650 Caraga police to secure devotees

BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 19 – Police Regional Office (PRO)
13 musters its 650 personnel to secure Sto. NiΓ±o devotees who will be joining
the Kahimunan Festival in Butuan City on January 21.
PCSupt. Noli Romana, PRO13 director, said personnel
from Regional Headquarters, Regional Mobile Force Battalion 13, National
Support Units, 23rd IB, Philippine Army, Butuan City Police Office and other
stakeholders have been closely coordinating in laying down the security
preparation to maintain peace and order during the observance of the Sto NiΓ±o
feast.
“Annually, Caraganons participate in the festivity
of SeΓ±or Sto NiΓ±o and we have to keep them safe from any untoward incidents,”
Romana said.
Aside from security measures, the Philippine
National Police (PNP) and other partner agencies will also ensure the traffic
management and crowd control especially during novena masses, procession, and
street dancing.
“More people are expected to join the procession
because the feast day of Sto. NiΓ±o fell on a Sunday,” he stated.
(PNP-PRO13/PIA-Caraga)
Caraga cops captured 6 most wanted persons
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) – Police units in Caraga
region arrested six most wanted persons on January 15, 2018, during the
intensified manhunt operations regionwide.
Jason Pullos, charged with murder and listed as top
one most wanted person in Agusan del Sur, was arrested in Claver town, Surigao
del Norte while Arnel Danapa, Abel Butat and Edgar Dayong who were top three,
four, and five most wanted persons, respectively, in Mainit, Surigao del Norte
were nabbed in this town for murder.
Meanwhile, Fane MontaΓ±ez, top three most wanted in
Trento, Agusan del Sur was apprehended in Brgy. Salvacion of said municipality
for murder.
In Agusan del Sur, Neljun Mobida voluntarily
surrendered to La Paz Municipal Police Station. He’s the number three most
wanted person in La Paz town for 2 counts of acts of lasciviousness.
“These accomplishments are attributed to the
cooperation and support of the community to their police force. Finally, these
criminals are placed behind bars and justice had been served to the victims,”
Police Regional Office 13 director CSupt. Noli Romana said.
(PNP-PRO13/PIA-Caraga)
Lake Mainit farmers, fisherfolks receive 8-M worth
of agri-fisheries projects
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 19 – Farmers and fisherfolks of
Lake Mainit received P8 million worth of agri-fisheries interventions from the
Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR)
on Jan. 12, 2018 during the Farmers and Fisherfolks Forum led by Agriculture
Secretary Emmanuel PiΓ±o as part of his “Byaheng Bukid.”
PiΓ±ol had a dialogue with the farmers and
fisherfolks of the lakeside municipalities namely; Mainit, Surigao del Norte,
Kitcharao and Jabonga, Agusan del Norte.
After hearing issues from farmers and fishers,
PiΓ±ol assured a 5 million worth of credit assistance through the Production
Loan Easy Access (PLEA), to be given to each of the lakeside municipalities in
addition to the agri-fisheries interventions that were formally turned-over to
the local farmers and fisherfolks.
“Being a son and grandson of a farmer, I have
witnessed a lot of hardships and struggles being a farmer; that is why I have
no other dream but to serve in the Department of Agriculture, to realize the
long term vision of my late father and grandfather – to deliver services and
interventions that will uplift the lives of every farmer and fisherman,” PiΓ±ol
said.
Agri-fisheries interventions, which include 75
units of paddle boats and 50 units of motorized, fiberglass boats and three
units of patrol boats and other fishing paraphernalia for the lakeside
municipalities, were distributed amounting a total of P4.7 million. DA-Caraga
distributed various production support which include rice seeds, farm inputs,
planting materials, farm equipments, and drugs and biologics for livestock
amounting P1.7 million. Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority
(PhilFIDA) also gave out Abaca plantlets amounting P1.2 million while
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) released insurance checks
amounting P265,000.
The distribution of the fiberglass boats was one of
the priority programs of DA-BFAR better known as FB Pagbabago (Fiberglass Boats
for Change) which aims to support the livelihood fishing activities of the
marginalized, artisanal fishermen.
Likewise, an initial stocking of around 130,000
fingerlings in the 17,300-hectare Lake Mainit was spearheaded by DA-Caraga
Regional Executive Director Abel James Monteagudo, together with BFAR-Caraga
Regional Director, Dr. Juan Albaladejo and Mayor Crisanta Mondano.
It was the first batch of seedlings that were
released in the lake for the year 2018. In 2017, BFAR-Caraga has accounted a
total of 403,820 pieces of bangus and carp fingerlings stocked along the
lakeside municipalities of Lake Mainit.
The dispersal of fingerlings was one of the major
components of the Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa (BASIL), a program of the DA-BFAR
which aims to repopulate and bring back the integrity of the country’s lakes
and river systems. (BFAR-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
