101 ARBs in Tagbina town receive land titles from DAR
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TAGBINA,
Surigao del Sur, May 24 (PIA) -- Some 101 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs)
in the municipality of Tagbina received land titles or Certificate of Land
Ownership Award (CLOA) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Surigao del
Sur provincial office recently.
According
to Myra Yu, DAR-Surigao Sur Information Officer, the land titles that were
awarded during the distribution are classified as government owned lands (GOL)
covered under the agrarian reform program of the said agency comprising 176
hectares in barangay San Vicente and Ugoban, all in Tagbina town, part of its
2017 accomplishment on land acquisition and distribution.
For
this year, Yu revealed that their office has targeted 488 hectares that will be
distributed to 300 qualified ARBs in the province.
Meanwhile,
acting Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Victor Canda stressed that the CLOA
is a proof of the ownership of each beneficiary on the land they till for a
long period of time.
He
also encouraged those who received the CLOA to maximize the land awarded to
them for their farm production activities. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DepEd all set for Brigade Eskwela in SurSur
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd)
division offices in Surigao del Sur have already expressed readiness for the
conduct of the Brigada Eskwela 2018.
With
the theme “Pagkakaisa Para sa Handa, Ligtas at Matatag na Paaralan Tungo sa
Magandang Kinabukasan,” both Dr. Marilou Dedumo and Dr. Gregoria Su, respective
schools division superintendent of Surigao del Sur and Tandag City Division
Offices said in separate interviews that everything had been put in place for
the weeklong event set on May 28 – June 2, 2018.
Also
known as National Schools Maintenance Week, “Brigada Eskwela aims to bring
together all education stakeholders to participate and contribute their time,
effort, and resources to prepare public school facilities for the opening of
the school year in June,” it was learned.
“June
4 would be the opening of classes” Dedumo reminded.
In a
bid to make a three-peat in order to be inducted in the Hall of Fame, the
Surigao del Sur DepEd chief bared that their kick off ceremony would be held at
Tagbina National High School, 123 kilometers south, this city, on May 28, 2018.
“Tagbina
National High School in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur has been a national winner as
Brigada Eskwela Best Implementer under the Large Secondary School Category for
two (2) consecutive years since 2016,” she bragged.
On
the other hand, Dr. Su cited that last May 21, the holding of the Public Assistance
Station-Inter-Agency Task Force (PAS-IATF) convergence was meant to lay the
groundwork for their preparedness. (Radyo Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
