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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)

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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Cover StoryARENA XI Serbisyo Caravan reaches out anew

WESTERN MINDANAO

NORTHERN MINDANAO

SOUTHERN MINDANAO

CENTRAL MINDANAO

CARAGA REGION

PNP-Caraga chief to police force: “Don’t fire guns on Christmas, New Year’s Eve”

3 quakes jolt Dinagat Islands, Surigao Norte

Marines mark six decades of safeguarding Filipinos

DSWD steps up processing of new 4Ps beneficiaries to meet 2011 target of 2.3M households

RDC-X is 2nd RDC in the country with most accomplishments – Cruz

Rene V. Carbayas, Region IX

Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob, Region X

Robert E. Roperos, Caraga Region

FEAbkilan, Caraga Region

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21Task Force created to overseeimplementation of Lake Sebu-Maitum Ecology Road Dev’t Project

Region XII

TESDA gears up for TSTP launching in LDS

Apipa Bagumbaran Region X36

4Ps to include 5,000 families in N. Cotabato

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17 Anti-trafficking council eyes airport trainings

RG Alama, Region XI

Aquino vows to pursue modernization plans of AFP ............................................. 14

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ARENA XI Serbisyo Caravan reaches out anew

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Senior citizens received pension fund. Indigents got medical services. Farmers brought home seedlings and seeds. Households received compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). Fisherfolks took tilapia fingerlings and micro

entrepreneurs received livelihood assistance.

by Jeanevive Duron-Abangan

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These were among the ben-efits and services that the Serbi-syo Caravan delivered to residents of Nabunturan, Compostela Valley Province where the Association of Regional Executives of National Agencies (ARENA) XI conducted the second leg of its caravan of services last November 29.

Medical needs Compostela Valley Gov. Ar-turo T. Uy got overwhelmed with the presence of regional directors and the pool of services that they brought along with them. While expressing his grati-tude, he was also hoping that ARENA XI would come back next year and again haul government services to other towns in his prov-

ince. He particularly took note of the medical services as among the topmost needs of his people, and that he hoped that the medi-cal outreach would be done in lon-ger days so more people would be able to benefit from it. Mayor Romeo Clarin of Nabun-turan said he observed that more residents avail of the free surgery, medical and dental check-ups and medicines. Dr. James Dumdum who headed the medical outreach team in the caravan said the team had targeted to do ten major surgeries and 100 minor surgeries such as cyst excisions. A dozen surgeons, three an-esthesiologists, one pediatrician,


an ophthalmologist and an inter-nist volunteered their services during the ARENA Caravan medi-cal outreach in Nabunturan. The Davao Regional Hospi-tal (DRH) spearheaded the con-duct of such surgical mission with the support of the Department of Health (DOH) XI which supplied the drugs for major surgery and medicines for minor surgeries. While providing security dur-ing the caravan and entertaining people through its Marching Band, the 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army also conducted a separate dental service.

Released cash and other goods.

The Department of Social Welfare and Develop-ment (DSWD) XI made some 190 indigent senior citizens in Nabunturan happy as they took home their social pension given them in cash. DSWD XI released some P407,500 social pension pay-outs given in line with the full implementation of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Se-nior Citizens Act of 2010. The law provides a month-ly stipend of P500 to indigent senior citizens of 77 years of age and above, to augment

what they have for their daily subsistence and medical needs. Meanwhile, other agencies also made actu-al distribution of goods and ma-terials. The Bu-reau of Fisher-ies and Aquatic R e s o u r c e s (BFAR) dis-persed about

29,500 pieces of Tilapia fin-


gerlings. The Department of Agri-culture (DA) gave out some 500 pieces of durian seedlings and 200 packs of assorted veg-etable seeds. The Department of Agrar-ian Reform (DAR) distribut-ed Certificates of Land Ownership Awards (CLOAs), while the Department of Envi-ronment and Natural Resources (DENR) dis-tributed land titles to patentees under the Comprehensive Agrar-ian Reform Program (CARP). While re-ceiving applica-tions for teach-ers exam, the Professioal Reg-ulation Com-mission (PRC) XI turned over 2,000 pieces of pencils to Gov. Uy who would be giving them away to Grade I pupils in public

schools of the province. The Fiber Industry Devel-opment Authority (FIDA) turned over during that day an Abaca solar dryer to Nabunturan LGU and to Monkayo LGU. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) XI handed


over scholarship grants, while the Department of Energy (DOE) distributed 3,000 energy saving lamps. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) re-leased P300,000 worth of liveli-hood assistance to those mak-ing a living in the informal sector in Nabunturan.

Other services delivered Other services rendered were lectures, consultation/dialogues, briefing/ orientation seminar, information drive on various government programs, forum and counseling, process-ing of documents, licensing, online registration, technol-

ogy training, and business name regis-tration. Distribu-tion of wheel-chairs and other assis-tive devices to persons with disabili-ties was also part of the services de-

livered. Other participating agen-cies are Philhealth, the Depart-ments of Education, Science and Technology, Trade and Industry, Justice, Public Works and High-ways, Interior and Local Gov-ernment. The Serbisyo Caravan in Nabunturan also got the sup-port of the National Statistics Office, Commission on Audit, National Economic and Develop-ment Authority, Land Transpor-tation Office, Bureau of Internal Revenue, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, Public Attor-


ney’s Office, Technical Education and Skills Development Author-ity, National Irrigation Adminis-tration, Philippine Coconut Au-thority, Quedancor, Agricultural Training Institute, National Food Authority. Other supportive agencies included the Commission on Hu-man Rights, Philippine Informa-tion Agency, Land Bank of the Philippines, Maritime Industry Authority, Government Service Insurance System, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, Na-tional Police Commission, Phil-ippine National Police and the Bureau of Plant Industry. Banner Project The ARE-NA XI has hoisted the Serbisyo Car-avan as its banner proj-ect in its bid to bring govern-ment services closer to the people. Serbisyo

Caravan first hauled and pooled the services of government line agencies to Boston and Cateel towns in Davao Oriental in Au-gust this year. ARENA XI earned in Davao Oriental the appreciation of local government officials especially that of Provincial Gov. Corazon Malanyaon who saw the out-pouring of services, and of so-cial and economic benefits for her less fortunate constituents. Davao Oriental Philippine Councilors League (PCL) presi-dent Vicente Castillones pushed for a resolution commending the ARENA XI Serbisyo Cara-van as a model of delivering


government services to poor communities. ARENA XI President Achil-les Gerard Bravo, regional di-rector of the Department of Budget (DBM) XI, targeted to bring the caravan of govern-ment services to identified poor towns where people bad-ly need national government attention.

Similar to the previous leg in Davao Oriental, Bravo again looked at the recent ARENA Serbisyo Caravan in Nabun-turan as a triumph over hectic schedules as it brought togeth-er 47 national line agencies and government-owned-and-controlled corporations (GOC-Cs) with their agency heads.


Aquino appoints Lt. Gen. Dellosa as new AFP Chief of Staff

President Benigno S. Aquino III appointed Lieutenant General Jessie D. Dellosa as the 43rd Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in ceremonies held at the AFP General Headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo,

Quezon City on Monday.


Dellosa replaces retir-ing Chief of Staff Gen-eral Eduardo Oban, Jr. who will reach the retirement age of 56 on Tuesday, Decem-ber 13, 2011. In his speech, the President expressed confidence that un-der the leadership of Dellosa, the AFP will be able to fully and professionally achieve its man-date of protecting the people. The Presi-dent said the principled and straight-for-

ward leader that Del-

losa is, w i l l

serve as the AFP’s an-chor on which its advo-cacy and aspirations will be built on. He told Dellosa to take to heart the con-cepts of bravery, integ-rity and honesty in or-der to achieve his sworn duty to the country and to the flag. “Kay Lieutenant General Dellosa: huwag mong tatalikuran ang mandato mo sa taum-bayan. Isabuhay mo ang katapangan, integridad at katapatan sa bansa upang mapanghawakan mo ang iyong sinump-aang tungkulin sa ban-dila,” the President said. “Alam kong mara-mi kang repormang nais ipatupad, at huwag ka sanang panghinaan ng loob sa mga pagsubok

na darating; kasangga mo ang administra-syong ito sa pagharap sa anumang laban na kailangang supilin ng Sandatahang Lakas. Lagi mong tatandaang nakaatang sa iyong ba-likat, hindi lamang ang seguridad ng ating es-tado, kundi maging ang dangal ng lahing Pilipi-no,” he added. The President as-sured Dellosa that he had his, the govern-ment’s and the people’s full support as he as-sumes the post of AFP Chief of Staff. Dellosa, a former aide-de-camp to the late former President Cora-zon Aquino, is a mem-ber of Philippine Mili-tary Academy “Matapat” Class of 1979. Prior to his appoint-ment, he was the com-mander of the Northern Luzon Command. He was born in Ba-con, Sorsogon in 1957 and is married to Mary Rose Fernandez with whom he has three chil-dren. (RCK)


Malacañang congratulates Filipino-American for bagging 2011 CNN Hero of the Year

Malacañang congratulated Filipino-American midwife Robin Lim who was named the 2011 CNN Hero of the Year, a Palace official said on Monday.

“We are very hap-py that the effort of one of our Filipinos has again been recognized on the international stage,” Deputy Presi-dential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said dur-ing the regular press briefing in Malacanang on Monday. Through her Yayasan Bumi Sehat health clinics, Lim of-fers free prenatal care,

birthing services and medical aid in Indone-sia, where many fami-lies cannot afford care, according to the CNN report. “Every baby’s first breath on Earth could be one of peace and love. Every mother should be healthy and strong. Every birth could be safe and loving. But our world is not there yet,” Lim said during the

“CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute,” at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday night (US Time). The reports said “Mother Robin,” or “Ibu Robin” as she is called by the locals, was cho-sen by the


public after an 11-week vote on CNN.com. For being named Hero of the Year, Lim will re-ceive $250,000 for her cause. “That’s in

addition to the $50,000 that she and the rest of the top 10 Heroes each received for making the top 10,” the CNN.com said. This is the fifth year that CNN, with the help of entertainers and oth-

er celebrities, have hon-ored everyday people changing the world. Filipino Efren Pena-florida Jr., a teacher and social worker, was named 2009 CNN Hero of the Year. (JS)

Aquino vows to pursue modernization plans of AFP

President Benigno S. Aquino III vowed to pursue changes in the Armed Forces of the Philippines by not only strengthening it’s procurement processes but by also closely scrutinizing the

quality of the gears, weapons and equipment purchased by the military. The Presi-

dent said that through this

tough pro-cess, the

l i v e s

of our valiant sol-diers defending the people will not be wasted due to defec-tive gears. “Kaya naman

sisiguraduhin nat-ing maayos, hindi lamang ang pro-curement ng inyong mga armas at kag-amitan, kundi ang


mismong kalidad ng mga uniporme, bala, armas, sasakyan at iba pa ninyong pangan-gailangan,” the Presi-dent said in his speech keynoting change of command ceremonies in Camp Aguinaldo on Monday. “Batid kasi nat-ing buhay, kaligtasan, at kalayaan ng mama-mayang Pilipino ang nakataya rito. Sa pa-mamagitan ng ating Modernization and Capability Upgrade Program, sisiguruhin nating hindi tayo mala-lagasan ng kawal dahil

lamang sa luma at de-pektibong kagamitan,” he said. He added that the government has also “upgraded” the ben-efits of the men in uni-form to include educa-tion and housing. “Sa pamamagitan naman ng mga edu-cation at training pro-grams, itutugma natin sa panahon ang mga reporma ng AFP, at i-aangat ang antas ng kakayahan at kaala-man ng kasundaluhan, upang makasabay sila sa husay at teknolohi-yang militar ng ibang

mga mas moder-nong bansa,” the President said. He point-ed out that more than 8,000 per-sonnel have al-ready availed while some 7,000 more are lined up for the government’s hous-ing program. “Maghahanap pa tayo ng ibang mga paraan upang masiguro na ha-bang iginugugol ninyo ang inyong oras at pagod sa pagbabantay sa pambansang ka-ligtasan, doble-kayod din ang pamahalaan sa pagtutok sa p anganga i l -angan ng ka-sundaluhan,” the Presi-dent said. (RCK)


by Jeanevive Abangan

Flooding occurrences, no lon-ger armed conflicts are now

causing massive displacements in Mindanao. Carolyn Arguillas, conve-nor of the Mindanao Media Forum, called on media practitioners to pay attention on displacements due to flooding during the 7th Mindanao Media Summit held in General San-tos City. Arguillas revealed that the

number of displaced persons due to flooding soared high past the dis-placement figure due to armed con-flicts. Arguillas’ culled data from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) re-vealed that 855,480 persons from 168,518 families in Mindanao were affected due to continuous rains based on the emergency incidents monitoring done from January 1 to January 31, 2011 alone. Citing the same data source, Arguillas revealed that displaced persons due to armed conflict in Mindanao totaled only 26,422 from January, 2011 to May, 2011 as mon-itored by NDRRMC. “Dati rati tungod sa guerra daghan ang na-displace, karon tungod na sa baha. (It used to be due to armed conflict that some were displaced but now it’s due to flood.),” she told participants to the annual Mindanao Media Sum-mit which this year bannered the

Floods now cause of massive human displacement in Mindanao


theme, “Environment Watch: Mind-anao.” In January 2011 alone, Min-danao shared 43 percent of the 2,001,221 total number of displaced persons nationwide due to flood trig-gered by continuous rains brought about by tail-end of a cold front. NDCC data presented by Ar-guillas showed that the flooding in Mindanao was widespread, affecting two provinces in Northern Mindan-ao; four provinces in Southwestern Mindanao; one, Southeastern Min-danao; five, CARAGA; one in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mind-anao (ARMM). CARAGA Region registered the highest number of affected persons, totaled at 646,942 in January 2011 alone, while the Davao Region (Region 11) came next with 131,263. Flood-affected persons in Northern Mindanao

totaled 18,160; 35 in South Cotabato; and 59,080 in ARMM The same NDRRMC data revealed that the displacements due to armed conflicts were monitored only in five provinces of Mindanao particularly in Basilan, Davao Oriental, North Cota-bato, Maguindanao and in Sarangani. Arguillas noted that displacements due to armed conflict particularly in Basilan happened due to military op-erations against the Abu Sayyaf Group of kidnappers while those in Davao Oriental and in Sarangani were due to armed clashes between the military and the New People’s Army (NPA). Monitored displaced in North Co-tabato and in Maguindanao were af-fected by the armed conflict between some elements of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

Anti-trafficking council eyes airport trainingsDAVAO CITY - The Regional Inter-Agency Council against Trafficking Integrated Action Network (RI-ACTION) is setting its sights on training airport personnel to deal with trafficking cases. According to Assistant Re-gional Prosecutor Barbara Mae Flores they had started the ca-pacity-building of airport person-nel with a training conducted last

November 25 and this will func-tion as mini-task forces under the RIACTION-XI. The airport task force will be composed of personnel com-ing from the City Social Services Development Office, Bureau of Immigration, Department of So-cial Welfare and Development, Department of Justice, Philippine National Police units from the


Police Regional Office (Regional Public Safety Company) and the Sasa Precinct of the Davao City Police Office, the Aviation Security Group, Civil Aviation Au-thority of the Philippines and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration. Flores said that they are look-ing early next year where they can set up a help desk in the airport to attend to anti-trafficking cases particularly in the enforcement of RA 9208 or the anti-trafficking law. She said these training would eventually lead to the formation of mini-task forces throughout the region under the auspices of the Regional Inter-Agency Coun-

cil Against Trafficking or RIACAT-XI. Meanwhile, according to non-government organization TALIKALA, it monitored about 35 cases of trafficking in the region for 2011 alone. It also identified trafficking hotspots in the city where persons particularly minors are recruited among these com-munities. Identified localities are barangays 23-C, 31, 76-A, Leon Garcia, Sasa, Monteverde and Matina Aplaya. The DSWD Field office in the region has received 41 trafficked persons referred to them, many of which coming from different re-gions in Mindanao. (RG Alama)


IPOPHL encourages GenSan SMEs to register intellectual propertyby Pops Gumana-Fruylan

GENERAL SANTOS CITY-- The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) encouraged small and medium entrepreneurs (SMEs) here to register for trademark, copyright, and/or patent to ensure their protection against infringement.

Atty. Ricardo R. Blancaflor, Director Gen-eral of IPOPHL, was in the Tuna Capital over the weekend to orient SMEs on the importance of in-tellectual property rights (IPR) which can become “the most valuable busi-ness asset of an enter-prise.” Blancaflor shared the success story of “Mang Inasal,” the first barbecue fast food chain in the Philippines, which after three years of op-eration sold its business assets to “Jollibee” for P3 billion.

He explained that all the stores of Mang Inasal all over the country were

only worth P1 billion, but its trademark was worth P2 billion.


“Little did Mang Inasal know that the three-colored trademark would be bought for an additional P2 billion,” he said. Blancaflor ex-plained that IPOPHL is pushing for the registra-tion of intellectual prop-erty to uncover hidden creations of the minds that are still unutilized. He said one foreign study revealed that 27 percent of 1,000 science projects in the country, which are considered genuine work, could have been patented worth hundreds of mil-lions of dollars.

“We never know we are actually sitting on a gold mine,” he stressed.Meanwhile, Blancaflor commended the creation of the General Santos City Intellectual Property Association (GINPAS), a group that advocates in-tellectual property rights in the city. He expressed opti-mism that with GINPAS around more people will move for the registration of their intellectual cre-ations that could bene-fit the local government through “more taxes and more economic growth.” Dorecita Delima, Assistant Regional Di-

rector of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 12 also expressed confidence that the cre-ation GINPAS would en-courage other provinces and cities in the region to adopt the same ad-vocacies on intellectual property. “IPOPHL is the lead agency in the country mandated to implement state policies on intel-lectual property (IP), in-cluding coordinating the efforts of the public and private sectors to formu-late and implement plans and policies to strength-en the protection of IPR in the country.”


Task Force created to oversee implementation of Lake Sebu-Maitum Ecology Road Dev’t ProjectKORONADAL CITY-- The creation of Task Force Lake Sebu-Maitum Ecology Road Development Project will showcase the institution-alization of the convergence of services and efforts to ensure the smooth implementation of the project while protecting and con-serving the environment.

The project is one of the Kilos Abante In-frastructure projects of Region XII for 2011 to 2016 which if completed, would directly link the existing Cotabato-Sural-lah-Koronadal-General Santos Arterial Road in South Cotabato province and the Sarangani-Sul-tan Kudarat Coastal Road in Sarangani province. The road is expect-ed to provide shorter link between the coastal towns of Sarangani and Sultan Kudarat to the regional center in Ko-ronadal City via Lake Sebu and Surallah towns in South Cotabato. Importantly, the road will facilitate the movement of people, goods and services be-tween rural communities in the upland areas of South Cotabato and Sa-

rangani provinces.Likewise, the tourist des-tinations in the areas of Lake Sebu, Maitum and adjacent tourist places will also become more accessible. In Regional Devel-opment Council Resolu-tion Number 125, series of 2011, the abovemen-tioned project was ad-opted and the task force was created. The Task Force is chaired by South Co-tabato governor Arthur Pingoy, Jr. and co-chaired by Sarangani governor Miguel Rene Dominguez. The members com-prise of InfraCom chair-man Alfredo Bronx Heb-rona, Jr. and the regional directors of DPWH, DENR, NEDA, NCIP, EMB and DOT. Also included are the mayors of Lake Sebu and Maitum; Protected

Area Superintendent (PASu) for Allah Valley Protected Landscape, district engineers of both South Cotabato and Sa-rangani and three (3) private sector represen-tatives from RDC XII. The Task Force sec-retariat shall be led by DPWH XII with mem-bers coming from the LGU-South Cotabato, DENR XII and NEDA XII. (NEDA )


4Ps to include 5,000 families in N. Cotabatoby Dani Doguiles

KORONADAL CITY -- Some 5,000 families from Kabacan, North Cotabato could be included in the national government’s conditional cash transfer program.

This after the mu-nicipality is included in the fifth set of LGU ben-eficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Pro-gram (4Ps). Susan Macalipat, so-cial welfare and develop-ment officer of Kabacan said, based on the Na-tional Household Target-ing Survey of 2009 the municipality has 5,018 families that could qualify in the CCT. Most of them re-side conflict-affected vil-lages of Simone, Nanga-an, Pisan, Simbuhay, and Tamped. Macalipat clarified, the list is not final since this will still be validated during the community as-sembly and family regis-tration on December 13 to 17. Aside from Kabacan, 4Ps expansion in North Cotabato will also include poor families on the mu-nicipalities of Makilala, Midsayap, and Libun-

gan and the city of Kida-pawan.At present, 4Ps is being implemented in 12 towns, namely: Alamada, Aleo-san, Antipas, Banisilan, Carmen, Magpet, Mata-lam, Pigcawayan, Pikit, President Roxas, and Tu-lunan. Records from DSWD-12 showed that the pres-ent number of CCT bene-ficiaries stands at 42,189 families. Cash grants re-leased to these beneficia-ries have reached a total of P72.28 million. 4Ps is one of the

three poverty reduction strategies of the national government under the DSWD. It provides poor-est of the poor families with monthly cash grants reaching up to P1,400 to ensure education, nutri-tion, and healrh of chil-dren. Continuity of cash grants depends on com-pliance with certain condi-tions including attendance of children in school, regu-lar visit to the health cen-ter, and pre-natal check ups of mothers.


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DOH-Caraga strengthens advocacy on Family Planning, Maternal & Child Healthby Jennifer P. Gaitano

The Department of Health (DOH) Caraga Regional Office, headed by Regional Director Leonita Gorgolon, is strengthening its advocacy on Family Planning, Maternal and Child Health (FP/MCH) Program of President Benigno Aquino III’s administration

in support to the Philippine Development Plan.

4Ps to include 5,000 families in N. Cotabato


During the re-cently concluded one-day In-ter-Agency Meeting on Fam-ily Planning (FP), Maternal and Child Health (MCH), FP Program Coordinator Emmi Marie Cabahug said based on the maternal mortality rate in the Philippines in 2003, 4,600 Filipina women die every year while over 100,000 suf-fer from pregnancy related to disabilities, and three babies are born every minute. “Three million preg-nancies occur every year. Half are unintended while 1/3 of women with unintended pregnancy end in abortion,” said Cabahug. For 2010, the main cause of maternal mortality Caraga in 2010 is maternal hemorrhage - 60 percent; eclampsia followed with 29

percent; other medical condi-tions – 7 percent; and infec-tions – 4 percent. Cabahug also said that DOH prioritizes the facility-based deliveries to mothers; increasing birth attendance; upgrading Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) and Comprehen-sive Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEmONC) facilities; establishing of RED Hotline; improving transpor-tation and communication; and providing local govern-ment unit and community support. Thus, DOH-CHD has identified and strengthened the nine child survival inter-ventions: 1) skilled atten-dance during pregnancy, delivery and immediate post-

partum; 2) care of the new-born; 3) breastfeeding and complementary feeding; 4) micronutirent supplementa-tion and deworming; 5) im-munization of children and mothers; 6) integrated man-agement of sick children; 7) child injury prevention and control; 8) birth spacing; en-vironmental sanitation and smoke-free home. With this, DOH calls on the women to ensure that every pregnancy is wanted, planned and supported; ev-ery pregnancy is adequately managed throughout its course; every delivery is facil-ity-based; and every mother and new born care secures proper postpartum and post-natal care with appropriate package of services.


PNP-Caraga chief to police force: “Don’t fire guns on Christmas, New Year’s Eve”

BUTUAN CITY – Philippine National Police (PNP) Caraga Regional Director, General Reynaldo Rafal warned police officers not to fire their guns on Christmas and New Year’s eve.

Gen. Rafal ex-plained the or-der came from the higher authorities in Camp Crame and all police officers in the country must follow the order.

Firearms issued to police officers should be sealed-off before December 24, 2011 to ensure pub-lic safety. The prac-tice has been done in previous years. “In

this way, the people will celebrate hap-pily and peacefully,” the official said. The official said whoever violates the order will be dealt with accordingly.

by Robert E. Roperos

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3 quakes jolt Dinagat Islands, Surigao Norteby FEAbkilan

SURIGAO CITY – Three earthquakes hit Dinagat Islands and Surigao del Norte provinces early Monday, but there was no initial report of damage or casualty.

Philippine Insti-tute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHI-VOLCS) said the first quake measured mag-nitude 3.8 and was re-corded at 12:08 a.m. in Loreto, Dinagat Is-lands.

It said that the epicenter was 54Km Northeast of Loreto. A second quake measuring 3.8 was re-corded at 1:12 a.m. at 43km still in Loreto. The third quake measured magnitude

2.5 & was recorded at 1:39AM with the epi-center at 56 Km NE of Burgos, Surigao del Norte. No damage or aftershock was ex-pected from the three quakes Phivolcs said.


City supports DOLE’s “Sagip Tamban” alternative employment program

The City gives its full commitment to Labor and Em-ployment’s Sustained Availability thru Genuine and Intensified Preservation of Tamban or “SAGIP Tam-

ban” Program recently launched here said Vic Larato, of the City Information Office (CIO).

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The Program is aimed at preserving the supply of “tamban,” a fish species used as the pri-mary raw material in the manufacture of canned and bottled sardines in Zamboanga City. Larato said, “May-or Celso Lobregat dur-ing the launching said the SAGIP Tamban is an important program as it ensures the survival of the tamban species as well as sardines indus-try and the livelihood of some 20,000 to 30,000 workers.” He said the imple-mentation of the closed fishing season continues to be a huge worry for everyone affected espe-cially the workers as the closed fishing season translates to the tempo-rary loss of their income, good thing the SAGIP Tamban was launched as it goes with it an al-ternative employment program for the sar-dines, fishing and can-ning industries in the Zamboanga Peninsula (ZamPen) region. Larato, during the launching of the “SAGIP Tamban” informed stake-

holders that the Depart-ment of Labor and Employ-ment (DOLE), Bureau of F i s h e r i e s and Aquatic Resou r ces (BFAR) De-partment of Agr icu l ture (DA), and the Industrial Group of Zamboanga signed a pledge of com-mitment “where the signatories collectively pledged to enroll the var-ious programs on emer-gency employment, skills training and livelihood as alternative employment programs to the fisher-men and the workers in the sardines, fishing and canning industries in the ZamPen region who are affected by the ongoing closed fishing season for tamban.” Larato explained “the signatories to the pledge of commitment also vowed to work with various sectors in the community to ensure successful ans sustain-able implementation of the projects. It can be recalled,

BFAR started implement-ing the closed fishing season on sardines start-ing December 1 this year until March 1, 2012. During the three-month closed fishing season, there will be no catching of sardines on the specified months. Any person, as-sociation or corporation caught catching sardines in the conservation area will be subject to fines and penalty. Conservation areas include East Sulu, Basi-lan Straight and Sibugury Bay The imposition of a closed fishing season is to allow the fish species to spawn. BFAR said Decem-ber to March are the months when mature sardines reproduce. (JPA/CIO/ PIA9)


Marines mark six decades of safeguarding Filipinos

ISABELA CITY – Marine soldiers stationed in Palawan commemorated a year over six decades of commitment and service to the people as they celebrated the 61st “birthday” of the Philippine Marine Corps last November 26 at the Pavilion Complex of the Provincial Capitol.

“This is a momen-tous event because it marks 61 years of her-itage of selfless dedi-cation shown by our marine soldiers in pro-tecting our country and its people and in being a fundamental force in bringing peace and progress to our com-munities,” LtGen Juan-cho M. Sabban, Com-mander of the Western Command (WESCOM), said. A member of the Marines himself, LtGen Sabban takes pride in the service rendered by the unit and the sig-nificant role it played in achieving a strate-gic victory particularly in the province of Pala-wan.

LtGen Sabban said Palawan enjoys peace and progress because the armed forces, the marines in particular, have been successful in curtailing threats to the province’s securi-ty. At present, two

marine battalions are stationed in the prov-ince: the 12th Ma-rine Battalion Landing Team (MBLT-12) head-ed by Col Raul Caldez which is responsible in maintaining peace and order in Southern Palawan and the 4th


Marine Battalion Land-ing Team (MBLT-4) un-der the command of LTC Antonio Manlapas which was deployed in the northern part of the province. The latter has just recently replaced MBLT-8 commanded by LTC Adolfo Albalate that for almost two years have served to protect the people of Palawan and, in equal measures, bring de-velopmental programs and projects to the communities under its jurisdiction. “As we celebrate the 61st birthday of

the Marine Corps, we would like to once again impress our un-relenting devotion in fighting threats to se-curity,” LtGen. Sabban expressed. Gracing the occa-sion along with LtGen. Sabban were Col. Cal-dez, LTC Albalate, LTC Manlapas and Commo-dore Rustom Joseph Peña, Commander of the Naval Forces West (NFW). This year’s cel-ebration is themed “Mandirigmang Mari-no, Kaakibat sa Kaun-laran at Kapayapaan ng Sambayanang Pili-

pino.” Palawan Governor Abraham Kahlil B. Mi-tra was also present to celebrate with the ma-rines. Amidst the cele-bration, the WESCOM Chief called on the ma-rine soldiers to always live up to the core values of the Marine Corps that are based on honor, responsibili-ties, professionalism, integrity and bravery. “Be worthy of the rank and uniforms you wear,” LTGen Sabban challenged the marines. ( J P A / 6 C R G A F P /RVC-PIA9 ZBST)

Palawan Governor Abraham Kahlil B. Mitra addresses the marine soldiers stationed in Palawan, commemorating a year over six decades of commitment and service to the people as they celebrated the 61st “birthday” of the Philippine Marine Corps.


Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soli-man told media that the agency is working for the inclusion be-fore yearend of around

65,000 more families from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mind-anao (ARMM) and other parts of Mindanao in the national government’s

anti-poverty initiative. She said the addi-tional 4Ps beneficiaries from the ARMM of the conditional cash trans-fer program will come

DSWD steps up processing of new 4Ps beneficiaries to meet 2011 target of 2.3M households by Rene V. Carbayas

ISABELA CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has stepped up the registration process of new beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps in the ARMM and other neighboring regions in a bid to meet the program’s target enlistment of 1.3 million additional families for this year.

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from areas that were affected by the recent floods and armed con-flicts. “The (registra-tion) lag is mainly in the ARMM but the as-semblies and registra-tion for the additional beneficiaries there are presently ongoing and we’re hoping to com-plete the process within this month or the next,” Soliman said in a con-sultation with the me-dia on the implementa-tion of the 4Ps. The DSWD said that it has already enlisted 1,188,576 households as new beneficiaries as of end-October out of its targeted 1,303,810 households for this

year. Since the intro-duction of 4Ps in 2008, it has so far covered 2,232,839 household-beneficiaries or 95.45 percent of its targeted 2,339,241 households by the end of the year. Based on the agen-cy’s accomplishment report, Mindanao’s six regions comprised the bulk of the beneficia-ries with 1,086,280 or 48.65 percent followed by Luzon with 669,575 households or 29.99 percent and Visayas with 476,984 or 21.36 percent. 4Ps is a poverty reduction and social development strategy of the national govern-

ment that provides con-ditional cash grants to extremely poor house-holds to improve their health, nutrition and education particularly of children aged 0-14 years.It is one of the responses of the Philippine govern-ment to the challenge of meeting the Millennium Development Goals. The program pro-vides beneficiaries cash grants of P500 a month for health and nutri-tion expenses and P300 a month per child for educational expenses. A household with three qualified children could get P1, 400.00 month-ly. (JPA/RVC/PIA9-ZBST)

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DOLE celebrates 78 years of public serviceby Apipa P. Bagumbaran

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), in region 10, celebrated its 78th anniversary with activities that highlight

its mission of promoting gainful employment opportunities and protecting workers welfare.

In a simple program held recently at the DOLE-10 Regional Office Training Center, here, livelihood check amounting to Php600,000 for lanzones production was turned-over to the provincial government

of Camiguin under the department’s Kabuhayan program in which the identified component beneficiary was the Camiguin Traders Cooperative. Members of the Efficiency and Integrity Board (EIB) also took


their oath of office to monitor strict observance of the Code of Conduct for the department’s personnel, field officials and employees. Lawyer Alan M. Macaraya, regional director of DOLE-10, said the creation of board was in line with the anti-corruption program of the Aquino III administration which promotes transparency and accountability. It was created as a component of the administrative reforms being pursued by the department in support to the 22-point Labor and Employment Agenda of the President, he further said. He explained that the Board will be looking at the performance of the DOLE regional office particularly on efficiency and integrity and recommend system improvement to ensure integrity and fairness in the

organization. During the program, the DOLE-10 also forged a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with six (6) establishments in the region who were nominated for the Incentivising Compliance Program (ICP). ICP gives due recognition and incentives to establishments who voluntarily comply with labor laws, or assist non-compliant establishments, through training and technical assistance, to enable them to comply with the requirements set by law. Likewise, an interaction with the members of the media was also conducted to lay-out the accomplishments of the department and its attached agencies. The theme of this year’s celebration is “Sa Ibayong Serbisyo, Tuloy and Pag-asenso.”

RDC-X is 2nd RDC in the country with most accomplishments – Cruzby Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

TANGUB CITY, Misamis Occidental – “A better Philippines with Region 10 as one of the contributors to the country’s economy. And this is just what we did.”

This was the congratulatory message of Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz of Iligan City, Chairperson of the Regional Development Council, region 10 (RDC-X), to the council members during the 90th

Full Council Meeting, held here, recently. “We are the 2nd RDC in the country with the most accomplishments, second to the National Capital Region (NCR)


and we continue to be the largest economy in Mindanao and the 3rd largest in the country, next to Bicol and NCR. This should make us all proud, as I am very proud to be part of the region’s development,” the RDC-x Chair said. “For all our efforts and hard work, during the year, we deserve a break and de-stress ourselves, during Christmas. That’s why, we will be holding the next 4th quarter full council meeting, every Dec. 1, here, in Tangub,” Cruz added. The date also coincides with the opening of the Christmas Symbols Festival, which is on its 19th year in Tangub, dubbed as the “Christmas Symbols Capital of the Philippines.” Cruz also assured to facilitate the travel of the council members, who are mostly based in Cagayan de Oro City, seat of Northern Mindanao’s regional government, located in Misamis Oriental.

These RDC-X members had to negotiate some 4-5 hours travel towards the western portion of the region to get a roll-on-roll-off (RO-RO) service at the seaport of Barangay Mukas in Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte and cross Panguil Bay to reach Ozamiz City before going to Tangub. Meanwhile, RDC-X performed the following actions on the agenda items during the meeting: confirmation, approval

and information, one (1) each and endorsement, 10. So far, as of the 89th Full Council Meeting held during the 2nd Quarter in Ozamiz City, RDC-X has passed a total of 44 resolutions, all in accordance with the Philippine Development Plan (PDP).

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TESDA gears up for TSTP launching in LDSby Apipa Bagumbaran

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur - The Provincial Office of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) steps-up its preparation for the upcoming launching of TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) on December 14.

The TSTP is our new program aimed at facilitating employment of TESDA g r a d u a t e s and certified workers and c r e a t i n g

livelihood opportunities for them, said TESDA Provincial Director Tarhata S. Mapandi. Anchored on the tagline “TESDA Specialista, Kaagapay sa Matuwid Na Pag-Unlad,” she said the program will assist TESDA-certified graduates to get into productive undertakings to help themselves and their communities. Through this program, we will tap our trained and certified workers who will be providing services required by their immediate communities, she added. Meanwhi le ,

Mapandi disclosed that they are also waiting for the release of scholarship vouchers for the 381 slots allocated for the first district of the province under the Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA). The 171 slots allotted for the second district have already been awarded to the scholars, she said. Additional scholarships are also up for grabs under the stimulus package granted to the agency with another 405 PESFA slots and 315 slots for the Training For Work Scholarship Program amounting to P2 million, she added.

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