Govt employees, private individuals hold walk to
protect environment
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, June 1 (PIA) – In line with this
year’s Environment Month celebration, government employees and private
individuals on Wednesday took out a walk dubbed ‘Alay Lakad Para sa Kalikasan’
(Offer a Walk for the Environment) to increase public awareness on
environmental protection.
The walk began from the four strategic points in
the barangays of Libertad, Baan Kilometer-3, Pangabugan, and Bading this city
and ended at the Guingona Park, where the short program was held.
DENR Sec. Ramon J.P Paje said that with this
year's theme 'Combat Biodiversity Loss, Beat Climate Change,' the fight against
illegal wildlife trade must continue, noting that the extinction of species is
irreversible and losses are permanent.
Also, DENR Caraga regional director Nonito Tamayo
bared that the theme is focused on promoting public awareness on the importance
of wildlife that needs protection and conservation as part of the country’s
natural resources.
As the country's timber capital, director Tamayo
asked the public to help expand the region's forest area by planting trees to
help protect and preserve the biodiversity.
“There is a need to expand the Caraga region's
forest cover. And with the advent of new technology, the country is
continuously developing, however there is also a need to indulge in renewable
energy to protect the environment,” underlined Tamayo.
Tamayo also announced that various significant
activities for the whole month of June will be conducted by the department
together with other partner stakeholders. Slogan and poster making contest is
one of the activities that will also be participated by the students from
different schools in the region.
Right after the conduct of 'Alay Lakad Para sa
Kalikasan,' each head of delegation also signed in the pledge of commitment
tarp based on this year’s theme.
Meanwhile, it was also learned that the World
Environment Day is celebrated every 5th of June, to raise global awareness to
take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet earth. This
celebration aims to inspire people to take action to prevent the growing strain
on planet Earth from reaching its breaking point.
The Environment Month celebration is pursuant to
Proclamation No. 237 series of 1988. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Be ready for La Niรฑa - DOH
By Nora C. Lanuza Molde
BUTUAN CITY, June 1 (PIA) – The Department of
Health (DOH) Caraga region urges the public to be ready for the La Niรฑa
phenomenon.
In an advisory issued by DOH Caraga, regional
director Jose R. Llacuna, Jr. advises the public to be ready on the coming of
La Niรฑa because exposure to this phenomenon may cause ill effects to health.
According to director Llacuna, exposure may cause
to diseases related to contaminated water due to flooding like acute
gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, cholera and Hepatitis A; diseases related to
contaminated water due to urine of infected animals like leptospirosis; vector
borne diseases such as dengue and malaria; and accidents and injuries such as
contusion, laceration, fracture and electrocution.
In order to prevent from the contamination of the
above-mentioned diseases, director Llacuna advises the public to follow
preventive measures like boiling the drinking water (or any water to be used
for food preparation and drinking) and may extend to 2 minutes when reaching
boiling point; doing hand washing before preparing food and after using the
toilet; avoiding wading in floodwater; wearing of rubber boots if necessary; and
destroying all possible mosquito breeding sites (e.g. old tires, tin cans).
Also, in case of flood, Llacuna also suggests to
stay indoors during heavy rains; avoid wading and taking baths in floodwater;
listen to advisories, turn on TV and radios for updates; go to higher grounds,
avoid crossing low-lying areas during evacuation; and if water rises to your
homes before evacuation, go to the top floor, attic or roof.
La Niรฑa Phenomenon is the increased number of
tropical storms in the Pacific Ocean.
For more information and health emergency response
for La Niรฑa phenomenon, contact DOH regional office XIII at hotline no: (085)
3425724. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
AgSur ARB group receives bamboo slats production
facilities
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, June 1 (PIA) – A
group of agrarian reform beneficiaries who are into bamboo growing and nursery
operation received recently tools and equipment for its shared service facility
(SSF) on bamboo slates production.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Agusan
del Sur has formally turned-over the package worth P436, 750.00 to Ago
Magsaysay Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries MPC Multipurpose Cooperative
(AMARBEMCO) based in Ago Magsaysay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur.
The bamboo slats production SSF will assist 30
enterprising bamboo growers and is seen to generate at least 60 jobs for its
whole operation.
AMARBEMCO was identified and selected as an
eligible cooperator because of its vast potential contribution for the bamboo
industry in the province. The group has already planted 500 hills of
bamboo. It has also at present 5,000
planting materials at its nursery aged two weeks to one month old.
“We are all fired up to work harder with the
facilities entrusted to us by DTI,” said
Bebylyn V\B. Villarta, President of AMARBEMCO. She said the coop members
who are also into cacao growing are very excited to take on this added
project. Aside from growing the bamboo
for the slats production, they also discovered that their area also is home to
several species of ornamental bamboo which they can also propagate and market.
The SSF provided include one unit pole cutter, one
unit twin rip saw, four stainless steel treatment vats, five units manual
splitter (ten cuts), five units manual splitter (eight cuts) and 10 units
standing drum improvised dryers.
DTI-Agusan del Sur OIC PD Brenda Corvera
challenged the group to make full use of the facilities to improve their
lot. She also told the group that the
future of the bamboo industry is very good.
She discussed the two new proposed bills of Sen. Bam Aquino which seeks
to strengthen the Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council and the
provision of implementation support for the development plan of the industry.
This particular SSF project is planned to feed
into the engineered bamboo furniture project of another group which is also an
SSF cooperator in the province. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
OWWA Caraga holds OFCs provl consultation
By Jean Pearl I. Millones
BUTUAN CITY, June 1 (PIA) - In observance of the
week-long celebration of the 2016 Migrant Workers Day on June 4-12, 2016, the
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Caraga is set to hold a series
of provincial consultations to all the OFW Family Circles (OFCs) in Caraga
Region.
The activity is purposely organized to encourage the
active participation of OFWs and their families in creating a productive pace
towards the enhancement of the agency’s programs and services as well as engage
the OFCs in addressing their pressing concerns particularly on overseas
employment/ migration cycles.
Highlights of the said consultation shall include
the presentation of the accomplishments and the government’s response to
request of our OFCs to the previous administration encapsulated in the 2011
Manifesto of OFCs and their families.
The consultation also endeavors the crafting of
the OFCs’ resolution/agenda based on the consolidated issues and concerns on
overseas migration and eventually propose programs and services and policy
recommendations or enhancements, among others.
The inputs gathered from the series of
consultations shall be addressed to the incoming administration through the
“Ulat Mula sa OFW at Kanilang Pamilya.”
In Caraga region, the activity kicked off in the
province of Agusan del Norte on May 13, 2015 at the Training Hall of the OWWA
Regional Office. A total of 28 OFWs and dependents from six OFW Family Circles
from Agusan del Norte participated in the first leg of the series.
The consultation for the province of Surigao del
Norte was set on May 20, 2016, Friday, at the premises of 107.3 All Star FM ng
Masa, Jovita Residence, Brgy. San Juan, Surigao City attended by some 33
members of various OFCs in the said province. A total of 38 attendees
participated in the same consultation for the province of Dinagat Islands on
May 24 and 40 in the province of Surigao del Sur on May 27.
The province of Agusan del Sur will conclude the
series for their scheduled consultation on June 2, 2016 at the Municipality of
San Francisco. Said municipality shall also host the 2016 Migrant Workers Day
which will convene the Provincial Federation Members to come up with the
Regional Manifesto for Caraga. (OWWA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Feature: Displaced worker turned DOLE staff thru
SEnA
By Olga Virginia A. Demata
Rowena E. Araรฑez, a displaced worker in the
province of Dinagat Islands, proves the effectiveness of the Single Entry
Approach (SEnA) program of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), as
she got back from the mainstream of the society.
Araรฑez was previously employed at Water Ups
Multi-Purpose Cooperative as the Human Resource-Admin Services Manager together
with her husband Johnbert Araรฑez, a Sales and Marketing Manager, and they both
experienced the dilemma of losing a job.
With the change of the cooperative’s administration
and some net loss, they got separated from work on January 16, 2016.
After which they decided to create an organization
with the other displaced employees from Water Ups MPC and some farmers.
On February 25, 2016, they both filed a Request
for Assistance to DOLE- PDI Satellite Office, and as a result, the displaced
workers signed a quitclaim together with the employer on March 13, 2016 with an
amount equivalent to their 13th month pay.
Then, on March 17, 2016, the first ever displaced
workers association was created which they called “Integrated Displaced
Workers-Farmers Association.”
In order to sustain the vital needs of their
families, the organization will provide employment for their displaced members
through livelihood programs.
They opted to tap to different government agencies
that could provide these livelihood assistance to them, apart from the
organization created, an opportunity opened for Araรฑez to land a job as DOLE
support staff in the PDI-Satellite Office on April 1, 2016.
“I am grateful for this job opportunity from DOLE.
SEnA program paved the way for me to land to this new job as a public servant
and I really treasure my work now,” said Araรฑez. (DOLE-Caraga/PIA-Dinagat
Islands)
DPWH admits delay in classrooms construction for
Senior High in SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, June 1 (PIA) – Both
district offices of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Surigao
del Sur have admitted that construction of most classrooms intended for senior
high school students here will not be completed in time for the school opening
on June 13.
Engrs. Ruel Bantugan and Eulogio Milla, respective
DPWH chiefs in the two congressional districts in the province aired the same
cause as to their predicament—delayed fund release for the “soil exploration
and testing.”
They said in separate interviews that most of the
areas where the two-storey school buildings were being built needed the
necessary “micro piling” to ensure quality construction.
However, both district engineers assured that
school buildings funded by the Department of Education (DepEd) would be
completed in July or August.
Aware of the unfavorable situation, Dr. Marilou
Dedumo, schools division superintendent, said that “contingency plans” were
already put in place in order not to disrupt classes of all “senior high”
enrollees for the school year.
While awaiting completion of the school buildings,
the DepEd provincial chief cited the temporary use of non-instructional rooms
like libraries, faculty rooms, and other structures inside the school premises.
(Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Tagalog News: ‘Alay Lakad Para sa Kalikasan’
isinagawa sa Butuan City
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Hunyo 1 (PIA) - Isinagawa noong
Miyerkules ang ‘Alay Lakad Para sa Kalikasan’ (Offer a Walk for the
Environment) dito sa lungsod kasabay ng pagbubukas sa selebrasyon ng
Environment Month ngayong buwan ng Hunyo.
Sa pangunguna ng Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (DENR) Caraga, nagtipon-tipon ang ibat-ibang sektor at mga
ahensya ng pamahalaan alas singko ng umaga nitong miyerkules para sa isang
lakad para sa kalikasan. Apat na barangay ang naging highlight sa isinagawang
alay lakad kabilang na ang Libertad, Baan Kilometer 3, Pangabugan at Bading.
Ayon kay DENR Caraga regional director Nonito
Tamayo, ang buwan ng Hunyo ay idineklarang Environment Month base sa
Proclamation number 237 series 1988. Layon ng nasabing selebrasyon na manawagan
sa publiko na makiisa sa mga gawaing pangkalikasan.
Anya, nararapat lamang na patuloy ang mga
inisyatibo ng pamahalaan kasama ang ibat-ibang sektor ng lipunan sa pagtugon,
pagproteksyon at pag-alaga sa kalikasan na syang pangunahing pinagkukunang yaman
ng mga tao maging ng mga hayop.
“Patuloy lang po tayo sa ating adbokasiya at
kampanya na mas maalagaan pa natin ang ating kapaligiran at kalikasan. Marami
pa po tayong kailangang gawin kaya magsama-sama po tayo, magkaisa sa isang
layuning ito,” mungkahi ni direktor Tamayo.
Dagdag pa ni direktor Tamayo na ang isinagawang
alay lakad ay isa lamang sa napakaraming paraan kung paano mapaigting pa lalo
ang kampanya laban sa ilegal logging at iba pang mga gawaing nakakasira sa
kalikasan. kinakailangan mapreserba umano ang biodiversity sa rehiyon.
Inanyayahan din ni direktor Tamayo ang lahat na
magtanim ng mga puno na nagbibgay nang malaking kontribusyon upang maiwasan ang
pagbaha at iba pang kalamidad na dulot ng climate change. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
