NEWS BRIEFS
>> Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Aeta group protests takeover
of property
ANGELES
CITY – An Aeta community is seeking the help of the government over
the alleged takeover by non-indigenous groups of their ancestral land in the
northern part of the Clark Freeport in Pampanga.
Residents
of Barangay Sapang Uwak in Mabalacat town have filed a formal complaint against
members of the Aniban n gNagkakaisang Mamamayan ng Hacienda Dolores and
Alyansang Magbubukid at Residenteng Hacienda
Dolores,
who have allegedly been grabbing their ancestral domain since last year.
In
a letter to the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Aeta leader Paramay Sibal
said members of the two groups fenced and settled on their property.
“They
also sell goods such as coffee, rice and sugar at high prices while they
buy the Aeta produce at a very low price,” Sibal said.
He
wants the illegal settlers ejected and pay P50,000 in damages. -- Ding Cervantes
Folks urged: Plant
flowers to enhance Baguio reputation
BAGUIO
CITY -- To enhance this city’s title as “City of Flowers,” the City Council
recently passed Resolution No. 197, encouraging all residents to plant
flowering plants and trees such as bougainville, sunflower, flame trees, and
the like along the streets, roads and highways. The resolution introduced by
City Councilor Fred Bagbagen and Betty Lourdes Tabanda said that considering
the city of pines is famous worldwide for its Flower Festival and is known to
be the City of flowers in the Philippines, it is just appropriate for the
residents to sustain said prestigious identity.
Cauayan mayor’s aide nabbed
for gun-toting
TUGUEGARAO
CITY – An aide of a municipal mayor was arrested for allegedly threatening
to shoot bystanders in Cauayan City, Isabela night of Sept. 26.
Ricky
Hildago, 44, livestock inspector of San Agustin town Mayor Virgilio Padilla,
reportedly poked a 9mm pistol at a group of men who helped him remove his car
from a canal in Barangay Silawit at around 7:30 p.m.
Police
said Hidalgo, who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol, was arrested
by village officials. -- Raymund Catindig
MP swimming pool to be
improved next year
BONTOC,
Mountain Province -- The provincial government is set to improve the swimming
pool facility of the province.
Gov.
Leonard G. Mayaen announced during recent Provincial Development Council
meeting that among approved infrastructure projects for 2016 is rehabilitation
of provincial swimming pool at the Bilibid compound. He said budget was allotted to address
upgrading of the pool to standard size and solve lack of water supply.
Mayaen
said the provincial government has decided to turn the existing pool into a
standard swimming facility to cater to the athletic concerns of the province.
He added that this is also one of the steps in preparation for future
challenges of hosting the Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association
(CARAA) in the province wherein all of the events can be held in the capital
town.
The
pool was built in 2000. It used to be a fish pond manned by the Department of
Agriculture.
In
the latest Provincial School Board (PSB) meeting, Dep Ed authorities informed
the PSB body of DepEd’s decision to hold this year’s provincial swimming events
at Bulanao,Tabuk, Kalinga due to presence of standard sized swimming pools in
our neighboring province, water temperatures of said pools are more conducive
to swimmers; and many residents of Tabuk who hail from
Mountain Province are willing to accommodate athletes during the competition.
The
governor assured the provincial government’s support to DepEd’s decision by
offering to handle the transportation expense of all athletes and coaches to
and from the venue.
“While
inter-school and inter-province athletic fests are part of DepEd’s curriculum,
the provincial government is supportive of DepEd’s undertakings in its limited
capacity. This is one way of ensuring
that our children gets ample support from all stakeholders and are equipped
with the maximum amount of training they deserve,” Mayaen said.
Meanwhile,
DepEd disclosed training venue for swimmers who will be competing in the 2016
regional athletic meet will also be in Tabuk. -- Erwin S. Batnag
Sinucalan Bridge open
soon
STA
BARBARA, Pangasinan – The four-lane Sinucalan, will soon be open to all types
of vehicles after a year of closure. The construction and maintenance of the
Sinucalan Bridge along Urdaneta Junction-Dagupan Road, here started February
2014 and was supposed to have been completed last October 2014 but because of
some changes, including the request of Mayor CarlitoZaplan to stop the
construction due to the high elevation of the bridge, the project was only
finished last week. -- LiezleBasaIñigo
Former NPA rebels
receive aid
TABUK
CITY, Kalinga – Two members of the New People’s Army (NPA), who returned to the
folds of the law received financial aid for their livelihood from the
government. Supt. Reynaldo Pasiwen of the Kalinga Police Provincial Office
handed the checks worth P67,700 each to the two former rebels in a simple
ceremony at Camp Juan Duyan this city. Pasiwen said that the rebels should live
in peace with their families and be productive in their respective localities
in life.
Angeles holidays
declared
ANGELES
CITY – President Aquino has declared Oct. 12 and 23 as non-working holidays in
this city to allow residents to celebrate their fiesta.
Executive
Secretary Paquito Ochoa signed on Sept. 24 Proclamation 1130 declaring the
city’s special non-working days.
Aside
from the Kuliat Festival, city residents will hold the Tigtigan, TerakanKengDalan
(music and street-dancing activity), which symbolizes the rise of the spirit of
the Angeleños from the devastation brought by the Mt. Pinatubo.
Jenny brings Magat Dam to spilling level
TUGUEGARAO
CITY – Rains spawned by Typhoon Jenny have raised the water in Magat Dam in
Ramon, Isabela almost to its spilling level.
As
of press time, the dam’s water level was 192.50 meters, according to Engineer
Wilson Agustin of the National Irrigation Administration.
Agustin
said dam authorities would be compelled to release water anytime this week to
prevent it from reaching the 193-meter limit.
LTO-3 to print own
licenses
CITY
OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — The Land Transportation Office Regional Office 3
(LTO-3) announced that it will soon print new designs of licenses and permits
after receiving a new license printer from its main office, recently. The
license printer is a response to the driver’s license backlog issue in the
region, said Marina P. de Jesus, LTO Region 3 regional director. Earlier, the
LTO main office activated 25 sites in Metro Manila, Regions 3, 4-A, and 8, for
license issuance to cut down the backlog problem in country. In Region 3, De
Jesus said that the LTO’s main office opened driver’s license application sites
in Angeles City and Bulacan, while the LTO-3 activated one in Barangay Maimpis,
City Of San Fernando, Pampanga.
Backyard gardening pushed
in Baguio
BAGUIO
CITY — Almost a year after the Senior Citizens Officials For A Day (SCOFAD)
approved a city council resolution enjoining residents to engage in organic
backyard gardening as a means of augmenting the nutritional needs of their
families, the city council has adopted the same. The SCOFAD resolution authored
by SCOFAD Councilor Jane Tayab during their session on Oct. 7, 2014 was
approved and adopted by the council in its regular session this week. “The
concept of organic urban gardening was introduced to the community as a
strategy to help the people find means to augment their daily vegetable
requirement,” said Tayab.
Negosyo Center opens
in Ifugao
LAGAWE,
Ifugao -- A Negosyo Center was opened here recently by the Department of
Trade and Industry to boost development of micro, small and medium enterprises
(MSMEs) in the province.
The
launching of the NC at DTI office here was attended by DTI provincial and
regional officials and employees, enterprisers and other stake holders.
St.
Magdalene Parish priest Andrew Claver led the blessing of the center .Mimosa
Regis of DTI regional office, said
establishment of Negosyo Centers is in compliance
with Republic Act 10644 otherwise known as the “Go Negosyo Act”.
Regis
said center in Lagawe town is one of the seven Negosyo Centers to be
launched in the Cordillera region this year and
part of the 100 centers targeted
by the DTI central office for 2015.
DTI
– Ifugao director ValentinBaguidudol said NCs promote ease of doing
business and access to services for MSMEs.
In
his message read by ConstanciaBaccay, Rep. Teddy Baguilat, Jr. said that Go
Negosyo Act is one of the best things to happen to inventive, resourceful and
enterprising Filipinos who have not been fortunate enough to have the necessary
support to see their vision come to fruition.
League
of Mayors of the Philippines Ifugao chapter president Banaue Mayor Jerry
Dalipog committed support for the success of the negosyo center. – Marcelo B.
Lihgawon
DOST turns over
Starbooks server to DepEd Mt Province
BONTOC,
Mountain Province -- The Science and Technology Information Institute of the
Department of Science and Technology turned over to Department of Education
Division Office last week one Science and Technology Academic and
Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Station known as Starbooks.
Starbooks
is information kiosk which contains thousands of digitized science and
technology (S & T) resources in various forms such as text and video/audio.
The information is available through “read-only” format which can be accessed
even without internet connection.
The
Starbooks aim to create interest in the field of science and technology which
may increase the number of Filipinos enrolling in S & T courses; encourage
great and curious minds to develop new ideas; and inspire one’s capacity for
entrepreneurship and research.
After
the turnover, representatives from the STII HansiDinumla and
IngemarZarate III conducted an orientation on the administration of Starbooks
to some 35 public elementary and high school teachers.
Based
on the data of STII, this is now the 11th Starbooks server installed in the
province. The others are at Holy Rosary High School in Kayan, Cagubatan
National High School and Mt. Province State Polytechnic
College(MPSPC), Tadian campus in the municipality of Tadian; Saliok
National High School and Immaculate High School in Natonin; Mt. Province
General Comprehensive High School, Bontoc Central School, Xijen College of Mt.
Province,MPSPC-Bontoc campus, and DOST Provincial Office, all in this capital
town.
Local
government units, non-government organization, and educational institutions can
make a formal request addressed to STII director to avail of the STARBOOKS as
long as they comply with the requirements like computer unit with Core i3
processor, 1GB memory, 1TB hard disk, video card, monitor, accessories (headset
and others); pod with sticker; space; tarpaulin; mandatory training and focal
persons (IT and librarian). -- Juliet B. Saley
‘Doctors to the
barrios’ program serves Ifugaos
LAGAWE,
Ifugao -- A health program of the provincial government served more than 10,000
individuals first semester this year through medical consultations.
The
“Handog Kalusugan sa Ifugao” has
provided services to 10,521 people under the Doctors to the Barrios
program through medical consultations in 115 barangays in the province
from January to July 2015.
Among
the 11 municipalities, Tinoc had highest beneficiaries with 1,939 followed by
Banaue – 1,614; Mayoyao – 1,212; Asipulo – 1,044; Lamut – 837; Kiangan – 813;
Aguinaldo – 802; Hungduan – 737; Hingyon – 614; Lagawe – 484 and Alfonso Lista
with 425.
The
services were provided with the support of local health care givers and
officials.
The
“Handog Kalusugan sa Ifugao: Doctors to the Barrios ” a local initiative
under the leadership of Governor Denis Habawel since 2013, is supported by the
SN Aboitiz Power. It primarily aims to fill in the gaps between
health services of the hospitals and the rural health units, and to build up a
data base of common illnesses to guide future interventions. -- Marcelo B.
Lihgawon
Red Cross gives 174 families
relief assistance
BONTOC,
Mountain Province- Staff and volunteers of Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in the
province are now giving relief assistance to victims affected by Typhoon Ineng.
Officer
in charge Veronica Tactay of Red Cross- Mountain Province Chapter said 174 families in the province were given
relief assistance by the PRC.
Of
the total recipients, 47 families or 200 individuals were in Barangay Guinzadan
Central, 15 families or 81 individuals were in SitioLetang, Barangay Tapapan
and 11 families or 62 individuals are in SitioSoysoyoc, Tapapan, all in
municipality of Bauko.
Also,
25 families or 106 individuals from Barangays Busa, Camatagan, Poblacion,
Losad, Namatec and Bun-ayan, all in Sabangan and 18 families or 82 individuals
in Barangay Gonogon, Bontoc were given relief assistance. In Tadian, 43
families from Barangay Masla, 15 families from Barangay Batayan, and students
from Masla Elementary School and Masla National High School were reached out by
PRC.
Last
week, Red Cross- Mountain Province Chapter distributed non-food-items
consisting of two mats, two mosquito nets, tarpaulin and one jerry can or water
container per family. Also, family pack
and hygiene kits were given each family. The family pack contains five kilos of
rice, four noodles and four canned goods while the hygiene kits are five pieces
of towels, one nail cutter, one big size hair shampoo, one big size tooth
paste, five pieces tooth brush, five pieces combs, two rolls of tissue paper,
detergent bar, five pieces of bath soap, cotton buds, sanitary napkin and two
shavers.
Along
with this, Project Officer KenshaGardingan of the Health Services demonstrated
proper hand washing to the beneficiaries while Nation Field Representative
RiztyDogcio assessed the damages brought by the typhoon to the victims. Both
were from the PRC –National Headquarters. -- Alpine L. Killa
Benguet to avail of
support under Rural Dev’t Program
LA
TRINIDAD, Benguet -- Gov. Nestor Fongwan sought support of the
provincial board in crafting a resolution affirming the provincial government’s
participation to the Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) to
enhance agriculture and fisheries sectors in the province.
Fongwan
also urged the board for passage of appropriation ordinance for the
provincial government’s share to fund the proposal of the Benguet Arabica
Coffee Enterprise anchored in one of components of PRDP.
Under
the program, participating local government unit has to provide a
counterpart for a project component.
The
PRDP under the Department of Agriculture aims to increase the agricultural and
fishery productivity and incomes of small farmers and fisherfolk through the
establishment of needed infrastructure such as farm-to-market roads (FMRs),
bridges, communal irrigation systems (CIS), and potable water systems, among
others.
Provincial
Agriculturist Lolita Bentres said nine group members belonging to the Benguet
Arabica Coffee Enterprise proposed a P13 million project to boost the coffee
industry of the province under the I –REAP. The Benguet Arabica Coffee
Enterprise affiliate group members are fromKibungan, Atok,La
Trinidad, Sablan,Tuba, Tublay, Bakun, and Kapangan..
I
REAP which is PRDP’s enterprise development component aims to strengthen and
develop viable agri-fishery based enterprises through efficient value chains of
key agricultural and fishery products in targeted project areas by providing
technical, financial and infrastructure support.
Bentres
said for the project proposal of the coffee enterprise, P3 million will
be the counterpart of DA while the remaining will be shared among the affiliate
groups and with counterpart from the provincial government.
The
national government obtained a loan from the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development - World Bank amounting to US$501.25 million to
finance the PRDP to support the government’s effort to reduce poverty in rural
communities in the 81 provinces of the country.
Should
the province be included in the PRD program, Bentres said it could also avail
support in the other project components such as I-PLAN for local and national
planning, I-BUILD for infrastructure development and I-SUPPORT for
project implementation support. -- Susan C. Aro
Free wheelchairs to persons
with disabilities
BONTOC,
Mountain Province – Twenty persons with disabilities (PWDs) were given free
wheelchairs by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in partnership with the Rotary
Club Sampaguita Grace Park.
Gov.
Leonard G. Mayaen chair of board of directors with officer in charge Veronica
Tactay of Red Cross- Mountain Province Chapter, Bontoc Mayor Franklin C.
Odsdey, and members of the BOD handed over the 20 wheelchairs to the families and
relatives of the recipients.
She
said the happiness of helping those in
need is immeasurable. “We are very happy that to help the most vulnerable even
in remote areas in Mountain Province,” Tactay said.
Out
of 20 beneficiaries, nine were from Bontoc, seven from Natonin and four fromSadanga. Tactay added the province was
lucky to get 20 wheelchairs as this was given on first come, first served
basis.
She
said identification of beneficiaries was in partnership with the Provincial
Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) and Municipal Social Welfare and
Development Office (MSWDO) which provided the lists of beneficiaries together
with the documents required that was forwarded by the Red Cross- Mountain
Province Chapter to the PRC- National Headquarters.
The
requirements are request letter addressed to the PRC secretary general,
certificate of indigence, medical certificate, and a case study.
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