierda sa usa ka press briefing siya mitumbok nga ang kalambuan sa Bureau of
Labor Standards maoy kabahin sa mga pagpanigkamot sa gobyerno nga mopalambo sa
kahimtang sa mga mamumuo sa nasud.
Si Secretary Lacierda miingon nga sumala sa
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), ang gidaghanon sa mga welga sa kada
tuig gilimitahan lamang nga dili mokbat sa 10 kon ubos pa niini.
Siya usab miingon sa 159 ka notisya sa welga nga
gipasaka sa miaging tuig, duha lamang ang giduso niini.
Sumala pa ni Lacierda, mao kini ang resulta sa
pagpanigkamot sa DOLE sa pagpatuman sa Single Entry Approach, diin ang “labor
cases” mosubay sa prosesong 30-day conciliation-mediation period.
"Kami gusto nga mahimong mag-uban sa
pag-uswag ug sa ingon nga kami gusto nga ang mga negosyo molambo aron nga
makapangempleyado kini og mga trabahante, kami usab nahibalo ug naghunahuna sa
ilang mga panginahanglan aron sa pagsiguro nga ang kahimtang sa atong mga
mamumuo, sa atong mga empleyado usab mapalambo ug mapanalipdan. Magpadayon kita
sa pagbuhat niana. Among tumong niini: Kami buot nga molantaw sa mga mamumuo og
mga tigdumala isip kabahin sa pagpalambo, dili ingon nga mga kaaway, (We would
like to be partners in progress and as much as we'd like the businesses to
thrive so that we can employ more workers, we are also very consciously aware
and mindful of their need to make sure that the plight of our laborers, our
employees are also amply enhanced and protected. So we continue to do that. Our
position is that: We would like to see labor and management as partners in
progress, not as adversaries)," si Lacierda miingon.
Sa dihang gipangutana sa pagkomentaryo kabahin sa
taho nga ang Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) mohunong sa
paghupot og mga dayalogo uban ang gobyerno, si Lacierda nagkanayon nga
"kita magpadayon sa paghimo sa bisan unsa nga sektor nga andam maminaw
kanato (we will continue to engage any sector that is willing to listen to
us)."
"Kami kanunay nga nakigpulong ngadto sa TUCP.
Adunay pipila ka mga isyu nga gihisgutan uban sa Secretary sa Labor ug kita
padayon nga mohisgot niaana. Tingali, ang uban niana dili mao sa ilang bug-os
nga katagbawan, apan kita sa pagkatinuod mitubag sa ubay-ubay’ng isyu, kon dili
man, sa mga isyu nga ilang gipatigbabaw, ug kami magpadayon sa pagbuhat sa
ingon (We have always spoken to TUCP. There are certain issues that have been
discussed with the Secretary of Labor and we continue to discuss those things.
Perhaps, some of them may not be to their entire satisfaction but we have
certainly addressed a number, if not most, of the issues that they have raised;
and we will continue to do so), " siya miingon.
"Kita sa kanunay makig-istorya sa mga tawo
nga gusto nga mohisgot sa mga butang uban kanato. Apan kon sila dili, kini mao
ang atong obligasyon sa pagpadayon sa pagpakigbisog alang niini ug sa
pagpanalipod sa mga katungod sa atong mga mamumuo. Kana ang obligasyon nga
gimando sa konstitusyon. Nakakantar kana sa Konstitusyon. Kini mao ang atong
trabaho isip mga sakop sa nasyonal nga panggamhanan nga mohatag og proteksyon
sa atong mga trabahante (We always talk to people who would like to discuss
matters with us. But if they chose not to, it is our obligation to continue to
fight for it and protect the rights of our workers. That is a constitutionally
mandated obligation. It is in the Constitution. It is our job as members of the
national government to provide protection for our workers),” dugang pa sa
opisyal sa Palasyo.
Samtang ang mga nasud-aw sa umaabot nga selebrasyon
sa “Labor Day” sa Mayo 1, si Lacierda milaum sa mas maayo nga pakigrelasyon sa
mga nagkadaiyang sektor, diin siya miingon nga gikinahanglan ang pagtinabangay
alang sa kaayohan sa nasud. (NGBT/PND/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
