Wednesday, February 5, 2014

DepEd Malaybalay now accepts new teacher applicants
By: Ruby Leonora R. Balistoy

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Feb. 3 (PIA)—The Department of Education (DepEd), Division of Malaybalay is now accepting applicants for teaching jobs for the school year 2014-2015.

In an interview, Schools Division Superintendent of Malaybalay Edilberto L. Oplenaria said they will be accepting qualified applicants for kindergarten, elementary and secondary school teachers starting Wednesday, February 5.

He said interested applicants shall submit to the nearest elementary or secondary school head the following documents: CSC Form 212 (Revised 2005) in two copies with recent 2x2 ID picture; Certified photocopy of PRC certificate of registration/license; Certified photocopy of ratings obtained in the Licensure Examination for Teachers/Professional Board Examination for Teachers; Certified copies of transcript of records for baccalaureate course; Copies of service record, performance rating and school clearance for those with teaching experience; Certificates of specialized training, if any; Certified copy of the Voter’s ID; NBI Clearance; and Omnibus certification of authenticity and veracity of all documents submitted.

“If any of these documents are not submitted, the School Selection Committee (SSC) may refuse acceptance of the application,” Oplenaria said.

He explained that submission of applications will end on February 14. Hence, all documents submitted shall be duly authenticated by the Administrative Officer. Applicants for BNHS and its annexes shall be authenticated by Administrative Officer Asuncion Belderol, while other applicants shall be authenticated by Administrative Officer Jutchel L. Nayra.

Meanwhile, he said that applicants who are Kindergarten Volunteer Teachers should submit a duly certified copy of their contract of service, while those who are Alternative Learning System (ALS) instructional managers/facilitators should submit a certified photocopy of the contract of service signed by the LGU and a certification of the services rendered signed by the public schools district supervisor.

Oplenaria also said those Teacher I applicants for clustered secondary schools who applied last November 12, 2013 for special recruitment on major subjects in Values Education, TLE, MAPEH and Filipino are advised to submit documents for this school year’s recruitment since such special recruitment will only be utilized for vacancies from January to March 2014.

All qualified applicants are advised to attend the “Teacher Applicants Orientation” at Linabo Central School Auditorium, 9:00 a.m., February 4, 2014.

For more information and details, interested applicants may visit DepEd, Division of Malaybalay at Don Carlos-Guingona Streets, Malaybalay City. (RLRB/PIA 10, Bukidnon)


ARMM joins the World Hijab Day celebration

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Feb. 3 (PIA) --- Government workers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) including officials gathered Saturday morning, February 1, at the region’s seat to join people from across the globe in celebrating the World Hijab Day.  

The women, regardless their religious affiliation, wore hijab in show of support to Muslim women who, by choice, don the hijab or any other prescribed dress for them.

Now on its second year, the World Hijab Day is observed in more than 50 countries worldwide to help end discrimination against Muslim women who wear hijab. It was espoused by Nazma Khan, a Bangladeshi-American woman who thought of encouraging women from all over, especially the non-Muslims, to wear hijab for a day to foster religious understanding and tolerance.

The ARMM government organized a fun run and a seminar to highlight the celebration. All women participants were encouraged to wear hijab.

Delsa Culango, a non-Muslim employee, said she supports Muslim women who wear the hijab particularly those who do it by choice.

“We should respect, and not discriminate, people for what they believe,” she said.

Sitti Djalia Hataman, Anak-Mindanao Partylist representative, is one of the advocates of the World Hijab Day in the country.

Hataman, herself a hijabi, said she knows by experience what it’s like to be discriminated for wearing hijab and for being a Muslim.  

At a seminar on hijab and discrimination arranged by the ARMM’s Department of Tourism, Hataman brought the audience to tears as she narrated some of her personal experience and told them “marami mang diskriminasyon ang dumating, magsusuot ako ng hijab at hindi ko ikakahiyang Muslim ako.” (Bureau of Public Information-ARMM/PIA-10)


LPCC Iligan steps up monitoring of groceries, hardware products

ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 3 (PIA) – The Local Price Coordinating Council (LPCC) of Iligan in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) steps up its supervision of groceries and hardware products through a random price and supply monitoring of commodities at the city’s main stores and markets.

This, anent to Sangguniang Panglungsod Resolution No. 14-043, declaring Iligan City under  state of calamity due to the effects of the low pressure area (LPA) brought by Tropical Storm “Agaton” on January 13, this year.

The LPCC price and supply monitoring activity aims to ensure consumers’ welfare and lessen reasonable increases of prices and regulate the supply of basic commodities in public markets and groceries, as well as construction materials.

Led by DTI staff, two teams were deployed to check on prices on basic and prime commodities under Senior Trade and Industry Development Specialist (STIDS) Elvira G. Redublado, while the other team under Mark Jhon Montepalcon looked into prices of construction materials such as cement, steel bars, GI sheets and plywood.  

The monitoring was made following the bad weather condition which consisted of Low Pressure Area (LPA) that brought heavy rains for days in the province. It eventually damaged the bridge connecting the two towns in Lanao del Norte particularly Larapan Bridge in Barangay Napo, Linamon. The damage hampered the transportation and delivery of goods from Lanao del Norte and Zambonga areas, which are Iligan’s major sources of rice and fish.

According to Redublado, there is no notable increase in the prices of basic commodities in the city.

Further, each team also reported that most of the grocery and hardware stores have no price tag labels.

Redublado said price tag label is necessary because it gives the consumer the right to choose and get the best price of each product.

Chaired by the city’s local chief executive and DTI as the secretariat, the LPCC is composed of different offices from the City Mayor, the Permits and Licenses, City Agriculture, National Food Authority, PNP-Iligan City Police Office, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Agricultural Extension, City Information and Iligan Web, Philippine Information Agency, and other government line agencies. (Iligan Web/LVG/PIA-LDN/DTI-LDN)


DTI Bukidnon steps up BOSS service to increase investments, employment opportunities

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, February 3—The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) stepped up efforts in serving more Business One-Stop Shops (BOSS) this January to increase investments and employment opportunities in the province.

The BOSS is a simplified new business registration process held every January by the local government units (LGUs) to make it easy for businessmen in securing or renewing their business permits as the agencies required in the documents such as Department of Trade and Industry, Bureau of Fire Protection, City Health Office and Sanitary Inspection, among others, are in one convenient location.

DTI provincial director Ermedio J. Abang said they were able to expand BOSS services in the province’s five LGUs.

“In partnership with the LGUs and various national government agencies, DTI was represented by Gina Lynn Tulang at the Malaybalay City BOSS and Eriberto Taban-ud Jr. in Valencia City and the municipalities of Manolo Fortich, Maramag, and Don Carlos,” he said.

The DTI checked on the business name registrations and helped those who applied for new business names and those who simply renewed expired ones, he added.

Business name registration is covered under Business Name Law (Act 3883), requiring business establishments to register their business names at the DTI subject to certain exceptions, which is aimed at protecting consumers against erring entrepreneurs.

“With simpler permitting system, businessmen will be better able to access financing and other support for their operations as proofs of registration are usual requirement of banks and other financing institutions. The sooner these are acquired, the better for the businessmen,” Abang said.

The BOSS is part of the Business Permits and Licensing System (BPLS) of the local government units (LGUs) under Republic Act 9485 also known as “The Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007,” which aimed at integrating all the agencies needed to finish business registration conveniently at the shortest possible time. (Eriberto Taban-ud Jr., DTI/RLRB/PIA 10, Bukidnon)


PNP opens 73 NUP positions in Misamis Occidental
By: Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental, Feb. 3 (PIA) – At least 73 positions for non-uniformed personnel (NUP) of the Philippine National Police, Regional Office 10 (PRO-10) have been allocated for the province of Misamis Occidental.

This number actually represents 16.22 percent of 450 additional unique plantilla positions for the NUP given to PRO-10, from higher headquarters, P/Sr. Supt. Orlando A. Be?as, Chief of the Regional Personnel and Human Resource Development Division (RPHRDD), said.

Beñas said two of these NUP’s, with positions of Administrative Assistant (ADA) VI and ADA IV will be assigned to the Misamis Occidental Provincial Police Office (PPO).

Five each, consisting of one position of Administrative Assistant (ADAS) III, two Administrative Assistant (ADAS) I, and  an ADA VI and ADA IV positions, respectively,  to the City Police Stations (CPS) of Tangub, Oroquieta and Ozamiz.

Likewise, four, each, with positions of ADAS III, two ADAS I and ADA IV will be assigned to the 14 Municipal Police Stations (MPS), namely: Aloran, Baliangao, Bonifacio, Calamba, Clarin, Concepcion, Don Victoriano, Jimenez, Lopez Jaena, Panaon, Plaridel, Sapang Dalaga, Sinacaban and Tudela.

Meanwhile, Be?as said all the NUP positions offered have a minimum educational requirement of completion of at least two years studies in college or high school graduate with relevant vocational/trade course.

A Civil Service Sub-Professional (CSSP) Eligibility, First Level is required for ADAS III and ADAS I positions with one year of relevant experience and four hours of relevant training for ADAS III but none for ADAS I.

However, no eligibility, no experience and no training is required for those applying for the positions of ADA IV and ADA VI, Be?as added. (RCA/PIA10-Misamis Occidental)


Local indie films to be shown in Cinema Rehiyon 6
By: Sherlyn E. Lugto

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Feb. 3 (PIA) - With this year’s theme “Filming the Frontiers,” Cinema Rehiyon on its sixth installment aims to expose the works of the young and aspiring filmmakers residing in different regions in the country.

During the press conference in XU Little theater on January 28, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), Head of the National Committee on Cinema Miguel Rapatan, and Hobart Savior, the Festival Director, explained that this festival is to give support and recognition to the hopeful directors in their eagerness and enthusiasm in producing films which are totally not commercialized and are educational and sensible.

Savior said that this yearly activity aims to let the spectators realize and embrace the diverse culture of people residing in different areas in the country.

“Our uniqueness and diversity should be showcased in a form of art and that is through film making. With this, we will be bringing together and share different cultures which would be very much helpful in terms of uniting people,” Savior said.

This year, a total of 93 digital films from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be shown in SM City Cinema 3 and XU Little Theater this February 19 to 22.

During the press conference, Savior and Rapatan informed that audiences will not anymore need to buy tickets to watch the films. Instead they just need to bring with them any of these combinations: toothbrush and soap; four pieces sanitary napkins; or toothpaste and soap to be donated in the Visayas for the Yolanda survivors.

Furthermore, there will be an acting workshop to be held in XU Little Theater on February 20 and 21. The acting workshop will be conducted by Rez Cortez and Leo Martinez – veteran actors in the country. A two-week crash course in film production will also be handled and organized by NCCA.

“With all these workshops being organized and offered, we hope that our aspiring filmmakers today will be enriched and equipped with the rightful knowledge and skills in producing sensible films so we could be able to relive or bring back those times when all the films shown in our country was all made with logical sense,” Rapatan added. (Sherlyn E. Lugto/JMOR/PIA10)


Lanao del Norte youth group holds annual planning workshop

TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, Feb. 1 (PIA)– More than 50 participants composed of Youth for Development (Y4D) officers, youth leaders from different municipalities in Lanao del Norte joined a one-day workshop for its 2013 year-end assessment and strategic planning for current year 2014.

The Y4D organized by the Provincial Population Office (PPO) Lanao del Norte, is a province-wide organization of youth leaders, said Ananette Daniel, PPO Head.

The workshop, along with the troops from 35th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, under its Civil Military Operations was held on January 27, this year at the Macapagal Training Center, in the capital town of Tubod, this province.

Part of the activity was the presentation of the youths’ accomplishments for year 2013  through Y4D Vice- President Lord Leos Lavv Ladonga.

Ladonga was declared as Champion of the Regional Quiz Bee on Farm Family Forum held at Cagayan de Oro City on May 2013. He also won sixth place in the National 4H Congress Quiz Bee at Puerto Princesa City in June last year.

Daniel said that on 2013, Y4D organization was listed as Good Practice on Adolescent Health Youth Development Program in Region 10 and was presented during the Adolescent Sexuality Reproductive Health Forum held in Cagayan de Oro City on January 16 and 17, this year.

Among the proposed events identified by Y4D for this year is the ‘Youth Concert for Peace’ slated to be held during the week-long celebration of Araw ng Lanao del Norte. (LAR-PIO/LDN/PIA-10 LDN)

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