156 Shared Service Facilities serve MSMEs in Caraga
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) – “The Department of
Trade and Industry has extended 156 Shared Service Facilities for the use of
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Caraga.”
This was the statement of Director Brielgo Pagaran
of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga during a briefing held
recently at the regional office here.
Pagaran bared that from 2014 to 2016, the
department has approved and release P85-Million worth of Shared Service
Facilities (SSF) to enhance business operations of the region’s Micro, Small
and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
“These SSF support the following sectors: processed
food, arts and crafts, creative industry, bakery and other agri-processing. The
equipment provided also includes product packaging and labeling. This project
is implemented through people’s organizations’ participation with the
non-government organizations, industry associations, schools, and local
government units,” relayed Pagaran.
The good director also revealed that to date, there
are more than 7,000 enterprises that have benefitted from the various shared
service facilities establishd in the region. These facilities, which are
operated and managed by the partner-cooperators, are available for use by the
enterprises with a minimal fee to cover operating and maintenance cost.
(JPG/DTI-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Firecracker-related cases decrease in Caraga region
By Nora C. Lanuza Molde
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) – The number of firecracker-related
injuries in Caraga Region decreased last 2016, figures of Department of Health
(DOH) showed.
In a report released by the agency, there was a 74
percent-drop in fireworks-related incidents during the period of December 21,
2016 up to January 5, 2017.
According to DOH Caraga regional director Jose R.
Llacuna, Jr., a total of 21 cases were reported during the monitoring period.
This is 74 percent lower compared to the 81 cases tallied in year 2015, Llacuna
said.
The province of Agusan del Sur had the highest
number with seven cases; six of these came from the municipality of
Prosperidad. Surigao del Norte also has a total of six cases coming from
Gigaquit, Socorro and Placer, Llacuna added.
He further said that majority of the cases (18.86 percent)
were active users involving illegal fireworks. Seventeen (81 percent) injuries
were caused by piccolo where most cases involved the hand, he said.
The provinces and cities with zero case during the
monitoring period include Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Cabadbaran City,
Tandag City and Bislig City.
“We are grateful to everyone, to our partner
agencies, to the authorities, to the local government units because this was a
joint effort. We could not have done it alone,” said Llacuna.
"We were able to celebrate a merry, happily
and safe Christmas and New Year with an immense decrease of firecracker related
injuries," added Llacuna. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
DTI recognizes San Francisco town in AgSur as most
competitive municipality in Caraga
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA) – The Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI) has recently recognized anew the municipality of San
Francisco in Agusan del Sur as the most competitive municipality in Caraga
region for the past four runs of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness
Index Ranking since 2013.
DTI-Agusan del Sur provincial director Brenda
Corvera bared that on top of this, the local government unit of San Francisco
has also ranked 5th among the 490 first and second class municipalities
nationwide in the area of Government Efficiency.
Corvera also said that in terms of over-all ranking
among the same income class of LGUs all over the country it is at number 29 or
at top six percent.
“Data show that the LGU-San Francisco is one of the
fastest growing municipalities in the region. Its number of business
establishments grew by 32 percent from year 2011-2016. It experienced the
highest growth in the number of establishments in 2016 at 15 percent. It has
also the highest amount of new investments of about P47,540,812 in the province
in 2015 and the third in total gross sales of P2,833,661,930.52 for the same
year,” relayed Corvera.
It was also learned that LGU-San Francisco is the
first LGU to host a Negosyo Center in Agusan del Sur and the second in the
entire region. (JPG with a report from DTI-AgSur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
NFA Surigao Norte opens for renewal of NFA license
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Jan. 6 (PIA) – The
provincial office of the National Food Authority (NFA) - Surigao del Norte is
now open for the renewal of grains NFA retailers license at the NFA Provincial
Office located at Km. 10, Barangay Quezon, this city.
NFA provincial manager Gleen P. Echin encourages
all rice and grains businessmen in the municipalities of Alegria, Mainit,
Sison, Taganaan, and Tubod to renew their license this whole month of January
to avoid surcharge and other penalties.
Echin said they have also implemented staggered
licensing schedule from January until June for the following municipalities:
Bacuag, Claver, Gigaquit and Placer (February); Surigao City (March); all
municipalities of Siargao Island (April); all municipalities of Dinagat Islands
(May); Malimono and San Francisco (June).
She also encouraged those who are interested to
apply for NFA license to just visit the NFA provincial office or at the Tan
Warehouse located at Bilang-Bilang, Borromeo Street, this city or contact the
NFA Hotline at telephone: 0932-8681554/0917-8258302. (NFA-SDN/PIA-Surigao del
Norte)
DTI releases funds for meat processors in AgSur
town
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 6 (PIA) – The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) of this province has recently granted
the full release of P800,000 under the 2016 Bottom-Up-Budgeting (BuB) to the
local government unit here.
With the fund released to said LGU, a Shared
Service Facility (SSF) on Product Packaging and Labeling will be established in
the area.
According to DTI-Agusan del Sur Brenda Corvera, it
will complement and support another SSF, which was earlier granted to the LGU
on Meat Fabrication. “The project will be managed by the Municipal Economic
Enterprise Office (MEEO) and will fund capability building activities,
marketing promotion and processing nhancement,” she said.
Corvera further emphasized that the partnership of
DTI and LGU-Prosperidad aims to increase the income and enhance the
productivity of meat processors, meat shop operators and meat vendors in the
locality. (JPG/DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Cebuano News: Mga benepisyaryo sa 4Ps gisuportaan
sa probinsya
Ni Aimie B. Sienes-Sajor
BUTUAN CITY, Enero 6 (PIA) - Hugot ang suporta sa
lokal nga panggamhanan sa Agusan del Norte, sa pagpanguna ni Provincial
Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba, alang sa kaayohan ug kalamboan
sa mga benepisyaryo sa 4Ps o Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.
Usa sa mga nakita sa mga opisyal mao ang kakulangon
sa pinansyal nga suporta alang sa mga benepisyaryo ug kini kulang pa sa
inadlaw-adlaw nga panginahanglanon sa matag pamilya. Aron mas matabangan pa
sila, nakita sa Provincial Advisory Committee sa Agusan del Norte ang pwede pa
matabang sa probinsya ug mihangyo kini sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan nga mopasaka
og resolusyon nga dili na makabayad pa ang mga benepisyaryo sa 4Ps alang sa mga
bayrunon kalabot sa pagkuha og birth certificate, marriage certificate, death
certificate, marriage application ug certificate of no marriage (CENOMAR).
Sa tubag sa maong hangyo, gi-aprobahan sa
Sangguniang Panlalawigan sa Agusan del Norte ang Sanggunian Resolution No.
064-2016, nga gipanginahanan ni Provincial Board Member Elizabeth Marie R.
Calo, nga nagkanayon, “Resolution requesting the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA), Central Office, Manila, to exempt the beneficiaries of
Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from paying fees in obtaining birth
certificates, marriage certificates, death certificates, marriage applications
and certificates of no marriage (CENOMAR) from the said agency.”
Nagtuo ang mga opisyal sa probinsya nga ang
pag-exempt sa mga benepisyaryo sa 4Ps sa mga bayronon usa sa mga pagpaningkamot
nila aron matubag ang panginahanglanon sa mga kabos. (LGU-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
