22nd CAA-Regional Sports Competition commences
in Surigao City
By
Ariem V. Cinco
SURIGAO
CITY, Surigao del Norte, Feb. 27 - Following the eucharistic mass and grand
opening parade, the 22nd Caraga Athletic Association - Regional Sports
Competition (CAA-RSC) has officially commenced on Sunday and was declared open
by Department of Education (DepEd) Caraga Regional Director Francis Cesar
Bringas.
This
year's event centers on achieving excellence in sports with the fervent hope of
selecting the best athletes, coaches, and trainees who can best represent DepEd
Caraga in the Palarong Pambansa 2019, which will be held in Davao City in
April.
Surigao
del Norte Gov. Sol Matugas, Surigao City Mayor Ernesto Matugas and Representative of 1st Legislative District
Francisco Jose F. Matugas II had all expressed their welcome greetings to all
the participants and emphasized the importance of sports in developing
responsible citizenry whose social awareness transcends to ensuring that
communities are united.
Mayor
Matugas said that what matters most is the experience the participants would
acquire and friendship that the participants would build.
Gov.
Matugas underscored the need to build bridges to address divisiveness and that
sports play a vital role in making our communities drug-free.
"To
make Caraga region one of the most progressive regions in the country, let us
be one with the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte in making sure that our
communities are free from illegal drugs,” said Gov. Matugas.
Meanwhile,
Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar
underscored the aspiration to be the best.
"You
are trained to be the best. You are not here just to compete but to win. The
discipline of sports event must educate the heart - internal education, which
is the center of passion. Aim to achieve excellence in life!" said
Andanar.
In
her keynote address, DepEd Undersecretary for Curriculum and Instruction Lorna
Dig-Dino said the characters that the delegates must possess include obedience,
discipline, grit and determination, happiness, and continuous learning.
Dig-Dino
emphasized that it is important for the participants to adhere to the rules of
the game.
She
also highlighted the importance of discipline in order to advance to the
Palarong Pambansa, while grit and determination would allow the participants to
become better at what they do.
According
to Dig-Dino, happiness is likewise imperative in everything that people do in
order to achieve success.
"We
cannot pursue anything in life by not being happy with the things that we do.
There is no point in doing something we are not happy about,” said Dig-Dino.
She
concluded her speech on a positive note telling the participants to strive to
be lifelong learners.
"Learn
your craft and sports. With all these principles, you'll succeed both in sports
and in life,” Dig-Dino said.
The
2019 CAA-RSC aims to provide a venue for the athletes to further inculcate the
values of sportsmanship, teamwork, nationalism and patriotism.
The
grand opening of the biggest sports competition in the region was attended by
DepEd officials, key officers of different government agencies, and local
government officials from all the provinces in Caraga region.
The
dramatic hoisting of banners, the eccentric way of lighting the friendship
torch, and the entertaining dance number of the Bureau of Fire (BFP)-Caraga
mascots with the special participation of the boy and girl scouts of the
Philippines added a mood of excitement during the occasion.
The
opening program ended with a very high positive energy when students from
Surigao City and Surigao del Norte conquered the grandstand with their jovial
field dance demonstration.
The
night skies were also filled with bright fireworks that painted beautiful
sceneries surrounding up above the sports complex.
Approximately
10,000 participants from the 12 Schools Divisions will be competing in 27
sports events.
The
event will run for one week starting February 24, 2019 until March 1, 2019 and
a regular update of the official medal tally can be viewed at
www.caraga.deped.gov.ph. (DepEd-Caraga/VLG/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
TESDA-Caraga launches ‘empleyado kabuhayan
program'
By
Venus L. Garcia
SURIGAO
CITY, Surigao del Norte, Feb. 27 (PIA) –The Technical Education and Skills
Development Authority (TESDA) - Caraga and the provincial government of Surigao
del Norte collaborated for the launch of the ‘empleyado kabuhayan program’ that
aims to coach the capitol employees through skills demonstration and
development training.
“For
a mere employee, finding an extra source of income remains apparent despite
receiving their salary to address not only the basic needs but to enjoy living
a comfortable life, thus, the program is the first being implemented in the
Caraga region to help the employees,” said TESDA Caraga regional director
Florencio Sunico, Jr.
Sunico
added that TESDA is tasked to provide technical support in terms of curriculum
and trainers who will train the employees.
“We
are offering basic skills training like driving, housekeeping, bread and pastry
production, barista for the employees of the provincial government using the
Provincial Community Training Center. So, this is one of its kind in the
province,” said Sunico.
Meanwhile,
Surigao del Norte Gov. Sol Matugas thanked the TESDA for granting the province
more or less P1.5 million for the skills training.
“That
is a value added to employment. With the meager amount of salary that they are
receiving, workers should have other sources of income to sustain the needs of
their family,” said Matugas.
The
launching was also attended by Presidential Communications Operations Office
(PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar.
“President
Rodrigo Duterte himself reminded the cabinet especially the TESDA chief to
focus on additional capacity-building. Individual skills should be honed since
businesses are proliferating,” Andanar said.
Meanwhile,
Sunico encouraged those who would like to avail of the TESDA programs and
scholarships to approach the incharge of their
‘Malasakit Help Desk’ which is created in line with their agency’s
‘TESDA, abot lahat!’ slogan that aims to transform and improve lives for the
better. (VLG/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Kaso ng dengue sa Caraga region, bumaba na
By
Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD
NG BUTUAN, Peb. 27 (PIA) - Habang patuloy pa rin ang kampanya ng pamahalaan
laban sa sakit na dengue, bumaba na rin ang bilang ng kaso nito sa rehiyon ng
Caraga.
Ayon
kay Department of Health – Center for Health Development Caraga (DOH-CHD)
regional director Dr. Jose Llacuna, Jr., malaking tulong ang pagkakaisa ng
bawat sektor lalo na ng mga lokal na pamahalaan sa rehiyon kung saan sinsero
ang kanilang pagsasagawa ng mga preventive measures upang matugunan ang pagtaas
ng kaso ng dengue.
Dagdag
ng opisyal, ang lungsod ng Butuan bilang isa sa mga hotspot areas ng dengue, ay
bumaba na ang bilang. Base sa kanilang Morbidity Week 7 ay may tatlo hanggang
apat na kaso na lamang ng dengue ang naitala.
Matatandaan
na noong nakaraang buwan ng Enero ay umabot sa mahigit 1,000 dengue cases ang
naitala sa rehiyon.
Pinasalamatan
ni Dr. Llacuna ang mga local government units sa patuloy na pagganap ng
kanilang tungkulin at sa pagpapaigting pa ng kampanya kontra dengue sa
pamamagitan ng environmental sanitation, misting at fumigating measures.
Bagamat
may pagbaba na sa kaso ng dengue sa rehiyon, pinaaalalahanan pa rin ni Dr.
Llacuna ang lahat na panatilihing malinis ang kapaligiran at ipagpatuloy ang
mga magandang gawaing nasimulan na sa mga barangay.
Tinututukan
na din ng DOH-CHD Caraga ang mga kaso ng Measles sa rehiyon. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
‘Empleyado Kabuhayan Program’ inilunsad ng
TESDA-Caraga
By
Venus L. Garcia
“Hindi
maipagkakaila na sa kabila ng sapat na kita ng isang regular na manggagawa,
Kinakailangan pa rin ng iba pang mapagkakakitaan upang matugunan hindi lamang
ang kanilang mga pangunahing pangangailangan kundi para matamasa ang inaasam na
komportableng pamumuhay,” sabi ni TESDA-Caraga regional director Florencio
Sunico, Jr.
Ayon
kay Sunico, ang nasabing programa ay kauna-unahan sa rehiyon ng Caraga.
“Inaalok
namin sa TESDA ang basic skills training gaya ng driving, housekeeping, bread
at pastry production, at barista para sa mga kawani ng provincial government ng
Surigao del Norte at isasagawa natin ang mga ito sa Provincial Community
Training Center. Kaya ito ay kakaiba dito sa probinsya,” ayon pa sa kanya.
Aniya,
tungkulin ng TESDA na magbigay ng technical support ukol sa curriculum at
trainers na siyang magsasanay sa mga empleyado.
Nagpapasalamat
naman si Surigao del Norte Gov. Sol Matugas sa TESDA dahil sa ipinagkaloob ng
ahensiya sa kanilang probinsiya ng humigit kumulang P1.5 milyong piso para sa
skills training.
“Dapat
may kabuhayan ang empleyado, maliit lang ang kanilang sahod ngunit kung may
ibang pinagmumulan ng kita gaya ng pagnenegosyo, may dagdag pangkabuhayan,”
sabi ni Matugas.
Dinaluhan
din ni Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar
ang okasyon.
“Pinapaaalahan
mismo ni Presidente Duterte ang kabinite laung-lalo na ang TESDA na kailangan
ang dagdag na capacity-building. Dumadami ang negosyo so kailangan ang mga
manggagawa at kailanagng mahasa ang kanilang skills,” sabi ni Andanar.
Samantala,
hinihikayat din ni Sunico ang sinumang gustong mag-avail ng kanilang mga
programa at scholarship na huwag mag-atubiling lumapit sa kanilang ‘Malasakit
Help Desk’ na siyang tugon sa kanilang slogan na ‘TESDA, abot lahat!’ (VLG/PIA-Surigao del
Norte)
PCOO chief nanawagan para sa ‘clean and honest
election’
By
PCOO
LUNGSOD
NG SURIGAO, Surigao del Norte, Pebrero 27 - Nananawagan si Presidential
Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar sa mga
miyembro ng Alpha Kappa Rho International Fraternity and Sorority (AKRHO) na
ipagpatuloy ang kanilang adbokasiya na “clean and honest election.”
Ginawa
niya ang panawagan sa kanyang pakikipagpulong sa mga opisyal at miyembro ng
AKRHO Caraga Region Supreme Council nitong Pebrero 24, 2019 sa Surigao City.
Ang
AKRHO ay isang fraternity group na itinatag sa Pilipinas noong 1973 at binubuo
ng mga kalalakihan at kababaihan mula sa iba’t ibang unibersidad. Layunin nito
na isulong sa bawat kasapi ang kahalagahan ng katapatan, pagkakaisa at dangal.
Sa
ngayon ay nakatala ito bilang isang International Humanitarian Service
Fraternity na humihikayat sa mga kasapi nito na makilahok sa mga makataong
proyekto at serbisyo para sa lahat ng mamamayan. Miyembro ng nasabing
fraternity ang kalihim ng PCOO.
“So,
iyan, puwede nating ituloy ang ating adbokasiya noong 2016 for clean and honest
election. Walang dayaan. Malapit na ang election, local and senatorial, sa May
13, at mas lalo nating mapapalakas ‘yung ating organisasyon kung meron tayong
mga ganitong klaseng adbokasiya. Tinutulungan natin ang ating inang bayan,”
pahayag ni Andanar.
Ang
mga miyembro ng AKRHO ay nagbantay sa mga presinto noong 2016 elections.
Nasa
Surigao City si Andanar bilang panauhing pandangal sa pagbubukas ng 22nd Caraga Athletic Association - Regional
Sports Competition (CAA-RSC). Nag-courtesy call din siya kay Surigao del Norte
Gov. Sol Matugas. (PCOO/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Kampanya sa Press Freedom, pinalawig pa ng PCOO
sa lungsod ng Butuan
By
Jennifer P. Gaitano
LUNGSOD
NG BUTUAN, Pebrero 27 (PIA) - Sa pinalawig na kampanya ng Presidential
Communications Operations Office (PCOO) sa Freedom of Information at Press
Freedom, ibat-ibang sektor sa lungsod ng Butuan ang nakilahok at
nabigyang-linaw sa mga isyung may kinalaman dito.
Ayon
kay PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar, parte sa kampanya ng Press Freedom ang
pakikipagtulungan at koordinasyon sa mga miyembro ng media sa pagbabahagi ng
mahahalagang impormasyon sa publiko partikular na ang mga proyekto at serbisyo
ng mga nasa ahensiya ng pamahalaan para sa publiko.
"Mahalaga
ang media dahil nakatutulong ito para sa katulad nating nasa gobyerno na
mapalaganap ang ating mga programa't serbisyo sa publiko," paliwanag ni
Andanar.
Binigyang
linaw naman ni Assistant Secretary Atty. Kris Ablan na hindi dapat malito ang
publiko sa Data Privacy Act at Freedom of Information.
“Hindi
po nag-aaway o kontra ang dalawa. Nagkakaroon lamang ng problema kasi ang isip
po ng karamihan sa gobyerno na ang Data Privacy ay sumasaklaw sa lahat ng
impormasyon. Ang saklaw lamang ng Data Privacy ay mga personal na impormasyon
tulad ng residential address, telephone number, health records, birth records,”
sabi ni Atty. Ablan.
Samantala,
tinalakay din ni Atty. Ace Agamata, ang mandato ng Presidential Task Force on
Media Security. Layon nito na mapalaganap ang proteksyon ng mga media
practitioners habang ginagampanan ang kanilang tungkulin. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
Siargao hosts ‘More Love for Women Farmers’
conference
By
AGREA
SURIGAO
CITY, Surigao del Norte, Feb. 27 – ‘More Love for Women Farmers’ conference
brought a powerhouse of multi-awarded women farmer entrepreneurs to Siargao on
Saturday, 23 February 2019, held at the Del Carmen Convention Center, Del
Carmen, Siargao, Surigao del Norte.
AGREA,
together with the Office of the 1st District Representative of Surigao del
Norte, the province of Surigao del Norte, and the local government of Del
Carmen, brought this local iteration of the Leaders and Entrepreneurs in
Agriculture Forum (LEAF).
LEAF
is a community of champions across all sectors uniting as advocates for better
agriculture.
The
More Love for Women Farmers, a conference free for all, aimed to inspire
Siargaonons to reinvigorate local agriculture with a special emphasis on
empowering the island’s women.
It
was attended by farmer leaders, women farmers, agricultural officers, teachers,
students, and other individuals from surrounding areas in Surigao del Norte.
Speakers
during the event were women farmer entrepreneurs Edita Dacuycuy also known as
‘Dragonfruit Queen’; Daisy Duran, the ‘Seedling Queen,’ and Cherrie Atilano, a
multi-awarded ‘Agriculture Change Maker.’
"Siargao
will be the first women-led agriculture island in the Philippines. This is part
of AGREA’s vision of building island economies in the Philippines that are zero
hunger, zero waste and zero insufficiency,” said Atilano.
AGREA
is an innovative inclusive business based in the Island Province of Marinduque,
Philippines. AGREA aims to create a living model of a replicable one-island
economy with a social mission of cultivation of human beings through livelihood
that is indigenous to the land.
More information about the AGREA and
LEAF can be viewed at www.agreaph.com, or they can be contacted via
info@agrea.ph. (AGREA/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
