Friday, September 30, 2022

CDA assistant secretary meets Manobo IPs in Caraga 

BUTUAN CITY – Assistant Secretary (Asec) Vidal D. Villanueva III of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA), together with CDA Caraga Regional Director Monatao Honeya Radia-Alawi and staff met with the Manobo Indigenous People Tribe and the Municipal Mayor of Sibagat, Agusan del Sur on September 22 to 23, 2022.

 

During the visit, the Manobo Tribe performed the “Kahimunan”, which means sacred gathering Pa-Salamat sa Magbabaya (God), as a way of welcoming their guests. RD Alawi gave a message to the Tribe and encouraged them to organize into a Cooperative. Hence, a Pre-Registration Seminar was conducted to the members of the tribe as an initiative by CDA.

 

In the same manner, Asec. Villanueva and RD Alawi made a courtesy call with the Municipal Mayor of Sibagat, Hon. Thelma G. Lamanilao to discuss relevant CDA programs which will cater the needs of the constituents of Sibagat, including the indigenous people. 

 

Asec. Villanueva also made mention the importance of institutionalizing a Municipal Cooperative Development Officer. These were duly supported by RD Alawi and stressed the advantages of the group once registered as a Cooperative with CDA.

 

Also present during the courtesy call were Counselor and Sibagat Manobo Tribe Prince Datu Agong Aljun C. Cayawan, Municipal Indigenous People Mandatory Representative (IPMR) Samuel Behing, and Cooperative Development Officer Roy Samson. 

 

In response, Mayor Lamanilao pledged to closely coordinate with CDA for the implementation of the programs discussed. She also provided Office space for CDA field personnel within the locality for accessibility with the Agency’s essential services. (CDA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)

Friday, September 30, 2022

POPCOM campaigns family welfare

BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte --  The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) continues its campaign for protect families under its program tagline “Ang Pamilyang Protektado, Panalo”,which underlined the importance of having a well-planned family for this will give greater opportunity and capacity to invest for the well-being and development of each family member – and will then become a more empowered human resource. 

From September 26 to October 2, the POPCOM is celebrating the 30^th National Family Week with theme, “Urbanisasyon at Pamilyang Pilipino: Magka-agapay sa Pagpapatibay at Pagpapaunlad ng Bansa.”  

 

The celebration is a renewal to the call as one cohesive government institution as POPCOM and its partners move together towards healthy, empowered, and well-planned Filipino families and communities. 

 

POPCOM continued its advocacy of promoting and enhancing interactions among parents and their teenagers, encourages mothers and fathers to engage in open discussions, especially about topics on sex and sexuality, which are seen to help prevent incidences of pregnancy among young people, while the Commission recognized the demographic implications of early pregnancy among adolescents and its impact to development as well.

 

POPCOM urges its partners specifically the local government units to integrate provision of basic family planning and population development services in their respective capacity development agenda within the context of devolution – as part of the general welfare services enumerated under Local Government Code, Section 17. (May ann O. Escobal, POPCOM Caraga/PIA Caraga)

Friday, September 30, 2022

DOLE Caraga takes part in nationwide tree planting activity

BUTUAN CITY – The employees of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga headed by Regional Director Atty. Joffrey M. Suyao, participated in the Nationwide Simultaneous Tree Planting Activity, which was initiated by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) on September 13, 2022.

Anchored on the theme “Buhayin ang Pangangalaga sa Kalikasan”, over 7,000 seedlings were planted in 10 planting sites of the region. These include indigenous tree species such as Narra, Camagong and Pili. 

 

The activity aims to preserve, rehabilitate and restore the country’s nature through the collective greening efforts of its stakeholders. Volunteers from the different sectors of the region – public and private also attended the event.

 

As part of the department’s mandate of serving the country, DOLE Caraga is committed to joining initiatives and activities geared towards environmental preservation and sustainability, consistent with the implementation of the Green My DOLE Program. (DOLE-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)

Friday, September 30, 2022

DOLE Caraga signs MOA with a JobStart partner employer

TRENTO, Agusan del Sur – The Provincial Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of Agusan del Sur, in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga  spearheaded the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Hiromoca Corporation as partner employer of the Provincial PESO of Agusan del Sur and DOLE Caraga for JobStart Philippines Program 2022 roll-out. 

 

The MOA signing was conducted at Barangay Pulang-Lupa, this municipality. Mr. Escolastico R. Hitgano Jr., the proprietor, expressed his gratitude for the opportunity opened by the program.

 

Since the Jobstart trainees have already completed the first training phase, they will now proceed to Technical Training and Internship. Trainees will be placed in-house with a partner employer for technology-based theoretical instruction for a maximum of three months for lectures, perform hands-on exercises in a laboratory or a workshop within the premises, and apply the practical learnings in a regular work environment under mentorship for a maximum of three months. 

 

Trainees will receive stipends of three hundred pesos (PhP300) per day, two hundred pesos (PhP200) worth of communication allowance during their technical training, and a National Certificate II before proceeding to an internship. 

 

Partner employer provides 75% of the prevailing minimum wage during the internship of the trainees. They may absorb the trainees to wage employment after the training. 

 

The technical training and internship will run from September 1, 2022 until December 30, 2022. Twenty trainees will be in the food and beverage services. The remaining 20 trainees will be in the housekeeping services.

 

JobStart Program is a full-cycle employment facilitation service that shortens the youth’s school-to-work transition. It enhances the knowledge and skills acquired in formal education, providing the youth with a conducive and safe work environment where they can learn and apply relevant theories and develop a strong work ethic through the program’s technical training and internship phases. It is also a venue for partner employers where they can customize the process of technical training through employer-driven training plans, select well-equipped trainees, and have another opportunity to contribute to society through corporate social responsibility. (DOLE-Agusan del Sur/PIA-Agusan del Sur)

Friday, September 30, 2022

DOLE conducts capacity building on integrated PEIS PhilJobNet for PESO managers, employers, academe 

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga successfully conducted the training for the integrated Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Employment Information System (PEIS)-PhilJobNet for PESO managers. DOLE Provincial Heads from the five (5) field offices gathered to reinforce their knowledge on particular guidelines and advisories relative to the program.

Some fifty (50) employers and academe in the region participated in the orientation on the integrated PEIS-PhilJobNet System on September 13, 2022, at Watergate Hotel, this city.

 

In his welcome message, DOLE Caraga Assistant Regional Director Raymond Fel F. Sajor, encouraged the PESOs to use the integrated PEIS-PhilJobNet system to help employers easily post their job vacancies and for jobseekers to find a job. “We can use this system to address the job skills mismatch,” he added.

 

Technical Support Services Division Chief – Ms. Annie C. Tangpos discussed the relevance of the PESOs and local government units in the full implementation of the system. She encouraged the new PESO managers of Buenavista, Jabonga, Cantilan, Carrascal, Sta. Josefa, Rosario, Alegria, Del Carmen, Libjo, and PLGU-PDI to properly facilitate the implementation and ensure the availability of accurate information on the supply and demand for skills in the labor market. 

 

Additionally, the National Skills Registry Program Coordinators of DOLE Caraga, Ms. Jessa Marie Plandano and Ms. Aj Payot, led the workshop for the participants to navigate the system from the perspectives of both jobseekers and employers with the aid of the modules provided by the Bureau of Local Employment.

 

Since PEIS is maintained and updated by PESOs, the activity was essential to ensure that the partner PESOs could efficiently utilize the machinery in effectively generating information to assist in the delivery of employment services on the ground. (DOLE-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)

Friday, September 30, 2022

Child laborers’ parents receive P927K worth of DOLE livelihood assistance

BUTUAN CITY – Some thirty-one parents of profiled child laborers from Barangay Bobon, this city were awarded with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Livelihood Assistance amounting to Nine Hundred Twenty-Seven Thousand Three Hundred Sixty-Nine Pesos (Php 927,369.00) for the procurement of different tools and equipment for the individual projects of the beneficiaries.

Grateful for the assistance, one parent shared,”Nagpasalamat mi ug dako sa DOLE sa ilang gihatag nga livelihood. Isa akong anak nga na profile nga Child Laborer diria sa among Barangay. Wala kami nag dahom na mapili among Barangay ug mahatagan ug dugang panginabuhian sa amo isip isa ka ginikanan. Dako kaayo ning tabang sa among pang adlaw adlaw na panginabuhian ug sa kommunidad dinhi sa among barangay (We are thankful to DOLE for providing us  livelihood. My child was among the children who profiled as child laborer in our barangay. We were not expecting that our barangay would  be chosen as one of the areas to benefit from this livelihood for us parents of child laborers. This is really a great help to provide our daily needs, and here in our barangay).” 

 

Amo kani ampingan ang Livelihood na among nadawat gikan sa ahensya sa DOLE. Salamat usab sa among Barangay Captain na kanunay ga supporta ug sa uban pang ahensya sa goberno naghatag niini nga grasya. Amo ni paningkamutan na mulambo pa aron sa mga umaabot aron wala nay anak namo mag laborer (We will take good care of this livelihood that we received from DOLE. Thank you also to our Barangay Captain for the constant support, as well as to other concerned agencies. We will do our best to improve this, so that our children will no longer be child laborer),” a parent added.

 

The Punong Barangay of Bobon, Aida C. Duran, together with DOLE Agusan del Norte Field Office (DOLE ADNFO) Head Keith C. Duran, Senior Labor and Employment Officer Maria Chelo Lucero, Livelihood Focal Jenelibeth E. Manzanares, and DOLE ADNFO support staff attended the said activity. 

 

The DOLE Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Programs (DILEEP) is a flagship program of the DOLE which seeks to contribute to poverty reduction and reduce the vulnerability to risks of the working poor, vulnerable and marginalized workers either through emergency employment, promotion of entrepreneurship, and community enterprises. Under its umbrella is the Kabuhayan or DOLE Integrated Livelihood Program (DILP). For this activity, the DOLE DILP aims to improve the economic activity of the family to meet the basic needs of their children and to eliminate child labor.(KJBA, LEOIII/FNLI/PIA-Caraga)

Friday, September 30, 2022

POPCOM, DKT capacitate population workers, volunteers

BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte --  More than one hundred non-health service providers in the region were re-trained with Interpersonal Communication and Counseling (IPCC) on Family Planning, conducted by the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Caraga on September 20 to 23, 2022, with financial assistance from DKT Philippines Foundation, Inc.

The population workers and volunteers of the Province of Dinagat Islands were the first batch of participants. Second and third batches of participants were from Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Norte, respectively. 

 

POPCOM recognized the importance of IPCC especially among the community front liners – the health/population workers and volunteers, for this skill will help them communicate effectively to their clients and improve client satisfaction. 

 

Director Alexander A. Makinano of POPCOM Caraga emphasized that the said training enhanced the interpersonal communication skills of these non-heath service providers – enable them to understand the importance of IPCC in facilitating behavior change to improve delivery of family planning information and services; increase their knowledge on basic facts and information, including myths and misconceptions about FP; enable them to demonstrate effectively basic competence in adult learning or teaching methodology. 

 

To recall, POPCOM Caraga and DKT Philippines Foundation, Inc. inked partnership to further strengthen the implementation of family planning information and service provision to men and women with unmet need for modern family planning in Caraga region. (May ann O. Escobal, POPCOM Caraga/PIA Caraga)

Friday, September 30, 2022

POPCOM signs MOU with gov’t school

BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte --  The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) Caraga and Bilay National High School (NHS) in Butuan City signed a memorandum of understanding on the implementation of Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) as among the strategies of the Philippine Population and Development Program (PPDP), specifically on the Adolescent Health and Development (AHD) – as program thrust which seeks to prevent teenage pregnancies.

The MOU aims to foster a more comprehensive provision of health and development interventions for the students of Bilay National High School. The regional office of POPCOM, on one hand, ensures provision of technical / logistical support during the implementation of various adolescent sexual and reproductive health initiatives in said school. 

 

“POPCOM Caraga is very grateful to Bilay NHS for its continued commitment to adolescent development and empowerment in response to one of the government’s dilemma – teenage pregnancy. Bilay NHS has taken a leading role in supporting the government by shaping the future of our young people through CSE, which is crucial for us in the government to achieve our mission and empower the lives of one of the most vulnerable sectors in the community.” Director Alexander A. Makinano, POPCOM Caraga

 

In a related development, POPCOM Caraga entered into similar pact with Agusan National High School – Senior High School and Ampayon National High School, recently. (May ann O. Escobal, POPCOM Caraga/PIA Agusan del Norte)

Friday, September 30, 2022

LGUs told: Protect teen moms, their children

BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte --  The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM)-Caraga, along with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Caraga, appealed to the local government units in the region to adopt social protection program to assist teenage mothers and their children. 

During the third quarter Regional Population Executive Board conference attended by local population officers and representatives of the different regional partner agencies, POPCOM 13 Director Alexander A. Makinano emphasized the importance of establishing sufficient and accessible measures to protect the well-being of adolescent mothers and their children; hence, he urged LGUs to significantly adopt Social Protection Program for Adolescent Mothers and their Children (SPPAMC) to address teenage pregnancies not only in the region but in the whole country. 

 

POPCOM and DSWD inked partnership to develop a data sharing agreement (DSA) to identify teenage mothers and their children nationwide to implement a social amelioration program in support of young mothers belonging to the lowest socioeconomic bracket, among others. 

 

The Commission punctuated that the SPPAMC intervention ensures that no one is left behind in development, including the young mothers and their children.” 

 

RD Makinano reiterated that the current state of adolescent pregnancies in the country has reached a level of being a national social emergency, an urgent national priority. 

 

POPCOM recognized that one of the emerging threats to the development of the young people is the increasing incidence of pregnancies, particularly among adolescents. 

 

In 2019, the Philippines reported a total of 180, 916 live births among teenagers aged 10-19, according to statistics from the Philippine Statistics Authority’s Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System that equates 495 live births each day in the 10-19 age range. (May ann O. Escobal, POPCOM Caraga/PIA Caraga)

Friday, September 30, 2022

Hilit nga sitio sa Agusan del Norte gibisita ni Gob. Amante, Serbisyo sa gobyerno gipadangat

DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN -- Daku ang pagpasalamat sa mga lumolupyo sa Sitio Salaysayon Barangay Jaguimitan, usa sa mga hilit nga sitio sa lungsod sa Nasipit, Agusan del Norte, diin personal kini gibisitahan ni Gob. Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante ug nagpadangat og serbisyo alang sa mga residente niini.

 

“Malipayon gyud kaayo mi diri, kay bisan sa kalayo sa amung lugar ug lisud amung dalan, nianhi gyud si Gob. Angel (Amante) ug gipadala gyud ang mga serbisyo diri. Daku gyud kaayo amung pasalamat sa tabang ni Gob. Angel ug laing ahensya.”

 

Kini ang mensahe nga gipaabot ni Ireneo Lauro, kapitan sa Brgy. Jaguimitan atol sa Kalinga Alay sa Katutubo: NCIP Caraga Service Caravan niadtong Septembre 27. Gipangunahan kini sa opisina sa National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) – Caraga uban sa pakigtambayayong sa nagkalain-laing opisina sa probinsyal nga panggamhanan ug ahensya sa rehiyon.

 

Mosuma sa 507 ka indibidwal o 96 ka panimalay sa Sitio Salaysayon ug ang kasikbit niini nga sitio maong Sitio Baboy-baboy ang napadangatan og libreng serbisyong medikal, konsultasyon, dental, family planning, gupit, tuli, panghatag og mga gamit pang eskwela, medisina, foodpacks ug uban pa.

 

Gawas niini, gitubag usab ni Gob. Angel Amante ang hangyo niini ang pagpatukod og purok center sa maong lugar lakip na ang personal nga hangyo sa pipila ka mga residente niini. 

 

Hangyo lang sa gobernador ngadto sa mga lumulupyo sa nasangpit nga sitio ilabina sa mga kabatan-onan nga dili mouban sa mga kalihukan nga gi-organisa sa mga rebelde o New People’s Army (NPA). Alang sa gobernador, daku kaayo ni nga kapakyasan sa kaugmaon sa mga batan-on kung mouban kini sila. 

 

“Timan-e ni ninyo mga batan-on, kung magpadala mo, inyo ng gisugal ang inyong kaugmaon. Dili perpekto ang atong goberno pero ang atong goberno naningkamot nga magpakabana para kaninyo. Mang hinaot ko nga kanunay gyud ta mag-uban sa sabakan sa goberno” panapos na pabilin nga mensahe ni Gob. Amante. 

 

Daku usab ang pagpasalamat sa buhatan sa NCIP – Caraga nga gipangulohan ni NCIP Regional Director Ordonio P. Rocero, Jr. ngadto kay Gob. Angel Amante tungod sa dakung suporta nga gipadangat sa gobernador nga mapundohan ang maong programa panahon siya pa ang kongresista. 

 

Apil sa miuban sa maong Service Caravan mao sila Brigade General Adonis Ariel G. Orio sa 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade sa Philippine Army, PCol. Filemon O. Pacious sa Agusan del Norte-Provincial Police Office, Dr. Odelio Ferrer hepe sa Provincial Health Office ug uban pa. 

 

Ang mga opisina ug ahensya nga nagpadangat og mga serbisyo sa maong lugar mao ang PLGU sa PHO, PSWD, PDRRMO, BLGU-Jaguimitan, RHU-Nasipit, POPCOM, TESDA, DTI, LTO, DOTR, Philhealth, 402nd Brigade, PA, 23IB ug PNP-ADN. (Karen Dcamotan, LGU Agusan del Norte/Hulagway kuha ni Reuben Don Sanchez ug Ronron Amante/PIA Agusan del Norte)

Friday, September 30, 2022

Caraga LGUs gear up for devolution  

BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte -- Population and Development Officers of the different local government units in Caraga region re-assessed its plans to suit with the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)-approved Devolution Transition Plan (DTP) of the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM), as mandated by Executive Order No. 138.

 

During the third quarter Regional Population and Development Conference (RPDC), POPCOM Caraga Director Alexander A. Makinano made sure that the provinces, cities and municipalities understand their specific roles and functions in the Philippine Population and Development Program (PPDP) localization, based on POPCOM-approved Devolution Transition Plan (DTP). 

 

Director Makinano reiterated that POPCOM’s DTP provides for the strategic direction and thrust of the PPDP within the context of devolution; partnership framework between POPCOM national and regional offices and LGUs; the basic standards for the implementation of POPDEV strategies and services including prescribed organizational structure and staffing complement in the LGUs; and the capacity development strategy for national, regional and local population offices and workers. 

 

The LGU population workers care-out a plan to closely keep tract the commitments of the local government executives during the PPDP localization alliance building and partnership conducted by POPCOM Caraga,  through committee hearing, budget hearing, devolution council or devolution transition committee meeting, executive-legislative agenda, comprehensive development plan, annual investment program. (May ann O. Escobal, POPCOM Caraga/PIA Caraga)

TOP STORIES - Thursday, September 29, 2022

TODAY’S TOP STORIES (from online news monitoring)  

29 September 2022, Thursday, as of 1PM

1. ‘Luis’ intensifies into severe tropical storm but exits PAR; LPA east of Visayas dissipates [DZBB, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News, Inquirer, Philstar, Manila Bulletin] ©PIA-PMU

https://mb.com.ph/2022/09/29/luis-exits-ph-area-of-responsibility/

2. NDRRMC: 11 reported dead, 6 missing due to Karding [Inquirer, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/846397/ndrrmc-11-reported-dead-6-missing-due-to-karding/story/?just_in

3. Karding’s damage to agri rises further to P2.02 billion [Inquirer, ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/economy/846405/karding-s-damage-to-agri-rises-further-to-p2-02-billion/story/

4. VP Sara meets with PM Kishida, Japanese officials; holds education-related activities during Japan trip [Manila Bulletin, News5, Philstar, ABS-CBN News, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU

https://mb.com.ph/2022/09/29/vp-duterte-meets-with-pm-kishida-japanese-officials/

5. CHED: Coordinating with DepEd, lawmakers to draft bill on mandatory ROTC [Manila Bulletin, Remate, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/846359/ched-coordinating-with-deped-lawmakers-to-draft-bill-on-mandatory-rotc/story/

6. SC moves NCAP oral arguments to December 6, 2022 [ABS-CBN News, CNN PHL, GMA News] ©PIA-PMU

https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/846388/sc-moves-ncap-oral-arguments-to-december-6-2022/story/?just_in

—Philippine Information Agency | PIA Monitoring Unit—

Thursday, September 29, 2022

AgSur Reservists take part in Medical Outreach Program

AGUSAN DEL SUR -- The Reservists from Charlie Coy, 1502^nd Ready Reserve Infantry Battalion (1502RRIBn) under the administration of 1502nd Community Defense Center (1502CDC), took part in a Medical Outreach Program initiated by St. Francis Assisi Parish-Trento held on September 28, 2022, at St. Francis Assisi Parish Covered Court, Trento, Agusan del Sur.

The troops served arozcaldo to some 300 attendees who participated in the activity.

 

Partner stakeholders such as Rural Health Office of Trento, Philippine Red Cross, The International Association of Lions Club, Eagles Club, and 2nd Provincial Mobile Force Company, Agusan del Sur Police Provincial Office were also present during the said program.

 

A total of 85 bags were collected from the volunteers, who donated blood during the said activity. (2Lt Adones L. Apilada, Executive Officer, 1502 CDC/PIA-Agusan del Sur)

 

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Caraganon supports DOST’s RSTW 2022

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

BUTUAN CITY – Caraganons from various sectors are set to participate in the lined-up activities for the 2022 Regional Science and Technology Week (RSTW) on October 19 to 23 in this city,  spearheaded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Caraga.

Engr. Noel Ajoc

According to Engr. Noel Ajoc, regional director of DOST-Caraga, bared that this is an annual event which will serve as an avenue to bring together stakeholders, entrepreneurs and science enthusiasts to witness the latest technologies, new innovative products using local resources, and relevant research and development outputs useful for communities.

“There will be  series of activities for this week-long celebration along with the science and technology exhibits at Robinson’s Place Butuan. We are glad to inform you that the DOST Secretary, Dr. Renato Solidum, Jr. will be attending the said event,” said Ajoc.

Engr. Ajoc invites the public to join the motorcade within the city thoroughfares, and witness the opening ceremonies on October 19 at the Robinson’s Main Atrium. A Press Conference will also follow at the Go Hotels Function Hall of said mall. 

The RSTW is a weeklong, annual celebration that introduces and recognizes Research and Development (R&D) outputs. It also aims to increase awareness and market adaptable technologies and programs of DOST that are available and beneficial to clients. (JPG/PIA-Caraga)

 

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Completed FMR eases transport of agricultural products, boost local economy in Butuan City

BUTUAN CITY -- Farmers and residents of Barangays Antongalon and Basag in Butuan City are thankful to the Department of Public Works and Highways for the concrete farm-to-market road (FMR) that now eases the transport of their farm produce from the field to the market, and helps lessen their transportation costs. 

Butuan City District Engineering Office (BCDEO) District Engineer Jose Caesar A. Radaza said that the road project is a shorter and better access for the farmers as it crosses directly the rice fields traversing Purok 1B Barangay Antongalon to Barangay Basag with a total length of 1.125 kilometer connecting the highway at NRJ Agusan – Davao Road (Daang Maharlika), Butuan City. 

Regional Director Pol M. Delos Santos, echoing the instruction of Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, said that the DPWH will continue the Build Build Build program and will prioritize projects that can contribute immediately to the much-needed economic recovery.

“President BBM is prioritizing agriculture and we believe that this newly concreted FMR will boost the local economy and encourage the farmers to maximize their outputs all-year round”, RD Pol Delos Santos said.  

The FMR project was implemented by Butuan City District Engineering Office (BCDEO) under its FY 2021 GAA and has a contract amount of ₱ 16,878,867.15.  It started on August 25, 2021 and was declared completed on January 30, 2022. (DPWH Caraga/PIA Agusan del Norte)

 

Thursday, September 29, 2022

LGUs to prioritize population dev’t services in 2023 budget

BUENAVISTA, Agusan del Norte --  The Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM) urged the local government units to prioritize population and development services, family planning services and program for the welfare of children in their appropriations for fiscal year 2023.

POPCOM Caraga Director Alexander A. Makinano advised all regional and local partners that the LGUs’ budget for 2022-2024 shall prioritize the mentioned services as provided under POPCOM’s DBM-approved Devolution Transition Plan (DTP). 

Director Makinano underscored that the Supreme Court Mandanas-Garcia ruling implementation calls for a higher level of services from the local government units in providing the basic needs of families and communities, which includes greater access to family planning and other reproductive health services.

Under Executive Order No. 138, Makinano added that all LGUs are mandated to lay down their programs, projects and activities in the DTPs as part of the preparations for the rollout of the Mandanas implementation commencing this year. 

It was mentioned by the POPCOM Caraga Director that DBM issued Local Budget Memorandum No. 82 which prioritizes the funding of the approved DTP by the LGUs’ National Tax Allotment (NTA) and other local resources in FY 2022. Said directive was reiterated for FY 2023 through LBM No. 85.

The good director added, “Now that the treasury of the LGUs has increased in light of the Supreme Court ruling on the Mandanas-Garcia petition, may you promote the availability and strengthen the basic health and social services for your constituents.”

“Population is the main focus of development, and in turn, development conditions impact on the wellbeing of the people. The Philippine Population and Development Program remains a key and important strategy in facilitating sustainable and inclusive development at all levels.” POPCOM Caraga Director Alexander A. Makinano emphasized. (May ann O. Escobal, POPCOM Caraga/PIA Caraga)

 

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Mga ekipo giapud-apod ngadto sa mga mag-uuma sa Agusan del Norte

DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN -- Gi turn-over na sa buhatan sa Department of Agrarian Reform kon DAR sa probinsya sa Agusan del Norte ang mga ekwepong gamit sa pagpanguma isip kabahin sa programang Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Project (CRFPSP).

Basi sa natalang impormasyon, kini ang pasiuna sa nahitakdang serye sa pag apud-apod ug gilauman na makompleto ning hinapos nga bahin sa kasamtangang tuig.

Kini ilawom sa mando ni PARPO II Glen A. Petilla sa tumong nga mahatagan og katumanan ang yangungo sa mga mag-uuma aron mabatukan ang nagka grabing epekto sa Climate Change.

Gipaniguro usab ni Chief Agrarian Reform Program Officer-Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development and Sustainability Program (CARPO-ARBDSP) Ellen Torallba, nga sa labing daling panahon ma apud-apod na ang mga ekwepo sa pipila ka mga pundok sa mga Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) pinaagi sa ilang orgnisasyon.

Sa kasamtangang nakadawat mao ang Camagong Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, sa lungsod sa Nasipit; Faith Womens' Association, sa Brgy Basag ug ang Florida Consumers Cooperative, didto sa Brgy Florida ning dakbayan sa Butuan. (DAR Agusan del Norte/PIA Agusan del Norte)

 

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Hugpong sa mag-uuma sa Agusan del Norte, nakadawat og makinaryas

DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN --  Dili na maglisod ang mga mag-uuma sa Brgy. San Antonio sa lungsod sa RTR, Agusan del Norte karon nga natunol na ang dugay na nilang gidamgo nga abaca stripping machines sa ilang dapit niadtong Lunes, September 27, 2022.

Ang San Antonio Integrated Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SAIFMULCO) maoy swerting nakadawat ug magdumala sa nasangpit na ekipo alang sa dugang kagamitan sa pag-aghot sa abaca sa ilang dapit.

Ang SAIFMULCO usa lamang sa pipila ka mga hugpong sa mga mag-uuma na makadawat sa ekipo. Ang maong kooperatiba, gikabutyag nga aduna pay madawat na gilangkoban sa usa ka weighing scale ug 2-push cart trolley. Kini nga kabahinan mokabat sa PhP791 ka libo ang gigahin sa kasamtangan tuig.

Si Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II (PARPO II) Glen A. Petilla nagkanayon nga ang probisyon sa ekipo kabahin sa 9-point agenda ni Presidente Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. nga ang bugtong tumong mao ang pagpalig-on sa mga organisasyon sa mag-uuma pinaagi sa paghatag og suporta sama sa makinaryas ug pagbansay-bansay sa mga teknolohiya aron molambo ang ilang negosyo.

Si Ellen Torralba, Chief Agrarian Reform Program Officer-Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development and Sustainability Program CARPO-ARBDSP, nagkanayon nga kining mga proyekto naghatag og bag-ong paglaum isip tubag sa mga panginahanglan sa mga mag-uuma aron makab-ot ang dugay na nilang mga damgo.

Gibutyag ni Engr Milben Gata, CRFPSP Point person ning buhatan sa DAR, kini ilawom sa proyektong Climate Resilient Farm Productivity Support Project (CRFPSP) sa Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) ning probinsya.

Dugang pa ni Engr. Gata na ang nasangpit na ekipo makahatag ug dugang abot sa SAIFMULCO ug mga membro niini, diin nag-unang panginabuhian mao ang pagbaligya og abaca.

Walay kasudlan sa kalipay sa mga mag-uuma sa abaca sa San Antonio ug sikbit nga dapit kay sukad pa kaniadto mag-lisod gayud sila sa gamay nga kita tungod sa mano-mano nga pama-agi, apan karon aduna nay ekipo mamahimong mapadali na ang pag-hagkot ug modako na usab ang ilang kita.

Si Joseph Dequit, Chairperson sa SAIFMULCO malipayon nga nag pasalamat sa gasa nga ilang nadawat gikan sa Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) ning probensya sa Agusan del Norte.

Sa laing dapit usab ning probinsaya, gitunol usab sa Bonifacio Agrarian Reform Cooperative (BARC) sa lungsod sa Las Nieves, ang usa ka stripping machine nga giapangunahan ni MARPO Cecilia G. Concon ug mapalipayong nga gidawat ni Chairperson Luisito P. Lumantas.

Lakip sa panagtigum mao ang Municipal Agrarian Reform Program Officers (MARPO) sa RTR na si Joseph Cleogin U. Torralba ug ang mga local ug barangay officials sa lungsod sa RTR. (DAR Agusan del Norte/PIA-Agusan del Norte)

 

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Produktibo nga resulta sa pagpatuman sa TUPAD sa Ikaduhang Distrito sa Agusan del Norte, gipahiluna sa buhatan ni Kongresista Corvera

DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN -- Giplastar sa buhatan ni Kongresista Dale B. Corvera sa 2^nd District sa Agusan del Norte kauban ang mga representante sa Provincial Agriculture Office sa probinsya sa Agusan del Norte, Public Employment Service Officer, Agriculture Officer ug Environment and Natural Resources Officer sa Syudad sa Cabadbaran ug mga lungsod sa distrito ang trabaho sa mosuma sa 850 ka residente nga apil sa Batch 2 sa programang Tulong Panghapbuhay sa Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD).

Ang TUPAD programa nga gidumala sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Sa unang batch niini niadtiong Hulyo, gisalig sa buhatan ni Kongresista Corvera ang pagpahiluna sa 510 ka trabaho sa iyang distrito ug mahuman na ang maong batch niining bulana. 

Mahinumdoman nga gipadayag ni Kongresista Corvera ang iyang sugyot nga hatagan unta ang mga patrabahoon sa TUPAD og buluhaton nga mahimong tinubdan sa panginabuhian sama sa mga trabaho nga lambigit sa pagpanguma, pagdevelop og enterprises ug uban pa.

Ning bag-o lamang, gidugang ni Kongresista Corvera ang sugyot nga tagaan og higayon ang mga displaced workers sa pangisda sa tamban nga naglisud niining higayona tungod sa grabeng pagkunhod sa kuha niini.

Kini ang napahiluna ning ikaduhang batch ug andam na ang mga lungsod aron sugdan ang pagpatuman niini. Upat sa mga LGUs – Kitcharao, Jabonga, Santiago ug Magallanes – magsugod na ugma. 

Ubos sa TUPAD makatrabaho ang benepisyaryo sulod sa 15 ka adlaw sa sweldo nga Php350 ang adlaw. (Hulagway kuha ni Jenny Fabian ug Nibika Calixtro, Agusan del Norte 2^nd Congressional District Office/PIA-Agusan del Norte)

 

Thursday, September 29, 2022

RCWC readies activities for 2022 NCM celebration

By Jennifer P. Gaitano

 

BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Committee for the Welfare of Children (RCWC) chaired by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga are now preparing the lined-up activities for this year’s 30^thNational Children’s Month (NCM) celebration in November.

This year’s NCM will kick-off on November 3 through a conduct of an opening program with expected participants of 70 from various government agencies, non-government organizations, and private stakeholders.

 

The RCWC members have agreed to conduct the following activities: 

 

·      Kapihan sa SM City Butuan to be conducted by the Philippine Information Agency Caraga scheduled on November 4, 2022 at the 3^rd Floor Events Center of SM City Butuan;

·      Outreach Program scheduled on November 10-11, 2022 at the residential facilities of Balay Silonganan,, Bethany Homes, Gesu Eucaristico Children's Inc. (GECI) in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte, and Bahay Pag-Asa in Tubay, Agusan del Norte;

·      Outreach Program scheduled on November 24, 2022 in an Indigenous Peoples (IP) community at Barangay Sabang Gibong in the municipality of Talacogon in Agusan del Sur; and

·      Contests such as – Caraga CAN Logo Making; MakaBatang Corner (Best Advocay Corner); and Caraga, MakaBata Ka Ba? Virtual Quiz Show.

 

According to DSWD Caraga Regional Director Mari-flor Dollaga-Libang, the National Children’s Month is an annual observance on the gains of the continuous pursuit towards the protection of the rights of children, promotion of their welfare and in commemoration of the promulgation of the first international instrument that acknowledges and recognizes the rights of children as integral and core to human rights through the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to which the Philippines is a signatory. 

 

“By virtue of Republic Act 10661 or the National Children’s Month Act, the Children’s Month is observed every November and usually bears a unique focus year by year,” said Dollaga-Libang.

 

She added that this year’s NCM will focus on the mental health of the children bearing the theme “Kalusugan, Kaisipan, at Kapakanan ng Bawat Bata Ating Tutukan! (JPG/PIA-Caraga)

 

Thursday, September 29, 2022

DTI completes “Buy Local” advocacy to 10 LGUs in SurSur

TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur -- The Department of Trade and Industry - Surigao del Sur (DTI-SDS) Provincial Office completed the advocacy to the targeted 10 local governments of the province for the “Buy Local” Initiative by the agency.

The advocacy was initially conducted during the Sangguniang Panglungsod  Session of Tandag City on July 20, 2022.

The same activity  was conducted in the City of Bislig, and municipalities of Cortes, Cantilan, Hinatuan, Carrascal, Barobo, Madrid, Cagwait, and San Agustin all of this province.

As of date, the cities of Tandag and Bislig and the municipalities of Carrascal, Hinatuan, and Cantilan have passed a resolution supporting the program.

DTI Surigao del Sur will be coordinating with the  rest of the Local Chief Executives  of the remaining lgus for the issuance of  the Executive Order supporting the advocacy.

Meanwhile, the Buy Local is an initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry to campaign for the support of the local government units to their respective local micro-enterprises. This involves allocating 10% of their procurement of goods to local products, using them as a token for their guests/visitors, setting up a display booth in their respective offices, and mounting trade exhibits during any of their events. (Ms. Bema Theresa Vasquez, DTI-SDS/PIA-Surigao del Sur)

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