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2 HEIS IN BUTUAN APPLIED FOR TUITION FEE INCREASE – CHED
Thursday 23rd of May 2013
BUTUAN CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The Commission on Higher Education (CHED)-Caraga Region today said two higher education institutions (HEIs) here have applied for a tuition fee increase effective academic year 2013-2014.
In a phone-patch interview over 107.8 Power FM this morning, Dr. Evangeline S. Dagaang, Education Supervisor II and in-charge of Business Related Program of CHED-Caraga said out of 56 HEIs in Caraga Region, only two have submitted their application for tuition fee increase. “This represents 3.57% of the total schools in the region,” she added.
Dr. Dagaang said the Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) and AMA Computer Le...
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15May2013BUTUAN CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Caraga upgraded its training in Incident Command System (ICS) through participating in a five-day Integrated Planning Course held at Pietros Square. The course contains the duties and responsibilities of the planning section chief (PSC), one of the general staff under the incident commander (IC). The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga led the activity through Regional Director Liza Mazo, chai...
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29Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Information Agency is now ready for the conduct of the 2013 midterm national and local elections said its director, Abner Caga. This, after the personnel here already availed themselves of the Local Absentee Voting (LAV) today at the PIA regional office. Evelyn Gonzales and Flor Evangeline Japitan from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Butuan City supervised the PIA personnel during the said early voting. Gonzales and Japitan lauded the agency ...
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25Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Caraga region is now out of the list of poorest regions in the country. Caraga Regional Development Council (RDC) vice-chairperson and the region’s National Economic and Development Authority chief Dir. Carmencita Cochingco today that Caraga improved its poverty incidence significantly from 43% in the first semester of 2006 and 2009, to 34% in the first half of 2012. The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) earlier reported in its First Semester p...
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24Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 24 (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has extended its full support for the conduct of the 2013 Labor Day Celebration on May 1, 2013. Speaking before the local tri-media during the press conference on Tuesday in one of the local hotels here, TESDA Butuan City-Agusan del Norte Provincial Director Randy Devilla said that as attached agency of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), TESDA has been regularly coordinating with DOLE of...
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24Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 24 (PIA) – More than 100 stakeholders from the regional line agencies (RLAs), Local Government Units (LGUs), private and business sectors and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) will convene for a regional consultation on the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) Midterm Updating and Revalidation of Results Matrix on April 25, 2013 at Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. This regional consultation is aimed at ensuring that regional concerns and priorities are reflected in...
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06Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, Apr. 6 (PIA) -- In their continued pursuit of improving the plight of poor communities in Caraga region, the Spanish government-funded anti-poverty project of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), PODER, successfully wrapped up its seventh year implementation of a grant worth P14,605,205.00. Using a community-driven development (CDD) approach, Poder focused on the provision of basic health and education services in three municipalities in the region especially ta...
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02Apr2013BUTUAN CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- Members of the Regional Development Council – Development Administration Committee (RDC-DAC) in Caraga will meet on April 4 at the Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant, this city to discuss the following: 1) mainstreaming of labor and employment in the updated Regional Development Plan (RDP); 2) enhancing the results matrices; and 3) validating the draft situational analyses. National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Caraga Regional Director Carmencita Cochi...
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20Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 20 -- On its campaign against illegal drugs, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Caraga has been conducting buy-bust operations in the area. At about 4 p.m. on March 14, the Special Enforcement Team of the agency conducted a buy-bust operation in one of the known fastfoods along Montilla Boulevard corner JC Aquino Avenue, this city that resulted in the arrest of a suspect, a provincial target list, 28, male, single and a resident of Punta, Nasipit, Agusan del Nort...
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19Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 19 (PIA) - Senator Loren Legarda arrived Tuesday here to visit the city and other parts of Caraga region, and to personally know the issues and concerns relative to existing laws which she has authored. Supporters of Legarda from different provinces welcomed her at the airport while several media personalities were also able to personally raise issues and concerns, and asked updates regarding her authored laws. It was learned that education being one of her priority prog...
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15Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 15 (PIA) -- For Caraga Region (Northeastern Mindanao) to become the leading mining, agricultural and tourism core and trade center in Southern Philippines, the Regional Development Council of Region 13 (RDC-13) on Wednesday endorsed P38,484,856,528- worth of programs and projects proposed for implementation in 2014 by 26 agencies and four state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the region. The current RDC leadership is aiming to increase more their budget in an effort to b...
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12Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- As part of the 2013 Women’s month celebration in Caraga Region, the Regional Development Council – Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (RDC-GADCC) organized a Candidate’s Forum on the afternoon of Thursday, March 14 at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, this city. According to Atty. Marylin M. Pintor, GADCC Chairperson and Commission on Human Rights regional director, the Candidate’s Forum will serve as a venue for candidates to present th...
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12Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 12 (PIA) -- In time with the International Women's Day celebration, the Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) chaired by Commission on Human Rights (CHR)-Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marylin Pintor conducted last Friday the 9th "Kalandrakas sa Kababaihan" at the Balanghai Hotel and Convention Center, this city. Men and women are enjoying the trade fair, ukay-ukay, massage and spa, medical mission, legal counseling, parlor games, and other leisure activitie...
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09Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-Center for Health (DOH-CHD)-Caraga is commemorating rabies awareness month this March. During the media forum held here recently, Rabies Nurse Coordinator Ms. Lourdes Plaza said rabies remains a public health problem in the Philippines. The annual incidence of rabies from 1987 to 1997 ranged form five to nine cases per million population. Approximately 300 to 600 Filipinos die of rabies every year. In Caraga Region, nine rabies deaths occu...
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06Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The recorded increase of dengue cases in the region had prodded the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Caraga to intensify its campaign against dengue through the implementation of the Aksyon Barangay Kontra Dengue (ABKD) program. DOH-CHD Caraga’s Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) Chief Dr. Gerna Manatad pointed out that with the increasing number of dengue cases in the region, the health department should find measures ...
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05Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- A total of 396 suspected dengue cases were admitted to different disease reporting units in Caraga Region from January 1 to February 23. This is 74 percent higher compared to last year’s cases, recorded at 227. According to Dr. Gerna Manatad, chief of Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Caraga, ages of cases ranged from less than one month old to 82 years old. She added majority o...
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04Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD)-Caraga on Friday said cases of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in the region increased from 1995 to January 2013. During the recent media forum spearheaded by the region’s health department here, Dr. Gerna Manatad said 69 cases were recorded by their monitoring units. Of these, 10 were recorded from 1995-2007; one each in 2008 and 2009; six in 2010; 18 in 2011; 32 in 2012; and one in January 2013...
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04Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- The Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chaired by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and vice-chaired by four agencies, such as the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for Disaster Preparedness, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for Disaster Response and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) for ...
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02Mar2013BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 2 (PIA) -- Local chief executives, heads and representatives of government agencies, and other partner stakeholders convened on Thursday at the Almont Hotel's Inland Resort, this city to witness the launching of the Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (RDRRM) Plan 2013-2017. The activity was led by the RDRRMC chaired by Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Caraga Regional Director Blanche Gobenciong. Gobenciong said the Caraga DRRM Plan contains four thematic are...
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27Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Caraga, in partnership with the Regional Development Council (RDC) and the provincial government of Surigao del Norte will be conducting the S & T Summit on March 14 at the Provincial Convention Center, Capitol Compound, Surigao City. DOST-Caraga Regional Director Dominga Mallonga bared that the S & T Summit is anchored on the theme, “Harnessing Science and Technology for Caraga’s Sustainable Development.” “T...
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21Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- A total of 1,824 families or 8,695 persons have evacuated here during the onslaught of tropical depression “Crising” the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Caraga reported on Thursday. In a report submitted to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), Loren Catedral of the OCD who is also the duty officer of the council, said these families came from 15 different barangays located along the river banks in the city who were affected after ...
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21Feb2013SURIGAO CITY, Peb. 21 (PIA) -– Andam na ang nasyunal nga gobyerno pinaagi sa Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) alang sa pagtabang sa mga naigo sa bagyong “Cresing” nga bag-ohay pa lamang miigo sa pipila ka mga lugar sa Mindanao, matud sa Malakanyang Sumala ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda kagahapon nga adunay kantidad P15,528,181.68 andam nga pundo ug kantidad P24,121,258 nga mga relief supplies ang nakaandam na tanan sa DSWD field office lakip ang storm path, ...
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19Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC) is spearheading the annual commemoration of the establishment of Caraga. Caraga Region was created on February 23, 1995 through Republic Act 7901. This year, residents are celebrating its 18th anniversary with the theme “Celebrating the Indigenous Peoples’ Culture in Caraga.” The theme for this year highlights the rich culture and tradition of the indigenous peoples (IPs) in Caraga while promoting the protection of the...
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19Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 19 -- At about 6:30 p.m. on February 15, joint elements of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Caraga and Sta. Josefa Municipal Police Station conducted a buy-bust operation and implementation of search warrant issued by Judge Eduardo S. Casals, Regional Trial Court, dated February 13 at Purok-1, Poblacion, Sta. Josefa, Agusan del Sur that resulted to the arrest of its suspect, a target-listed drug personality in Agusan del Sur. It also resulted to the confiscation/s...
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14Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga has released a total of P17 million Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) to Butuan City and the provinces of Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur. DILG-Caraga Regional Director Lilibeth Famacion said the PCF is a performance-based incentive conferred to LGUs for having passed the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH). “This is to stimulate their performance in putting a premium on development initiatives fo...
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14Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- Caraga representatives to the Lower House is in full support of the proposed modernization of Caraga Regional Hospital located in Surigao City, Surigao del Norte. According to the Department of Health-Center for Health Development Caraga regional director Ariel I Valencia, all the nine lawmakers of the region already signed the letter of endorsement. It is envisioned to become a teaching and training hospital at par with notable hospitals in the country which wi...
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11Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 11 (PIA) -- The Butuan City Youth Code, crafted and proposed by the Caraga Youth Leaders' Network (CYLN) through its CEO and chairperson Rex F. Ybanez, was formally turned-over to Vice Mayor Atty. Lawrence Fortun on Monday at the latter's office here. Ybanez said that should the Youth Code pass, the local government of Butuan City will be the first local government in Mindanao to have such legislative mandate to provide sustainable services and programs for the youth. The Yo...
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08Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb 8 (PIA) -- There is no stopping this administration from going full steam ahead as it makes good its promise to fill the classroom lack even before Aquino leaves office. The Department of Education in Caraga Region (DepEd-Caraga) is currently implementing the second phase of its large-scale classroom construction project through the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme called the PPP for School Infrastructure Project III (PSIP-II). During Tuesday’s first quarterly meetin...
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08Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chaired by Blanche Gobenciong of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is set to launch the DRRM Plan 2013-2017 of the region on March 5 at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort here. Around 200 participants from the local DRRMCs of different provinces are expected to attend the said event. As the host of the event, Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante will give the welcome remarks. Retired Army General...
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06Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Heads and representatives of government agencies convened Tuesday for the 1st quarter meeting of the Regional Development Council-Development Administration Committee (RDC-DAC) chaired by Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. at the Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant, this city. Among the agenda include the discussion on the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) Projects for Caraga; 18th Caraga Anniversary celebration; and the proposal to include the at...
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06Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb 6 (PIA) -- The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) was successfully implemented in Caraga Region based on its objective, as revealed by the study conducted by the Philippine Normal University (PNU)-Agusan Campus. This is what Dr. Fabian Pontiveros of PNU said during the first quarter meeting of the Regional Development Council-Social Development Committee (RDC-SDC) held Tuesday in one of the local convention centers here. Dr. Pontiveros said the PNU was commissioned by ...
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05Feb2013BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- The Civil Registrar’s Office here, in partnership with Pag-IBIG Fund Caraga Region is now geared up for yet the grandest Mass Civil Wedding in the city which will be held at the newly-renovated Guingona Park come Valentine’s Day. In an interview with Judith Alvizo-Calo, city civil registrar, the wedding will be free for participating couples. They will be exempted from any charge including that for the issuance of the Affidavit of Cohabitation Fee. Calo added t...
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30Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 30 -- The City Civil Registrar’s Office here, in partnership with Pag-IBIG Fund-Caraga Region is now geared up for yet the grandest Mass Civil Wedding in the city which will be held at the newly-renovated Guingona Park come Valentine’s Day - February 14, 2013. In an interview with Judith Alvizo-Calo, city civil registrar, the wedding will be free for the participating couple. They will be exempted from any charge including the issuance of the Affidavit of Cohabitation Fee....
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25Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is set to launch the National Community-Driven Development Program (NCDDP) following the approval of President Benigno Aquino III of the P146-B worth of infrastructure projects during a meeting with the NEDA board last January 18. Of this amount, P81.9-B will be allocated to DSWD for scaling up the implementation of one of its anti-poverty projects, Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integra...
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24Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) -- The dengue cases in 2012 here in the city has increased 175 percent as compared to 2011. Of this figure, only in the month of April were the number of cases remained the same. In her report to members of the City Peace and Order Council (CPOC) held recently here, Michelle Mae Que, a nurse from the city health office, said dengue cases in 2011 was recorded at 172 while 473 cases were reported in 2012. Que said from comparing the two years since January to December...
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22Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO)-Caraga Region on Tuesday launched the conduct of the 2012 Census for Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF). In a press conference which formally kicked-off the activity, NSO-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Rosalinda Celeste-Apura pointed out that their agency is mandated by Commonwealth Act 591 and Executive Order 121, to reorganize and strengthen the Philippine Statistical System. Apura explained that NSO is the sole agency to underta...
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16Jan2013BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) in Caraga Region has recorded a 1.05 percent dengue case fatality rate in 2012 which is slightly above the national figure of less than one percent. In a press statement, the health department in the region said a total of 22 deaths out of the total number 2,090 cases were recorded in the region last year. The DOH officials said the 2,090 suspected dengue cases were admitted from January 1 to December 31, 2012. Of this figure, Agus...
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18Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- Some P34.7 million-worth of investment leads from planned expansions was generated by 28 entrepreneurs from the region who participated in the recently concluded Planning for Expanding Business Training (PLANET) held at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. Participants which included owners of micro-, small- and medium- enterprises (MSMEs) and board members and officers of enterprising cooperatives prepared 19 business plans with project costs ranging f...
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18Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- Selected industry leaders in Caraga attended the Value Chain Orientation Workshop for Industry Cluster Stakeholders on December 17 at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. The participants come from the priority industry clusters (ICs) - palm oil, banana, high value vegetables, wood, and tourism. The five ICs are under the Industry Cluster Assistance for Regional Economic Development (iCARE) project which is implemented by DTI-Caraga with the support f...
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18Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 18 (PIA) -- A total of 25 homegrown micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) participated in the trade fair recently organized in support to this year’s 67th PICPA Annual National Convention held at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. The trade fair was also joined by 55 exhibitors from all parts of the country, some of them regular exhibitors of the PICPA National Conventions and other national conventions. The four-day fair generated combined sales of alm...
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14Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 14 (PIA) -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) - Caraga thru Regional Director Atty. Francisco Pobe updated members of the Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) on the upcoming May 2013 national and local elections (NLE), held recently at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Caraga Regional Office, this city. Pobe said that based on regional statistics, there are 1,445,724 total registered voters for this year, an increased of 7.5 percent from the 1,344,62...
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13Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapiliz-Baldoz congratulated the DOLE Caraga Region as it has achieved ISO 9001:2008 certification for its quality management system as planned. Remarkably completed within 10 months, Baldoz said that with the ISO certification of QMS, we have transparency in governance, and that we ensure quality management system in government as it meets international standards in terms of meeting the requirements of our clients as wel...
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12Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 12 (PIA) – In line with the International Day Against Trafficking (IDAT), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga with partner agencies conducted a flash mob activity on Wednesday at the Bancasi Airport here, city hall lobby, and bus terminal. DSWD-Caraga Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat said in a statement that it is a two-day activity aimed at raising public awareness against human trafficking. On December 13, Thursday, the same team will again c...
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10Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- As the country celebrates this year’s National Human Rights Consciousness Week, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) will organize an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Summit on December 10-11, 2012 at the Mazaua Island Resort, this city. CHR-Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marylin Pintor said the summit is part of the IDP Protection Project with the United Nations High Commissioner for the Refugees. “The activity aims to raise awareness on the situation of th...
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10Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga will be presenting its year-end accomplishments with the local tri-media in the city on December 17 at the DTI-Caraga Conference Room here. DTI-Caraga Regional Director Brielgo Pagaran said, they will be presenting the agency’s 2012 major accomplishments and highlights from major activities, programs and projects that they have implemented in the region. “Said activity is aimed to provide information to media ...
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08Dec2012BUTUAN CITY, Dec. 8 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) Caraga will be conducting a Regional Dissemination Forum on the 2010 Annual Survey of the Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) and 2010 Survey on Information and Communication Technology (SICT) on December 18 at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. Statistician Reynaldo Magno of NSO-Caraga, said the forum is aimed to raise awareness of the stakeholders and data users on the importance and relevance of the economic s...
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27Nov2012BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The Regional Cooperative Development Council (RCDC) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) finalized its preparations for the upcoming ‘Cooperative Advocacy Run’ slated December 12, 2012. Participants of the fun run will assemble at 4:30 a.m. The run will start at exactly 5 a.m. at the Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) Gymnasium and will end at the Agusan del Norte Provincial Covered Court, Butuan City. A ‘Hataw’ exercise and short progra...
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21Nov2012BUTUAN CITY, Nov. 21 (PIA) -- The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Caraga region has launched a government FM radio station. “With this new innovation that the region is undertaking, we will able to strengthen our service to the public by means of disseminating news and information of government's thrusts and programs,” Northern and Northeastern Mindanao Cluster Head Abner Caga said. Caga also said the establishment of this communication channel is in compliance with the Mindanao Bluepr...
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14Nov2012BUTUAN CITY, Nov 14 (PIA) -- National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) Caraga Regional Director Desiderio Julaton has announced that only three slaughter houses in the region are accredited by their office. He said this during the interview on the radio program AgriPinoy Caraga aired over dxBN-Radyo ng Bayan Butuan, a radio program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga. Julaton said the three slaughterhouses currently accredited by their office were the municipal slaughterhouse in Prosper...
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31Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 31 (PIA) -- Winners of the Division Consumer Quiz Bowl from participating schools will compete in the 8th Regional Consumer Quiz Bowl on October 31 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Conference Hall, 4/F D&V Plaza Building, J.C. Aquino Ave, this city. The quiz bowl is part of the celebration of the Consumer Welfare Month hosted by the DTI-Caraga office. The participants are fourth year high school students from public schools within the divi...
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31Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct 31 (PIA) -- The Local Governance Regional Resource Center (LGRRC) through the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga region in partnership with the Local Government Academy (LGA) has conducted the Knowledge Management Audit for External Stakeholders in the region held at the Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant, this city. The Knowledge Management (KM) Audit has determined the level of organizational KM readiness of the different sectors in the region through ...
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31Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Caraga conducted today the ConsumerNet & Cellphone Sellers’ Dialogue cum Workshop at the Barangay Imadejas Hall here, as part of the culmination activity for the Consumer Welfare Month celebration. Atty. Ma. Aurora Curaza-Maquiling of DTI-Caraga said the activity is aimed to raise awareness among consumers and cellphone sellers on breach of warranty, resolution of complaints at the store level, and establishment of consum...
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30Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct 30 (PIA) -- The Association of Caraga Executives (ACE) will be conducting their 11th Annual Career Executive Service Conference on November 14-16 at the Grand Orchid Hotel in Zamboanga City. This year’s conference is anchored on the theme “Going 4G! Good to Great, Green Governance.” The ACE is an organization of heads of offices of different government agencies in Caraga region which aims to further professionalize the corps of Career Executive Service Officers (CESOs) ...
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30Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct 30 (PIA) -- Environment Assistant Secretary Marlo D. Mendoza has cut short his assignment in Caraga Region as regional executive director (RED) effective October 30, 2012 to pave the way for a teaching career at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos, Laguna. Undersecretary for Field Operations Demetrio L. Ignacio will temporarily act as officer-in-charge/RED of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 13 pending a Special Order formally designating a...
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19Oct2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- The Caraga Regional Development Council endorsed last week the establishment of the Caraga Regional Competitiveness Committee (RCC) to raise the country’s overall competitiveness as compared with selected Asean cities. Department of Trade and Industry regional director Brielgo Pagaran who endorsed the establishment of the RCC said the role of the RCC would be to work with the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) in improving the country’s competitiveness a...
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16Oct2012BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 16 (PIA) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Caraga held a "Training of Trainers and Contingency Planning for Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officers (LDRRMOs)" aimed at building disaster-resilient and safe communities in the Agusan River Basin areas of the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Agusan del Norte and Butuan City. The training was held at Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant, Butuan City on October 12, 2012. The Community-Based Disast...
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27Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 27 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) head office has reviewed and evaluated the OWWA-Caraga’s Loan Programs. Among the programs reviewed were Groceria Project, Filipino Expatriate Livelihood Support Fund (FELSF), Livelihood Development Program for Overseas Filipino Workers (LDPO), and the P2-billion Reintegration Loan Program. Implementers and loan applicants were interviewed and asked for feedback. Seaman Arturo Nietes, who was able to avail a l...
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21Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept 21 (PIA) -- The Caraga Region Institute of Peace (CRIP) will be launched on September 21 at the Surigao del Sur State University (SDSSU) Cantilan Campus, in line with the observance of the International Day of the United Nations. Said launching will be attended by almost 2,000 students of the SDSSU, sectoral leaders, guests and local government unit officials. The CRIP is a nonprofit institution aimed to create and establish civic engagement, education and leadership developm...
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10Sep2012MANILA, Sept. 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Transportation and Communications is set to construct its regional office and rehabilitate five Land Transportation Offices in the Caraga Region which is approximately 856.39 kilometers south of Manila, to provide better public service to people in the region. In a statement, the DOTC said the P25.2 million project is meant to further raise the standards of its services “to levels suitable to servicing the Filipino public.” It said the program a...
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10Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept 10 (PIA) -- The Philippine International Year of Cooperatives (IYC) 2012 will culminate with a fun run activity, dubbed “Cooperative Advocacy Run” on December 12, 2012, done simultaneously in all regions. The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) Caraga through the Regional Cooperative Development Council (RCDC) chaired by Mr. Brix Merlin will be spearheading the said activity that will start at 5 a.m. The event is anchored on the theme, “Transformative Cooperatives f...
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08Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept 8 (PIA) -- The cooperatives in Caraga region will be participating in this year’s 11th National Cooperative Summit on October 10-12, 2012 to be held at the Atrium, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City. This year’s summit is anchored on the theme “Cooperative Enterprises Build Better Philippines.” Cooperative Development Authority Caraga Regional Director Manuela Pelaez said the summit will put more meat on what has already been agreed upon on operational terms in the...
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06Sep2012BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 6 (PIA) -- The regional office of the National Statistics Office (NSO) here in Caraga Region has briefed members of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) in Agusan del Norte on the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA). The briefing was held during the regular meeting held at the Provincial Economic Enterprise Development and Management Office (PEEDMO) at the capitol compound. Reynelo Magno, NSO-Caraga Statistical Division Chief said the RSBSA is ...
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23Aug2012BUTUAN CITY, August 23 (PIA) -- The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM)-Caraga region will host the 18th National Crime Prevention Week here in the city with the theme, “Sa Crime Prevention, May Magagawa Ako” slated on September 1-7, 2012. In a statement from NAPOLCOM Caraga, it said that the activity does not only promote social order and justice but also protects the economy of our country. "Any measures to be effective must cover not only the criminal justice system but also the com...
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17Aug2012BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 17 (PIA) -- The member-agencies for the Caraga Regional Ecology Center (CREC) led by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) will be validating local government units’ best practices on Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) from August 22-25, 2012. CREC members will be validating seven municipalities in different schedules as follows: Aug. 22 – Hintauan and Carrascal, both in Surigao del Sur; Aug. 23 – Veruela, Agusan del Sur and Socorro, Surigao del Norte; Aug. 24 ...
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01Aug2012BUTUAN CITY, Aug 1 (PIA) -- The regional office of the National Statistics Office (NSO) in Caraga on Tuesday conducted the 2011 Family Health Survey (FHS) regional data dissemination forum held in one of the local hotels here. In his welcome message, Ricardo Galarse, NSO-Caraga OIC-regional director, pointed out that the forum aims to disseminate survey update findings from the series of family health surveys conducted from 2005-2011. Galarse added the survey provides different local governmen...
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29Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 29 (PIA) -- Government agencies and stakeholders in Caraga Region are set to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to promote the welfare of the local seafarers. In a statement, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo said the activity will be presented and consequently signed during the Forum on the Working Conditions of Filipino Seafarers in the Domestic Shipping Industry on Monday, July 30, 2012. Dir. Domingo also said the MOA will ...
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25Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 25 (PIA) -- Police authorities in Caraga Region have conducted a coordinating conference with other agencies involved in the implementation of Executive Order 23, or the total log ban. This was developed to strengthen the cooperation between the regulatory body, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), and the enforcement arm, the Philippine National Police (PNP), to stay focused on the task at hand. As a result, an operation was launched against illegal l...
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13Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, Hulyo 13 (PIA) -- Pinalakas ng Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Caraga Link sa pangunguna ni Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga director Marylin Pintor ang ugnayan sa mga field officers sa ibang rehiyon at tinalakay ang mga isyu kung paano resulbahin ang displacement sa iba't-ibang lugar. Ayon sa pangulo ng IDP-Caraga link na si Teresita Canas, ang IDP ay nabuo sa workshop sa Lianga, Surigao del Sur noong Setyembre 2005 kung saan nakita ng mga kalahok ang pangangailangan ng...
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12Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 12 (PIA) -- The Anti-Illegal Task Force of the country has vowed to stop illegal logging operations continuously proliferating in Caraga Region. This is the statement of retired MGen. Renato Miranda, chief of the task force organized by President Benigno S. Aquino III through the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in an interview over a morning radio program here on Wednesday. Miranda said they are here in the region not only to stop illegal logging opera...
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11Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is intensifying its campaign against illegal recruitment and anti-trafficking in persons. In a statement, POEA-Caraga Regional Supervisor Marietta M. Bellotindos said the campaign is in relation to the agency’s project in upscaling and intensification of community-based migration information, orientation and advocacy campaign under the Millennium Development Goal-F Joint Programme on Youth, Employment and M...
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11Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- The Agusan del Norte Provincial Council of Human Resource Managers (HRM) will host the 9th Annual Regional Convention of Caraga Regional Council of Human Resource Managers on September 19-20, 2012. In a statement, Council President Luz Dumanon said this year’s convention, which is anchored on the theme, “ Revitalizing HR Practitioners towards Global Challenges” will feature series of activities that have been planned and prepared by identified working committ...
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10Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 10 (PIA) -- The Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Caraga Link led by the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) through Regional Director Marylin Pintor with IDP field officers from other regions in Mindanao convened recently here and discussed issues and concerns in handling displacements in different areas. IDP-Caraga Link President Teresita Cañas said the IDP Caraga Link was organized on the IDP workshop in Lianga, Surigao del Sur in September 2005 when the participants saw th...
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08Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon JP Paje had pulled out his top key official in the National Greening Program (NGP) Mario D. Mendoza on Thursday, to head DENR-Caraga after he relieved its regional director, Leonardo R. Sibbaluca, over unabated illegal logging activities. Mendoza, who works as Assistant Secretary for Special Projects at the Office of Secretary Paje, said he has left several unfinished projects at the central...
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06Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 6 (PIA) -- The new regional executive director (RED) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Caraga Region was formally presented to members of the Regional Development Council (RDC) today during the 71st RDC meeting held in one of the local convention centers here. RDC Chairperson and Surigao del Norte Governor Sol F. Matugas formally introduced Marlo Mendoza who is also the department’s assistant secretary, saying that with the issue that the regio...
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03Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- Member agencies of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Caraga Region spearheaded today the conduct of the kickoff activity of the National Disaster Consciousness Month here. Some 200 employees from the regional line agencies and local government units assembled at the city hall here for the fun run and then headed to the Philippine Ports Authority ground where the opening program was conducted. In her message, Office of Civil Def...
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03Jul2012SURIGAO CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB-13) and Chamber of Mines – Caraga Region chapter led the culmination activity of the 2012 Environment Month celebration at the Provincial Forest Park in Brgy. Ipil this city on Saturday, June 30. The celebration started with a motorcade along the major thoroughfares of the city followed by a tree planting activity and the memorandum of agreement (MOA) signing between the MGB-13 and its partner mining companies. Lawyer Rise F...
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02Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga Region Field Office held a team building workshop on June 20-22, 2012 in Socorro, Surigao del Norte. The team building workshop was aimed at organizing Pantawid Pamilya workforce to work more effectively and efficiently as a team. Director Mercedita P. Jabagat of the Caraga Social Welfare and Development Office said this is one activity that will strengthen and sustain the commitment of the implemente...
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02Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga recently oriented the 42 new project development officers (PDOs) of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP). The new workers were oriented on the basic knowledge, skills, and attitude of the program and also the vision, mission, values, functions, programs and services, different policies and rules of the Department that the workers need to adhere to, as well as the details of the SLP. DSWD regional ...
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02Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga region has reorganized its quick response team (QRT) and has recently conducted capability building to its members at a hotel here. Conducted in two batches, DSWD Caraga Regional Director Mercedita P. Jabagat said the reorganization of the QRT of the field office is basically done to refresh the members of their respective roles and functions for future undertaking relative to disaster management. Jaba...
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02Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) and the Caraga Regional Committee on Disability Affairs led by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has conducted an access audit in Tandag City. The activity is pursuant to the implementation of Accessibility Law or Batas Pambansa Blg. 344, An Act to Enhance the Mobility of Disabled Persons by Requiring Certain Buildings, Institutions, Establishments and Public Utilities to install Facilities and ...
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01Jul2012BUTUAN CITY, July 1 (PIA) -- One hundred and forty-nine police recruits comprising this year’s regular and attrition quota were expected to be sworn-in as trainees on Monday (July 2), at Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez, this city, a senior police official said. PSupt. Martin M. Gamba, chief spokesman of the police regional headquarters here said that there were no changes so far for the scheduled oath-taking of the police recruits by Monday next week. The recruits are expected to be transported to ...
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29Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 29 (PIA) -- Caraga once again becomes a recipient of an international grant as the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) finalizes a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Spanish government and three local government units (LGUs) here this month to complement the implementation of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. Now on its seventh and final year of implementing the community-driven development (CDD) project Poder, Agencia Espanola Cooperacion Internacional ...
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25Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 25 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo will launch on June 26, 2012 the Seal of Disaster Preparedness during the region-wide TAPATAN on Disaster Preparedness at Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort here. The Seal of Disaster Preparedness recognizes and gives incentive to local government performance in institutionalizing disaster preparedness and to assess performance gaps to policies of program interventions as well as monitor improvements on disaster ...
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21Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- A regional consultative meeting on networking of public health emergency services is slated on June 26-27 in Surigao City. In a press statement, Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Caraga Regional Director Ariel Valencia said the two-day activity is aimed at ensuring and strengthening humanitarian response by ensuring high standards of predictability, accountability, and partnership in all sectors during disaster. Dir. Valencia also said t...
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18Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has explained the need to separate generating companies, transmission companies, and distribution companies in delivering power to the community. During Friday’s Power 101 forum and press briefing held at Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort here, Attorney Cynthia Alabanza, NGCP spokesperson and adviser for External Affairs, there is need to separate these areas in power delivery as mandated under the Electric Pow...
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17Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 17 (PIA) -- The Association of Caraga Executives (ACE) and Rotary Club of Butuan turned-over the service vehicle to Balay Silonganan on Friday at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Caraga Regional Covered Court, this city. Rotary Club of Butuan President Sisinio Narisma together with 47th District Governor-Elect for District 3860 Peter “Perok” Rodriguez, Past President Victor Plaza, ACE President and Commission on Election (COMELEC) Caraga Regional Director...
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14Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- Officials of the Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP) and Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) Caraga informed the public on how to prevent kidney diseases. Ms. Delma Legaspi of DOH-CHD Caraga who is also the region’s REDCOP coordinator said drinking six to eight glass of water may help in flushing out bacteria “thus, cleaning our kidney.” Dr. Romina Rusillon, a nephrologist of Caraga region who is also a partner of the REDCOP in it...
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14Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 14 (PIA) --The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will conduct a session and press briefing tomorrow, June 15, to provide information to the local tri-media in Caraga region. In an interview with PIA today, Milfrance Q. Capulong, NGCP Regional Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Officer for Mindanao, said the activity is a program of their division which is intended for the media community nationwide. Capulong explained that it is an educational forum...
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14Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- The 2012 Kalayaan Job Fair conducted during the 114th celebration of the Philippine Independence Day here recorded a high placement rate of 21 percent, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo reported. In her report to Labor Secretary Rosalina Baldoz, Dir. Domingo said that 393 out of 521 registered applicants were qualified and referred, while 362 applicants were interviewed. She also reported that 76 job applicants were h...
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14Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- Caraga Region’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DRRMC) through the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has warned the public to be alert as tropical storm “Butchoy” (International Name: GUCHOL) is expected to enter the Philippine area of responsibility this evening. Mr. Amado Posas, OCD-Caraga Chief Operations Officer, said their office has already disseminated public advisory for them to be alert in case of emergency. Posas also said advisories we...
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13Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 13 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) here in Caraga conducted an advocacy campaign for renal health care and prevention in support to the Kidney Month celebration. In today’s special episode of Caraga in Focus, a TV program of PIA-Caraga Region, Dr. Romina Rusillon, one of the three nephrologists in Caraga Region, discussed things pertaining to renal health care and prevention. Rusillon pointed out that the national government has stren...
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13Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 13 (PIA) -- The number of patients in Caraga Region who underwent dialysis has increased, said Dr. Romina Rusillon, a nephrologist and resident partner of the Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP), an advocacy program of the government aimed to inform the public of renal health care and prevention. Speaking before the local media here during the conduct of “Caraga in Focus,” a TV program of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Caraga, Rusillon said that as of 2010, the...
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11Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, Hunyo 11 (PIA) -- Ang Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) technical working group ay nagtipon para gumawa ng action plan, matapos ang 20 araw buhat ng mapirmahan ang memorandum of agreement (MOA) kaagapay ang mga pribado at publikong ahensya. Sa isang press statement, sinabi ni Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo na maliban sa action plan, layunin din ng aktibidad na bumuo ng grupo na mag-paplano, mag-e-evaluate, at mag-re-review sa im...
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11Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 11 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Caraga Regional Director Ofelia Domingo has urged private and public stakeholders to support occupational safety and health (OSH). During Friday’s meeting with the technical working group member-agencies composed of national government agencies, the local government unit in this city, and the Butuan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), Domingo emphasized that through the creation of OSH convergence, the public will be...
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08Jun2012BUTUAN, Hunyo 8 (PIA) -- Upang mabigyang kaukulang pansin ang mga hinaing ng mga Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) sa rehiyon, sinabi ng opisyal ng Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA)- Caraga na ito'y handang tumugon sa kanilang mga problema. Sinabi ni Ritchel Molero, public information officer ng tanggapan, na nakaantabay ang 24/7 office center sa lahat ng regional welfare offices sa bansa upang siguruhin na ang OFWs at ang kani-kanilang pamilya ay mabibigyan ng kaukulang serbisyo...
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07Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, Hunyo 7 (PIA) -- Nananawagan ngayon sa publiko ang Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) sa rehiyon ng Caraga na mag-ingat laban sa illegal recruitment. Ayon kay POEA-Caraga Regional Director Marieta Bellotindos, ang illegal recruitment ay nagpapatuloy pa hanggang ngayon. Pinaaalahanan din nito ang gustong magtrabaho sa abroad na maging mapagmasid sa mga aksyon na ginagawa ng mga illegal na recruiters. Sinabi rin ng opisyal na kung meron silang kilala na mga illega...
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07Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 7 (PIA) –- Philippine Red Cross (PRC) chairman Richard Gordon is set to visit Caraga Region on June 9 and 10 to turnover response equipment and first aid kits to its provincial offices in Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Sur. In a phone conversation with Jingjing Romero, PR consultant of the PRC chair, he said the activity is part of PRC’s commitment to better serve the people in the region, especially in the aforementioned provinces. Romero also said Gordon will grace th...
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06Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in Caraga region has reiterated their call to the public against illegal recruiters. According to POEA-Caraga Regional Director Marietta Bellotindos, illegal recruitment is still proliferating at present. She thus reminded those who wish to work abroad to be vigilant on the actions undertaken by these illegal recruiters. The official also said should they have knowledge of illegal recruiters in any place in...
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06Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) -– Interior and Local Government City Director Romeo Solis today reported that garbage collection here has decreased significantly. The DILG chief of the city said this is the result of the successful massive campaign of the city government, especially in the implementation of its solid waste management system, through the “Clean Ground, Zero Waste” program under the leadership of Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. Part of the routine activity of the program is the regu...
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06Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) –- To better serve the concerns of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), the Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA)-Caraga informed the public that their office is ready to address them. Ritchel Molero, OWWA-Caraga public information officer, said 24/7 office centers have been setup in all regional welfare offices in the country to ensure that OFWs and their families will be properly served. Molero added that the 24/7 Operation (OP Center) is tasked to monito...
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04Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 4 (PIA) –- To solve drug-related incidents, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Caraga intensified its partnership with stakeholders. According to PDEA-Caraga Regional Director Joel Plaza, they have forged partnerships with local government units and non-government organizations (NGOs) to see to it that they can conduct intensified monitoring of drug-related activities in the region. The official said to intensify monitoring, there is a need for them to coordinate...
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02Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- An official of the Department of Education (DepEd), Butuan City Division said it is expected that there will be no perfect attendance on opening of classes especially in far-flung areas. Dr. Israel Reveche, DepEd Butuan City Division information officer said that based on the previous years, no perfect attendance of pupils and students were noted in far-flung barangays. However, the official said because of the successful conduct of Brigada Eskwela, DepEd officials...
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01Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 1 (PIA) -– It’s all systems go for Caraga Region’s Department of Education (DepEd) as classes for school year 2012-2013 will open on Monday. According to Prof. Carol Niepes, DepEd-Caraga regional information officer, all the nine divisions of the region are ready and prepared for the opening of classes this Monday since the conduct of Brigada Eskwela last week was considered successful. To ensure an orderly opening of classes, Niepes said that a master list of officiall...
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01Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) of Caraga Region is batt ing for the declaration of Taguibo river here as water quality management area. Lesley Garcia of EMB-Caraga planning division said Engr. Ester Olavides, environmental bureau’s director of the region was able to present the idea to the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council). Garcia said during the presentation, Olavides discussed the importance of declaring the said river into a water...
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01Jun2012BUTUAN CITY, Hunyo1 (PIA) -- Handa na ang Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) sa rehiyon sa nalalapit na selebrasyon ng ika-24 anibersaryo ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). Ayon kay DAR-Caraga information officer Joie Ceballos, itutuon ang selebrasyon ngayong taon sa mga kuwento ng tagumpay at kaunlaran ng mga benepisyaryo ng programa sa rehiyon. Sinabi rin ni Ceballos na ang isang buwang paggunita ay bubuksan ngayong Hunyo 15 sa pamamagitan ng motorcade na nagpapakita ng mga ak...
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31May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 31 (PIA) -- The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) recently confirmed that more establishments in the region were able to receive Environmental Compliance Certificates (ECC). However, EMB Caraga regional director Engr. Esther Olavides said they have also issued notice of violation to some establishments who have violated the conditions specified in the ECC. According to the Philippine Environmental Impact Statement System, ECC is a certificate of Environmental Compliance C...
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31May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 31 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) in Caraga strongly supports the animal bite treatment package which was launched recently by the agency's central office.Parley Buyan, PhilHealth-Caraga regional information officer, said that under the rabies prevention and control program, they are ready to shoulder medical fees of PhilHealth members who are bitten with animals such as dogs, cats, monkeys, and the like.Aside from this, ...
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31May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here reminded business establishments to follow the suggested retail price (SRP) given by manufacturers. According to Win Palma, Consumer Welfare Division Chief of DTI Butuan City-Agusan del Norte, based on the Price Act of the Philippines, specifically the profiteering provision, all prime commodities should be sold in lower price. The official said should they receive complaints for violations, they will immediately act...
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30May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 30 (PIA) -– The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has intensified its monitoring of all the programs implemented in Caraga region particularly the livelihood assistance programs. Citing the need to monitor the status of the programs implemented, DSWD-Caraga Livelihood Unit Chief Roy Serdeña said the social welfare department does not only concern with the distribution of livelihood assistance to qualified beneficiaries, it should also monitor the status of ...
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30May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 30 (PIA) –- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Caraga Region is now preparing for the 24th anniversary celebration of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP). According to DAR-Caraga information officer Joie Ceballos, this year’s celebration will focus on the success stories, development and triumphs of CARP beneficiaries in the region. Ceballos further said the month-long commemoration will kickoff on June 15 with a motorcade showcasing developmental acti...
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30May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 30 (PIA) -– The Department of Education (DepEd) - Caraga region warned school administrators and teachers not to collect fees during enrollment. DepEd emphasized that school principals, heads and teachers who will be reported on having collected fees during enrollment will be called for investigation. This developed after DepEd-Caraga received reports during the previous years informing the office that allegedly, there were school principals and teachers collecting miscellan...
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29May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 29 (PIA) -- In pursuing excellence in local governance, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region XIII recently concluded the Anti-Red Tape Act (ARTA) Report Card Survey (RCS) Roll-out on May 24-25 at Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort, this city. The Report Card Survey (RCS) is a participatory survey that provides quantitative feedback on user perceptions on the quality, adequacy, and efficiency of public services, particularly in the delivery of frontline ...
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29May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Caraga fielded their personnel to monitor the prices of school supplies as the opening of classes near. Aside from monitoring, DTI-Caraga Consumer Welfare Chief Billy General said the agency also released guidelines dubbed “Gabay sa Pamimili ng School Supplies (Guidelines in Buying School Supplies),” aimed at informing the consuming public on the things to remember when buying school supplies. The official explained th...
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29May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 29 (PIA) -– As opening of classes for school year 2012-2013 nears, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) - Caraga Region is set to hold four rounds of “Diskwento Caravan” in some provinces of the region, selling school supplies in affordable prices. DTI-Caraga Consumer Welfare Division chief, Billy General, said the caravan’s first round will be held on June 12 to 15 at the Agusan del Norte Provincial Capitol Covered Court here in time for the celebration of Araw n...
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25May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Caraga is set to inaugurate its infrastructure facilities that are deemed beneficial for training educators in the region. The education department will be conducting blessing rites of the Regional Education Learning Center (RELC), Learning Resource Management and Development Center (LRMDC), and a dormitory, all located at DepEd-Caraga Regional Office on Monday morning, May 28, according to Dr. Rebecca ...
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25May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- A town in the province of Agusan del Norte in Caraga region was added to the list of municipalities that are subject for the assessment of the solid waste management implementation. The municipality of Las Nieves, some 20.7 kilometers away from this city, is now added to the six municipalities that will be assessed or evaluated by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB)-Caraga. In a phone-patch interview with Forester Joy Maagad, EMB-Caraga technical staff, he sa...
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24May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 24 (PIA) –- With nearly two weeks left as Fisherfolk Regional Director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Caraga, Dir. Marciano Monato recently said the agency is eyeing to strengthen inland fishing here in the region. Monato said the region’s fisheries bureau is giving focus on culturing fish of different types especially in inland fishing as this is beneficial to those provinces that are far from coastal areas like Agusan del Sur, although the prov...
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24May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said that fund source for indigent senior citizens pension in the region come from the national government. According to Jane Amil, DSWD-Caraga Social Pension Unit chief, said the funds have been downloaded to all regional offices for distribution to the recipients. The official explained that source of funds for the pension solely comes from the national level and that no other government agencies as well as ...
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23May2012BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 22 (PIA) –- Sumailalim kamakailan ang mga tauhan ng Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-Caraga Region sa briefing hinggil sa tungkulin ng ahensya sa incident command system, isang sistematikong proseso sa pagtugon sa anumang sakuna. Nilinaw ng PIA-Caraga monitoring officer at assistant focal person ng ahensya sa Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) na si Jennifer Gaitano na layunin ng incident command system ang magbigay ng isang sistematiko at ma...
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23May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 23 (PIA) -– Bislig Bay in Surigao del Sur is negative from Red Tide Toxin, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said. Based on the latest shellfish bulletin issued by the bureau the coastal waters of Bislig City is negative from this toxin. However, BFAR said all types of shellfish especially "alamang” that comes from the coastal waters of Dumanquillas Bay, Zamboanga del Sur, Murchelagos Bay in Zamboanga del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Bataan coastal wa...
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23May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) in Caraga is set to assess/evaluate the six municipalities in the region on the implementation of Republic Act 9003, otherwise known as Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. Forester Jay Managad, EMB-Caraga technical staff said on July 2012, EMB-Caraga will be evaluating how the municipalities of Carrascal and Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur, municipalities of Esperanza, Veruela and Trento in Agus...
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23May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- Civil Service Commission (CSC)-Caraga Regional Director Adams Torres called on government officials and workers to be honest. Dir. Torres said “dishonesty” is the most common case against government officials or employees. Among the cases filed against government employees in Caraga region are tampering their personnel documents, specifically their credentials such as transcript of records, diplomas, and other certifications. Torres added these are employees w...
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22May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 22 (PIA) –- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will launch the seal of disaster preparedness in Caraga region, with Sec. Jesse Robredo gracing the event. According to DILG-Caraga information officer Florian Faith Bayawa, the launching is in time with the department’s Tapatan Roadshow scheduled on June 12 in this city, featuring a discussion on disaster preparedness among stakeholders here in the region. Bayawa said this is one way of motivating the...
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22May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- After a year of launching the Tapatan Roadshow in Caraga region, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is again spearheading the conduct of the roadshow on June 12 here. The roadshow will discuss the disaster preparedness program of the different public and private stakeholders of the region. DILG-Caraga information officer Florian Faith Bayawa said the event will discuss preparations of the different local government units and some national go...
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22May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- Civil Service Commission (CSC) Caraga Regional Director Adams Torres today said they are now preparing for the conduct of the nationwide career service professional and sub-professional examinations on Sunday, May 27. Torres said that in connection with this, a briefing and orientation on accredited test administrators are currently being undertaken to ensure that the examination will be conducted smoothly and orderly. “Tungod kay ang iskedyul sa examinasyon karo...
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18May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 18 (PIA) –- Council members of the Taguibo Watershed Management welcomed the move of Butuan City Water District (BCWD) in taking the lead to manage the said watershed. This, after the council chair and Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Caraga Regional Executive Director (RED) Leonardo Sibbaluca got the consensus of the members of whether or not to adopt BCWD’s Board Resolution 095-2011 requesting the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines...
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17May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 17 (PIA) –- The chief of Caraga region’s National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) has vowed to mold young indigenous peoples (IPs) by providing them education through scholarship programs. This, after earlier report revealed that the agency is supporting some eight IPs this school year as pioneering scholars of the merit-based scholarship program offered by the region’s NCIP. According to NCIP-Caraga Regional Director Dominador Gomez, the merit-based scholarship ...
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17May2012BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 17 (PIA) –- Ipahigayon ang pagpinirmahay sa Memorandum of Agreement tali sa Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Regional Office ug pipila sa mga ahensya sa panggamhanan ug ingon man mga organisasyon alang sa Occupational Safety and Heath (OSH). Sa usa ka pahayag, gibutyag ni DOLE-Caraga regional director Ofelia Domingo na ang pagpinirmahay sa MOA adunay tumong kung unsaon paglikay sa mga katalagman pinaagi sa pagmugna og kasabutan sa mga ahensya ug organisasyon ...
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17May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 17 (PIA) –- Civil Service Commission (CSC) - Caraga is recently spearheading the conduct of teachers’ enhancement seminar for transformation. Participated by public elementary and high school teachers in the region, CSC-Caraga Regional Director Adams Torres said the activity is aimed to empower teachers to give their best not only in providing quality education to students and contribute to the transformation of the country’s bureaucracy as state workers. As teachers, To...
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17May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- Chiefs of Police in Caraga Region who cannot solve crimes in their respective areas of responsibilities (AORs) may be relieved from their positions. This is what PCSupt Reynaldo Rafal, Regional Director of Police Regional Office (PRO)-13 said following the series of unsolved crimes in some provinces and cities of Caraga region. According to Rafal, PRO-13 is currently conducting performance evaluation of all chiefs of police in the region, particularly in the muni...
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17May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) - Caraga Region urged coco farmers and land owners to help provide seed nuts to meet the demands of coco production in the region. This developed after PCA reported that the region is in need of more quality seed nuts to sustain the coconut production here. PCA-Caraga technical staff Manolito Casapao said this is in line with the national government’s directives to the agency to strengthen and expand coconut production as th...
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16May2012BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 16 (PIA) -- Nakahanda na ang Department of Education (DepEd)-Agusan del Norte Division para sa gaganaping pangkalahatang “Brigada Eskwela 2012” ngayong Mayo 21-25. Ayon kay Florante More Jr. ng DepEd-Agusan del Norte, ang kaganapan ay lalahukan ng mga magulang ng mga batang mag-aaral sa pampublikong elementarya at high school sa bansa. Ang limang araw na Brigada Eskwela ay pangungunahan ng mga guro at school administrators sa lahat ng pampublikong paaralan. Sinabi ng opi...
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16May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The revenue of the region’s Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) here has increased during the first quarter of this year as compared to last year. Although the office did not give the figures, according to LTFRB-Caraga information officer Mikunug Darapa Jr., the region’s earnings has increased for the period of January to April, citing that despite continuous fuel price increase, more Caraganon operators are registering multicab vehicles...
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14May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Caraga Region were warned not to pawn their cash cards. This, after reports reached the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that some cash card holders in the country have sold or pawned their cards. According to Alma Patron, regional focal person of the program, reports have reached their office that some beneficiaries of the program in Caraga have pawned the cash cards to people the...
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13May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- In time with the Farmers and Fisherfolk Month celebration this month, the region’s fisheries bureau continues to implement programs under the Fisherfolk Director’s program. Shane Abeguel Eviota, information officer of Caraga Region’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said Fisherfolk Director Marcelito Monato’s schedule is occupied with his visitations to fisherfolk communities in the region. Eviota also said the newly-installed fisherfolk dir...
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11May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 11 (PIA) –- With the upcoming town fiesta of Butuan on May 19, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Caraga regional office, in partnership with the Consumers Friendly Business Establishments (CFBE) and the local government of this city, will launch “Diskwento Caravan.” The activity aims to help consumers cope with the rising cost of living by means of implementing nationwide “Diskwento Caravan,” a project where selected basic necessities and prime commodities ar...
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10May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here has urged the fishermen to help protect the environment so that marine life will continue to thrive in the area. This developed after concerned government agencies confirmed that illegal fishing is still happening in the coastal provinces of the region. According to Eric Herzon Gallego, DENR-Caraga information officer, mangroves are very important for fishes as this served as the...
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10May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) –- The Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Caraga is strengthening the education program of the children of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in the region. In a press conference on Tuesday held in time with the 30th anniversary of OWWA, Dr. Marietta Lumawag, OWWA-Caraga Regional Director emphasized the need to strengthen the education of the children of OFWs. The official said because of this, a memorandum of agreement was signed between OWWA-Caraga ...
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10May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) –- The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) will soon launch a municipal fish hatchery in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur. BFAR-Caraga information officer Shane Abeguel Eviota said the project primarily aims to assist local residents who are interested to get into fishery as a livelihood opportunity but don’t have the capacity to obtain fingerlings of different species. The official said the project will benefit the local residents since they can get fingerlin...
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08May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 8 (PIA) –- Population in Caraga Region grew by an average of 1.49 percent annually from 2000-2010, the regional office of the National Statistics Office (NSO) here said. According to NSO-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Rosalinda Celeste, based on the 2010 census of population and housing, the total population of Caraga as of May 1, 2010 is 2,429,224. The official added the 2010 population is higher by 333,857 compared to the 2000 population of 2,095,367. In 1990, the total pop...
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07May2012BUTUAN CITY, Mayo 7 (PIA) -– Isasagawa ng Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Caraga ang pagsusulit para sa lahat ng mga aplikante ng jail officers sa Mayo 12, Sabado. Ayon kay JO1 Joyce Virtudazo, BJMP-Caraga Community Relations Officer, ang BJMP-Caraga ay nabigyan ng 30 slots upang madagdagan ang kasalukuyang bilang ng mga kawani sa rehiyon. “Kaya, kung sinuman ang mangingibabaw sa nasabing pasulit ay mabibigyan ng pagkakataon na makuha sa susunod na antas na pagpipilian at tr...
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06May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Caraga Region is urging job seekers to undergo skills trainings initiated by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to prepare them for any job fairs and job hunting This developed after the labor department observed the low percentage of applicants in Caraga who were hired during the conduct of Job Fest 2012, which the department spearheaded, in time with the celebration of Labor Day on May 1 D...
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06May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)-Caraga has scheduled the conduct of examination to all applicants on May 12, Saturday. This was decided after the submission of applications for hiring of jail officers in the region was closed on April 30. According to JO1 Joyce Virtudazo, BJMP-Caraga Community Relations Officer, BJMP-Caraga was given 30 slots to augment the existing manpower complement in the region. "Thus, those who will top in the said examinatio...
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06May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- Forty-eight police investigators from the city and provincial police offices under Police Regional Office 13 attended the three-day seminar-workshop training aimed to hone their skills and learn the advanced techniques in the investigations dealing with kidnap-for-ransom cases, at the conference room of Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez, Butuan City, a senior regional police official said Thursday. “This is in line with the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) plan nationwi...
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05May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 5 (PIA) – The newly-installed Caraga fisherfolk regional director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has already assumed office after he was installed on May 2, 2012, in time with the opening of the month-long Farmers’ and Fisherfolks’ month celebration. During his first week in office, Marceliano Monato, a fisherfolk from Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur has visited fisherfolks from the provinces of the region to see for himself the needs of the fisherfol...
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04May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Caraga Region is set to convene their field officers as well as all operations officers of the different local government units (LGUs) in the region to discuss issues concerning the implementation of Republic Act 9485, otherwise known as the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007. According to DILG-Caraga Assistant Regional Director Donald Seronay, the activity will be conducted on May 22-23 in this city. Seronay also ...
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03May2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, May 3 (PIA) -- A total of 18 young students from this province who passed the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) scholarship examination signed the contract with the department and attended the one-day orientation to officially acknowledge their sincerity and willingness to abide by the rules set by the government to scholars, while signifying their intention to take full advantage and responsibility of the privilege given to them. In the said ceremony, DOST-Caraga Reg...
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02May2012BUTUAN CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) is set to launch this year’s celebration of Farmers’ and Fisherfolks’ Month. The event recognizes the contributions to the national economy of the farmers and fisher folks, which constitute half of the labor force in the country. BFAR-Caraga Regional Director Nerio G. Casil said the series of activities have been planned for the entire month of May, which are expected to benefit the ma...
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30Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH)-Caraga Region has urged those who are affected with leprosy to coordinate with health center personnel in their respective areas. Arlene Serrano, leprosy nurse coordinator of DOH-Caraga, said leprosy is an infectious skin disease but this will be cured if this will be treated during its early stage of development. The official added those people who are found to be having signs and symptoms of this skin disease are encouraged to see...
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29Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Caraga, is strengthening its advocacy campaign on Republic Act 9211, otherwise known as the Tobacco Act of 2003. According to Elmer Natad, DTI-Caraga Arbitration Officer, they will inform the public especially the youth on the provisions of the law. He says the law points out that smoking shall be absolutely prohibited in public places such as centers of youth activity such as playschools, preparatory schools, elemen...
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28Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 28 (PIA) –- To better serve the public in monitoring the price of fish sold in public markets in the region, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-Caraga is set to train its personnel. According to Shane Eviota of BFAR-Caraga, as forefront government agency mandated to monitor the prices of fish and other marine products, BFAR personnel must be oriented on market price monitoring to effectively serve the public by way of monitoring the status of the price of ...
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28Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 28 (PIA) –- The regional office of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) in Caraga Region is warning the public against illegal cutting of coconut trees. According to PCA-Caraga technical staff Manolito Casapao, under Republic Act 8048, the government regulates the unabated and indiscriminate cutting of coconut trees. The law states that for reasons of national interest, it is hereby declared the policy of the State to provide for the growth of the industry by embarking ...
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27Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA)-Caraga Regional Director Marietta Bellotindos today said the agency has issued Governing Board Resolution No. 2, series of 2011, allowing the deployment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) to the 49 initial list out of 76 countries who have complied with the guarantees provided under the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995. In an interview with PIA, Bellotindos emphasized that the resolution state...
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27Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 27 (PIA) –- The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) is determined to find remedy or solution to the presence of brontispa (Brontispa longgisima) and rhinoceros beetles (Oryctes rhinoceros) that are currently devastating coconut trees in Agusan del Sur. In a report, Manolito Casapao, technical staff of PCA-Caraga Region, more than 100 hectares of coconut trees in the province of Agusan del Sur were attacked and devastated by said pests that are believed to originate in Southe...
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27Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 27 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) Caraga, on its relentless operations and preventive measures, has been effective as the crime volume of this region has declined in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2011. The crime statistics showed 896 index crimes and 342 non-index crimes, which constituted the total of 1,238 cases in the first quarter of 2011. However, it dropped to a total of 1,028 cases in the first quarter of 2012 with 687 ...
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25Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO), Caraga Region will start the updating of the list of establishments in less than one month. This is a regular activity of the agency undertaken primarily to provide an update and reliable sampling frame for the census and survey of establishments. The list of establishments is a database of all establishments in the Philippines. As of 2011, the NSO database contains information about 800,000 establishments including employm...
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25Apr2012SYUDAD NG BUTUAN, Abril 25 (PIA) -- Ang Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) nanawagan karon sa mga interesado nga mga estudyante, college graduates sa vocational nga mga kurso nga walay trabaho aron sila mag-aplay sa summer jobs nga gidalit sa expanded Government Internship Program (GIP). Ang GIP usab abli alang sa mga out-of-school youths nga gusto mamahimong parte sa national-building. Ang mga interesadong mga aplikante nga nag-edad 18 hangtod 30 years old, mamahimong muadto s...
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24Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development is calling on interested students, college graduates and graduates of vocational courses who are unemployed, to apply for summer jobs under the Expanded Government Internship Program (GIP). The GIP is also open for out-of-school youths who would want to take part in nation-building. The DSWD said that the Expanded GIP is part of the Aquino administration’s efforts to strengthen youth participation in nation-build...
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22Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- OIC-Regional Director Lilibeth A. Famacion of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) - Caraga gives her support to the establishment of the Institute of Environmental Governance at the Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU), the premier university here and in Caraga Region. In her message during the launching held at the FSUU college main building, Dir. Famacion welcomed the new partner of the department in capacitating local government offic...
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19Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 19 (PIA) -– National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Angelito T. Banayo today said the warehouse in Barangay Libertad here will continue to operate after the Philippine National Police-Police Regional Office-13 (PNP-PRO-13) reportedly wants to use the site as training and billeting facility. In today’s interview with the local tri-media here, the NFA chief said that President Benigno S. Aquino III has already said that the warehouse which stored the rice supply not onl...
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17Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The regional office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Caraga Region is set to train the department’s regional and provincial information officers on effective news writing in its continuing effort to provide public awareness and information of its thrusts and development. In a statement, DAR-Caraga Regional Director Faisar Mambuay said the training will be held on Friday, April 20, 2012 at the DAR-Caraga Regional Office conference room. “The train...
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17Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 17 (PIA) -– To provide a systematic and orderly response in time of emergencies and disasters under the principles of incident command system, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) - Caraga Region is organizing a regional incident management team. In a phone-patch interview with PIA, OCD-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Blanche Gobenciong said in line with this endeavor, a basic intermediate course on incident command system is set on May 7-11 at the Almont Beach Resort in Lipata, ...
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17Apr2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through Regional Director Ofelia Domingo has already released the activities for the May 1 Labor Day celebration in Caraga Region. According to Teofila Rosales, Supervising Labor Employment Officer (LEO) and Field Office Head in Surigao del Sur, these include the Pre-Employment Seminar for Local Applicant (PESLA) on April 10 to 30, Pre-Overseas Employment Seminar (PEOS), and the Pre-Registration and P...
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11Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- In a continued effort to bring basic social services to people in the far-flung areas of the Caraga region, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga is allocating some P55,320,000 grant in development projects through its anti-poverty program Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS). According to Asst. Regional Director Mita G. Lim, this new fund is still part of the expansion of t...
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10Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 10 (PIA) -- With the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS) scale-up in full swing this year, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has mainstreamed three new “lenses” to the project’s implementation. Meant to answer emerging issues, the DSWD has integrated three new lenses or frameworks in KALAHI-CIDSS. These are on gender lens, peace lens and integration of disaster risk reduction into clima...
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02Apr2012BUTUAN CITY, April 2 (PIA) –- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) CARAGA recently said they have strengthened services in agrarian justice delivery. In an interview with a local radio station here, DAR-Caraga information officer Joie Ceballos said all problems that were brought to their office were addressed and resolved properly. They see to it that during the mediation, conflicts will be reduced so both parties will not go into filing of cases in the court. Ceballos also reminded CAR...
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29Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, March 29 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has strengthened its patrol operation in known “hot spots” of illegal logging activities particularly in Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur in Caraga Region to discourage timber smugglers from transporting undocumented cut logs particularly during the Holy Week. “We are strengthening our guards at the frontlines particularly in areas known to have records of illegal logging activities in the past,”...
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28Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 28 (PIA) -- The Police Regional Office 13 has implemented Operational Plan for Summer Vacation Activities (OPLAN SUMVAC) to prevent any occurrence of criminal activities. OPLAN SUMVAC will involve the maximum deployment of mobile and motorcycle patrol units along major thoroughfares to ensure the safety and security of the populace. The operation also encompasses the deployment of police officers and establishment of Police Assistance Centers on different sea, land and air t...
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23Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment – Caraga posted 29,743 job vacancies at the PHIL-JOBNET system from Nov. 1, 2010 to Nov. 30, 2011. The figure ranked them second, next to top poster, National Capital Region. PHIL-JOBNET is a free and secured internet-based strategic job search system of DOLE. It is accessible 24 hours a day at seven days a week. On their part, DOLE Caraga employed various innovative strategies to encourage employers to use the system t...
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19Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its Bureau of Export Trade Promotion widens its nationwide information campaign dubbed “Doing Business In Free Trade Areas” (DBFTA) to encourage Micro Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (MSMEs) to trade with countries where the Philippines has already inked a Free Trade Agreement. The Caraga leg of the caravan held on March 13 at Dottie’s Place, JC Aquino Ave., Butuan City was at...
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16Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government - Caraga Region is set to launch the anti-poverty action plan, a project which is under the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC). According to DILG-Caraga legal counsel Atty. Tony Vitor in an interview with a local radio station here, the project was already implemented for the past decade under the administration of former President Joseph Estrada. Vitor added said program...
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16Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, March 16 (PIA) -- In response to transparency and accountability program of the present administration, the regional office of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PHIC) here said, with the implementation of its computer-based system on recording of the members’ payments, they can assure that their records will be updated from time to time. In a radio interview with Parley Buyan, PhilHealth-Caraga information officer, the computer-based recording...
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15Mar2012TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur March 15 (PIA) -- Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Mar Roxas III is expected to grace the 70th Regional Development Council (RDC) meeting in Caraga on Friday, March 16 in Surigao City. The event will tackle development agenda regarding RDC Executive Committee resolutions, DOTC issues and concerns, Mindanao and Caraga Region power situation, National Greening Program (NGP) Highway plan, Caraga Cultural Book, Pov...
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14Mar2012If the people cannot come to government, then let the government come to the people, to rephrase a Middle Eastern proverb. This was what the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) of Caraga Region, in collaboration with Butuan, did when it ushered in the “RCC on wheels” in the service of the people on March 13 in Butuan under the slogan, “Serbisyong DOLE sa inyong tugkaran” which is translated in English as “DOLE services right at your doorsteps...
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13Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense-Caraga Regional Center conducted the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Strategic Action Planning Workshop for the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Marihatag, Surigao del Sur and Tubod, Surigao del Norte and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council of Surigao del Sur. The workshops were designed to assess issues and problems encountered by the Local Governm...
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13Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Caraga spearheaded the conduct of a disaster response team training for government troops as part of the disaster preparedness program of the national government. The five-day in-house training recently held here aimed to enhance the disaster response capacity of the disaster action team of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The participants were able to familiarize and have been updated with t...
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04Mar2012BUTUAN CITY, Mar. 4 (PIA) -- A development group in Mindanao has recommended to farmers, especially sugar planters, to take advantage of the nipa tree to boost their sugar production, which is also expected to propel the growing economy in the Caraga Region. Based on a study, the group said nipa trees belong to the same family as that of the coconut tree, but the sugar produced from it has low glycemic index, and according to international standards, if the...
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29Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- Saint Joseph Institute of Technology (SJIT) won the Regional Quiz Bee and Caraga Regional Elimination for the 32nd National Quiz Bee held on February 23, 2012 at the Department of Agriculture - Regional Field Office Caraga. SJIT was represented by Jayrold T. Villarta, a junior BS Architecture student. Villarta received a Gold Medal and Certificate from the Quiz Bee Foundation. He will represent Caraga Region during the National Grand Finals on M...
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25Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 25 (PIA) -- Regional Development Council Chairperson and Surigao del Norte Governor Sol F. Matugas and other regional leaders expresses satisfaction over developmental gains as Caraga Region turned 17-years old on Thursday. The 17th founding anniversary of the region, which was commemorated under the theme: “Ensuring Food Security Thru Sustainable Resource Utilization,” kicked off with a parade from Butuan City Hall to Agusan del Norte c...
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24Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -- During the 15th General Assembly, spearheaded by the Caraga Regional Council and in cooperation with the Department of Tourism (DOT) Caraga Region, speakers underscored the potential of the tourism industry for the growth of the region. Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr. said tourism is a promising industry that waits to be fully harness while Vice Gov. Enrico Corvera noted that unleashing its full potential means “continuous growth for Caraga...
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21Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) -- Paz y Desarrollo (PyD), a Spanish International Non-Government Organization is scheduled to brief stakeholders in Caraga Region for the continuation of its program implementation this year in the region. In a statement, Noelia Monge Vega, PyD country representative to the Philippines said the briefing cum-workshop will be conducted on March 7, 2012 at the regional office of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) here. ...
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19Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 19 (PIA) -- It used to be that all sugars came from cane and nobody knew any better. But with the changing lifestyle and the rise of specific diseases caused by food, there is today a concerted effort to plan what one eats. “The nipa sugar production is a good potential to boost the economy of Caraga Region,” said Foundation for Rural Enterprise and Ecology Development of Mindanao (FREEDOM) Executive Director Antonio Peralta during a recent roundtable discussi...
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18Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 18 (PIA) -- Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. on Friday took his oath as the new chairman of the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) in Caraga, before Dept. of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Sec. Jesse Robredo who administered the oath-taking, during the council’s meeting held in one of the local convention centers here. In his speech, Amante said he accepted the appointment of Sec. Robredo believing that peace and order could ne...
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16Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 16 (PIA) -- Twenty-eight families were evacuated from Jabonga, Agusan del Norte as water level in Lake Mainit rose due to the continuous rains brought about by the Low Pressure Area being experienced in Caraga. According to Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chair and Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Director Dr. Blanche T. Gobenciong, four barangays in the municipality of Jabonga located in low-lying areas...
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15Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- With the 37 percent budget increase of the region for 2012 as compared last year, officials and personnel of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-Caraga are grateful to the national government for this development. According to Ian Miculob, NEDA-Caraga Economic Development Specialist in a radio interview recently, the increase of budget approved by the national government for Caraga Region indicates that the present administratio...
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15Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- A committee hearing to discuss the 2013 budget of Caraga Region is set on February 21, 2012, to be spearheaded by the Regional Development Council (RDC) through the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-Caraga as secretariat of the council. According to Ian Miculob of NEDA-Caraga in a press statement, during the hearing, agency regional offices (AROs), state colleges and universities (SUCs) and special development authorities will prepa...
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14Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- A flood advisory has been issued anew today by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) following the continuous downpour that is being experienced by majority of areas in Caraga Region. The advisory was issued at 9:00 a.m. today where accordingly, for the past 24 hours of monitoring, it has been observed that the rainfall ending at 8:00 a.m. are as follows: Surigao = Trace; Butuan = 5.0 mm; and Hinatuan = 6.0 mm. The ...
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12Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) has intensified preparations for the effects of Low Pressure Area (LPA) for which the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported that as of 2:00 a.m. today, LPA was estimated based on radar, satellite and surface data in the vicinity of Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur. As per report submitted to National DRRMC, the region’s disast...
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09Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- The provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Agusan del Norte is set to conduct awareness and education seminar to customers and businessmen in the province this year. According to Win Palma, Consumer Welfare Division chief of DTI-Agusan del Norte, this advocacy campaign aimed to inform the consumers of their rights. Palma added businessmen are also invited to attend these series of seminars that will be conducted i...
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09Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chairman and concurrent Regional Director of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Dr. Blanche Gobenciong recently warned public to be alert in times of disasters, especially during earthquake. This developed after the 6.9-magnitue quake jolted Negros Oriental and some areas of the Visayas region Monday noon where according to reports from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Man...
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09Feb2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Feb. 9 (PIA) -- Butuan City bagged the highest number of medals on Tueday, the second day of the Caraga Regional Athletic Meet (CRAM), held at the D.O. Plaza Sports Complex, with a total of 99 medals, followed by Surigao del Sur with 73, Agusan del Norte with 60, and Agusan del Sur with 56 medals. According to report by games secretariat chairperson Ellen Divinagracia Detalo , Butuan City also got the highest number of gold medals totalling to 40, followed by Agusan del ...
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08Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- Officials of Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) - Caraga are installing closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras to all provincial jails in the region. BJMP assistant regional director Jail Inspector Dario Campos said that to date, CCTV cameras have already been installed in three out of five provincial jails in the region. Campos said that with the successful installation of these cameras in three provinces, they will see to it tha...
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06Feb2012SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- Around 3,063 delegates coming from nine divisions of Caraga Region participated in the 15th Caraga Regional Athletic Meet 2012 which opened yesterday, February 5, 2012 at the Patin-ay Grandstand, Agusan del Sur. Surigao del Norte has 249 delegates, Surigao City - 238, Siargao - 183, Dinagat - 84, Bislig City - 250, Agusan del Norte - 391, Butuan City - 535, Surigao del Sur - 376, Agusan del Sur - 407, and officiating officials - 350...
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06Feb2012AGUSAN DEL SUR, Feb. 6 (PIA) -- More than 3,000 athletes in colourful uniforms gathered yesterday at the D.O. Plaza Sports Complex for the opening of the 15th Caraga Regional Athletic Meet (CRAM) that will last for four days. In spite of heavy rains the whole day, the weather condition did not reduce the eagerness of the delegation who proudly lined up in front of the main grand stand, bringing along their respective colourful banners and waving to the spectators that wi...
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05Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- With continuous rains pouring in all provinces of Caraga Region since Saturday, Feb. 4, the Regional Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) issued flood advisory this afternoon. In the last 24 hours, rainfall until 8am today in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur measured 60.5 mm while rainfall in Butuan City measured 0.1mm while Surigao del Norte posted 8.44 mm of rainfall. Moderate to occasionally heavy rains for the next 24 hours is expect...
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05Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) – Department of Education (DepEd)-Caraga Regional Director Dr. Gloria Benigno on Friday thanked all stakeholders of the PNoy Bayanihan project. In her parting statement during the ceremonial turnover of armchairs to schools in Caraga Region, Benigno said the collaborative efforts of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (...
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03Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- Officials and coaches of the Department of Education (DepEd) – Butuan City Division is determined to defend the championship title they won last year in the Caraga Regional Athletic Meet, as the region’s annual athletic event will take place on Feb. 5 to 9 at Patin-ay Grandstand in Agusan del Sur. In an interview with a local radio station here, DepEd Butuan Division Assistant Athletic Manager Renato Latorre said athletes of this city are in goo...
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01Feb2012BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Last week, 751 PNP personnel of the Police Regional Office 13 Caraga have been promoted in their respective ranks for the second semester of this year second level promotion program. A ceremonial mass oathtaking and pinning of ranks was held at the Grandstand of PRO 13. It was spearheaded by the PRO 13 Regional Director, PCSupt Reynaldo S. Rafal. Deputy Regional Director for Administration PCSupt Isagani F Genabe, Jr. welcomed the gu...
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29Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Agusan del Norte, Jan. 29 (PIA) – Philippine National Police (PNP) in Caraga Region is once again conducting the “Takbong Maharlika, Tungo sa Pagkakaisa” on Monday, Jan. 30, Police Superintendent Martin Gamba, PNP Regional Public Information Officer said. According to Gamba, the fun run will start at 2 p.m., with a short program at the Agusan del Norte Provincial Capitol Covered Court wherein local officials of this city and the province of Agusan del Nort...
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25Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- Police Regional Office 13 (Caraga) is set to promote 750 of its police commissioned, non-commissioned officers and personnel in a massive ceremonial pinning of ranks rites during the traditional flag retreat ceremonies at the regional headquarters parade grounds on Friday afternoon, a regional police spokesman said. Police Supt. Martin M. Gamba, chief public information officer of Police Regional Office said this is intended to be a morale booster t...
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19Jan2012BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Caraga is expected to disburse a total of P161,968,531.62 in the first two quarters of this year through its anti-poverty program called KALAHI-CIDSS. The total amount comes from the World Bank loan of the government given to the region amounting to P137,280,487.93 and an additional P24,688,043.69 from the local cash contribution (LCC) of the implementing local government units (LGUs). Accor...
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30Oct2011BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 30 (PIA) -- All out peace, not all out war in Mindanao! This was the sentiment of the Caraga Youth Leaders’ Network (CYLN), who said that the Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) must arrive at a politically negotiated settlement and resolve the Mindanao issue once and for all. In a one-page statement, the group condemned the killing of the 19 soldiers in Al Barka, Basilan. They said the senseless deaths of thousands o...
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27Oct2011BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 27 (PIA) -- A total of 17 runners from Caraga Region have qualified for the national finals during Sunday’s staging of the 35th Milo Marathon Butuan Elimination Race here. According to event organizers, 16 male runners made it to the national finals while one female also qualified in the biggest marathon ever staged in the country. Alvirg Busa, 24 years old topped the list in the male category who clocked at 1:15:08, which made him in a qualifying ...
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26Oct2011BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 26 (PIA) -- Brigadier General Charito B. Plaza of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) 7th Air force Wing Reserve urged and recommended authorities to implement “soft and hard approach” in giving peace a chance. This is the statement of the first lady general of the AFP after the recent and continuous attacks and firefight in the Caraga Region, Basilan and the various parts of Mindanao. BGen Plaza said by implementing soft and har...
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19Sep2011BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 19 (PIA) –- Tinatayang aabot sa 95 porsiyento ng mga sasakyan dito ang nakiisa sa inilunsad na pambansang welga ngayong araw na pinangungunahan ng Pagkakaisa ng Samahan ng Tsuper at Operator Nationwide (PISTON). Simula pa lang kaninang madaling araw, naging problema na ng mga pasahero rito, na karamihan ay mga estudyante at mga kawani ng pamahalaan at pribadong tanggapan, kung paano makakarating sa kanilang patutunguhan dahil wala na halos tumatakbong sa...
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14Sep2011BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 14 (PIA) -- The Caraga Youth Leaders’ Network is now initiating activities in support of the celebration of the United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Peace on September 21, 2011. Dubbed “Kalinaw Alang sa Tanan” (Peace for All), the initiative supports the worldwide call for a sustainable peace and development. It also seeks to inculcate the essence of peace and the true meaning of a shared community. It is a synchronize celeb...
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13Sep2011BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 13 (PIA) – The next "Panday" movie of Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla, Jr. might be filmed in Surigao del Norte. In his send-off press conference held at the VIP Lounge of Surigao City Airport, Revilla said he is eyeing to film the movie sequel in the province after seeing its unique tourist destinations. Revilla added this is one way of thanking the Surigaonons for their unending support not only to his political journey but also to ...
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08Sep2011BUTUAN CITY, September 8 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Immigration (BI) assured that foreign nationals residing in Caraga Region are monitored, not only to make sure they are following the laws of the country but also to ensure their protection. During Wednesday’s airing of Caraga in Focus, a regular TV program of PIA-Caraga, Pastor Oran, Jr., Alien Control Officer of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said his office is monitoring the activities of these foreign nationals to ensure that eve...
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