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>> Tuesday, May 2, 2017
2 La Trinidad boxers to fight for world titles
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet
-- Two boxers who train at Highland Boxing Stable at the Strawberry Farm here are
scheduled to fight for world titles. Gilbert Gomera who is a native of General
Santos City but now trains in La Trinidad will fight for the vacant WBC featherweight
belt in Russia on May 6.
The Filipino fighter
will be accompanied by his trainer Roy Sumile with international promoter and
owner of Highland Boxing Gym Brico Santig. Gomera who has a record of 12 wins
with two losses will fight a Russian boxer for the vacant belt.
Meanwhile, Jeronil
Borres who also trains out of highland boxing gym will fight Richard Rosales of
Bohol for the vacant ABF super flyweight belt on May 9 also this year in Isabela.
Five others boxers of Highland Boxing Gym will also fight the same day. -- Tan
Dulag
New Abra police chief urges discipline among colleagues
BANGUED, Abra -- The
newly installed provincial police director here appealed for discipline
among colleagues.
“To all men and women
in Abra Provincial Police Office, and dala-dala ko lang na plataporma is
discipline,” said Senior Supt. Rey De Peralta said during the recent change of
command ceremony.
As new commander, De Peralta urged his
colleagues to stay focused and true to their profession to deliver fair
decisions and service to all Abrenios.
De Peralta affirmed
his readiness to take over and lead Abra police against criminality, illegal
drugs and corruption as initiated by police commanders before him.
He said he expects the
same support from the people and the local government given to his predecessor,
Senior Supt. Alexander Tagum, who is now assigned in Davao City.
De Peralta said he is
ready to enjoy everything about Abra, its natural wonders and challenging
terrains. -- Ginalyn B. Brioso
Gaspar brings “A book for every child’ to La Union
SAN FERNADO CITY, La
Union -- Anna Liza Gaspar is the author of Illustrated Children's Story book
entitled Anna In the Town of Partas Gasto which she read to children here of
Barangay Poro last week.
The outreach program
is part of Gaspar's project, "A Book for Every Child Project," its
advocacy of which is to convince students to read, learn and go to school. The
project is aided by Vibal Press and with help of her friends who donated for
the project.
The outreach is
backed-up by GUMIL La Union and also with the help of the Union Christian
College. Barangay Poro is one of the adopted barangays of the Union Christian
College for their Outreach Programs.
Gaspar, after
reading her book to the children, gave them notebooks, pencils and a copy of
the book to each child.
Cooperative summit in Baguio pushed
BAGUIO CITY –
Councillor Art Allad-iw has called for a cooperative summit here in pursuant to
“Constitutional mandate and Philippine Cooperative Code to foster the creation
and growth of cooperatives as a practical vehicle for promoting self-reliance
and harnessing people power towards the attainment of economic development and
social justice.”
Allad-iw’s resolution
said “under the Local Government Code of 1991 (RA 7160), local development
councils of local government units were operationalized which gave
cooperatives, non-government organizations and peoples organizations
opportunity to actively participate in local governance giving rise to the new
concept of the partnership of the government, private and civil society sectors
in the development efforts of society.”
The resolution said
the Philippines, despite its positive prospects in economic development,
continues to be confronted with economic problems such as poverty and income
inequality affecting cooperatives in City of Baguio.
“Given that
cooperatives are among the major pillars of the people empowerment movement,
there is a need to conduct a Cooperative Summit to mobilize and gather leaders
and advocates of Cooperatives and collate their concerns on how to address
urgent and strategic issues confronting the cooperatives as a sector;
Their inputs relative
to the issues and concerns surrounding cooperatives will be evaluated and
utilized in coming-up with short-term, medium-term and long term plans and
solutions that will serve as a guide in future legislations,” the resolution
said.
Army official lauds NPA members for surrendering
ASIPULO, Ifugao -- The
commander of the 54th Infantry Battalion lauded 10 members of the
local militia force of the New People’s Army who recently voluntarily
surrendered here to government forces.
“I truly commend the
bravery and strong desire of our brothers to denounce their allegiance to the
NPA,” Lt. Col. Nicolas Quemado, Jr. said as he appealed to others to do the
same to clear their names.
Asipulo Vice Mayor
Tomas Pullupul and Namal punong barangay Grace Tayaban accompanied local
militia members to the headquarters of the 54th IB at Barangay Baguinge
in Kiangan’ Ifugao and took their oath of allegiance to the
Republic of the Philippines administered by Quemado.
On Feb. 12,
soldiers from the 54th IB overran a rebel camp in Barangay Namal,
Asipulo and recovered high powered firearms, laptops, cameras and
subversive documents containing the list of organized local militia forces. --
PIA Ifugao
Mt. Province awards ‘golden healthy baby’
BAUKO, Mountain
Province -- The provincial government awarded certificate of recognition and
cash prize of P20, 000.00 to baby Yhalina P. Andrada as the winner in the
search for the “golden healthy baby 2017.”
The search was one of
the activities of the Provincial Health Office in line with the celebration of
the recent 50th Foundation Day of the province. It was one way of
promoting PHO’s “Healthy mother begets healthy baby” program.
Criteria of the search
were the following: the award would be given to the earliest
baby born on April 7, 2017, single or twin delivery, normal spontaneous
delivery, full term, birth weight of 2.5 kg and above, facility- based
delivery, birth attended by skilled attendant, mother completed the four
prenatal visits and with at least TT2 and not hypertensive, with mother and
child book, and parents of the baby must be from the province.
Baby Yhalina was born
at 12:25a.m. April 7 at Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital in Abatan here
attended by Dr. Jhanice S. Paredes. Her birth weight was 3.1 kg.
Yhalina is the third
child of Claire and Jeobil Andrada from Paktil, Monamon Sur of this
municipality. -- Juliet B. Saley
2 caught illegally cutting trees in Sto, Domingo
CAMP ELPIDIO QUIRINO,
Ilocos Sur- Joint policemen and personnel of Dept. of Environment and Natural
Resources arrested Wednesday two suspected illegal loggers after they were
caught cutting trees in Barangay Paguraper, Sto Domingo town.
Reports received by Senior
Supt. Rey de Peralta, police director, showed Sto Domingo police and a DENR
representative from Bantay town caught Orlando Reototar and Walter
Natabio, both of San Pablo, Sto Domingo illegally cutting mahogany and
kamagong trees.
"Suspects were
caught in the act of cutting mahogany and kamagong trees by using chainsaw at
Paguraper. Confiscated cut trees and chainsaw together with arrested persons
were brought to Sto. Domingo police station for documentation and proper
disposition," said Chief Insp. William Nerona, public information
officer.- Myds Supnad
Hike in stipend of daycare workers proposed
BAGUIO CITY –
The city council approved on first reading a proposed ordinance increasing the
monthly compensation of day care workers in the city for them to be able to
cope with the continuous increase in the prices of basic commodities triggered
by the uncontrollable oil prices in the world market.
The ordinance authored
by Councilor Leandro B. Yangot, Jr. stated the local legislative measure shall
be known as an ordinance increasing the monthly compensation of the day care
workers in the city and providing rules for other purposes.
Under the proposed
ordinance, Yangot underscored the subsidized day care workers of the city shall
be deemed employees of the city and shall be paid their regular salaries under
existing appropriations of the local government.
Yangot added the
monthly salary of the subsidized day care workers should continuously increase
from the original P4,000 to P8,000, hence, subsidized day care workers will be
further entitled to benefits and allowances to which regular employees are
entitled.
On the other hand, the
monthly participation fee of the parents shall not exceed the amount of P20 per
month which will be utilized exclusively for the purchase and procurement of
teaching materials only.
Based on available
records of the City Social Welfare and Development Office, there are already 79
day care workers in the city wherein 12 of whom are regular employees of the
local government and they are receiving a salary of at least P14,000 each while
the 67 others subsidized day care workers from the city wherein they are
receiving P4,000 monthly stipend. -- Dexter A. See
Banaue folks urged: Join community activities
BANAUE, Ifugao --
Village folks in this tourist town were urged to always participate in
community-led activities during barangay assemblies for important updates and
information.
“I am enjoining
everyone to always attend the activities of your barangays so that you will
know personally the situation of your place in terms of good governance and
other information from other government agencies,” said Board Member
Clemente Bongtiwon who recently graced the barangay assembly of Bocos, this
town.
Bongtiwon said the
barangay assembly is a venue for village officials and other government
agencies to present accomplishments, programs and activities for information of
the public to help them in decision making.
With the theme “Sulong
Barangay Kontra Droga, Krimen at Katiwalian: Makiaalam! Makilahok! Makiisa!”,
the recent Barangay Assembly Day started with a contested ethnic parade and
program at the barangay open court.
Representatives of the
national government like the Department of the Interior and Local Government,
Philippine Information Agency and Banaue Police Station also joined in the
barangay assembly and conducted information advocacy. -- PIA Ifugao
NFA-Abra to rice retailers: Renew licenses
BANGUED, Abra -- The
National Food Authority urged rice and corn retailers of the towns of Bucloc,
Dolores, Luba, Manabo and Sallapadan to renew their licenses to do business.
Requirements for
individuals who will renew their licenses are 2x2 ID picture, 2016 Income Tax
Returns, and income statement for those with more than P100, 000 capital.
The same requirements
are to be submitted by cooperatives plus a copy of their registration from the
Cooperative Development Authority.
For new applicants,
they are required to submit their Tax Identification Number (TIN) and a sketch
map of the location of their business for inspection purposes.
NFA Abra Branch
provincial manager Veralew de Vera earlier set a schedule from January to
June for registration of rice and corn retailers in Abra to avoid congestion in
the office.
Scheduled for May are
the towns of Daguioman, Malibcong, Lagangilang, Tineg and Villaviciosa.
For the month of June are the municipalities of Pidigan and Tayum.
Already done are the
towns of Bangued, Lagayan and San Isidro in January; Boliney,
Danglas, Langiden, San Juan and Tubo in February, and the towns of Bucay,
Lacub, Licuan, San Quintin and Pilar in March. -- PIA Abra
Baguio folks urged: Join anti-graffiti campaign
BAGUIO CITY-- Mayor Mauricio G. Domogan urged barangay
officials here to aggressively implement anti-graffiti campaign to help bring
back cleanliness of the city amidst rapidly growing population.
The local chief
executive said he cannot understand why there are some youth who resort to
graffiti to express their sentiments instead of using their talent and skills
in good deeds.
“It is unfortunate
that graffiti continues to proliferate in the city because of the increasing
number of youngsters involved in the said illegal activity. We do not tolerate
individuals involved in dirtying our city that is why we are now involving the
barangay officials in our campaign to instill discipline among our youth,”
Domogan said.
He added an
administrative order was recently issued deputizing barangay officials in the
implementation of the citywide anti-graffiti campaign by monitoring their
constituents for graffiti to send a clear message to the public that city and
barangay officials mean business in ridding their areas of jurisdiction from
graffiti. -- Dexter A. See
Kalinga male employees oriented on healthy lifestyle
CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga
-- One hundred male employees of local and national offices here were recently
oriented on healthy life style and on men’s role on reproductive health at
Davidson Hotel.
Dr. Bernadette Andaya,
head of DOH provincial office, said the activity aimed to educate males on
their obligation of living a healthy lifestyle and to remind them of their part
on the promotion of reproductive health.
Republic Act No. 10354
or the Reproductive Health law “implies that men and women attain equal
relationships in matters related to sexual relations and reproduction” thus
they should be aware of their respective roles and responsibilities.
“Being the so-called
heads of the family and would-be for those still single, males have to take the
heavier responsibility of leading the family through the correct path and be
the major bread earner,” Andaya said. -- PIA Kalinga
Programs set to improve Abra PCL in governance
BANGUED, Abra-- The
Philippine Councilors’ League Abra Chapter cited importance of capacity
development in their ranks order so they could perform their duties
efficiently.
PCL Abra President Jun
Dion said one program the Sangguniang Bayan members are enjoying now is tie-up
program between the Dept. of Interior and Local Government and PCL -- the
“newly elected officials program,” a termed-based capacity development program
that trains council members on their
roles and functions.
Through this program,
councilors are encouraged to pursue their education, take up technical and
degree courses in the PCL Legislative Academy to become competent legislators
in their areas.
“Maraming SB na ang
nag-pursue ng kanilang legislative education from Abra. They will learn how to
draft ordinances and resolutions and adapt programs suitable in their own
towns,” he said.
Dion said they plan to
institute computerization of all council offices in the province to hasten data
encoding and decoding and maintain records of all files including ordinances
and resolutions.
They are also
currently drafting an ordinance to be passed in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan
requiring mandatory drug testing of all government employees. -- Ginalyn B.
Brioso
Abra,
DOLE, turn over P.5-M equipment to farmers’ group
BANGUED, Abra -- The
Department of Labor and Employment and provincial government led by Gov. Maria
Jocelyn Bernos turned over P498,000
worth of farm implements to San Isidro, Lagangilang Forest Land
Management Association, Inc.
These included two
sets of kuliglig, two water pumps, one grass cutter and one mechanized rice
thresher.
Farm implements were
funded by DOLE upon request of the provincial government to help this farmer’s
association composed of 115 farmers.
“They will have
to rent the farm implements when they use them for maintenance. They were also
required to put up a housing where they can place and keep safe these
facilities from the rain and other elements,” said Gabriel De La Vega of
DOLE-Abra.
He added this will
gear and equip the farmers here so they will not be left out and displaced in
this growing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) consciousness.
Giving them farm implements they need will give them confidence to upgrade and
hoist their production quantity and quality alike, he said.
“It’s only here that
farmers are poor and lowly. In other Asian nations they have cars and live
affluently. They are mechanized,” he said.
Bernos urged the
farmers to make use of the facilities and take good care of them.
Felipe Trongco, the
association’s president, expressed his gratitude to the government in behalf of
members for the facilities which will help them in their farming. -- Ginalyn B.
Brioso
DILG trains Abra LGUs on rural monitoring system
BANGUED, Abra – The
Dept. of Interior and Local Government recently conducted among local
government units training on “data banking”
in planning development programs
and projects to ensure responsiveness of such programs to real needs and
problems of communities and effectiveness of implementation.
This was main goal of
the training program on community-based monitoring system (CBMS) accelerated poverty
profiling (APP) being conducted by the regional DILG for local government units
in the province.
Here, participants in
CBMS training were local employees of the municipalities of Dolores, Malibcong,
Penarrubia and Danglas.
The first module was orientation
on how to use the gadgets and how to administer the survey questionnaires
conducted at the Origines Hotel at Barangay Calaba.
This was followed by
actual data collection using the CBMS software dubbed as CBMS Scan. The
data collection is expected to be carried out in one month.
The questionnaire is
set inside the CBMS Scan, the software being used in the survey. The CBMS scan
fast-tracks data collection and processing by encoding data while interviewing
the household respondents. The location of the household is taken at the same
time by getting the GPS data using android tablets.
It also features
security measures to maintain confidentiality of information while facilitating
census management.
The participants are
likewise taught on how to install and open the CBMS Scan including the menu of
CBMS app and the registration of the mobile devices.
The training is an activity
among the DILG’s Bureau of Local Government Development, CBMS International
Network Coordinating Team, and the four local governments. The training team in
Abra was headed by Rolando Gonzales of DILG-CAR.
DOST-Abra checks hydromet devices
BANGUED, Abra-- The
Department of Science and Technology personnel led by provincial head Menandro
Buenafe are going around municipalities of the province where hydromet devices were
installed to check if they are functioning properly and ready for disasters.
There are four kinds
of hydromet devices- the automated rain gauge (ARG), automated weather stations
(AWS), water level monitoring station (WLMS), and tandem or combination of ARG
and WLMS (TDM).
They save human labor
by automatically recording weather-related information. The
Engineer Ingemar
Zarate said the ARG measures volume of rainfall. ARGs installed in different
sections of Abra River, and almost all 27 municipalities have an ARG.
The data collected by the instruments warn of flooding.
The AWS provides
timely weather condition of a certain area in its coverage. The data generated
from the AWS are directly monitored by the Weather Bureau of the government for
ready and easy utilization.
The WLMS, measures
water level in a particular area where the device is installed. This serves as
an immediate warning device for the local people for their appropriate action
to prevent dangers of flooding.
The TDM is more
effective as it is a combination of the ARG and WLMS. But not all
municipalities have been installed with this device.
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