By Regine Neri
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 7 (PIA) -- The Rodeo Team of Xavier University (XU) -Ateneo de Cagayan, this city, brought home the overall championship in the student category of the Rodeo National Finals held in Masbate City, recently.
The XU- Rodeo has consistently won top awards in the Rodeo Masbateño granting them two “3-peat” championships with the equivalent of two (2) grand slam titles.
This year’s XU Rodeo Women’s Team consisted of Julie Ann Abas, Karen Luzette Gayla, Vanezza Frietse Mondero, Marianne Mae Remedio and Sheila Mae Untay.
They placed first in Cattle Lassoing, Wrestling, Tie-down (on foot) and the Load Carry Relay events, and placed second in 4-women Carambola, Whipcracking and Team Casting events.
Relatedly, the Men’s Team composed of Karl Abunda, Efren Alipato, Robert Arnel Casiño, Carl Richard Copino, Francis Duyongan, Evan Diosdado Neri and Albert Matthias Saavedra won first place in Cattle Bare-back Riding and Team Casting events.
Likewise, they won second place in 2-person Carambola, Steer Wrestling from horse-back, Tie-down and Cattle Lassoing, Wrestling, and Tie-down (on foot).
Students Carl Richard Copino and Julie Ann Abas of XU were also crowned Rodeo King and Queen respectively.
The XU-Rodeo won a total of P73,000 and received four (4) trophies. The team’s victory wouldn’t have been likely without the help of their moderator Hernando Pacana and manager Ana Celina Soriano. (XU/PIA-10)
The Search for Good ARMM Leadership is on
By: Apipa Bagumbaran
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, May 7 (PIA) --- The “Search for Good ARMM (Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao) Leadership” is on.
This was the theme of the consultation/ meeting organized by the Islamic Movement on Electoral Reform for Good Government (IMERGG) and the Muslim Multi-Sectoral Movement for Peace and Development (MMMPD) in collaboration with the Reform ARMM Now (RAN)!
Held at Indarapatra Hall, Barangay Banggolo, this city, recently, the activity was intended to gather and discuss the criteria for good leadership, as well, as the characteristics of a good leader to be appointed or to be elected in the coming August 8, 2011 ARMM elections.
Stakeholders from various organizations and sectors in the province who have called for reforms in the management of ARMM shared their different perspectives on how to enhance good leadership for the entire autonomous region.
Datu Abdullah ‘Lacs’ Dalidig, IMERGG Chairperson and MMMPD, said graft and corruption has always been the problem in the region thus the need for the search of good leader in the ARMM.
He said a good leader is to whom people can entrust the peace and development in autonomous region showing to the national government Bangsamoro’s capability to govern their own land.
For his part, Datu Salic Ibrahim also gave the history of RAN coalition, which is also pushing for the postponement of the ARMM polls to give way for the institution of reforms that will benefit majority of the people in the region. (PIA-10)
Cebuano News: DSWD mopakunhod sa gidaghanon sa street children sa dili pa matapos ang Disyembre ning tuiga (DSWD to reduce number of street children by December 2011)
by Ogie Salvador/Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 7 (PIA) – Si Secretary Corazon Juliano Soliman sa Departament of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) miingon nga sila adunay gi implementar nga mga programa aron makunhoran pagdali ang gidaghanon sa mga kabataan nga naglibud-libud sa kadalanan sa Metro Manila, sa dili pa matapos ang Disyembre, ning tuiga.
Atol sa Communication News and Exchange (CNEX) Forum nga gipahigayon sa Philippine Information Agency (PIA), didto sa kaulohan, kagahapong adlawa, si Soliman miingon nga aduna na silay napulo (10) ka mga lugar sa siyudad sa Quezon, Pasay, Manila ug Caloocan diin kining klase sa mga kabataan nagdaghan.
Kini nga mga kabataan sagad makit-an nga mangayo/magpalimos ug kwarta o kaha mamaligya ug mga bulak nga sampaguita nga tinuhog, trabaho nga naghatag ka peligro kanila, ingon man sa mga motorista.
Si Soliman miingon nga ang DSWD kanunay nga nagahinog mga “rescue operation” aron makuha gikan niining mga lugar kining mga street children dayon sila ihatud sa mga rehabilitation centers o kaha i-uli didto sa ilang mga ginikanan.
Alang usab niadtong mga street families, ang DSWD naga tanyag sa “Balik Probinsiya” program, diin sila hatagan sa libre nga pamasahe balik sa ilang tagsa-tagsa nga mga probinsiya
Aron dili na sila ma-enganyo nga mobalik sa siyudad, si Soliman miingon nga ang DSWD mohatag kanila ug yuta mga may sukod usa ka libo metro kwadrado (1,000 sq. m.), lakip ang kompletong kagamitan sa pag pang-uma o kaha pag pangisda alang sa ilang pangabuhian.
Si Soliman usab mipadayag sa plano nga himoong sampaguita flower plantation ang usa (1) ka ektaryang luna dinha sa Quezon City Parks and Wildlife diin ang mga vendors mahimong mopalit sa mga bulak sa barato nga presyo.
Kini, pagahimoon lamang ubos sa kondisyon nga dili nila tugotan ang ilang mga anak sa pag baligya sa maong mga bulak diha sa kadalanan nga agianan sa daghang tawo ug mga sakyanan.
Sa miaging mga katuigan, pipila ka mga street children ang namatay o nasamdan diha sa mga nag-unang highways sa Metro Manila. (PIA-10)
Cebuano News: Aquino mihatag ug P4.23B nga subsidiya sa bugas ngato sa mag-uuma ug mananagat (Aquino announces P4.23-B rice subsidy for farmers and fisher folk)
By: Ma. Regine Pines
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 7 (PIA) - Si President Benigno Aquino mihatag ug rice subsidy balor ug P 4.23-B alang sa mag-uuma ug mananagat aron madugangan ang ilang pangita labi na sa panahon nga nihit ang ting-ani.
Ang Presidento mipahibalo niini atol sa kasaulogan sa Labor Day, kaniadtong Mayo uno (1) atubangan sa nagkalaing- laing labor groups didto sa Malacanyang.
Ang Pangulo nag ingon nga ang subsidiya uban sa mga panigkamot sa administrayon aron matubag ang pagtaas sa mga presyo sa gasolina ug pagkaon ingon man ang pag hatag ug maayong trabaho sa mga Pilipino.
Ang subsidiya, matud pa, mahulog nga bugti sa kahago sa mga mag-uuma ug mananagat sa pagtikad ug pag andam sa yuta para sa sunod nga planting season. (PIA-10)
Cebuano News: Empleyado sa gobyerno sayo nga makadawat sa mid-year bonus ug umento sa sweldo (Gov't employees to receive mid-year bonus, salary increase earlier)
By: Ma. Regine M. Pines
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 7, (PIA) – Ang kapin uno punto kwarto ka milyon (1.4M) nga trabahante sa gobyerno sayo nga makadawat sa ilang mid-year bonus, ingon man umento sa binulan nga sweldo.
Kini giproclama sa Presidente didto sa Malakanyang atol sa pagsa-ulog sa ika 109 nga labor day, kaniadtong Mayo 1.
Ang trabahanti sa gobyerno kasagaran makadawat sa ilang mid-year bonus sa Mayo 15 o ug ang dyes porsyento(10%) nga omento sa sweldo matag Hulyo, basi sa ikatulo nga hugna sa Salary Standardization Law.
“Sa mga kauban ko sa buhat, parehas kita malipayon ug gusto na nga makadawat sa atong mid- year bonus, sugod karon hangtod Mayo 15, ang ikatulo usab nga hugna sa salary standardization ato nang ipagawas sa Hunyo,” matud ni Aquino.
Ang Presidente nag ingon nga siya nasayod unsa ka importante nga mapasayo ang pag-hatag sa umento tungod kay sa Hunya moabre na unya ang mga tulunghaan.
“Dili na kinahanglang nga idugay-dugay pa nato kung kaya na ihatag ug sayo,” siya midugang pag-ingon. (PIA-10)
Cebuano News: Malaybalay PESO padayon sa pagtabang sa mga gusto magtrabaho gawas sa nasud (Malaybalay PESO continues to help those who would like to go abroad)
By: Joni Ester P. Parrado
MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, May 7 (PIA) - Ang local nga kagamhanan sa Malaybalay, pinaagi sa buhatan sa Public Employment Service Office (PESO) padayon nga nagtugot sa mga lisensyadong recruitment agencies aron makatabang niadtong gustong mo trabaho gawas sa nasud.
Ang Michaelangelo Manpower Exponent Inc., gapahigayon sa pag pang recruit alang niadtong gusto mamahimong Domestic Helper (DH) sa nasud sa Malaysia ug Hongkong.
Ang maong aktibidad didto gipahigayon sa City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), sulod sa City Hall compound, sugod sa alas otso sa buntag hangtud alas singko sa hapon.
Kini nga pagpangrecruit gitugutan sa Malaybalay Local Government Unit aron mahatagan sa kahigayunan kadtong gusto motrabaho sa gawas sa nasud apan nagduha-duha sa pag apply tungod sa ilang kahadlok nga mailad ug mabiktima sa illegal recruiters.
Busa gi anunsyo sa Malaybalay City nga kadtong mga interesado mo-apply, makigkita lang sa mga hingtungdan nga naa sa Malaybalay City Planning and Development Office. (CIO/PIA-10)
Region 10 expects “Pantawid Pasada” fuel cards by third week of May
By: Florence A. Ramos
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 6 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will schedule the distribution of the “Pantawid Pasada” fuel cards in Region 10 on the third week of May, this year.
The DILG has already started to distribute the cards last Monday, May 2, in Metro Manila and will continue to distribute the same throughout the succeeding months until all beneficiaries of the program have already been reached.
Guidelines for the “Pantawid Pasada” program which are contained in a memorandum issued by DILG Secretary Jessie Robredo were released last week.
Under the guidelines, the local chief executives (LCE) will present the list of preparation and certification of tricycle franchisees, addresses and number of operating tricycles to the DILG regional office and be a reference document of the DILG for the computation of the subsidy.
The LCE’s, with the DILG officials, are asked to conduct a local government-wide information drive to make the distribution of financial subsidy to be organized, and ensure that only those in the certified list will credit the subsidy.
Robredo advised DILG regional directors to disseminate the information to the local government units so that they can provide the necessary administrative advice and support to ensure a successful implementation of the Public Transport Assistance Program (PTAP).
The Pantawid Pasada is a program that aims to subsidize a portion of fuel consumption to jeepney and tricycle drivers and help them from the impact of constantly increasing fuel prices in the country.
“We hope that through this PTAP, we will somehow help tricycle owners in bearing the brunt of the oil price increases,” said Robredo. (PIA-10)
PDEA files court charges against drug pusher suspect in Iligan City
By: Juliet Caga-anan
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 6 (PIA) – A case for violation of Republic Act No. 9165 otherwise known as the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002” is now being prepared for appropriate charges in court against Claudio Gomez Derecho, also known as Jefferson.
This, after operatives led by Lt. Col. Edwin F. Layese (Ret.) of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), conducted a buy-bust operation at a known “shabu tiangge (shabu market)” in Iligan City, at 11:00 a.m., yesterday, May 5.
The operation was aimed to intensify the anti drug operation in Region 10 as mandated in RA 9165, Layese said.
Male, married, 60 years old, jobless, residing at Purok 4, Saray, Iligan City, Gomez, the suspected pusher was among the Target-Listed Drug Personality of Lanao Del Norte.
He was arrested after selling one (1) piece small size heat-sealed plastic transparent sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be “shabu” to a PDEA agent.
Recovered from his possession and control was one (1) piece medium size heat-sealed plastic transparent sachet containing white crystalline substance believe to be shabu.
The suspect is now temporarily detained at PDEA Regional Office 10 for booking and documentation while drug evidences were brought, for proper examination, to the Iligan City Crime Laboratory of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Camp Tomas Cabili, Tipanoy Iligan City. (PDEA/PIA-10)
Maigo, Lanao Norte now a PhilHealth collecting agent
By: Jean Mary G. Ronquillo
MAIGO, Lanao del Norte, May 6 (PIA) – The local government unit of Maigo (LGU), Lanao del Norte, is now accredited as a collecting agent of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (Philhealth).
This was made after a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) was entered into and signed between the LGU and Philhealth, last May 4, at the Maigo municipal session hall.
Represented by Maigo Mayor Rafael Rizalda and Christine Mae Garcia-Magno, Chief, Provincial PhilHealth Service Office, Iligan City/Lanao del Norte, the agreement will give the LGU authority to collect the PhilHealth premium payments of its members.
Magno said Maigo was chosen because aside from the fact that it has no accredited bank for PhilHealth, the municipality has a strategic location which could cater to PhilHealth members not just in the municipality but also from members coming from various barangays and municipalities of the province.
“We are happy that the mayor accepted the challenge of being a PhilHealth collecting agent, with additional work load and responsibility, but it is rather more of a measure and a manifestation that indeed the Mayor has the willingness to give the best interest of the people,” Magno said.
She added that by authorizing the LGU as collecting agent, they can reach out to their members on a daily basis, which they were unable to do in the past.
For his part, Rizalda said this project will greatly help the people in finding accessibly to the Philhealth payment and will add revenue income to the municipality of about 1.5% quarterly share of the total collection.
“It can, likewise, be a form of publicity to the municipality,” added Rizalda.
However, Magno said, the municipality of Maigo is accredited not just for being the first municipality in the province to become a collecting partner of Philhealth, but also for the record of being the first universally covered municipality with private Philhealth sponsorship in 2004 and the first municipality to attain PhilHealth. (PIA 10)
XU studes start social enterprises
By: Regine Neri
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, May 6 (PIA) – At least four (4) Xavier University (XU) student enterprises were awarded additional capitalization not just for their financial, technical, marketing, and management soundness, but for their social impact.
The additional capital provided by XU, through its Student Entrepreneurship Program (SEP) will be used by the students in helping the housewives of Tagoloan town, this province, to make eco-friendly back packs.
It will also give the rebel returnee coconut farmers of Balingasag town to produce coco sugar, the abaca weavers of Lagonglong to make hand bags out of recycled paper, and two urban garden communities in the city to make vermicast as organic fertilizer.
These SEP’s were identified during a Social Entrepreneurship Seminar-Workshop graced by Smart Communications’ Community Building Manager for Public Affairs and Board Member of the multi-awarded social enterprise Rags2Riches Memey Mendoza.
Using the “MAGIK SANGKAP” tools of social entrepreneur, Mendoza helped the student-entrepreneurs improve their social enterprises to follow in the footsteps of pioneers like Rag2Riches, Hapinoy and GK Nacar.
To deepen the students’ concepts of social entrepreneurship, further linkages with Smart for ICT, Gawad Kalinga and businesses of Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Alumni are being studied. A tour of some of the country’s booming social enterprises is also being arranged.
It is hoped that XU, through these initiatives to engage students in social enterprises, will have a significant impact to communities. (XU/PIA-10)
Tagalog News: 103rd IB commander nagbabala laban sa mga abusadong kawal
By: Bobby Ilupa
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, May 6 (PIA) - Ipinangako ni Colonel Daniel Lucero, Commander ng 103rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, Philippine Army, na ipatatanggal niya sa serbisyo ang sinuman sa kanyang mga tauhan na abusado.
Ipinahayag ito ni Lucero sa kanyang pakikipagpulong sa lokal na mga mamamahayag na ginanap sa Kampo Ranao dito noong nakaraang linggo.
Ayon sa kanya, nais niyang maging maayos at mabuti ang kanilang pakikitungo sa mga tao sa lalawigan ng Lanao del Sur.
Ang estratihiyang ito ay bahagi ng pagbabagong ipinatutupad ng Hukbong Sandatahan ng Pilipinas sa ilalim ng Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) “Bayanihan”.
Ang IPSP ay ipinaliwanag din ni Lucero sa nasabing mga mamamahayag.
Sinabi rin niya na noong nakaraang buwan ay nagpatulong siya sa mga propesor ng Mindanao State University upang turuan ang kanyang mga officers at mga kawal hinggil sa mga kaugalian o kultura ng mga Maranaw.
Ito ay upang maintindihan at igalang din ng mga sundalo ang kulturang hindi tulad ng sa kanila, paliwanag pa ni Lucero.
Maliban sa lokal na mga mamamahayag, binabalak din ni Lucero na makipagpulong sa mga traditional leaders ng lalawigan upang ipaliwanag din sa kanila ang mga hakbang na kanyang ipatutupad, lalung-lalo na ang tungkol sa IPSP, upang makamit ang kaayusan at kapayapaan sa buong lalawigan, kasama na ang lungsod ng Marawi.
Naniniwala siya na malaki ang maitutulong ng media at ng mga traditional leaders sa pagkamit ng kapayapaan at kaunlaran ng rehiyon. (DXSO/PIA-10)
Cebuano News: Aquino mimando sa wage boards sa pagpadali sa pagtuki sa salary increase (Expedite studies on salary increases of workers, Aquino orders regional wage boards)
By: Ma. Regine M. Pines
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental May 2 (PIA)-- Si President Benigno S. Aquino III nagmando sa regional tripartite wages and productivity board (RTWPB) sa pagpadali sa ilang pag-tuon bahin sa pag umento sa sweldo sa mga trabahanti.
Kini aron sila matabangan taliwala sa walay hunong nga pagtaas sa presyo sa gasolina ug pagkaon.
Sa pag hatag ug mando sa RTWPB, ang Presidente miingon nga ang pagpadali sa paglihok sa salary increase makatabang aron mahatagan ang labor sector ug malinawong panghuna-huna aron sila maka focus o makatutok ug mayo sa ilang trabaho.
“Pwedi man siguro nga paspasan sa taga RTWPB ang pag atiman niini nga isyu, para makatutok ang mga trabahanti sa ilang tagsa-tagsa nga trabaho, ug aron makaginhawa sila ug daku,” sulti sa Presidente.
Ang Pangulo miingon nga nasabtan usab niya ang panaghap sa mga negosyante, ilabi na ang tag-iya sa gagmay nga mga kompanya.
Siya mipasalig nga adunay proseso niini ug ang ilang petisyon nakasalang na usab sa wage board. (PIA 10)
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