Dagyaw 2020 set in Caraga
By Venus L. Garcia
BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 29 (PIA) - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) - Caraga, together with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), and other partner non-government sectors, is all set for the conduct of the Dagyaw 2020: Open Government Virtual Town Hall Meetings in Caraga region.
For this year’s Dagyaw series, a more transparent and participatory governance approaches will be upheld amid the restrictions due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The conduct of Dagyaw 2020 will leverage on and utilize civic technology and online platform and is anchored in the objective of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 Sub-Task Group on Governance which is to ensure people-centered, clean, technology-enabled, and responsive governance in addressing COVID-19 and to restart social and economic activities.
For the first episode today, October 29, at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, the discussion will focus on the topic on building resilience and financial literacy. Experts in their field were invited to speak before the participants from the civil society organizations, local development councils, and other sectors. A COVID-19 situationer in the region will also be presented.
Also, on November 5, the second episode will be held which centers on the urban agriculture and livelihood subject matters.
The main goal of the Dagyaw 2020 is to build mutual trust between the government and the Filipino people by providing an open, neutral, and protected space for dialogue on key national and local issues and plans amidst the pandemic.
To recall, the first Dagyaw in the region was successfully conducted in Butuan City last year Cabinet Secretary Karlo Alexei Nograles. The dialogue allowed the participants to raise various issues and concerns to the distinguished panel of government executives.
Moreover, the event aims to boost confidence among civil society organizations (CSOs) and citizens in government programs that address their felt needs. The outputs of these dialogues shall then serve as key references of government in public decision-making, and in shaping and updating government policies that can lead to better public sector performance and service delivery.
Participants may register at bit.ly/13dagyaw2020regep1. The event will be livestreamed via these official Facebook pages: DILG Caraga Region, Philippine Information Agency Caraga, PIA Agusan del Norte, PIA-Agusan del Sur, PIA-Surigao del Norte, PIA Surigao del Sur, PIA Dinagat Islands. (VLG/PIA-Caraga)
Tandag City coco farmers receive P400K cash incentives from PCA
By Nida Grace P. Barcena
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Oct. 29 (PIA) – Some 39 coconut farmers from the barangays of Buenavista, and Maitom, this city have received a total of P400,000.00 as their cash incentives from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) through the Accelerated Coconut Planting and Replanting Program (ACPRP) amidst the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
A total of 15 members under the Coconut Farmers’ Organization (CFO) from
Barangay Buenavista received a total of P136,000.00 while 24 members from the
City Agriculture and Fisheries Council (CAFC) chaired by Ricardo Fernandez
received a total amount of P264,000.00.
The said program was aimed to reduce the rural poverty in the coconut
sector through increasing the coconut farmers’ production and their net income.
Also, the program was designed to expand and/or rehabilitate the existing
coconut areas by planting and replanting the coconut farms in the country, said
PCA Surigao del Sur chief George Duterte Rasonabe.
It also addresses the high demand for coconut products and by-products
in the country and even internationally, he added.
The farmer-participants of the project will receive an incentive worth
P20.00 for every seed nut produced, and P20.00 for the farmworker who will
raise the seedlings of at least one foot tall with fully developed leaves as
labor assistance at the established nursery of every people’s organization.
They will also receive P45.00 for every seedling they transplanted and
stabilized on the ground, said Rasonabe.
It is both a participatory and incentive-based system approach guided by the PCA recommended Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). With a minimum of 0.5 hectares, a farmer can join the program given that he is a member of a PCA accredited organization or any other formal and informal organizations. (PIA-Surigao del Sur)
