Caraganons ready for this year’s Women’s Month
activities
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) – The Caraganons are
ready and eager to participate in the set of activities for this year’s Women’s
Month celebration.
The Caraga Regional Gender and Development
Committee (RGADC) has prepared different lined-up activities for the month-long
celebration.
On March 1, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)
Caraga, together with the member agencies of RGADC will be holding a press
conference at the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Caraga
regional conference room, this city. Representatives from Commission on Human
Rights (CHR), NEDA, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Department
of Budget and Management, Department of Health, Philippine National Police, and
Department of Social Welfare and Development are the members of the panel
during the presscon.
Also, the RGADC through chairperson and CHR Caraga
regional director Atty. Jerefe Tubigon-Bacang will be presenting the RGADC work
and financial plan for approval of the Regional Development Council (RDC) on
March 2, 2017 during the 90th RDC Meeting here.
The official kick-off of said celebration is on
March 8 with the conduct of the following: Thanksgiving Mass at St. Joseph
Cathedral, followed by a motorcade, and program proper at Agusan del Norte
provincial covered court. In the afternoon, the Kalandrakas sa Kababaihan XIII
will be held at the same venue.
Meanwhile, RGADC will also be visiting the women
inmates at Butuan City Jail on March 15, 2017. The following services will be
provided: free medic/dental; medicines; legal counseling; feeding; and
toiletries.
With the theme "We Make Change Work for
Women," it captures two key foundations: Partnership for change and full
implementation of the Magna Carta of Women (Republic Act 9710).
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
NYC invites Caraganon-youths to join 2017 RYAC
National Convention
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) – The National Youth
Commission (NYC) is inviting Caraganon-youths to join in this year’s Regional
Youth Advisory Council (RYAC) National Convention on March 22-24 at Waterfront
Insular Hotel in Davao City.
According to NYC chairperson Undersecretary Cariza
Seguerra, the National Convention aims to synchronize youth programs and come
up with a strategic plan of action for calendar year 2017 in relation to NYC’s
major thrust: YORP, Youth Hub and Youth Fair, as well as the SK Elections.
Seguerra added that NYC instituted the RYAC as a
coordinating body to localize policies, and monitor program implementation at
the local level. “With the goal of strengthening partnership and convergence
among youth-servng agencies and the localization of policies and programs for
the youth, NYC will be conducting the RYAC National Convention by convening all
member-agencies nationwide,” she underscored.
It was also learned that NYC will be covering the
meal expenses and hotel accommodation, while transportation expenses and
travelling allowances shall be shouldered by the participants.
The NYC is the sole policy-making body on youth
affairs and is responsible for coordinating and implementing program s that
would holistically help in the development of the Filipino youth.
For more information on the said event, the NYC can
be reached at telephone number (088) 857-5895 or e-mail at nyccdo@nyc.gov.ph.
(JPG/PIA-Caraga)
SSS reaches out to quake victims in Surigao City
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Feb. 28 (PIA) –
The Social Security System (SSS) as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility
conducted relief operations dubbed “SSS Cares” on Feb. 23 at Barangay
Washington, this city.
A total of 900 families of members and pensioners
of the Social Security System (SSS) affected by the 6.7 magnitude earthquake
that hit the city on February 10 were assisted during the said relief
operations.
In his message, Senior Vice President for Mindanao
Operations Group Eddie A. Jara thanked the beneficiaries of the relief
operations for trusting SSS in handling their savings for retirement.
Also, Assistant Vice President for Media Affairs
Ma. Luisa P. Sebastian announced that soon SSS will offer three types of
calamity relief assistance such as a Calamity Loan, House Repair and
Improvement Loan and advance three-month pension to members and pensioners
affected by the earthquake.
Present during the said relief operations were SVP
for Administration Group May Catherine C. Ciriaco, SSS Surigao Branch Head Jose
Roel J. Herbieto, SSS Tandag Branch Head Benigno J. Dagani, Jr., VP for
Management Services and Planning Division Eleonora Y. Cinco, VP for Northern
Mindanao Division Edwin M. Alo, SVP for Information Technology Management
Group, AVP for Branch Systems and Procedures Gloria Y. Cuisia, AVP for Engineering Maintenance Department Edwin B. Maliwat, SSS
Butuan Branch Head Antonio G. Fabia, OIC for Corporate Communications
Department Sonia M. Guinto and AVP for Media Affairs Department Ma. Luisa P.
Sebastian.
SSS senior officials were in Surigao from Feb.
23-24 for the regional visit in the area to address the needs of its branch,
employees and stakeholders. (SSS/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
SurSur LGUs extend financial aid to Surigao quake
victims
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 28 (PIA) – The
provincial government of Surigao del Sur and 11 municipalities and Bislig City
are giving P800,000 in financial assistance to earthquake victims in Surigao
del Norte.
Surigao del Sur Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction
and Management (DRRM) officer Abel de Guzman said, the financial support was
turned-over last Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017 to the identified local government
units and received by their respective local DRRM officers.
Based on the report, the provincial government of
Surigao del Norte received a total of P350,000 from the provincial government
of Surigao del Sur (P300,000) and municipalities of Cantilan (P30,000) and San
Agustin (P20,000).
The city government of Surigao, on the other hand,
received a financial support worth P100,000 from the city government of Bislig.
The municipality of San Francisco, Surigao del
Norte also received a financial assistance worth P350,000.00 from the
municipalities of Hinatuan (P30,000), Bayabas (P20,000), Lianga (P20,000),
Cagwait (P20,000), Lanuza (P50,000), Lingig (P50,000), Marihatag (P30,000), San
Miguel (P100,000), and Tago (P30,000).
Meanwhile, Carrascal DRRM officer Kresta Mae Pa-as
said the municipality of Carrascal thru mayor Vicente Pimentel III has extended
relief goods to 800 families of barangay Lipata in Surigao City amounting to
P378,000. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Agusan Norte awards 2016 ANGELL winners
By Nora C. Lanuza Molde
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 28 (PIA) – In a ceremony held
recently, the provincial government of Agusan del Norte in partnership with the
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Agusan del Norte held the
ANGELL Awarding Ceremony at the Provincial Training Center, Capitol Compound,
this city.
The ANGELL or the Accelerating New Dimensions on
Good Governance and Excellence in Local
Leadership is an award-giving body of the province of Agusan del Norte
recognizing exemplary achievements, performances and good practices of the
locak government units (LGUs), its local leaders and employees and honoring
their participation and contribution to good governance.
Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante-Matba
underscored, in her message, that being in the government service is special
because "we can greatly help the public." She also emphasized that
quality public service is the key to a successful government service and it
makes the people their partner in the development of the province.
Matba also challenged all the winners to continue
in what they do and for those who did not win to continue the best public
service they could give.
Also, Matba encouraged and motivated the government
officials and employees to be sincere in their work and continue to be an
example to others.
Categories
Search for Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS);
Search for Most Child-Friendly LGUs;
Search for Best Office/Oplan Kalinisan;
Search for Best Performing Barangay;
Search for Best Ecological Solid Waste Management
School Implementer;
Search for Most Disaster Resilient LGUs;
Search for Best Performing Anti-Drug Abuse Councils
in Agusan del Norte (ADACs);
Search for Outstanding Lupon Tagapamayapa;
Search for Most Functional Nutrition Councils (MNC)
(MELLPI).
Winners:
Most Disaster Resilient LGUs
2nd Placer: City of Cabadbaran and Municipality of
Las Nieves with cash prize of P75,000 each
3rd Placer: Municipality of Carmen with P50,000
School Category: Santiago Central Elementary School
with P25,000
Consolation: Municipality of Kitcharao,
Municipality of Magallanes, and Barangay Bangayan, Jabonga with P5,000 each
Best Performing Anti-Drug Abused Councils (ADACs)
Municipality
1st Placer: Municipality of Nasipit with P100,000
2nd Placer: Municipality of R.T.R with P75,000
3rd Placer: Municipality of Santiago with P50,000
Barangay
1st Placer: Barangay Poblacion 1, Santiago with
P15,000
2nd Placer: Barangay 6, Nasipit with P10,000
3rd Placer: Barangay San Antonio, RTR with P5,000
Outstanding Lupon Tagapamayapa
Urban
1st Placer: Brgy. Macalang, Buenavista with P50,000
2nd Placer: Brgy. A. Beltran, Jabonga with P30,000
3rd Placer: Brgy. Poblacion, Las Nieves with
P20,000
4th-6th Class
1st Placer: Barangay Poblacion 1, Kitcharao with
P50,000
2nd Placer: Barangay Basilisa, RTR with P30,000
3rd Placer: Barangay Cahayagan, Carmen with P20,000
City
1st Placer: Barangay Mabini, Cabadbaran with
P50,000
Most Functional Nutrition Councils (MNC) (MELLPI)
1st Placer: Municipality of Nasipit with P50,000
2nd Placer: Municipality of Kitcharao with P30,000
3rd Placer : Municipality of Tubay with P20,000
Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS)
1st Placer: Ms. Jenievel L. Montilla – Santiago
with P10,000
2nd Placer: Ms. Merlita C. Delapa – Tubay with
P7,000
3rd Placer: Ms. Velma R. Perez – Las Nieves with
P5,000
Most Child-Friendly LGUs
Municipality
1st Placer: Cabadbaran with P100,000
2nd Placer: Las Nieves with P75,000
Barangay
1st Placer: Barangay Poblacion. 1, Santiago with
P100,000
2nd Placer: Barangay Mabini Cabadbaran with P75,000
3rd Placer: Barangay Tagcatong, Carmen with P50,000
Best Office / Oplan Kalinisan
1st Placer: Kitcharao District Hospital
2nd Placer: Provincial Social Welfare and
Development Office
3rd Placer: Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Office
Best Performing Barangay
Rural
1st Placer: Brgy. La Paz, Santiago with P1 Million
2nd Placer: Brgy. Mabini, Cabadbaran with P500,000
3rd Placer: Brgy. Libas, Jabonga with P300,000
Urban
1st Placer: Barangay Poblacion. 1, Santiago with P1
Million
2nd Placer: Barangay 2, Nasipit with P500,000
3rd Placer: Barangay Marcos, Magallanes with
P300,000
Best Ecological Solid Waste Management School
Implementer
1st Placer: Santiago Central Elementary School
2nd Placer: Cabadbaran South Central Elem. School
3rd Placer: Casiklan Elementary School
ANGELL as a mechanism for excellent local
governance is directly manage by the provincial government in the overall
conduct from advocacy, resource mobilization, screening and performance
evaluation to the selection process in coordination and collaboration with the
DILG - Agusan del Norte provincial office headed by Ellen Vee Chua and
different provincial and national line agencies as the evaluators of the
different categories.
The awarding ceremony was attended by Board Member
Dick Victor B. Carmona, Aquino W. Gambe, Lucia Jundis, Virgilio R. EscasiΓ±as,
Jr, and Benjamin D. Lim, Nasipit municipal mayor Enrico Corvera, Las Nieves
municipal mayor Avelina Rosales, Jabonga municipal mayor Jasmin M. Monton, DILG
Assistant Regional Director Donald A. Seronay, municipal vice mayors,
Sangguniang Bayan members, barangay captains, barangay kagawads, officials and
representatives of awardees and other officials and employees of the province.
(NCLM with a report from Aimee B. Sienes/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
1 soldier wounded in Surigao Norte clash
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Feb. 28 (PIA) – A
soldier was wounded and civilian properties damaged after New People's Army
(NPA) rebels allegedly blasted one improvised explosive device (IED) in Tinago,
Malimono, Surigao del Norte, 9:30 a.m. Monday.
The soldiers under the 30th Infantry Battalion
(30IB), Philippine Army encountered the rebels after they responded to
complaints by civilians over the alleged harassment and extortion activities of
the NPA in the community.
Lieutenant Colonel Rico Amaro, 30IB commanding
officer, identified the wounded soldier as 2Lt. Daniel F. De Guzman.
"This is another violation of the
Comprehensive Agreement on Respect to Human Rights and International
Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) which was the only document duly signed by the GPH
and the NDF at the Hague, the Netherlands, which prohibits the stockpiling of
explosives inside or near the vicinity of community as it will endanger the
lives of the civilians," said LTC Amaro.
“We will continuously intensify our anti-extortion
drive against these communist terrorists. As what I had promised to the
residents of Malimono. We will not allow anymore the NPA to conduct extortion
activity, harassment and other forms of atrocities not only in Malimono but in
whole province of Surigao del Norte,” Amaro added.
Pursuit operation is ongoing to apprehend the
terrorist group. (30IB, Phil. Army/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Tagalog News: DENR secretary sa mga Caraganons:
Walang mawawalan ng trabaho dahil sa pagsasara ng minahan
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Peb. 28 (PIA) - Sa kanyang
pagbisita dito sa lungsod kamakailan lang, sinigurado ni Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Gina Lopez na hindi dapat
mabahala ang mga Caraganons sa pagsasara ng ilang mga minahan sa rehiyon, at
wala umanong mawawalan ng trabaho.
Sa ginanap na konsultasyon kasama ang mga
apektadong minahan at komunidad sa probinsya ng Surigao del Sur, Surigao del
Norte, at Dinagat Islands sa Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, mahigit 500
stakeholders ang dumalo at nagbahagi ng kanilang hinaing at pag-aalala na
maaring sila’y mawalan ng kabuhayan dahil na rin sa pagsasara ng ilang mining
companies base na sa ipinalabas na utos ni Sec. Lopez dahil umano sa
nakakasirang epekto nito sa kapaligiran.
Ayon kay Sec. Lopez, may mga proyektong inihanda na
ang DENR kasama ng iba pang anhensya ng gobyerno para sa mga Caraganons na
magkaroon ng maayos at pangmatagalang pangkabuhayan na hindi galing sa
pagmimina.
Gagawin umanong forested area sa pamamagitan ng
national greening projects ang Dinagat Islands at Surigao, at may nakalaang
pundo na umano para dito. Dagdag pa niya, ang improved ecotourism at
agricultural opportunities ay magbibigay ng maayos at may dignidad na trabaho
para sa mga apektadong Caraganons.
Healthy forests, fuel at power galing sa biomass,
healthy rivers na magpro-produce ng kuryente ang siya ring prayoridad ng
gobyerno para sa Dinagat at Surigao areas. May mahigit 10,000 katao rin umano
ang makakabenipisyo sa mga livelihood systems ng gobyerno sa loob lang ng
dalawang taon, at sa 200-hectare land area na gagamitin rin para sa mga
displaced mine workers, makaka-generate umano ng P40-million. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
