DOF declares Dinagat Islands as special top
achiever’s awardee
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Feb. 2 (PIA) - The
provincial government of Dinagat Islands received recently the special top
achiever’s award on real property tax efficiency collection and collection on
taxes, fees and charges and economic enterprise awarded by the Department of
Finance (DOF) Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF).
The treasury and assessor’s offices achieved
impressively the 381.30 percent collection efficiency in Real Property Tax and
an average collection efficiency rating of 1,152.51 percent in the collection
of taxes, fees and charges and economic enterprise thereby ranking no. 1 among
the provinces of the entire Caraga Region.
On the other hand, governor Glenda B. Ecleo duly
represented by vice-governor Benglen B. Ecleo and board member Norberto Sarita
also received the plaque of recognition and appreciation award in recognition
of her invaluable support to the Tax Administration and Revenue Generation
Program which contributed to the province’s tax collection efficiency in real
property tax and business tax, fees and charges and economic enterprise of the
province.
Provincal Treasurer Annabelle Naluan cited how the
provincial government succeeded in attaining the recognition. “We made plans
and strategies in the collection of real property taxes and conduct a massive
tax information drive, property auction sale, and we incessantly convinced the
mining companies to pay the soil depletion tax,” she said.
“I was so thankful that they heed my request and
likewise to the entire staffs of the local treasury, assessor and mining
companies for being so supportive,” added Naluan. (PIO-Dinagat
Islands/PIA-Caraga)
DENR Caraga reviews joint operating manual
By Herzon F. Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) - The Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is reviewing the guidelines for the
operationalization of the Joint Regional Committee on Department of Agrarian
Reform (DAR), DENR, Land Registration Authority (LRA), and the National
Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) to keep tract of the operations.
The operating manual which involves the four
regional heads namely, Regional Director Nonito M. Tamayo, CESO IV of the DENR,
Regional Director Julieta A. Ragandang, CESO III of DAR, Regional Director Atty.
Pinky Grace Pareja-Pabelic of the NCIP and the LRA-Register of Deeds
officer-in-charge Susan B. Afable were signatories to the document.
The manual paves the way for the creation of a
Joint-Regional Committee that will address or resolve conflicts that affect the
implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, Indigenous People
Rights Act, Public Land Act, and Land Registration Act/ Property Registration
Decree in relation to their respective mandates.
The DENR, under the guidelines, has jurisdiction
over all lands of the public domain (i.e. agricultural lands, forest or timber
lands, national parks, and mineral lands) except those placed by the law and/or
other issuances under the operation jurisdiction of other government agencies.
The DENR is also responsible for the conservation,
management, development and proper use of the country’s environment and natural
resources as well as the licensing and regulation of all natural resources as
may be provided by existing laws. (DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DENR exec appeals to upland dwellers to avoid
'kaingin'
By Herzon F. Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) – Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga regional director Nonito M.
Tamayo has appealed to the people in the upland barangays to exercise care of
the forest by avoiding 'kaingin' in the midst of the El NiΓ±o phenomenon.
“We can prevent forest fire by avoiding any
activity that could trigger fire from withered leaves,” Tamayo said.
He said uncontrolled fire in the forest can affect
the tree seedlings planted in different sites of the National Greening Program.
The El NiΓ±o phenomenon which is an abnormal
pattern that is caused by the warming of the Pacific area near the equator has
been observed by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical
Service Administration (PAGASA).
El NiΓ±o weather occurs when the normal trade winds
weakens (or even reverse) which allows the warm water usually found in the
Western Pacific to flow instead towards the east. This warm water displaces the
cooler water that is normally found near the surface of the eastern Pacific
region, setting off atmospheric changes that affects weather patterns in many
parts of the world. The abnormal weather phenomenon may last until May this
year.
The PENR and CENR officers have been instructed to
increase their monitoring activities in NGP sites in their respective area of
jurisdiction so that the members of the different private organizations that
have stake on NGP are properly guided and aware of the abnormal weather
pattern. “They should check and ensure availability of sufficient water supply
in communities,” he said.
Tamayo said priority must be given to strict
monitoring of protected areas which are considered habitat for endangered
species of plants and animals for potential outbreak of forest fires. (DENR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Cebuano News: Panambay sa Barangay gipahigayon sa
Provincial Jail
Ni Mary Jul Escalante
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Peb. 2 (PIA) –
Panambay sa Barangay gipahigayon sa Provincial Jail niadtong Enero 28, 2016,
ning dakbayan.
Mokabat sa 246 ka mga inmates ang nakatagamtam sa
libreng serbisyo sa dental ug medical ingon man usab mga libreng bitamina, mga
foodpacks ug paniudto para sa mga priso.
Ang maong kalihukan gipangulohan ni Gobernador Sol
F. Matugas uban sa sila Bise Gobernador Arturo Carlos Egay, Jr, kanhe Climate
Change Commission Sec. Atty. Lucille Sering ug ang Team Capitol sa pagpangulo
ni Provincial Administrator Atty. Premolito Plaza.
Sa mensahe ni Gob. Matugas, iyang gipasabot sa mga
priso (inmates) nga ang probinsya naningkamot nga maserbisyuhan ang tanang
sektor sa katilingban apil na sila nga mga priso nga mahatag kanila ang
tawhanong pagdumala ug nagpakabana usab ang probinsya ilabina sa ilang pagkaon
ug uban pang panginahanglanon.
Gibutyag usab sa gobernador ang ilang plano
pinaagi sa tabang sa bise gobernador nga mokuha ang probinsya og kaugalingon
nga abogado nga maoy magtabang sa mga priso ngadto sa korte diin ang probinsya
maoy magsweldo sa maong abogado aron adunay makatutok sa mga problema ug
paghikay sa mga kaso.
Ubay ubay pa ang mga plano sa gobernador para sa
mga priso sama sa paghatag sa mga foodpacks para sa pamilya niini, musical
instruments ug ang plano sa probinsya nga maghimo ug moderno nga prisohan nga
adunay igong gidak-on na nga luna.
Sa iyang bahin si Jail Warden Sumando mipaabot og
dako nga kalipay ug pasalamat sa panahon nga gigahin sa gobernador nga
mabisitahan ang mga priso dala ang serbisyo sa kapitolyo pinaagi sa programang
‘Panambay sa Prisohan.’
Atol sa maong kalihukan nakig-dialogo pa ang
gobernador diin iyang gipamatian ang nagkadaiyang mulo ug hangyo sa mga priso
sama sa ilang mga katre, ceiling fan sa kada silda, pag ayo sa mga bobong ug
mga buslot sa atop.
Moabot sa 246 ka mga inmates ang nakatagamtam sa
libreng serbisyo sa dental ug medical ingon man usab mga bitamina, may mga
foodpacks pa ug ang paniudto para sa mga priso. (PGO-PIC/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
