LGU Ozamiz is Region 10 winner of Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award

OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Oct. 19 (PIA) -- Ozamiz City have been declared Regional Winner of the Search for “Gawad Pamana ng Lahi” City Category, conducted by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), region 10.

Mayor Nova Princess E. Parojinog-Echavez received the award during the Regional Governance Forum held at Grand Caprice, Lim Ket Kai Complex, Cagayan de Oro, last October 18.

The activity was also in celebration of the 21st anniversary of the implementation of the Local Government Code of 1991 with the theme:

“Awtonomiyang Lokal: Reporma sa Pag-unlad ng Ekonomiya ng Pamayanan at Pagsulong sa Kapakanan ng Taong Bayan (Loca Autonomy: Reforms for Economic Development and Progress of the Citizens).”

“The two (2) decades of local economy chronicles the travails, efforts and developments taking place in the local governments of every barangay pf the country, that led to the nation’s progress,“ Atty. Rene Bordeos, Regional Director of DILG-10, said.

He also said that through transparency governance or through dedicated service delivery of the government, there is no reason not to achieve the true meaning of local autonomy.

Meanwhile, Bordeos said they have seen these attributes in the local government of Ozamiz when it was cited with the Seal of Good Housekeeping, last year.

He said Ozamiz City, under the leadership of Mayor Echavez, has been part and parcel of the celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Local Government Code, through the implementation of nutrition programs, which earned the National Crown Award in Nutrition.

This award in nutrition has made the city achieve some kind of social transformation through a tedious process from its status of nutrition before, Bordeos said.

With Mayor Echavez during the forum was Lolit Navarez, nutrition program coordinator, who shared the experiences and best practices in the implementation of the City Nutrition Program that led to the the city’s winning of National Nutrition Awards. (Juvy L. Canumay/RCAguhob/PIA-Misamis Occidental)

Oroquieta issues SBTP guidelines to promote professional learning

OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The Schools Division of Oroquieta City (SDOC) has issued the guidelines on the conduct of School-Based Training Program (SBTP) to promote the Professional Learning Community (PLC) in every school.

Under Division Memorandum No. 74, s. 2012, guidelines have been issued for the SBTP implementation of every school head, Schools Division Superintendent (SDS) Agustines E. Cepe said.

Each school shall conduct a two-hour school In-Service Training once a month. This will be held on a Friday, preferably the last week of each month, from 3 to 5 p.m. and reflect the planned schedule in the Annual Improvement Plan (AIP) in coherence to School Improvement Plan (SIP).

Likewise, the school head and the assigned facilitator shall agree on a teacher need-based Inset content and do the following before conducting the Inset:

Prepare the session guide to include activities with corresponding time allotment and assigned teachers and the Feasible Training Design to include title, school and location, date, rationale, objectives, participants and budgetary requirements and funding source, the last two, of which may be optional.

Also to be prepared is the attendance sheet and a copy of the hand-out and lesson plan during the Inset, Cepe said.

As to content, however, the Inset facilitator may choose a teaching activity for a manipulation or hands-on experience of the participants or provide a lecture-demo of a certain strategy which is across the subjects and curriculum.

There shall be a return-demonstration to ensure internalization of what has been shared by the facilitator.

The school head shall include in their monitoring the application of what has been introduced during the School Inset.

All teachers in the school shall attend every Inset and in turn, the teacher-participants shall creatively apply the learning gained by fitting in to their respective subjects taught, Cepe added. (Leizyl C. Galorio/RCaguhob/PIA-Misamis Occidental)

374 candidates vie for 190 elective posts in Misamis Occidental

By Rutchie C. Aguhob

OROQUIETA CITY, Misamis Occidental, Oct. 22 (PIA) -- A total of 374 individuals have filed their certificates of candidacies (COC) for 190 elective posts in Misamis Occidental for the May 13, 2013 national and local elections.

One each of the 38 elective posts are for governor, vice-governor, congressman for District I, congressman for District 2, mayors and vice mayors of Misamis Occidental’s three (3) cities and mayors and vice-mayors for the provinces’ 14 towns.

 

About 40 elective posts are for five (5) members, each, of the Sangguniang Panglalawigan (SP) of the two (2) Congressional Districts, while 30 others are for 10 councilors each of the cities of Ozamiz, Oroquieta and Tangub.

Another 112 posts are for eight (8) councilors each of the towns of Aloran, Baliangao, Bonifacio, Calamba, Clarin, Concepcion, Don Victoriano, Jimenez, Lopez-Jaena, Panaon, Plaridel, Sapang-Dalaga, Sinacaban and Tudela.

Data at the Office of the Provincial Election Supervisor (PES), show that the most number of 132 candidates or 35 percent belong to the Liberal Party (LP), followed by the National Unity Party (NUP) with 82 or 22 percent, Independent, 68 or 18 percent, Nacionalista Party (NP), 46 or 12 percent, and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), another 46 or 12 percent.

Meanwhile, the PES data also show that two (2) candidates each have filed their COC’s for the following posts: governor, vice-governor, congressman, first district and congressman second district; mayor and vice-mayor of Aloran, Baliangao, Clarin, Lopez-Jaena, Sinacaban, Ozamiz City and Tangub City, mayor of Plaridel and vice mayor of Bonifacio and Jimenez.

Likewise, three (3) candidates, each, have filed their COC’s for mayor of Bonifacio, Calamba and Don Victoriano Chiongbian and for vice-mayor of Jimenez and Plaridel.

Running un-opposed are one (1) candidate each for mayor and vice-mayor of Concepcion, Panaon, Sapang Dalaga, Tudela and Oroquieta City and vice-mayor of Calamba.

Running for members of the 8-post Sangguniang-Bayan (SB) are the following number of candidates: Sapang Dalaga, 8, Panaon, 9, Concepcion, 13, Tudela, 14, Bonifacio,16, Calamba, 16, Aloran, 17, Sinacaban, 17, Baliangao, 18, Don Victoriano Chiongbian, 19, Plaridel, 19, Lopez-Jaena, 20, and Jimenez, 25.

Also running for members of the 10-post Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) are the following number of candidates: Oroquieta City, 12, Ozamis City, 22 and Tangub City, 23. (RCAguhob/PIA-Misamis Occidental)

Environmental group pushes for Cagayan de Oro watershed rehab plan

By Jorie C. Valcorza

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Oct 22 (PIA) -- Coalition of local environmental groups and socio-political organizations “Sulog” has urged funding institutions, private companies, and all other agencies and sectors to help rehabilitate the Cagayan de Oro Watershed.

Raoul Geollegue, former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-10) regional executive director and now a member of Sulog, sounded the call in the dialogue held at the DENR office in Region 10, where he presented the Cagayan de Oro River Basin Integrated Rehabilitation Framework Plan.

As it would take 25 years to establish a multi-storeyed forest plantation, the plan calls for the installation of trap canals and cultivation of slope lands in priority watershed areas to prevent risk of flooding, he said.

Batang and Bubonawan watersheds were listed as priority areas after the conduct of the erosion hazard and vulnerability assessment in the Cagayan de Oro River Basin sub-watersheds.

Such recommendation was also validated by the images produced through Google Earth, showing vast expanse of blighted land.

Although some portions of the watersheds are partly cultivated, there is a complete disregard of soil and water conservation system, Geollegue said.

He said proper use of cultivation methods such as contour farming can help protect excessive surface run off and prevent flood.

The CDO River Basin Integrated Rehabilitation Framework Plan entails growing of species with economic potential along the hedgerows, such as tiger grass for broom making, bamboo and lemon grass.

Targeting to cover 18,500 hectares of grasslands and cultivated areas, the project will take around P227 million to put up the requirement to implement the plan.

This time, the project relies solely in the multi-sectoral collective efforts of companies, non-government and civic organizations and agencies to integrate their plans and mainstream the collective endeavor of solving the problem, Geollegue said.

The DENR-10 prepared the framework plan, with technical assistance from Enterprise Works Worldwide Philippines Inc. (EWWP) under the auspices of Bukidnon Watershed River Basin Forum Follow Through Committee and the Cagayan de Oro River Basin Management Council. (JCV/PIA10)