P15M abaca fiber warehouse underway
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) - A P15 million abaca
fiber warehouse with drying area will soon rise in the municipality of
Santiago, Agusan del Norte.
The provincial government of Agusan del Norte in partnership
with the Department of Agriculture (DA)–Caraga Regional Office is building this
project with the aim of boosting the abaca fiber production in the province and
meet the increasing market demand in the region.
A ground-breaking ceremony was recently conducted
with the presence of Provincial Board Member Dick Victor B. Carmona, Provincial
Engineer Renato Corvera, Provincial Planning and Development Officer Rofel T.
Cabaltera and Provincial Technical Working Group, and other officials of the DA
Regional Office. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Agusan del Norte receives P10M medical health
assistance from DOH
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) - The provincial
government of Agusan del Norte recently inked an agreement with the Department
of Health (DOH), Regional Office XIII for the availment of the medical health
assistance in the amount of P10,000,000.
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan authorized Provincial
Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba, through Sanggunian Resolution
No.011-2017, authored by Provincial Board Member Elizabeth Marie R. Calo, to
sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) by and between the province and the DOH
for the said medical health assistance that will cater to the indigent and poor
patients seeking medical and health care services in the provincial, district
and municipal hospitals managed by the provincial government.
This program is advantageous to the health and
welfare of the underprivileged patients of the province.
The said MOA is an essential document for an
effective and efficient system of implementation inclusive of a systematic
reimbursement process for LGU managed-hospitals. (LGU-Agusan del
Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
DepEd Surigao Norte triumphs in global tilt
By Gersim L. Luminatac
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Jan. 24 (PIA) -
Seven science investigatory projects (SIP) from DepEd Division of Surigao del
Norte were merited Gold Award as proclaimed during the 2016 ICAN (International
Invention, Innovation Competition in Canada) held recently at North York
Memorial Community Hall, Toronto, Canada.
The lemoneric ointment from Claver National High
School in Claver town adjudged as Best Invention and was awarded with a trophy
and a diploma of excellence from Romanian Inventors Association.
The said event was organized by the Toronto
International Society of Innovation and Advanced Skills (TISIAS) and supported
by the International Federation of Inventors’ Association (IFIA) and World
Invention Intellectual Property Associations (WIIPA).
The project proponents received gold medallions and
award certificates.
The journey of Surigaonon Inventors in ICAN 2016
was indeed a great success in showing their winning inventions, innovative
products as well as scientific research projects in the global arena.
(DepEd-Surigao del Norte/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
DOE strengthens sector-wide disaster response
system
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) - To manifest that the
various components of the country's energy sector are all up to speed, the
Department of Energy (DOE) continued its series of Disaster Response Protocol
Workshops held yesterday at the Fiesta Hall of the National Power Corporation
(NPC) headquarters in Quezon City.
Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi asserted that “all
industry participants must be attuned to the existing nationwide disaster
response system of the energy sector.”
During the series of workshops and international
dialogues about energy resiliency, Sec. Cusi emphasizedthat “the energy sector
has long been implementing protocols to address and respond to calamities and
disasters that take their toll on vital energy infrastructures.”
"The DOE continues to update its system of
protocols, advance notifications and quick-response strategies to fit the
country’s current requirements," Sec. Cusi asserted.
At the Protocol Workshop, DOE Undersecretary Felix
William B. Fuentebella highlighted that “the primary objective is for the
energy sector to periodically review the implemented and established system of
rules to effect the correct and appropriate conduct and procedures to be
followed by the industry stakeholders.”
During the workshop, the DOE, NPC, National
Electrification Administration (NEA), the National Grid Corporation of the
Philippines (NGCP), Aboitiz Power Corporation, and Manila Electric Company
(MERALCO) presented their respective standard operational procedures (SOPs) for
disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM).
The presentations of the agencies specifically
outlined the strategies and methods they are observing during and after
calamities including the recommendations on how to improve the efficiency of
all distribution utilities.
Among those who also attended and participated in
the workshop were DOE Usec. Raul B. Aguilos, Usec. Petronilo L. Ilagan, Engr.
Arwin L. Ardon aside from energy family officials and representatives from the
DOE, NPC, NEA, NGCP, Aboitiz Power and MERALCO.
Sec. Cusi has consistently emphasized that the DOE
will and is proactively advocating energy resiliency in the face of the
frequent and disastrous occurrences of natural and human-induced calamities in
the country.
The Secretary has been reiterating the need for the
sector to be vigilant in upgrading its best practices in DRRM, so as to make
them more responsive and adaptable to the highly evolving realities on the
ground.
“The DOE has been regularly convening the industry
partners to mainstream climate change adaptation in connection with DRRM
strategies in the sector. This is to reduce the vulnerability of vital energy
systems to the destructive effects of calamities.”
The Secretary revealed his plan to include climate
change resilience in the agenda of the Asian Cooperation Dialogue, which will
be sponsored by the Philippines in August of this year.
"The DOE will make sure that the Philippines
is prepared to showcase its own workable and effective energy model before the
Asian community," Sec. Cusi concluded. (DOE/PIA-Caraga)
Search for Pantawid Pamilya 'Modelong Ama'
officially opens
By Ryan Malbas Tapayan
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) - The Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga through the Regional Program
Management Office (RPMO) of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program officially
started the provincial field validation of the nominees for the Regional Search
for Modelong Ama 2017.
Official contenders for the regional search are
from the following cities and municipalities: Mangagoy, Surigao del Sur;
Placer, Surigao del Norte; Remedios T. Romualdez, Agusan del Norte; Sta.
Josefa, Agusan del Sur; and Libjo, Dinagat Islands.
The said search aims to promote gender equality and
women’s empowerment pursuant to Republic Act 9710 or the Magna Carta of Women,
as it adheres to promoting women’s rights and eliminating gender discrimination
in its systems, structures, policies, programs, and processes. It also observes
to the DSWD Gender and Development (GAD) mainstreaming framework as embodied in
Administrative Order No. 5 series of 2012, which supports the enhancement of
internal processes, systems and strategies for GAD mainstreaming, and of
mechanism for gender responsive programs and services.
While the program is considered as having a
“woman’s face”, with 89 percent of its cash grantees constituting women, it
also recognizes that there is a growing need to partner with men to achieve
transformed gender relations among Pantawid Pamilya households.
DSWD Caraga OIC Regional Director Mita Chuchi
Gupana-Lim said that Pantawid Pamilya should serve as an avenue to achieving
gender equality.
“The program believes that men should be made
partners in pushing for and achieving women’s empowerment and gender equality
by concretely contributing to advocacies against gender-based discrimination
and gender-based violence within families and communities,” Lim said.
The search for Modelong Ama of Pantawid Pamilya is
one way to rally support from amongst men to champion GAD and women
empowerment. (Social Marketing Unit/DSWD Field Office Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Tagalog News: Baha sa Caraga region nagsimula ng
humupa, mga nasalanta nasa evacuation centers pa
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Enero 24 (PIA) - Tumigil na ang
ulan sa ibat-ibang probinsya ng Caraga region at nagsimula na ring humupa ang
baha, subalit mga apektadong pamilya at indibidwal ay nasa mga evacuation
centers pa sa kasalukuyan.
Matatandaan na noong Huwebes ay nasa red alert
status ang Caraga region nang umabot na sa 3.14 meters ang lebel ng tubig sa
Agusan River at agad na nagdeklara ng forced evacuation ang Regional Disaster
Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) sa mga lugar na apektado ng baha
upang masigurong ligtas ang mga residente sa ibat-ibang barangay.
Ayon kay RDRRMC chairperson at Office of Civil
Defense (OCD) Caraga regional director Rosauro Arnel Gonzales Jr., nagsimula na
rin ang relief operations na pinangungunahan ng Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD) kasama ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP),
Philippine National Police (PNP), at ibat-ibang ahensya ng gobyerno para sa mga
pamilya at indibidwal sa mga barangay.
Sa Agusan del Sur, umabot sa mahigit 13,000 ang
apektadong indibidwal kung saan pinakamarami ang munisipyo ng Loreto, sinundan
ng Veruela, Esperanza, La Paz, San Luis, Bunawan, Trento, San Francisco,
Talacogon at Sibagat. Ang mga nasabing bayan ay nagsimula na ring makatanggap
ng relief operations ng gobyerno.
Inalis na ang suspensyon ng mga klase sa Cabadbaran
City at Las Nieves ng Agusan del Norte, pati na rin sa Surigao City at buong
probinsya ng Surigao del Norte, Loreto at Cagdianao ng Dinagat Islands, at iba
pang lugar sa rehiyon. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
