KBP members, volunteers plant 1,100 mangrove
propagules in SurSur town
By Nida Grace Barcena-Tranquilan
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Aug. 9 (PIA) – Over
1,100 mangrove propagules were planted by volunteers in the Oplan
Broadcastreeing activity held in Barangay Burgos, Cortes this province on
Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016.
The members of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng
Pilipinas (KBP) - Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur Chapter organized the said
activity in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR), Philippine Army (402nd Brigade, 36th Infantry Battalion and
16th Infantry Battalion), Philippine Information Agency-Surigao del Sur
Information Center, other media practitioners of Surigao del Sur 1st District,
Tri-media Association of Surigao del Sur and some members of Alpha Kappa Rho
fraternity.
According to Sure FM Station Manager Judith Suarez,
the simultaneous tree planting activity was also conducted in Mt. Diwata, San
Francisco and Pinagalaan, Bayugan City, all in Agusan del Sur. While in Surigao
del Sur, the activity was conducted in San Vicente, Bislig City and Barangay
Burgos in Cortes town.
Both areas identified targeted to plant a minimum
of 1,000 seedlings, Suarez added.
The Oplan Broadcastreeing is a KBP advocacy to
preserve and save Mother Earth through planting trees conducted annually.
(NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
AgNor barangays, agencies receive IT equipment
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 9 (PIA) - In line with its
computerization program, the provincial government of Agusan del Norte
distributed a number of computer units to different barangays and recipient
agencies of the province amounting to P2,255,070.
A total of 62 barangays and 12 agencies in the
different municipalities and city received the custodianship of the Information
Technology (IT) equipment that included Mahayahay Elementary School, Bangayan
Elementary School and Kitcharao DepEd District, all of the municipality of
Kitcharao; Soriano Elementary School, Puting Bato Elementary School,
MTCC-Cabadbaran City and Provincial Highway Patrol Team, all of Cabadbaran
City; Carmen Municipal Police Station in the municipality of Carmen; Nasipit
National High School-Main and Triangulo Elementary School in the municipality
of Nasipit; Jabonga Police Station in the municipality of Jabonga; and
Municipal Circuit Trial Court of Tubay-Santiago in the municipality of
Santiago.
To exercise proper accountability and
responsibility of all government properties being issued by the province and in
the proper safekeeping and utilization thereof as provided for in Sections 375
and 376 of Republic Act 7160 or the local government code of 1991, the province
transferred the custodianship of IT equipment granted by the province to
recipient local government units and other government agencies so that the said
equipment shall be dropped from the records of the Provincial Accountant’s
Office and properly used by the said recipients. (LGU-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Surigao Norte guv wants full operationalization of
Siargao Agri Trade Center
By John Glenn Platil
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Aug. 9 (PIA) –
Governor Sol F. Matugas is now making rounds before the recent visit of
Agriculture Sec. Manny PiΓ±ol, and she wants full operationalization of the Siargao
Agri Trade Center in Dapa town.
She says that the keystone agenda of her
administration is sufficient food production, which means that in her last term
of office, she desires to leave a legacy of change right in the table.
In addition, she enjoins all the barangays and
municipalities in the province to plant the correct legumes, fruits, vegetables
and crops according to the accurate findings of soil engineers as to what
particular seedling fits the locality.
Gov. Matugas also directs agriculturists to
properly and efficiently man the center, which is a dream come true for the
Surigaonons.
"This giant project is the queen of all
projects. You must see to it that our plans and programs are felt directly by
the grassroots community, translated to quick response and drastic
actions," says Matugas.
Gov. Matugas seeks increased production so that the
facility will be filled with home-grown products with excellent quality.
To top it all, the Siargao Agri Trade Center also
features a cold storage with 15 tons capacity and chilling room with 10 tons
capacity. (PGO-SDN/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Southwest Butuan launches Project CARAMEL
By Joy Carol A. Belarmino
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 9 (PIA) - In response to the call
of uplifting the quality education, Southwest Butuan District launched recently
its flagship program the Creative Academic Reinforcement for Achievement and
Management for Excellent Learning or known as project CARAMEL held here.
Project Caramel was conceived in response to the
Department of Education’s vision of producing competent learners through
creative ways of showcasing their potentialities and developing their academic
skills. It sees the opportunities, importance and applications of continuous
improvement activities and various reinforcement strategies to achieve and
deliver the mission of creating a child- friendly, gender sensitive and
nurturing schools, developing a motivating environment geared towards excellent
performance. It considers as well that management of stakeholders as its prime
ally to achieve lifelong and excellent learning.
The program was anchored on the Regional and Butuan
City Division’s flagship program BRAVE which means Butuan’s Response to
Academic Voyage for Excellence, designed to help address the pressing need to increase
academic performance of pupils or students.
The said launching was graced by Schools Division
Superintendent Arsenio T. Cornites Jr., CESO V, the newly elected first
councilor of Butuan and Committee Chairman on Education Atty. Glenn
Carampatana; and Raul Carampatana, Brgy. Captain of San Vicente, Butuan City,
and attended by a hundred teachers of Southwest District coming from West
Central Elemenatry School, Villa Kananga Elementary School, Maon Elementary
School, San Vicente Elementary School, Mandacpan Elementary School, Bit-os
Elementary School and San Roque Elementary School bringing with them their
different banners on their school based flagship programs where the Project
CARAMEL serves as the “pitcher project.” (DepEd Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan
del Norte)
