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Western Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula)

P. Urro Street, San Francisco DistrictPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur 7016Telephone no. (062) 215-1480 / 925-0038Cellphone no. 0908-8843404E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.piazampen.blogspot.com Facebook: PIA Region-IX

Northern Mindanao

Graces’ Building, Antonio Luna StreetCagayan de Oro City 9000Telefax No. (08822) 72-66-83Telephone no. (088) 856-8178 / 729-594Cellphone no. 0928-5204305 0917-3084969E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]: www.pia-10.blogspot.com

Southern Mindanao (Davao Region)

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Central Mindanao (SOCCSKSARGEN)

Provincial Capitol Compound Bautista Bldg., Zulueta St.Koronadal City, South Cotabato 9506Telephone no. (083) 520-0249Telefax no. (083) 228-9736 / 228-9739 / 520-0100Cellphone no. 0921-6873373 / 0928-5204307E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga)

Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines Bldg.,J. Rosales Avenue, Butuan CityTelephone no. (085) 341-5285 / 360-1239Telefax no. (085) 341-2370Cellphone no. 0917-7188834Email: [email protected] , [email protected],phBlogspot: www.piacaraga.blogspot.comFacebook: PIA Caraga Updates, PIA Agusan del Norte, Pia Agusan del Sur, Pia Surigao del Norte, Pia Surigao del Sur

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Friday, Vol. 1 No. 103

Cover Story“Quality education is the best we can give to prepare our children for their future” – Gov. Plaza

18 MunaTo 2011 launches “Sarangani, your ad-venture” brand

WESTERN MINDANAO

NORTHERN MINDANAO

SOUTHERN MINDANAO

CENTRAL MINDANAO

CARAGA REGION

Surigao del Norte to hold Women’s Summit

Be responsible, Mayor Amante told Butuan tri-media

ARMM gov supports media benefit concert

NGCP assures stable power supply

PDEA-10 nabs P20 million worth of shabu in Cagayan de Oro

Lanao del Norte to celebrate Mindanao Week of Peace 2011

Franklin P. Gumapon Region IX

Juliet Cagaanan, Region X

Region X

Beverly C. Paoyon, Region XII

Susil D. Ragas, Caraga Region

Robert E. Roperos, Caraga Region

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DIDP board eyes to adopt Davao Gulf PlanJeanevive Abangan, Region XI 33

TESDA program to develop techno entrepreneurs

Ruby Leonora R. Balistoy, Region XI34

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“Quality education is the best we can give to prepare our children for their future” – Gov. Plaza

Cover Story

by David M. Suyao

Preparing the future for the children may be difficult, but preparing the children for the future can be more practical, considering that in their capability, knowledge and sense of responsibility,

lies the future of their being, the community and the country.

5 Friday, November 25, 2011 ONE MINDANAO

This is the principle that Agusan del Sur Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza be-lieved when his adminis-

tration implemented the “Pagtoon Alang sa Masan-ag nga Kaugmaon (Learn-ing for a Brighter Future)” some eight years ago. Together with the pro-gram “Pagtuon” came the “books for the barrios”, where thousands of books from abroad were im-ported to Agusan del Sur and were distributed to all schools province-wide, giving priority to remote areas and the floating


schools located in Agusan Marsh. At present, there are already 298 function-al Pagtuon libraries in the province. Inspired by the pro-gram “pagtuon”, Gov. Pla-za learned that students from the elementary and high school suffer from lack of facilities especially the classroom desks. Through his initiatives, Gov. Plaza entered into agreement with the DENR so that con-fiscated logs were donated

to the provincial govern-ment, and were made into classroom desks and were distributed to elementa-ry and high schools prov-ince-wide. To date, around 50,000 classroom desks were distributed. Making the “pagtoon” program more effec-tive, Gov. Plaza launched the “model of excellence schools” program in order to inspire the school man-agement to deliver quality education. The recognized


18 school of excellence to date enjoys 11 com-puter each, while another 100 computers are now on process for acquisition and distribution, accord-ing to Paul Salinas, one of the executive assistants of Gov. Plaza who handles the “Pagtuon” program. “According to Gov. Ed-diebong Plaza, the pur-pose of all these encour-agements practiced by the provincial government of Agusan del Sur is to height-en the morale of the young

people to excel more in their fields, so that some-day, they become good and responsible Agusan-ons. Gov. Plaza also gives support funds for the stu-dents who are required to travel for enhancement of their knowledge and for those who represent the province in any competi-tion. As result, those stu-dents that I mentioned, bring home the glory and honors for our province,” Exec. Assistant Paul Sali-nas said.


Gov. Plaza also signed a memorandum of under-standing with the Univer-sity of the Philippines Open University for the school year 2011-2012, where 27 government employ-ees and youth enjoys the scholarship at present. To date, the scholars of the provincial government of Agusan del Sur already reached 234 whose cours-es ranges from teaching to medicine. The rest are

taking their masteral and doctorate degree. “Not long from now, Agusan del Sur will be highlighted in the map, for having responsible and better citizens. We are looking forward that with all our efforts in preparing our children for the future, they will in return prepare their children for another better futre,” Gov. Plaza said.


Aquino inaugurates Climate Change Academy of Albay

President Benigno S. Aquino III inaugurated Friday the Climate Change Academy of Albay as part of the government thrust to combat climate change and its ill effects particularly on the economy.


“Ma i t u t u r i ng din po natin na makasaysayan ang araw na ito nang mapasinayaan na-tin ang kauna-un-ahang paraalan sa bansa na nakatutok sa climate change—ang Climate Change Academy of Albay,” the President said in his speech after the inauguration. “Sa pagkaka-roon ng programang nakatuon sa climate change adaptation at disaster risk re-duction and man-agement, tiwala ako na ang gusaling ito ay hindi lamang magiging pugad ng karunungan ngunit magsisilbi ring si-lungan ng ating mga kababayan sa oras ng ka-lamidad.” The Cli-mate Change Academy,

built in-side the

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of the Bicol Univer-sity in Legazpi City, is aimed at contrib-uting to the national effort to fast track the development of climate adaptation capabilities of the country particularly local government units (LGUs). The acade-my empowers and trains LGUs for di-saster risk manage-ment, evaluation of climate risk hazards and adaptive capa-bilities, planning, and programming. It is also ex-pected to provide guidelines on exper-imental learning in the implementation of “disaster proof-ing” of local stake-holders.The academy’s stra-tegic approach in-clude raising aware-ness on disaster risks, progressive training on scenario building, climate and disaster risk assess-ment and manage-ment, and technical

assistance for local management and planning. Recently, Al-bay Gov. Joey Sal-ceda underscored the importance of institutionalizing the fight against climate change through the academy as well as raising public aware-ness with the help of media. “Ang Climate Change Academy is first of its kind in the world, wala pa pong ganyan sa buong mundo. It’s essentially a knowl-edge management institution,” Salceda said. Given the vul-nerability of the Phil-ippines, being the third most vulner-able country in the world, Salceda said battling or reduc-ing the impacts of climate change is a paramount concern of the government. Countries that sent students to the Climate Change


Academy of Albay inclue those coming from Laos, Myanmar, Kenya, Nepal and many others, Salceda said. The provincial government of Albay worked with other government agen-cies and international organizations in put-ting up the Climate Change Academy. Among its part-ners include the Cli-mate Change Com-mission, the United

Nations System in collaboration with the Philippine gov-ernment, the Nation-al Economic and De-velopment Authority (NEDA), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Sci-ence and Technology (DOST), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR),Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Na-tional Defense (DND),

Bicol Universi-ty, University of the Philippines-Los Banos (UP-LB), Interna-tional Center for Agrofor-estry (ICRAF), and Univer-sity of Sun-shine Coast, Q u e e n -s l a n d , Australia. (ASL)


Malacañang vows support for sports development programs for athletes

P res ident i a l Spokesperson Ed-win Lacierda, dur-ing a media brief-ing in Malacanang on Thursday, com-mended the Fili-pino athletes for their performance in the recently concluded 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games saying that the Aquino gov-

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on programs that will further develop athletes in sporting events where they are most likely to excel. “We commend them for their per-formance in the Southeast Asian Games… we do not view that as poor performance, cer-tainly there is al-ways room for im-provement but we congratulate our Philippine contin-gent for their noble performance in the

Southeast Asian Games,” Lacierda said. Lacierda noted that by concentrat-ing on these sports disciplines, the country has a bet-ter chance of im-proving its stand-ings in the medal haul. “There are 52 sports associations right now, we be-lieve that if we can concentrate on the sports that we have a strong chance of excelling and

Ma l a c a n a n g assured its support to sports d e v e l o p m e n t

programs for the Filipino athletes to further hone their innate athletic talents and ensure their sterling performance in various international games.


pour our support on those sports that we believe we can perform much bet-ter… I think we will have a better return on our investment… the President would like to see that the performance of our athletes is support-ed by the govern-ment funding,” Lac-ierda said. “Yes, we will support the ath-letes,” he added.

The Philip-pines finished sixth place in the SEA Games held in In-donesia bagging 36 gold medals or 7.4 per cent of the to-tal gold medals at stake which has a total of 483. Apart from the 36 gold, the Phil-ippine team also brought home 55 sil-vers and 76 bronz-es from the biennial

meet. The sports events where the Filipinos ex-celled include tennis, wushu, boxing, fin s w i m m i n g , basketbal l , baseball and c y c l i n g , a m o n g o t h e r s . (JCL)


FDA nagbabala tungkol sa mga pekeng gamot

Dapat mag-ingat ang publiko sa mga pekeng gamot, babala ng opisyal ng Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nitong Martes.

Sa progra-mang CNEX Forum at Talking Points na ginanap sa Philip-pine Information Agency, sinabi ni FDA director Dr. Suzette Lazo na

karaniwang pine-peke ang mga ma-mahaling gamot -- gaya ng antibiotics, gamot para sa dia-betes at hyperten-sion, at mga gamot para sa puso, atay,

at bato at iba pa. “Kailangan na-tin na maging mapa-nuri at protektahan ang ating mga sari-li dahil sobra itong mapanganib,” ani Lazo, kasabay ng

ni Jerome Carlo R. Paunan


sabing may bagong hotline number ang FDA na “165-FDA” (165-332) para sa lahat ng sumbong o katanungan hinggil sa biniling gamot. Dahil sa kulang, o kung minsan ay iba ang sangkap na taglay ng mga pinekeng gamot, ipinaliwanag ni Lazo na mapanganib ito

sa kalusugan ng tao na magdudulot ng mas malalang sakit o kamatayan sa mga iinom nito. Gayunpaman, tiniyak naman ng opisyal na patuloy sa pagmo-monitor ng administrasyong Aquino sa mga itinitindang gamot sa mga parmasiya at botika kasama

na ang regular na laboratory testing na isinasagawa ng FDA upang mati-yak ang kalidad ng mga gamot na ini-lalabas ng P380 bi-lyong industriya ng parmasiyotika sa bansa. Nagbabala rin ang FDA na sa ila-lim ng RA 8203 o Special Law on Counterfeit Drugs, ang mga mahuhul-ing nagbebenta ng pekeng gamot ay maaaring isara ang kanilang establi-syemiento at mag-multa nang hang-gag P5 milyon. Paalala pa ni Lazo, bumili la-mang ng gamot sa mga kilalang boti-ka na lisensyado ng FDA, humingi ng resibo.


ALABEL, Sarangani – The Munato Festival 2011 celebration opened Thurs-day (November 24) with a fun run and a series of environmental protection and rehabilitation activities.

MunaTo Festival kicks off with fun run, mangrove plantingby Cocoy Sexcion


The 5.4-kilometer run started in front of the Provincial Capitol com-pound and finished at purok Fabricante in ba-rangay Maribulan where each finisher was en-joined to plant a man-grove seedling and re-lease bangus fries to Sarangani Bay.

“Around 700 runners participated in the fun run, though only 611 of-ficially registered,” said Aiza Platinos of the Sa-rangani Tourism and In-vestment Promotions Center (STIPC). Platinos facilitated the registra-tion.

The “Run Against Glob-al Warming” was orga-nized by Alcantara Foun-dation and Sarangani provincial government through STIPC. This is also supported by Ba-rangay Council of Marib-ulan, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Sarangani Energy Cor-poration, 73rd Infan-try Battalion, Southern Philippines Power Cor-poration, Department of Education Sarangani division, Globe Telecom, SMART Communica-tions, SUN Cellular and

PNP Sarangani.Schools Division Su-

perintendent Dr. Allan Farnazo thanked the teachers who participat-ed in the event. “Person-ally I would like to thank everyone from DepEd who responded to our invitation to join the fun run especially the aging and old for you have de-fied your age,” Farnazo joked.

Provincial Environ-ment and Natural Re-sources Office personnel headed by Bong Tuballes also joined the event.

”We will support this activity for it will be a big help in the rehabilitation of our mangrove forests. I laud the organizers of this event,” Tuballes said.

“In the long run, these mangroves will be the spawning grounds of fishes. This will help our fishermen. So I hope this event will happen again next year.”

The first to finish the run was Aljoy Banguis from Alabel National High School. The young-est runner is 7-year old Lady Mae Trya and the oldest is Board Member Virgilio Clark Tobias, 68.

Tobias thanked the participants and hoped to have more fun runs and more plantings to come. He said that the event was one way of helping the community in preserving the envi-ronment.

“Truly this event is ex-tremely fun. What we are


termine the future of the next generation. All of the entities we have this morning are proof that we are actually united in aiming for the betterment for our province,” said Pastor Francisco Horta, a first time fun runner.

In an overview, Alcan-tara Foundation execu-

tive director Richlie Lyn-don Magtulis said the two activities prepared after the fun run - the man-grove planting and fish restocking in Sarangani Bay – were part of the multi-year environmen-tal program of Alcantara Foundation (AF).

AF has a 50,000-hect-

are mangrove forests re-habilitation project with-in a three-year period around Sarangani Bay. The releasing of 100,000 bangus fries is part of a commitment to release a total of 50,000,000 fries for the next three years in the bay. (Sarangani Infomation office)

ALABEL, Sarangani - MunaTo Festival opened yesterday the four-day festiv-ity in a combined cultural and adventure concept to launch the trademark, “Sarangani, your adventure.”

MunaTo 2011 launches “Sarangani, your adventure” brandby Beverly C. Paoyon

Board Member Eleonor “Nene” Saguiguit said this is to promote the province being “the tourism hub” in this part of Min-danao.

MunaTo Festival kicked-off today and culminates on November 27.

“We want some-thing that is grand, something that would surpass the


previous festivals. And we decided that it will be a different event (this year) to launch the Sarangani brand,” Saguiguit said.

“While we celebrate, gusto nating i-promote and ating turismo and opportunities for in-vestments,” she added.

She disclosed that “Sarangani as a tour-ism hub has already taken off,” as support-ed by acting Sarangani Tourism and Invest-ment Promotions Cen-ter (STIPC) coordinator Larry Asparin that tour-

ist arrivals have been increasing since 2005.

An increase of tourist arrivals has been noted from the 16,080 in 2009 to 26,100 in 2010 as reported by the STIPC.

The “Sarangani, your adventure” brand would create a name recall for Sarangani “as we wanted to make a mark in the tourism indus-try right now,” Asparin said.

“We (Sarangani) have a combination of tourism resources like the world-class dive sites, white-sand beach

resorts, Manny Pacqui-ao, water tubing, and a lot more wherein oth-ers may only have two or three but they do not have this package of resources,” Asparin said.

Asparin also pointed out tourism employ-ment was rising as tourism activities in Sarangani were picking up too. “It encompass-es basically all sectors, even fisherfolk and the transport sector, among others.” (Sarangani Infomation office)


GENERAL SANTOS CITY, -- The legislative department of the pro-vincial government has launched a new website to serve its clien-tele effectively.

GenSan legislative body launches website

Vice Mayor Shirlyn Banas-Nograles said it is important for Sangguni-ang Panlalawigan (SP) to have its own website where all the informa-tion on legislative ac-tivities, legislations and issuances such as reso-lutions and ordinances can be easily accessed by the public.

Nograles headed the launching Tuesday at the SP Session Hall.

“This is a necessary requirement in aspiring for a global city status,”

she rationalized.The www.spgensan-

tos.ph opens with a pho-to of the facade of the legislative building, and a slideshow of images depicting the city’s fish-ing industry, landmarks, festivals, scenic spots, among others.

Nograles, who is also the SP presiding officer, described the website “to be most helpful to the general public” since informative data like di-rectory of offices/em-ployees, barangay pro-

files and the schedules of committee hearing will be made public.

Added features in-clude the web search box and the real-time weather reports.

Nograles also noted that “this website now becomes one of the main legacies of the 16th SP to the people of GenSan.”

The Vice Mayor also initiated the GenSan Codification of Ordinanc-es Project wherein over 2,000 ordinances cre-ated from 1948 to 2010 are being reviewed and classified for easy refer-ence.

The website, how-ever, according to Ba-nas is still undergoing enhancement especially on pages that will con-tain the profiles of the City Councilors from 1948 to present. (CSu-lit/CPIO/CTApelacio /PIAGeneral Santos City)


Lanuza surfing fest’s Php300T total prize awaits winners

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Some 101 surfers converged and compete for this year’s surfing competition in Lanuza, Surigao del Sur which will culminate Saturday, Nov. 26.

by Leo P. Gerona

GenSan legislative body launches website

Photo Credit: Bryan Calang


According to Department of Tourism (DoT) Caraga, five of the participants came from Switzerland and Australia, the rest from Siargao, Lanuza, La Union, Ilocos Sur and from Catanduanes.At stake is the Php 200,000.00 prize for the 9th National Surfing Open for the Wahini, Men and Junior divisions. For

the 7th Long Board In-vitational, a total prize of Php 100,000 is up for grabs. Part of the week-long celebration is the holding of the 3rd Agri-Aqua Tourism Trade Fair and the 1st Beach Danc-ing Competition.The Lanuza Surfing Fes-tival 2011 officially start-ed the weeklong com-petition last Monday,

November 21, through a grand opening ceremo-ny. Adding glitters to the opening salvo were the Beach Dancing Compe-tition, Fireworks Display and the Cultural Show. Some guests in atten-dance were Director Let-ty Tan of DOT 13, Direc-tor Edna Mabeza of DA 13, Congressman Philip Pichay, Governor Johnny Pimentel and other local officials.The event is a collabo-ration of efforts by the municipal government of Lanuza, provincial gov-ernment of Surigao del Sur, Congressman Philip Pichay, the Department of Tourism 13 and the Philippine Surfing Fed-eration. (DOT-13)

Surigao del Norte to hold Women’s Summitby Susil D. Ragas

SURIGAO CITY – The provincial government of Surigao del Norte will be spearheading the Women’s Summit today at the Provincial Convention Center, this city.


Surigao del Norte to hold Women’s Summit

With the theme “Panginabuhi sa Ka-babainhan, Yawe sa Kalambuan” (Wom-en’s livelihood, key to progress), the sum-mit begins with a rib-bon cutting of wom-en’s livelihood exhibit, which will be facilitat-ed by various women’s organizations and the Department of La-bor and Employment

(DOLE). Following the rib-bon cutting, DOLE Un-dersecretary Lourdes Transmonte will give her keynote speech while DOLE Caraga Re-gional Director Ofelia Domingo will discuss the agency’s Rationale of Livelihood Project/Assistance. Other activities to highlight the event in-

clude the launching of E-Bamboo Livelihood Project and discus-sion on Entrepreneur-ship Development and Livelihood Opportuni-ties. The summit will culminate with the Turn-over of Certifi-cate of Availment of Livelihood Assistance to qualified beneficia-ries of the province.

Be responsible, Mayor Amante told Butuan tri-mediaby Robert E. Roperos

BUTUAN CITY – City Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. appealed to the local tri-media of this city to exercise responsible broadcasting.


During the recent forum and orientation on the Clean Ground, Zero Waste program, the chief executive asked the local media here to disseminate developmental infor-mation that will help uplifting the morale of every Butuanon, espe-cially the young gen-eration who are the future leaders of the city. “May you uphold responsible broadcast-ing so that develop-mental news and in-formation will reach to the people, thus, en-couraging them to sup-port the Clean Ground,

Zero Waste Program,” Amante said. Mayor Amante further believed that the success of the program depends on the support of every stakeholder where the tri-media personalities in the city have very significant role in edu-cating and promoting cleanliness. Amante said the media should serve as partners of develop-ment, “thus, I am ask-ing for your support for the realization of the program… We should build good image for the city and not just broadcasting and writ-

ing all negative reports that will destroy the image and reputation of the city,” he added. Through the Clean ground, Zero Waste Program which is initi-ated by the local gov-ernment unit in this city, Amante said it is hoped that the city’s image will be uplifted after all Butuanons will adhere to the cleaning and greening program of the local govern-ment. The program was conceptualized after studies revealed that the volume of waste here is estimated at 95 tons per day. The high-est percentage of this waste is biodegradable which is posted at 72 percent. With these devel-opments, the city gov-ernment was able to implement the project to solve the prevailing issues on waste man-agement.


Barangay Justice for Peace Project cited for Crime Reduction

Barangay Justice Advocators played a major role in the successful implementation of

the Barangay Justice for Peace Project in Dipolog City.

This was learned during the Focus Group Discussion with the representatives of Gerry Roxas Foundation which was participated in by government agencies involve in the preservation of peace and order in the city, held after the Endline Survey was conducted in the selected barangays in Dipolog city The team from Davao City composed of Ms. Naila Alon, Ms. Noraida Salilaguia, Mr. Franco Calibo, and Rene Bahina and Social Advocacy on Neoteric Governance

for Social Ascendancy (SANGSA) Executive Director from Zamboanga City. The group believes recognizes the need to sustain the advocacy campaign on Barangay Justice for Peace Project after it was proven that the BJPP has been instrumental in reducing the number of petty crimes committed in the locality. Various issues have been raised during the discussion, including the expansion of the BJPP implementation in all barangays in the city,

strengthen its advocacy and the benefits that the concerned barangays get and the establishment of Barangay Justice Advocators to continuously campaign for peace in the area. The Focus Group Discussion was part of the Endline Survey initiated by the Gerry Roxas Foundation in cooperation with the City Government of Dipolog that assessed the over-all impact of the project in the barangays. ( J P A / A T R / P I A 9 -Zambo Norte)

by Alfonso T. Ruda


ARMM Informa-tion Chief Ali Maca-balang disclosed that Adiong, a musical en-thusiast, whose 20-month reign in ARMM has developed a cor-dial rapport with vari-ous sectors including journalists, rendered four songs related to peace and amity-building at the “Me-dia Sonata” spon-sored by the local media last Nov 14 in conjunction with the 22nd foundation an-niversary celebration of the autonomous region. Lasting from more than five hours at the lobby of the Shariff Kabunsuan

Cultural Center inside the ARMM complex in Cotabato City, the musical event was sponsored by local members of the Na-tional Union of Jour-nalists in the Phil-ippines (UNJP) and Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster sa Pilipi-nas (KBP) to raise funds for handicapped fellow journalists and other charity works. DXMS Station Manager Edwin Fer-nandez and Philip-pine Star local report-er John Felix Unson, speaking for the KBP and NUJP, respective-ly, lauded Governor Adiong and his ad-ministration for being

“very cordial with and supportive of” jour-nalists’ plight espe-cially amid a linger-ing trauma spawned by the Maguindanao massacre almost two years ago. The carnage, which left 57 people killed including 32 media practitioners, will be in its second year anniversary to-day (November 23) and both visiting and

While bracing for solemn commemoration of the 2nd anniversary of the infamous Nov. 23, 2009 Maguindanao massacre, trauma-stricken local

journalists enjoyed a rare chance with Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Acting Governor Hooky A. Adiong joining them in singing for a cause last week.




NGCP assures stable power supply

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is now busy preparing its power lines for the possible increase in the demand for energy supply

this Christmas season.

This was dis-closed by NGCP spokesperson for Mindanao Bambi Capulong in a media interview held here recently. Capulong said the NGCP would at times resort to power cur-tailment or rationing especially when pow-

er needs get higher than the power gen-erated and/or during the power generation plants undergo peri-odic maintenance. She also ex-plained that the NGCP is just a distributor of whatever electricity is available from the

National Power Corp. (NPC). Capulong, how-ever, assured the consuming public that she is ready to answer queries or help solve problems related to electric power gen-eration. (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zambo. Norte)

by Franklin P. Gumapon

resident-journalists will commemorate it right at its bloody site in Ampatuan, Magu-indanao. Fernandez said the benefit concert, which the Adiong administration co-sponsored, was “long overdue” in a region that is still reeling from the adversities

of the massacre. The proceeds of dinner concert “would be used to help mem-bers of the media needing medical as-sistance,” said Jeffrey Mendez, news writer of the Catholic-run dxMS radio station and over-all coordi-nator of the event. ARMM cabinet officials and their

families alongside officials of foreign donor institutions joined Acting Gover-nor Adiong in gracing the event, which also saw almost a dozen of print, broadcast and social media practitio-ners showcasing their singing and dancing talents. (AGM/RVC-PIA9 ZBST)


3,000 Pantawid Pamilya in Lanao del Norte benefit from gov’t. servicesby Charmaine P. Tadlas

More than 3,000 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program beneficiaries coming from numerous towns, this province, availed of services from various government agencies that participated during the

Convergence Caravan launched here on November 18.

An initiative by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the Caravan intends to give open access to the Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries who live from far-flung areas the services of the national government.

Hosted by Governor Mohammad Khalid Q. Dimaporo, the Caravan provided government services such as PhilHealth registration, skills and livelihood orientations, business counselling, medical mission, job fair, pre-processing of passports and skills


3,000 Pantawid Pamilya in Lanao del Norte benefit from gov’t. services

demonstrations. The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Education (DepEd),

Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) participated in the Caravan. (DSWD)


PDEA-10 nabs P20 million worth of shabu in Cagayan de Oroby Juliet Cagaanan

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental - Operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) here nabbed approximately P20 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride popularly known as shabu, Monday.

Director Roberto S. Opeña of PDEA- Northern Mindanao, said the operation headed by Misamis Oriental Provincial Special Enforcement Team Leader IA 1 Rodolfo Dela Cerna Jr led to the arrest of suspected drug pusher, Sammy Yusop y Mohamad, 38, residing at Muricay, Pagadian city. The said suspect was arrested after picking up a package containing suspected shabu weighing more or less 1.5 kilograms. It was placed inside two pieces large sealable transparent

plastic cellophane which was concealed inside a 20 inches pensonic television. He carried it to his vehicle, Toyota Hiace (Gray) bearing plate No. KEE 331. Dir. Opeña further said the successful operation were the result of intensive intelligence networking and the proper conduct of controlled delivery type of operation. The suspect is now temporarily detained at PDEA Regional Office 10 for booking and documentation while the seized drug evidence was brought to the PNP Crime Laboratory for qualitative and quantitative examination. Case for violation of Republic Act 9165 is now being readied for the filing of appropriate charges in court, said Opeña. (PDEA)


PDEA-10 nabs P20 million worth of shabu in Cagayan de Oro

Lanao del Norte to celebrate Mindanao Week of Peace 2011TUBOD, Lanao del Norte - An inter-agency Peace Caravan convergence meeting was recently concluded at the Sangguniang Panlungsod Ses-sion hall here to discuss the Mindanao Week of Peace 2011 celebration.

Vice Governor Irma Ali who presided the meeting urged sectoral representatives to actively participate in the Mindanao Week of Peace 2011 celebration on Nov. 24-30. She expressed her elation for the peace initiatives of the Army units in Lanao del Norte for organizing the inter-agency convergence meeting.“I congratulate the military particularly the 35th Infantry (Makamandag) Battalion, Philippine Army, headed by Lt. Col. Ferdinand S. Razalan, commanding officer, for the peace building efforts in the province. The provincial government is very willing to extend support for the success of the activities lined up for the week,” said Vice Gov. Ali. The culminating activity, which is slated on Nov. 30, will be highlighted with a peace caravan and a rally. The participants for the peace caravan and rally will be composed mainly of the youth sector, particularly the Out-of-School Youth (OSY) and Young Professionals who were graduates of the series of batches of the KABATAAN Seminar (KAagapay ng BAyan sa PagkamiT ng KapayapAAN), a Youth Leadership Summit concept in the grassroots level, spearheaded

by the 35IB in close partnership with the different civil institutions. The peace caravan and rally aims to give emphasis and paramount importance on the role of the youth in nation building particularly the OSY and those in the grassroots through active involvement in various community activities alongside with the different sectors of the society, said Lt. Col. Razalan. Meanwhile, Colonel Aldred Limoso, brigade commander, 2nd Mechanized Infantry (Magbalantay) Brigade, Light Armor Division, Philippine Army, said the proposed activities will be in line with the Armed Forces of Philippines’ Internal Peace and Security Plan “Bayanihan,” where extensive convergence between and among all stakeholders is strongly encouraged for a common vision of achieving a lasting peace in the area. These groups of peace builders and advocates will showcase a strong and active involvement to call out for a lasting peace in support to the Presidential Proclamation No.127, celebrating the Mindanao Week of Peace. (35th IB/PIA-10 LDN)


TESDA eyes dev’t of BPO manpower

The Technical Education Skills and Development Authority

or TESDA is eyeing the develop-ment of manpower in the Business Process Outsourcing sector in the key cities across the country. According to TESDA Secretary Joel Villanueva, the BPO sector is eye-ing to decongest Metro Manila which hosts around 85 to 90% of BPO com-panies and relocating them to other cities like Cebu, Cagayan de Oro and Davao City. Recently the government has re-leased a P1.1 billion stimulus fund to

the TESDA that would be used to de-velop qualified skilled sectors for dif-ferent sectors. According to Villanue-va, about P500-million of that funds will be for the BPO sector; the stimu-lus allocation is on top of the P2.68 billion TESDA budget. According to Villanueva they are looking to Davao since it has been de-clared as the Next Wave City in the country in 2010. Davao City was chosen in 2010 as the top Next Wave City among ten other cities according to the Business Process Outsourcing of the Philippines. Next Wave Cities are cities outside Metro Manila which are recommended as prime outsourcing investment des-tinations. Villanueva said the P500-million is to be used to develop manpower in the cities that could entice other in-vestments in BPO to relocate to these locations. The TESDA Secretary said that BPO is not just about call centers the industry would include animation, health information management, soft-ware and gaming development. He said that BPO is slowly evolving


into Knowledge Process Outsourcing which is a growing global industry. “We are looking at it as the next

big thing, that is why the President released the stimulus fund,” Villanue-va said. (PIA/RG Alama)

DIDP board eyes to adopt Davao Gulf Planby Jeanevive Abangan

DAVAO DEL NORTE- The Davao Integrated Development Program (DIDP) Board would first like to know the implementing mecha-nism before officially adopting the Davao Gulf Area Development Plan. DIDP executive director Atty. Wen-del Avisado, DIDP executive director revealed that the motion to adopt the Davao Gulf Area Development Plan which was raised during the Board Meeting last Nov. 23 was later withdrawn due to con-cerns on implementing arrangements. But Atty. Avisado expressed opti-mism that the Plan would eventually be adopted by the Board as Avisado had

noted that the Davao Gulf Area Devel-opment Plan “is an improvement of our existing masterplan.” “Much of it were culled from our existing masterplan adopted 10 or 11 years during the time of President (Jo-seph) Estrada carried over and adopted as well during President (Gloria) Maca-pagal-Arroyo and even up to the now through the Department of Agriculture,” Atty. Avisado said in an interview during the DIDP Board Meeting at the Bulwagan ng Lalawigan, Provincial Government Center, Mankilam, Tagum City. Avisado said that the DIDP Board had made known to the National Eco-nomic and Development Authority (NEDA) which made the Davao Gulf plan, its desire for NEDA 11 to convene a core group whose members will be com-ing from NEDA 11 and the DIDP Project Management Office “to formulate and craft the implementing mechanism.” In presenting the Davao Gulf Area Development Plan, NEDA Assistant Re-gional Director Bonifacio Uy revealed that the Regional Development Council takes the responsibility to “oversee and manage the plan implementation.” But Atty. Avisado pointed out the need to determine the extent of RDC role in the actual implementation of projects “in terms of downloading of the funds, liquidation and (submission of the) prog-ress, accomplishment report up to com


pletion.” “ That to us is not clear,” he said. Earlier in the meeting DIDP Board chair, Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo P. del Ro-sario brought out the idea of adopting the Davao Gulf plan which he said was part of the DIDP master plan. Del Rosario said that DIDP “should be the proper organization to implement the plan” as he pointed out the crucial involvement of various local government executives in putting in place programs and projects in pursuit of the Davao Gulf Plan implementation. DIDP is a development strategy es-tablished since 1994 aimed at achieving effectively implementing development schemes in the Davao Region. It is “an-chored on the concerted effort to pursue an integrated and effective development by mustering the various strengths and resources of the Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Davao Gulf area,” DIDP website says. Currently chaired by Gov del Rosa-

rio, DIDP has Davao City Mayor Zara Du-terte as its vice chair of the Board. DIDP Board members include all the provincial governors of the Davao Region, all city mayors of the region and the regional directors of the departments of public works and highways, agriculture, interi-or and local government and the Nation-al Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Avisado said that DIDP has attained the status as the longest existing LGU initiative, and that it has established with national government agencies especially DA and even with foreign funding insti-tution such as the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Ca-nadian Development Agency (CIDA). Though del Rosario had appealed LGU executives during the recent DIDP Board Meeting to fast-track completion of project implementations, Avisado said that the group performance of DIDP marks 97 percent.

TESDA program to develop techno entrepreneurs by Carina Cayon

DAVAO CITY,- The Technical Edu-cation and Skills Development Au-thority launched today its TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) that aims to facili-tate alternative job opportunities for technical and vocational gradu-ates in Mindanao. TESDA director general Em-manuel Joel Villanueva led the Mindanao TSTP launching in Davao City on November 25, saying that

the program will develop TESDA certified graduates to become en-trepreneurs based on their earned skills. Villanueva explained that one design of TSTP is to organize Sa-mahang TESDA Specialistas to compose of community-based ser-vice aggrupations of trained and certified TESDA workers who will be synergized into various related skills. The groups will be provided of


appropriate tools and training pro-gram that would help and support the budding entrepreneurs to man-age their businesses, he said. Villanueva said that TSTP will also involve trainings in the com-munities. TESDA regional director Gas-par Gayona said that Davao Region already has existing technopre-neurs that need to be strengthened through the TSTP. Gayona cited the business of the 11 graduates of the Davao Merchant Marina Academy (DMMA) College in Davao City as a role model to the technopreneur pro-gram, saying that the graduates are into canteen operation of the same school. The graduates, he said, were hired by the maritime school to operate and manage its school canteen that caters to 400 stu-dents. Gayona explained that TESDA assisted the new entrepreneurs during the incubation period of

until sixth month, the time when the young entrepreneurs were ready to run on their own. “They (entrepreneurs) treat themselves as owners and workers. He said that their products are also being sold outside the canteen such as at convenience stores. Gayona disclosed that TESDA will organize two aggrupations for Davao Oriental and one each for Davao City and Davao del Sur, as an initial run of TSTP. He said that the list of aggru-pations shall initially include build-ing/house repair and maintenance services, beauty care and wellness services, appliance repair services and automotive/vehicle mainte-nance services. He added that the technopre-neur program will take its full blast implementation in every province in Mindanao in 2012 when existing technopreneurs will be strength-ened and new ones will be estab-lished.

did you know...that the orchid Waling-Waling (Euanthe sanderiana) considered as the Queen of Philippine Flowers is endemic in the re-gions of Davao and Cotabato. its habitat includes trunks of Dipterocarp trees in the rainforests. However due to over-collection finding wild species is now rare.

It is considered as a cultural symbol of Davao City.

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