22 uniformed
personnel avail TESDA training in SurSur
BISLIG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Dec. 1 (PIA) -- Some 22 members of the
67th Infantry Battalion (67IB), Philippine Army received a certificate
from the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) as
they completed the skills training on Electrical Installation & Maintenance
(EIM) National Certificate (NC) II held at the 67IB Advanced Command Post this
city on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020.
They all marked competent in their EIM NC II national assessment, it was learned.
Of the 22 graduates, 20 of them availed the Special Training for
Employment Program (STEP) from the TESDA scholarship package, while the other
two were trained free by LISTA, Incorporation. Under the STEP scholarship
package, each beneficiary availed the free skills training, free assessment,
PPE allowance worth P500, internet allowance worth P500, training support fund
of P160/day, and one year accident insurance from GSIS.
TESDA Surigao Sur Provincial Director Julius Sol Jamero revealed that
the implementation of the training for uniformed personnel is part of the TESDA
and Department of National Defense (DND) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signed
on May 15, 2020.
According to Director Jamero, TESDA would provide free skills training,
assessment, and issue certifications to qualified uniformed personnel who have
to undergo the skills training and Trainers Methodology Course. The
implementation has already started in the province, and some uniformed
personnel have already undergone the training in other courses, Jamero
explained.
The trained uniformed personnel will assist the TESDA through conducting
skills training programs for former rebels, Indigenous Peoples, and residents
in far-flung communities of the province. (NGPB/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
Bayan
Muna solon’s daughter killed in SurSur Clash
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Dec. 1 -- The daughter of Bayan Muna
Representative Eufemia Cullamat was killed on Saturday in an encounter between
the military and the New People's Army (NPA) in Marihatag, Surigao del
Sur, according to a report from the Army’s 3rd Special Forces Battalion
(3SFBn) on Sunday.
1Lt. Krisjuper Andreo J. Punsalan, 3SFBn civil-military operation (CMO)
officer, identified the solon’s daughter as Jevilyn Cullamat alias “Ka
Reb,” who was a member of the armed unit of the Sandatahang Yunit Pampropaganda
(SYP) Platoon of Guerilla Front 19, Northeastern Regional Committee (NEMRC) and
served as a medic.
Recovered at the encounter site included three AK-47 rifles, one M14
rifle, and one M653 5.56 caliber rifle. Five backpacks containing war materiel
and subversive documents were also seized.
Punsalan also said Cullamat's cadaver was immediately evacuated and her
siblings and members of her family were immediately notified prior to this
report. The military provided security and transportation assistance to the
Cullamat family and coordinated with the nearest mortuary for the proper
handling of the cadaver.
Also, Lt. Col. Joey B. Baybayan, 3SFBn Commanding Officer, urged the
other remaining NPA terrorist members to surrender.
“Two months earlier, the NPAs conducted tactical offensives to instill
fear among civilians. The series of attacks on civilian soft targets and
destruction of civilian properties only indicate that they are desperate and on
the losing end while the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed
Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is gaining ground deep within the heart of
conflict-affected IP communities in Andap Valley,” LTC Baybayan said.
“The CSP teams’ deployment, local government, and civilian collaboration
to reach and bring public service in the conflict-affected areas greatly
countered their recruitment and resource generation making them hungry,
exhausted, and their morale low. We encourage the remaining CNTs to
surrender. Don't wait for the E-CLIP and the opportunity to peacefully
surrender close its doors for you,” Baybaya
added.
It can be recalled that on Nov. 4, government security forces also
neutralized three NPA terrorists, and seized several high powered firearms at
the Communist insurgents’ hideout in the hinterland area of Pangi in Tandag
City, Surigao del Sur.
Cullamat was a student of NPA-linked schools Tribal Filipino Program of
Surigao del Sur (TRIFPSS) and the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural
and Livelihood Development (ALCADEV) in the area.
Meanwhile, BGen. Allan D. Hambala, 401st Infantry Brigade Commander,
extended his sincerest condolences to the family of Bayan Muna Representative
Eufemia Campos Cullamat and called for all IPs to unite in condemning the NPAs’
exploitation of IPs and abandon the futile armed terrorist struggle.
“We send our sincerest condolences to the Cullamat family. We are
saddened because we know that she and her family were just victims to the CNTs’
destructive and pointless ideology. While there are issues concerning the IPs,
violent, armed, and terrorist struggle will never be the right solution to it,”
BGen Hambala said.
“We also call on the nation to support the National Task Force in Ending
Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), to peacefully address the root
causes of NPA terrorism and eventually end conflict here in Northeastern
Mindanao,” Hambala concluded. (CMO-3SFBn/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
DA-Caraga helps families through livestock, poultry
By Aurelius P. Arais & Kent Warren Fuguso
BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 1 -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) - Caraga is
intensifying its support for the family to be resilient amid the pandemic through
the Livestock-based Livelihood and Enterprise Development Program.
Around P1.4 M worth of livestock and poultry animals were distributed by
DA-Caraga for the month of November, 2020 to various recipients in the region.
The distributed animal stocks comprised of 400 heads of free-range
chicken for eight farmer associations of RTR, Agusan del Norte; 30 heads of
cattle to San Franciso and Esperanza, Agusan del Sur for 22 farmer-recipients,
20 heads of goat for learning sites through the Agricultural Training Institute
(DA-ATI); 50 heads of hogs to Small Hog Raisers Association of La Paz, Agusan
del Sur, and 250 chicken for five farmer associations at Bayugan City, Agusan
del Sur.
The turn-over ceremony was attended by Regional Technical Director (RTD)
for Operations Rebecca Atega, RTD for Research and Integrated Laboratories
Nicandro Navia, Jr., Provincial Administrator Pedro Trinidad and Mayor Josie
Bonifacio of the said town together with other provincial, municipal, and
barangay officials.
“During these trying times, the government is doing its best to help the
family to earn through an enterprising livelihood such as animal raising,”
Atega said.
“Many need government support such as this, so I am appealing to the
recipients to take care and developed it for additional income and food source
of the family,” Bonifacio stressed.
On the other hand, Center Chief Sammy Calonzo of DA-ATI bared that the
goat they received will serve as an additional intervention to the selected
learning sites in the region.
“The chosen learning sites will serve as a multiplier farm for the given
ruminants,” Calonzo bared.
Among the recipients is a tribal association of Sitio Cantagan, Barangay
Lucac, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur.
“We have been longing for an animal like cattle to be raised, and it is
now being fulfilled. This is a big help for our group, so we are so thankful to
DA for extending the services of the government for us,” Edwin Almado, one of
the board of director of Cantagan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association, a
tribal group composed mostly of the Manobo tribe.
The said intervention is an offshoot of the commitment of DA-Caraga
through Regional Executive Director Abel James I. Monteagudo to help the
families to cope-up with the challenges the country is facing today. (DA
Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
PRO13 acquires new
vehicles, manpack radios
SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte, Dec. 1 -- The Police Regional Office
(PRO) 13 has acquired anew several mobility assets and communication equipment
in order to enhance operational and administrative capabilities in the fields,
as it is committed to win against criminality, insurgency and illegal drugs.
PRO-13 regional director Brigadier General Romeo Caramat, Jr. and
members of the Command Group personally witnessed the blessing and turnover
ceremony of the nine units Toyota Patrol Jeep 4x2 single cab and 24 sets of
Codan HF Manpack radios.
BGen. Caramat said the new mobility assets were distributed to Surigao
City Police Station, Alegria Municipal Police Station, General Luna Municipal
Police Station, Dapa Municipal Police Station, Gigaquit Municipal Police
Station, Del Carmen Municipal Police Station, San Jose Municipal Police
Station, Esperanza Municipal Police Station, and Bunawan Municipal Police
Station to upgrade its capabilities.
The 24 sets of Codan HF Manpack radios were distributed to the maneuvering
units of Caraga region distributed to Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB)
13, 1301st Maneuvering Company, 1302nd Maneuvering Company, 1303rd Maneuvering
Company, 1304th Maneuvering Company for police operations.
“These additional logistical resources shall help in boosting the morale of the troops in the frontline services in order for the Caraga police to serve and protect well the people as we aim to attain a safer place to live, work and do business in the region,” said BGen. Caramat. (PRO13/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
