111 housing units awarded to PNP Caraga
beneficiaries
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 29 – A total of 111 housing units
in Brgy. Mabini, Surigao City were awarded to the police officers.
Engr. Erasme Madlos, Project Manager of the
National Housing Authority in Butuan City and Senior Supt Ernesto Flores,
Deputy Regional Director for Operations, spearheaded the distribution of units
through a raffle draw.
A total of 279 police officers in Caraga applied
for the housing unit that has a floor area of 44 square meters and a lot area
of 80 square meters.
The construction of “Smart Homes” or the
subdivision for the AFP and PNP commenced on March 2016 and was completed in
November 2017. (PNP-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
PSA Caraga to celebrate 2018 civil registration
month
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 29 – The month of February is set
annually for the celebration of the Civil Registration Month as per
Proclamation No.682 s. 1991. This year 2018’s theme is “#napapanahong CRVS,”
which promotes the government’s efforts to ensure the global inclusion of every
Filipino in the Civil Registry System.
To advocate the celebration, the Philippine
Statistics Authority (PSA) in Caraga aligned various activities for the 2018
Civil Registration Month.
The Regional Office headed by Regional Director Rosalinda
C. Apura and the Provincial Heads of the five provinces of Caraga will
simultaneously hang the streamer for the event.
A thanksgiving mass will be held at the regional office on the first day
of the month.
Other activities to be carried out by the regional
office will be the display of panel exhibits at the Regional Office, CRVS
Decade Forum to be participated by representatives of different high schools,
poster making contest and slogan contest to be participated by high school
students and Civil Registration Quiz for PSA employees and Local Civil Registry
Office staff. Cash prizes await the winners for said contests.
PSA Caraga will also participate in the activities
of the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) of the region during this month-long
celebration such as the conduct of mass wedding and mobile registration.
(PSA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
DA Caraga supports rice-corn blend campaign
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 29 – The Department of
Agriculture (DA) Caraga vowed to support government’s effort to lessen the
dependence of Filipinos on rice as staple food.
One initiative is to blend rice with corn or the
so-called Rice Corn Blend (RCB) which was launched in Davao City.
DA Caraga is coordinating with the local government
units to look for areas suitable for the establishment of white corn production
as model farm that would showcase to the farmers the viability of flint type
white corn production.
Target areas for model farms are cluster areas with
strong farmer associations. Other areas can also be tapped as long as potential
for flint type corn production.
DA Caraga Regional Corn Coordinator Melody M.
Guimary said that preferred sites for the model farm should be compact and not
less than 50 hectares.
“The qualified farmers to participate on the model
farm will be assisted with interventions such as technical training, inputs,
and farm machinery and equipment,” she said.
During the launching in Davao City, PhilMaize, a
federation of corn farmer associations signed a memorandum of agreement with the
Department of Agriculture and National Food Authority (NFA) for the processing
and marketing of the product.
“The RCB is also a business opportunity for
cooperatives, association or any private individuals who would like to invest
in processing and marketing of the Rice Corn Blend,” Guimary added.
DA Caraga together with LGUs is benchmarking the
local demand of flint type white corn in the region to ascertain local
marketing opportunities.
According to Provincial Corn Coordinator Oscar
Tuyor of Agusan del Norte, blending of rice and corn is not new for him as he
is fond of eating such even when he was still a small boy.
“Rice can be blended with corn either on a ratio of
70:30 or 50:50 or depending on the preference of the consumer,” he explained.
Meanwhile, Lydia Apatan, an agricultural extension
worker of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte said that Rice-Corn Blend is a welcome
initiative of DA.
“Aside from helping lessen the dependency of rice
among Filipinos, it is a healthy alternative since corn has low glycemic index
and high in fiber,” she said.
Glycemic index is a number associated with the
carbohydrates in a particular food that indicates the effect of these
carbohydrates on a person's blood glucose or commonly called blood sugar.
Under the National Corn Staple Development Plan, DA
aims to increase production of quality flint corn for nutrition and food
security, and increase income of farmers specifically to increase production of
flint corn from 1.952M metric ton (MT) in 2017 to 4.91M mt by 2022.
Corn (flint type) serves as staple food of about
15% of the total population, mostly in the islands of Visayas and Mindanao in
the form of corn grits. (APArais, DA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
2 AgSur LGUs top 2017 customer experience survey
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 29 – The local
government units (LGUs) of Sibagat and La Paz, both from this province were the
only LGUs nationwide that got the perfect over-all customer satisfaction score
of 10 in a survey conducted among those who applied for renewal of their
business permits in 2017.
This annual random survey was organized by the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)'s Competitiveness Bureau (CB) and the
National Competitiveness Council (NCC).
The same survey is being run this 2018 to cover the
renewal period of business permits in January to February. This is in partnership with the DTI Regional
and Provincial Offices. Participation
may be through online response via: http://bit.ly/2018BPLSCES or answering a
printed survey form in any of the province's Negosyo Centers (NCs).
For 2017, a total of 173 LGUs or 1,730 respondents
participated in the survey. For Caraga, respondents came from 10 LGUs. Of the ten, eight were from the province of
Agusan del Sur.
Aside from the perfect scores of Sibagat and La
Paz, the rest of the Agusan del Sur LGUs
(Esperanza, Loreto, Talacogon, Bayugan City, Sta. Josefa, and
Prosperidad) obtained high scores as well, the lowest being 7.67 – a far cry
from the official lowest score of 2.87 of a key city in the National Capital
Region.
Satisfaction feedback results
A total of 1,678 or 97 percent indicated
"satisfied" with the services of their respective LGUs, which
includes services of LGU front liners and over-all process of renewal period.
While 52 or 3 percent indicated "dissatisfied
with the services of their respective LGUs (i.e. long procedures).
Other survey results
The survey reported a total of 1,496 or 86 percent
who personally applied for renewal of their business permit.
Most of the business registrations or 79 percent
were classified as sole proprietorship while 17 percent were partnerships or
corporations.
A total of 1,592 or 92 percent were classified as
micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
A total of 1,678 or 97 percent did not avail of any
services offered by fixers in their LGUs.
860 or 50 percent indicated that there were
positive reforms implemented in their locality (eg. implementation of business
one-stop shop). (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
DTI-AgSur NCs provide mobile business name
registration, servicing in business one-stop shop of 5 more LGUs
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Jan. 29 – As more
business one-stop shop (BOSS) for business permits and licensing were conducted
in various local government units (LGUs) of this province, the Department of
Trade and Industry (DTI) thru its Negosyo Centers (NC) also continued to be
present to ensure that business name registration is facilitated.
Five of the province's LGUs had scheduled their
BOSS during the following dates: Bayugan City - January 3 to 26; Trento -
January 15 to 20; Sta. Josefa - January 15 to 20; La Paz - January 3 to 22; and
Bunawan - January 15 to 19.
NC-Bayugan City staff Charlott Carl Pingol reported
that as of January 18, about 731 mayor permittees have already registered.
Jufie Ann Balbao, Business Permit & Licensing
Officer (BPLO)-designate led the BOSS at the Bayugan City Hall, which was
joined by the Bureau of Fire (BFP), and the city offices of health and the
environment, among others.
Pingol shared that in November and December of
2017, the city assessors office did an "on-wheel" roving among
business establishments including sari-sari stores in the barangays to
encourage business owners to register or get permits to legalize their
businesses.
In LGU Trento, NC Staff Mark Bogani worked with the
BFP and the Social Security System as well as the LGU's licensing offices led
by Licensing Officer 1 Sarah Magsalay.
Bogani reported 312 permitees as of January 18.
The BOSS in LGU Sta. Josefa, which was also served
by Bogani with NC staff Gilbert Engayas had Engr. Carlo C. Quijada, Municipal
Assessor and BPLO-designate as lead in the activity which registered some 200
permittees by the 3rd day.
Louida Legaspi of NC-Talacogon traveled to La Paz
to join the BOSS at its municipal lobby on January 19. Her counterpart from the
LGU was Arlene Campos, the town's BPLO-designate.
The LGU was hoping reportedly to surpass 2017's
number of permittees by roving and visiting the barangays to encourage
businesses to register.
Finally, NC-Bunawan staff France Tumulak Suaybaguio
and Connie Derro took turns to be present during the LGU-Buanwan's 5-day BOSS
at the municipal hall. Taking the LGU lead was Joan Medado, BPLO-designate who
reported an initial list of 172 mayor permittees plus 77 tricycle
drivers/operators who also registered.
Applicants who wish to apply for business name, are
required to bring the following requirements:
·
1 government
issued I.D (eg. drivers license etc);
·
proposed
business name;
·
registration
fee (depending on the territorial scope (barangay level: P200, municipal: P500,
regional: P1,000, national: P2,000; and
·
P15.00 for the
documentary stamp.
The BN certificate is renewable every five years.
Outside the BOSS (during regular days), business
name registration and other business development services can be obtained from
any of the existing Negosyo Centers: NC-Trento (also serving Sta. Josefa and
Veruela for the meantime), NC-Bunawan, NC San Francisco (also covering
Rosario), NC -Provincial Hub (Patin-ay, Prosperidad), NC Talacogon (covering La
Paz, Loreto and San Luis), NC-Esperanza, NC Bayugan City and NC-Sibagat.
(DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Tagalog news: Mahigit 40 IP youth nakinabang sa
kauna-unahang mobile computer literacy training sa Surigao del Sur
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD NG BUTUAN, Enero 29 – Inilunsad ng 402nd
Brigade, Philippine Army ang kauna-unahang Mobile Computer Literacy Training
para sa may mahigit 40 na mga Indigenous Peoples (IPs) na kabataan sa
munisipalidad ng San Miguel, Surigao del Sur.
Kasama ang hanay ng 36th Infantry Battalion, lokal
na pamahalaan ng San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, kasama pa ang iba't-ibang ahensya
ng pamahalaan, non-government organizations, at media, naging maayos at
matiwasay ang paglulunsad ng nasabing pagsasanay sa basic computer literacy ng
mga IP youths.
Ayon kay Brigadier General Franco Nemesio Gacal,
ang commander ng 402nd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army, makakatulong ang
basic computer literacy training para sa mga IP youths sa tulong ng mobile
computer lab na nasa loob ng isang 40-footer van. Galing naman sa Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ang mga trainers nito na
siyang tututok sa mga trainees sa loob ng isang buwan.
Binigyang-diin din ni Gacal na buo ang suporta ng
mga local government units ng rehiyon at magkakaroon din ng ganitong pagsasanay
sa ibat-ibang probinsya ngayong 2018.
Laking pasasalamat naman ni San Miguel mayor Alvaro
Elizalde sa 402nd Brigade, at sa lahat ng ahensya ng gobyerno na tumugon sa
pangangailangang teknikal ng mga IP youths.
Ayon sa kanya, magpatuloy sana ang ganitong
proyekto upang madagdagan ang kaalaman at kasanayan ng mga IPs at mapanatili
ang kaayusan sa nasabing lugar, maging sa ibang lungsod.
Napag-alaman din kay provincial director Allan
Millan ng TESDA Surigao del Sur na mabibigyan ng training certificate ang mga
trainees matapos ang kanilang 30 araw na pagsasanay.
Ang nasabing mobile computer literacy training ay
tinatawag ding ‘Gabay-Aral sa Kabataang Lumad’ project ng 402nd Brigade,
Philippine Army. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
