Tandag Negosyo Center registers 890 business names
in 2016
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 25 (PIA) – The
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) - Surigao del Sur Provincial Office
headed by Romel Oribe bared that the Negosyo Center in Tandag City has
registered a total of 890 business names (BN) in 2016.
Senior Trade and Industry Development Specialist
Sarah Estrada said that there are 890 business persons have availed of the
business name registration services offered at the Negosyo Center.
According to Estrada, the Negosyo Center in Tandag
City, which is located at the DTI-Provincial Office of Surigao del Sur,
operates under the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) system designed to
streamline the business registration requirements of the national government
agencies such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Social Security System
(SSS), Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC), and Home Development
Mutual Fund (HDMF).
Estrada further said that for 2016, 78 percent or
563 of the approved new business names registered at the Negosyo Center were
processed via the PBR system.
The speedy but judicious registration process at
the Negosyo Center in Tandag is one reason it continues to delight customers,
thus putting muscle to its “Go-Negosyo” sound bite, Estrada added. (PIA-Surigao
del Sur)
Siargao gears for nationwide rabies-free
declaration this year
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Jan. 25 (PIA) –
The provincial government here spearheaded recently a rabies advocacy in
preparation for Rabbies-Free Declaration of Siargao Island this year to 2018
held at Denaville Resort, Barangay Alegria, Sta. Monica town in Siargao Island.
In his message, Sta. Monica Mayor Fernando Dolar
expressed his eagerness to expedite the processing of relevant documents needed
for the success of the declaration.
On her part, Governor Sol Matugas extended her
all-out support to make the endeavor a success.
During the advocacy preparation, Provincial
Veterinary Office officer-in-charge Dr. Life Shiela Laugo gave the rationale of
the activity.
Topics discussed during the said advocacy preparation
were canine rabies disease, its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment and vaccination;
implementing rules and regulations of R.A. 9482 or the Anti-rabies Act of the
Philippines; animal rabies status report in Siargao; and guidelines for the
declaration of rabies-free zones. (Provincial Agriculture
Office-SDN/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Agusan del Norte partners with BDH for diagnostic
services
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) - The provincial
government of Agusan del Norte recently inked an agreement with the Butuan Doctors’
Hospital (BDH) relative to the provision of diagnostic services by the said
private hospital.
In a resolution authored by Provincial Board Member
Elizabeth Marie R. Calo, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan authorized Provincial
Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba to sign the Memorandum of
Agreement by and between the province and the BDH with the aim of further
improving its health services to the public with the use of the hospital’s
facility.
Under the said MOA, in the event of unavailability
of its diagnostic services, the Provincial Hospital can refer all laboratory
examinations and computerized tomography scan to the BDH.
It also included granting of discounts to indigent
patients of the province. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Tagalog News: Mahigit P2-milyong halaga ng illegal
na druga nasabat sa pinakamalaking drug buy bust operations sa Butuan City sa
simula ng taong 2017
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Enero 25 (PIA) – Sa pinaigting
na kampanya ng Philippine National Police (PNP) dito sa lungsod, nasabat ang
pinakamalaking halaga ng illegal na druga sa taong kasalukuyan na umabot sa
mahigit P2-milyon matapos ang ginawang drug buy bust operations ng Butuan City
Police Office (BCPO) kamakailan lang.
Matatandaan na noong January 21, 2017 bandang alas
9:30 ng umaga ay nagsagawa ng buy-bust operation ang pinagsanib na pwersa ng
City Anti-illegal Drug Unit, personahe ng Butuan City Public Safety Company ng
BCPO, kasama ang Police Regional Office 13, at Philippine Drug Enforcement
Agency (PDEA), nahuli ang drug suspects na nakilalang sina Ariel Agredito
Repeso at live-in partner na nakilalang si Nieky Borja Ogayan na taga Tandag
City.
Nakuha sa nasabing suspects ang ibat-ibang illegal
drug paraphernalia at 130 grams na shabu na nagkakahalaga ng mahigit sa P1.5
milyon.
Sa ibang buy bust operation naman na ginawa sa araw
ding iyon sa barangay Masao, Butuan City ay nahuli rin ang suspect na nakilalang
si Allan Redondo Yamba, 52 years old na taga barangay Holy Redeemer, Butuan
City. Ibat-ibang illegal drug paraphernalia rin ang nakuha galing sa posesyon
ng suspect at 95 grams ng shabu na nagkakahalaga sa mahigit sa P1-milyong piso
Sa sumunod na araw sa ginawang buy-bust operation
ng Butuan City Police Station 1 ay nahuli naman ang illegal drug suspect na
nakilalang si Mark Victor Malbas, 27 years old at taga Barangay Obrero ng
nasabing lungsod. Nahulihan ang suspect ng ibat-ibang drug paraphernalia, shabu
at iba pang kagamitan sa ilegal na transaksyon.
Ayon kay Police Superintendent Excelso Lazaga Jr.,
ang deputy police director ng BCPO na mas pinaigting pa nila ang kanilang
kampanya laban sa ilegal na druga o ang Oplan Double Barrel Alpha sa ibat-ibang
barangay at patuloy umano nilang rorondahan ang mga target barangays. Ito rin
umano ang mahigpit na utos ng kanilang hepeng si Police Senior Superintendent
Percival Augustus Placer.
Dagdag pa ni Police Superintendent Lazaga na simula
pa lang ng taong ito ay malalaking halaga na ng illegal drugs ang kanilang
nakompiska. Inaasahan din nila na sa pinaigting nilang kampanya ay mas marami
pa silang mahuhuling illegal drug personalities.
Napag-alaman rin na mula noong July hanggang
December 2016 ay umabot sa mahigit P5-milyong piso ang halaga ng illegal drugs
na nasabat ng kanilang opisina.
Samantala, binalaan din ni Police Superintendent
Lazaga ang mga na-iinvolve na pulis sa illegal drug trade na sila’y mananagot
sa batas at posibleng matanggal sa serbisyo. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
