Various concerns
tackled in consultation with POs
By Venus L. Garcia
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, July 28 (PIA) -- The Poverty Reduction,
Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) of the Surigao del Norte Provincial
Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) led by Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) - Surigao del Norte,
together with the government line agencies and private sector conducted a
consultation of the different people’s organizations.
Through the consultation held in barangay Sico-Sico, Gigaquit in this
province, the people’s organizations were able to bring out the issues,
concerns, and challenges on their chosen project. They raise some suggestions
in which the government agencies are willing to help and provide allocation of
financial resources.
According to TESDA-Surigao del Norte supervising TESD specialist Elena
Cacho, the PRLEC members have agreed to identify the programs and projects to
be implemented especially in the far-flung areas with particular problems on
poverty, employment, and insurgency.
Meanwhile, Carmen Peruda, president of the Lawa-Lahi Women’s
Association, is thankful for the swine raising project of the government as
this according to her would give each of the member the opportunity to improve
their quality of life.
PRLEC aims to develop self-reliant, resilient, and sustainable
communities through harmonized and culturally responsive development programs.
(VLG/SDR/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
Government’s support rekindles hope in farming
By Aurelius P. Arais
BUTUAN CITY, July 28 -- In spite of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the flame of the passion of Caraga Farmers to plant keep on flickering.
This is how the farmers in the town of Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte feels after receiving farm equipment from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga recently.
DA-Caraga distributed various post-harvest equipment in support to cassava and corn farmers in Butuan City and Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte delivered right at their doorsteps.
The equipment distributed were four units of cassava chipper; four units of cassava granulator; and one unit each of vacuum pack sealer, cassava grater, cassava pulverizer, cassava digger, and a corn mill amounting to 2 Million Pesos.
Recipient of the said equipment were two farmers associations in Butuan City and six in Las Nieves, Agusan del Norte.
One of the recipients is the Lingayao Kahayagan Cassava Farmers Association who received cassava chipper, granulator, pulverizer, and a digger.
“I am looking forward that comes harvest, cassava digger can help us to make harvesting easier, and we may engage in processing using the equipment we have from DA,” said Roberto Calapre, president of the association.
Lingayao Kahayagan Cassava Farmers Association currently planted around 20 hectares of cassava and set to harvest comes yearend.
“Though it is our first time to plant cassava, I am optimistic that something good will happen with the support from DA,” Calapre said.
DA-Caraga through the Agribusiness and Marketing Division (AMAD) and the LGU of Las Nieves has been assisting the association to market their products at a good price.
For the current year, Caraga Region has been targeting a production area of 2,766 hectares with a production of 24,322 metric ton (MT) for cassava.
“DA is focusing its support to the farmers to stand amidst the pandemic we’ve experience nowadays,” Regional Executive Director Abel James Monteagudo said.
DA Caraga has been supporting Caraga farmers with production inputs, pre and post-harvest facility as well as technical support to help the farmers become prosperous and resilient. (DA Caraga/PIA Agusan del Norte)
Butuan demo farm to showcase
hybrid rice technology
BUTUAN CITY, July 28 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) continuously
provide all options for the Filipino rice farmers to select technologies that
will improve their productivity. One of these is the adoption of the high-end
technology for the rice industry – the use of hybrid.
In 2017, hybrid rice utilization is at 9.78%. For the following
years, it posted an increase of 12.04% in 2018 and 17.11% in 2019 based on the
DA-National Rice Program rice performance report.
The historical data of hybrid utilization in the country calls for a
more strategic approach to convince more farmers to adopt the practices and
technology of hybrid rice. Given that the wide-scale adoption of such
technology could help attain the rice sufficiency goal.
With Caraga Region hosting the 11th National Rice Technology Forum
(NRTF) on October this year, DA Caraga Regional Executive Director Abel James
I. Monteagudo leads the ceremonial planting to officially kick-off the
preparations for the said forum held at Barangay Lemon, Butuan City on July 21.
This is in collaboration with the Rice Productivity Advocacy Incorporated
or otherwise known as the Rice Board and the Local Government Unit of Butuan.
For the 2020 wet cropping season, 61 participating Farmer-Cooperators
from the Barangays of Ampayon, Basag, and Lemon in Butuan City are taking part
in establishing a 100-hectare area rice technology demonstration.
"The techno demo area is a learning site for the farmers to see the
advantages of hybrid rice.
With this, Caraga rice farmers will have the opportunity to personally
see the result and choose which among the best practices and technologies
introduced are applicable to their farm conditions," said Dir. Monteagudo.
Currently, the farmer-cooperators are on their pre-planting activities.
They are provided with seeds, input requirements, crop protection as well as
technical assistance following the package of technology recommended for a
particular hybrid rice variety by the seed companies and rice institutions.
The farmer-cooperators will also take the responsibility of the labor
cost and expenses for the maintenance and the growth of hybrid rice until its
harvesting.
Private seed companies such as SL Agritech Corporation, Seedworks,
Bioseed, Ramgo, Bayer, Pioneer, Syngenta, Advanta, and LongPing are the
partners of the farmer-cooperators in the development of the demonstration
farms.
Alongside the private seed companies, DA-Philippine Rice Research
Institute (PhilRice) – Agusan and Phil-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology
(PhilScat) also participated in the technology demonstration.
Since water is very important in hybrid production, DA together with the
National Irrigation Administration – Caraga is working closely to ensure water
availability in the production sites.
As the country is facing the new normal, Director Monteagudo encouraged
the key players by reiterating Secretary William Dar's three principles in
surpassing the global crisis.
"The participation of the rice industry stakeholders is crucial to
the success of the 11th NRTF. Together we will survive, reboot, and grow,"
Monteagudo said. (DA Caraga/PIA Caraga)
AgSur town realigns
local peace and order plan for 2020-2022
By Emmylou P. Burias
BUTUAN CITY, July 28 -- The local government unit of Rosario town in
Agusan del Sur province conducted a workshop for the Local Peace and Order and
Public Safety (LPOPS) Plan Updating on July 21-22 through the Municipal Peace
and Order Council (MPOC), headed by municipal mayor Jupiter C. Abulog, in
partnership with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) –
Rosario.
The LPOPS Plan of the municipality for 2020-2022 was formulated in 2019
but during an assessment conducted by the MPOC on July 13, 2020, the LPOPS
accomplishment for the first semester of 2020 was only at 19 percent. This was
primarily because its implementation was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The MPOC decided to conduct an updating to reprogram the remaining 2020
LPOPS fund and make some adjustments on the programs, projects, services, and
activities (PPSAs) for the years 2021 and 2022 of the plan.
Mayor Abulog emphasized the need to realign the unspent budget to fund
the most urgent and relevant peace and order and public safety PPSAs.
The LPOPS is a three-year, term-based plan which shall be incorporated
in the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) of the local government unit. Per
Commission on Audit (COA), Department of Budget and Management (DBM),
DILG, Governance Commission for Government-owned and Controlled
Corporations (GOCCs), and Department of National Defense (DND) Joint Memorandum
Circular No. 2015-01, the Peace and Order Program of the LPOPS Plan shall be
the basis in computing the ceiling or allowable amount of the
Confidential Fund allocation. (DILG Caraga/DMNR/PIA-Caraga)
DOH mipahigayon og
pagbansay bansay og crash course on donning, doffin ug specimen collection
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Hulyo 28 -- Ang buhatan sa Department
of Health (DOH) pinaagi sa Provincial Health Office mipahigayon og usa ka
pagbansay-bansay o crash course training sa donning, doffing ug specimen
collection kalabot na sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) nga gipahigayon
bag-ohay pa lamang.
Tumong ug katuyoan sa maong pagbansay-bansay nga mahatagan og igong
katakos ug kahibalo ang tanang indibidwal nga anaa sa frontline sa krisis sa
COVID-19 aron paglikay nga matapnan sa virus pinaagi sa pagsunod sa mga
protocol ug saktong bulahaton aron mahatag nila ang saktong serbisyo sa katahan
sa luwas nga pamaagi.
Tumong ug tinguha usab niini nga mahatagan og saktong kahibalo ang
tanang mga medical personnel sama sa doctors, nurses, ug medical technologists
sa tukmang paggamit sa flocked swabbing-nasal and oral swab test ug andam nga
makadumala ug swab test sa panahon nga adunay mga posibleng kaso o suspect case
sa probinsya.
Gitudloan usab ang mga health care workers sa saktong proseso ug pamaagi
sa specimen collection, packaging, transport, ug laboratory diagnosis sa
emerging infectious viral diseases.
Dugang pa niini, gipasabot usab kung unsa kamahinungdanon ang saktong
paggamit sa kumpletong Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) og madungagan ang
ilang kahanas ug kaalam sa mas praktikal nga sistema.
Ang maong kalihukan gipasiugdahan kini sa mga personahe sa Department of
Health (DOH) Center for Health Development-Caraga nga sila RESSU/HEM Cluster
Head Dr. Dioharra L. Appari, RESSU/HEM Staff CHD-Caraga Arwin D. Tan, John Paul
C. Luna, ug Ian Chester Tibe sa pakig-alayon sa lokal nga pangagamhanan sa
probinsya sa Dinagat Islands pinaagi sa Provincial Health Office (PHO) nga
gipangunahan ni Dr. Jillian Francise A. Lee ug Provincial Department of Health
(PDOHO) OIC DMO-V Lucita O. Tagudin ug gitambongan kini sa mga doctors, nurses,
ug technologists gikan sa nagkalain-laing lungsod sa probinsya.
(Dinagat-PIO/PIA-Dinagat Islands)
HR Action Center
tukoron sa lungsod sa Basilisa
SAN JOSE, Dinagat Islands, Hulyo 28 (PIA) -- Usa ka Human Rights Action
Center ang pagatukoron sa lungsod sa Tubajon, Dinagat Islands sa pagpanguna sa
Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga.
Agig pasiunang lakang usa ka panagpulong ang gipahigayon nga
gipasiugdahan ni Provincial Legal Officer Jan Perry Eugenio uban ang mga
personahe sa Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga na sila Information
Officer II Joyce Ann P. Adlawan ug Information Officer III Mi-an Joy E.
Taglucop, ug mga personahe sa Provincial Legal Office (PLO) nga gipahigayon
didto sa Provincial Governor’s Conference Hall, lungsod sa San Jose.
Atol sa maong panagpulong, gituki sa representante sa CHR nga aduna
silay himuon na Human Rights Action Center (HRAC) partikular na sa lungsod sa
Tubajon nga maoy napili sa CHR-Caraga nga butangan sa maong Human Rights Action
Center.
Kung mahinumduman, bag ohay palamang nagkahinabi na sila Gobernador Kaka
Bag-ao ug ang CHR aron malakip sa pagplano ang tawhanong katungod sa mga
programa sa probinsya, gikan sa paglungtad sa gender-responsive budget hangtod
sa paghimo ug HRACs sa mga local government unit.
Sumala pa ni Gob. Kaka adeser siya nisulod sa pulitika, usa na siya ka
advocate nga human rights lawyer, community organizer ug nakigbisog alang sa
pagprotekata sa tawhanong katungod ug para kaniya, mahinungdanon nga masiguro
nga kabahin sa pagpadagan sa gobyerno ang tawhanong katungod tungod kay may
kalabutan kini sa nagkalain-laing isyu nga giatubang sa mga katawhan sama sa
right to food, shelter, education, ug livelihood.
Lakip sa plano ug adyenda sa administrasyon ni Gob. Kaka ang tawhanong
katungod alang sa probinsya. (Dinagat Islands-PIO/PIA-Dinagat Islands)
Mga proyektong
pangkaunlaran vs. insurgency sa Surigao Norte, inilatag
By Venus L. Garcia
LUNGSOD NG SURIGAO, Surigao del Norte, Hulyo 28 (PIA) -- Isang
konsultasyon sa iba’t ibang people’s organization ang isinagawa sa pamamagitan
ng Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster ng Surigao del Norte
Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC) sa
pangunguna ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) -
Surigao del Norte kasama ang iba pang government line agencies at pribadong
sektor.
Ang nasabing konsultasyon ay idinaos sa barangay Sico-Sico, Gigaquit na
dinaluhan ng mga opisyales at mga miyembro ng labing anim na
aktibong people’s organizations ng barangay Lahi, Sico-Sico at barangay
Camam-onan o LASICAM.
Dito ay tinalakay ang issues at concerns gayundin ang mga suhestiyon ng
bawat people’s organization sa kanilang mga napiling mga proyekto na siya
namang popondohan at tutulungan ng iba’t ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan.
Ayon kay TESDA-Surigao del Norte supervising TESD specialist Elena
Cacho, isa sa mga napagkasunduan ng mga miyembro ng PRLEC ay ang pagtukoy sa
mga proyekto at programa sa mga lugar na malalayo at may matinding problema ng
kahirapan, kawalan ng trabaho, at insurhensiya.
Samantala nagpasalamat naman si Carmen Peruda, presidente ng Lawa-Lahi
Women’s Association sa ibinigay na swine raising project na malaking
tulong para mabigyan ng pagkakataon na umunlad at guminhawa ang pamumuhay ng
kanilang mga miyembro.
Isinusulong ng PRLEC ang pagkakaroon ng resilient and sustainable
communities sa tulong ng mga akmang programa upang tuluyang makamit ang
kaunlaran at kapayapaan. (Susil D. Ragas/VLG/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
