Dinagat Islands guv turns over financial assistance
to 13 barangays
By Susil D. Ragas
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, July 7 (PIA) – Dinagat
Islands Governor Glenda B. Ecleo personally handed- over financial assistance
to 13 barangays of the province on Thursday, July 6, 2017.
The financial assistance was taken from the 20
percent Development Fund of the province, it was learned.
Barangay Catadman received P300,000 for the
construction of multi-purpose building, barangay San Juan got P200,000 for the
improvement of evacuation center, barangay Albor received P200,000 for the
construction of drainage system, barangay Mahayahay was given P200,000 for the
multi-purpose building phase II and P15,000 for the celebration of Araw ng
Barangay Mahayahay, barangay Bayanihan - P200,000 for the construction of
potable water system, barangay Mabini (Cagdianao) got P200,000 for road
concreting, barangay Wilson was given P200,000 for the construction of
multi-purpose building,
While barangay Plaridel received P15,000 for the
sports festival, barangay Cabayawan P15,000 for the annual sports activities,
barangay Maatas received P15,000 for the Palaro ng Barangay, barangay Sering
got P15,000 for the Araw ng Barangay, barangay San Jose (Libjo) was given
P15,000 for the sports festival, barangay Bagumbayan - P15,000 for the annual
sports activities, barangay Luna got P15,000 for the Araw ng Barangay, and
barangay Tigbao received P15,000 for the inter-purok basketball tournament.
The said financial assistance was received by the
barangay captains of the abovementioned barangays held at the office of the
provincial governor. (PIO-Dinagat Islands/PIA-Dinagat Islands)
OCD, DepEd spearhead DRRM-CCA awareness contests
for students in Caraga
By April Rose Anne Sanchez
BUTUAN CITY, July 7 – Twelve (12) schools divisions
of Caraga Region participated in the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
(DRRM) – Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) Awareness Contests for Elementary and
Secondary Students on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 here.
The activity was spearheaded by the regional
offices of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and Department of Education
(DepEd) in line with this year’s observance of the National Disaster Resilience
Month (NCRM).
The awareness contests such as Jingle, Poster
Making and Essay Writing Contests and Quiz Bee revolved around the NDRM 2017
theme, “4Ks: Kamalayan sa Kahandaan, Katumbas ay Kaligtasan.”
The winners of these contests are as follows:
• Jingle Contest (Secondary adjudged by OCD, DepEd,
DILG, DSWD and DOST)
First Place – Agusan del Sur Division
Second Place – Bayugan City Division
Third Place – Agusan del Norte Division
• Poster Making Contest (Secondary adjudged by a
Visual Artist, OCD, DepEd, PNP and BFP)
First Place – Agusan del Norte Division
Second Place – Dinagat Islands Division
Third Place – Tandag City Division
• Poster Making Contest (Elementary adjudged by a
Visual Artist, OCD, DepEd, PNP and BFP)
First Place – Cabadbaran City Division
Second Place – Surigao del Norte Division
Third Place – Surigao City Division
• English Essay Writing Contest (Secondary adjudged
by OCD, DepEd, FSUU and NEDA)
First Place – Dinagat Islands Division
Second Place – Agusan del Sur Division
Third Place – Surigao del Sur Division
• Quiz Bee (Secondary with DepEd, OCD and DOH as
Quiz Master/Judges/TWG/Tabulators)
First Place – Surigao City Division
Second Place – Dinagat Islands Division
Third Place – Surigao del Sur Division
The first place winners of quiz bee, poster making
and essay writing contests received gold plaques, gold medals and cash prizes
amounting to P3,000; the second place winners received silver plaques and
silver medals and cash prizes amounting to P2,000 while bronze medals and
plaques and P1,000 were given to the third place winners.
Further, winners of the jingle contest received the
same gold, silver and bronze awards and cash prizes of P10,000 for the first
place winner, P7,500 for the second place winner and P5,000 for the third place
winner.
OCD and DepEd aim of conducting the same activity
every year to inculcate the culture of disaster preparedness and raise more
massive awareness and resiliency on DRRM-CCA to Caraganon students.
(OCD-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
AgSur town locals avail DTI's “Balik Eskwela
Diskwento Caravan”
LA PAZ, Agusan del Sur, July 7 - Local residents of
this municipality have recently availed the “Balik Eskwela Diskwento Caravan”
of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here. School uniforms, shoes,
supplies, bread, other pastry products, canned goods and basic household wares
– all at discounted prices were made available for sale to the residents.
Through the DTI-Caraga regional office, in
coordination with the Local Government Unit of La Paz and the Department of
Education (DepEd) in the province, the local residents were able to buy school
supplies and other items at a very affordable price.
The caravan, which is DTI’s support to DepEd’s
Oplan Balik Eskwena Program, benefited an estimated 420 consumers in the
municipality’s Barangay Poblacion.
The DTI’s caravan partners also include Sunpride
Foods, Inc., Manhu-The Life-giving Bread and Unicity who came all the way from
Butuan City.
Diskwento Caravan is one of the banner programs of
the DTI conducted nationwide which aims to help consumers maximize their budget
through price discounts offered by the participating manufacturers, producers,
distributors and wholesalers. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
News Feature: AgSur MSMEs mentees participate in
entrepreneurial accounting, financial management training
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur, July 7 - "I did
not know that there are lot of cash leaks in my business, if not for this
session I would have not realized it. I
will definitely use this learning to improve the financial aspect of my
business.”
This was the statement shared by Cleotilde
Potencioso, one of the mentees for the first batch of the Entrepreneurial
Accounting and Financial Management training.
As a mentee, Potencioso was selected to be with 24
other micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who have been given the
privilege to undergo 10 business improvement modules and “graduate” upon
submission and defense of her business improvement plan.
All mentees have just finished Module 8 on
Entrepreneurial Accounting and Financial Management under the Kapatid Mentor Me
(KMME) Program. This module was conducted on June 27, 2017 and was handled by
Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship (PCE) Mentor Teresita “Tes” Z.
Dimaculangan.
Dimaculangan pointed out that mentees should focus
on their core competence, which is running the business and let accountants do
their financial statements.
The mentees as owners, however should be able to
understand these financial statements as they are good material to explain the
status of the company.
The mentor also taught the mentees basic
single-entry recording of business activities in pen and paper.
In addition, Dimaculangan shared her knowledge and
experiences on her journey as an entrepreneur. She also emphasized the
importance of recording especially on the financial aspects whether big or
small.
Dimaculangan further enumerated that the top three
(3) reasons why business fail are: a) incompetence, b) lack of managerial
experience and c) lack of experience in the industry. All these relate to how an entrepreneur lacks
financial education. As she relayed her experiences, Dimaculangan highlighted
the number of times she lost but never gave up.
She stressed that an entrepreneur should consider the three masteries in
business: mastery of self, mastery of product and mastery of market.
Dimaculangan underlined that by focusing on these
masteries she learned to walk the talk and if followed by the mentees they will
surely survive in business just like herself. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan
del Sur)
