Caraga
COMELEC chief expects high standard campaign behavior
By
Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 4 (PIA) - Caraga Regional Election Director (RED)
Atty. Francisco Pobe has expressed hopes that candidates will adhere to high
standards of behavior in the conduct of their campaign for the May 14, 2018
Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE).
Based
on COMELEC Resolution No. 10 – 26, the campaign period will begin on the 4th
and will end on the 12th of May.
The
COMELEC chief in Caraga reminded that with the advent of social media where
“everybody has become vigilant,” candidates must show good manners.
For
a certain period, each COMELEC office at the city and municipal levels had
initiated their respective candidates’ forum and covenant signing for a free,
orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections right after the filing of
certificates of candidacy (COC).
RED
Pobe confirmed that candidates had been oriented and briefed during such time
to observe pre-election acts.
On
that note, the regional COMELEC chief said he was expecting a “matured and
civilized way” of candidates “selling/marketing” themselves to the voting
public. (Radyo Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
MGB
13-Dinagat Satellite Office joins Earth Day Coastal Clean-up

SAN
JOSE, Dinagat Islands, May 4 (PIA) - In keeping with the 2018 Earth Day
celebration, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office Xlll-Dinagat
Satellite Office took part in a coastal clean-up on April 20, 2018 held at
Barangay Santa Cruz in the Municipality of San Jose, this province.
This
year’s celebration anchored on the theme, “End Plastic Pollution,” aimed to
promote reusable materials and put an end to plastic pollution.
Plastic
pollution poisons our water bodies and land masses, damages marine life and
harms human health.
In
response, Earth Day 2018 is dedicated to provide substantial information and
inspiration needed to radically change human behavior towards the use of
plastic in order to catalyze a considerable reduction in plastic pollution.
The
celebration commenced at 6:00 A.M. during low tide in Barangay Santa Cruz as
their assigned area and the collected waste gathered by various groups were
endorsed to the designated point per area of assignment for proper waste
disposal.
The
said activity was spearheaded by the Provincial Government of Dinagat Islands
through the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO-LGU) and MGB
XIII Dinagat Satellite Office led by Engr. Brenice Ann M. Gendeve-Castillo, in
partnership with local and national agencies as well as concerned civil society
organizations.
In
the Philippines, Earth Day was launched on April 22, 1990 to mark a global
commitment to building a safe, just and sustainable planet. Then President
Corazon C. Aquino issued Proclamation No. 553 on April 16, 1990 to raise the
level of environmental awareness in support of Earth Day.
In
April 2008, Presidential Proclamation No. 1481 was signed by then President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declaring April 22 of every year as the country’s Earth
Day.
The
said decree enjoins concerned agencies to conduct environmental activities in
collaboration with private sectors for the month of April every year.
On
the same note, Proclamation No. 1482 was issued on April 10, 2008 declaring the
month of April as the Month of Planet Earth in the Philippines, also known as
the Philippines’ Earth Month, with the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources as the primary agency that shall spearhead its observance.
Earth
Day is an annual event celebrated globally every April with various activities
to promote and intensify environmental protection. (MGB-13-Dinagat Satellite
Office/PIA-Dinagat Islands)
