Jobs fair set on August 21 in SurSur town
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, August 10 (PIA) - The
Department of Labor and Employment-Surigao del Sur (DOLE-SDS) Field Office in
partnership with the local government unit (LGU) of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur
will hold a Jobs Fair to be conducted at the municipal gymnasium of Hinatuan on
Aug. 21, 2017 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
DOLE-SDS advised all interested applicants to be
ready with the basic requirements such as resume with 2x2 picture attached;
certificate of employment; and other pertinent papers.
For those applicants who would like to have
multiple job applications, they may bring extra copies of the basic
requirements.
Applicants can avail both local and overseas job
opportunities during the one-day activity.
Meanwhile, the event also offers processing of
application for Registration of Workers Association (RWA).
Worker’s Association registration refers to the
process of determining whether the application for registration of such
organization complies with the documentary requirements prescribed under Rules 3 and 4 of DOLE Department order No.
40-03, as amended.
Clients who may avail are working youth, Overseas
Filipino Workers, Persons with Disabilities, displaced workers and all other
workers, including ambulant, intermittent workers, the self-employed, rural
workers and those without definite employers. (w/ a report from
DOLE/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
AgSur mentees finish 'Kapatid Mentor Me' modules
with session on business law
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Aug. 10 - Rounding up
the Kapatid Mentor Me (KMME) set of 10 business modules, which started with
entrepreneurial mindsetting is the Business Law/Basic Contract and Obligations
done for the Agusan del Sur mentees just recently.
The session handled by Philippine Center for
Entrepreneurship (PCE) Angelpreneur Atty. Ronald Solis gave the mentees
knowledge on the existing business laws in the Philippines which are important
while operating a business: how to form, run/manage, close or sell one.
The 25 mentees (pre-selected micro and small
entrepreneurs) were given techniques on how to address legal problems that they
may encounter in the course of running their businesses.
Dina Pantaleon, one of the mentees said she was
“thankful for the inputs which were discussed so well."
Pantaleon also shared that she appreciated the firm
reminder to read and understand the content of any contract first before
signing and that the any contract in business should be fair for both parties.
Meanwhile, Atty. Solis encouraged the mentees to
pursue their business goals and said he is ready to help with his continuing
commitment to the KMME.
The business law session was held at the Provincial
Learning Center, Gov. D.O. Plaza Government Center, Prosperidad, this province.
This is the last module that the mentees have to complete in order to graduate
from the KMME program. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
PRO13 calls students, local artists for mural
contest
By PSupt Martin M. Gamba
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 10 - The Police Regional Office
(PRO) 13 is calling all students and local artists to help beautify Camp Rafael
C. Rodriguez and poster awareness of the gallantry of Caraga police, to be
awarded during the Regional Advisory Council Summit on September 6, 2017.
PCSupt Rolando B. Felix announced that the mural
contest will have P5,000 for the first prize, P3,000 for the second prize,
P2,000 for the third prize and P1,000 consolation prize for the non-winners.
Artists can submit their entry for the mural that
will be painted on the front wall of Camp Rodriguez, Libertad, Butuan City,
which is visible to community as they make their way into and out of the city.
The mural making contest should highlight PRO13
slogan “The Home of the Brave, Friendly and Peace Centered Police Force."
Interested artists must submit a 12x18 inches mural
proposal or entries to Regional Police Community Relation Division Office of
PRO 13. Artists can use water color, charcoal, oil paint or oil pastels on a
construction paper, watercolor paper or white drawing paper. Submissions must
be vibrant, engaging, uplifting and with appropriate content for all
audiences.
“Art is something that brightens up the
community," said Felix.
"We recognize the power of art not only to
transform blighted properties and landscape, but also to engage citizens in
uplifting the morale of our police force," Felix added.
Submission of all entries is on or before September
1, 2017. (PNP-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
2 FITS centers launched in AgNor
By Ginalyn V. Arbutante
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 10 - The municipalities of Las
Nieves and Magallanes in Agusan del Norte launched their Farmers’ Information
and Technology Services (FITS) Centers on July 28 and 31, 2017, respectively.
The FITS center is one of the components of the Techno-Gabay Program (TGP) that
was led by the Agricultural Training Institute-Regional Training Center
(ATI-RTC) 13 since 2012.
Farmer-leaders, local government officials, and
agriculture personnel participated in the launching ceremony. Las Nieves Mayor
Avelina Rosales thanked the ATI for the support in establishing their FITS
center.
“The FITS center is a big help to the farmers of
Las Nieves because all information about farming can be accessed by the farmers
at our own locality specifically in the municipal agriculture office,” Mayor
Rosales said.
On the other hand, Magallanes Municipal
Agriculturist Presciana Cabiad was grateful to the support rendered by the ATI
to their municipality and to the farmers as well.
The launching ceremony highlights on the ceremonial
turn-over of the check as catalytic fund worth P100,000 to the said LGUs’ FITS
centers.
Present during the launching ceremony was Mr. Rodel
Pasion, representing Caraga State University (CSU) as partner-agency at the
same time member of the Technical Working Group (TWG) of the TGP together with
Ginalyn Arbutante and Fil Victor Babanto from ATI-Caraga who discussed the
overview of TGP.
These two newly-launched FITS centers are among the
seven centers to be established for the year 2017. (ATI-Caraga/PIA-Agusan del
Norte)
OCD Caraga trains Surigao provinces in contingency
planning
By April Rose Anne Sanchez
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 10 – The Office of Civil Defense
(OCD) Caraga Region once again conducted a four-day Contingency Plan Training
for the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur on August 1-4, 2017
at Almont Inland Resort, this city. This capacity development initiative is one
of the priority targets of OCD based on its Annual Plans and Budget (APB) 2017.
The four-day training activity trained the
participants on the whole concept of contingency planning. The province of
Surigao del Norte formulated a Contingency Plan for Earthquake while the
Province of Surigao del Sur formulated a Contingency Plan for Typhoon. Both
provinces integrated the Cluster Approach and Incident Command System (ICS) in
their respective plans. A table-top simulation exercise also took place during
the training.
OCD Caraga's pool of facilitators/trainers led by
Lorene Catedral with Amado Posas, April Rose Anne Sanchez, Aizy Lyn Paglinawan
and Dave Madayag used the new CP guidebook as per Joint National DRRM Council
and National Security Council (NSC) Memorandum Circular No. 1 series of 2016
dated August 30, 2015 entitled Guidelines on the Formulation of Contingency
Plans for Natural and Human-Induced Hazards and Adoption of the Contingency
Planning Guidebook.
It can be remembered that OCD Caraga conducted the
same training for the Municipalities of Cortes and San Miguel, Surigao del Sur
and La Paz, Agusan del Sur on June 6-9, 2017 and Bayabas and Lianga, Surigao
del Sur and San Isidro, Surigao del Norte on June 13-16, 2017. (OCD-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DOST launches Food Innovation Center
By Aimee B. Sienes
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 10 - Micro, small and medium
entrepreneurs (MSMEs) in the province of Agusan del Norte now have the chance
to avail of the use of the facilities and equipment of the newly-launched and
inaugurated Food Innovation Center (FIC) of the Department of Science and
Technology in partnership with the Caraga State University (CSU), located
inside the campus of CSU, Amapayon, on Tuesday here.
DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela PeΓ±a said that they
are continuously collaborating with other government agencies in trying to look
for quality solutions using new technologies to help and assist the different
sectors and entrepreneurs improve their businesses and livelihood.
According to Engr. Edgar Garcia, TAPI-DOST
Director, the agency's FIC helps the micro, small and medium enterprises in
providing them the new technology in food processing that will help them in
their business ventures and makes their food processing easier and more
convenient.
Various officials and representatives from
different national and local agencies and MSMEs were present to witness the
said inauguration. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Butuan rural women train on root crops processing
By Ginalyn V. Arbutante
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 10 - The Agricultural Training
Institute (ATI) in Caraga recently conducted a training on root crops
processing in support to Gender and Development (GAD) held at San Lorenzo Ruiz
de Manila Pastoral Center, Ampayon, this city.
The said activity aims to enhance the knowledge,
attitude, and skills of the women farmers with regard to Gender and Development
(GAD) through involvement in root crops processing.
It was participated by 28 women from Butuan City in
coordination with the City Agriculture Office.
These women-participants were Rural Improvement
Club (RIC) members and Barangay Nutrition Scholars who were also farmers
planting root crops and were very interested to venture into value-adding
processed products as another source of income.
The first day of the training was about Good
Manufacturing Practices which was discussed by Jennifer J. Dejarme, the Senior
Science Research Specialist of DOST-Caraga and a member of the Caraga Food
Safety Team
Topics include handwashing, personal hygiene, cross
contamination, and food safety hazards. The participants were delighted upon
knowing the practices that will help improve their day-to-day living.
Participants were able to learn in the preparation of food wherein food safety
should always be considered.
On the other hand, Carla Jeanne P. Catral discussed
several recipes of root crops like Ube Yema, Camote Pie, and Taro Fries. She is a successful food entrepreneur whose
products are already available in Gaisano and Robinsons Malls in the city.
The participants have enjoyed and learned that
there are more to root crops rather than selling it fresh on the market. Also,
the participants were toured at ATI-RTC 13 Demo Farm and saw diversified crops
and animals.
Indalecia V. Calo, one of the participants, said
that she was very thankful to ATI-RTC 13 for the opportunity that was given to
them especially to the women of the city.
“I just thought that I will only get money from
selling root crops but there is more to it, processing into value-added
products is a good technique as Income Generating Project (IGP) for the
women," Calo said.
"We thought that making pies and others are
difficult but we now know that they were very easy and delicious. Again, I want
to thank ATI for this training. Thank you," Calo added. (ATI-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
Python troopers bag Caraga's Gawad Kalasag award
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Aug. 10 (PIA) -
The Army's 30th Infantry "Python" Battalion (30IB) won for the first
time the Caraga Regional Search for Gawad KALASAG (KAlamidad at sakuna LAbanan,
SAriling Galing ang kaligtasan) for the Government Emergency Response
Management GEMS Category.
Gawad Kalasag is the country's premier annual award
for outstanding contributions in the fields of disaster risk reduction and
management (DRRM) and humanitarian assistance.
Lt. Col. Allen Raymund Tomas, commanding officer of
the 30IB, received the KALASAG Plaque of Recognition and cash prize worth
P50,000 that will be used for DDRM related activities from the Office of the
Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga Region during the awarding ceremony and culmination
of the National Disaster Resilience Month celebration held at Almont Resort,
Butuan City.
Lt. Col. Tomas said the award is very significant
for it has recognized their efforts in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster
Relief. “It is true that the Army is not only dedicated in securing our
territories but also devoted in selfless service to the Filipino people,” he
said.
Civil Military Operations Officer 2nd Lieutenant
Jonel Castillo said the award would not be made possible without the supportive
efforts of their counterparts from the local DRROs of Surigao City and Surigao
del Norte who became their partners in rescue operations during different
calamities in the province.
The army unit, which has its area of operation in
the province of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands, will be representing
Caraga region in the National Search for Gawad KALASAG this year.
(30IB-Philippine Army/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
OWWA launches 2017 Model OFW Family Search for
Caraga
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 10 - The Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office Caraga announced the launching of
the search for Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA) in Caraga region.
The annual MOFYA search is designed to give due
recognition to outstanding achievements of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
and their families in promoting best practices in managing family challenges
albeit adverse effects of overseas migration
on family solidarity and cohesiveness.
To be eligible for nomination, the Overseas
Filipino Worker (OFW) must be the head of the nuclear family, land-based or
sea-based, formerly or presently working abroad with a formal or informal
contract of employment or work permit, and must have a proof of OWWA
membership.
MOFYA nominees must conform to the following
criteria: (a) 50 percent for wholesome OFW family; (b) 20 percent for
civic/community involvement of OFW and family members; (c) 20 percent of
success in children’s or family member’s education; and (d) 10 percent for
success in managing family finances.
The OFW, either single or married and with proof of
OWWA membership, should head the family and may either be or formerly working
abroad under a formal or informal employment contract or work permit; the OFW
should have at least five (4) years of work experience; the OFW family should
be known as an exemplary presence in the community; and the OFW family should
be financially stable and that he/she has returned to the country for good for
no longer than 10 years at the time of nomination.
Previous regional MOFYA nominees can be nominated
for the second time only after two years; must not be related up to the third
degree of consanguinity and affinity to officials and employees of OWWA, DOLE
and its attached agencies, and social partners of MOFYA; and must NOT be a
holder of an elective/appointive position in national/local office at the time
of nomination.
Two families; one coming sea-based and another from
the land-based category will be chosen as MOFYA regional winners in September
and will represent the region in the national search in November 2017.
OWWA Caraga Regional Director Samuel Madrid is
encouraging the following sectors: Non-Government Organizations (NGOs),
Peoples’ Organizations (POs), Religious Groups, Community based Socio-Civic
Organizations and Local Government Units (LGUs) and OFW Family Circles (OFCs)
to send their MOFYA nominees.
For more information about the program, kindly
visit the OWWA Caraga office at Nimfa Tiu Bldg. II, J.P. Rosales Avenue, Butuan
City or contact us at (085) 342-6178/2255989. (JPIM/ OWWA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
