CARAT Expo 2016 highlights various activities in 5
days
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 25 (PIA) – The Caraga
Agricultural Trade and Marketing (CARAT) Exposition set on November 9-13, 2016
is highlighted with various activities at Robinsons Place Atrium, this city.
Vivian Durano, event coordinator of CARAT expo said
that the event is expected to draw 5,000 visitors across the country and the
ASEAN. Some 40 exhibitors will also be joining during the five-day exposition.
“There will be products display, trading, business
encounters, skills competitions, cooking demonstrations, contests and live band
party, which all Caraganons and tourists will surely enjoy. The contests will
focus on eating, cooking, table setting, pop dance, singing, bartending, and
fruit carving,” enumerated Durano.
Durano further disclosed that day 1 (Nov. 9) will
feature Lobster Festival; day 2 (Nov. 10) will be the Fruits and Veggies Day;
day 3 (Nov. 11) is AquaMarine Day/Sinuglaw Festival; day 4 (Nov. 12) is
Livestock Day/Lechon Festival; and day 5 (Nov. 13) is Coco/Palay/Tubers
Day/Palagsing Festival.
This year's CARAT Expo is anchored on the theme
"Enhancing Caraga's Agri- Aqua Industry Towards Global
Competitiveness." (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
DAR, PCIC offer crop insurance program to farmer-groups
in AgNor
By Gil E. Miranda
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 25 (PIA) - The Department of
Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Agusan del Norte in partnership with the Philippine
Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) conducted nine rounds of seminar on the Risk
Mitigation and Management for Agricultural Investment and Crop Insurance
Education Training to nine eligible Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations
(ARBOs) from different towns in the province on September 20 to October 7,
2016.
Nearly 300 farmer-beneficiaries consisted of
cooperative officers, admin staff and coop members actively participated in the
proceedings as they gained low-cost crop-insurance packages with an array of
benefits.
The activity aimed to make farmer-groups understand
the crop insurance program of the government and encourage them to insure their
crops to avoid losses brought by natural calamities, pest and diseases, and
climate change.
DAR-PCIC Point Person Luningning Buque-Ycoy said
“the agricultural insurance is anchored to the DAR’s Agrarian Production Credit
Program (APCP).”
“The DAR helms in identifying eligible ARBs to
avail the package of credit assistance coupled with agricultural insurance,”
Ycoy added.
PCIC Resource Person Ernesto Chaves said providing
agricultural insurance to the farmers will mitigate the possibility of
farm-losses associated with extreme weather events such as drought or typhoons
and other calamities.
“Ang crop insurance usa ka oportunidad kanamo mga
mag-uuma aron ma-secure ang among tanum batok sa katalagman ug kampante na ang
among huna-huna (The crop insurance is a great opportunity for many farmers to
secure our crops and give us peace of mind)," said Lucita C. Onde of Duque
ARB Cooperative (DAREBCO).
The crop protection is one of the DAR’s mandate in
the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) to
mitigate the risk involved in agricultural production. (DAR-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DepEd Butuan to hold ICT literacy training,
workshop
By Mariza A. Arjona
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 25 (PIA) – With the purpose to
prepare the school Information and Communication Technology (ICT) coordinators
in delivering ICT skills to students, the Department of Education (DepEd)
Butuan City division is set to conduct a three-day division ICT literacy
training and workshop on November 9 to 11 here.
DepEd Butuan City schools division superintendent
Arsenio T. Cornites Jr., said the three-day workshop would capacitate the
division’s ICT teachers with appropriate technologies that would enhance the
teaching-learning process and meet the challenges of the 21st century.
Also, Cornites said that with the conduct of the
three-day workshop, it will help increase the extent to which the technology is
used by teachers by incorporating technology skills into the school curriculum.
“It will make teachers use ICT knowledge to add
value to society and the economy by applying it to solve complex, real-world
problems,” Cornites said.
This will also help them (teachers) to innovate and
produce new knowledge, and benefit from this new knowledge, he added.
The workshop will be participated by school ICT
coordinators and alternates for both elementary and secondary level in the
division. (DepEd Butuan City Division/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
AgNor to receive equipment from GIZ-COSERAM
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 25 (PIA) - The provincial
government of Agusan del Norte is set to receive 12 units brand new Oregon 650
GPS and two units Toshiba TECRA CSO-8108E laptops from the GIZ Conflict
Sensitive Resource and Asset Management (COSERAM) Program for the
implementation of the project: Enhancing the Capacities of the Provincial, City
and Municipal Planning Teams and Conflict Sensitive Resource Management in the
Province.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Agusan del Norte
recently authorized Provincial Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba
to sign the Deed of Donation by and between the province and GIZ COSERAM for
the said GPS and laptops through Sanggunian Resolution No. 046-2016, authored
by Provincial Board Member Aquino W. Gambe.
Said deed of donation is needed to serve as basis
for the donor, GIZ COERAM, to effectively transfer the said set of equipment to
the province for its proper utilization in the planning program of the province
and its municipalities and city. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Tagalog News: Mga ahensya ng gobyerno nagbigay
serbisyo sa may 3,000 IPs sa bayan ng Santiago, Agusan Del Norte
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Okt. 25 (PIA) – Umabot sa 3,000
indigenous peoples (IPs) ang nakabenipisyo sa Serbisyo Peace Caravan na ginanap
sa Barangay Poblacion covered court, Santiago, Agusan del Norte kamakailan.
Ang Serbisyo Peace Caravan ay pinangunahan ng 4th
Infantry Division ng Philippine Army, Office of the Presidential Adviser on
Peace Process (OPAAP), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG),
lokal na pamahalaan ng Santiago, kasama ang ibang ahensya ng gobyerno.
Maliban sa dental, medical at circumcision
services, tumanggap din ang mga IPs at residente ng mga falcata seedlings
galing sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), food curls at
baby foods, buntis kits, jerry cans, at hygiene kits galing sa Departmentof
Health (DOH) at training certificates ng Technical Education and Skills
Development (TESDA).
Ayon kay Lieutenant Colonel Glenn Joy Aynera,
commanding officer ng 29th Infantry Battalion ng Philippine Army, sa pamamagitan
ng serbisyo peace caravan, mararamdaman ng ibat-ibang sektor sa lipunan
lalung-lalo na ang IPs ang malasakit ng gobyerno na matugunan ang kanilang
pangangailangan. Kabilang rin umano ito sa mga paraan sa pagtupad ng six-point
peace and development agenda sa administrasyon ni pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Dagdag pa ni Colonel Aynera, buo ang suportang
ibinibigay ni Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba sa mga aktibidades na
katulad nito. Binibigyang-atensyon umano ng gobernadora ang mga kinakailangang
maibigay na serbisyo sa komunidad ng nasabing probinsya.
Binigyang-diin din ni Gov. Matba ang importansya at
kahalagahan ng partisipasyon ng komunidad sa programa ng gobyerno. Ayon kay
Matba, walang perpektong gobyerno subalit nagiging maayos at mapayapa umano ito
kung mayroong pagkakaisa at kooperasyon. Dagdag pa ni Matba, aala umanong
gobyerno kung wala ang mga tao sa lipunan.
Laking pasasalamat din ni Mayor Franklin Lim sa
lahat ng ahensya ng gobyerno na maagang nagsidatingan sa Santiago covered court
at nagbigay agad ng ibat-ibang serbisyo sa mga IPs at residente doon.
Pinasalamatan din niya ang hanay ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed
Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa
patuloy na pagbabantay sa kanilang area of responsibility upang mapanatiling
payapa at matiwasay ang pamumuhay ng mga residente.
Samantala, pinarangalan din ang may 22 rebel
returnees na kabilang sa Comprehensive Local Integration Program o CLIP
beneficiaries. Pinangunahan naman ni Lieutenant Colonel Cristobal Zaragoza,
commander ng 401st brigade, Philippine Army ang oath-taking of allegiance ng
nasabing rebel returnees. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
