Surigao elderly port
workers get second wave of food aid
By Susil D. Ragas
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Apr. 22 (PIA) -- Elderly port workers
at the port of Surigao get a second wave of food assistance amid the threat of
COVID 19 to public health, particularly to senior citizens.
It may be recalled that port workers aged 60 years and above at the
Surigao baseport received food relief packs from staff and personnel of
Philippine Ports Authority-Port Management Office (PPA-PMO) Surigao last week,
just as authorities placed the Province of Surigao del Norte on enhanced
community quarantine on April 7, 2020, until the end of the month.
Executive Order No 20-012 issued by the province of Surigao del Norte
restricts the mobility of persons with a high risk of being infected such as
senior citizens aged 60 and above, as well as minors. Hence, elderly port
workers are no longer allowed to work at the Port of Surigao while the order is
in effect.
Containing provisions estimated to last for a week or two, the second
round of food relief packs distribution benefited some 25 elderly porters and
dockworkers.
PMO Surigao Acting Port Manager Froilan Caturla said that his colleagues
at the PMO continue to support the PPA’s ‘Adopt and Save a Family’ and are
willing to further extend assistance to vulnerable members of the port
community whose incomes are greatly compromised with the ECQ.
“My fellow workers at the PMO are supportive of the PPA’s ‘Adopt and
Save a Family’ program and are willing to provide assistance to the families of
these elderly port workers for the duration of the quarantine,” APM Caturla
said.
Caturla added that aside from the help given by the men and women of PMO
Surigao, various sectors of the Surigaonon community did their share and
continue to assist port workers displaced by the imposed quarantine. (PP-PMO/PIA-Surigao
del Norte)
Help continues to
pour in for displaced Surigao port workers
By Nole C. Nusog
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Apr. 22 (PIA) -- Food aid continues to
pour in for displaced port workers at the Port of Surigao as food packs were
again provided for them, courtesy of the Siargao Islands Institute of
Technology (SIIT).
Chivas Dulguime, Dean of the College of Criminology of the Siargao
Island-based technical institute, personally supervised the distribution of the
food relief packs containing items estimated to last for at least two weeks.
“This modest help is just the first in a series of food distribution
activities that SIIT plans to undertake to benefit port workers at the Port of
Surigao and the Port of Dapa in Siargao Island. We shall again be back to provide
food packs every two weeks for the duration of the imposed COVID 19
(coronavirus disease 2019) quarantine,” Dulguime said.
A project initiated by former Surigao del Norte Governor and current
SIIT President Sol F. Matugas, the relief assistance also includes cash
amounting to P200.00 for each beneficiary and a “Help Card” containing a
contact number they can use to text or call for help or any other legitimate
concerns.
Meanwhile, Port Management Office (PMO) Surigao Acting Port Manager
Froilan Caturla expresses appreciation and gratitude to SIIT and its President,
former Surigao del Norte Governor Sol F. Matugas for choosing to help port
workers not just today but also in the coming weeks while the province
continues to be under quarantine.
“On behalf of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), I am so much
thankful that SIIT, under former Governor Sol Matugas, has chosen to help our
displaced workers particularly since it complements the ‘Bayanihan sa
Pantalan,’ an initiative of PPA General Manager Jay Daniel Santiago to pool
resources in the fight against COVID 19, as well as extending help for
displaced port workers,” Caturla said. (PMO-Surigao/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Konsultasyon sa mga
mangingisda gipahigayon sa Dinagat Islands
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Apr. 22 (PIA) -- Konsultasyon sa mga
mangingisda sa probinsya sa Dinagat Islands nga gipahigayon bag-ohay pa lamang
didto sa Provincial Governor’s Office Function Hall, ning probinsya.
Ang maong konsultasyon gipangulohan ni Gobernador Kaka Bag-ao kauban ang
grupo sa NEWS MPC, San Jose Market Vendors MPC lakip usab ang Bureau of
Fisheries and Natural Resources (BFAR), Chief of Staff Josel Gonzales,
Assistant Planning and Development Coordinator Grace Villapando, Provincial
Cooperative Development Officer Alvin Dela Cruz, ug Senior Aquaculturist
Gilbert Anguay.
Atol sa maong konsultasyon ilang gilatag kang Gob. Bag-ao ang nahisgutan
niadtong unang konsultasyon kauban ang mga mangingisda kabahin sa padayon nga
supply sa isda sa tibuok probinsya.
Sa iyang kabahin, si Gob. Bag-ao mipasalig nga andam siyang motabang
apan iyang gihangyo ang mga fisherfolk nga kinahanglan aduna kini makuha nga
isda nga sarang ika suplay sa tibook probinsya.
Samtang padayon usab ang produksyon sa probinsya pinaagi sa mga market
vendors gipasalig usab ang paghatag ug mahinungdanon nga presyo sa matag
konsumante labi na karon nga ang ang atong nasod nagsagubang sa krisis
COVID-19.
Agig pagtak-op sa maong konsultasyon nadesisyunan nga ipadayon ang
ikaduhang yugto sa nasangpit nga kalihukan aron makita kung pila gyud ang kita
sa market vendors gikan lunes hangtod biyernes aron masuta usab kung unsa ang
angay nga buhaton ug tabang alang sa maong sektor. (Dinagat Islands-PIO/PIA-Dinagat
Islands)
