LGU-Butuan sets Christmas light-up on Dec. 4
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) – The Task Force Pasko
2017 in the city, through the City Tourism Office as its secretariat, is set to
conduct the Christmas Light-Up Butuan on December 4, 2017 during the ceremonial
switch-on and opening program at 6:00 p.m. at the city hall grounds.
“With the theme ‘Panag-iban doon Pasko ngani Butuan
2017,’ which means Christmas is about thanksgiving, gathering of families and
celebrating the good tidings of the year. We require that all our local
government unit (LGU) led activities for Christmas must be aligned to this
message. We are also reaching out to our regional line agency partners to help
us in this endeavor,” said Lilita Mission-Concon, OIC-City Tourism Officer and
director general of Task Force Pasko 2017.
Concon also revealed that series of Pamaskong
Handong will be conducted from December 11-19, 2017 in the different barangays
of the city.
“We would appreciate your active cooperation and
support as we celebrate a unified spirit of Christmas in ‘A City Ascending’,”
added Concon. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Lee Kuan Yew School accepts nomination for master
degree programs, scholarships
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) – The Lee Kuan Yew (LKY)
School of Public Policy in Singapore is inviting the Department of Science and
Technology (DOST) to nominate candidates to enroll in their master degree
programs commencing on August 2018.
The LKY School’s mission is to educate and inspire
current and future generations of leaders, raise the standards of governance in
Asia, transform lives and create a more sustainable world.
“Since 2004, there have been 2,200 leaders in Asia
and in rest of the world who graduated from LKY,” said Kishore Mahbubani, dean
and professor in the Practice of Public Policy.
“Our students come from diverse academic and
professional backgrounds and they chose to study in our school for the
following reasons: our global excellence; global outlook; shaping Asia’s
influence in the world; an innovative Asia-focused curriculum for Asia’s policy
makers; and generous financial support,” he added.
The LKY School offers the following four master
program: Two-year Master in International Affairs (MIA) program suitable for
professionals with a keen interest in Asia and global affairs; and a strong
passion to contribute to the positive transformations that are taking place in
Asia and the world; Two-year Master in Public Policy (MPP) program suitable for
early-career professionals with at least two years of relevant work experience,
who aim to gain a strong foundation in policy analysis, program evaluation and
management; One-year Master in Public Administration (MPA) program suitable for
mid-managerial professionals with at least five years relevant work experience,
who aspire to make transition to senior management and leadership roles through
an intensive and interdisciplinary training in decision-making and
problem-solving; and One-year Master in Public Management (MPM) program
suitable for senior public officials with over ten years of work experience and
a proven track record of leadership and high-level decision-making in their
careers, looking for intellectual rejuvenation to become more effective leaders
by focusing on the challenges of effective leadership and good governance.
Places in the programs and scholarships are offered
on a competitive basis. Head of offices (public, private and non-profit
sectors) may take part in the said program or nominate a member of his or her
staff and submit the application documents to the DOST-Human Resource
Development Program (HRDP) secretariat not later than 15 December 2017.
For more information on courses offered, anyone
interested may access www.lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/admissions.
(VLG/DOST-DRDP/PIA-Caraga)
15 AgSur women train on biz model canvass

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Nov. 21 – Fifteen (15)
members of the Trento Kababaihan Kabalikat sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran (TKKK)
attended the business model canvass (BMC) training- workshop held in Trento
town, this province.
The activity, which was held at the newly-opened
Negosyo Center (NC)-Trento was facilitated by Nestor Sobreprena, member of the
pool of #AdSNegosyoCenters resource persons/trainers and a Philippine Center
for Entrepreneurship (PCE)-accredited local mentor.
Julieta Mordeno, Federation President of TKKK said
they needed the activity to firm up their catering business, which they have
just started. According to her, the BMC will help them identify and strengthen
their relationship with customers, know the channels, formulate their value
proposition and be informed on the revenue streams of their business.
The workshop was a follow-through to the
entrepreneurial mind-setting session conducted recently by NC-Trento with
NC-Provincial Hub Counselor Lemuel Robocca for the Trento Poblacion women's
group.
NC-Trento will coordinate with the group and
Sangguniang Bayan Committee Chair on Women Rose Mabunga for other required
assistances, including strengthening other enterprise projects of the women’s
federation in Trento. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Negosyo Center holds financing forum to AgSur's
MSMEs

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Nov. 21 – The Negosyo
Center-Agusan del Sur conducted a Financing Forum for the province’s Micro,
Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP), People's
Bank of Caraga (PBC), CARD, Inc., Radiowealth Finance Corporation (RFC), Bank
of Makati, One Puhunan, Philnabank Employees' Resources of Agusan Multipurpose
Cooperative (PERA-MPC), Baug CARP Beneficiaries Multipurpose Cooperative
(BCBMPC), Small Business Corporation (SBC), and the Provincial Economic
Enterprise Development Office (PEEDO), are some of the financing institutions
that joined the said forum.
RFC, BCBMPC and PERA-MPC are SBC-accredited
conduits under the “Pondo sa Pagbabago at Pag-asenso” or P3 program. This program aims to provide low cost credit
to MSMEs to get them out of the so-called 5/6 or usurious lending schemes in
their localities.
About 70 MSMEs were present to get information on
their financing options.
Department of Trade and Industry-Agusan del Sur
(DTI-AdS) Officer-in-Charge Brenda Corvera encouraged the participants to deal
with formal lenders to be able to build their financial and credit record.
She said this is more practical and wiser in the
long term,especially if the MSMEs are considering bigger projects that may
require bigger budget in the future. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
