One Mindanao - November 30, 2011

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)

2/F Kanto Motors Bldg.,Quimpo Blvd., New MatinaDavao City 8000Telephone no. (082) 297-0991 / 301-8580Telefax no. (082) 297-0992 / 304-2044Cellphone no. 0917-7053606 / 0918-9202950E-mail: [email protected]

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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Wednesday, Vol. 1 No. 108

Cover StoryGolda’s Cakes and Pastries -- Celebrating 13 years of God’s faithfulness

13 Health Services among top government caravan needs

WESTERN MINDANAO

NORTHERN MINDANAO

SOUTHERN MINDANAO

CENTRAL MINDANAO

CARAGA REGION

North Cotabato holds peace camp for high school students

PNP Caraga chief warns public vs street crimes

Agusan Norte gov’t approves P5-M budget for public market rehab

DTI conducts activities for local Pangasius fish industry

DepEd 9 lauds LGU Zambo for education support

Lowell Vallecer Region IX

Region IX

Region XI

Dani Doguiles, Region XII

Caraga Region

Roselyn G. Exaure and Maria Rebecca C. Ayaton Caraga Region

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Allan Freno, Region XII

DENR closes 178 sawmills in NorMin

Jorie C. Valcorza Region X

Grand “Bayle” opens the 7th Heritage and Culture Week, Nov. 28-Dec. 4, in Tangub

Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob Region X

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Golda’s Cakes and Pastries -- Celebrating 13 years of God’s faithfulness

Cover Story

by Alma L. Tingcang

In Pagadian City, one name that stands out when you talk about cakes and pastries is Golda’s. Every Pagadianon knows that the name speaks of freshly baked bread and pastries, cakes for all occasions,

name it and they have it, which is quality at its best.

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Golda’s Cakes and Pastries -- Celebrating 13 years of God’s faithfulness

A native of Pagadian, Grace M. Silla, a chemical engineer by pro-fession-turned classy entrepreneur started it out as a hobby, baking for family and friends and eventually opened Golda’s Cakes and Pastries in December 8, 1998 at Sanson Street to cater to the choosy palate of the local folks. The soft-spoken owner is hands-on in the business and leaves no stone unturned to ensure the mark of excellence is seen in every prod-uct. The modern baking business as seen in today’s competitive market is very demanding and yet very popular. While the journey towards “quality” and consistent baking excellence re-mains to be an arduous one, a ma-jor ingredient behind this challenging endeavor is pretty simple. We call it PASSION. Grace had this passion when she ventured into the business. The in-creasing number of customers of Gol-da’s Cakes and Pastries was reason enough to branch out in December 2001 and established her second out-let at J. Ariosa Street. Slowly realizing

the perfect match up of cakes, pas-tries and bread and the overflowing love for baking, Grace soon moved to open its first bread segment in 2005 and 2 years later compliment-ed through the opening of Golda’s Kaffe. Today, Golda’s Cakes and Pas-tries are just well within the reach of Pagadianons when it opened its 3rd branch inside Gaisano Capital Mall

on December 14, 2008 and another branch at Robinson’s Supermarket on December 2, 2010, strategically lo-cated to ensure accessibility to cos-tumers. The young entrepreneur never dreamed she would be managing 4 branches, juggling her time being a devoted wife to Engr. Manuel V. Sil-la, a contractor and a doting mom to


three lovely daughters: Gizelle Mica M. Silla, a Registered Nurse and now an intern at the Cebu Institute of Medicine; Gianne Michelle M. Silla, a graduate of BSC Major in Marketing and Entrepreneur at University of San Carlos, Cebu City; and the young-est, Golda Marielle M. Silla who is a 3rd year BSC Major in Management student at the Ateneo de Manila Uni-versity, the one most likely to follow her footsteps and who is into baking herself, showing the same intense in-terest in the business. Proof of this is when Golda represented Zamboanga Peninsula Region and became a na-tional winner in cake decorating in Baguio last 2008 awarded by the Stu-

dent Technologists and Entrepreneur of the Philippines (STEP). Indeed this young woman has so much to thank God for! This Christmas, celebrate sweet moments with your family at Gol-da’s Cakes and Pastries, savor the mouth-watering assortment of heav-enly sweetness, order your favorite chocolate moist, brazo de Mercedes, strawberry cake and all other variety of choices to make, everything baked to perfection - quality at its best. For orders and inquiries, call Golda’s at (062) 2151-687; (062) 2143-008 and (062) 2154-358 or email at [email protected].


Aquino cites importance of tourism to country’s economic growth

President Benigno S. Aquino III underscored the importance of promoting the country’s tourism industry in line with the government’s efforts to uplift the lives of the Filipino people.


In his speech dur-ing the launching of the Bayleaf Hotel in Intra-muros, Manila, Tuesday, President Aquino noted the significant role of public and private sec-tor cooperation in pro-moting the country’s world-class tourist destinations that could generate jobs and opportunities for the Filipinos.

The tourism industry, he

said, is one of

t h e

key sectors the Aquino administration is focus-ing on to encourage more visitors to explore and visit the country. “Turismo po ang isa sa sector na talaga nating pangangalagaan. Alam po ninyo, naiwanan na po tayo ng ating mga kapit-bayan. Sa Malay-sia po ay ‘di raw bababa sa 32 million ang turista; sa Thailand, 14 million—tayo naman po ay three million. Napakalayo na-man po niyan. Kaya iyong dagdag po this year na 12 percent ay sana hudyat

lang ng tuloy-tuloy na mangyayari sa ating ban-sa. Pagtutulungan po ng pribado at publikong sek-tor ang magdadala sa atin sa dagdag na hanap-bu-hay, dagdag na oportuni-dad, dagdag na pag-asa para sa ating mga kaba-bayan,” the President said. The President said that more tourists are ex-pected to come in especial-ly this Christmas season. “Ngayong pa-palapit na ang kapaskuhan,inaasahan nating lalo pang titindi ang pagdagsa ng mga bisita


sa Pilipinas. Sa unang siyam na buwan ng taong kasalu-kuyan, umabot na sa two point eighty-eight milyon ang turista sa ating ban-sa,” President Aquino said. “Mas mataas ito nang labindalawang porsiyento kung ikukumpara sa na-karaang taon. Hudyat ito para sa tuloy-tuloy nating pagpapayabong sa atin pong turismo,” he added. President Aquino fur-ther said that the govern-ment has been painstak-ingly carrying out programs to modernize the country’s tourism facilities to further improve the country’s im-age as the best destination to other parts of the world. “Mula sa mod-ernisasyon ng mga pali-paran at daungan, hang-

gang sa renobasyon ng mga kalsada, tulay at iba pang mga imprastraktura, bibigyan natin ng mas mat-ingkad na imahe ang tur-ismo sa bansa. Panahon na upang taas-noo nating ihayag sa mundo: ‘Halina kayo’t dumayo sa Perlas ng Silangan; bukas ang aming pinto para inyong mara-nasan ang kultura, kasay-sayan, at hiwagang dito sa Pilipinas lamang ninyo matu-tuklasan,’” the President. “Mahalagang mai-sakatuparan ang mga ini-syatiba natin sa sektor na ito dahil alam nating sa bawat turistang tumatangkilik sa ating mga tanawin, traba-ho ito para sa isang amang dati ay nakatambay lang, gamot ito para sa nanay na malapit nang manganak,

edukasyon ito para sa paslit na makaka-pag-aral sa disenteng paaralan,” he noted. President Aqui-no led in opening the Bayleaf, a five-star ho-tel in Intramuros which is one of the country’s premier heritage sites. The newly-opened hotel, owned and op-erated by the Lyceum of the Philippines Uni-versity, is touted as the Laurel family’s con-tribution to the tour-ism program of the Aquino administration. Also present during the event are Public works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson, Phil-ippine Amusement and Gaming Cor-poration Chairman Cristino Naguiat Jr. and Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, among o t h e r s .


Aquino graces eye doctors’ Congress in Manila

President Benigno S. Aquino congratulated the International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD&DE) on its 10th International Congress saying that while eye doctors treat their patients, his

government initiates reforms that benefits the people.

“This is truly a sig-nificant opportunity to be among doctors who share a common goal of easing the

burden of people that suffer from

dry eye, so I hope you

will take f u l l

stock of the new develop-ments that will be shared in this room and in this Congress,” the President said in his keynote address before the eye doctors at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) on Tuesday.

“In the same way that you are concerned with ensuring that the

eyes of your patients are free from these diseases, so too is our government concerned with freeing society from the diseas-es that had previously crippled it: the disease of poverty and vulnerability, of corruption and dishon-esty, and of social inequal-ity and the lack of access


Aquino graces eye doctors’ Congress in Manila

to social services, among others,” he stressed. The President spelled out health programs that his adminis-tration carries out especially for poor Filipinos in the far-flung areas, to give them access to quality healthcare.

Among the govern-ment’s efforts towards en-suring better health care to the poor include dispatch-ing nurses and midwives to communities in need.

To improve the coun-try’s health facilities, the government is upgrading hospitals and clinics, the President said. Seven hun-dred forty-two million pesos has been released to im-prove health infrastructure, procure new equipment, and support the research and treatment programs of gov-ernment hospitals, he said.

For better eye care for poor Filipinos, the President

said the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth) now shoulders the cost of cataract surgery under its sponsored program.

The Chief Executive said he hopes that the Manila eye congress will spur the or-ganization and other mem-bers of the medical commu-nity in its continuing pursuit of providing quality health-care to the whole world.

“I am hopeful that each of you will gain success and renown in your field, not only for the research and ad-ditional knowledge that you can contribute, but also for the compassion and skill with which you treat your pa-tients, knowing that, above all, your responsibility is to care for human life,” he said.

UST, in collaboration with the Philippine Academy of Ophthalmology hosted the 10th Congress of the

ISD&DE on Novem-ber 29, Tuesday. The ISD&DE congress in Manila is the first time to be held in Asia.

More than 500 participants from 26 countries joined the event. These include eye doctors and ex-perts from the US, Spain, Turkey, the UK, Hungary, Singapore, Japan, the Nether-lands, India, Switzer-land, Greece, Austria, Indonesia, Russia, Ita-ly, Germany, Australia, China, Canada, Swe-den and many others.

Founded in 1982, ISD&DE is the pioneer organization on tears and lacri-mal diseases. It is a scientific society for the research and diffusion of knowledge in the lacri-mal domain.


Aquino hopes eye doctors’ Manila conference boosts Philippine tourismPresident Benigno S. Aquino III exhorted the

delegates of the 10th Congress of the International Society of Dacryology and Dry Eye (ISD&DE) who are currently in Manila to visit the country’s tourist

destination and see what the Philippines can offer.

The President keynoted Tuesday the 10th Congress of the ISD&DE at the University of Santo Tomas, a gathering of eye doctors

and experts to increase

t h e i r

knowledge in provid-ing better treatment to their patients, especial-ly for the diagnosis and treatment of dry eye and other related diseases. “While you are here, I also invite you to look around and explore our country. As I under-stand it, tours have been organized by the Philip-pine Academy of Oph-

thalmology, and these would give you an op-portunity to visit some of our most famous tourist destinations, from sites famous for their natu-ral beauty and scenery, to those of great sig-nificance to our cultur-al and historical iden-tity,” the President said. Aside from provid-ing increased knowledge.


Health Services among top governmentcaravan needs

According to Compostela Valley Governor Arturo T. Uy, health ser-vices is among the number one need by the residents of theprovince. Speaking before members of the media during the Serbisyo Caravan held at Nabunturan yes-terday (November 28) Uy said that if a similar government services

caravan would be held in his prov-ince he would be proposing that the medical outreach component would last for two or more days. The Serbisyo Caravan is a project of the Association of Re-gional Executives of National Agencies (ARENA) in combining an array of free government ser-vices in different areas around the region.


Under the initiative of ARENA president Achilles Bravo who is the the current regional director of the Department of Budget and Manage-ment, this is the second of its kind held in the region. The first caravan was held in Boston and Cateel in Davao Orien-tal. Governor Uy said he was over-whelmed by the presence of regional directors and the services that they brought with them. There were 47 government agen-cies who participated in the Comval caravan. Uy hopes that the caravan initiative would be continued and said that he hoped that one or more activ-ities can be held in his province next year. He also said that health servic-es is among the topmost need of his province. and hopes that medical mis-sions can be held longer. Mayor Romeo Clarin of Nabun-

turan agrees with the Governor saying that the residents are availing of the health services like surgeries, medi-cal and dental check-ups and the free medicines. Another in need services is those which is provided by the Department of Agriculture like seedling dispersal, farming seminars and soil sampling. Meanwhile Dr. James Dumdum head of the medical outreach team in the caravan said that they have tar-geted 10 elective surgery cases and 100 minor cases like excisions. The medical team is made up of a dozen surgeons, three anesthesiol-ogists, one pediatrician, opthalmolo-gist and internist. As to the suggestion of Gover-nor Uy if they can make it longer, he said the team can hold longer medi-cal outreach as long as they have suf-ficient manpower as not to deplete their base hospitals. (RG Alama)

Photo Release


ALABEL, Sarangani – Mountaineers rest at their

final destination, the At-nayan Falls, after a tree-

planting activity during the 1st MunaTo EcoTrek. The

trek was participated in by 13 mountaineering clubs

and freelancers from Kaba-can, Cotabato; Tupi, South Cotabato; Koronadal City,

General Santos City and Sarangani. A total of 80

mountaineering enthusiasts conquered Atnayan Falls

during the weekend. (Ariel Lalisan/)

Atnayan Falls attracts

mountaineers

Photo Release


North Cotabato backs declaration of Ligawasan Marsh as protected areaKORONADAL CITY -- The provincial government of North Cota-bato is backing the proposal to declare Ligawasan Marsh as a protected area.

North Cotabato’s Sangguniang Panlala-wigan last week ap-proved a resolution supporting the bid to declare Mindanao’s larg-est swamp and marsh as a protected area under the National In-tegrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) pursu-ant to Republic Act No. 7586.

Board Member Vi-cente Sorupia, chair of the committee on ag-riculture, environment and natural resources authored Resolution 323-2011.

SP unanimously ap-proved the resolution, which they said shows the province’s commit-ment to the conserva-tion and preservation of the marsh’s biodiversity and natural resources.

In 2001, the gov-ernment, with sup-port from the Global

Environmental Facility (GEF)-World Bank/Unit-ed Nations Develop-ment Programme, has undertaken the Pro-tected Area Sustainabil-ity Assessment Study and the Wetland Biodi-versity Component for Ligawasan Marsh.

It gathered required scientific information and completed the re-quired stakeholder con-sultations at national, provincial, municipal, barangay and sitio lev-els. Results revealed a strong consensus

among the stakeholders that Ligawasan Marsh should be proclaimed as a protected area under the NIPAS Act.

Ligawasan Marsh is covers an area 288,000 hectares across the provinces of Maguin-danao, North Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat. It is a conglomerate of three marshes: Liga-wasan Proper, Libungan and Ebpanan.

In 1998, the National Economic and Devel-opment Authority – 12 (NEDA 12) formulated


the Ligawasan Marsh De-velopment Master Plan. It also recommended the inclusion of Liga-

wasan as a protected area but there were no enough scientific bases presented at that time

to support such recom-mendation. (OZG/Co-tabato-PGO/DEDogu-iles)

DILG releases P3M incentive to Tacurong for Seal of Good Housekeepingby Allan Freno

TACURONG CITY -- After being awarded the Seal of Good Housekeeping by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in June this year, the city government of Tacurong recently received the P3-Million incentive under the Performance Challenge Fund (PCF).

DILG 12 Director Buagas Sulaik person-

ally handed the P3M check to the city offi-

cials of Tacurong during a turnover ceremony in


front of the city hall on November 28.

The PCF, given to LGUs conferred with SGH Seal, is an incen-tive that the LGU ben-eficiaries should use in the implementation of their projects. Before officially getting the PCF however, an LGU recipient has to allocate a financial counterpart (to be taken from the 20% component of the LGU’s Internal Revenue Allotment), equal or more than the PCF. The LGU is also required to complete at least 40 percent of the project before DILG releases the fund.

The PCF Technical Working Group of the LGU identified the road concreting in Barangay Upper Katungal as the project for the PCF, and after going through the process, started and completed the 40 per-cent of the concreting in October.

Tacurong is one of the only five cities in the Philippines, and the only one from Mindan-ao, belonging to the 4th to 6th class to be con-ferred with the award this 2011.

The other awardees for the cities catego-ry are Alaminos, Pan-gasinan; Candon, Ilo-cos Sur; Passi, Iloilo; and Vigan, Ilocos Sur. Tacurong and the rest of the awardees be-long to the 2nd batch of SGH recipients this year. They are joined by municipalities be-longing to the 4th to 6th class stamped also with SGH seal.

The Seal of Good Housekeeping is a mechanism comprising a set of criteria aimed at recognizing Local gov-ernment Units (LGUs) with good performance in internal housekeep-ing particularly in the areas of Planning, Sound Fiscal Manage-ment, Transparency and Accountability, and Valuing Performance Management.

Among the key com-ponents of the SGH cri-teria are compliance to the mandates of the An-ti-Red Tape Act as well as to the Full Disclo-sure Policy of the DILG. Further, LGUs stamped with Good Housekeep-ing Seal should have “no adverse” report from the Commission

on Audit, which means that they should have complied with all the requirements of the government’s auditing agency.

Emphasis is also giv-en to the LGU’s compli-ance to the mandates of the Anti-Red Tape Act.

Tacurong was evalu-ated in May by a team from DILG Regional Of-fice. Several data were gathered from offic-es concerned, inter-views were conducted, and records of the lo-cal police station were checked as to the peace and order condition of the locality.

After passing the regional evaluation, Tacurong made it through the National Table Assessment and Validation, and subse-quently stamped with SGH Seal.

“I am very happy with the most recent award we received, but then again ,we only have to work harder; after all, this is what we, public servants, are expected to do,” May-or Lina Montilla said. (TACURONG-LGU/DEDoguiles)


North Cotabato holds peace camp for high school studentsby Dani Doguiles

KORONADAL CITY -- In line with its advocacy to begin peace education at young age, the provincial government of North Cotabato begins another series of peace camps, now for high school students.

More than 200 pri-vate and high school students from the prov-ince’s 17 towns and 1 city are expected to join the three-day “1st Gov. Lala Mendoza High School Leadership Camp – In the Search for the Paths to Peace” starting December 1.

During the activity, students -- leaders in their respective schools – will undergo camp-ing sessions, training sessions, and games to develop and mold them as responsible individuals and mem-bers of their communi-ties.

Mutual learning will also occur through storytelling, medita-tion, small group shar-ing, brainstorming, role plays, thought-provok-ing exercises, music and

movements related to achieving peace.

All these are geared towards inculcating camaraderie and help-ing the youth under-stand their role in the attainment of peace.

Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Taliño-Mendoza said, “the province of Cotaba-to is a victim of bad pub-licity. We have been la-beled as a battleground and called a troubled province when we are not. And one way of correcting this miscon-ception is to plant the seeds of peace into the minds and hearts of our youth.”

“Basically, the activity aims to encourage our youths to work togeth-er in order to develop a strong community with a common foundation prepared effectively for

peace and justice and build bridges for com-mon understanding on the importance of peace,” she explained.

She added, through this peace camp the young leaders will be able to develop bet-ter understanding of themselves, the social and cultural condition and aspirations of their peers, so that they can help government in changing the image of the province.

“After all the future belongs to them,” she said.

Gov. Mendoza’s peace camps for high school is a continuation of her program for Summer Kids Peace Camp.

Last year, 18,747 Grade 5 pupils under-went summer peace camps.


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PNP Chief to visit Caraga

by Noel B. Najarro

This will be the first visit here in the region of the nation’s police chief after he assumed office on September, this year. PDGen. Bartolome

will be accorded with an arrival honors upon his arrival at the camp to be led by Caraga PNP chief PCSupt. Reynaldo Rafal and the other top

regional police officials. Police Superinten-dent Martin M. Gamba, PRO 13 chief information officer said that PDGen. Bartolome will attend to

Thorough preparations are underway at Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez in Brgy. Libertad, this

city for the scheduled visit of Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Nicanor A. Bartolome on Friday, in an effort to uphold the transparency and good governance as pointed out in the Philippine Development Plan (PDP) of the Aquino administration.


some eight major activi-ties outlined among his itineraries of his first re-gional visit here which in-cludes : 1) The turn-over by the Department of Health, Caraga Regional Office of its recently ac-complished project – the P10-Million peso Police Regional Office 13 Hos-pital and its facilities to the management of the Philippine National Po-lice, 2) The launching of the Regional Tactical Op-erations Center (RTOC),

3) The launching of the Electronic Blotter or (E-Blotter), 4) The send off ceremony of the Special Action Force (SAF), 5) the blessings of the ad-ditional vehicles for the PNP, 6) The launching of the Task Force Surigao, 7) Giving of awards to some meritorious PNP person-nel and 8) The reception of some rebel returnees. Meanwhile, a press conference is sched-uled in the afternoon of that same day at PRO

13 Conference Room to be attended by the Chief PNP and the other top regional police officials. Meanwhile, Dr. Noemina Bartolome, bet-ter-half of the PNP chief will conduct a Hepa B Vac-cination on Thursday, at the PRO 13 Grandstand. The vaccination will benefit the PNP depen-dents from 0-11 years old. The project is initiated by the Ladies Officers Club of PRO 13, led by the wife of Caraga PNP chief and Ms. Ivy Boquiren.

PNP Caraga chief warns public vs street crimes

BUTUAN CITY – Police Regional Office (PRO) 13 Regional Director Reynaldo Rafal warned the pub-lic against “budol-budol” gang and other forms of street crimes as lawless elements may proliferate this Yuletide Season.


Rafal said PRO-13 is continuously send-ing out PNP personnel assigned in Regional Headquarters since Oc-tober to perform Police Visibility Patrol to de-ter occurrence of any forms of street crimes. The strategy is also implemented in Provincial Police Of-

fices in the region. Rafal also asked the public to help the PNP through giving of information of any persons suspicious-ly roaming around. This move of PNP-Caraga is in sup-port to the Regional Development Program (RDP) specifically on

peace and security. According to the RDP, police operations encompass a wide range of activities, particularly patrol and traffic opera-tions, implementation of special laws, command and control, civil distur-bance, and disaster man-agement .(PNP-13)

Agusan Norte gov’t approves P5-M budget for public market rehab

BUTUAN CITY – In support to the 2011-2016 Regional Development Plan (RDP) of Caraga on infrastructure support, the Provincial Government of Agusan del Norte has recently approved the five million pesos financial support for

the rehabilitation of the public market of the municipality of Nasipit.

by Roselyn G. Exaure and Maria Rebecca C. Ayaton

Agusan del Norte Governor Erlpe John M. Amante pointed out that the said fund is included in the 20% budget wherein the said project will be implemented in the first quarter of 2012.

The official also said that the Sang-guniang Panlalawigan has deliberated and is ready to release the fund by next year. It can be recalled that many vendors of the said public market

were complaining be-cause of its wrecked building but the cur-rent administration of Nasipit wasn’t able to attend to the prob-lem because the local government of Nasipit has insufficient fund.


DTI alerts public to buy only ICC marked Christmas lights

Trade and Industry department alerts public to be vigilant and extra cautious in choosing the Christmas lights they buy to decorate their homes and buy

only those that bear the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) mark sticker to ensure a hazard and accident-free Christmas festivity.city.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 9 in a press statement said only those sets

of Christmas lights with ICC mark sticker have passed the d e p a r t m e n t ’ s mandatory tests, therefore are safe and reliable to use, those without the mark are considered hazardous and may even put lives in danger.

DTI said substandard Christmas lights products posed hazards such as electric

shock and overheating that often lead to fire, property damages and even loss of lives. The press statement further cautions the public that there are Christmas lights with bogus pre-printed ICC mark on its package. “Those sets of Christmas lights with pre-printed ICC mark on its package are definitely uncertified and did not undergo tests and inspections of DTI,” the statement reads. DTI said the genu

by Jocelyn P. Alvarez


ine ICC mark is in stick-

er form and comes with a unique serial number. DTI regulates the sale of Christmas lights in the local market to protect consumers. “Under the DTI-Bureau of Product Standards

(BPS) Product Certifica-tion Scheme, all import-ers of Christmas lights shall secure an ICC cer-tificate prior to the sale and distribution to lo-cal market,” the press statement said.

DTI conducts activities for local Pangasius fish industry

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has spearheaded the conduct of activities geared at strengthening the budding Pangasius industry in

Region 9. The activities were conducted to heighten the awareness and appreciation of the Pangasius fish (also known as Cream Dory) among consumers in this part of the country.

by Lowell Vallecer

DTI Regional Di-rector Nazrullah Man-zur said the activities kicked off November 27, with the scheduled visit to the three Pan-gasius farms based in Zamboanga City. The first three Pangasius farms vis-ited by DTI on Nov. 27 were the sprawling fish farm of the Southern


DTI conducts activities for local Pangasius fish industry Authority in Barangay

Vitali , next was the Pangasius pond of Mr. Ricardo Marmoleño at his Ram Agro Industries Compound in Suterville, and the Zamboanga Pangasius Farm situated in Barangay Calarian. The farm visits according to Manzur was intended to gather firsthand information and assess the operations of the Pangasius farms in the City. The second activity was the conduct of the regional Pangasius stakeholders meeting held November 28 in one of the hotesl here. The meeting was attended by Pangasius farmers, processors, restaurant operators and caterers, as well as buyers of Pangasius fish in the city and from

the other provinces in Region 9. Invited resource speakers to the consultative meeting were Dr. Aida Palma of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and DTI-12 Assistant Regional Director Dorecita Delima who is also DTI’s national champion for the Pangasius industry. Dr. Palma presented the industry clustering and value chain approach of Pangasius while Director Delima facilitated the setting of the development directions from 2012 to 2016 and to identify strategic projects for 2012 based on the SWOT analysis of the industry. A Pangasius culinary event was conducted November

29, that featured several food preparations using Pangasius fish by participating schools in the city. P a n g a s i u s , according to Manzur, belongs to the catfish family. It is farmed extensively in other ASEAN countries, particularly Vietnam for their domestic and export markets. Here in the Philippines, Pangasius farming was first piloted in Regions 4 and 12. It has since taken inroads into the domestic market all over the Philippines, including Zamboanga City because of the exquisite texture, white color and taste of the said fish. (JPA/LV/DTI/PIA9-ZBST)


DepEd 9 lauds LGU Zambo for education support

The Department of Education 9 (DepEd) lauds the support of the Local Government Unit (LGU)-Zamboanga for its untiring support to education

sector.

“The support of the Zamboanga LGU to DepEd is match-less,” said DepEd9 Assistant Regional Director Habib Ad-zhar Sarahadil dur-ing the opening pro-gram of the National Bi-Annual Planning Conference of the Philippine Associa-tion of Secondary Education Chiefs

and Assistant Chiefs (PASECAC) held here recently. DepEd cited Mayor Celso Lobre-gat as “education champion” for con-tinuously prioritiz-ing the education of the children in Zam-boanga. The city gov-ernment has imple-mented some P700

Million worth of school buildings and other education-re-lated projects since 2007. Sarahadil also emphasized that the holding of the PASECAC confer-ence here indicates that DepEd recog-nizes Zamboanga City as the undis-puted capital of Re-gion 9. The four-day PASECAC confer-ence, held No-vember 22-25 was attended by 38 sec-ondary education chiefs and assistant chiefs from all over the country. (JPA/ /PIA9-ZBST)


Social media helps develop close relationship with constituencyby Apipa P. Bagumbaran Social media is a

powerful platform for government communicators to build closer relationship with their constituency.

This is just among the important impacts of using social media as emphasized by the Jay Jaboneta, former head of the Malacanang New Media and founder of the Philippine Funds for Little Kids, during the second day of the Mindanao Communicators Network (MindaComNet) Congess, held at the Family Country Hotel in

General Santos City. Aside from generating word-of-mouth advocacy on public service programs, as well as, educating citizens and the media on government agency-related issues, the social media can also help develop brand loyalty for free, he said. Jaboneta, who spoke about Social Media for Social Change, explained that the new media is cheap, accessible, easy to use and

has tools for content and dissemination compared to traditional media that had monopoly on news creation and distribution. The way we communicate has transformed dramatically and anyone can now report the news, he further said.


With the new media, we can also empower our constituents to become advocates, he added. Jaboneta also reminded the communicator-participants that they don’t need to participate in all the channels of social media.

You should start by knowing where our audience are and use compelling content to build community, he said.Most importantly, you should also make your influence positive, he concluded.

Grand “Bayle” opens the 7th Heritage and Culture Week, Nov. 28-Dec. 4, in Tangubby Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

TANGUB CITY, Misamis Occidental – A Grand “Bayle” (Ball) to be partici-pated in by some 2,000 Senior Citizens of the city will usher the celebra-tion of the 7th Heritage and Culture Week, here, observed from Nov. 28-Dec. 4, this year.

“This is Tangub’s way of honoring our beloved parents and grandparents for their contribution to our present generation. We want them to relive their younger years with their music and the fun fare that went with it, so they will enjoy,” Mayor Philip Tan said. In the olden times, the so-called “Bayle,” usually held in a plaza, was a crowd-drawer, with the participants, all dressed-up, coming from the other barangays. The event was look-forward by the old folks as it provided the only entertainment in the community and a venue to see friends and families. Anchored on the theme: “Ang mga kalambuan kagahapon, Dugokan sa mga kalampusan karon,” (Yesterday’s Progress is Today’s Source of Success), the week will begin with a revival of old dances and other cultural activities, the Tangub City Historical Commission (TCHC),

said. The other activities of the week are as follows: Nov. 29 - “Tigi sa Kaalam” or Local History Test for the elementary and secondary students at the Library Hub. Nov. 30 - Local Heroes’ Day - Awarding of Certificates of Recognition to Cultural Mappers and other personalities at the Aspiracion Hall. Dec. 1 - Grand Opening of the Christmas Symbols Festival: First lighting of Category A and Fireworks Display at the City Plaza. Dec. 2 - “Tigi sa Katarungan” and “Lantuging Ludabinhon” or debate in the Cebuano vernacular for college students. Dec. 3 - Cultural Competition/Philippine Folk Dance Competition for elementary and secondary students.Dec. 4 - “Balak” (Poem) Competition for secondary and college students


and the community and History of Life: “Trees for the Future,” or “Bakhaw” or mangroves tree planting

in Barangay Maquilao sponsored by the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) of Tangub.

DENR closes 178 sawmills in NorMinby Jorie C. Valcorza

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental – Some 178 sawmills, mini-sawmills and veneer or plywood plants were closed down by the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here in North-ern Mindanao for failing to renew their licenses.

DENR chief on forest protection, Virgilio N. Batocail said that the approval of Executive Order No. 23, declaring a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber in the natural and residual forests as well as creating the anti-illegal task force, signed last February, gave sawmill operators harder time in catching up with the new added requirements provided in the EO. “Those applying for renewal are now required to show proof of sustained supplies in raw materials within a five-year period, and if they fail to comply, we are left with no choice but to cut them off the list,” forester Batocail explained. “Originally, the region has about 263 sawmill operators, now, only 83 were left and this will continue to decline as they will soon submit again for the yearly renewal by the end of the year or in the first quarter next year,” he added. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) Misamis Occidental reported the highest total of closed down wood processing plants (WPPs), with the Community Environment and Natural

Resources Office (CENRO) Oroquieta City posting some 40 closed WPPs and another 34 in Ozamiz. Misamis Oriental figure follows with Initao town closing some 45 sawmills and nine (9) in Gingoog City. The remaining provinces, meanwhile, bared much lower totals with PENRO Bukidnon uncovering only some 38 illegally operating WPPs, 11 in Lanao del Norte and only one in Camiguin. DENR has already served closure orders and deployed its field officers to monitor establishments who still continue to operate after being ordered to close down. Batocail noted that cases will be filed to establishment owners who still operate without licenses. Meanwhile, Police Regional Office 10 Director PCSupt. Jufel C. Adriatico during the recent Regional Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (RLECC) meeting, likewise, asked for the list of closed WPPs, that the police provincial directors and chiefs can also assist DENR in ensuring the enforcement of the closure orders.

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