AgNor province accredits 2 orgs
By Jessica O. Mellejor
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 26 – Two provincial associations
were accredited by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan as a people's organization and
a cooperative.
Through Sanggunian Resolution Nos. 028-2018 and
029-2018, authored by Provincial Board Member Virgilio R. EscasiΓ±as, Jr., the
Sangguniang Panlalawigan accredited the La Union Mangrove Fisherfolks
Association Incorporated of Purok 6A, Barangay La Union, Cabadbaran City as a
people’s organization.
The La Union Mangrove Fisherfolks Association
Incorporated is a non-stock and non-profit association organized to help
members improve their living conditions through sustainable income-generating
projects in agri-business fishing and diversification of life as well as the
development of coastal protection communities.
Also, the Sto. NiΓ±o Community Multi-purpose
Cooperative of Barangay Sto. NiΓ±o, Magallanes, Agusan del Norte was accredited
as a cooperative. It is organized to help its members to uplift their living
conditions through income-generating projects on retailing essential and
non-essential goods responsive to the needs of its members as well as to the
community.
The accreditation will help the NGOs, POs and
cooperatives become active partners for the implementation of socio-economic,
agricultural and environmental laws in the province of Agusan del Norte.
Under Section 34 of the Local Government Code of
1991, it is mandated to promote the establishment of POs, NGOs and private
sector so that they will become active partners in the Local Government Unit.
(JOMellejor, LGU-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Butuan’s senior citizens benefit Project LIPAD
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 26 – Some 26 senior citizens of
Barangay Taguibo joined the 2nd session of the city government's Financial
Literacy for Alternative Learning System (ALS) under Project LIPAD or “Literacy
Paglaum sa Asensadong Dakbayan."
During the session, the Business-Expense-Savings
Training or BEST Game module with business simulation exercises to simplify the
whole learning process was introduced by the Department of Trade and
Industry-Agusan del Norte (DTI-AdN) and Negosyo Center-Butuan business counselors
Ramabe Montilla, Efren Lascuna and Liezel Simogan.
According to Butuan City Sangguniang Panlungsod
member Atty. Glen Carampatana, the Project LIPAD aims to spread financial
literacy to senior citizens, out-of-school youth, women, and indigenous peoples
in the remote barangays of the city.
"Also, the project will help ALS learners to
become learner-graduates into entrepreneurs in the future," Carampatana
said.
The Project LIPAD is a partnership of the
Department of Trade and Industry-Agusan del Norte (DTI-AdN) and the Department
of Education-Butuan City ALS. (DTI-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)
Magkiankang flower growers undergo training on
quality production and marketing
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Feb. 26 – Twenty-one
(21) cut flower growers of Barangay Magkiangkang, who are members of the
Bayugan Federation of Cutflower and Ornamental Plant Growers (BAFEDCOPGRO)
underwent a Skills Enhancement on Quality Cut Flower Production held in their barangay
in Bayugan City.
Magkiangkang is known as one of the flower
producing barangays in the city with anthurium as its pride.
The group's project is funded under the Bottom up
Budgeting (BuB), a project implemented by the Department of Trade and Industry-Agusan
del Sur (DTI-AdS) and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Bayugan City. The
project aims to help improve the production and
quality of cut flowers in the area.
Teresita Segundino and Joselito Boque – both
technical staff of the City Agriculture Office (CAO) served as resource persons
for the seminar. They provided inputs on the benefits of using organic
fertilizers for anthurium and ways in managing ecological pests.
Merlie PeΓ±alver, another resource speaker shared
marketing skills on the second day. She emphasized that high production is
important to answer the demand and the quality of flowers as well as handling
customers.
The Nature Farming Technology System (NFTS) was
discussed thoroughly to ensure proper understanding of the system. The use of
chemical free fertilizers aligning with the basic agriculture practices that
follows Korean methods which purpose is to increase farm production with lesser
expense.
The methods introduced were the following:
IMO or Indigenous Microorganism – a method that
helps revive soil nutrients, speeds plant growth, speed up composting works and
helps prevents pests/ diseases;
FPJ or Fermented Plant Juice – a natural growth
enhancer;
FFJ or Fermented Fruit Juice – a natural taste
enhancer;
OHN or Oriental Herbal Nutrients – a natural immune
booster and a natural pest repellant; and
FAA/KAA or Fish amino acid/ Kuhol Amino Acid, a
natural amino acid.
The trainees did actual production of OHN
concoction which ingredients such as onion, garlic, ginger and vinegar. The ingredients went through fermentation,
then mixed with molasses.
Actual demo in applying organic fertilizer to
anthurium was also done using rice hull and chicken dung.
Over-all facilitation was done by Negosyo
Center-Bayugan City Project Staff/Counselors Charlott Carl Pingol and Elphie
Plaza. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
National Oral Health Month Celebration turns out
well in SurSur
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Feb. 26 (PIA) – The
Department of Education (DepEd) Division Office in Surigao del Sur has still
managed to make everything work, including the successful conduct of the
activities lined-up for the National Oral Health Month celebration this
February despite the hectic schedule of closely monitoring and supervising the
training of athletes for the 21st Caraga Regional Athletic Meet (CRAM) this
February 25 to March 1, 2018.
According to Dr. Daniel Laurente, school dentist,
the month-long observance was marked by various dental services rendered to
school children with the support of his fellow dentists together with the
nurses from the Provincial Health Office (PHO), DepEd, and Rural Health Units
(RHUs) here.
Among the activities accomplished were the
division-wide simultaneous tooth brushing in Daycare Centers for kindergarten
and Grade I pupils; the conduct of pits and fissure sealant, varnish
application, tooth extraction and health education.
Besides, the said Division Office under Schools
Division Superintendent Dr. Marilou Dedumo, care of the Dental Health team, had
likewise found time to be able to launch the anti-cavity campaign in four
municipalities, namely Barobo, Cortes, Hinatuan and Bayabas.
Laurente added that such activity was sponsored by
Colgate Palmolive Philippines, Inc. that brought with them product freebies.
With the theme “Ngiping Inaruga Mula sa Pagkabata
Malusog na Ngiti Baon sa Pagtanda,” the objective of all the undertakings was
not only to “arouse dental health consciousness” among residents province-wide
but also “to decrease the prevalence of the dental caries,” the dentist
stressed.
The kick-off program was held in the northern
municipalities of Carrascal, Cantilan, Madrid, Carmen and Lanuza on February 5
to 9, 2018. The following week, from
February 12 to 16, they went on to the central towns of Cortes, San Miguel,
Bayabas, and Tandag City as well, he told media.
"After which, the team carried out the same
mission in Cagwait, Marihatag and San Agustin towns down south that culminated
in the municipality of Lianga on February 22 to 23," Dr. Laurente
narrated. (Radyo Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Negosyo Center-Agusan del Sur partners with local
senior high for students’ business immersion
PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur, Feb. 26 – Some
forty-one Grade 12 General Academic Strand students of Lucena National High
School (LNHS), this municipality participated in an Entrepreneurial Mind
setting and Values Formation conducted by Negosyo Center (NC)-Agusan del Sur.
The session, which also covered a briefing on
Negosyo Center services and Business Expense Savings Training (BEST) Game
Modules 1 and 2 was an off-site servicing done by the center to partner with
LNHS’s business immersion requirement.
Dennis Patosa, LNHS Senior High School Coordinator
in his message before the start of the activity encouraged the students to
participate actively and be open to new learnings as these will help equip them
in making business plans for their business simulation activity in March 2018.
The business simulation is expected to showcase the
students’ creativity and innovativeness in handling real life situations.
Patosa said they preferred this setup of relevant
inputs and business simulation rather than sending students to “intern” in
business establishments because the latter may not be able to provide the
needed business immersion lessons.
NC-AdS provincial Hub Counselors Rezel May Colongan
Goloran and Lem Roboca facilitated the session.
Five other sessions on marketing, business model
canvass, supply chain, accounting and financial management, operations
management and visual merchandising will be conducted every Friday this February
2018.
Recent NC-academe partnership is just one of the
many being handled by the #AdSNegosyoCenters to pursue one of its functions as
provided in Republic Act 10644 or the Go Negosyo Act, which is to “coordinate
with schools and organizations on the development of the youth entrepreneurship
program.” (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
DTI discusses Higaonon Coffee growers' needs in
AgSur barangay
ESPERANZA, Agusan del Sur, Feb. 26 – "Balikan
lang" or a return within the day of travel is not possible when your
destination is Barangay Kalabuan, this municipality.
This is what two technical staff of the Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI) Agusan del Sur (AdS) and a staff from the Municipal
Agriculture Office (MAO) of this municipality prepared for when they recently
visited the said barangay to check the presence of a thriving local coffee
industry in the area.
Kalabuan is a distant upland barangay located
northwest of Esperanza, where majority of the population are members of the
Higaonon tribe.
Reonel Aninon, a technical staff of DTI-AdS and
Charlz Palen of Negosyo Center (NC)-Esperanza, together with Dionifil Carin of
the MAO stayed overnight to assess the needs of the coffee growers in the
area.
Together with the coffee farmer-growers they
identified the facilities required to improve the quality of their coffee
beans. The intervention will help increase the income of the growers.
During the visit, the team witnessed how the
Higaonon coffee producers processed their coffee beans using mortar and pestle
to break open the fresh ripened coffee beans before exposing them to sunlight
for drying purposes.
As observed, due to some unrefined preparation
methods, quality of coffee are affected which resulted in their being bought at
a lower price.
Aninon, the Provincial Shared Service Facilitaty
(SSF) and Industry Cluster Enhancement (ICE) Coordinator, said the provincial
office will continue to engage closely with the group and work for the provision of their coffee enterprise needs.
With the provision of appropriate post-harvest
equipment and processing facilities in the area, Higaonon coffee producers
hopefully will be able to produce good quality dried coffee beans, thus
enabling them to increase their respective household incomes.
Esperanza town has been named pilot municipality
for DTI's Project Entrep and Strike Team
for Indigenous Peoples. With or without follow through funding support from the
national office, DTI AdS hopes to continue to give development interventions
emphasizing on skills and entrepreneurial development through the now
operational Negosyo Center-Esperanza. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
Negosyo Center-Bayugan City stakeholders' meeting
focuses on 1st Quarter 2018 activities
BAYUGAN CITY, Agusan del Sur, Feb. 26 – Skills
enhancement on cut flower production cum marketing, business planning seminar,
simple record keeping, and skills training on guitar making – these are just
some of the activities lined up by Negosyo Center (NC)-Bayugan City for the
first quarter of 2018.
The meeting was presided by Department of Trade and
Industry-Agusan del Sur (DTI-AdS) Supervising Trade and Industry Development
Specialist Jose Baron.
Officials/officers of LGU-Bayugan City, Bayugan
City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Department of Science and Technology
(DOST), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), and other national
government agencies attended said meeting. In attendance as well were some
local producers and processors.
The skills enhancement on cut flower production cum
marketing seminar was conducted in Barangay Magkiangkang as scheduled on
January 30 to 31, 2018.
A similar training was also conducted for Barangay
Mt. Olive on February 7 to 8. On February 15 to 16, the Business Planning
Seminar was held and a Simple Record Keeping Seminar on February 22 to 23.
The skills training on guitar making arranged
originally for last year will finally push through this March 2018.
NC-Bayugan City counselors Elphie Plaza and
Charlott Carl Pingol also reported on the center's 2017 accomplishments. Both
have been tasked to ensure implementation of these activities and
strengthen the center's operation for
the business sector. (DTI-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
