One Mindanao - October 7, 2011

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C O N T E N T SNATIONAL• Aquino vows continued support for the country’s tourism sector• Palace says government now more prepared in handling calamities• Canilao named Public-Private Partnership Center chief• Aquino appoints Justice Francisco Villaruz as Presiding Justice of anti-graft court

Central Mindanao (SOCSKSARGEN)

• Certified seeds ipamamahagi sa mga magsasakang apektado ng pinakahuling pagbaha sa Maguindanao• Sumisip District Hospital sa Basilan muling binuksan• Dinukot na midwife sa ARMM nakalaya na • ARMM Acting Gov. Adiong binati ang 2 OFWs

Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga)

• Liga lauds Butuan City PNP Director• 4TH RDC-Dev’t Administration Committee meeting set in Butuan• Caraga Reg’l Dev’t Council members to hold team building activity• BCPO receives another vehicle from LGU-Butuan• Tulong para sa mga magsasaka pinag-ibayo ng PAO

Western Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula)

• DSWD continues to cleanse its 4Ps list of beneficiaries• DTI bares policies, penalties under motorcycle healmet law• LGUs urged to support children’s month celebration• Rehab process of Jolo port starts• GSIS padayon pagpalapad sa serbisyo sa mga membro

Northern Mindanao

• Camiguin, 2nd in the country to have NAMRIA-delineated/certified municipal waters• DSWD’s social protection gears toward statistics• Haribon Brigade donates school chairs to Madrasah school anew• Entrepreneurship, food sufficiency activities highlight consumer month celebration in Bukidnon• Pagpalambo sa patigayon sa Iligan nakitang solusyon sa nakaung-ong nga pagkunhod sa IRA sa siyudad

Southern Mindanao (Davao Region)

• Study cites faster business process in Davao City• Davao City to focus on Business Permits and Licensing System

OUR COVER

Today’s coverfeatures

Facing the futurethe banana industry

in Davao

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Cover Story:Facing the future, the Banana Industry in Davao

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DAVAO CITY It is said that the boom of the banana industry in Davao started with the decline of its plant relative the Abaca, which was once the main export product of the region.

by RG Alama


Alexander Valo-ria, president of Tagum Agricultural Development Com-pany incorporated (TADECO) relates that Tadeco was once an abaca planta-tion developed by its founder Don Anto-nio Floirendo in the swamplands of Pana-bo and Carmen. In the 1960s with the world shift-ing to synthetic rope, the market of abaca was shrinking. Hence the pioneering mag-nate shifted to ba-nana cultivars. Also in the decade, neigh-boring abaca farms also shifted towards banana, a movement which contributed to the current boom of the banana industry. Today banana exports ranks as the second largest dollar earner next to coco-nuts. For 2010 Cav-

endish banana ex-ports amounted to $720-million. The banana ex-port industry (plant-ed to Cavendish ba-nanas) has about 79,315 hectares and amounts to 32% of the total banana-planted areas in Min-danao (245,395). It is said that the banana export industry boom grad-ually started when banana became the staple fruit diet of the Japanese. What was once an exotic fruit has now become a cheap, widely-eat-en fruit in Japan. The historical de-velopment is similar to the expansion of banana plantations in Latin American coun-tries with the increas-ing popularization of the once exotic fruit in the United States. In Davao Region

(covering the provinc-es and city of Davao del Norte, Davao City, Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental and Davao del Sur) to-tal banana hectarage amounted to 87,313 hectares of which 48,153 is planted to cavendish export quality bananas. In 2010 total ba-nana exports by the

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Philippines amount-ed to 2,003,851 metric tons up from 1,926,198 mt of ba-nanas exported in 2009. Primary mar-kets include Japan, the Middle East, South Korea and China. The Philippine Banana Growers and Exporters Association (PBGEA) is a 38-year old group in the ba-nana industry whose

membership con-sists of 18 banana companies including subsidiary compa-nies and growers. it serves a self-regu-latory forum for the players in the indus-try to ensure compli-ance to international quality standards, continued global competitiveness and undertaking in pro-moting research and technological inno-vations, the group also looks after the welfare of all those involved in the ba-

nana export indus-try. To date total hectarage under PB-GEA member group is estimated at 41,000 hectares scattered in 13 Mindanao prov-inces (Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Compostela Valley, Bukidnon, Agusan del Norte, Surigao del Sur, North Co-

tabato, South Cota-bato, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, Sa-rangani, Lanao del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte.) Among the big-gest individual grow-ers include Tadeco, Stanfilco, Sumifru and Lapanday, big-gest banana brands include Dole, Sumifru and Unifrutti. In 2010 the group exported about 154-million boxes of bananas to markets across the globe. According to Al-exander Valoria, the Philippines is the sec-ond banana exporting country next to Ecua-dor. However Valoria said that Ecuador can only lay claim to its top rank since it has more land planted to bananas but in terms of production effi-ciency the country tops Ecuador, as the per hectare yield of



a Philippine banana farm is estimated at about 4,000 met-ric tons per hectare a year compared to

3,200/hectare for Ec-uador. Valoria’s Ta-deco produces about 5,000 MT of bananas in one hectare.

“It is in the ba-nana industry where we can prove that the Filipino has the capability to become productive and effi-cient.” Valoria says. He cites the banana industry as a tes-tament to the hard work, integrity and industriousness of a Filipino worker. Also the banana industry is also help-ing in the success of the country’s agrar-ian reform program. The industry has about 30,000 agrar-ian reform beneficia-ries most of which are former employees of the banana compa-nies. As of 2010 ag-gregate employment of the banana indus-try is estimated at 240,000 workers or an annual payroll of P21-billion. In that same year P830-mil-

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lion of annual taxes has been paid to lo-cal government units and revenue collec-tion agencies. Also Corporate Social Responsibility proj-ects undertaken by the companies ben-efit host communi-ties among these are tree-planting proj-ects, medical mis-sions, anti-dengue drive, community works and scholar-ship grants. Valoria says that the growth of the banana industry in Davao can be attrib-uted to two factors; good weather and good soil. Being away from the typhoon belt Davao is not ravaged by destructive storms plus it has adequate sun and rain all year round. The fertile soil is also very suitable to top quality banan-as.

As for the for-eign markets, Valoria anticipates a shift to the Chinese market. He says that Chinese banana farms have been afflicted with the destructive Pan-ama disease Tropical Race 4 fungus affect-ing their production plus current yields is not even enough to meet the demand of the Chinese popula-tion. Among numer-ous issues facing the banana industry is the moratorium on expansion which was lifted in 2009 with the repeal of the Letters of Instruction nos. 58 and 790 which limits the hectarage of ba-nana export planta-tions. The continued expansion enables the growers to meet the growing demand for bananas and to remain competitive

in the world market as other countries are expanding their banana plantations. The aerial spray-ing ban which was challenged by the PB-GEA before the courts. It was in 2007 when the City Government of Davao banned aer-ial spraying activities in banana plantations located in the City. Immediately the PB-GEA challenged the ruling before the courts. “The City nev-er got to implement the ordinance.” PB-GEA Executive di-rector Stephen An-tig says. In 2009 the aerial spray ban was declared as unconsti-tutional by the Court of Appeals. The City Government howev-er has filed cases for certiorari and motion for reconsideration over the CA ruling.



Antig says they are not letting their guards down over the issue as other lo-cal government units could follow what Davao City has done. Controlling dis-eases on banana plants is a major concern for banana growers, there are two major fungus diseases threatening the Philippine banana industry; these are the black Sigatoka leaf spot disease (My-cosphaerella fjien-sis morelet) of which aerial spraying fungi-cide is the most cost-efficient way of con-trolling the fungus. And then there is the deadly Panama Disease Tropical Race 4 (Fusarium oxyspo-rum f.sp. cubense) of which it has no known cure and is threaten-ing the banana in-

dustry all over the world.“It is an industry killer and an economy killer for Mindanao.” Valoria said of the Panama Disease threat which if left unchecked can wipe out the entire banana industry in Mindanao the same way it destroyed the Malaysian banana in-dustry in three years time.The disease strikes the root of banana stalks and kills the plant quickly. There is no fungicide to kill the fungus and in-fested banana farms are abandoned and left idle for about five years before they are to be replanted again. Antig said that the disease first moni-tored in Calinan three years ago has spread to several provinces

like Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Compostela Valley. In Davao City only 1,800 hectares of the original 5,200 hect-ares planted to ba-nanas have remained due to the infection. As to the effect to banana production, it remains to be seen as PBGEA is still under-going an inventory, the results could be determined by year’s end. One of the insti-tutional priority mea-sures proposed by PBGEA is the estab-lishment of a Nation-al Banana Research Institute which can answer the threats and challenges posed by banana pests and diseases and help maintain a competi-tive banana industry in the global market.


Aquino vows continued support for the country’s tourism sectorPresident Benigno Aquino III renewed his

commitment to the country’s tourism sector saying his administration will do everything so the industry could continue to grow with

the help of its stakeholders.

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Speaking Thurs-day night at The Manila Hotel, as it celebrates its 99th anniversary, the President acknowl-edged the contribution of the country’s first five-star hotel to the local tourism industry. There is no doubt that through the hard work of all the stake-holders of The Manila Hotel, it has continued to adapt to the chang-ing needs of its guests, the chief executive said in his speech. “With all of this, it is easy to see how The Manila Hotel continues to contribute to the tourism industry in the Philippines—a steadily growing industry that provides more jobs to our countrymen, and fulfills a vital role in achieving the inclusive economic growth our

government is working towards,” the President said. “And I am sure that, for many years to come, whatever the future holds in store for us, The Manila Ho-tel will be there as a symbol of the tradition of hospitality of all Fili-pinos, giving our tour-ists a chance to expe-rience the true warmth of the Filipino people,” he continued. “Rest assured that our administration will do everything in its power—with the coop-eration of establish-ments like The Manila Hotel—to make sure that our tourism indus-try continues to grow.” The Manila Hotel is the oldest premiere five-star hotel in the country, built in 1909 and opened in 1912. It

is located at the heart of the Manila Bay Area and also close to the Rizal Park and Intra-muros, the old Walled City built during the Spanish period. The hotel, a his-toric landmark and a part of the nation’s patrimony, became the venue of historical events and seat of hos-pitality for the nation’s guests and official visi-tors. Among the hotel’s famous guests include General Douglas Mac-Arthur, US Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon B. John-son, The Beatles, Mu-hammad Ali, Michael Jackson, Marlon Bran-do, and John Wayne and just about every distinguished person-ality and celebrity in the world. (AS)

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Malacanang made an assurance Friday that it can effectively handle any possible crisis an incoming typhoon could cause, as the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and

Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) reported the presence of a low pressure area in eastern Visayas.

Palace says government now more prepared in handling calamities

Pagasa warned of more flashfloods and landslides, as a result of more rains because of low pres-sure areas that could likely turn into a new typhoon. “That’s the rea-son why we have Secretary (Rogelio) Singson there, he will try to rationalize ev-erything in case of flashfloods, and in case of releases of water from the dams. That’s something that he will work on with the National Wa-ter Resources Board,”

Presidential spokes-man Edwin Lacierda said in a media brief-ing at the Palace on Friday. At the same time, Lacierda said the government has an accurate forecast-ing system in place enabling it to antici-pate typhoons and effectively preposi-tion important goods intended for affected communities. “We have been successful as far as prepositioning relief goods is concerned,” he said referring to

the government expe-rience in handling the devastations brought about by Typhoons Pedring and Quiel in Central Luzon. Also during the same media brief-ing, Lacierda issued a warning against the use of floodwater for drinking and cooking by affected commu-nities in Luzon. “We are con-cerned with the use of floodwater for drink-ing water. Floodwater is not potable, so we ask the public…(par-ticularly) the resi-

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dents of Central Luzon not to use floodwater for consumption,” he said. Lacierda also said this is the rea-son why the Presi-dent had designated Secretary Singson to become the country’s water czar, to make sure that before the end of the President’s term the country will have potable water

supply for all affected communities. As of Friday af-ternoon, Pagasa said the low pressure area was seen 420 kilome-ters east of Visayas, embedded along the inter-tropical conver-gence zone affecting the Visayas and Min-danao. The weather bu-reau said the low pressure area will

bring cloudy skies and scattered rain showers to the Bicol region, the Visayas and Mindanao. Light to moder-ate winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Lu-zon, coming from the northwest to south-west, over the rest of the country, Pagasa said. (AS)

Malacanang announces the appointment of Cosette V. Canilao as Executive Director of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center considering her vast knowledge and

experience in the field of banking and investment, a qualification necessary for the efficient delivery of PPP projects that will make the lives of the Filipino people better.

Canilao named Public-Private Partner-ship Center chief

In a press brief-ing at the Palace, Friday, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin

Lacierda made the announcement, add-ing Canilao’s years of experience in the fi-

nancial management in the private sector for over 20 years is an advantage.

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Palace says......from page 12


“Last Septem-ber 15, The President appointed Cosette V. Canilao as the head of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center,” Lacierda said, adding that she has over 20 years expe-rience in the private sector in the field of advisory, investment banking and corpo-rate banking. She re-cently joined govern-ment service, initially as consultant of Na-tional Economic De-velopment Authority (NEDA) for the PPP Center of the Philip-pines,” he added. Prior to her ap-pointment as head of the PPP Center, Ca-nilao was its Deputy Executive Director, which eliminates the need for a transition. Canilao served as Director of Standard Bank where she es-tablished and headed its distressed debt servicing business in the country. She was

also a former part-ner of Pricewater-houseCoopers where she headed the Crisis Management Practice and Financial Servic-es Industry consult-ing. “Her (Canilao) broad experience in advisory includes cor-porate finance, merg-ers and acquisitions, private equity trans-actions, divestitures, debt restructuring, compliance review and transactions ser-vices,” Lacierda not-ed. Canilao started her career in program lending and corpo-rate banking. She holds a Masters in Finance degree from the University of the Philippines. She also attended numerous trainings in the course of her career, includ-ing a corporate re-structuring program in Harvard Business School. PPP Program is a key strategy of the

Philippine Develop-ment Plan. With the end view of foster-ing an environment conducive for private sector entrepreneur-ial initiatives, the government has de-veloped a policy envi-ronment that strongly supports private sec-tor participation in its development activi-ties. This policy en-vironment has two fundamental corner-stones: First, eco-nomic structural ad-justments geared towards opening the economy to competi-tion and leveling the playing field of enter-prise, and second, a clear policy and in-stitutional framework that has been put in place to permit an unencumbered flow of private resources into the government’s development pro-gram, especially the infrastructure sector. (JCL)

Canilao named......from page 13


President Benigno S. Aquino III has appointed Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Francisco H. Villaruz Jr. as the new Presiding Justice of the anti-graft court.

Aquino appoints Justice Francisco Villaruz as Presiding Justice of anti-graft court

In a statement, Presidential Spokes-person Edwin Lacierda said Justice Villaruz’s appointment papers were signed by the President last October 5. Villaruz will re-place Sandiganbayan Presiding Justice Edil-berto Sandoval who retired last June. Justice Villaruz worked in the private sector for almost four decades before being appointed Associate Justice of the Sandi-ganbayan in 2001. He is known for his pro-fessionalism and dili-gence, proof of which are the six decisions and 100 resolutions that he renders every

month, and his 99 per-cent affirmance rating. A respected expert in his field, Justice Vil-laruz was also Bar Ex-aminer in Criminal Law in 2004 and an MCLE Lecturer. He obtained his B.S. in Political Sci-ence from the Ateneo de Manila University in 1963 and his Bach-elor of Laws degree from the University of the Philippines, where he graduated third in his class, before being admitted to the Bar in 1968. He is 68 years old and will retire on June 8, 2013. “The Aquino ad-ministration is hope-ful that the reforms it is instituting across all

branches of govern-ment will gain greater momentum with the appointment of Justice Villaruz. The Filipino people can rest as-sured that government positions integral to the straight path will con-tinue to be filled based on merit, integrity, and competence,” Lacierda said. The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) ear-lier nominated three associate justices of the Sandiganbayan for the position of presid-ing justice of the anti-graft court. Aside from Villaruz, the other nominees were Asso-ciate Justices Efren N. de la Cruz, and Alex L. Quiroz. (JS)


PHOTO RELEASE

President Benigno Simeon Aquino III graces the 99th anniversary celebration of The Manila Hotel Thursday night (October 06), The Manila Hotel which opened in 1912 and extensively remodeled in the 1970s is a Philippine landmark and often the scene of historic events. Defined by its history, elegance, and world-class service, The Manila Hotel remains to be the hotel of choice by the most distinguished clientele. Also in the photo are The Manila Hotel Chairman Dr. Emilio Yap and former President Joseph Estrada. (Photo by: Jay Morales / Malacañang Photo Bureau).

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Certified seeds ipamamahagi sa mga magsasakang apektado ng pinakahuling pagbaha sa MaguindanaoCOTABATO CITY, Oct 7 (PIA) - Handa na ang mahigit tatlong libong sako ng certified seeds na ipamamahagi ng Department of Agriculture- (DA) Maguindanao para sa magsasakang apektado ng pagbaha sanhi ng mga pagulan dala ng bagyong Pedring at Quiel.

Sa unti-unting pagh-upa ng tubig-baha, iniulat ni Operations chief Salik Panalunsong ng Depart-ment of Agriculture and Fisheries sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mind-anao (DAF-ARMM) na ma-mahagi ng certified seeds ang ahensiya upang matu-lungan ang mahigit isang libong magsasaka na nawalan ng kabuhayan na makapagtanim sa susunod na cropping season para di gaanong maapektuhan ang suplay ng bigas sa lugar.

Ayon kay Panalun-song umaabot sa 18,000 ektarya ng sakahan sa Maguindanao ang nasal-anta ng mga pagbaha kung 15,000 libo dito ang pa-layan at 3,000 ang maisan. Umaabot din uma-no sa P73 milyun ang ka-buuang halaga ng mga nasirang pananim kung saan 1,058 na mga mag-sasaka ang nawalan ng kabuhayan sa buong lala-wigan hindi pa kasali ang sektor ng pangingisda ha-bang nagpapatuloy pa ang

ginagawang assessment ng mga nasirang fish cag-es, ayon kay Panalunsong. Ipinahayag ni Panalunsong na puspusan ang pagsasakatuparan ng iba’t ibang programa nagla-layong lalong paunlarin ang sektor ng pagsasaka bilang suporta sa agenda ng gobyerno ang pagkaka-roon ng sapat na pagkain. Sa limang prubin-siya sakop ng ARMM ang Maguindanao at Lanao del Sur lamang ang agricultural areas.

by pbchangco


Sumisip District Hospital sa Basilan muling binuksanCOTABATO CITY, Okt. 7 (PIA) - Muling binuksan sa publiko ang Sumisip District Hospital sa Basilan pagkaraan ng labingtatlong (13) taon na itinigil ang paghahatid ng pagserbisyong pangkalusugan sa mga mamamayan sa lugar, ito ang ipinahayag ni Regional Secretary Kadil Sinolinding, Jr., ng Department of Health sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DOH-ARMM).

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Ayon kay Dr. Sino-lindlng, ang Sumisip District Hospital ay isinasara noong 1998 nang malagay sa pan-ganib ang mga health per-sonnel ng naturang paga-mutan bunsod ng tumataas na kaso ng kidnapping. Sa pagtutulungan ng pamahalaang panlalawigan, Armed Forces of the Philip-pines (AFP), Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP), Depart-ment of Health (DOH) at ibang sektor ng lipunan ay binuk-

san ang nasabing pasilidad upang muling maghatid ng serbisyong pangka-lusugan sa mga residente sa lugar, ani Sinolinding. Sinabi ni Sinolind-ing na nauna nang tiniyak ni Health Secretary En-rique Ona ang paglalaan ng pondo para sa pagbibili ng mga bagong kagami-tan at karagdang suplay ng gamot para sa naturang pagamutan bilang bahagi ng mas ipinalakas at pinala-

wak ng programang pang-kalusugan ng gobyerno. Sa pagbubukas ng Simisip District Hospital , ayon sa opisyal, maraming maralitang mamamayan sa lugar ang mabibiyayaan ng murang pagpapa-os-pital ,gamutan at malaki rin ang maitutulong nito sa kampanya kontra mal-nutrisyon at pagbaba ng infant and maternal mortality rate sa autono-mous region. (pbchangco)

Dinukot na midwife sa ARMM nakalaya na COTABATO CITY, Okt.7 (PIA) – Kinumpirma kahapon ni ARMM Health Secretary Dr. Kadil Sinolinding,Jr. na nakalaya na mula sa kanyang mga kidnappers ang midwife na si Evangeline Taverisma. Ayon kay Sinolining “maganda ang kalagayan ngayon ni Taverisma” mat-apos siyang nailigtas sa

ginawang rescue operation ng pinagsanib na pwersa ng mga pulis at mga CVO ng bayan ng Indanan, Sulu

kahapon ng madaling araw. Si Taverisma ay dinu-kot noong ika-tatlo ng Ag-osto taong kasalukuyan


Dinukot na midwife...from page 19

ARMM Acting Gov. Adiong binati ang 2 OFWs COTABATO CITY, Okt. 7, (PIA) – Binati at pinasalamatan ni Acting ARMM Governor Ansaruddin Alonto Adiong ang dalawang Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) na nagwagi sa ginawang Search for the Model OFW Family of the Year 2011.

Ito ang ipinarating ni ARMM Executive Secre-tary Naguib Sinarimbo ng dumalaw sa tanggapan ni governor Adiong sina Had-ja Rahma Nur Abantas at Salamina Usman Abdulka-rim ngayong araw pag-katapos iginawad sa kanila ang titulo ng DOLE-ARMM at POEA-ARMM na siyang mga ahensyang nangu-na sa nasabing Search. Si Abantas ay nap-iling panalo sa kategory-ang land-based ay mula sa lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi at nagtrabaho ng dala-wangpung taon sa King-dom of Saudi Arabia bil-ang domestic helper kung saan napagtapos niya ng pag-aaral at ngayon ay

lahat professionals ang kanyang anim na anak. Si Jamil Usman ang kapatid ni Abdulkarim ay siya namang nanalo sa sea-based category ay nasa laot ngayon bilang seaman ay napagtapos din ang kanyang mga anak na sumunod sa kanyang ya-pak bilang mga seamen. Ang mga nanalo ay ilalaban sa national search sa November 4 sa lung-sod ng Maynila bilang mga kinatawan ng ARMM. Nakatanggap ng cash prizes at mga plake ng pagkilala ang mga nanalo at nagpaabot din ng halaga ang Office of the Regional Governor bilang pagbati sa natamong karangalan.

Ayon kay Sinarimbo masaya at nagpapasalamat ang pamunuan ng ARMM dahil sa mga magagan-dang kwentong ginagawa ng mga kababayang OFW para sa pamilya at sa bayan. Ang ARMM ay nag-simulang lumahok sa na-sabing Search noong 2005 kung saan nakasungkit na ito ng dalawang awards. Noong 2008, igi-nawad sa isang OFW mula Sulu ang Enterpre-neurship Award at noong 2009 nakuha ni Zenaida Maga, isang nurse mula sa lungsod ng Marawi na nagtrabaho sa Libya ang National Awardee in Com-munity Service. (MCD)

habang siya ay papunta sa kanyang trabaho sa health center ng Indanan. Dagdag pa ni Sino-linding balak nilang dalhin sa lungsod ng Zamboanga ang health worker upang mabigyan ng mas magan-dang medical check- up.

Nagpaabot ng pasasalamat si Sinolinding at ang ARMM government sa mga tumulong para sa ligtas na pagkakalaya ni Ginang Taverisma at sa mga patuloy na nagbibig-ay ng proteksyon sa mga health workers ng rehiyon.

Tuloy pa rin ang panawagan ni Sinolinding sa mga opisyal ng gobyer-no at mga law enforcers na bigyan ng siguridad ang mga health workers na nag-bibigay (naghahatid) ng health services sa mga ku-munidad sa rehiyon.( MCD)


The Liga ng mga Punong Barangay on Wednesday during its regular session cited the Butuan City Police Office’s “one policeman for every barangay” scheme.

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Liga lauds Butuan City PNP Director

Police Senior Su-perintendent Jose V. Carillo launched the Adop t-a -Ba rangay Project during the monthly regular ses-sion of the Liga ng mga

Punong Barangay held at Imadejas Conven-tion Center, this city. In his discussion, Carillo explained to the punong barangays the nature of the project as

embodied in the letter of instruction prepared by his office previous-ly. The project’s scheme strengthens the ties between the

by SPO4 Rey V. Poloyapoy


Liga lauds...from page 21

4TH RDC-Dev’t Administration Committee meeting set in Butuan

BUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) -- Member-agencies of the Regional Development Council – Development Administration Committee (RDC-DAC) is set to convene for its 4th Quarter Meeting on October 14, 2011, 9:00a.m. at the Rajah Colambu Hall, Mazua Island Resort, Malvar Compound, Doongan, this city.

barangay and the po-lice by assigning one policeman for every barangay to coordinate with the local officials and act as liaison of-ficer between the two offices. The assigned po-licemen will also discuss the matters regard-ing the maintenance of

peace and order in the area during the regular meeting with the Ba-rangay-Based Institu-tions such as: Barangay Peace and Order Coun-cil (BPOC), Barangay Anti-Drug Abuse Coun-cil (BADAC), Barangay Council for Protection of Children (BCPC), and to include the barangay

Tanod organization. After the presen-tation of the project, Punong Barangay Me-nelio Galan of Barangay San Ignacio immediate-ly moved for the adop-tion of the said proj-ect by the Liga ng mga Punong Barangay and was readily approved by the body.

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During the meeting, committee members will give updates on Butuan City’s Convergence Work-shop; open interest of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) to join the Caraga RDC Full Council as non-voting member; and give status of the regional line agencies’ submission on agency budget/programs and projects to the at-tainment of the Millen-nium Development Goals (MDG) and President Aquino’s Social Contract. DAC focuses on re-gional development plan-ning which includes the Medium-Term Regional Development Plan and the Physical Land Use Plan with Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR) and Cli-mate Change Adaptabil-ity (CCA).

The committee also covers the Development Finance and Regional Budgeting, Good Gov-ernance and Institution-Building, Peace and Secu-rity, Policy and Research, Statistics and Data Bank-ing and Communication Advocacy. The following are also the functions of the committee: 1) In coor-dination with sectoral committees concerned, monitor, review and eval-uate implementation of all programs and projects along the lines of devel-opment administration in the region, identify im-plementation gaps and act on these directly or through a recommenda-tion to the RDC, and de-termine success stories in program and project implementation; 2) Re-

view and recommend to the RDC regional budget proposals of the national government agencies not belonging to the other sectoral committees; 3) Coordinate the formula-tion, evaluation, approv-al of medium-term and annual socio-economic development plans and investment programs of National Government Agencies (NGAs) not be-longing to the other sec-toral committees; 4) Pro-pose policies, guidelines, systems and programs and projects designed for effective government management and ser-vices; 5) Create subcom-mittees and task forces as it may be necessary to carry out its objectives; and 6) Prepare and sub-mit annual accomplish-ment reports.

Caraga Reg’l Dev’t Council members to hold team building activityBUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) – The Caraga Regional Development Council (RDC) will be holding a team building activity for its members in November 2011 at the Almont Hotel’s Inland Resort in this city. The said activity was agreed upon during the RDC Execom Meeting on September 6, 2011 at Surigao City.

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BCPO receives another vehicle from LGU-ButuanBUTUAN CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) -- In an effort to build the logistical capacity of the local police on its campaign against all forms of criminalities, the local government issued another vehicle to Butuan City Police Office (BCPO).

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According to Na-tional Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Caraga Regional Director and RDC Vice-Chairperson Carmenci-ta Cochingco, the team building activity will fur-ther strengthen the ties and partnership among the RDC members from different government

agencies and partner stakeholders. Cochingco also bared that the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation In-corporated (R.A.F.I) from Cebu City has been identified to conduct the two and a half day team building exercise dubbed “Low Element.” With this, partici-

pants will be paying a fee of P4,500 to cover ex-penses such as program preparations, facilitators, safety coordinator, tech-nical crew, equipment, travel and accident in-surance, among other. Dir. Cochingco en-couraged all RDC mem-bers to attend ativity. (JPG)

Hon. Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr., City Mayor, Butuan City, recently visited BCPO to lead the simple turnover cere-mony of a slightly-used Toyota Pick-up type ve-hicle. “My regular visit to this office means that I have a friendly relation-ship with the local po-lice,” Amante said. He also said that

the diminution of Inter-nal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for FY 2012 “sim-ply means that Butuan City will be poorer by One Hundred Twenty Million Pesos (P120M) next year.” “Your rice allow-ance was due for in-crease recently,” the mayor paused, allowing a loud applause of his audience. “But because

of the effects of dimi-nution, we were forced to continue giving the same amount instead of an increase,” Amante said with an apologetic tone. The mayor, how-ever, pledged to give a cash bonus to the group of Police Chief Inspector Rowena A. Martinez for the successful arrest re-cently of Allan Lagang-

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BCPO receives.....from page 24ga, the number six Most Wanted Persons in Cara-ga. Amante also an-nounced the plan to buy an electric car for the use of Butuan City Police Office in the future. “Electric cars are very economic to use and maintain. Besides, it’s a one-time invest-ment. “If we can keep Butuan a low-crime-rate city, investors from neighboring cities which, today are suffering from high-crime incidents,

will transfer to us and our people will benefit from it,” Amante ended. Police Senior Su-perintendent Jose V. Car-illo, City Director, Butuan City Police Office, Butu-an City thanked the local government headed by Mayor Amante for sup-port to its projects such as the renovation of the Quality Service Lane, re-pair of the BCPO build-ing, and the support of the Discipline Zone Proj-ect. “Although the Disci-pline Zone still lacks the

necessary road signs for proper implementation, but the project is gain-ing headwind in terms of enforcement of ordi-nances and community support,” Carillo said. He said that proj-ects to be launched in the future include E-Blotter, creation of the BCPO mini-library, reno-vation of the bachelor’s quarter, and the ground-breaking ceremony of the future site of the Bu-tuan City Police Office’s headquarters in Doon-gan. (BCPO)

Tulong para sa mga magsasaka pinag-ibayo ng PAOAGUSAN DEL SUR, Oct. 7 (PIA) –- Pinagibayo ng pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Agrikultura (PAO) ang tulong sa mga magsasaka sa pamamagitan ng paglunsad ng tinatawag na organic farming, integrated pests management and small scale irrigation system.

by David M. Suyao

Mula sa 20 porsy-entong pondo ng devel-opment fund ng pama-halaang panlalawigan,

ang PAO ay naglunsad ng isang trichoderma laboratory na nagka-halaga ng P150,000.

Target ng PAO maka-paglabas ng 10,000 pakete ng trichoderma para sa taong ito.

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Ang trichoderma ay isang compost-ac-tivator fungi na gina-gamit para palusugin ang lupa at gawing mas mayabong ang palay.Ayon sa ulat na naitala nitong nagdaang Ago-sto 31, ang PAO ay nakapag ani ng tricho-derma na may dami katumbas ng 16,950 pakete; higit ito sa itinalaga na 6,950 pa-kete. Ang PAO ay naka-pamigay na ng 8,469 pakete sa mga magsa-saka para sa may 419 na sakahan, ayon pa sa ulat. Ang PAO ay na-kapaglunsad din ng vermin-culture, isang teknolohiya sa agriku-tura na nagpaparami ng mga uod na tu-mutulong para makak-agawa ng organic fer-tilizer. Ang pondo ay

galing din sa provincial development fund ng pamahalaang panlala-wigan na nagkahalaga ng P220,000 at na-dagdagan pa ng hala-gang P65,000 na gal-ing naman sa general fund. Noong katapusan ng Agosto, ang PAO ay nakagawa ng 313 sako at naibahagi sa 142 na magsasaka. Sa nakitang kahal-agahan at pakinabang ng organic farming, ang mga magsasaka ay nagsimulang ipatu-pad ang teknolohiyang pinapatupad ng PAO. Sa kasalukuyan, 27 na composting facilities na ang naisagawa sa buong lalawigan. Ang mga pasilidad na ito ay nakapagpamahagi na ng 981 sako ng ver-min-compost. Ang PAO ay nagl-unsad din ng progra-

mang integrated pest management (IPM) sa 18 na lugar sa taong ito. Ang unang grupo ng mga benepisaryo ay 529 na magsasaka mula sa mga bayan ng San Francisco, Prosperidad,Bunawan, Rosario at Esperanza. Para sa pangalawang grupo, ang PAO ay nagtalaga ng 21 lugar mula sa mga bayan ng Trento, Bunawan, Lungsod ng Bayugan, Loreto at Sibagat. Para mapalakas pa ang supply ng pa-tubig sa mga palayan, ang PAO ay nagmahagi ng sampung bomba ng patubig o tinatawag na shallow well na nagka-halaga ng P1 milyon. Isa pang milyong piso ang itinabi para sa multi-purpose drying pavement na ipapatu-pad sa taong ito.

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DSWD continues to cleanse its 4Ps list of beneficiariesby Alfonso T. Ruda

In Dipolog City, during the City Adviso-ry Committee Meeting, Social Welfare Officer I Mary Fil Amelyn M. Aying, said they have already removed more

than 1,000 members from its list 4Ps benefi-ciaries in Dipolog City after they have bee found to be not quali-fied to avail of the pro-gram.

Some of the rea-sons cited by Aying during the City Advi-sory Committee Met-ing were the error committed during the data gathering; failure

Dipolog City, Oct. 7( PIA)---The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s effort to cleanse its list of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries has been proven effective as it has successfully removed thousands of them have been removed from the list of 4Ps beneficiaries.


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of the beneficiaries to comply with the con-ditions set by the pro-gram and some of the children-beneficiaries were already above 14 years old, which is the age limit set for 4Ps. M e a n w h i l e , throughout Zamboan-ga del Norte, DSWD Project Development Officer II Alex Sabal said, its cleansing ef-fort has already re-sulted to the removal of more or less 8,000 4Ps beneficiaries in Zamboanga del Norte. “From the original list of more than 75,000 4Ps beneficiairies, it is now down to more or less 67,000,” Sabal said. However, Sabal has not yet disclosed the exact figure as they are still awaiting reports from other mu-nicipalities of the prov-

ince. Meanwhile, DSWD Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman, in her latest visit to the prov-ince, has reiterated her appeal to the media to help the government in its information dis-semination campaign on the program. Soliman cited the vital role of me-dia, particularly, the broadcast media in the government’s informa-tion and dissemina-tion campaign since its broadcast reaches the remotest areas where most of the beneficia-ries of the government anti- poverty allevia-tion program live. According to her, the people in the re-mote areas merely rely on radio as their source of information particu-larly on the govern-ment programs.

Under the pro-gram, every household is entitled to receive a P300.00 monthly cash assistance for their children aging below 14 years and another 500 for the family or a maximum of P1,400.00 per month. The assistance is primarily for the basic health and education needs of the family. However family ben-eficiaries have also to comply with the condi-tions set forth by the program. The children should spend 85% of their time attending to their classes; that they are regularly given medical check-up at the barangay health cen-ter; and that the moth-er regularly attend Re-sponsible parenthood session conducted for the purpose.


DTI bares policies, penalties under motorcycle healmet lawDIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) - - Motorcycle drivers and back riders are all required to wear the standard protective motorcycle helmets at all times while driving on all roads and highways.

This was disclosed by Consumer’s Welfare Division Chief Julius Salaveria of the pro-vincial office of the De-partment of Trade and Industry (DTI) here. Salaveria said that under Republic Act No. 10054, otherwise known as the “Motorcy-cle Helmet Act of 2009, the motorcycle driver and his/her back rider should wear the stan-dard protective motor-cycle helmet during long or short trips. “The standard helmet is one that complies with the

specifications issued by the DTI,” he stressed. Any person caught not wearing the stan-dard helmet will be fined P1,500 for the first offense, P3,000 for the second offense, P5,000 for the third offense, and P10,000 plus con-fiscation of driver’s li-cense for the fourth and succeeding offenses. On the other hand, those persons or estab-lishments found sell-ing substandard motor-cycle helmets or those without PS (Philippine Standard) mark or ICC

(Import Commodity Clearance) certificate shall be fined not less than P3,000 for the first offense and P5,000 for the second offense. Tampering, altera-tion, forgery and imita-tion of PS mark and/or ICC certificate in the helmets will be pun-ished with a fine of not less than P10,000 but not more than P20,00o, without prejudice to other penalties im-posed under RA 7394 or the “Consumer Act of the Philippines.”

by Franklin P. Gumapon


LGUs urged to support children’s month celebrationDIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 7 (PIA) - - Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has urged all the local chief executives (LCEs) across the country to support and spearhead the children’s month celebration in their respective jurisdictions this month.

In his recent mem-orandum to the gov-ernors, city/munici-pal mayors, barangay chairmen, Sangguni-ang Kabataan chair-persons, DILG regional directors and field offi-cers, Secretary Robre-do has enjoined them to undertake activities in support of the na-tional children’s month which is celebrated every October of each year pursuant to Proc-lamation No. 267 dated September 30, 1993. The government recognizes the Filipino children as the most valuable asset of the nation and their vital

role in nation-building. The theme for this year’s children’s month celebration is, “Local Council for the Protec-tion of Children (LCPC) Para Sa Bright Child: Pakilusin, Palakasin, Pagtulungan Natin.” During the month-long celebration, the LCEs are also expect-ed to deliver their an-nual State of the Chil-dren’s Report (SCR) stating, among others, the programs and proj-ects pursued by their respective local gov-ernment units (LGUs) for the furtherance of the children’s wel-fare and development.

Chi ld- fr iendly activities such as art contest, children’s fair, photo exhibit, film showing, camp-ing, medical missions and others are also en-couraged to be con-ducted by the LGUs. A report on all the activities undertaken during the children’s month by each LGU shall be submitted to the council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) through the Regional Sub-Com-mittee for the Welfare of Children (RSCWC) within a month after the said events. (JPA)


Rehab process of Jolo port startsISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 7 (PIA) – The Philippine Port Authority (PPA) officers and officials of its consulting firm Science and Vision recently met with Sulu Gov. Abdusakur M. Tan and provincial government officials to start the process of rehabilitating the port of Jolo.

Engr. Jameson Lee, Principal Engineer, PPA, PDO-SOMIN, said that the initial phase of the port rehab would be to have a feasibility study of the port to maximize the po-tential of the facility based on the socio-economic profile of the province. “Science and Vi-sion consulting firm will be conducting the study, the same firm that we commissioned to do the study for Davao and Zam-boanga Port,” Lee added. “The study will have a time frame of approxi-mately 6 months and will include tourism, interna-tional standards, Local Eco-nomic Development, port management and other concerns,” Engr. Malou Ma-matad, Head Consultant of Science and Vision said. Provincial Information Officer Sonny Abing III said that in the year 2000, under

Executive Order 8283, the port of Jolo was extended by 78 meters reinforced concrete pier, including RORO and lighting facilities with a cost of P54-million. This was in the time of then President Joseph Estrada and the 2nd term of Gov-ernor Abdusakur M. Tan. The rehabilitation was made thru the initiative of Gov. Abdusakur M. Tan and 1st District Representative Tupay Loong. Abing said they are partners in the de-velopment and united in the vision of making Sulu reach its full economic potential. “Gov. Tan’s constant follow-up of the project and his commitment to improve power generation in Sulu to accommodate the port was key in making this project possible,” Lee emphasized. “We will privatize power generation in the province of Sulu in 3 years’ time,” confirms Gov. Tan.

Tan added the port will serve as a gateway for economic development in the province. “To have an updated port facility es-pecially in this part of the country is of great impor-tance, a vital component of sustainable economic growth,” the governor said. Mamatad explains that the Feasibility Study has a budget cost of 4.3 million pesos. The costs, he said, will cover four (4) existing ports in Min-danao: Ulotanga in Zam-boanga del Sur, Tukuran in Pagadian city, Katipu-nan in Zamboanga del Norte and Jolo in Sulu. Based on their ex-periences in managing ports, PPA officers and consultants were im-pressed by the socio eco-nomic profile of the prov-ince. “Ports bring change and we see this change in Sulu,” Abing said. (JPA)


GSIS padayon pagpalapad sa serbisyo sa mga membroDIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 7(PIA)--- Ang Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) padayon karong nagpatuman ug mga kausaban aron mapalambo ang ilang serbisyo ug masakop ug makabenepisyo ang kapin sa 1.4 milyones nilang mga membro.

Kini gihimo sa GSIS pinaagi sa pag-palapad sa ilang part-nership uban sa Land Bank of the Philippines. Ilalom sa maong part-nership, gihatagan ug kah-igayonan sa GSIS ang ilang mga membro nga makuha ang abot sa ilang loan ug uban pang benepisyo pi-naagi sa Unified Multi-Purposed Indentification eCard nga giisyo sa Land Bank of the Philippines. Mahinumdoman nga niadtong Disyembre sa miaging tuig, gi-renew sa GSIS ang partnership uban sa LANDBANK aron mahatagan ug kahigayo-nan ang mga pensiyo-nado nga makuha ang ilang pensiyon ug uban pang benepisyo pinaa-gi sa LANDBANK ATM o pinaagi sa ilang eCard. Ang LANDBANK du-

nay 327 ka mga sangang bangko kapin sa 900 ka mga Automated Teller Machines sa tibuok nasod. Subling mahinum-doman, nga miani ug pagsaway gikan sa mga membro sa GSIS ang pag-balhin sa GSIS ngadto sa Union Bank isip bangko nga gamiton sa pagkuha sa bunga sa ilang loan ug uban pang benepsisyo, gumikan sa kagamay lang sa mga sangang-bangko niini, nga nagresulta sa pagpahamtang ug bank charges panahon sa pag-with-draw niini pinaagi sa ATM sa ubang mga bangko. Gamit ang UMID eCard nga giisyo sa LANDBANK, mahimo nang makuha sa membro sa GSIS ang bunga sa ilang loan ug uban pang be-nepisyo sa bisan sang ATM sa Bancnet, Expressnet, ug

Megalink sa tibuok nasod. Ang UMID eCard nga giisyo sa LANDBANK mahimo usab nga gamiton debit card sa kapin sa 200 ka mga accredited mer-chanmts sa tibuok nasod ug isip discount card sa mga corporate partner sa GSIS sama sa Pfizer ug STI. Ang nasangpit nga LANDBANK UMID ecard libre ug wala na mag-kinahanglan ug main-taining balance nga ki-nahanglanon ang mga membrong gustong mobalhin sa LANDBANK. Matod pa ni GSIS Chairman ug General Manager Roberto Vergara, kining maong kausaban mao ang tipik lamang sa padayong pagpatuman ug mga inisyatibo nga nagtu-mong nga mapalambo ang serbisyo ug mapaduol ang GSIS sa ilang mga membro.

by Alfonso T. Ruda


Camiguin, 2nd in the country to have NAMRIA-delineated/certified municipal watersBy Jorie C. Valcorza

CAMIGUIN, Mambajao, Oct. 7 (PIA) – Camiguin now ranks as the second province in the country to get certification for its municipal waters from the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA).


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With a total area of 144,038.01 hect-ares, the province had successfully defined its municipal waters giving the municipal local gov-ernment units (MLGUs) jurisdiction and respon-sibility in spatial terms, as well, as providing the executive and legisla-tive departments clear guidance in the gover-nance and management of the island’s coastal and marine resources. The certification of municipal wasters was a primary objective of the Camiguin Coastal Resource Management Project (CCRMP), a proj-ect the Department of Environment and Natu-ral Resources (DENR), with the support from the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZAP). “The delineation allows the municipal LGUs to generate rev-enues from the use of its fisheries and aquatic resources, enforce fish-eries and environmen-tal laws, and develop an equitable and viable system of allocating ‘access and use’ rights

to municipal fisheries and aquatic resources among its residents,” Amida Diwata M. Jasma, CCRMP Phase I Project Officer explained. The CCRMP assist-ed the LGUs in obtaining copies of the proposed municipal water maps prepared by NAMRIA and helped in validat-ing these by ground-trotting the municipal boundaries monuments (MBM), which served as the coastal terminal points for delineating the boundaries between municipal waters. Following the re-lease of the certification and the data on length of shoreline and area of municipal waters, all the towns in the prov-ince, likewise, enacted ordinances adopting the municipal water de-lineation as approved by NAMRIA. To date, the LGU of Mambajao with the as-sistance of the CCRMP and the Bureau of Fish-eries and Aquatic Re-sources (BFAR) has en-acted its own Municipal Water Fee Ordinance

and Comprehensive Fisheries and Coastal Resource Management (CRM) Code of 2010, which provides for the protection, preserva-tion, and the regula-tion of the local fishing industry, the municipal waters and the marine resources of Mambajao. Just recently, LGU Catarman has also en-acted the Catarman CRM Code of 2011, while Guinsiliban town is also formulating its own CRM code for leg-islation. Camiguin Provin-cial Environment and Natural Resources Offi-cer (PENRO), Gaudioso B. Malaton likewise not-ed that through CCRMP, the province has estab-lished Deputy Fish War-dens and formed the Municipal Coastal Law Enforcement Teams (MCLET) to strengthen its coastal law enforce-ment. These enforcers were all trained and provid-ed with enforcement paraphernalia, such as, pump boats, global po-sitioning system (GPS)


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units, communication equipment, raincoats and flashlights. “They conducted seaborne patrol opera-

tions and documented some 28 incidence of fishery law ordinance violations, last year, where they reprimand-

ed, charged fines or confiscated the fishing gears of the violators,” Malaton added. (PIA 10)

DSWD’s social protection gears toward statisticsBy Lorry V. Gabule

ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Oct. 7 (PIA) — Social protection is a set of policies and programs that reduce the risk for both poor, as well, as the non-poor from falling into poverty or further deeper into poverty. What makes so-cial protection different from poverty reduc-tion is that while pov-erty reduction aims to improve the quality of life of the poor through various means, social protection aims to pre-vent the poor’s living conditions from further deteriorating and pre-vent the non-poor from joining their ranks. These points were raised by Virginia Car-dona, Chief, Social Pen-sion for Senior Citizen Indigency Program Di-vision, Department of Social Welfare and De-velopment (DSWD), re-gion 10, during the flag raising/kick-off ceremo-ny of the National Sta-

tistics Month (NSM) of October at the City Hall Amphitheatre, here, last Oct. 4. Now, on its 22nd year of observance, the NSM anchors on the theme, “Quality Social Protection Statistics for Focused Targeting: Improving Outcomes, Changing Lives,” with DSWD taking the lead in this year’s activities. Cardona, who rep-resented Atty. Araceli F. Solamillo, Regional Di-rector of DSWD, region 10, said the latest of-ficial poverty statistics show that as of 2009, the Philippines is home to 23 million poor Filipi-nos, equivalent to more than a quarter of the

entire population. “Ten (10) million Filipinos are food-poor, meaning they don’t earn enough to buy their minimum food re-quirements. The situation be-comes worse when poor families experi-ence sudden economic shocks such as job loss, illnesses, and calami-ties. Because of this, the government has decided to step in and protect the poor from falling deeper into pov-erty. DSWD’s programs form the core of the government’s social protection and anti-poverty efforts. It

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helps the government by identifying the poor households that need assistance redistribut-ing income to the poor and the most vulner-able. “Our Department is mandated to protect poor households, but given limited resourc-es, we need to have a clear system for identi-fying the poor and de-termining where they are,” Cardona said. This is why the Na-tional Household Target-ing System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) was developed, dis-closed Cardona. This internation-ally accepted target-ing system enables the government to objec-tively identify the poor by minimizing politi-cal interference in the

identification process. It ensures that social protection pro-grams benefit those who really need the as-sistance, and by con-centrating government resources on the poor, government will have better impact at lower cost. The NHTS-PR uses observable and verifi-able characteristics of households as criteria for classifying house-holds as poor, which re-duces opportunities for favoring one group of beneficiaries over an-other. This can improve governance, transpar-ency, and credibility of programs, thus, DSWD uses NHTS-PR for pro-viding social protection programs targeting to those individuals and

families who need gov-ernment resources the most. This system will not only be for the con-sumption of DSWD, but can now be availed of by other agencies which have social protection programs. Since the govern-ment will be using a unified set of criteria for identifying the poor, it becomes much easier for government to bring together all of its pro-grams to a particular group of poor house-holds. Lastly, the data-base of the NHTS-PR will guide them to where and who the poor are in the region and thus en-able them to flow their resources to the right targets, Cardona add-ed. (PIA 10)

Haribon Brigade donates school chairs to Madrasah school anewBy Apipa Bagumbaran

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Oct. 7 (PIA) --- Another Madrasah school, here, has received 40 quality school chairs from the 103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade, Philippine Army.

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The donation to the Lanao Islamic Para-medical College Foun-dation Inc. (LIPCFI), held yesterday at the school lobby, was made through the 64th In-fantry (Knights) Bat-tallion, one of the op-erationally controlled units of the Haribon Brigade. Lt. Col. Dario C. Bucawit, Commander of 64IB, said the chairs was constructed by his soldiers utilizing the confiscated fletches of lumber yielded from il-legal logging. He said the dona-tion of school chairs was made to strengthen the relationship between the school and military citing that it is one way of showing how soldiers give back to the com-

munity the services they deserve.

It is also in line with the current Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) dubbed as “Baya-nihan” which is designed to win the peace in every corner of the country, he said. Meanwhile, one of the students has ex-pressed appreciation to the Philippine Army,

particularly, 64IB an-d103rd Bde for do-

nating such school chairs. “I am very hap-py that they have chosen our school, among other schools in Marawi City, to be the recipient of these school chairs,” ex-pressed Eden Cam-sa. On the other hand, Bucawit has assured the school adminis-

tration of their assis-tance in any way pos-sible emphasizing that the military presence in the city is not solely to pursue those individuals who have violated the people’s rights but also to render government services to the people. (PIA-10)

Entrepreneurship, food sufficiency activities highlight consumer month celebration in Bukidnonby Famelah Racquel D. Villanueva

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Oct. 7 (PIA) – In order to promote consumers’ welfare and broaden the scope of consumer education, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Bukidnon has lined-up several activities to mark this year’s celebration of the Consumer Welfare Month (CWM).

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DTI Provincial Di-rector Ermedio Abang said the department has embarked on major activities for the whole month, to highlight the event that kicked off with a one-hour ra-dio program that dis-cussed entrepreneur-ship, consumers’ basic rights and responsibili-ties, last Oct. 6. The advocacy aims to strengthen the gen-eral public’s awareness especially on honest packaging, advertis-ing, product guaran-tees, and improved safety standards. Vital issues dis-cussed, which was aired over radio sta-tion DXBU here, also included consumerism and safe affordable food. In partnership with the DTI, the De-partment of Agriculture (DA) leads this year’s CWM celebration with the theme “Sapat, Lig-tas at Abot-kayang Pagkain para sa Lahat

( Enough , safe and affordable food for all).” It aims to give fo-cus on DA’s continuing p r o g r a m on food self sufficiency and promote active participation among local govern-ment units, farmers, non-government orga-nizations, and private sectors for agricultural development. This, likewise, in-spires communities to take part with the DTI’s One-Town-One-Prod-uct (OTOP) program. Meanwhile, Abang said the month-long celebration will also be highlighted by the fol-lowing activities: Oct. 10-11, Con-sumer Education & Information at San Agustin Institute of Technology and Moun-tain View College, both

in Valencia City, Oct. 14, Provincial Quiz Bee at the Provincial Plan-ning and Development Office conference room and Oct. 18-19, Brief-ing on Product Stan-dards Law at Malayba-lay City People’s Hall and Valencia City. Oct. 20-21, Monitoring and En-forcement with ac-credited consumer or-ganization, Oct. 25, Briefing on Business Licensing & Price Act, in coordination with the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Ac-countants (PICPA), D’ Garden Party Venue, Malaybalay City. Oct. 27,

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Pagpalambo sa patigayon sa Iligan nakitang solusyon sa nakaung-ong nga pagkunhod sa IRA sa siyudad By Boy Decena

ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Oct 7. (PIA) --Gipaningkamutan karon sa pamuno-an ni Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz nga mapalig-on pa ang panagtambayayong sa kagamhanan ug sa sektor sa patigayon diha sa pagpalambo sa negosyo sa Dakbayan sa Iligan. Sumala ni Vice Mayor Henry Dy, kini mao ang usa sa mga estratihiya nga ipatu-man sa siyudad agi’g pagpangandam sa na-kaung-ong nga pag-kunhod sa internal revenue allotment kon IRA share sa sunod nga tuig tungod sa ubos nga koleksiyon sa na-sudnong kagamhanan niadtong tuig 2009 ug ang kamugnaan sa 16

ka mga bag-ong siyu-dad. Dugang niini, mipahayag si Ka-gawad Frederick Siao sa Sangguniang Pan-glungsod (SP) nga nagkahiusa gayud ang kagamhanang lokal, tulo ka mga chambers of commerce ug uban pang mga ahensiya ug organisasyon diha sa dugang pagpadasig sa negosyo sa atong dapit

pinaagi sa pagsau-log sa Iligan Business Month niining bulan sa Oktubre. Alayon niini, gi-lantaw usab sa siyu-dad ang pag-review sa investment promotion program sa siyudad ug dugang pagpasayon sa proseso sa paglukat og business permits pi-naagi sa Business One Stop Shop. (CIO/PIA 10)

Regional Quiz Bee at Cagayan de Oro City, Oct. 27-28, Entre-preneurship Training at Farmers Training Center, City Agricul-ture Office, Malay-balay City and BHW Building, Valencia City

and Oct. 28, Regional Bagwis Awarding cer-emony in Cagayan de Oro City. The CWM is ob-served each October by virtue of Presi-dential Proclamation 1098, which is initiated

by the National Con-sumer Affairs Coun-cil (NCAC) to improve the management, co-ordination and effec-tiveness of consumer programs of various government agencies. (DTI/PIA-10)

Entrepereurship....from page 38


Study cites faster business process in Davao Cityby Mai Gevera-Macapagat

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Davao City is the second quickest to allow the start of a business, and first in dealing with construction permits.


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This came out after a survey was conducted, Doing Business Survey 2011 which compared the regulatory environ-ment for business in 25 cities in the Philippines. The report focus-es on national and local regulations that affect 3 stages in the life of a small to medium-size domestic firm: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, and registering property.It is also in Davao City that new policies were creat-ed to satisfy the needs of most new SMEs. The city allows for the issuance of a temporary business permit which the busi-ness enterprise can use for one month while the permit is being processed. National Competi-

tiveness Commission Private Sector Direc-tor for Operations Ruy Y. Moreno reported that an investor applying for a business permit in Davao City would only go through 17 processes in 27 days, the most. This makes Davao City second to General Santos City as the fastest to deal with business applications. The survey sup-ports the call of President Benigno Aquino III for local government units to look for more ways to streamline processes to make business start-ups easier. “I hope the LGUs can also find ways to implement reforms that will be consistent with the ones we have already started.” this he said during his State

of the Nation Address. Streamlining busi-ness processing and li-censing turns out benefi-cial to local businessmen as this could save time and financial resources, allows for more contri-bution to local invest-ments, and facilitates access to financing. The LGU, on its part, also gets benefits out from it as its revenue generation improves, customer satisfaction is achieved, and good governance is practiced.One model city that showed a significant shift on revenues after re-forms were made in busi-ness processing is Iloilo City. Its revenue of 61.75 million in 2007 rose to a 41.3 percent high in 2008 reaching 95.75 million.

Study cites....from page 40

Davao City to focus on Business Permits and Licensing SystemDAVAO CITY September 7 (PIA) - The Davao City local gov-ernment targets to join the roster of LGUs that have com-pleted and are implementing a Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS).


In yesterday’s National Competitive Council Roadshow held at Grand Men Seng Ho-tel, City Planning Offi-cer Roberto P. Alabado III disclosed that the BPLS which is now a priority program of the present local adminis-tration is instrumen-tal in upgrading the services of the LGU. “This also gives us a benchmark as to how we are fairing with other cities.” he said.It is also here in Davao City that new policies were created to satisfy the needs of most new SMEs. The city allows for the issuance of a tem-porary business permit which the business en-terprise can use for one month while the per-mit is being processed. NCC private sector co-chairman Guillermo Luz lauded Davao City for joining the existing 221 LGUs who have been implementing BPLS. There are currently 119 LGUs which are in the process of fixing pro-cesses to finally imple-

ment a complete BPLS. This program is aimed to streamline business permits and licensing system in the country to the tar-get 480 LGUs by 2014. BPLS follows a standard that limits the processing time of LGUs to issue busi-ness permits and li-censes to a maximum of 10 days from the date of submission of the application form. This also required the LGU to have a uni-fied form each for new applications and renew-als as well as to have a limited number of steps in processing applica-tions and renewals. Luz bared that Phil-ippines dropped four notches from ranking 144th in 2010 to 148th this year through the Doing Business Survey conducted by the IFC. Singapore leads the survey since 2009 and tailed by other ASEAN countries like Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The survey shows that Philippines needs

to prioritize efforts in starting a business, dealing with construc-tion permits, and clos-ing a business. The NCC called the attention of concerned government agencies like the De-partment of Trade and Industry, Bureau of In-ternal Revenue, local government units, and the Department of In-terior and Local Gov-ernment to work on these priority areas. Aside from BPLS, the NCC also pushes for other priority proj-ects such as the Per-formance Governance System Balanced Scorecard, the Philip-pine Business Regis-try (PBR), the National Single Window (NSW), and the Transparen-cy in Budget Delivery. NCC is mandated to promote and de-velop competitiveness strategies and push for the implementation of an action agenda for competitiveness and link it to the Philip-pine Development Plan

Davao City....from page 41

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