By Jorie C. Valcorza
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental – Xavier University, Xavier Center for Culture and Arts (XCCA) and the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) holds, today, the “Kalinga ng Sining” - an art therapy and art for transformation activity for typhoon Sendong survivors.
Hobart P. Savior, Director of XCCA said the project gives creative intervention and therapy to the survivors, especially the youth.
The “Kalinga ng Sining” project will showcase various performances to include the Philippine Madrigal Singers and a string quartet from Manila, expecting the participation of some 1000 children and teen agers.
“In this program we have also aligned activities such as ritual ceremony, art workshops, children’s showcase as well as feeding,” Savior added.
The event takes place in Rodelsa Circle and Xavier Ecoville in Lumbia until tomorrow, March 7. (PIA 10)
Provincial employees commemorate Women’s Month
TUBOD, Lanao Del Norte – In celebration of women’s month, the provincial government of Lanao del Norte led by its Social Welfare and Development Office and Population Office held a short program as the opening salvo for the month-long activities promoting women’s rights, dignity and triumphs in various fields.
The program was held of the Provincial Capitol building just after the flag raising ceremony on March 5, 2012. A raffle draw was one of the anticipated highlights of the program.
“We must all learn to appreciate the contributions made by our women sector. Women especially mothers have an even harder job than those of us running local government units”, Governor Khalid Dimaporo stressed.
It can be recalled that the Month of March is known as the Fire Prevention Month. Currently though, it is also tagged as the Women’s Month whereby people, regardless of gender, is being acquainted with women’s health, rights, and gender development awareness.
According to the Philippine Gender and Development in the Philippines, in consideration of the recent disasters and calamities experienced by the country and the impact of climate change observed and experienced globally, the theme for the 2012 National Women’s Month Celebration is “Women Weathering Climate Change: Governance and Accountability, Everyone’s Responsibility”.
The Women’s Month 2012 accordingly aims to: First, raise awareness of national government agencies, local government units, civil society organizations and communities on disaster risk reduction (DRR) and gender and climate change issues (e.g., disaster preparedness and roles of government agencies, women’s participation, etc.) Second, Generate commitment of local government units (LGUs) for the preparation and implementation of their gender-responsive DRR and climate change adaptation plans; and third: Encourage women’s participation in government programs geared towards disaster preparedness and building resilient communities using government’s budget.
Also sharing her thoughts on the celebration is Board Member Grecille Matalines, Sanggunian Panlalawigan chairman on social services and gender and development (GAD).
Other activities lined-up for the month-long celebration are tree planting, mobile clinic for women, disaster preparedness training, women rescue Olympics and provincial women’s congress. (SMB/PIO-LDN)
PNP-10 chief orders police officers to protect the welfare and decency of women
By PSupt. Ronnie Francis M. Cariaga
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – PCSupt. Jufel C. Adriatico, Regional Director, Police Regional Office (PRO) in Northern Mindanao ordered police officers in the region to conduct relentless operations against bar establishments that operate with young women and men performing indecent shows in front of their customers.
Republic Act 9203, or the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, classifies indecent shows as pornography, whereby maintaining or hiring a person to engage in such kind of humiliation is punishable under this Act.
PCSupt. Adriatico made this directive on March 2, which coincided with the kick-off ceremony in celebration for the International Women’s Month 2012. He vows to promote his gender-sensitive and gender-responsive advocacy of protecting the right, security and dignity of women.
Provincial directors, city directors, and chiefs of police stations and units were ordered to coordinate closely with the local officials and agencies whenever operations relative to this matter are conducted. (PRO-10)
BIR intensifies tax campaign in Mis. Occ.
By: Pat Nano
OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental – The Revenue District Office 100 (RDO-100) of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), here, has intensified its campaign to pay the annual income taxes for 2011.
Such campaign aims to remind the tax payers in the province to pay their obligation for the year 2011, during the first quarter of the year, which also coincide with the renewal of business registrations, Atty. Maria M. Alfonso, Revenue District Officer said.
Alfonso hopes RDO-100 will be able to achieve this year’s tax goal with the full cooperation and support of the tax payers.
The campaign started with a motorcade around the main thoroughfare of the city, recently, after which, a ceremonial signing of the pledge of support by the tax payers took place.
Meanwhile, Alfonso has reminded the tax payers to ask for official receipts (OR) everytime they buy goods or services from the store or establishment where they bought them.
Not asking for the OR’s from these establishments is to their favor but a loss to the government as the OR’s provide information if they really pay the correct taxes or not, Alfonso said.
Often times, consumers do not ask for the OR’s of these transactions because they are in a hurry or they really don’t know the importance of the OR’s. But is not yet too late to make the habit of asking for OR’s.
In fact, it should be made a habit by every tax payer to help he government in its tax collection efforts as taxes are the source of funds for development projects for the general welfare of the people, Alfonso added. (PIO/PIA-Mis. Occ.)
Mis. Occ. River Basin Management Committee forms 5 units for the protection of Mt. Malindang
By: Pat Nano
OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental – At least five (units) for the environment protection of Mt. Malindang has been formed by the Misamis Occidental River Basin Management Council (MORBMC), here.
The move was initiated by Governor Herminia M. Ramiro, considering the significance of Mt. Malindang in whose feet the whole province of Misamis Occidental is seated.
During the Strategic Planning attended by the members of the MORBMC, the following units were formed to monitor the implementation of its programs and activities:
Enforcement and Protection Unit with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as the lead agency, with the assistance of the Philippine National Police (PNP), Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and Provincial Governor-ENRO.
Education and Advocacy Unit with the Misamis University Community Extension Program (MUCEP) as Chairperson, assisted by the Tingog Misamisnon Channel of the Misamis Occidental Provincial Information Bureau.
Research and Monitoring Unit with DENR as the lead agency assisted by the GITIB Inc.
Finance and Logistics Unit, headed by the Provincial Governor’s Office with the assistance of the Chairperson of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Committee on Environment Protection.
Development and Conservation Unit, headed by PG-ENRO assisted by the Provincial Tourism Office.
Leading the conduct of the Strategic Plannig Workshop was Rosendo Requina, aProvincial Social Welfare and Development Officer (PSWDO) of Misamis Occidental, who also headed the Committee Action Plan.
Among those who attended the activity were: Dennis Leopoldo of PG-ENRO, Grace Villanueva of MUCEP, Rolando Neri of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Ozamiz City.
Engr. Nelson Vega of PGO, P/Supt. Herbert Olavidez and P/Supt. Cayetano Albarico CAYETANO of the Mis. Occ. Provincial Police Office (PPO), and Eden Pito, Protected Area Superintendent of Mt. Malindang.
Nilo Tabudlong of GITIB Inc., Federico Delarama of National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP), Jason Abiabi of the Municipal Planning Development Office (MPDO) of Clarin, Teresa Digamo of DENR-Environment Management Bureau (EMB), Eden Cambangay of CENRO Ozamiz and Sotera Adecir, MPD Coordinator of Tudela. (PIO/PIA-Mis. Occ.)
Cebuano News: Kampanya alang sa pagbayad sa buhis gilusad sa BIR sa Mis. Occ.
By: Pat Nano
OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental – Gihingusgan karon sa BIR kun Bureau of Internal Revenue ang kampanya aron madasig ang mga Misamisnon sa pagbayad sa tinui-ig nga buhis alang sa milabay nga tuig 2011.
Ang maong kampanya gihimo sa BIR agig pahinumdum sa katawhan sa probinsiya sa pagtuman sa ilang tinu-ig nga obligasyon matag unang kwarter sa tuig nga maoy panahon usab sa pag bag-o kun pag renew sa tanang mga Business Certificate.
Matud pa ni Atty. Maria M. Alfonso, hepe sa RD-100 kun Revenue District 100 sa Misamis Occidental nga naka base ning siyudad nga malaumon ang BIR makuha nila ang gitinguhang target goal nga niining tuiga.
Kini gumikan sa kooperasyon sa mga negosyante nga siento-porsientong mihatag sa ilang atensyon sa maong kaakuhan.
Alayon niini, usa ka motorkada ang gipahigayon ning siyudad nga gipangulohan sa RD-100 sa BIR, bag-ohay pa lamang, diin gipahigayon ang pagpirma sa Pledge of Support sa mitambong nga mga Tax Payers, kansang cooperasyon gipasalamatan pag-ayo ni Atty. Alfonso.
Samtang hugtanon usab nga nag-awhag karon ang RD-100 ngadto sa mga kaigsuonan nga sa higayon nga mopalit sa bisan unsa nga butang o himan sa usa ka tindahan, kinahanglan gayud nga mangayo og resibo sa establisimento nga ang ilang gipalitan.
Gipasabot ni Atty. Alfonso nga ang pagpangayo og resibo mahinungdanon kaayo gumikan kay dinhi makita kung ang usa ka tindahan o establisamento nakatuman ba sa balaod pagbayad sa egsakto nga buluhisan nga iya sa gobyerno ug maoy ang tinubdan sa koleksyon sa buhis.
Pabor alang sa mga establisimento ang dili pag-isyu og resibo ngadto sa mga customer gumikan kay dili usab sila obligado nga mohatag sa gikinahanglang kantidad ngadto sa kagamhanan, apan kawad-on kini sa panudlanan sa kagamhanan, si Atty. Alfonso miingon.
Nasabtan sa BIR nganong dunay mga panahon nga dili hatagan og bili sa mga kaigsuonan ang pagpangayo og resibo labina kun’ magdali o kaha wala gayu’y ideya kun’ unsa kabililhon ang pagpangayo og resibo gikan sa ilang mga suki.
Apan dili pa ulahi ang tanan. Batasanon lamang gayud ug himoong gawi ang pagpangayo og resibo matag adunay paliton aron katabangan ang gobyerno nga makapangayog buhis nga maoy tinubdan sa pundo alang sa mga proyekto sa kinabag-an, dugang ni Alfonso. (PIO/PIA-Mis. Occ.)
Cebuano News: Mis. Occ. River Basin MC mihimog 5 ka pundok alang sa pagpanalipud sa Mt. Malindang
Ni: Pat Nano
OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental – Nagtagbo ang mga sakop sa Misamis Occidental River Basin Management Committee (MORBMC), bag-ohay pa lamang,
sa tuyo nga mapakusog pa ang mga programa ug proyekto niini alang sa pagpanalipud sa kinaiyahan sa Bukid sa Malindang.
Ang maong kalihokan nahimo gumikan sa pagpanguna ni Governor Herminia Ramiro tungod sa kamaihungdananon sa maong bukid tungod kay iyang gisabak ang tibuok probinsiya sa Misamis Occidental.
Sa gipahigayon nga Strategic Planning Workshop, atol sa maong panagtagbo, namugna ang lima (5) ka mga pundok kun units nga maoy magmonitor ug mag-implementar sa mga programa, kalihukan ug mga proyekto sa MORBMC.
Ang Lima (5) ka mga units mao ang Enforcement/Protection, Education and Advocacy, Reseach and Monitoring, Finance and Logistics ug ang Development and Conservation.
Ang Enforcement/Protection Unit pangulohan sa DENR kun Department of Environment and Natural Resources, isip lead agency, inabagan sa PNP kun Philippine National Police ug mga opisina sa Provincial ENRO ug Provincial Governor-ENRO.
Ang Education and Advocacy Unit pangulohan sa Misamis University Community Extention Program (MUCEP) isip Chairman, uban sa pag-abag sa Tingog Misamisnon Channel sa Provincial Information Bureau sa Misamis Occidental.
Ang Research and Monitoring Unit pangulohan sa DENR ug sa GITIB Incorporated.
Ang Finance and Logistics Unit pangulohan usab sa Provincial Governor’s Office uban sa pag-abag sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Committee on Environment/Protection Chairperson.
Ang Development and Conservation Unit pangulohan sa Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office (PG-ENRO) inabagan sa Provincial Tourism Office.
Ang nasangpit nga Strategic Planning Workshop gipangulohan ni Rosendo Requina, ang Provincial Social Welfare and Development Officer (PSWDO) sa Misamis Occidental, kinsa mao usab nangulo sa Committee Action Plan uban kanila ni Dennis Leopoldo sa PG-ENRO, Grace Villanueva sa MUCEP ug ni Rolando Neri sa DILG kun Department of Interior and Local Government sa siyudad sa Ozamiz.
Lakip nga mitambong sa maong consultative meeting, mao sila ni: Engr. Nelson Vega sa Provincial Governor’s Office, P/Supt. Herbert Olavidez ug P/Supt. Cayetano Albarico sa Mis. Occ. Provincial Police Office (PPO), ug Eden Pito ang Protected Area Superintendent Sa Mt. Malindang.
Nilo Tabudlong sa GITIB Incorporated, Federico Delarama sa NCIP kun National Commission on Indigenous People, Jason Abiabi sa MPDO kun Municipal Planning Development Office sa lungsod sa Clarin, Teresa Digamo sa DENR-Environment Management Bureau (EMB), Eden Cambangay sa CENRO Ozamiz ug si Sotera Adecir, ang Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator (MPDC) sa lungsod sa Tudela. (PIO/PIA-Mis. Occ.)
Cebuano News: Mis. Occ. Aquamarine Park doblehon sa 2012 ang kita nga Pph6.53M sa imaging tuig
Ni: Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob
SINACABAN, Misamis Occidental – Hayag ang panlantaw sa MOAP kun Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park, ning lungsod, nga mokita kini karong tuiga ug doble sa iyang nakita nga unom punto singkwenta e tres milyones ka pesos (Php6.53M) sa imaging tuig.
Mao kini ang pangapas ni Manolito V. Yap, ang Project Manager sa MOAP, kinsa miingon nga ang mga bookings alang sa ilang mga function rooms, dormitory ug restaurant nagsugod na sayo karong tuiga ikomparar sa imaging tuig, kanus-a ayha pa nadaghan human mahimo ang mga renovation sa mga pasilidad niini.
Ang MOAP nagalangkub sa mga talan-awon nga mga hatchery sa mga isda nga lapu-lapu, ulang, bangus ug hito, ingon man nahimo kining agi-anan paingon ngadto sa Dolpphin Island, nga maoy nagsilbi nga rehabilitation center sa mga bottle-nosed dolphin nga nasamdan tungod sa tinguha sa mga masipad-on nga mga mangingisda nga gustong mopasipala kanila.
Gipanag-iyahan sa Mis. Occ. Provincial Government, ang Misamis Occidental Aquamarine Park maoy usa ka proyekto nga nagtumong sa pagpadaghan sa produksyon gikan sa kadagatan, pagpanalipud sa kinaiyahan ug economic-tourism aron kahatagan ug kahigayonan ang mga Misamisnon nga molambo ug mo-uswag ang ilang panginabuhi.
Ang maong proyekto gisugdan kaniadtong panahon ni Gobernador Leo Loreto S. Ocampos, kinsa mao na ang Congressman sa ikaduhang distrito sa probinsiya ug ni Kanhi Congresswoman Herminia M. Ramiro, kinsa mao karon ang Gobernador sa Mis. Occ.
Gipaluyohan kini pinaagi sa suporta pinansiyal ni Sen. Francis Pangilinan ug kanhi Senador Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. ug Richard Gordon, nga mao ang Sekretaryo sa DOT kun Department of Tourism niadtong pagbukas niini.
Samtang si Project Manager Yap, sa iyang taho ngadto kang Gobernador Ramiro, miingon nga mikabat ngadto sa upat ka gatus, singkwenta e sayes ka libo, usa ka gatus, saysenta pesos ug sayes sentabos (Php456,160.06) ang kita sa mga dormitory ug function rooms gikan sa Enero ngadto sa Disyembre, sa imaging tuig.
Usab ang kita sa entrance fees mikabat ngadto sa tulo ka gatus ug isa ka libo, usa ka gatus ug saysenta e singko pesos (Php301,165) sa tibuok tuig 2011.
Ang pinakadakong kita nahitala sa bulan sa Nobyembre, kanus-a daghan ang nagsaulog sa pre-Christmas nga panagtigum, ug mikabat kini sa tulo ka gatus ug otsenta e uno ka libo, duha ka gatus ug kwarenta e otso pesos (Php381,248).
Gisundan kini sa bulan sa Hunyo nga adunay kita nga tulo ka gatus ug traynta e kwatro ka libo, duha ka gatus, nuybenta e singko pesos ug traynta e uno sentabos (Php334,295.31) ug sa bulan sa Mayo nga adunay kita nga duha ka gatus, setenta e kwatro ka libo, tulo ka gatus nuybenta e dos ka pesos ug setenta sentabos (Php274,392.70).
Ang kita sa ubang mga bulan nahitala sa mosunod: Hulyo, duha ka gatus kwarenta e tres ka libo, walo ka gatos ug nuybenta e nuybe ka pesos (Php243,899), Oktobre, duha ka gatus, kwarenta ka libo, pito ka gatus, otsenta e uno pesos ug diyes sentabos (Php240,781.10).
Septembre, duha ka gatus ug otso ka libo, siyam ka gatus, sitenta e sayes ka pesos (Php208,976), Disyembre, usa ka gatus, otsenta ka libo, unom ka gatus ug kinse ka pesos (Php180,615) ug Marso ngadto sa Abril, usa ka gatus kwarenta e dos ka libo, walo ka gatus, saysenta pesos ug otsenta e siyete sentabos (Php142,860.87).
Agusto, usa ka gatus, trayenta e singko ka libo, pito ka gatus, traynta pesos ug kwarenta e nuybe sentabos (Php135,730.49), Pebrero, kwarenta e sayes ka libo, duha ka gatus, nuybenta e otso pesos ug kinse sentabos (Php46,298.15) ug Enero, baynte siyete ka libo ug nuybenta pesos (Php27,090). (PIA-10 Mis. Occ.)
Cebuano News: Health ug Education Committee sa Ozamiz nangayog pundo nga Php1.0M alang sa multi-drug resistant TB patients
Ni: Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob
OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental – Sa kabalaka nga daghan ang matakdan sa mga pasyente nga adunay sakit nga TB kun tuberculosis nga gitawag og multi-drug resistant (MDR), ang Health and Education Committee, ning siyudad, nangayog pundo balor ug usa ka milyon ka pesos (Php1.0M) alang kanila.
Ang maong kantidad maoy gastuhon aron katabangan ang singkwenta (50) ka mga pasyente nga MDR kinsa nahitala sa City Health Office, matud pa ni July Luansing-Go, Chairperson sa maong komitiba sa Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP).
Kini nga mga MDR patients nagkinahanglan sa malongtaron nga pagtambal pinaagi sa usa ka special nga serbisyo medical nga gaihatag sa German Doctors Hospital nga nahimutang sa siyudad sa Cagayan de Oro, matud ni SP Kagawad Go.
Ginamitan sa pundo gikan sa Global Fund, ang maong serbisyo sa German Doctors nagagahin sa duha ka libo, saysentos pesos (Php2,600) matag bulan kada pasyente nga may MDR apan gikinahanglan nga didto sila sa paga tambalan sa Cagayan de Oro.
Si Go miingon nga ang pundo nga gipangayo sa iyang Komitiba maoy gamiton aron kahatagan sa counterpart nga usa ka libo ka pesos (Php1,000) kada MDR patient gikan sa siyudad sa Ozamiz matag bulan ug sa magamit nga sakyanan alang sa paghatud kanila ngadto sa Cagayan de Oro nga modagan pa sa mga unom-ngadto sa walo ka oras (6-8 hrs.) nga biyahe gikan sa Ozamiz.
Samtang si Dr. Daniel T. Medina, ang City Health Officer sa Ozamiz, miingon nga ang TB maoy usa ka air-borne nga sakit nga makuha gikan sa hangin ug mahimong motakboy kang bisan kinsa nga matakdan niini.
Sa laing bahin, ang City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), sa ilang pagbisita sa kabalayan ug pagpahigayon sa pakigkukabildo sa mga pamilya sa mg aMDR-TB patients miingon mga dise otso (18) kanila ang naka adto na sa German Doctors Hospital, apan wala makatuman sa reglamento ug paagi sa pagpanambal nga gipatuman sa maong hospital.
Gihimo nilang hinungdan nga wala sila maka sustener sa ilang kahimtang didto sa Cagayan de Oro tungod sa kakulang sa ilang suporta pinansiyal ug nga walay ilang ibuhi sa pamilya samtang atua sila sa halayo.
Matud pa ni Ludie Salud A. Raras, ang CSWD Officer, nakita usab nila nga ang 32 ka MDR patients nagkinahanglan gayud nga magpatambal aron dili sila makatakod.
Busa, ang Komitiba sa Health and Education sa siyudad, pinaagi sa rekomendasyon sa CSWD, ngangayo sa pundo alang niini nga mga MDRTB patients nga adto paga kuhaon sa Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund sa siyuda, si Kagawad Go midugan pag-ingon. (PIA-10 Mis. Occ.)
U.S. grants $500,000 worth of medical equipment to assist Filipino veterans
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- The U.S. Embassy and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are pleased to announce that the U.S. Veterans Affairs Administration has approved a $500,000 grant in the form of VA-purchased medical equipment for the Philippines Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
“The Philippine Veterans Affairs Office has identified equipment to establish an Eye Center as their top priority this year, and this grant will cover roughly 70% of their equipment needs,” said Jon Skelly, Director of the U.S. Veterans Affairs Office in Manila. This grant-in-aid is one of a series of medical equipment donations that the U.S. Government has provided to the Filipino veteran community and their families since 2003.
“We are so pleased to help out Filipino veterans of all ages as well as their families with this donation,” said Ambassador Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
Ambassador Thomas said this is a great program in which the U.S. Government partners with the Veterans Memorial Medical Center in Manila to provide assistance to Filipino veterans. It is one more way in which we honor the bravery and heroism of all Filipino veterans who have put their country ahead of themselves and fought to preserve freedom.”
Since 2003, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) Manila has provided $6.5 million in equipment grants to the Philippines’ only Veterans hospital, the Veterans Memorial Medical Center.
The U.S. Government works in partnership with the leadership of the Veterans Memorial Medical Center to determine what equipment is most beneficial and will best meet the needs of the veterans and their families. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs oversees the purchase, installation, and maintenance of all equipment donated through the program.
For more information about the services and benefits offered by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Manila Regional Office and Outpatient Clinic, visit the US Embassy website at http://manila.usembassy.gov or dial (632) 528-2500 within Metro Manila or from outside Manila toll-free at 1-800-1888-5252, or contact the offices via e-mail at https://iris.va.gov. (U.S. Embassy)
PDEA arrests five suspected drug pushers in CdO
By Juliet Caga-anan
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- To intensify the Supply Reduction Campaign of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the enforcers in Northern Mindanao, conducted a buy-bust operation at Zone 2, Vamenta Boulevard, Carmen, this city, March 6.
The operation, led by IO2 Vincent Cecil Orcales of the Misamis Oriental Provincial Special Enforcement Team (Mis.Or. PSET), caused the arrest of suspected drug pushers in Cagayan de Oro at about 4:30 p.m.
Director Roberto S. Opeña, PDEA-10, identified the suspected pushers as Delbert Dabatian y Yañez aka Dave, male, 37 years old, married, electrician and a resident of the aforesaid place and his brother Noli Dabatian y Yañez aka Kokoy, 36 years old, married, jobless and residing at Jasmine Ext., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City.
Bought from the suspects by a poseur buyer who is also a PDEA agent was one (1) piece heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu. Also recovered from their possession and control were two (2) pieces heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets believed to be shabu. Both suspects were also caught-in-the act of sniffing shabu inside their residence where the transaction took place.
Further, while the rest of the team are in standby inside the vehicle waiting for the transaction to take place, they arrested Rolando Villacorta aka Lando, 33 years old, married, construction worker and a resident of Zone 4, Tambo, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City and Celso Fuerzas y Monteros, 45 years old, married, jobless and residing at Villamar, Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City.
Said suspects were arrested after they were caught-in-the-act selling suspected shabu just beside the parked issued vehicle of this office. Confiscated from their possession and control were two (2) pieces heat-sealed transparent plastic sachets containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu.
About 5:05 p.m. of the same day, another follow-up buy-bust operation took place which resulted to the apprehension of a certain PO1 Aliakbar Dimaampao y Sundad, 31 years old, married, an active Police Officer assigned at Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO)-Police Station 6 and a resident of Barra, Opol, Misamis Oriental.
Bought from the Police Officer was one (1) piece heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet containing suspected shabu. Also recovered from his possession and control were one (1) piece heat-sealed transparent sachet containing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu and other cash items amounting to P460.00.
Suspects are now temporarily detained at PDEA-10 regional office Detention Cell for booking and documentation while recovered drug evidences were brought to Philippine National Police (PNP) Crime Laboratory for quantitative and qualitative examination. Cases for Violation of Republic Act 9165 are being prepared and readied for filing appropriate charges in court. (PDEA-10)
DOLE-10 steps-up anti-child labor drive
By Apipa P. Bagumbaran
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Director Johnson G. Cañete disclosed in a media interactive forum held on Monday at the DOLE-10 Regional Office that they recently launched the “Child Labor-Free Bukidnon” campaign as part of its child labor prevention and elimination drive.
He said the campaign was piloted in Barangay Butong in the town of Quezon as a survey conducted by the Xavier University revealed that child labor is rampant in the area due to the presence of sugar plantations.
A groundbreaking ceremony of a four-classroom building donated by Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines was held during the launching.
These classrooms will be answered by another four classrooms from the BUSCO Sugar Milling Co. Inc., and the Sugar Industry Foundation Inc. (SIFI), he added.
Cañete emphasized that putting such structures and providing other interventions towards developing a child will help in the prevention and elimination of child labor. He also reiterated that DOLE-10 is continuously monitoring the other provinces for child labor and strengthening its anti-child labor drive to realize a child labor-free Northern Mindanao.
Drive vs. illegal logging gains ground in Marawi City
By Apipa P. Bagumbaran
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur- The drive to curb illegal logging here is gaining ground as the elements of the 65th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army confiscated anew assorted sizes of lumbers and saw machine on Saturday afternoon.
The confiscation of some 400 board feet of good lumbers, one unit of saw machine with TD-140 diesel engine and complete accessories, and one metal axle blade was the result of the raid conducted by the 65IB’s Scout Platoon led by 2Lt. Dennis Parale on March 3 in Barangay Cabasaran, said Lt. Col. Seigred Espina, 65IB commanding officer.
According to him, the logging machine was used for cutting illegal lumbers into different fletches from a sawmill in the said barangay.
He further said the confiscated items were brought to the 65IB Supply Office for safekeeping and proper disposition.
Espina also warned illegal loggers that the 65IB is actively conducting operations to fight illegal logging in its area of operation.
The battalion is likewise relentlessly coordinating with local government units, non-government organizations, and other stakeholders for the continuous conduct of tree planting activities to bring back the virginity of the forest, he said.
On a related development, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is gearing up its preparations for the Regional Environmental Summit to be held this month here.
Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Cosain Abbas said efforts on the drive against illegal logging and unauthorized cutting of forest products will be tackled during the summit. (EOR/APB-PIA 10)
DOLE promotes voluntary compliance with labor laws
By Apipa P. Bagumbaran
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- In addition to the regular inspection and technical advisory visits, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is also promoting voluntary compliance as a complementary approach in protecting the labor sector.
DOLE-10 Regional Director Johnson G. Cañete said that establishments that voluntarily comply with the general labor standards, occupational safety and health standards, and other existing labor mechanisms will be given a seal of excellence through the incentivizing compliance program (ICP).
The ICP gives due recognition and incentives to a company’s initiative to voluntarily comply with labor laws or by assisting a non-compliant company through training and technical assistance to enable it to comply with the requirements set by law.
“We have lasted 78 years of policing establishments and looking into their violations but we found out that in spite of all those efforts we are not totally successful, hence, volunteering on their part to comply with the standards set by the government is a developmental approach in ensuring compliance with labor laws,” he further said. (PIA-10)
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