The City Government of Cagayan de Oro yesterday entered into a multi-party agreement with the Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Asian Business Cooperative Academy (ABCA) and the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) for the implementation of a training program that aims to enhance the capabilities of the city’s newly elected and appointed barangay officials.
City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano, MUST president Ricardo E. Rotoras, DILG-X regional director Loreto T. Bhagwani, CDA regional director Orlando R. Ravanera, ABCA administrator Soc Anthony M. Del Rosario, MUST-IPAG project manager Montano F. Salvador and Liga ng mga Barangay President Dometilo C. Acenas Jr. formalized the signing of the agreement during Monday’s flagraising ceremony at City Hall.
Under the training program, a Diploma in Local Governance will be awarded to barangay officials who successfully completed the four (4) modules of the Executive Course on Local Governance and complied with all the requirements.
“This (training program) is a welcome development as we try to equip our barangay officials with the necessary skills and abilities to better serve our people,” Mayor Emano said in his message.
Participants who opted not to complete all the modules shall be awarded a Certificate of Completion of the Module actually completed which will earn credit recognizable by the Civil Service Commission.
Each module costs P4,500 per participant or a total of P18,000. At least 50% of the total cost or P9,000 per participant shall be paid in advance before the start of the training.
Barangay officials attending the training course shall be authorized by the local chief executive, whose registration fee is chargeable to any available local funds allowed by law.
MUST will basically handle the design and conduct of the training course suitable to the participants, while ABCA provides the administrative and financial management support and the CDA in nurturing the participant’s knowledge as cooperative advocates. (City Information Office)
Lanao Norte contingent gears up for Sinulog 2011
Tubod Lanao del Norte – It’s all systems go as Lanao del Norte dubbed as “The Land of Beauty and Bounty” joins again the biggest cultural competition in the Philippines – Cebu’s Sinulog Festival.
In last year’s Sinulog, the Lanao del Norte contingent won two major awards in the Street Dancing competition as 2ndRunner-up and as 3rd Runner-up in the Grand Showdown of the Festival.
Lota Correos, the 2009 Ms. Lanao del Norte also won as 3rd Runner-up in the Search for Sinulog Festival Queen.
“This year, we are proud to showcase the Langkaan Festival of Maigo.
Our participation is the fulfillment of our promise to last year’s winning group in the Municipal Festival Contest,” Governor Khalid Dimaporo said.
With back to back wins in the Free Interpretation category, Lanao del Norte is acclaimed by many Sinulog groups as a new powerhouse in the competition and a consistent crowd favorite in both the street dancing and grand showdown contests.
“We hope that this year we will finally bring home the top prize but just joining this world-renowned competition is already a big privilege and an honor for us,” Provincial Tourism Head Minda Regis expressed.
“The Land of Beauty and Bounty” contingent is composed of 64 male performers, 32 female performers, 35 instrumentalists, 74 props men and 4 members of the main cast.
With an estimated 8 million spectators, tourists and people joining this year’s Sinulog Festival, Lanao del Norte also hopes to make its own history in the grandest and most colorful festival of the country. (VNL/PIO-LDN)
Marawi CHO reviews health programs to reduce maternal, neonatal deaths
Marawi City - The City Health Office (CHO) here conducted a workshop and reviewed the status of different maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition (MNCHN) programs in the city in order to plan out strategies to strengthen interventions that will improve such programs in line with the country’s commitment to the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Dr. Faisal Idris, city health officer, said the MNCHN is an approach adopted by the health department to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths and improve the health status of mothers and children in the country.
He said group discussions on crucial issues and concerns that affect the implementation of the MNCHN program as well as recommendations to improve it were undertaken during the three-day workshop.
Issues and concerns discussed were more related on human resource capacity such as lack of training, availability of logistics as well as family planning commodity during the implementation, and inadequacy of health facilities, Idris further said.
According to him, the integration of basic health services especially during outreach activities is among the strategies recommended by the participants.
Another recommendation, he said, is the involvement of the private sector and religious leaders in the effective implementation of various health programs.
Their support is of paramount importance especially the religious leaders in terms of advocating the family planning program considering the unique culture here, he underscored.
He added that the support and commitment of the local government units especially at the barangay level was also identified as an approach to strengthen the maternal and child healthcare in the city.
The same workshop on scaling-up MNCHN interventions was also conducted in the five provinces of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
ARMM is among the regions which contribute to the high percentage of maternal and neonatal deaths in the country and dragging its performance in terms of achieving the MDGs of reducing child mortality, improving maternal health and combating infectious as well as re-emerging diseases. (Apipa P. Bagumbaran/PIA Marawi)
Tagalog News: Fire station ng Marawi isang fire hazard building
Marawi City - Karaniwang mahigpit na binabantayan ng Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) ang mga gusali o anumang bagay na fire hazard upang maiwasan ang sakunang sunog.
Nguni’t sa pagkakataong ito, ang BFP ang siyang nababahala sa kalagayang nito.
Inamin ni Acting City Marshal Senior Fire Officer 1 Aminola Udasan na ang kanilang tanggapan at fire station mismo ay nasa isang fire hazard na gusali.
Sa pakikipanayam ng Radyo ng Bayan, sinabi ni Udasan na balak nilang ipaayos ang nasabing gusali nguni’t hindi ito magawa dahil ito ay pagmamay-ari ng Department of Tourism.
Napag-alaman ng Radyo ng Bayan na may kung ilang dekada na ring ginagamit ng BFP-Marawi ang nasabing gusali na nobenta porsiyentong gawa sa kahoy.
Kaugnay nito sinabi ni Udasan na sila ay humihingi ng tulong sa pamahalaang lokal ng Marawi at sa pamunuan ng Bureau of Fire Protection na sana mailipat ang nasabing fire station at maipagpatayo ito ng bago at konkretong gusali upang hindi ito makapaminsala sa tao at mga ari-arian.
Maliban sa gusali, sinabi ni Udasan na sila ay nangangailangan din ng kahit isang makabagong fire truck na may mataas na hagdanan dahil may mga matataas na ring gusali sa lungsod ng Marawi.
Sa kasalukuyan ay mayroon lamang tatlong lumang fire trucks ang fire station ng Marawi, ayon kay Udasan.
Nangangailangan din sila karagdagang bumbero, fire fighting gears tulad ng fire boots, coats, helmets at iba pang mga kagamitan upang mas epektibo nilang matutugunan ang anumang emergencies, dagdag pa ni Udasan.
Iniulat din niya na lumipas na rin ang ilang dekada at hanggang ngayon ay hindi pa rin naipagagawa ang lahat ng fire hydrants sa lungsod.
Kaugnay nito, balak daw niyang kausapin ang pamunuan ng Marawi City Water District upang mabigyang solusyon ang kawalan ng fire hydrants.
Samantala, umaapela si Udasan sa lahat na maging maingat sa anumang ginagawa na maaaring pagmulan ng sunog. (Bobby Ilupa/DXSO Radyo ng Bayan Marawi)
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