AgSur, DOLE Caraga sign MOU for JobStart PH program
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN
CITY, July 4 - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga represented
by assistant regional director Naomi Lyn Abellana and Agusan del Sur Public
Employment Service Office (PESO) thru manager Divina Lagumbay, together with
Agusan del Sur Governor Adolph Edward Plaza, signed the Memorandum of
Undertaking (MoU) for the first implementation of JobStart Philippines Program
in the region held recently at the Governor’s Office, this province.
PESO
Agusan del Sur Manager Divina Lagumbay said a total of 100 slots are open for
the program as per MOU with the province.
Target
recipients are out-of-school youth or undergraduate or fresh graduates aged 18
to 24. Qualified recipients are those currently not working or enrolled in
training, with less than one year or no work experience and at least high
school graduate.
“The
concerned job seeker will be given P200 per day as stipend for his or her
transportation and food allowance," said Henry Abawag, Jobstart Project
Coordinator during his courtesy call at the Agusan del Sur Governor’s Office.
"Those
who will be selected will undergo 10 days of life skills training, up to three
months of JobStart-funded technical training and another three months of work
experience with a 'matched' employer/ establishment. The interns in return will
be receiving at least 75 percent of the minimum wage in the relevant city/
municipality,” Abawag added.
Agusan
del Sur was chosen as a pilot area in Caraga region for the DOLE's Jobstart
Program, in coordination with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government
of Canada.
Jobstart
Philippines is a DOLE implemented project through its local PESO office that
aims to shorten the youth’s school to work transition by enhancing the
knowledge and skills they acquired in formal education or technical training,
in order for them to become more responsive to the demands of the labor
market. (DOLE-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)
3 NPA members surrender in Tandag City
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, July 4 (PIA) - Three members of the New People’s Army
(NPA) yielded to government forces over the past weeks here, the Armed Forces
of the Philippines (AFP) recently disclosed.
In
the recent press briefing at the Tandag City Police Station, the AFP identified
the surrenderees as Hermano Quezada alias “Rado”, a company leader of SDG
Platoon, Guerilla Front 30 (GF30); Donita Martinez, alias “Clara”, Medical Team
Leader of SDG Platoon, GF30; and Romanito Molino alias "Tata", team
leader of Team Baking Squad Uno, SGD Platoon, GF30, all of North Eastern
Mindanao Regional Committee (NEMRC).
Report
said the three former NPA members left the armed struggle and surrendered to
the army due to the hardships experienced in the organization, false hope in
the armed revolution, and unequal treatment of senior and superior
cadres.
The
former rebels revealed that the mass base supporters of the Communist-NPA
Terrorists (CNTs) are already dwindling due to the declaration of President
Rodrigo Duterte tagging the NPA a terrorist organization, to include the
relentless campaign of the armed forces in the area.
“Numerous
members of GF30, NEMRC intend to surrender because of the hardship and low
state of morale in our ranks,” Ka Rado said. “Martial Law is indeed effective,”
he added.
Meanwhile,
Tandag City Mayor Alexander Pimentel gave cash incentive to the three
surrenderees during the press conference. Ka Rado received P20,000
while the other two received P10,000 each. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Tubay farmers enrol in farm biz school
By Nora C. Lanuza Molde
TUBAY,
Agusan del Norte, July 4 - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
through its Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) and Negosyo Center -
Tubay recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the conduct of a farm
business school (FBS).
The
FBS which is a 25-session on-site capability building program is organized by
the local Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
Other
MOA signatories and cooperators include the Agricultural Training Institute
(ATI), the local government unit (LGU) of Tubay and the recipient of the
assistance – the DoΓ±a Rosario Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA)
Holders Vegetable Producers Association (DRCHVP) of this municipality.
Chief
Agrarian Reform Program Officer (CARPO) Josephine L. Yordan, in giving the
rationale for the activity, said the FBS is the school that goes to the farm to
equip farmers to become entrepreneurs and develop and strengthen their skills
to produce more profitably for the market.
The
FBS MOA was inked back to back with the DAR’s memorandum of understanding and
project launching for its Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (PAHP) with
ATI, LGU Tubay and the DA and the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD).
This
will pave the way for the local procurement of DSWD for their feeding program
from the produce of DRCHVPA. The latter is expected to be sustained by the
capacitated farmers through the FBS.
DRCHVPA
chairperson Hector dela Cruz accepted the projects in behalf of his group.
“It
is our honor to receive the project and we will do our best to make it a
success, and so I am encouraging the members to cooperate and support,” he
said.
Tubay
Mayor Fidel E. Garcia Jr. reminded the partners on the different requirements
for project sustainability and pointing out areas that may affect the projects
adversely. He did a recollection of past so-called failures in the hope that
lessons learned from those experiences will be heeded.
Garcia
is hoping for the best to happen and challenges the farmers to be successful.
DAR –
Agusan del Norte PARO Andre B. Atega also encouraged the farmers and the
community to buy local and to market products themselves to benefit more from
the higher income.
ATI
representative Engr. Joel M. Laure asked the farmers to change their mindset
from merely making farming as a livelihood activity into an enterprise. He
reminded them to value their labor and investment.
Laure
also encouraged the farmers to read business advisories and to avail of the ATI
office and extension services.
DTI
Agusan del Norte OIC Provincial Director Brenda B. Corvera asked the farmers to
heed the points raised by Mayor Garcia, to think about risks and possibilities
to be aware of the yardstick to be considered to ensure success.
Corvera
told the farmers that DTI is excited to see the group increase the volume of
their produce so they can start to consider processing and value-adding to get
more earnings and encouraged the farmers to visit Negosyo Center- Tubay for
further entrepreneurial inputs and assistance. (DTI-Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan
del Norte)
Voters’ registration kick off day turns out well
By Greg Tataro, Jr.
TANDAG
CITY, Surigao del Sur, July 4 (PIA) – The resumption of the voters’ continuing
registration in Surigao del Sur was said to be a success despite the absence of
mass produced modified registration forms, according to the Commission on
Election (COMELEC) here.
Atty.
Ernie Palanan, provincial election supervisor (PES), admitted that such a
situation was no longer new to state workers like them, saying that they have
to make do of what they have in order to keep the ball rolling.
Based
on Resolution No. 10392 promulgated by COMELEC on June 19, 2018, “The period
for filing of application for registration as voters shall be from July 2, 2018
to September 29, 2018.”
“The
info dissemination had worked well in our favor with the help of media,” the
provincial poll chief gladly said in an interview.
Palanan
bared that at least clients came to the nearest COMELEC offices to seize the
chance to register.
In a
separate interview, Florephi Botona, Tandag City acting election officer,
backed up the account of Atty. Palanan.
“Some
90 registrants came to our office,” she stressed. (Radyo
Pilipinas-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Tagalog News: Kampanya laban fake news mas pinaigting pa sa tulong
ng mga barangay information officers
Ni Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD
NG BUTUAN, Hulyo 4 (PIA) - Mas pinaigting pa ng gobyerno ang kampanya laban
fake news sa tulong ng Barangay Information Officers Network (BION) sa lungsod.
Sa
ginanap na capacity training ng lokal na pamahalaan ng Butuan, kasama ang
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Caraga, nagkaisa ang unang batch na may 70
BIOs mula sa ibat-ibang barangay ng nasabing lungsod at aktibong nakibahagi sa
mga resource speakers.
Sa
dalawang araw na capacity training, ibinahagi ng PIA Caraga ang mga
mahahalagang ginagampanang tungkulin ng mga BIOs at sila ay tinuruan sa aktuwal
na pagsusulat ng balita. Ibinahagi rin sa kanila ang responsableng pagamit ng
social media, mobile photography, at pagawa ng photo caption o cutline.
Binigyang-diin
din ang “Dismiss Disinformation” – ang kampanya ng gobyerno laban fake news.
Ayon
kay Eldie David, ang public information officer ng Butuan City, layunin ng
lokal na pamahalaan na paghusayin ang kakayahan ng mga BIOs sa pagawa ng mga
makabuluhang balita at tumulong sa pagsugpo ng paglaganap ng fake news.
Matatandaang
ito rin ang hangarin ni Secretary Martin Andanar ng Presidential Communications
Operations Office (PCOO) sa kanyang binuong Provincial Communication Officers
(PCO) Network na may layuning patatagin ang network ng mga information officers
mula provincial hanggang barangay levels. Malaki umano ang
ginagampanang tungkulin ng mga IOs sa paghahatid ng tama at akmang impormasyon
na dapat malaman ng mga tao sa komunidad.
Dagdag
pa ni David, magpapatuloy ang pakikipagtulungan nila sa PIA Caraga upang marami
pang BIOs ang matuto at maging magaling sa paghahatid ng napapanahon at tamang
impormasyon.
Ipinahayag
naman ni Ronald Dizon, isang kagawad sa Barangay Obrero at isa sa mga BIOs, na
malaking tulong sa kanila ang ginawang capacity training upang sila ay maging
sanay sa pakikihalobilo at pakikipagusap sa kanilang mga constituents at maging
epektibo sa kanilang tungkulin. (PIA-Caraga)
