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DILG 9 TO CONDUCT BUB ASSESSMENT WORKSHOP IN ZAMBOANGA CITY
Tuesday 21st of May 2013
PAGADIAN CITY, May 21 (PIA) – To evaluate the project implementation of Bottom-up Budgeting (BuB) for fiscal year 2013, an assessment workshop by the Regional Poverty Reduction Action Team-Technical Working Group (RPRAT-TWG) is slated to be held on May 22-23 at the Garden Orchid Hotel, Zamboanga City.
Spearheaded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-9 through its Local Government Capacity & Development Division (LGCDD), the two-day activity will be attended by some 32 participants from the national government agencies (NGAs) such as the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Departmen...
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21May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 21 (PIA) — Local and foreign audiences were awestruck as they witnessed the P’gsalabuk street dancing and showdown presentation held at the Dipolog Boulevard last May 17. The 15th P’gsalabuk Festival, which officially began last April 30 until May 31, would be participated in by city government employees, business groups and students from the different schools in the city. P’gsalabuk is a Subano term which means “togetherness.” It is popularized by a catchphrase...
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20May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- Zamboanga del Sur Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Arturo Bayocot disclosed that starting today, May 20, until May 24, all public elementary and secondary schools are having the School Maintenance Week better known as “Brigada Eskwela.” In an interview, Dr. Bayocot encouraged all stakeholders (internal and external) such as parents, local government units and barangays officials to actively participate and cooperate with the yearly activity initiated by the...
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20May2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 20 (PIA) -- In a time-honored change of office ceremony, Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) welcomed the new Deputy Commander last April 27 inside Camp Navarro in Zamboanga City. Brigadier General (BGen.)Orlando E De Leon replaced BGen. Eugenio Clemen who just retired from the military service. The ceremony was officiated by no less than Lieutenant General Rey C Ardo, Commander of Western Mindanao Command and attended by commanders from the different units, civil...
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17May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- Though they are in jail, the inmates here still exercised their rights to suffrage during the May 13 polls. A total of 241 inmates clad in yellow shirts marked “BJMP detainee” have cast their votes at the city jail’s administrative office which was converted into a special polling place for clustered precincts 156-A, 156-B and 156-C. City Jail Warden Senior Inspector Mashur Sala said the inmates, composed of 199 males and 42 females, have successfully ca...
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17May2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 17 -- A special orientation on the government’s programs for displaced persons (DPs) and deportees from Sabah was recently conducted at Dan Mar Beach Resort in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi spearheaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in ZamPen Region. Labor Communications Officer Mary Jane R. Amarado of OWWA9 said the orientation gave all major players of the One-Stop Processing Center (OSPC) for Sabah repat...
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16May2013DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 16 (PIA) - For the first time Zamboanga del Norte has experienced the most peaceful and orderly election, according to Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Police Director Senior Superintendent James B. Mejia. Except for some minor problems, Mejia said his office had not received reports about election-related incidents from the different municipalities of the province. Mejia’s statement came out as the provincial board of canvassers (PBC) was awaiting the election results from t...
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16May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 16 (PIA)—A 12-0 victory for LP candidates has for the third time happened in the city since the first term of Mayor Uy in 2007. The lady mayor is now on her third term. Incumbent city mayor, Evelyn Tang-Uy of the Liberal Party (LP) got fresh mandate from her constituents after garnering 36,617 votes over her rival, former Piñan town mayor Cecilia Jalosjos-Carreon who got only 22,487 votes in the recently concluded midterm elections. Sitting councilor, Dr. Horacio Velasco w...
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16May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 16 (PIA) – Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) has continue to fulfill its mandate of encouraging political participation, respect for the mandate of the democratic processes, and ensure truth and integrity of the election process, etc. The PPCRV a bonafide non-partisan association and the Commission on Elections citizen’s arm to perform voter education and poll watching functions has again proven its commitment and sincerity in monitoring this year’s ...
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16May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 9 (PIA) - - The city government here will hold the Triathlon Centennial Championship come May 18 and 19. Triathlon is a kind of sport contest involving swimming, marathon and cycling. The event will start at the Dipolog City Boulevard to Dipolog City Sports Complex passing through the streets of barangays Miputak, Sta. Filomena, Brgy. Galas and Olingan. This event, which is being organized by the Triathlon Association of the Philippines (TRAP) of Manila and Sugbu Triathlon A...
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16May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 16 (PIA) – “It is my great pride and honor to commend you for a job well done during the recently held 2013 midterm elections.” This was the message of Western Mindanao police director, Chief Superintendent Juanito Vaño Jr. to all policemen in the region, as he expressed satisfaction over the overall performance of the entire police force in helping make the midterm elections orderly and peaceful. In a press release issued by the regional office of the Philippine Nat...
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15May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 15 (PIA) -- All is set for this year’s “Brigada Eskwela” in Zamboanga del Norte. This was declared by Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Lourma Poculan of the Zamboanga del Norte schools division in an interview yesterday. Poculan said the weeklong Brigada Eskwela (school preparation activity) will be capped by a search for outstanding Brigada Eskwela implementers among public elementary and secondary schools. Education Supervisor Arcelita Zamoras, on the other ...
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15May2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 14 (PIA) -- The Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) recently conferred the Wounded Personnel Medal on five soldiers who were wounded in recent encounters with the Abu Sayyaf Group. In a statement, Col. Rodrigo T Gregorio, WESMINCOM command public relations officer said that four of the soldiers who were wounded during an encounter with Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Al-barka, Basilan Province while performing livestock dispersal. The other soldier was wounded when sho...
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15May2013Climate change is here to stay and mankind’s perils are inevitable without putting in place the safety net of the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management System (DRRMS). The Provision Republic Act (RA) 10121, also known as The Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010, provides that funds be appropriated to uphold the people’s constitutional life and property by addressing the root causes of vulnerabilities to disasters, strengthening the country’s institutional capaci...
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14May2013Who would think that an ordinary man from a very simple family would become surprisingly extraordinary and an inspiration to the many? He is the complete epitome of a person who believes in the saying, “it pays to work hard.” He got his guiding principle in life from Cicero, a Roman philosopher, who said: “The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of being someday a commander.” Childhood Alexander Badong Yano was t...
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14May2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 14 (PIA) – Army chief Lieutenant General Noel Coballes paid a visit recently to the Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) Headquarters at Camp Navarro, Calarian in Zamboanga City. WESMINCOM is under the command of Lt Gen Rey C Ardo. In a statement, Col Rodrigo T Gregorio, WESMINCOM command spokesman disclosed that Gen. Coballes met with Army commanders and to assess the overall readiness of all army units in this part of the country for the midterm elections. ...
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09May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 9 (PIA) – A group of Municipal Planning and Development Coordinators (MPDCs), Municipal Engineers (MEs), Municipal Health Officers (MHOs), Sangguniang Bayan (SB) members heading the committee on appropriations and representatives from water service providers from 10 selected municipalities in the region converged here recently for a one-day learning session on human rights-based local water and sanitation governance. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 9 inf...
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09May2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – IX has concluded its Scholarship Orientation and Signing of the Scholarship Agreement of new undergraduate scholars in Zamboanga Peninsula. A total of 205 participants all over the region attended the series of orientation and contract signing with thirty eight (38) attendees, including the qualifiers and respective parents or legal guardians, inked to avail of the Science & Technology scholarship program funded ...
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09May2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 8 (PIA) – Army soldiers on humanitarian efforts in Al-Barka town in Basilan were ambushed Monday at around 2 p.m. leaving two soldiers dead. Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) spokesman Col. Rodrigo Gregorio said the soldiers were ambushed by elements of Abu Sayyaf under Commander Basher and Musana Jamiriat, killing Maj. Alin Kannung, Executive Officer of 32nd Iinfantry Battalion and a TSgt. Ferdinand Costan and wounding four others. The troop was part of t...
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08May2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- Far off barangay Lubigan received P4.1-million barangay hall and P2.6-million covered court, as the city government turned-over said projects totalling P6.7million recently. In a simple turnover ceremony, “residents of Lubigan expressed gratitude to the City Government under the leadership of Mayor Celso Lobregat for continuously initiating projects to help spur development in Barangay Lubigan,” said City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias in a pres...
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08May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- A new commanding officer has recently been installed at the Philippine Army’s (PA) 101st Infantry Brigade based at Barangay Del Pilar, Piñan, Zamboanga del Norte. Col. Apolinario Alobba, former chief of staff of the First Infantry Tabak Division at Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur, was installed last May 3 as the new commanding officer of the brigade in a simple change of command ceremony presided by Brig. Gen. Daniel Lucero, First Infantry Tabak Division co...
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08May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- Three-hundred twenty three examinees successfully passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Tests (A & E) test conducted by the Dipolog City Schools Division’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) in Dipolog City on Dec. 12, 2012. Ms. Catalina Samson-Barinaga, ALS coordinator, said of the 323 who passed the A & E test, 267 are out-of-school youth (OSY) and 56 were inmates of Dipolog City Jail. Of the 323 OSY passers, 244 are in the secondary level, while 23 are in ...
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08May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- In celebrating its 76th anniversary, the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has officially opened the 2013 GSIS Art Competition. In a press statement, GSIS President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara said all veteran and aspiring artists aged 18 years old and above are invited to join the contest. It has retained the three art categories: representational (any style), nonrepresentational (abstract), and sculpture. Vergara said the competition has an ...
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08May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Zamboanga del Sur Field Office distributed more than P1.6 million worth of checks to 540 grantees of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) during the Labor Day celebration at the Gaisano Capital Food Court on Wednesday, May 1. DOLE provincial head Lourdes Amores said the student grantees who ended their services last March 2013 were from Pagadian City – 260 grantees; Ramon Magsaysay - 27; Blancia Colleg...
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06May2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- Fifty one persons with disability (PWDs) who completed a vocational skills training received their diplomas during a simple graduation rites held at the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC)-III of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). “Graduates of this year availed themselves of courses on Agriculture, Basic Computer Operations, Commercial Arts, Cosmetology, Graphic Arts, Garments Technology, Industrial Arts and Scientific Massage,”...
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03May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- The country’s 455 waterless municipalities will have their own water supply system by 2016, according to Ms. Fe Crisilla Banluta, Program Manager, Water Supply Sanitation Unit (WSSU) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Speaking in a forum held here Tuesday on human rights-based local water and sanitation governance, Ms. Banluta said potable water systems were already given to 36 of the 455 waterless towns in the country under the Sagana and...
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02May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- The PAG-IBIG Fund has successfully introduced its “innovative system” in the recent Fund Coordinators Club (FCC) meeting held here with employers and employees from the local government units (LGUs) and private sectors throughout the province of Zamboanga del Norte. “It is the mission of PAG-IBIG FUND to uplift the quality of life of members through savings. For this reason, this financial institution has been thinking of innovative ways to improve its system ...
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02May2013PAGADIAN CITY, May 2 (PIA) -- BGen Daniel A. Lucero assumed as the new commander of the 1st Infantry “Tabak” Division on Wednesday, April 24 in a Change of Command Ceremony held at the Division Grandstand, Upper Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur. Lt. Gen Noel A. Coballes, Commanding General of the Philippine Army was the guest of honor and presiding officer who lauded the outgoing commander, MGen Ricardo Rainier G. Cruz III for the major accomplishments of the division under his leaders...
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01May2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 1 (PIA) -- Labor day observance in the city started eight days ahead, as the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-IX held a Jobs Fair last April 23 with 16,388 jobs available overseas. Engr. Wesley D. Tan, head of DOLE’s provincial office here, said that seven recruitment agencies for overseas employment and two local agencies participated in the event. During the opening ceremony, Tan told some 146 job seekers to always be ready to face opportunities equipp...
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01May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 1(PIA) --Three-hundred twenty three examinees successfully passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Tests (A & E) test conducted by the Dipolog City Schools Division’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) in Dipolog City on Dec. 12, 2012. Ms. Catalina Samson-Barinaga, ALS coordinator, said of the 323 who passed the A & E test, 267 are out-of-school youth (OSY) and 56 were inmates of Dipolog City Jail. Of the 323 OSY passers, 244 are in the secondary level, while 23 are in th...
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01May2013DIPOLOG CITY, May 1 (PIA)--The elements of the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Police Office (ZNPPO) has confiscated 34 assorted firearms during the continuing implementation of Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in the province of Zamboanga del Norte. Police Superintendent James B. Mejia, provincial director of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Zamboanga del Norte, said of the 34 firearms confiscated, 14 firearms came from the Zamboanga del Norte Public Safety Company (ZNPSC) which...
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29Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 29 (PIA) -- The One-Stop Processing Center (OSPC) for Displaced Persons from Sabah in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi has assisted another batch of deportees aboard M/V Mideast Express. In a report sent to DOLE Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz, Ms. Mary Jane R. Amarado, Labor Communications Officer of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA9) said Secretary Baldoz was apprised of the situation by OWWA9 Regional Director Hassan T. Jumdain on the arrival of the deportees. “The ...
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29Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 29 (PIA) – Anchored on the theme, “Manggagawang Pilipino: Handa sa Hamon ng Makabagong Panahon (Filipino workers: Ready for the challenges of the new era),” jobs fair and turnover of Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) will highlight the 111th Labor Day celebration on May 1 at the Gaizano Food Court this city. Labor and Employment Office chief Lourdes B. Amores said the special event would start with a motorcade around the city to be participated ...
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29Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 29 (PIA) – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-IX has recently released P500,000 to Rizal town in Zamboanga del Norte for its Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig (SaLinTubig)-funded project. The amount represented the second tranche of the P1-million worth water system project implemented under the SaLinTubig program. DILG-IX Information Officer Lemuel Mejares disclosed that the project, which started last year, got its first release of the same amount on Sept....
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26Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- Thirty two Filipino deportees from Malaysia graduated from a three-day training course on reflexology massage under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The activity was the initiative of Jamila Arasid, Center Head- Processing Center for Displaced Persons (PCDP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in partnership with TESDA. “We conducted the training para naman productive and stay nila dito at para na rin m...
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26Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) announced that the deadline for filing of application for the GSIS scholarship program is extended until May 31, 2013. In a press statement, GSIS President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara said the extension of the deadline would give more time to qualified GSIS members to prepare the requirements in applying for the program. Engr. Leoncito S. Manuel, GSIS branch head here said the scholarship grant, dubb...
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25Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 25 (PIA) --Eight island barangays of Zamboanga City recently received motorized pump boats from the city government to help improve mobility from the island to the mainland. City Information Officer Sheila Covarrubias in a statement said the pumpboats will not only enhance mobility but can also “be used during emergency situations, for patrol purposes or even to ferry teachers to and from the islands.” Covarrubias said the pump boats given to the eight island village...
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25Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- A forum on human rights-based local water and sanitation governance is slated to be held on April 30, 2013 at Hotel Guillermo this city. This forum, which is led by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-IX through its Water and Sanitation Services Unit (WSSU), will be attended by participants from the municipalities of Alicia, Payao and Tungawan of Zamboanga Sibugay, Lapuyan, Midsalip and Tigbao of Zamboanga del Sur, and Kalawit, Katipunan a...
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25Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 25 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Basilan through the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (OPV) gave some 50 heads of livestock to farmers in Basilan that will boost their productivity and the local livestock industry. The OPV said animals dispersed included 10 heads of cattle, 10 heads of carabao and 30 heads of goat to livestock farmers of Hji. Muhtamad, Akbar, Unkaya Pukan, and Lantawan municipalities and to the cities of Isabela and Lamitan. Dr. Surha...
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25Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office No. 9, in cooperation with the Crisis Management Committee (CMC) has established a One-Stop Processing Center (OSPC) for Sabah Displaced Persons (DPs) in Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi on April 4, 2013. Labor Communications Officer Mary Jane R. Amarado in a press statement said the Regional CMC under ARMM Governor Mujiv S. Hataman acted ...
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25Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 25 (PIA) – A local bakery in Isabela City that serves native Tausog pastries and other native delicacies will soon get an upgrade with more than half a million fund support from the Department of Science and Technology IX (DOST). In a press statement, DOST-9 said it has released the innovation system support assistance amounting to P604,500 to Isabela Seaport General Merchant. The bakery was established in 2008, which has gradually taken its foothold as the na...
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24Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 24 (PIA) -- The Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) in partnership with the city government of Dipolog, Department of Labor & Employment (DOLE) Zamboanga del Norte field office and sponsors from private sectors launched on Saturday the 2013 Search for Outstanding Employees in the private sector. The search seeks to recognize deserving workers in the city aimed at promoting strong morale and efficiency of workers. “We are here to recognize ordinary but important mem...
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23Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 23 (PIA) – Using its P1-million prize from winning the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), the municipality of Alicia has embarked on building an eco-tourism swimming pool to promote tourism in the municipality and, at the same time, to generate some income. DILG-IX Information Officer Lemuel Mejares said in a press release the swimming pool, which is 25-meter x 10-meter in size and five feet deep, is about to be fini...
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23Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, 23 April (PIA) – The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-IX on Tuesday held the opening of bids for the 2013 Cadastral Survey Project for the 11 municipalities in Zamboanga Peninsula region. Regional Executive Director Arleigh J. Adorable said the eleven towns have been alloted P32,700,000 million covering an estimated land area of 218,359 hectares in 239 barangays. “This project was supposed to be implemented last ...
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22Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- “We are here to witness the concrete outcome of your choice to follow the right path. The groundbreaking of this project surely boosts tourism and commerce, not only in Dipolog but also in Zamboanga del Norte and the whole region.” This was the statement of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III in a community gathering following the groundbreaking of the 14-kilometer road improvement project on Thursday at Barangay Cogon this city. Aquino visited Dipolog to l...
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22Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- Unsafe drinking water will soon be a thing of the past as the local government of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCos) in Davao del Norte has started installing clean and affordable potable water system for the poorest of the poor in the area. Dubbed “Salin Tubig” or “Sapat at Ligtas na Tubig para sa lahat (Sufficient and Safe Water for All),” the project aims to bring fresh water to at least 345 households in the village of Aumbay, located in central ...
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22Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- The Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC)-Dipolog City together with the city government of Dipolog and the Department of Labor and Employment-Zamboanga del Norte (DOLE-ZN) field office launched on Saturday the “2013 Search for Most Outstanding Workers in the Private Sector” of this city. The search, which gives due recognition to workers with exemplary performance is open to all legitimate employees of private companies, establishments and schools in ...
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22Apr2013DAVAO CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has turned-over completed PAMANA (Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan) projects in Basilan last April 13. At least eight projects were completed and turned-over to the local government units, each amounting to P1.5 million. OPAPP officials also said thirteen more projects are ongoing. Hadzer Birowa, OPAPP project assistant for PAMANA projects said the projects started in 2012 and the ongoing projec...
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22Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- Two local government units (LGUs) in Zamboanga Peninsula region emerged as national winners of the 2012 Local Legislative Award (LGA), the regional office of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-IX said. Bagging the national awards are the city council of Zamboanga City and the municipal council of Piñan town in Zamboanga del Norte. DILG-IX Information Officer Lemuel Mejares told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that Zamboanga City ha...
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20Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- Zamboanga del Norte Police Provincial Office (ZNPPO) acting provincial director, P/Supt. James B. Mejia has called on the public to help the Philippine National Police (PNP) in its campaign against illegal gambling. He also enjoined the municipal police chiefs in the province’s 25 municipalities to strengthen their anti-illegal gambling campaign within their respective areas. Mejia made his appeal following the relief of 92 police officials in various parts of...
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20Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 20 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino III has vowed to allocate more funds for infrastructures in Zamboanga del Norte to boost the province’s tourism industry. The President together with Secretary Mar Roxas of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Mayor Evelyn Uy arrived at Barangay Cogon at around 10:50 a.m., Thursday morning to lead the groundbreaking of the road improvement project from junction Barangay Cogon to OISCA Park and sungkilaw Falls in Ba...
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19Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- Residents of the city should brace for longer brownouts next month according to Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco). In a presentation made during the first quarter meeting of ConsumerNET-9 last week, it showed that Mindanao grid will experience the biggest shortfall next month against the average consumer demand. “Unless Zamcelco’s power supply is augmented, a longer power interruption will be experienced in the city,” said the presentation....
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19Apr2013ILOILO CITY, April 19 (PIA9) – The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Region-IX passed a resolution during the 143rd RDC meeting on March 7, 2013 in Dipolog City supporting the move to pursue capacity building and appreciation for the members of the Council members on disaster risk reduction and climate change. The resolution is realized with 26 RDC members from the Zamboanga Peninsula (ZamPen) coming to Iloilo City to attend the 2-day executive briefing on Disaster Risk Reduction and Man...
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19Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 19 -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has organized a three-day conference with civil society organizations (CSOs) from Regions 9, 12 and ARMM to discuss topics on Commission on Audit (COA) Rules /Reportorial requirements on Fund transfers, DSWD Policies and Social Protection programs were tackled. One of the issues discussed during the forum, was how they could help assist the government in helping those returning Filipinos affected by the Sabah C...
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18Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 18 (PIA) -- The new chief of the Western Command, Maj. Gen. Rustico O. Guerrero has pledged to double security efforts in Palawan to help the province achieve its development goals. Guerrero, who replaced Lt. Gen. Juancho Sabban as WESCOM commander last April 1, said in a statement he would continue focusing on the three major aspects of developmental support for the province - that of ensuring territorial integrity of the areas under the command's jurisdiction, en...
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18Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 18 (PIA) -- Another set of brand new wheel chairs were distributed recently by the Rotary Club of Pagadian West (RCPW) to persons with disabilities (PWDs) at the Executive Conference Hall, Provincial Capitol Complex this city. Eight members of the Pagadian City Federation of Disabled Persons (PACIFEDEP) received the wheelchairs. They were Edgar Cabañog, Roberto Gemeniano, Nilo Gomera, Jeniffer Indio, Editha Mangogtong ,Jessie Paulma, Anecito Piñero, and Julieto Talledo, a...
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17Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 17 (PIA) - - Close to 2,000 college students were recently hired by the city government for the first batch for 2013 summer job program or the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). Sheila Covarrubias, information officer, said the SPES beneficiaries had their orientation and oath taking last week where Mayor Celso Lobregat called on the beneficiaries, “To put to heart the oath of office they swore to follow as city government employees specifically on th...
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17Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Zamboanga del Sur Field Office conducted a multi-stakeholders consultation on the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No 10361, otherwise known as “Domestic Workers Act” or “Batas Kasambahay” yesterday at Chandler Suites this city. RA 10361 is a new law instituting policies for the protection and welfare of domestic workers which was signed into law by President Benigno S. Aquino III on...
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17Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 17 (PIA) -- In line with the city’s 100th year celebration on July 1, 1913, the centennial executive committee is now accepting nominations for Pangadlaw Awards 2013. This prestigious award, which started in 2004 during the term of former mayor Roberto Y. Uy, is given every two years to individuals who have made a big difference in the society and immensely contributed to the development of the city through their chosen fields of endeavor. The award is designed to provid...
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17Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 17 (PIA) – President Benigno S. Aquino III is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow to lead the groundbreaking of a P385-million road project at Barangay Cogon this city. Funded by national government through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the road project is said to connect the Cogon Eco-Tourism Park to Barangay Diwan where the alluring Sungkilaw Falls is located. Right after the groundbreaking ceremonies, the President is slated to meet with the local c...
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16Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 16 (PIA) -- The civil society organizations in Basilan together with the military, police, and a number of local candidates in various elective positions have gathered on April 11 for a compact signing to ensure peaceful, free, and fair 2013 elections. The historic event dubbed “Payapang Bayan, Payapang Halalan (Peaceful Nation, Peaceful Election)” campaign was convened by the Consortium on Electoral Reform (CER), the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), the Phil...
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12Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 12 (PIA) -- The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Gen. Emmanuel T. Bautista, recently visited the headquarters of the Western Mindanao Command (WESTMINCOM) to meet with military commanders and assess the progress of the Internal Peace and Security Operations (IPSO) efforts in this part of the country. Western Mindanao Command provided Gen. Bautista an information briefing about the current peace and security efforts of the command to inc...
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12Apr2013DAPITAN CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- A total of 473 students from this city’s 50 barangays are going to benefit this summer from the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) jointly implemented by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the city government led by Mayor Agapito Cardino. Public Employment Service Officer (PESO) Floro Empeynado said the program beneficiaries will work in three batches for a period of 20 days. The first batch of 173 students already reported ...
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12Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) warns the public of the risks of planting trees under their transmission towers and breaching right-of-way (ROW) clearances. In a recent interview, Atty. Cynthia P. Alabanza, NGCP spokesperson, has emphasized the importance of maintaining safety clearances, saying ”the NGCP has its eyes on private landowners who intentionally and unintentionally plant trees under the transmission lines.” According to ...
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12Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 12 (PIA) -- The Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) was a major participant in this year’s Gawad Kalinga's Bayani Challenge 2013 which was held on March 23-27, 2013. The AFP units on the ground have directly participated in the planning and execution in five sites within the command’s jurisdictional area,namely, Miatan, Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte; Tigbanuang, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay; Tulungatung, Zamboanga City; Poblacion, Sapad, Lanao del Norte; and ...
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12Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 12 (PIA) -- The Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) has recently awarded bronze cross medal to outgoing personnel of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) whose one year tour of duty ended on March this year. In a statement, Col Rodrigo T Gregorio, WESMINCOM Public Information Officer (PIO) said the awards were given last February 25 in recognition of IMT personnel’s acts of heroism during their stint at the command from March 3, 2012 to March 23, 2013. The...
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11Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) has conducted the first of a series of public consultations on the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM) Rules. Recognizing the urgent need to address the current power supply shortage in Mindanao, DOE directed the PEMC to develop and implement an interim electricity market design, specific to Mindanao. “The consultation is a requisite, to inform the...
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11Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT)-IX conducted a two-day training on tour operations and packaging April 5-6 at Mibang Hotel this city. Around 40 participants from city/municipal tourism offices of Dipolog, Dapitan and Polanco as well as representatives from Liloy town, Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU), City Information Office (CIO) of Dipolog, travel agencies, and private entities attended the training. “This activity aims to train, capacitate and e...
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11Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 11 (PIA) -- Four personnel assigned at the Local Governance Regional Resource Center (LGRRC) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-9 have attended the two-day coaching on Integrated Library Resource Management System (ILMS) held here on April 4-5 at the DILG-9 conference room. Aimed at making the LGRRC systematically organized, the participants were trained on basic library operations such as acknowledging and accessioning of library materials, catalogui...
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11Apr2013BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, April 11 (PIA) – The municipality of Bayog marked its 46th founding anniversary on Tuesday featuring street dancing competition locally known as “Palad-Palad Festival 2013.” “This annual Palad-Palad- Festival is our way of expressing our thanksgiving to the ‘Most High’ for all the blessings we have received for the past days, months and years,” Mayor Leonardo Babasa Jr. said. He also urged his constituents “to always cooperate and support the programs ...
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10Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 10 (PIA) – As part of the rehabilitative goals of correctional institutions, the local city jail under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has launched a welfare and development program for inmates. The program involves setting up of barber and massage shops inside the rehabilitation center at Barangay Lenienza in this city. City warden Sr. Insp. Mashur Sala said the program aims to ease the inmates’ boredom of being away from their families and to make...
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08Apr2013TUNGAWAN, Zamboanga Sibugay, April 8 -- No one would ever think that this man was willing to share a big parcel of land that he owned. Living in a makeshift home plastered with cardboard boxes and cellophanes to protect him from rains and the blazing heat of the sun with practically no walls and ceilings, just a roof peppered with holes which would easily crumble with a strong gust of wind, this man stands tall in the recent Bayani Challenge 2013 in this town. Here is a man bereft of the neces...
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08Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 8 (PIA) – The Peace and Development Coordinating Committee also known as Team Basilan is bracing for the influx of more displaced persons from Sabah (DPS) as tension in continues to mount with Malaysian authorities' crack down on remaining followers of Philippine Sultan Jamalul Kiram III. Team Basilan presiding officer and provincial administrator Tahira Sansawi-Ismael told members Team Basilan to brace for more arrival of displaced persons from Sabah and expect...
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08Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 8 (PIA) – In his recent visit here, Health Secretary Enrique Ona urged Mayor Samuel Co to list down all poor families that were not included in the National Housing Targeting System (NHTS) survey of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) so that they will be enrolled in the government’s social insurance. “This is what I asked so that all poor Filipinos especially here in Mindanao and even here in Zamboanga del Sur can be enrolled in PhilHealth,” Sec...
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05Apr2013TUNGAWAN, Zamboanga Sibugay, April 5 -- “I’m sure the donor of this lot has a very big heart,” thus declared Jose Mari Oquinena, Director-General of the Philippine Information Agency and Undersecretary for Special Concerns during the launching and groundbreaking ceremony of the Bayani Challenge 2013 in Barangay Tigbanuang, Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay. Situated along the national highway, the hilly terrain spanning 1.8 hectares donated by Danda Banggi of the Kalibugan tribe offers a magn...
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05Apr2013A new community in Pamucalin village in Lantawan, Basilan part of the “highway of peace,” is rising, and these are being built from the sweat and passion of hundreds of volunteers from all walks of life within and outside the province. At Pamucalin village, some 18 kilometers from Isabela City, 18 of the 30 houses are taking form with hundreds of volunteers actively participating in the Bayani Challenge 2013 in this island province. The village is eyed to be the show window for several ...
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04Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- Some 32 graduates of the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) 3rd batch season-long Training of Trainers (TOT) on Palay Check for farmers/irrigators association were recently confirmed by Regional Executive Director (RED) Eduardo B. Holoyohoy in a simple ceremony held at Casa Emsa, Airport Road, Tiguma this city. Gianipa A. Manupac, TOT adviser and facilitator presented the graduates to RED Holoyohoy who encouraged the farmers to work hand in hand with the governm...
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04Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- Do you want to be an accredited tour guide? The Department of Tourism (DOT)- 9 will conduct “Tour Guiding Seminar-Workshop” on May 2-31 in the city. Senior Tourism Operations Officer Ludy Silorio of DOT said the training is open to all interested individuals who want to pursue tour guiding as a career. “This is one huge opportunity for everyone, the last time we had this kind of training was 12 years ago,” Silorio said, as she encourages interested pa...
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04Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 4 (PIA) -- The five-day test of endurance and courage of Gawad Kalinga (GK) Bayani Challenge 2013 held on March 23-27 at the municipal in Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte succeeded in drawing support from the volunteers coming from the various sectors of the society. On the opening day, the Katipunan gymnasium was filled with volunteers consisting of students, government officials and employees, police officers, members of Philippine Army, businessmen, people’s organizations...
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03Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 3 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) educational assistance window will be from April 1, 2013 to December 27, 2013 for all GSIS active members who did not avail themselves of the 2012 GSIS Educational Assistance Program. In a press statement, GSIS President and General Manager Robert G. Vergara said, “Parents are hard-pressed on schooling costs at this time of the year. Under the educational aid program, GSIS lends a helping hand to members by defra...
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03Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 3 (PIA) – Complementing the implementation of the Alternative Learning System (ALS) by the Department of Education (DepED), the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)-Mindanao District I has adopted two barangays in the municipalities of Molave and Mahayag all in Zamboanga del Sur. Literacy classes for adult learners will be conducted in these barangays with the NGCP and the Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO)-I providing for the teachers’ pa...
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03Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 3 (PIA) - Five indigent families of Barangay San Antonio, Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte will soon have decent homes that they can call “their own.” Barangay San Antonio is one of the two recipient-barangays in Katipunan town of the Gawad Kalinga’s (GK) Bayani Challenge 2013, which was simultaneously launched nationwide last March 23-27. With the theme “Isang Bayan, Isang Bayanihan,” GK’s Bayani Challenge was simultaneously launched with “Pilipinas Natin” un...
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02Apr2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, April 2 (PIA) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has continued to assist hundreds of displaced Filipinos from Sabah who are fleeing from the ongoing tension there. Col Rodrigo T. Gregorio GSC (INF), Commander PIO of Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) disclosed in a press statement that on March 29, 2013, another set of displaced persons from Sabah arrived in Zamboanga City aboard a Philippine Navy vessel, BRP Apolinario Mabini. With direct instruction from...
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02Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 2 (PIA) - - The city government granted scholarship to 833 indigent students coming from the city and other municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte. With funding from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), this scholarship program is in line with the city government’s “Swigapore 2030” vision that aims to make Dipolog as green as Switzerland and as progressive as Singapore. The scholars will each receive a financial aid of P5,000 per semester and must enroll on...
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02Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- Personnel from the city government here and Philippine National Police (PNP) of Dipolog, Polanco and Provincial Public Safety Company (PPSC) have distributed foodstuff and gifts to abused/battered women and children at Balay Dalangpanan (house of refuge) in Anastacio, Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte. This was a joint undertaking of the PPSC , PNP-Dipolog, Polanco-Municipal Police Station (MPS) and the city government of Dipolog led by Mayor Evelyn T. Uy. During the...
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02Apr2013PAGADIAN CITY, April 2 (PIA) -- As part of the Parole and Probation Administration’s (PPA) rehabilitation program, a seminar on fire prevention was conducted recently for parolees and probationers at Balangasan gym here. Supervising Parole and Probation Officer Jocelyn Bael said almost 50 parolees and probationers had attended the seminar which aimed to provide them with the knowledge and skills on fire prevention. Bael said the agency has included the seminar in its regular programs for th...
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01Apr2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 1 - - The city joined the rest of the world in the recent observance of Earth Hour, a worldwide movement to reduce the impact of global warming. More than a hundred participants, mostly city hall employees, gathered at the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) covered court for the Earth Hour observance which was marked by a ceremonial switch-off of lights at 8:30 in the evening. Sheila Covarrubias, Public Information Officer (PIO), said “Mayor Celso Lobregat ...
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01Apr2013DIPOLOG CITY, April 1 (PIA) -- Mindanao may become power-sufficient by 2015, according to Atty. Cynthia P. Alabanza, spokesperson and adviser for external affairs of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). In a recent media briefing and press conference with the local press here, Atty. Alabanza said the NGCP has nothing to do with the rotating brownout plaguing Mindanao nowadays because the problem lies mainly in the power supply. She, however, told the media practitioners t...
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26Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- "The whole package of intervention through our support services is a clear manifestation that we are indeed continually placing our agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) right at center of development." This was the message of Officer-in-Charge Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer PARO II Moh. Dassan J. Adju of Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Zamboanga del Norte during the provincial orientation for municipal agrarian reform officers (MAOs) and representatives f...
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26Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, March 26 (PIA) -- Philippine Information Agency Director General Jose Mari Oquiñena asked some 130 young people of Basilan to give time and be a “heart” in order to contribute to nation-building. The PIA chief spoke before the youth on separate occasions on Sunday at a forum held late morning and during the Kalinga Night, the second day of the nationwide Bayani Challenge 2013 in Basilan. He explained the need for every Filipino to offer time, talent and passion to...
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26Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 26 (PIA) – The Department of Health-Center for Health and Development (DOH-CHD), Zamboanga Peninsula has conducted a training on the package of essential non-communicable disease (NCD) interventions for primary health facilities in low resource settings at Guillermo Hotel this city. Sixty one “Doctors to the Barrios” (DTTBs) and Public Health Nurses (PHN) deployed in the different municipalities in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte attended the said training. ...
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26Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- A five-kilometer coastal road connecting the town of Dumalinao to Pagadian City will soon be constructed under the Payapa at masaganang pamayanan (PAMANA) program of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP). PAMANA Zamboanga-Basilan-Sulu-Tawi-Tawi (ZamBaSulTa) Coordinator Vicente M. Borgonia inspected the proposed coastal road project last week that will connect barangays Pantad and Rebokon in Dumalinao to barangays Bomba and Poloyaga...
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26Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 26 (PIA) -- Police Superintendent Christine Sorosa-Tan, chief of police of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur, encouraged all women during the weekly PIA forum held on Friday at the Anastacia Pensionne House in this city to show their capabilities. She said several women are now holding top positions in government and private institutions. Tan said that women should not underestimate oneself but show and prove what women is capable of. "What men can do, you can do it also,” Tan...
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25Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar 25 (PIA) -- The civil society group in Basilan launched recently the Bantay Bayanihan (BB) to ensure the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) Bayanihan of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is being implemented in accordance with its guidelines. Miriam L. Suacito, executive director of Nagdilaab Foundation said, “The IPSP signifies the intent of the AFP to draw support and increase involvement of multi-stakeholders in all levels in addressing peace and se...
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22Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 22 (PIA) -- The Dipolog City Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has successfully conducted an earthquake drill at Dipolog City National High School (DCNHS) in Barangay Barra this city. Felipe T. Mangila Jr., Dipolog City CDRRMC officer-in-charge said the drill was in compliance with the directive from the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), urging all DRRMCs throughout the country to conduct the First Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous ...
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22Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 22 (PIA) -- For women to be the “guide” towards development, there should be mainstreaming of their participation and equality with men in all aspect of life and not be marginalized, said Ms. Maisie Faith Dagapioso of the “Katilingban Para sa Kalambuan” (Society for Progress) in yesterday’s forum held by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) on women’s concerns. Ms. Dagapioso further said “it is not enough that women serve as guide towards development but th...
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21Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 21 (PIA) - - A total of P285 million intended for pension adjustments has been released by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to its 45,000 retirees as of February 2013 after reviving its policy in recomputing their pension based on their first day of retirement. Pensioners who retired on or after September 2009 and are in active status as of payment date are covered by the new policy. “The decision to adopt the payment of proportionate pension in 2011 was...
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21Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The city government here conducted several activities to celebrate women’s month with the theme, “Kababaihan:Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan.” It kicked off with a volleyball tournament at the City Hall ground. About 200 members of the Local Council of Women (LCW) participated in the Women’s Forum at Barangay Miputak. Atty. Jasmine Pinsoy discussed the Magna Carta for Women to guide and empower them as to their rights and obligations. In line with...
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21Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 21 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense – Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (OCD-RDRRMC) in coordination with the Department of Education conducted on Friday, March 15 its first quarter School-Based Tsunami and Earthquake Drill at Sta. Lucia National High School, this city. An estimated 800 high school students and faculty members participated in the drill. OCD-9 Regional Director and RDRRMC-9 chairperson Adriano D. Fuego said the activity aims to promo...
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21Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 21 (PIA) - - Zamboanga del Sur was recently adjudged as one of the top 10 Rice Achievers in the country under the Department of Agriculture’s 2012 Search for AgriPinoy 2012 Rice Achiever Award. “We thank God for the good weather. We also thank our hardworking farmers here in Zamboanga del Sur whose efforts made the province self sufficient. From I gathered, almost 50 percent of our production is sold outside, while only 50 percent is consumed. Because of the adoption...
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20Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 20 (PIA) – Some 1,500 member of the Rural Improvement Club – Women Empowerment (RIC-WEM) in the municipality of Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur commemorated Women’s Month last Friday at the town gymnasium. “This is another opportunity for us to celebrate a day intended for women, an event where we give recognition to their contribution and role in the community,” Mayor Ace William E. Cerilles said. “This is also the day that we give them honor for their exceptio...
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20Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, March 20 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Basilan and partner organizations are expecting some 500 volunteers to converge at Matarling in Lantawan, Basilan for the nationwide simultaneous Bayani Challenge 2013 where 30 houses will be built. These 500 volunteers in Basilan were part of the race for the 100,000-strong Army of Hope Builders who will enlist for the 8th Bayani Challenge scheduled on March 23-27, 2013. A new kind of People Power will be manifested in 37 ...
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20Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 20 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense – Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (OCD-RDRRMC) in coordination with the Department of Education conducted on Friday its 1st Quarter School-Based Tsunami and Earthquake Drill at Sta. Lucia National High School, this city. An estimated 800 high school students and faculty members participated in the drill. OCD-9 Regional Director and RDRRMC-9 chairperson Adriano D. Fuego said the activity aims to promote disaster ...
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20Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- His call for peace never ceases as evidenced by his works. A result of being a war victim himself, Rameer Tawasil once again used art to convey his call to put a stop on the ongoing Sabah crisis. “This conflict should stop immediately. Most of those caught in between the two warring sides are women and children. This just has to stop”, Tawasil said. He said there should be a peaceful resolution to this problem and that to achieve this, the government of t...
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20Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 20 (PIA) – City Schools Division Superintendent Victorina G. Perez has called on the media practitioners here to be responsible in exercising their profession. Speaking during the 48th induction program of the Zamboanga del Norte Press Club (ZNPC), Perez recalled that she was once maligned in a news article written by a media man whom she did not know personally. After that story saw print, the guy came to her in the guise of getting her side and was asking how many copi...
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19Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 19 (PIA) - - The Department of Education (DepEd) during the first quarter Regional Social Development Committee (RSDC) meeting held recently in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, sought the support to its Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for School Infrastructure Project II (PSIP-II) or the large-scale classroom project for endorsement to the Regional Development Council (RDC)-9. DepEd is embarking on the second phase of its large-scale classroom construction through the PPP scheme ...
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19Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 18 (PIA) - - “We are what we declare ourselves. If we say we are good, we are beautiful, we are young forever then you become one when you begin to believe yourself. Believe that you can be what you want to,” declared beauty and wellness expert Cory Quirino in her keynote speech during the World Women’s Day (WWD) celebration in Zamboanga City recently. City Public Information Officer (PIO) Belen Covarrubias, in a press statement, said hundreds of women from various se...
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19Mar2013DAVAO CITY, March 19 (PIA) -- Several infrastructure projects implemented under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program in the different recipient-barangays within and outside the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have already been completed, benefiting the so-called “MNLF areas.” Director Enrico dela Torre told a group of government information officers attending the three-day workshop on communicating the gains of PAMANA held here at the Pinnacle Hotel starting Marc...
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18Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar 18 (PIA) -- Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas said the Philippine Government has been treating the Sabah incident with utmost care and sensitivity, giving priority to saving lives. Speaking before hundreds of spectators at the 39th Founding Anniversary of Basilan province on March 7, Roxas explained the position of government in treating the Sabah incident, saying that there are underlying principles that guide the decision of President B...
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18Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar 18 (PIA) -- Around three-thousand women from the different barangays and organizations in Isabela City gathered to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, at the Isabela City gymnasium. The celebration kicked off with a street parade around the main thoroughfares of the city and winded up at the city hall complex for the program with the theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan”. In her message, Isabela City mayor Cherrylyn Santos-Akbar ur...
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18Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 18 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Police Office (ZNPPO) has started intensifying its security in preparation for the incoming Holy Week celebration and summer vacation. ZNPPO Officer-in-Charge, Police Senior Superintendent James Buslig Mejia told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that “the closing of the school year and other occasions such as the observance of the Holy Week, town fiestas and Flores de Mayo are expected to generate an exodus of commuter...
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15Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 15 (PIA) - - “The Regional Development Council is the highest policy-making in the region. We are not here just to present our budget but we are here to contribute to the regional development.” This was the gist of the message of Regional Director Teresita Socorro C. Ramos of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-9 during the 143rd Regional Development Council (RDC) meeting held recently at the Top Plaza Hotel this city. The council has endorsed a P47.43-...
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15Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 15 (PIA) -- The electronic Dalaw (e-Dalaw) project of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP), which had its first launching in Quezon City on October 13, 2011, and second in Baguio on October 26, 2012 was launched in Pagadian City on Tuesday, March 12. In a simple ceremony held at the Pagadian City Jail at Barangay Lenienza, City Jail Warden Sr. Inspector Mashur Sala said with the “E-Dalaw” project, people need not go directly to jail to talk to an inmate...
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14Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 4 (PIA) - - Members of the Philippine National Police in Dipolog was successful in conducting a series of activities in line with the 17th National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation which carries the theme: “Child Pornography Wakasan! Sa Tamang Paggamit ng Internet, Bata ay Gabayan (End child pornography! Guide children in proper use of internet).” The said celebration is also known as “Child Sexual Abuse Awareness Week” (CSAAW...
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14Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 14 (PIA) -- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Regional (ARMM) Governor Mujiv Hataman called on all member-agencies of the Crisis Management Committee (CMC) to have a proactive approach in addressing the needs of returning Filipinos from Sabah to avoid further problems in case of massive evacuation. “We need to be proactive and think ahead, even anticipating the worst case scenario, so that we will have a concrete work plan that will address the needs of the displaced...
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13Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 13 (PIA) -- Employers and labor representatives have converged here Tuesday at the Bay Plaza Hotel for a wage consultation led by the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) in Region 9. Around 40 participants composed of owners of local establishments, private school administrators, managers/representatives of banking and lending institutions, regional directors of the National Economic Development Authority-9 (NEDA-9) and Department of Labor and Employmen...
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12Mar2013MANILA, March 12 -- Some 70 information center managers (ICMs) of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) from all over the country are now converged in the Bayview Park Hotel Manila along Roxas Boulevard for the first Provincial ICMs Conference starting March 10-14. “Make sense of what is happening in our country,” Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma said, recognizing the crucial role of ICMs in the delivery of information to the public. He cited ...
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12Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 12 (PIA) -- City Fire Marshall F/Sr. Inspector Rheno Cimafranca reported recently that Pagadian had acquired a state-of-the-art firetruck. The firetruck is one of the 38 Rosenbauer TLF 4000 trucks designed for highly urbanized areas and procured by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) through a loan from the Austrian government. Said firetruck was turned-over on Wednesday to local officials in Camp Crame, Quezon City. “The new fire trucks have th...
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12Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 12 (PIA) - -The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Center for Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), Inc. jointly implemented the Microfinance Capacity Development Project for Partner Organizations (MCDPPO) to provide sustained credit access to agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) by developing ARB cooperatives as microfinance conduits. Because of the significant performance of the project and the need to adopt a more sustainable approach through the complementa...
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11Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- “Without the taxpayers, the nation will not exist.” This was the statement of lawyer Nasrollah B. Conding, Revenue District Office (RDO) 92 chief, during the kick-off of the 2013 tax campaign held last week at Hotel Camila here. Speaking before 400 stakeholders, Conding acknowledged the tremendous contribution of the taxpayers to the government coffers. “Without you our dear taxpayers, it would be very difficult for the government to function and implem...
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11Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Region 15, Revenue District 92 kicked off its 2013 tax campaign on Monday at Margarita Hall, Hotel Camila this city. Lawyer Alert B. Alocilja, BIR Revenue Region 15 director, said this annual activity is held to highlight BIR’s tax campaign for this year whose deadline is on April 15. “Our tax campaign slogan for this year is ‘I love the Philippines, I pay taxes correctly.’ Why correctly? Because there are ta...
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11Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, March 11 (PIA) -- “Kahit na ‘water boy’ lang ako sa Team Basilan, karangalan ko pong sumali at makibahagi sa inyong samahan sa probinsiya.” (Even if I’m just the water boy in your Team Basilan, it is an honor for me to take part in your convergence in the province.) This was the message of Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas at the occasion of the 39th Founding Anniversary of Basilan Province, Thursday, as he lauded the convergence efforts of the ...
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11Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- Groundbreaking activities were held for major infrastructure projects in the second district of Zamboanga del Norte. Seven of these projects are in Dipolog City, said Alan Bengua of the Dipolog City Information Office (CIO). These projects include the second, third and fourth phase of the expansion and improvement of the Dipolog City Airport with P112 million appropriation; the P25 million-road construction from the junction of Turno by-pass road to 3,003 step...
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08Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- The Cash for Training Project (C4TP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) was launched here to benefit 63 out-of-school youths (OSY) from the city’s 21 barangays. The C4TP, which is implemented in partnership with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Zamboanga del Norte Federation of Parents Association (ZNFEPA), Livelihood Skills Development and Enhancement Center (LSDEC),...
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08Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- “The Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM) plays a very critical role in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with Extension and Reform (Carper).” This was the opening statement of DAR-9 Regional Director Julita A. Ragandang during the PARCCOM meeting held at Top Plaza Hotel this city. Ragandang also thanked the Committee for its continuous support to the program and acknowledged, “It is a big task to implem...
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07Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY March 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Center for Gifted Education, Inc. (PCGE) in partnership with the Regional Development Council (RDC)-9 is now leading a search for “Mga bagong Rizal: Pag-asa ng Bayan 2013.” The search aims to recognize children and youth who exude exemplary performance in their own fields at the elementary, high school, and college levels. Nomination period is from January to April 2013 and awarding is on June 12, 2013. “Any Filipino, school or community ma...
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06Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- “It’s high time that we know of the natural wonder that is Zamboanga City,” Councilor Rogelio “Jerky” Valesco said to over 200 participants of the 1st Zamboanga City Ecotourism Awareness Summit held last week in the newly inaugurated P30-million Centro Latino Multi-Purpose Center, this city. The summit, which was held in partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT)-9 and the Department of Environment Natural Resources (DENR)-9 aimed to inform and ...
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06Mar2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar. 6 (PIA) -- Moro Islamic Liberation Front chairman Mohagher Iqbal declared at a forum here recently that “consultations will be at the heart of negotiations on the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro.” The MILF chairman was guest speaker at a Dialogue Forum for Peace in Basilan which was organized by the Roman Catholic Prelature of Basilan in partnership with the Inter-Faith Council of Leaders in Basilan last Feb. 19 at the Querexeta Formation Center. In spite of...
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06Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture (DA) in region 9 recently held a media forum at Mibang Hotel here to officially launch the National Year of Rice 2013, which aims to attain the rice self-sufficiency target next year. President Benigno Aquino III has issued Proclamation No. 494 directing the DA to lead the celebration of the National Year of Rice and raise public awareness on responsible rice consumption. The media forum has sought the help of media support to enjo...
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05Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz said the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has assisted 289 Filipino OFWs from Sabah who returned to the country Sunday night in view of the brewing tension in Sabah between the Malaysian authorities and the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu. "The DOLE helped facilitate their smooth arrival, and we are ready with our reintegration programs and other services for Filipinos who may decide to return to the...
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05Mar2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, March 5 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Region 9 has released the amount of P220,000 in death and burial benefits to the family of the late Ailyn Tagarda Hidalgo, 30, an OFW whose body was found inside the drainage system IN the basement of her employer’s residence at Yarmouk, Kuwait on Nov. 27, 2012. OWWA Regional Director Hassan Gabra Jumdain said Hidalgo’s remains arrived in Zamboanga City on Jan. 25, 2013 via Air Philippine Express flight P...
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04Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 1 (PIA) –The homegrown legislator had challenged the athletes participating in the 2013 Zamboanga Peninsula Regional Athletic Association (ZPRAA) Meet to give their best shot. Speaking during the grand opening of the 2013 ZPRAA Meet on Tuesday in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur Representative Victor J. Yu has called on the athletes/players to show their skills and apply the same focus and intensity in the actual competitions as they did during their training. Yu also e...
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04Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- No one would ever think that a multi-purpose cooperative in a remote and interior municipality of the second district in Zamboanga del Sur has helped transform the lives of the poor. The Timbermines Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Timmulco), which was established in 1992 based in Poblacion, Bayog, Zamboanga del Norte, had initially 10 members composed of municipal officials and employees with a seed capital of P4,100. The coop was registered with the Cooperative De...
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04Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 4 (PIA) -- As the government is pushing for a lasting solution to the peace problem in Mindanao, the officers and members of the Zamboanga del Norte Press Club (ZNPC) are also one in promoting the culture of peace through responsible journalism. Getting fed up with the skirmishes happening in some parts of Mindanao, the ZNPC sees it wise and imperative to start promoting peace these days through print and broadcast media. “Let us help promote peace,” suggested Ms. Rosal...
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01Mar2013BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Feb. 28 (PIA) - - “Glupa Gulian,” which was once an open pit dumpsite, is now called a paradise. Situated on a hilly portion of Sitio Quibranza, Barangay Kahayagan, some five kilometers away from the municipal seat of government and commercial center of this town, this dumpsite has metamorphosed into an agro-tourism park now frequented by visitors from other towns, cities, and provinces. Glupa Gulian is a Subanen term which means “land of paradise,” as “glup...
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28Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb 28 (PIA) - - The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), in collaboration with the city government of Dipolog hosted the very significant artistic extravaganza, the First International Gongs and Bamboo Music Festival held at Dipolog Sports Complex (DSC) on February 16-22. The Tunog-tugan Festival was made possible through the creative institutional partnership of NCCA, Musicological Society of the Philippines, and the University of the Philippines Center for Eth...
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28Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) - - Maybe you are one of those persons who fancied about posh jewelry and other fabulous ornaments. And it might be adlai or “katigbi” or better known as “job’s tears” used as beads as accessories. However, the most interesting and revealing part of it is the fact that it can be eaten as staple food. Just recently, the Department of Agriculture (DA) conducted a forum with the local media in the city and representatives from other agencies to promote pub...
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27Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) - - The municipality of Katipunan will play host to the launching of “Bayani Challenge 2013” with the theme, “Isang Bayan, Isang Bayanihan” come March 23-27. The event, which will be launched simultaneously in 34 provinces nationwide, embarks on charitable works like building houses for the homeless, repairing schools, health missions, tree planting, coastal cleanup, feeding program, and many more. Bayani Challenge, which was established in 2006 by Gawad Kal...
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27Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- Following a positive feedback from schools and local government units (LGUs) to the “Tunog-tugan festival” outreach program, Mayor Evelyn T. Uy has expressed her gratitude for the support extended by schools and LGUs to the activity. Uy thanked her constituents, and students, faculty and staff, school officials of Colegio de San Francisco Javier of the municipality of Rizal, St. Joseph College in Sindangan town, local government officials and residents of the ...
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26Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- Newly installed Director General of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) visited Basilan Friday to prepare for the local launching of the national event dubbed “Bayani Challenge 2013.” DG Jose Mari Oquiñena together with a team from Gawad Kalinga (GK) paid a courtesy call on Basilan Gov. Jum Akbar to discuss the housing projects for the province as part of the simultaneous nationwide Bayani Challenge launch in 34 provinces. Bayani Challenge is...
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26Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 26 (PIA) -- In keeping with its constitutional mandate to administer and control the Philippine National Police (PNP), the National Police Commission (Napolcom) will conduct the PNP entrance and promotional examinations on May 26. Napolcom Regional Director Atty. Macapado T. Guro said the PNP entrance examination is open to all Filipino citizens who meet the age, height and educational requirements as well as to Police Officer 1 (PO1) whose appointments are temporary for la...
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26Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 26 (PIA) -- An infirmary and a cultural heritage center will soon rise in Lamitan City as officials from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) led the ground-breaking ceremony recently. Felipe Fernando, city information officer-designate, reported that the two projects funded by the Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP) for ARMM will be constructed soon that will enhance health service delivery and promote cultural preservation. City Mayor Roderick H...
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26Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 26 (PIA) - - Reducing poverty by infusing livelihoods in poor communities is still the aim of national government agencies (NGAs) and local government units (LGUs) in the region. In a meeting held recently by Convergence Initiative Program for Poverty Reduction (CIPPR) member-agencies consisting of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Fiber Development Authority (FIDA...
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26Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 26 (PIA) -- The Technology Resource Center (TRC), in partnership with the Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Region 9 recently conducted the second leg of an Investors’ Forum on the Infusion of Technovation in Dipolog City. The forum, the second of the three fora to be conducted in the different parts of the country was held on February 14 at Camila Hotel this city. The first forum was held in Region...
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25Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 25 (PIA) -- Twenty-seven years ago, the EDSA People Power Revolution had proven that the convergence of people from all walks of life - from the civilians, military, religious, and business - could bring about change and transform a country. Commemorating the EDSA revolution each year for most Filipinos is a special calendar so that the succeeding generation of Filipinos shall appreciate the importance of freedom and democracy that the country enjoys today. This...
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23Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- United States Ambassador to the Philippines Harry K. Thomas is pleased with the over-all efforts of the Philippine government in its continuous fight against human trafficking. In his visit to the city on Wednesday, Ambassador Thomas said “while there are still a lot to be done, the time and effort being devoted by our government officials in combating human trafficking is very encouraging.” “Many challenges continue, especially in Zamboanga as people go ...
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23Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region-IX is stepping-up its efforts in the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP) of President Benigno S. Aquino III with the promotion of quality indigenous fruit tree seedlings. Directly supervised by the Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB), the preparation for the production of good native fruit tree seedlings through clonal farming is now in its final stage. Accordin...
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23Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 23 -- The National Commission for Culture And the Arts (NCCA) in cooperation with the province of Zamboanga del Sur, brought world-class dancers who performed at the Megayon Stage, Dao, this city during the Philippine Visual Arts Festival (PVAF) on February 7-11, 2013. Dubbed “Sayaw Pinoy,” one of the seven flagship projects of the Philippine Arts Festival, it is a dance concert that tours all over the country to showcase the Pinoys’ talent in dance such as ballet, ...
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22Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb.22 (PIA) - - Unmindful of the weather bulletin placing the entire Zamboanga Peninsula under storm signal no. 1 wrought by typhoon “Crising,” 165 participants from across the region braved the rainstorm and traveled all the way to Zamboanga City to attend the 1st Regional Occupational Safety and Health (ROSH) Summit held Feb. 20-21 at Marcian Garden Hotel and Convention Center this City. With the theme, “Embracing Challenges and Sharing Visions for an Accident and Inci...
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22Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb 22 (PIA) - - The change of management of Permex Producer and Exporter Corporation has led to the termination and displacement of 445 workers. Realizing the need to improve the lives of these affected workers, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) through the Zamboanga City Field Office (ZCFO) headed by Ian A. Lahi came to the rescue and was able to profile 342 displaced workers. On Wednesday, February 20 DOLE facilitated the initial release of starter kits that c...
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22Feb2013BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Feb.22 (PIA) -- The Municipal Inter-Agency Committee (MIAC), together with several personnel from the provincial office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-9), met here on Monday at the Timmulco Function Hall to discuss and resolve issues/complaints raised against the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). During the meeting, grievance officer Jeofel G. Daquiag presented the Social Welfare Indicator (SWI) analysis and di...
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21Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) - - The local government of Dipolog City, in collaboration with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), launched the exhibit for Tunogtugan: First International Gongs and Bamboo Music Festival on February 18 at Dipolog Sports Complex. The exhibit, dubbed “Soundscapes of Asia:The Gongs and Bamboo Music Tradition” is in partnership with the Musicological Society of the Philippines, UP Center for Ethnomusicology and Andres Bonifacio College. Dr. ...
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21Feb2013BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Feb 21 (PIA) -- More projects under the Kalahi-CIDSS Makamasang Tugon were turned-over to five barangays of Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur last week. Said projects were answers to the “felt needs” of the barangay folks since they were the ones who identified them. Projects implemented were the concreting of a 1.74-kilometer (km) road in Barangay Lamare; concreting of a 226-meter sectional road on a critical slope in Barangay Supon; concreting of a 550-meter critical...
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21Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 21 (PIA) - - With over 200 accounted dengue cases and 10 fatalities recorded from January 1 to February 18 as reported by Assistant City Health Officer Dr. Carol Carabaña , Mayor Celso Lobregat appealed to the public to cooperate and renew efforts to search and destroy breeding grounds of dengue carrier mosquitoes. The mayor encourages every household to share in the anti-dengue efforts to combat the continued rise of dengue cases in the city, said City Information Offi...
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20Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Zamboanga del Sur provincial office has confiscated Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers not assigned for motorcycle protective helmets. Provincial Director Ma. Socorro M. Atay of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)in Zamboanga del Sur said in a recent press conference that the ICC stickers were being sold at P200 each to motorcycle helmet owners. Atay claimed the ICC stickers were not fake but these are fo...
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20Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 19 (PIA) - - Driven by the passion to express themselves through painting, visual artists from all over the country gathered at Megayon Stage, Dao in this city on Feb. 7-11 for the Philippine Visual Arts Festival. The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) in cooperation with the provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur through Governor Antonio H. Cerilles sponsored the event with the theme, “Ani ng Sining” and its sub-theme, “Celebrating Icons.” ...
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20Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 20 (PIA) -- The 1st Regional Occupational Safety and Health Summit begins today, Feb. 20 at the Marcian Garden Hotel in Zamboanga City, hosted by the Zamboanga Peninsula Occupational Safety and Health Network (ZamPenOSHNet). The two-day event is conducted in collaboration with the Philippine Society for Mechanical Engineers (PSME) ZamBASulTa chapter and in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment Region 9 (DOLE RO-9). With the theme, “Embracing Challenge...
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18Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 18 (PIA) -- Amateur boxers from Lamitan City in Basilan are now gaining recognition after winning in the amateur boxing tilt in Zamboanga City recently. The four-member boxing team from Lamitan won in the bouts at “Golpe-Golpe na Barangay de Bungiao” in Zamboanga City during the village’s fiesta last Jan. 9. Felipe Fernando, Lamitan City information officer-designate said in a report that all four boxers won the matches despite the absence of boxing paraphern...
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15Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb.15 (PIA)---Thirteen business establishments in Zamboanga del Norte were among the 94 business establishments in Zamboanga Peninsula which violated the Free Trade Law (FTL) in 2012, according to the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Julius Salaveria, Customer Welfare Division Chief of the DTI said, “Of the 13 violators from the province, six were able to immediately reopen their businesses after correcting their mistakes, while the remaining seven violators were formall...
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15Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- As the country recently registered a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 6.6 percent, Congressman Rosendo S. Labadlabad of the second district of Zamboanga del Norte has attributed it to President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III’s good governance. Speaking at a gathering of local and community leaders here with President Aquino as guest of honor, Labadlabad said, “The stellar performance of the Philippine economy nowadays is a result of PNoy’s good governanc...
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14Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 14 (PIA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 9 (DENR-9) and the local government of Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the implementation of the Integrated Coastal Management (ICM) project in said municipality. The project aims to come up with an effective approach of a sustainable coastal and marine development with demonstrated benefits in enhancing economic growth, ecosystem protection, promotion of...
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14Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Isabela City has turned-over more than half-a-million-worth of Kabuhayan Starter Kits to some 70 beneficiaries of Isabela. In a ceremony at the city hall lobby Tuesday, some 70 beneficiaries received their individual livelihood showcases from DOLE-Isabela OIC Head Wesley Tan and City Mayor Cherrylyn Santos-Akbar. Tan explained that this project is part of the strategic mechanism program or pro-poor progr...
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14Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) -- To stir up the spirit volunteerism among Filipinos, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) held the 2nd Million Volunteer Run (MVR-2)- Run to Save Lives in this city recently. Over 4,000 people from all walks of life participated in the said event, which aimed to build up a system of volunteers from barangay level, to school organizations, private enthusiasts and to government agencies and entities. It also sought to raise funds for the PRC’s critical humanitarian serv...
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13Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 13 (PIA) -- Close to a hundred kids attended the three-day Art Workshop jointly sponsored by JCI Yllana and the Zamboanga del Sur provincial government at the Megayon Stage, Dao, Pagadian City on February 8-10. Junior Chamber International (JCI) Yllana President Christine S. Padayhag said the workshop is part of the celebration of the Philippine Visual Arts Festival and the Philippine Arts Month this February. “Students who are talented but do not have the money to attend ...
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12Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb 12 (PIA) -- Dipolog City will host the Tunog-Tugan: 1st International Gongs and Bamboo Music Festival last February 16-22 in celebration of its 100th year. The city government has planned an exciting array of activities for the grandiose affair to feature gongs and bamboo instruments. The Tunog-tugan Festival is a one week celebration, with galas and concerts to be held throughout the city where several groups of musical artists will exhibit their talent. Guests and dignita...
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12Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 12 -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Education (DepEd) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recently inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with fast-food giant Jollibee Group Corp. (JGC) boosting the government’s logs-to-chair project. In a press statement released by DENR, the parties agreed to a P2-million deal with JGC to produce school chairs out of confiscated logs. Signatories of the MOA wer...
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12Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- “All sectors play a vital role in nation building - even the differently-abled; nobody is left behind.” This is what the Fully Abled Nation Day or F.A.N. Day aims to inculcate in the minds of the public come Feb. 15. Spearheaded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), the Asia Foundation, and the Foundation for Communication Initiatives, Inc (FOCI), F.A.N. Day puts persons with disabilities (PWDs) in the limelight as integral part o...
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12Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 12 -- Sixty-two private sector representatives from hotels, restaurants, travel agencies and schools attended the Tourism Stakeholders Summit on February 6, at Garden Orchid Hotel to work hand-in-hand with the Department of Tourism (DOT) and other government agencies to fulfil the tourism plans of Zamboanga Peninsula region. “Tourism is everybody’s business”, said Ms. Mary June Bugante, Regional Director of DOT-9, who talked on current tourism trends that served as ...
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11Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 11 (PIA)-- The provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Zamboanga del Norte and the city government of Dipolog are currently holding a “Tunug-tugan” trade fair at the Building B of the newly-constructed commercial center at this city’s boulevard. The trade fair, which started Feb. 5 and will last until Feb. 23, is part of the celebration of Philippine Arts Festival (PAF) which highlights the “Tunug-tugan,” the first international gongs and ...
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11Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, February 11 (PIA) -- At least 129 indigent couples who are living together outside marriage will avail themselves of the free mass wedding on Valentine’s Day to be held at the City Commercial Center this city. The wedding is jointly sponsored by the Home Mutual Development Fund or the Pag-IBIG Fund and the city government of Pagadian dubbed “I do. I do. Araw ng Pag-IBIG.” Pag-IBIG Fund-Pagadian branch officer-in-charge, Engr. Beder Morandarte Jr., said the event, whi...
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11Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 11 (PIA) - - - The Department of Labor and Employment, Regional Office No. 9 (DOLE-9) was adjudged the 2011 Best Regional Office under Level III category during the 2012 Yearend Performance Assessment (YEPA) and 2013 Corplanning Exercises held last Feb. 6-8 at Marco Polo Hotel, Cebu City. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz personally awarded the plaque of recognition and a cash incentive amounting to P40,000 to DOLE-9 Regional Director Sisinio B. Cano during the awa...
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11Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 11 (PIA) -- Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), Local Government Units (LGUs), and the media of the three provinces in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) gathered for a two-day interfacing session on roles, capacities, and commitment in project monitoring in the region. “This is a project that involves the media, the civil society, and the local government in terms of monitoring projects under the Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP),” said Red ...
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08Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- It was sweet music to the ears of the residents of Zamboanga del Norte as President Aquino assured them that there will be more infrastructure and social projects to be poured in the province under his administration. The President gave this assurance on Tuesday before the officials, faculty, and students of Andres Bonifacio College during the inauguration of the Graduate and Professional School (GPS) building of the Andres Bonifacio College this city. One of the ...
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08Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) - - During his recent visit here, the President called on students and teachers to be more innovative to make themselves productive and competent. Aquino came over as guest of honor in the inauguration of the Graduate and Professional School (GPS) building of the Andres Bonifacio College (ABC). The chief executive recalled the inspiring history of ABC from the time of its establishment in 1940 by its founder, Amando B. Amatong, with only seven students and five tea...
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08Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P50 million to the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-IX for the construction of its building at the regional government center in Barangay Balintawak, this city. This was disclosed by NEDA-IX Regional Director Teresita Socorro C. Ramos before a group of government officials and employees from the different line agencies based in this city who joined NEDA’s 40th anniversary celebration recen...
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08Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 8, (PIA) -- In celebration of the World Wetlands Day (WWD), the Protected Areas Wildlife and Coastal Zone Management Services (PAWCZMS) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has lined up several activities to mark the occasion and to drum up public awareness. Roservirico Tan, chief of DENR-IX’s Information Division said “although the WWD is being celebrated every second of February, the environment office has prepared series of activities from Jan...
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08Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 7 (PIA) -- “The Million Volunteer Run (MVR) 2 primarily aims to stir the spirit of volunteerism,” said Dr. Reynaldo Ortiz, chairman of the board, Philippine Red Cross-Zamboanga del Sur (PRC-ZDS) chapter in a media forum held on Tuesday by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) at Anastacia Pensionne House in this city. He explained that MVR 2 is a nationwide event which also aimed at raising funds to support the programs of the Red Cross and to raise people’s awarene...
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08Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 8 (PIA) -- As part of their crime prevention awareness activities, the Task Force Zamboanga (TFZ) and the City Police Office (CPO) are now tapping the community through “pulong-pulong” to prevent further cases of kidnappings and terrorism in the city. Newly installed TFZ commanding officer Col. Glenn Macasero emphasized that “it is important that the authorities and the public work hand in hand to prevent further escalation of kidnappings and terrorism here.” “W...
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07Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) is now intensifying the involvement of youths and adult volunteers in its different projects/programs to make them more useful and responsible citizens of the country. PNRC Million Volunteer Run (MVR) committee chair Rey E. Quisumbing in a press statement said the PRC will be holding its nationwide MVR year 2 on Feb. 10 with the tagline, “I choose to run to save lives.” He said the first MVR that was held on Dec. 4, 20...
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07Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) - - “Stop corruption, enough with deception, let us change the crooked system and together let us march to the daang matuwid,” declared President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III during his visit to the city on Tuesday to inaugurate the Graduate and Professional Schools (GPS) building of the Andres Bonifacio College (ABC), a non-sectarian private school founded in 1940. PNoy unveiled the GPS marker together with ABC board of trustees chair Atty. Ernesto S. Amatong, co...
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07Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 7 (PIA) - - The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-IBIG Fund - Zamboanga City Branch and the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) Faculty Union signed a memorandum of agreement for a housing project. “Through this program, the Fund will grant loans under its Group Housing Loan Program (GHLP) to a qualified group such as the association for the development of its real property into a subdivision project through a joint venture with any qualified housing project ...
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06Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) - - Seventy-five hatchlings of sea turtles locally known as “pawikan” were found along the shore of Surf, Barangay Miputak in this city recently. Children swimming in said beach reportedly saw these baby turtles and told a certain resident trained on handling endangered species about the hatchlings on the beach. Fish Warden Teresa Sañado said these hatchlings were believed to be two days old. Sañado also believed that there are more sea turtles from the ...
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06Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 6 -- The 1st Regional Occupational Safety and Health Summit in Zamboanga Peninsula will be held on February 20-21 at Marcian Garden Hotel in Zamboanga City. The Zamboanga Peninsula Occupational Safety and Health Network (ZamPen OSHNet) in collaboration with the Philippine Society for Mechanical Engineers (PSME) ZamBASulTa chapter and in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment Region 9 (DOLE RO-9) will host the summit. With the theme, “Embracing Challe...
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05Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- A variety of coco shell handicrafts, bags, underwear, yema, bottled Spanish sardines, bottled dried fish, and the local delicacy “tinagaktak” were among the products displayed during the “Livelihood People’s Organization Conference” spearheaded by the Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Program for South and Southeast Asia (RFLP) at Mibang Hotel here recently. RFLP, a project implemented by the United Nations-Food and Agriculture Organization (UN-FAO) in coord...
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05Feb2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb 5 (PIA) - - In its year-ender report, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration of Region 9 (OWWA-9), said it released P27,799,267.85 for the implementation of programs and services to OFW families and members in Region 9. Beneficiaries from the cities of Zamboanga , Isabela, Basilan, Dipolog and the province of Zamboanga Sibugay availed of various programs and services offered by OWWA which include reintegration, death and burial benefit, skills employment scholarshi...
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05Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 5 (PIA) - - To effectively intensify employment facilitation and promotion through the Skills Registry System (SRS), and to assist job seekers and the new entrants to the world of work, DOLE 9 Regional Director Sisinio B. Cano, together with the newly installed Chief Labor and Employment Officer of Zamboanga del Sur Field Office, Lourdes B. Amores turned-over complete sets of information technology equipments valued at P 43,000 for the municipalities of Tukuran and Ramon Magsa...
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05Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 5 (PIA) -- President Benigno Aquino is scheduled to visit the city today to inaugurate the Graduate and Professional Schools Building and four pavilions of Andres Bonifacio College and to meet with the local leaders in Zamboanga del Norte. The inauguration of the newly-constructed building is part of the 121st birth anniversary celebration of the founder of AB College, Amando B. Amatong. President Aquino, together with Justice Secretary Leila De Lima and DILG Sec. Mar Roxa...
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04Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 4 (PIA) -- In pursuit of its goal to eradicate poverty through quality and effective infrastructure facilities and services responsive to the needs of the Filipino people, the Department Of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 9 was allotted P6,252,079 for the implementation of 443 projects in 2012. Regional Director Jorge U. Sebastian Jr. reported as of December 31, 2012, 352 projects had been completed, 63 are still ongoing, and 28 are in the pre-construction stage wit...
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04Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 4 (PIA) - - Interested researchers, scientists, professors, and other stakeholders can now start submitting their research/project proposals under the Manila Economic and Cultural Office-Taiwan Economic and Cultural Office (MECO-TECO) Science and Technology Cooperation to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). A press statement issued recently by the regional office of DOST-9 said that the project proposals must fall under these identified areas of cooperation, nam...
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04Feb2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Feb 4 (PIA) -- Officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) participated recently in the peace advocacy convention initiated by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) unit in Basilan. The attendance of these high-ranking officials and the presence of the local government of Basilan province representative displayed the commitment of these stakeholders toward the attainment of lasting peace in Basilan. Basilan police ch...
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04Feb2013BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Feb 4 (PIA) – In response to the problem of talent mismatch, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Zamboanga del Sur last week held an orientation on National Skill Registry System (NSRS) and turned over information technology (IT) equipment at Glupa Gulian Agro-Tourism Park here. NSRS is a database of skills and at the community level. It contains the profiles of all persons looking for job, and is maintained by the Public Employment Service Office (PESO)...
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01Feb2013PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), National Committee for Visual Arts will showcase Philippine Visual Arts Festival in Pagadian City on Feb. 7 -11 in celebration of the National Arts Month. In a media forum held last week at the Subanen Hall, Provincial Government Center, Barangay Dao this city, NCCA Deputy Executive Director Marlene Sanchez said this year’s festival theme is “Ani ng Sining” with its sub-theme, “Celebrating Icons....
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31Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan.31 (PIA) - - In pursuit of cooperation in science and technology between the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the National Science Council (NSC) of Taipei, the DOST is calling for mutually beneficial and collaborative project proposals for implementation in the third Quarter of 2013. As a requirement, proposals must be submitted to DOST while their Taiwanese counterpart must submit the same proposal to NSC for separate review and evaluation. Only projects app...
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31Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) - - To avail of the AusAID $10-million grant meant for the implementation of day-care centers and school buildings, municipal local governments should make sure that the project proposals of their barangays are complete with technical documents, as well as their local counterpart contribution. OIC-Regional Director Zenaida Arevalo emphasized this to municipal mayors during an LGU forum held recently in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte. She said the funds are an addi...
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31Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) and the city government here will be implementing low-impact developments in the pink sand island of Sta. Cruz to maintain its pristine condition while making it a first-class tourist destination. DOT-9 Regional Director Mary June Bugante, during a media tour last week, said development should not destroy the island’s beauty. “We want a low-impact development for the island toensure that the authentic beauty of the island is ...
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31Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) -- The city government here has joined the entire nation in celebrating the 17th National Autism Consciousness Week last Jan. 20-27. With the theme, “Autismo Alamin: Pagtanggap at Pag-unawa Palaganapin,” the week-long celebration sought to develop awareness of the problems of autistic persons and promote a supportive environment among communities to enable autistic persons to live with dignity and to function independently so they can contribute productively to...
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31Jan2013Dipolog City in Zamboanga del Norte is a haven for pleasure seekers. Dipolog offers a myriad of fun-filled and exhilarating activities that caters to all types of tourists. For tourists seeking simple pleasures, the city offers a stroll along the immaculately clean 1.5-km Dipolog Boulevard or nature-tripping through the verdant forests at the outskirts of the city, or camping, trail trekking, canoeing, or simply swimming in the clear waters of Dipolog’s grey sand beaches For the more ...
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30Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Police Office (ZNPPO) recently held here a seminar-workshop for print and broadcast media practitioners who are members of the Mindanao Press Corps (MPC). The one-day seminar, which was held Monday at the conference hall of the PNP provincial headquarters,with media men from the different regions in Mindanao as participants, was titled, “The Role of Media in 2013 Midterm Elections.” Zamboanga del Norte PNP Provincial Dir...
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30Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- In preparation for May 2013 elections, representatives from the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed of Forces of the Philippines (AFP), National Police Commission (Napolcom), and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) held on Thursday a joint provincial security control conference at Camp Abelon headquarters here to discuss the different Comelec resolutions attendant to the coming elections. These represent...
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30Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 30 (PIA) -- To intensify its forest protection activities and boost the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP), the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)in Region 9 has acquired 41 brand new units of Honda XRM-125 motorcycles. The motorcycle units worth P2.683 million were purchased through the funds of Forest Management Services (FMS). Regional Executive Director Arleigh Adorable, together with FMS Regional Technical Director Ali Bari and Adm...
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30Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 30 (PIA) -- Adding flavor enhancers to the diet of the elderly may be a good strategy in increasing the food intake of older persons, revealed Celina Ann Javier of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute - Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) in a press statement. Javier said FNRI-DOST conducted a study on 67 persons aged 60 years old and above of which one group was given 0.5 grams flavor enhancer while the other group was given 0.5 grams iodized salt. ...
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30Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 30 (PIA) -- The Provincial Peace and Development Coordinating Committee will visit Tabuanlasa municipality on Jan. 30 - 31 to bring development projects and government services to this hard-to-reach islands south of Basilan. Dubbed “Bayanihan sa Tabuanlasa Tungo sa Kapayapaan,” the residents of Sulloh and Lanawan islands will benefit from the services and programs that participating agencies and organizations will be bringing. The project was conceived to rehabi...
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30Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 30 (PIA) -- Five visual artists of Zamboanga del Norte are slated to participate in the Philippine Visual Arts Festival (PVAF) on Feb. 7-11 in Pagadian City, according to Emma Bengua-Prima, former president of Ta "Glibon Ini Lady Art Collective" of this city. These artists are Meinardo Velasco, Don Gurrea, Emma Bengua-Prima, Vicente Laput, Leo Marquiala, and Desa Laput who will be bringing along their paintings for the artwork competitions. PVAF is a flagship project of the ...
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29Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 29 (PIA) -- With the primary goal of attaining rice self-sufficiency this year, President Benigno S. Aquino III issued Proclamation No. 494 declaring 2013 as the National Year of Rice and mandated the Department of Agriculture (DA) to lead the celebration. In a recent press conference held at Hotel Guillermo this city, DA-9 Regional Information Officer Melba Wee said part of the strategies to attain rice-self-sufficiency is the conduct of intensified information campaign and ...
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28Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY 28 Jan. (PIA) - - “When it rains, it pours,” this saying holds true to Barangay Patalon as blessings came in bundle with the joint inauguration of the barangay’s P4.4-million water system and the P2.2-million newly constructed health center. The water system paves the way to potable water for Patalon population who were overjoyed with this new development in their barangay. Vic Larato, City Information Office, in a press statement said, “The Patalon water system, which i...
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28Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 28 (PIA) -- A peace center recently opened in Sulu in line with the government’s program in Localizing the National Action (LNAP) on Women, Peace and Security in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). In a press statement, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) reported that the center is part of the local, regional, and national government’s continuing joint efforts to reach out to marginalized and conflict-affected communi...
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28Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 28 (PIA) - - The City Civil Registrar here has announced the conduct of the annual mass wedding to unmarried couples on March 2 rat Dipolog City Sports Complex. The Local Civil Registrar, Rosemarie P. Miranda,has come up with this program on the basis of Art. II Sec. 12 of the 1987 Constitution recognizing the sanctity of family life as a basic autonomous social institution. “This program is my initiative from the time I assumed this office and it is now an annual act...
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28Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 28 (PIA) –- A joint convention of the military, police, the Moro Islamic liberation Front (MILF), and the International Monitoring Team (IMT) was conducted recently at the town of Al-Barka in Basilan to help it rebuild itself. In a report, Basilan police chief PSSupt Mario M. Dapilloza said that the convention has tackled the project proposal offered and funded by the IMT with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The proposals discussed include the constr...
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28Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 28 - - The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said today, Monday, that it has processed a maximum of 50,000 emergency loans on a daily basis for members affected by typhoon “Pablo” due to a more reliable database and online capabilities of the GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System (GW@PS) kiosks. At the height of super typhoon “Ondoy” in 2009, the number of emergency loan applications processed daily peaked at more than 17,000 only. This is mainly beca...
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25Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 25 (PIA) -- An 18-year old lass from Barangay Kawit in this city has bested other contestants in the recently held search for Miss Regatta 2013 during the city’s 39th annual fiesta. Twelve gorgeous, young and talented women from the 12 coastal barangays vied for the title in a beauty pageant held at the wharf area here on Friday. Miss Regatta organizer and choreographer Michael Matulin said candidates were all bonafide residents of the city, 16-23 years old, and with g...
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25Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 25 (PIA) -- “By April, the students shall have known if they are awarded the scholarship or not; and by May, we can start paying our scholars to avoid any delays in their enrollment,” Commission on Higher Education-9 (CHED) Regional Director Emmylou B. Yanga said, adding that her office will be attending to all scholarship applications starting Feb. 1 to March 31, 2013. This adjustment is in accordance with CHED Memorandum Order no. 56, series of 2012 which revises the...
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24Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) - - January 21-27 is “Goiter Awareness Week (GAW)" as per Presidential Proclamation 1188 issued on December 11, 2006 declaring every fourth week of January as GAW. With this year’s theme, “Goiter Sugpuin, Isip Patalinuhin, Iodized Salt Gamitin,” the seventh GAW celebration focuses on enhancing public awareness on goiter and iodine-deficiency disorders among Filipinos. National Nutrition Council (NNC) Nutrition Program Coordinator Maria Del Pilar Pamela T...
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23Jan2013PAGADIAN City, Jan 23 (PIA) -- Labor Regional Director Sisinio B. Cano reported that Region 9 was allotted P29 million for the implementation of Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) this year. This was disclosed by Cano during a recently-held press conference at Guillermo Hotel this city. Dubbed “Ulat sa Bayan : Communicating DOLE-Zamboanga del Sur Significant Milestone,” DOLE-9 officials met the local press to report the agency’s major accomplishments in 2012 and the pr...
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23Jan2013Most people believe that government security forces and even para-military troops exist only to protect the people and safeguard civilians from armed confrontation. The belief was that military forces should not do anything else but carry their arms and ensure that the civilians are protected against armed lawless groups. Undeniably, this is their primary concern and mission. Recently, however, things are changing. For the past few years, we have seen some significant changes in the se...
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23Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) - - Forty-seven Police Non-Commissioned Officers (PNCOs) from different municipal police stations in Zamboanga del Norte have recently received their promotions. The newly promoted PNCOs were sworn in before OIC-Provincial Director PSSupt. James Buslig Mejia in simple mass oath-taking and pinning-of-ranks ceremonies held early this week at Camp Hamac, Sicayab, Dipolog City. Witnessing the oath-talking rites were the spouses and other police officers of the Zamboang...
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23Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) - - Every Filipino wastes about two tablespoons of cooked rice and about nine grams of uncooked rice daily, according to the latest report issued by the Department of Agriculture (DA). In a press conference called recently by DA-9 regional office at Guillermo Hotel here, information officer Melba Wee told the press that her office is pursuing a public information campaign aimed at reducing food wastage to help attain rice self-sufficiency in the country. “Rice is...
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23Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 23 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) in Zamboanga del Norte urged all grains businessmen to renew their business licenses on time to avoid sanctions from government as well those in similar venture to register their grains businesses with the NFA. NFA Provincial Manager Julakmad J. Lawama said the grains traders who fail to renew their NFA business licenses will be fined a 25 percent surcharge of the total cost and another 25 percent for every month thereafter. The ...
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22Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 22 (PIA) - - The Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-Ibig –Zamboanga City branch will sponsor a mass wedding dubbed “I do, I do, Araw ng Pag-IBIG,” set on hearts’ day, February 14, for its member-couples who wish to be married but have no finances to do so, said Cora Mamauag, chief, Marketing and Enforcement Division, Pag-IBIG. She said Pag-IBIG Fund would not only sponsor the wedding reception, food, souvenirs, symbolic rings ,and gifts for raffle draw, bu...
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22Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan 22- - - The regional welfare office of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here announced that it will move to a new location in February 2013. Hassan Gabra T. Jumdain, OWWA-9 regional director, revealed that the new OWWA office will be located at the 3rd floor of Goodwill Center, Canelar St., Zamboanga City. “The new office will serve as a One-Stop-Processing Center (OSPC) that will house the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). We have a...
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22Jan2013MANILA, Jan 22 - - The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) complained about the penchant of some people of planting trees under the transmission lines. Trees and vegetation that grow or are planted inside or adjacent to NGCP’s existing transmission line right-of-way (ROW) are known to cause trippings or power outages when they breach prescribed safety clearances for high-voltage power lines. NGCP singled out Mindanao, specifically the Balo-i area, as particularly troublesome...
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22Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 22 (PIA) - - Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Provincial Director Lourdes B. Amores cited noteworthy accomplishments in 2012 in a press conference held recently at Hotel Guillermo this city. Together with DOLE Regional Director Sisinio B. Cano and DOLE intermediaries: Engr. Joseph Isaias “Vince” Quipot VI, PESO manager; Mary Jane Omandam, president of the Guidance Counselors Network (GCNet) Zambo Sur Chapter; and Levi Cabatcha, vice chairman of the Tripartite I...
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21Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Zamboanga del Norte has reiterated the warning to motorists against fake or unauthorized Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers for motorcycle helmets. The local DTI office issued the warning after reports have reached the regional office that some unscrupulous individuals are trying to dupe motorists to buy helmets with fake or unauthorized ICC stickers. The modus operandi was uncovered when a motorist, after bein...
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21Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 21 (PIA) -- The Peace and Development Coordinating Committee (PDCC) also known as Team Basilan has resolved to re-organize and activate the Provincial Anti-Drug Council to address the escalating drug problem in the province. In a recent meeting of Team Basilan, Provincial Administrator Tahira Ismael recognized the urgency of addressing the illegal drug situation in the province. She fears that the drug menace has slowly crept into the different communities in Basilan,...
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21Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 21 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III brought some good news on the present power deficiency in Mindanao during his recent visit here to attend the “Top Level Forum” of Mindanao university presidents. In his speech, the President disclosed that four giant business firms committed at least 3,000 Mega Watts (MW) of power, more than enough to address the power problems in Mindanao. “Two nights ago, I had a chance to talk with four of the biggest business firms in ...
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21Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan 21(PIA) --The reforms implemented by the newly-installed Officer-in-Charge of the Zamboanga del Norte schools division have generated positive feedback from the rank-and-file and teaching personnel of the division. Ms. Lourma I. Poculan, acting assistant schools division superintendent told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that Ms. Natividad P. Bayubay, the new DepED-Zanorte chief, has given the school administrators the authority to hire and accept teachers for their ...
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21Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 21 -- The Department of Trade and Industry here has released an advisory informing the public that the DTI has ended its inspection and ICC Sticker marking program on motorcycle helmets. DTI Provincial Director Ma. Socorro M. Atay said her office will not receive applications for the said program effective January 2013. Further, DTI is the only government agency authorized to issue ICC stickers and these stickers are not for sale. Ms. Atay said further that tampering, alte...
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18Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 18 (PIA) -- A documentary film on the government's flagship poverty reduction program will be launched on January 23 during the anniversary of the Department of Social Welfare and Department (DSWD). The film tackles the impact of DSWD programs such as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (or conditional cash transfer), Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Service (KALAHI-CIDSS), a community-driven development project, and Sustain...
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18Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 18 (PIA) -- At least 12 coastal barangays are ready to participate in the regatta on Friday at the wharf area here. These barangays are Bomba, Dumagoc, Kawit, Lumbia, Napolan, Poloyagan, San Pedro, Santiago , Sta. Lucia, Tawagan Sur, Muricay, and White Beach. Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) chief Elyn Gulle, Regatta chairperson said the two-day activity which will officially start today, Friday, until tomorrow is one of main highlights of the annual “Pasalamat” festiva...
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18Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 18 (PIA) -- Malacanang has declared Jan. 21 a special non-working day in this city in line with the celebration of the “Pasalamat Festival.” President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, through Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa, Jr. issued on Monday Proclamation No. 535, making Jan. 21 a special non-working day as the city holds a week-long Pasalamat Festival which culminates on Monday. The festival is a special event that highlights the observance of the city’s annual p...
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17Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 17 -- About 58,000 old-age and disability pensioners of state pension fund Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) have started receiving the upgraded minimum basic pension of P5,000 beginning this January. GSIS President and general Manager Robert G. Vergara said the pension increment forms part of a series of initiatives launched by the state pension fund to provide responsive service to its pensioners. A 2011 study on the situation of senior citizens in the country ...
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17Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- Some 180 registered nurses and midwives are set to be deployed this month in the different communities in Zamboanga del Sur under the RN HEALS program of the Department of Health (DOH). DOH-9 Regional Director Teogenes F. Baluma said, his office has scheduled a pre-deployment orientation for these nurses and midwives on January 17-19, 2013 at Hotel Guillermo this city. RN HEALS, an acronym for Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local Service, is expect...
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17Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- “With a more active participation of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in our crusade towards a peaceful and progressive Mindanao, we have greater confidence in the inevitable success of our people,” said President Benigno S. Aquino III during the Top Level Forum of University Presidents in Mindanao held here yesterday, January 16. Visiting the city for the first time as the highest official of the country, Aquino disclosed that his “Administration rema...
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16Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 16 (PIA) -- Some 2,000 job seekers turned up at the city commercial center here today for the job fair led by the city government in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). City Assessor and Public Employment Service Office (PESO) Manager Joseph Isaias M. Quipot VI told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that the city government has been tapping local business establishments to help provide job opportunities to the locals. “We are strengtheni...
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15Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 14 (PIA) – Authorities in Basilan are bent on addressing incidence of Basileños being rescued as victims of human trafficking in recent operations of the Sea-Based Anti-Trafficking Task Force (SBATTF). In a meeting last January 3, the Basilan Peace and Development Coordinating Committee also known as Team Basilan resolved to intensify its information campaign against human trafficking in the province. The resolution was in response to Vice President and Chairman E...
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15Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, JAN. 14 (PIA) -- The Dipolog City government through its Treasurer’s Office is extending a twenty percent (20%) discount to all real property owners who will pay their real estate tax for the whole year on or before January 31, 2013. Ms. Juanita Arquiza, the current head of the Land Tax Division of the City Treasurer’s Office said the extension of 20% discount to the real property owners who will pay in advance their real estate tax for 2013 is in response to the letter-reque...
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15Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 15 (PIA) -- Fourteen families affected by a fire in Barangay Mampang this city sometime in October, last year, recently received a total of P54,000 as the city government’s cash aid. Vic Larato of the City Information Office, in a press statement said the distribution of cash assistance was done at the City Hall by Mayor Celso Lobregat himself. Larato said, the victims whose houses were totally destroyed by fire received P5,000 per family while those assessed as house-sh...
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14Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here recently released Emergency Shelter Assistance (ESA) in the form of cash amounting to close to to P1.5M to Zamboanga City victims of typhoons Lawin and Ofelia that hit the country late last year. The ESA, which was released in the form of cash, gave typhoon victims a bit of hope in this dark moment of their lives. Narrabelle Bue , DSWD Regional Information Officer (RIO) , in a statement said the agenc...
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11Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 11 -- The city government recently distributed cash assistance amounting to P54,000 to 14 families who were affected by a fire incident in Barangay Mampang, this city last October. In distributing the cash assistance at City Hall, Mayor Celso Lobregat explained to the beneficiaries that the amount was too small to compensate the properties they lost to the fire but it is something at least to start on. He said the incident was an unfortunate episode or event that nobody w...
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11Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 11 (PIA) -- Expect a 'red' Valentine’s Day here as the Philippine National Red Cross -Zamboanga del Norte (PNRC-ZN) chapter will again hold a bloodletting activity come Feb. 14. PNRC-ZN chapter administrator Joshua A. Bicoy has disclosed that everything is ready for the conduct of blood donation campaign set on Valentine’s Day at the Lee Plaza City Central this city. Bicoy also said in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that the organizations parti...
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10Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan.10 (PIA) - - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to demolish obstructions and structures illegally constructed in the city’s highways and roads right of way. In consonance with the demolition, DPWH has been coordinating with the city government for its implementation. “The DPWH, through a circular, has sought the city government’s assistance pertaining to the immediate clearing of highways and roads right of way of all illegal structures,” rev...
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10Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Office (DOLE-ZDSPO) have handled a total of 57 Single Entry Approach (SEnA) cases in 2012, according to Fortunato A. Magsayo, Labor and Employment Officer III and SEnA Desk Officer. SENA is a conciliation-mediation approach of settling issues between management and labor which facilitates an amicable settlement of labor disputes. DOLE assists parties to arrive at a settlement agreement. It is a...
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09Jan2013BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Jan 9 (PIA) –- The local government unit of Bayog conducted its 1st Joint Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC), Municipal Development Council (MDC) and Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRRMC) meeting last Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Glupa Gulian Agro Tourism Park, Barangay Kahayagan, this municipality. The officers of the 53rd Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army (PA) gave an update on the citings of New People’s Army (NPA) in the area, ...
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09Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 9 (PIA) --The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 9 office (DPWH-9) cancelled their traditional Christmas party and instead used the supposed budget as assistance for the victims of typhoon Pablo last December. DPWH-9 Information Officer Ma. Carla Miñoza said Regional Director Jorge U. Sebastian, in response to the call of DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson, cancelled their Christmas party and shared their blessings with typhoon Pablo’s victims in Compostela Vall...
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08Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 8 (PIA) -- Over 2,850 tricycle operators and drivers (TOD) are expected to converge at Plaza Luz on Thursday, January 10 to celebrate the 5th TOD day. City councilor Arnold Gavenia, chairperson of motorized tricycle franchising and regulatory board (MTFRB) said the celebration is in accordance with city ordinance No. 2k8-267 dated January 8, 2007, “an ordinance declaring January 8 every year as tricycle operators and drivers day. Gavenia said this year’s celebration was ...
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08Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan 8 (PIA) -- Offices processing business permits are open even during Saturdays and Sundays. This as City Mayor Celso Lobregat instructed these offices to accommodate applicants and expedite business permit renewal process. “City Hall has extended its office hours effective January 2 to better serve the public during the renewal period,” said City Information Officer, Sheila Covarrubias in a press statement. “Offices concerned in the renewal process are open Mondays th...
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08Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, JAN. 8 (PIA) -- Dipolog City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DCDRRMC) evacuated 230 families during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Auring. Tropical Storm Auring is the first typhoon to hit the country in 2013. Councilor Cyril Ruiz, adviser of the DCDRRMC, said the evacuation of the affected families was done as water level at Dipolog River and other water tributaries rose due to heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Auring. Ruiz said the affected families are re...
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08Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) -- Chinese tourists who had visited Dapitan City were impressed with the pristine beaches and beautiful sceneries that abound in the area. They expressed this through Tourism Attache for Eastern and Western China Gerry Panga who informed Councilor Agolong through email that the entire delegation was happy and deeply impressed with the experience they had of the visit. A 12-member delegation headed by Consul General Charles C. Jose of PTO arrived in Dapitan City with ...
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08Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) -- The commanding officer of the First Infantry “Tabak” Division, Philippine Army MGen. Ricardo Rainier G. Cruz encouraged all stakeholders most specifically the leaders of society to continually support each other in ensuring socio-economic, political peace and progress. “Being united, we can cross the bridge and be proud sons and daughters of our motherland,” the Tabak chief exhorted. Gen. Cruz, who was represented by Col. Demy Tejares, 102nd Brigade Comma...
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07Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 7 (PIA) -- Governors of the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi have called for support to the on-going peace process of the government with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. In a press statement, OIC Sulu Provincial Information Officer Sonny Y. Abing III said the governors held a conference last December 2012 at the Governor's residence in Maimbung, Sulu where they declared a common stand on the peace process. They said participation of the citizenry and all st...
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07Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan 7 (PIA) –- The people of Sulu province extended humanitarian relief assistance to the victims of typhoon ‘Pablo’ through a Philippine Navy ship. In a press release, OIC Prov'l Information Officer Sonny Y. Abing III disclosed that on board Philippine Navy ship BRP Tagbanua were relief goods intended for the victims of typhoon “Pablo” (international name: “Bopha”) which swept across eastern Mindanao on December 4 last year causing flash floods, landslides,...
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04Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, 4 Jan. (PIA) -- In a directive issued yesterday by Zamboanga city Mayor Celso Lobregat to Jail Warden JCInsp. Julius Aro and the Logistics head JInsp.Pablo Villafuerte Jr., the chief executive instructed the jail officials to ensure that all inmates at the Zamboanga City Reformatory Center (ZCRC) are safe from threats and intimidation. The directive was also “especially” specific to 8 suspects in the October 10 grenade throwing incident of which said suspects are being deta...
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04Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, January 4 (PIA) –- The recent celebration of New Year was generally peaceful, this was disclosed by Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office (ZSPPO) Assistant Provincial Director for Operations Supt. Jalilul Bandahala. Bandahala said the successful celebration was attributed to the intensified nationwide campaign against prohibited fire-crackers and indiscriminate gun-firing following the orders of the PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima. Bandahala said 33 boxes of bann...
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03Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 3 (PIA) -- The Pagadian-Zamboanga del Sur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (PCCIFI) initiated the establishment of a “ One-Stop Shop” that will help facilitate the smooth flow of the Business Permits Licensing Renewal Process. PCCIFI President Mercedes Lourdes S. Quisumbing said this endeavor is in close partnership with the local government unit of Pagadian City through the support of Mayor Samuel S. Co . Quisumbing said the “one stop shop” was set-u...
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03Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 3 (PIA) -– The Land Transportation Office Region 9 (LTO-9) implemented the full provision of Republic Act 10054 or the Helmet Act of 2010 effective January 1 after the City Council failed to submit an ordinance mandating motorists to use “J Type” or open-faced helmets only in the city. According to Mr. Noel Noche, Officer in Charge of LTO-Zamboanga City District Office, the city government did not beat the deadline given to them for their request. “The city council...
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03Jan2013ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan. 3 (PIA) –- Western Command (WESCOM) directed its disaster response task units to render humanitarian assistance and disaster response to the victims of Tropical Cyclone Pablo. In a press release, the 6th Civil Relations Group of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed that the deployment of its team is part of carrying out the AFP’s mandate during disasters and natural calamities. “We know the risk we face not only in defense of our people against ...
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03Jan2013DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 3(PIA) -- The Dipolog City Bureau of Fire Protection’s (BFP) firefighting capability was recently upgraded as a generous Dipolognon family, now residing in the United States of America (USA) donated fire suites to the City Government. The couple Matias Neil and Maila Velasco donated 48 sets of fire suits composed of jumper, helmets and jackets which were turned over to the City Government thru Matias’ brother Councilor Horacio Velasco. In a simple turn over ceremony he...
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03Jan2013PAGADIAN CITY, Jan 3 (PIA) -- Anchored with this year’s theme “Buhayin si Rizal sa Bawa’t Kabataang Pilipino,” the city government headed by Mayor Samuel S. Co commemorated the 116th death anniversary of Dr. Jose P. Rizal on December 30. In his message, Co said, “Today we will remember the death of a hero who called and fight for a change during his time.” “Rizal represented the very best of us Filipinos, the story of Rizal’s flight can provide us with a source of strength ...
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02Jan2013IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Jan 2 (PIA) - - “If you are diabetic, you have a 43.8 percent chance of developing renal failure,” Dr. Michael U. Abutazil, head of the Renal Transplant Unit of the Western Mindanao Medical Center (WMMC), Zamboanga City said during a media forum held recently at Sibugay Grand Plaza Hotel here. Abutazil, who is one of the coordinators of the Renal Disease Control Program (Redcop) of the Department of Health, together with the National Kidney and Transplant Institute...
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28Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology Regional Office No. IX (DOST-IX) has recently approved the project to upgrade of the “tablea” production facility of Roteo Farm. The assistance, amounting to P 131,400 is funded under the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP). The Roteo Farm, owned by Ms. Teosista Balladares, is located at Pian, Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte. Processing cacao into chocolate tablet was inherited by the current owner ...
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28Dec2012DIPOLOG CITY,Dec. 28 (PIA)- - The Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils of Zamboanga del Norte and Dipolog City were recently adjudged best disaster councils in the Zamboanga Peninsula Region for 2012. The “Kalasag Award” was given to Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (ZN-PDRRMC) and Dipolog City Risk Reduction and Management Council(DC-DRMMC) in an awarding ceremony held in Pagadian City, December 20, said Victor Bernido, Civil Defense ...
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27Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec. 27 (PIA) -- The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) and the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) Regional Office 9 recently conducted a year-end conference and 2012 Gawad Kalasag Regional Awards held in Pagadian Bay Plaza Hotel, this city. OCD 9 Regional Director Adriano D. Fuego in his welcome address said this is the first time that they have given awards to the best prepared province, city, municipality and non-government organizations (NGOs) heroe...
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26Dec2012DIPOLOG CITY, DEC. 26 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga del Norte Public Safety Company has subjected its personnel to a random drug test. The test was conducted last December 10, 1012 at the Zamboanga del Norte Crime Laboratory headed by Police Chief Inspector Anne Aimee T. Pelaire. Pelaire said the random drug test was in compliance to the letter-request of the newly-installed ZNPPSC Commander, Sr. Supt. Reynaldo T. Maclang. Upon his assumption as the new head of the ZNPPSC, Maclang said he immediatel...
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26Dec2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Dec 26 (PIA) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States Navy have inaugurated school projects in Bacungan National High School, Palawan. In a statement, the AFP's Western Command (Wescom) Public Affairs Office said these projects included the renovation of one unit three-door classroom, construction of one comfort room, and installation of water system. Wescom Commander LtGen Juancho M. Sabban said the ceremony is a reminder of the immense advantage...
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21Dec2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Dec 20 -- Giving gifts and caring for the less fortunate ones are acts of kindness made more special during the Christmas season. It is in this light that the Department of Agrarian Reform-Zamboanga Sibugay conducted the Agrarian Reform Communities Outreach cum Pamaskong Handog in Barangay Buluan on December 18. The memorable event was made successful with the partnership of the Red Crossfor the blood-letting activity; Integrated Provincial Health Office for the medica...
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21Dec2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Dec 21 (PIA) – The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Regional Office 9 conducted a Tribal Leaders’ Forum last Tuesday to iron out conflicts on ancestral domain issues . Sangguniang Bayan Member Celso A. Matias, who represented Mayor Leonardo L. Babasa, Jr., in his welcome message expressed his gratitude to the NCIP for holding the said forum. “Through this forum, peace and unity will be attained among the tribal leaders,” he said. It can be rec...
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20Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 20 (PIA) -- The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Zamboanga Peninsula continue to intensify their campaign against illegal recruitment and trafficking in persons. In a press conference during DOLE’s 79th Anniversary last December 7, POEA-9 Officer in Charge Ms. Marietta Bellotindos said they will come up with more information dissemination activities to help warn the public on illegal recruitment. ...
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20Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec 20 (PIA) –- In consonance with the government's efforts in providing importance to transparency and accountability in the implementation of the National Greening Program (NGP), environment office region 9 came up with a Training and Workshop Design on Applied Geo-Tagging Technology for NGP Coordinators and Implementers. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Information Chief Roservirico Tan in a statement said the five (5)-day training is being conducted ...
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20Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec 20 -- The Zamboanga del Sur Parole and Probation Office I an activity dubbed “Give Love on Christmas Day” at Baguio Beach, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur on December 14. The activity gathered together families of probationers, parolees and pardonees in one joyous occassion. To make the gathering more enjoyable, ZPPO I Officer in Charge Nicasio D. Dujali initiated some activities like gift-giving, manito-manita, singing contest, parlor games and other fun-filled surprises. T...
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17Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec 17 (PIA) -- The Office of Civil Defense (OCD-9) headed the conduct of a three-day Basic/Intermediate Incident Command System (ICS) training course from December 10-12 at Four Queens Resort, this city. The training is designed to equip local government units to heighten its vigilance in ensuring that disaster risks are prevented or minimized and it is prepared to address and respond to the needs of affected population when disaster or emergencies occur said Adriano D. Fuego, O...
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17Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, December 17 (PIA) –- The Office of Civil Defense, Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) IX in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd), Pagadian City will conduct the CY 2012 4th quarter simultaneous school-based tsunami and earthquake drill on Wednesday, December 19. OCD-9 Regional Director Adriano D. Fuego said the activity endeavors to promote disaster preparedness, mitigation and awareness of the community especially among students and t...
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13Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec 13 (PIA) -- The First Infantry (Tabak) Division of the Philippine Army has participated in the successful opening of the Yuletide celebration “Paskuhan 2012” on December 8 at Plaza Luz. Tabak Division Commander MajGen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, in his message read by Col. Michael Lowell Chiong, the commanding officer of the Headquarters and Headquarters Service Battalion (HHSB), said “I am in high spirit as we participate and witness the lighting of giant Christmas tre...
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13Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) celebrated its 79th anniversary last Saturday, December 8, commemorating over seven decades of sincere service to the Filipinos. DOLE-9 celebrated this occasion with simple, yet worthwhile activities, away from the glamorous and extravagant celebrations other organizations do. A skills demonstration spearheaded by Technical Education Skills Development Authority-9 (TESDA) was conducted for all DOLE-9 employees in t...
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13Dec2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Dec 13 (PIA) -- Western Command and Ten Moves Foundation dedicated and turned-over a pre-fabricated interactive classroom to Bato National High School, Taytay, Palawan last Dec. 4. The Public Affairs Office of WESCOM in a statement said that guest of honor WESCOM Commander LtGen Juancho M Sabban attributed the realization of the school project to the successful collaboration among all education stakeholders. “Together, we have constructed a new foundation to build up...
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12Dec2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Dec 12 (PIA) – Joint fleet-marine operations of Naval Forces West and other national government agencies rescued some 117 endangered sea turtles in Balabac, Palawan. In a statement, NFW Public Affairs Officer Lt. Noel Joseph Cadigal PN said a rescue operation was conducted last November 27 to save turtles in the shorelines of Sitio Dunglog, Barangay Caguisan, Balabac. Cadigal said that after a tip-off from a concerned citizen in Balabac, elements of the fleet-marine t...
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12Dec2012DIPOLOG CITY, DEC.12 (PIA) -- The Dipolog City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has conducted an earthquake drill in Barangay Sicayab, this city. Some 800 students participated in the earthquake drill at Sicayab National High School campus. Dipolog City Councilor Atty. Cyril Ruiz, the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office Adviser said, the earthquake drill was in compliance with the memorandum of National Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) Execut...
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12Dec2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Dec 12 (PIA) – An open and tolerant Islam has made Indonesia what it is today, “a non-Islamic State that is home to most Muslims of the world” that enjoys peace and progress amidst diversity. This was the gist of the message of Alissa Wahid, daughter of the first elected president of Indonesia Abdurarahman Wahid also known as Gus Dur who visited Zamboanga and Isabela Cities recently to promote the legacy of her father, the GusDurian way of finding the “we” among...
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12Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, December 12 (PIA) –- An estimated crowd of 10,000 trooped to Plaza Luz-the Christmas village of the city, to witness the much awaited opening of the “Paskuhan 2012” held December 8. People trooped to the plaza as early as six in the evening to get a nice spot to view the much awaited ceremonial switch-on of the 100-ft Christmas tree and other Christmas decorative lights. While waiting for the ceremonial switch-on, ABS-CBN talents from Cagayan de Oro City entertained the c...
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11Dec2012DIPOLOG CITY, Dec. 11 (PIA) -- Elementary and high school students from different public and private schools in the province have converged here recently for the annual schools press conference conducted by the provincial schools division. Some 1,000 student-participants came over to compete in individual and/or group contests such as news writing, editorial writing, feature writing, sports writing, copyreading, broadcasting, and others. Active media practitioners were also invited to serve as...
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11Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 11 -- A former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) and an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist from Zamboanga City took home the Special Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community-Projects. Dr. Orlando Pansi Paber was chosen among the 34 contenders from other regions during the National Awards Ceremony of the Search for Model OFW Family of the Year Award (MOFYA) held on December 6 at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila, CCP Complex, Pasay City. Regional Director Hassan Jum...
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11Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 11 -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) will celebrate “OFW FAMILY DAY” this month as a tribute to our Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families for their contribution to the economic growth of the country. For Region 9, the event is scheduled on Saturday, 15 December 2012, 1 p.m. at the Dr. Juanito Bruno Gymnasium, Western Mindanao State University, this city. In a statement, Regional Director Hassan Jumdain said “We are inviting all OFWs ...
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11Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec. 11 -- Key players in local development will undergo program orientation workshop on project proposal preparation for the LGU targets under the Bottom Up Planning and Budgeting (BUPB) provision for water supply on December 10-14 at Chandler Suites, this city. The forum, which is divided into two batches will include practical lectures, open forum and interactive workshops with municipal mayors, provincial/ city/municipal development coordinators, provincial/city/municipal en...
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10Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 10 (PIA) - - Far off barangays Labuan and Talisayan get “development upgrade” as the city government, headed by Mayor Celso Lobregat, recently turned over and inaugurated over P8-million worth of infrastructure projects in these areas. “The city recently inaugurated and turned over four infrastructure projects worth P8.1 million—three of which are located in barangay Labuan and one in Talisayan," said Sheila Covarrubias, City Information Officer (IO) in a press st...
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10Dec2012MANILA, Dec. 10 (PIA) -- In September 2000, members of the United Nations (UN) including the Philippines agreed to the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in reducing hunger and other forms of human deprivation worldwide. Goal number one of the MDGs is to eradicate extreme hunger and poverty, wherein one of the targets is reducing in half the proportion of underweight children under five-years-old. The target is to reduce the underweight prevalence of 27.3 percent in 1990 to 13.7 perce...
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10Dec2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, December 10 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform here is supportive of activities in celebration of the Mindanao Week of Peace on November 29 - December 5, 2012 with the theme “Love of God and Love of Neighbor, a Challenge for Mindanao. In a meeting held to get the consensus on the proposed activities and establish unity in making the Week of Peace a successful one between and among national line agencies, schools and universities, Mayor Eldwin Alibutdan said, “Peac...
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07Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec. 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 9 inked anew a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the Philippine Reference System (PRS92) “Adopt-a-Mojon” project with the local government units (LGUs) on Wednesday, December 06, 2012 at Anastacia Pension House, this city. Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Dr. Adelaida Borja in her opening message during the MOA signing said, PRS92 aims to modernize the countries surveying m...
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07Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec. 7 -- Owners of motorcycle helmets without the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers have only up to December 31, 2012 to validate their helmets and avail of the free sticker. They are enjoined to visit the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office here as soon as possible. “Under R.A. 10054 or the Motorcycle Helmet Act, all motorcycle riders and back riders are required to wear standard protective helmets while driving motorcycles whether long or shor...
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06Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec. 6 ---- The province’s ‘bayong’ industry takes center stage on December 7-8, as the Department of Trade and Industry hosts the First Provincial "Bayong" (basket) Fair at the City Commercial Center. The fair which will be conducted in cooperation with the Pagadian-Zamboanga del Sur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (PCCIFI) will showcase the different creations of bayong from various groups and entrepreneurs in the province, DTI Provincial Director Ma...
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06Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 6 (PIA) -- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau-9 (MGB-9) is currently undertaking a comprehensive information, education and communication (IEC) campaign in some areas in the Zamboanga Peninsula for its proposed ZamPen Mineral Reservation. The identified areas cover the Municipalities of Kabasalan in Zamboanga Sibugay; Godod, Leon Postigo and Sindangan in Zamboanga del Norte; and Mahayag, Sominot, Dumingag, Midsalip, Bayog, Labangan and Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur. ...
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05Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec. 5 (PIA) - - Environment office here warns the public to avoid land titling fixers or people who offer to facilitate the processing and issuance of land titles for a certain amount. Roservirico Tan, chief, Information Division, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that there are reports of some employees of DENR acting as fixers. “The DENR management will act accordingly, will penalize and will file appropriate charges against officials and employees...
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05Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec. 5 (PIA) –- An estimated 2,000 people converged on Thursday at Plaza Luz to join the Mindanao Week of Peace (MWOP) celebration. The celebration which carries the theme: “ Love of God and Love of Neighbor, A challenge for Mindanao,’’ kicked off with a motorcade dubbed “ride for peace” which started from Pagadian to Labangan and ended at Plaza Luz with an opening program. Multi-stake holders from the Interfaith Forum for Solidarity and Peace (IFSP), Armed Forces ...
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05Dec2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Dec 5 (PIA) – The Armed Forces of the Philippines through Western Command (WESCOM) and the United States Navy through US Naval Construction Battalion - 74 turned over a school building to the school administrators of Mangingisda West Elementary School in Palawan during the Dedication Ceremony held last Nov. 28, 2012. In a press statement, WESCOM Commander LtGen Juancho M. Sabban AFP said he considered the ceremony as another milestone in the alliance between the Philipp...
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04Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Zamboanga del Sur will conduct an Energy Forum on December 5 at Hotel Guillermo, this city. The activity is primarily aimed at enhancing the level of awareness of the participants on government rules and regulations, safety and standards, and energy conservation and safety tips, including other issues and concerns currently confronting the energy industry, said DOE- Min...
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04Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- Hundreds of city government employees crowded the streets as they participated in the lantern parade held last night as opening salvo to the city’s annual Christmas festivity dubbed as “Pascua na Zamboanga” (Christmas in Zamboanga). “The Pascua na Zamboanga is one of the most celebrated festivals and celebrations in the city that makes the celebration of the birth of the Lord Jesus Christ even more meaningful,” Sheila Covarrubias, City Information Offic...
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04Dec2012PAGADIAN CITY, Dec 3 (PIA) --r Close to 200 public information and relations officers attended the “2012 Mindanao Communicators Congress” held at Waterfront Insular Hotel, Lanang, Davao City on November 28-30. The gathering is an annual event of the Mindanao Communicators Network Inc. (Mindacomnet) in cooperation with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). This year’s theme is “Communicating Mindanao’s Opportunities and Best Practices.” Davao City Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio i...
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04Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 4 -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office No. IX organized a Training of Trainers for the Federation of OFW Family Circles in Region IX held on November 28-29 at the Astoria Regency Hotel here as part of its continuing thrust to promote the welfare of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Forty OFW Leaders throughout Region IX participated during the two-day training as an offshoot of the Capability-Building & Conflict Resolution Seminar-...
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04Dec2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 4 -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is set to establish today an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) Help Desk in Roseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay Province. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) will be signed between the municipal government represented by Mayor Michael A. Pioneda and OWWA-9 Regional Director Hassan Gabra T. Jumdain today, December 4, during the Job Fair 2012 at the R.T. Lim municipal gymnasium. In a statement, Director Jumdain said the help de...
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30Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) -- More than 9,000 poor families from Zamboanga del Norte province were added as beneficiaries to the government's anti-poverty program - the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Mr. Resty Ragas, 4Ps Provincial Grievance Officer said, 9,696 additional poor families in Zamboanga del Norte identified thru the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction survey were among the more than 40,000 families in the region to benefit the program. The new ba...
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30Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 30 (PIA) -- Thousands of individuals coming from all sectors in the city showed unity for sustainable peace in Mindanao by participating in the parade Thursday morning, officially kicking off this year’s Mindanao Week of Peace which will run from November 29 to December 5. This year’s theme is “Journeying toward Sustainable Peace in Mindanao”, fittingly depicting the recent success of the Government of the Philippines and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in...
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30Nov2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov. 30 (PIA) -- The Naval Task Group 80.1 of the Philippine Navy, the country’s participants to the recently concluded Maritime Training Activity (MTA) SEAGULL 05/12 between the Philippine Navy and Royal Brunei Navy, arrived at 2lt Lagare Pier, Tide Pole, Parola in Palawan on Tuesday Nov 27. In a statement Acting Public Affairs Officer 2Lt Ann F Abrigo PN(M) shared that MTA SEAGULL is a bilateral naval exercise hosted by Negara Brunei Darussalam and is the fifth in the...
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30Nov2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov. 30 (PIA) -- Several activities have been lined up for the Nov. 29-Dec. 5 observance of the Mindanao Week of Peace 2012 in Basilan. A motorcade held Thursday kicked off the celebration. Prior the start of the celebration, series of multi-stakeholders meeting were held to plan out the activities for the meaningful observance of the annual week of peace celebration with this year’s theme “Love of God, Love of Neighbor, Together for Sustainable Peace: A Challenge for...
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29Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov 29 (PIA) - - To address issues on labor market imperfections especially on job-skills mismatch, the Department of Labor and Employment is organizing a network of guidance counselors (GCNet) to partner with them in giving career and employment services not only to high school and college students but to parents as well. “Today, we come together to find solutions to ease job-skills mismatch and to ensure that our labor force is globally competitive,” DOLE Assistant Region...
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28Nov2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov 28 (PIA) -- Commander of Western Command (Wescom) LtGen Juancho M Sabban, AFP and party visited military troops deployed to the nine Philippine-held islands in the Kalayaan Group of Islands at the West Philippine Sea. In a press statement, the Public Affairs Office of Wescom disclosed that the visit was to assess the area of operations, particularly on the aspect of readiness as well as the morale and welfare of troops. The report said that the visit served as an op...
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27Nov2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- The Basilan Peace and Order Council (PPOC) approved and endorsed for immediate implementation the P40 million PAMANA project for the four towns in the province. In an emergency meeting called for the purpose last November 20, presiding Chairperson Governor Jum J. Akbar asked the members of the council to look into the project proposals submitted to the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA)-DILG Funds. She thanked the members of the council for respond...
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27Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 27 (PIA) -- With city's need of a road safety plan to prevent further rise of cases of road accidents, the Land Transportation's Office 9 (LTO) conduct of Law Enforcement and Road Safety Summit is just but in time, commented City Mayor Celso Lobregat during the recently-concluded two-day summit. “We need to educate the public about the rules of the road, and we have to enforce those rules. We will address the environment of our roads, separating modes of travel where ...
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26Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov 26 (PIA) -- The government is starting to professionalize the skills of farmers by conducting trainings and assessments. This was disclosed by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-9 Regional Director Lorenzo Macapili during the closing ceremony of the five-day Training on Small Engine Servicing on Enhancing Agricultural Productivity through Skills Development jointly conducted by the Department of Agriculture (DA), Agricultural Training Institute (ATI...
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26Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov. 26 (PIA) - - To ensure the mainstreaming of the 2012-2016 Philippine Youth Development Plan (PYDP), the National Youth Commission (NYC) in partnership with the United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) has started conducting series of workshops nationwide. For Region 9, the worshop will be conducted on November 27 at the Aristocrat Chinese Restaurant, Zamboanga City. Expected to attend are representatives from the national government agencies, non-government organizations, lo...
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26Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 26 (PIA) -- The City Government’s over P1 billion investments on school buildings and education-related programs from 2007 up to present is the highest among all local government units in the country, Department of Education Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro revealed. In a press statement released by the City Information Office, Luistro said the support of the city government to basic education has exceeded the P1-billion mark. “I don’t know if there is any other city tha...
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24Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov 24(PIA) -- The Bureau of Alternative Learning System of the Department of Education is all set to conduct this year’s accreditation and equivalency (A & E) Test in Dipolog City in December. Ms. Catalina S. Barinaga, Dipolog City Schools Division ALS Supervisor said they have already received the advisory from DepEd Central Office for the conduct of the said test on December 16 this year. The examination will be conducted in two separate venues. The examination for the out...
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23Nov2012MANILA, Nov 23 -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process announced government is hopeful that a comprehensive peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will be completed by December this year. In a joint closing statement, Chief government peace negotiator Marvic Leonen and his counterpart, MILF chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, said the latest round of talks in Malaysia “ended in a positive note.” Leonen said he remained confident that the Governme...
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23Nov2012MANILA, Nov 23 - - System operator and transmission service provider National Grid Corp of the Philippines (NGCP) clarified that there has been no increase in transmission charges amidst reports that there will be an NGCP rate hike this November. “NGCP’s annual maximum allowable revenue (MAR), which is billed in the form of transmission rates, is being fixed and approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on a yearly basis,” Spokesperson and Adviser for External Affairs Atty. Cyn...
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23Nov2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Nov 23 (PIA) -- The Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) in collaboration with the Philippine Normal University Research Center and concerned agencies in the different cities, municipalities, and barangays is now conducting the 2012 Nationwide Survey on the Current Nature and Extent of Drug Abuse. DDB personnel composed of Corazon Mamigo, Gina Pecson and Marrianne Belga arrived in Bayog for the said activity. Prior to the survey, a briefing with selected local enumerators was c...
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23Nov2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Education-Isabela City Schools Division gathered on Monday, Nov 19, the best pupils and students from the different schools in the elementary and secondary levels to compete in various fields of the 2012 Division Science Quest. In an interview, Division Science Supervisor Catalina S. Nabi said that the competitors were the winners in their respective schools, which is done yearly throughout the country. This year’s theme is “Science ...
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23Nov2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov 23 (PIA) – The Western Command marked the official start of the holiday season dubbed Kapaskuhan 2012 in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan with the ceremonial lighting of its Christmas tree on the evening of November 16. In a statement, Acting Public Affairs Officer 2Lt Ann F Abrigo PN (M) said that leading the ceremony is Commander LtGen Juancho M. Sabban, who highlighted the essence and importance of the Yuletide season. Sabban said the lighting of the tree is bein...
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22Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov. 22 -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) recently upgraded its control system for the Balo-i Substation in Lanao del Norte in a move to increase the reliability of the entire Mindanao Grid. Since NGCP and its technical partner State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) started working together in 2009, many changes have been implemented in terms of systematically improving operations and management to build a stronger power grid. The installation of state...
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21Nov2012by Alma L. Tingcang Enterprising young couple Ariel and Joy Arao never expected to be in this business. Joy recalls how it all begun. “We have a farm started by my parents. It is only a small farm, about a hectare, and it is planted with calamansi, managed by my brother who was an agriculturist. Our problem before was that, when there was abundant supply, the price of calamansi dipped, not even worth harvesting to be sold cheaply in the market,” Joy recounted. However, everything chang...
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20Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov 20 -- To enhance compliance to labor standards by adopting the “big brother/small brother approach” the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) conducted yesterday an orientation on its programs focusing mainly on Kapatiran Work Improvement for Small Enterprises-Training and Advisory Visit (WISE-TAV). DOLE Assistant Regional Director Virginia L. Bonbon said the activity aims to create awareness of small brothers on General Labor Standards and Occupational Safety and Hea...
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20Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, November 20 (PIA) -- The government will run after the perpetrators of the multi-billion pyramid Aman scam that has victimized 10,000 people in Pagadian and its neighboring places. The assurance was made by Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas during his recent visit here for a consultative meeting with the local officials and some investors. Roxas said President Aquino has ordered the Department of Justice (DoJ), National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) , Depart...
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20Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, 20 Nov (PIA) – The Department of Health – Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD), Zamboanga Peninsula will orient municipal health officers (MHO) and public health nurses (PHN) on the Registered Nurses for Health Enhancement and Local Services or RN Heals on November 22-23, 2012 at Hotel Guillermo, this city. DOH-CHD 9 Regional Director Teogenes F. Baluma said the purpose of this orientation is for MHOs and PHN’s to familiarize with the content areas of the project, as wel...
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19Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov 19 (PIA) -- Gisugdan na karon sa Administrasyong Aquino ang paglig-on sa operational guidelines arong masiguro ang hapsay ug malinawong piniliay sa 2013. Ang pahayag giluwatan ni Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte sa usa ka pakighinabi didto sa Radyo ng Bayan, DXRB human giila sa DILG ang 15 ka mga lalawigan nga “high risk” sa umaabot nga eleksyon. Matod pa ni DILG Sec. Mar Roxas, ang 15 ka mga “high risk” nga lalawigan karong piniliay sa 2013 mao ang Abra...
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19Nov2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov 19 (PIA) -- Catholic faithful in Basilan started the countdown to the golden jubilee year celebration of the establishment of the Roman Catholic Prelature of Isabela on October 21 next year. Thousands gathered at the Claret College of Isabela to mark the beginning of the countdown last Oct 21 with hundreds of Catholic faithful from the different parishes in Basilan. The celebration kicked off with a Mass led by Bishop Martin Jumoad at Claret College, coinciding with...
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19Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, NOV. 19 (PIA) -- The Dipolog Local Council of Women was awarded the Most Outstanding Local Council of Women for 2011. The award, which included a P100,000 cash prize and a plaque, was received by Mayor Evelyn T. Uy during the 10th National Assembly of the Philippine Federation of the Council of Women (PFCLW), held in Batangas City from November 13-15, 2012. The Dipolog Local Council of Women is headed by Mayor Uy. City Information Officer Robert Pinsoy said the award was based o...
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19Nov2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov 19 (PIA) -- The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has formed an inter-agency body that will monitor alleged human rights violations committed by government and communist rebels. In a press statement, OPAPP Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles said the establishment of an inter-agency monitoring body on human rights violations underscores the Government of the Philippines’ (GPH) strong commitment to the achievement of peace. “We have lo...
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19Nov2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Nov 19 (PIA) –To streamline the business permit and licensing system of the local government units, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in coordination with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), has conducted an orientation on Business Permit and Licensing System (BPLS) in this municipality. The orientation was attended by some LGU personnel involved in the issuance of business permits in said municipality. Aside from the orientation, ...
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18Nov2012Molave is a first -class municipality with a population of 48,215 people. It is the agro-industrial hub of the entire Salug Valley area and the fastest-growing municipality in the first district of Zamboanga del Sur. Likened to a tree with the same name – Molave, described as hard, strong and resilient aptly portrays the municipality that withstood numerous flashfloods which hit this progressive neighborhood. Creation of the MDRRMC/LGU support Under the leadership of Mayor Ireneo Q. Gle...
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16Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 16 (PIA) - This city is recently declared one of the top performing cities in the country by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Dipolog landed on seventh place in the latest ranking based on Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS). Laoag City ranked first, followed by Naga City , Vigan City w, Ligao City , Tagaytay City and Cabanatuan City. The DILG report said Dipolog was the only city from Mindanao that made it in the top ten. Ma...
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16Nov2012ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Nov. 16 (PIA) --To many parents’ surprise, schoolchildren in New Village Elementary School in Zamboanga del Sur have transformed to “hygiene educators” at home. This was disclosed by Parents Teachers Community Association (PTCA) President Raul Ponce who gave his testimony about the impact of Essential Health Care Program (EHCP) during the recent Global Handwashing Day at the Village school. Ponce said when the EHCP was fully implemented in their school over a year ago...
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16Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov 16 (PIA) -- “The city is fortunate and extremely proud and honored to be chosen as venue for the conduct of the 11th Career Executives Service (CES) Conference,” said Mayor Celso Lobregat in his welcome message during the opening day of this 3-day activity. He said, that for the first time, the city plays host to this gathering of elite groups of public servants “whose shoulders depend the quality of civil service in the country.” Over 900 members of the CES communi...
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16Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, NOV. 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry in Zamboanga del Norte has reiterated its warning to the public to be vigilant in buying Christmas lights and other decorations for the Yuletide season. The DTI issued the warning as people are now starting to buy Christmas lights and other Christmas décors. DTI-Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Head, Engr. Noel Bazan said, DTI personnel are now regularly monitoring the Christmas decors displayed in various business establi...
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15Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov. 15 (PIA) -- Eight municipalities in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay have received their checks worth P16 million for the implementation of the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) funded projects at the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office 9, this city. DILG Assistant Regional Director Pedro G. Cuevas, Jr. handed over the checks to Engr. Venancio Ferrer, Planning Officer IV and concurrent Acting Provincial Planning and Development Coo...
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15Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov 15 (PIA) - - To protect the public from possible danger as a result of indiscriminate use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices , the city government, through an executive order issued recently by Mayor Celso Lobregat, regulates its sale and use especially now that Christmas season is nearing. “Mayor Celso Lobregat recently issued executive order (EO) 481-2012 regulating, controlling, and limiting the pyrotechnics allowed to be used, sold and distributed in the ci...
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14Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 14 (PIA) -- Over 900 members of the CES community from all over the country are here in the city for the 11th Career Executive Service (CES) Conference which starts today, Nov. 14 until Friday, Nov.16 at the Garden Orchid Hotel. This year's conference is anchored on the theme: “ Going 4G! Good to Great, Green Governance”. This three-day conference will commence in the afternoon with City Mayor Celso Lobregat expected to welcome the participants. As in previous yea...
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14Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY. Nov 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has confirmed that the local government of Dipolog City ranks no. 7 among top performing cities throughout the country. A DILG report said that since August 12, 2012, the country’s 143 cities already included the 16 controversial cities as among the regular cities created under impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. In that report, Dipolog City ranks no. 7 among the top performing cities thr...
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13Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 13 (PIA) -- The Province of Zamboanga del Norte has recently been adjudged as the 2012 Regional Outstanding Nutrition Program Implementer in region 9. For its feat, the province received a Green Banner Award and a Plaque of Recognition in a ceremony held at the Garden Orchid Hotel, in Zamboanga City last October 30, 2012. Zamboanga del Norte Supervising Administrative Officer Jay Adraincem, who represented Governor Rolando Yebes during the awarding ceremony received the Gr...
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13Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 13 -- A total of 63 Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and dependents from Isabela City and Zamboanga City completed the training course on Leadership, Conflict Resolution, Entrepreneurship and Franchising organized by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office No. IX. The training, held on November 8-9, 2012 at Max’s Restaurant, Zamboanga City was aimed at recognizing roles, forging alliances and networking with partners that will be of hel...
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12Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov 12 (PIA)- - Elementary and secondary athletic delegations from Sindangan town have emerged as champions in the recently concluded provincial athletic meet held in Sergio Osmeña, Zamboanga del Norte, garnering 347 and 481 points, respectively. Coming next were the Zamboanga del Norte Coastal Athletic Association (ZNCAA) and Second Congressional District Athletic Association (SECDAA) for the secondary level, and the Zamboanga del Norte South Athletic Association (ZNSAA) and Zam...
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12Nov2012by Rene V. Carbayas ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Nov 12 (PIA) – Multi-stakeholders composed of key officials and representatives from local government units, government agencies, non-government organizations, the military and police, including the media in Basilan have agreed to organize a forum on the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement aimed at correcting misconceptions on the said agreement. The provincial government of Basilan as represented by its newly installed provincial administrator Tahira Is...
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12Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov. 12 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announces the launch of the 2013 Search for Outstanding Public Officials and Employees. The annual search for public service exemplars is administered by the CSC’s Honor Awards Program (HAP) Secretariat. There are three categories at stake, namely; the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, the Outstanding Public Official and Employee or the Dangal ng Bayan Award and the CSC Pagasa Award. The conferment of the awards form part ...
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10Nov2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Nov. 10 - - Nine agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) of the Department of Agrarian Reform-Zamboanga Sibugay took their oath before Judge Catherine C. Fabian of the Zamboanga City court, November 7, affirming their commitment to the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) of government. This means: to productively till the land awarded to them under CARP, religiously pay the amortization to the Land Bank and pay the real property taxes. Before Judge Fabian admini...
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08Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 8 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue-Zamboanga City Office collected over P479 million from July to September overshooting its P466 million third quarter target this year, Revenue District Officer Merlin DV Vicente said in an interview. “We performed well for the third quarter, overshooting our target by 2.67 percent,” Vicente said. A year-on-year comparative data also show that BIR collected P105 million more this quarter compared to the same period last year. ...
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08Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov 8 (PIA) -- Close to 100 college and high school students from selected public and private colleges and secondary schools in Pagadian City participated in a two-day training on Disaster Risk Reduction Management conducted recently by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Zamboanga del Sur chapter at the Universidad De Zamboanga, barangay Tiguma. Chapter Red Cross youth (RCY) service representative Luther Villaflores, Jr. said the training was aimed at equipping the youth on risk red...
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08Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 8 -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Regional Welfare Office No. 9 is set to conduct a Capability Building Seminar-Workshop for OFW Leaders and Institutional Partners starting today November 8 to November 9 at Max’s Restaurant, this city. Seventy Overseas Filipino Workers and their dependents who will attend the said seminar-workshop are from Isabela City and Zamboanga city. Regional Director Hassan Gabra Jumdain said the seminar-workshop aims to pro...
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07Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) -- In keeping with the national government’s goal of doubling rubber production by 2016, the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Zamboanga del Norte has organized the ZaNorte Rubber Cluster Team. After presenting the issues and opportunities involving rubber production, DTI Provincial Director Noel Bazan facilitated the creation of the rubber cluster team with the Department of Agriculture (DA) as chair. The team has also three vice ...
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07Nov2012SALUG, Zamboanga del Norte, Nov. 7 (PIA) -- A company that promotes bio-fuel has recently celebrated its first anniversary here with Jatropha growers, government leaders and stakeholders in attendance. Jatropha growers from Bohol, Basilan, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay and Zamboanhga del Norte attended the first anniversary of Bionas Philippines Corporation headed by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sharif Adzhar H. Sarahadil. In his message, CEO Sarahadil who is also the current assis...
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07Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 7 (PIA) -- The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation recently launched the Philhealth MOVES in Dipolog City in line with the universal health care program of the Aquino Administration. Mobile Orientation, Validation and Enrollment Scheme or MOVES aims to inform, guide and empowers Philhealth members, particularly the Sponsored Program members identified through National Household Targeting System of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The launching of ...
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06Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, November 6 (PIA) –- After decades of struggles and sacrifices, the dream of the village folks to have potable water supply (PWS) and farm-to-market roads (FMR) have finally come true. “Ang among dugay na kaayo nga gidamgo ang natuman na dihang among nasaksihan ang pagtugyan sa PWS ug FMR sa among tagsa-tagsa ka mga barangay (Our long cherished dream is finally fulfilled as we witnessed the turn-over of water supply system and FMR in our respective barangays),” said Bag-on...
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06Nov2012BONGAO, Tawi-tawi, Nov. 6 -- Local civil society organizations (CSOs) will be monitoring the implementation of various projects in the different provinces within the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), which are funded under the P8.59 billion Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP) for ARMM. In a three-day workshop, recently conducted, some 20 CSO convened at DanMar Hotel in Pasiagan, Bogao, Tawi-tawi for the briefings of the projects implemented by some government agencies. This...
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06Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 6 --The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has opened an emergency loan (EL) window for its members residing or working in the municipalities of Siocon and Sirawai in Zamboanga del Norte to help them and their families recover from damages brought about by super typhoon Lawin. GSIS President and General Manager (PGM) Robert G. Vergara said P12 million has been allotted for the EL window, which is open from 22 October 2012 to 20 November 2012. The provincial board of ...
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06Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, Nov 6 (PIA) -- Representatives of different organizations in Zamboanga Peninsula Region have participated in a “Writeshop on the Project Proposal Preparation” sponsored by the Department of Agriculture at Hotel Camila, this city. Engr. Peter Andalahao, regional organic agriculture focal person, said the writeshop is intended for stakeholders interested in the program. “The participants made a draft project proposal earlier which we will review together with the technical t...
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06Nov2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Nov. 6 (PIA) -- The government thru the National Youth Commission (NYC) is tapping the youth sector for drug abuse prevention and control. To intensify youth empowerment against substance abuse, the NYC conducted a series of “National Youth Caravan on Drug Abuse Prevention (NYCDAP),” in 7 areas (Metro Manila and 6 cities) of the country. The caravan was attended by 200 youth groups and leaders from various colleges and high schools in the city. Raymond Domingo, Regional He...
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05Nov2012PAGADIAN CITY, November 5 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has earmarked P20.16 million for the granting of emergency loan (EL) to qualified members residing and/or working in the municipalities of Roseller T. Lim and Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay. Leoncito S. Manuel, newly-installed branch manager of GSIS-Pagadian, said government agencies in the above-mentioned calamity areas have already been informed of the approval of the granting of emergency loans. Availment perio...
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02Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY, Nov. 2 (PIA) — First Infantry Tabak Division Commanding General, Major General Ricardo Rainier Cruz III has installed the new Commanding officer of the 101st Infantry, Three-Arrows Brigade based at Del Pilar, Zamboanga del Norte. In a simple ceremony held recently at the Brigade’s headquarter Col. Amadeo Foster Azul officially assumed as the new Commanding Officer of 101st IB, replacing OIC Brigade Commander, Col. Glenn Macasero. Macasero was designated as Officer-in-Charg...
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31Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct. 31 (PIA) - - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be designating forest-pest- watch officers per DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2012-05 issued by Environment Secretary Ramon J.P Paje. DAO 2012-06 stipulates the designation of a Forest Surveillance and Monitoring Officer (FPSMO) in every Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) with forests under its jurisdiction clarified Roservirico Tan, DENR 9 Public Affairs office chief. Tan ...
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30Oct2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Oct 30 (PIA) –- The Tri-People Agrarian Reform Community (ARC) in Tungawan town and Lower Sibuguey ARC in Siay municipality received monetary incentives to hasten implementation of approved rural infrastructure projects. The financial incentive is under the Department of Agrarian Reform’s Agrarian Reform Communities Project II and the national government’s fiscal transfer mechanism Performance-Based Grant System (PBGS). In a conference at Roderic’s Resort in th...
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30Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct 30 (PIA) -- The Regional Selection Committee of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council 9 will honor the region’s best to promote participation of all local governments, organizations and individuals in Zamboanga Peninsula in disaster preparedness under the Gawad Kalasag program of the national government. Office of the Civil Defense 9 Regional Director Adriano Fuego met with members of the selection committee yesterday to discuss and finalize details o...
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30Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 30 (PIA) -- Members of the Basilan Provincial Tourism Council (PTC) held a planning-workshop last October 16 to 17 in Lamitan City to formulate a provincial tourism master development plan. Felipo Dave G. Malcampo, Philippine Information Agency - Zambasulta Infocenter manager, facilitated the workshop and led 20 participants to plot the potentials of Basilan for tourism. During the workshop, council members and other stakeholders from selected government agencies, no...
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25Oct2012DIPOLOG CITY, Oct 25 (PIA) --The Department of Energy (DOE), together with several government agencies, will soon conduct an inspection on all liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and gasoline dealers in Zamboanga del Norte. The inspection will be conducted amid reports and complaints on violations committed by some unscrupulous LPG and gasoline dealers in the province. In a coordination meeting held in Dipolog City, DOE-Mindanao Field Office Head Nilo Geroche said the inspection would assess the co...
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25Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 25 (PIA) –- Twenty street children shared lunch with the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) workers, during the agency's feeding activity. NMIS Regional Technical Director Arturo De Jesus Jr. said the feeding program is an annual activity of the agency being held as part of its anniversary celebration (in October) “and also part of our corporate social responsibility.” “The feeding program was started in the year 1992, and as we celebrate the agency’s anniv...
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25Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 25 (PIA) -- The successful implementation of the peace framework agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) would result in the normalization of the peace and order situation in conflict-affected areas in Mindanao and will lead to the eradication of such notorious crimes as kidnapping, banditry and extortion, ARMM officials said. In a statement, Police Chief Superintendent Mario Avenio, head of the ARMM Police Regional Office, said ...
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24Oct2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Oct 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform-Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippine National Police – Ipil Police and the Beta Sigma Fraternity conducted a symposium on gender and development on October 15 at the Western Mindanao State University Ipil Campus. Among the topics discussed were Republic Act No. 8353 or the Rape Law of 1997, Republic Act No. 7877 or Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995, Republic Act No. 9208 Anti-trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 and Republic A...
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24Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 24 (PIA) -- A provincial health summit was concluded Thursday, Oct 18 in Zamboanga City’s Garden Orchid Hotel to celebrate the success of the implementation of life-saving interventions in Basilan. Close to a hundred health personnel and community health workers from the different municipalities and one city in Basilan, including representatives from the different government line agencies and nongovernment organizations, the military, and the religious sector partic...
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23Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 23 (PIA) -- The Regional Executive Association of Western Mindanao (REAWESMIN) gears up for the 11th Annual Career Executive Service (CES) Conference set on November 14-16 at the Garden Orchid Hotel, Zamboanga City. This annual CES conference is conducted in partnership with the National Union of Career Executive Service Officers (NUCESO) and REAWESMIN as this year’s host. The conference underscores the public policy and program advocacy bias of the CES promoting good go...
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22Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct. 22 (PIA) – The National Museum-Zamboanga City Office officially opened the month-long Literary and Visual Arts and Crafts Exhibit featuring the works of young artists in the city last Thursday, October 18 in partnership with the Department of Tourism 9 and Zamboanga City High School-Main (ZCHS). National Museum-Zamboanga City Officer-in-Charge Eufemia Catolin said the exhibit is in line with the Museums and Galleries Month and Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. “We opened the...
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22Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) celebrates its 19th Meat Safety Consciousness Week with the theme “Karneng Ligtas at Sapat, Kabalikat ng Lahat.” (Sufficient and Safe Meat is Everybody’s Concern). NMIS Week also coincides with the agency's 40th anniversary celebration this month. NMIS 9 Technical Director Arturo De Jesus said, the theme for this year recognizes the role of everyone towards sufficient supply of safe meat. "In our goal towards s...
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22Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The National Statistical Coordinating Board-9 (NSCB) led 500 individuals in a tree planting activity this morning inside the Pasonanca Natural Park as part of the National Statistics Month celebration in support to the National Greening Program (NGP) of the government. The activity aims to convey three important objectives to the public, NSCB-9 Regional Head Mewchun Pamaran said. “We did this activity, first, in support to the national government’s NGP, seco...
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22Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 22 (PIA) -- The chief of Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center has recommended that mothers giving birth should have access to facility based delivery (FBD) and skilled birth attendants (SBA) to ensure her and her baby's safety. “Delivery at the facility is very important and delivery attended by skilled birth attendants, rather than delivering at home which is handled only by a ‘hilot,” Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center Chief Dr. Ma. Rovel Blancia said. “Giving birth at h...
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19Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct 19 (PIA) -- Teddy Kahil, head of the persons with disabilities (PWD) unit of the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) was elected president to the Philippine Blind Union (PBU) Inc. during the organization’s annual general assembly in Manila. PBU is the only national federation of the blinds that is a member of the World Blind Union (WBU) and has been in existence for a decade now. Kahil, dubbed the “Helen Keller” of Zamboanga, expressed gratitude for the...
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19Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 19 (PIA) -- Vendors at the Pagadian City Public Market were surprised with the conduct of Operation Timbangan from ConsumerNet, a group of several government agencies whose thrust is to protect the interest of consumers at large. Among the government agencies that joined the operation were the Department of Agriculture, Department of Health, Department of Education, Department of Trade and Industry, and the Office of the Pagadian City Market Superintendent. The activity i...
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19Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct 19 (PIA) -- Local couturier Erich Miñoza bested 10 other contestants in the 2012 Mascota, a fashion show and competition of Latin-inspired gowns. Miñoza won the judges’ nod for his elegant black gown entry dubbed “viuda” and modelled by Aikah Dindah. He went home with a plaque and P25,000 cash prize. Other entries to the competition were Joey Verar with the gown entitled “pintada,” Cecilia Higa with her “resplandor del sol,” Erni Kwan with “mestiza,” ...
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19Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct. 19 (PIA) - - Members of the Philippine Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA)- Western Mindanao Chapter gathered in Zamboanga City for a three-day assembly forming part of the post Fiesta Hermosa events. As this developed, Mayor Celso Lobregat thanked the PVMA for organizing the regional convention in Zamboanga at a time when the city is in the midst of the Hermosa Festival month sayingg it added sparkle to the very colorful celebration of the city’s rich culture and trad...
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18Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) -- Forest guards also need to protect the country’s forests against pest infestation. “Aside from illegal loggers, a new enemy has been added to the order of battle issued to government forest guards -- malevolent forest fungi and insect, or collectively known as forest pests,” Roservirico Tan, chief of regional public affairs office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in region 9, said. Tan said the “DENR will activate a nationwid...
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18Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct. 18 (PIA) -- Banking on the success of this year’s Philhealth Run: “The Mindanao Run for Hope” last February 5, the country’s premier health insurance corporation is now gearing for a bigger Philhealth Run on February 17, 2013 that is sure to benefit a lot of hospitals not just in Mindanao, but nationwide. Philhealth IX Regional Vice President Romeo Alberto, during the Philhealth Run Media Launch this morning, said this year’s activity dubbed “Philhealth Run 2013...
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18Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- Drivers of buses, jeepneys, and vans who want to have a National Certificate (NC) II and NC III may now file their application/enrollment as the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) announced it is now accepting applicants for assessment. Provincial Director Eulalio Lumactod said applicants can register and take the assessment (written exam) at the Tesda provincial office, where the evaluation/assessment is being conducted daily. Lumactod ...
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18Oct2012DAPITAN CITY, Oct 18 (PIA) -- At least 54 workers of the "Fantasy land and Dakak Park and Beach Resort" participated in a one-day orientation on Occupational Safety and Health conducted by the ZamPen Occupational Safety and Health Network, Inc. (ZamPen OSHNet) and the Department of Labor and Employment, Region 9 (DOLE-9). Topics discussed covered the following: overview of occupational safety and health (Philippine Setting), OSH legislations (administration and enforcement), unsafe acts and uns...
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18Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 18 – “If I want war, why will I give away the element of surprise?” This was the statement of Moro national Liberation Front (MNLF) chairman Nur Misuari during a meeting with Sulu governor Abdusakur Tan, recently. In a report, Sulu information officer Sonny Y. Abing III disclosed that Governor Tan sought Misuari out amid concerns that Misuari’s earlier call for war in media may break out first in Sulu Province, the traditional center of power of the MNLF, and...
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17Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct.17 (PIA) -- To make the public understand in a comprehensive and detailed manner the power supply challenges that beset the region , the Department of Energy (DOE) in partnership with the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) will conduct series of public consultations on the proposed Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM). The first leg of a series is set on October 22 in Cagayan de Oro City. Atty. Josefina Patricia Asirit, chief of staff and undersecretary ...
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16Oct2012DIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 16 (PIA) -- With the Aquino administration aiming to bring in 2 million tourists by 2016, the Department of Tourism (DOT) is now tapping the support of the local government units (LGUs) to realize such a goal. Tourism Undersecretary Ma. Victoria Jazmin in a press conference held recently in Dapitan City said the DOT needs the support of the local government officials to promote tourism industry in the country. Jazmin underscored the importance of convergence not only with t...
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16Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct.16 (PIA) - - Cash rewards, research grants and trophies await winners in the search for the well-deserved recipients of the Pantas and Tanglaw awards. The search is led by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Filipino scientists and researchers, research administrators and institutions that have made exemplary contributions for the advancement of agricult...
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16Oct2012BAYOG, Zamboanga Del Sur, Oct 16 (PIA) -- A turn-over ceremony and acceptance of projects under Mindanao Rural Development Program-Community Fund for Agricultural Development (MRDP-CFAD) of the Department of Agriculture was held last Thursday, October 11 at Glupa Gulian Agro Tourism Park, Kahayagan, this municipality. MRDP-CFAD has allocated P6 million for these projects with P1 million counterpart funds from the local government unit of Bayog. These projects will be undertaken by people’s ...
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16Oct2012As buses arrive at the Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT) at Bulatok, Pagadian City, it would be impossible not to notice small, frail bodies, armed with broomsticks, pieces of damped rugs and plastic water bottles approach the buses with such enthusiasm in their eyes, hoping to get few pennies from the drivers and leftover foods from the passengers as they start cleaning the buses. These children aged 7-17 years old did not have the chance to experience the joy of childhood and even schooling as th...
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16Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 16 (PIA) -- The National Housing Authority (NHA) will soon construct low-cost housing units for the Subanens in Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur in its bid to help improve the living condition of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs). National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) Region IX Director Salong Sunggod said that NHA, the local government unit of Dumingag and NCIP, has recently entered into an agreement for the implementation of the said housing project. Sunggod said Preside...
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15Oct2012Korea has a mountainous terrain with only about 20 percent of the flat land in the south suitable to farming. The South Korean climate during winters is long, cold and dry. January is the coldest month of the year. It has short, hot and humid summer. This weather may account for the industriousness of the Korean people – both in the urban and rural dwellings. The National Folk Museum of Korea in Seoul displays a replica of a traditional village, representing a street to the past. Social...
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12Oct2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Oct 12 (PIA) -- The local government units (LGU) of Payao and Titay in Zamboanga Sibugay have signed an agreement with the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) under its Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2 (ARCP-2) for the construction of farm-to-market roads. Payao Mayor Joeper Mendoza signed a P25-million project for the rehabilitation with spot concreting of Balungisan-Guiwan (13.5 km) and construction of Balungisan-Upper Sumilong road project (4.15 km) with LGU eq...
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12Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 12 (PIA) -- The ASEAN-Korea Centre has invited three (3) media professionals from each 10 ASEAN Member State to participate in the ASEAN media people’s visit to Korea. The visit is aimed at increasing the bilateral media partnership and providing information on Korea’s foreign and cultural policies towards ASEAN, and marketing strategies on the Korean wave or ‘hallyu.’ The ASEAN-Korea Centre toured the 32 delegates to the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS), Seoul Metrop...
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12Oct2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Oct 12 -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Zamboanga Sibugay has established a Community-Managed Potable Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (CPWash) in Barangay Tambanan, Naga to implement programs and projects that would ensure social development and economic sustainability. The project aims to install low-cost water supply technology and sanitation systems that address the agrarian reform beneficiaries’ (ARB) requirements and provide households access to sa...
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12Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 12 (PIA) -- The Lakbayan Caravan has convened some fifty individuals at the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) compound recently to take part in this year's historic revival of the Lakbayan Para sa Kapayapaan. This time it is to "witness" the signing of the Framework Peace Agreement in Manila on Monday. In a press statement, Samira Gutoc, sectoral representative for women in ARMM said that last November 2011 during the Mindanao Week of Peace and Eidul Adha co...
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12Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 12 (PIA) – Filipino-American singer and volunteer peace ambassador apl.de.ap of the world-famous Black Eyed Peas expressed his desire to expand the programs of the Apl Foundation to include school-feeding programs and book donations for school children in Bangsamoro areas. In a press release, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process disclosed that the U.S.-based singer has learned about the historic framework agreement reached by the Philippine go...
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12Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 12 (PIA) -- At the fore of Hallyu’s phenomenon are the combined efforts of Korea Creative Contents Agency (KOCCA), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT), Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and Korea Foundation (KF) among others. Wikipedia said Hallyu (or Korean wave) refers to the significant increase in the popularity of South Korean entertainment and culture starting in the 1990s, in Asia, and more recently in other parts of the world. While KOCCA is focused in th...
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12Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, October 12 -- The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) will commemorate this October, the 15th Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) anniversary with the theme, “IPRA ay Gabay sa Kaunlaran. Isaisip, Ipabatid at Isakatuparan.” In a media forum, NCIP Regional Director Salong M. Sunggod expressed his gratitude to the media for being their close partners in its advocacy efforts to bring about an empowered indigenous cultural community, Sunggod said RA 8371 otherwi...
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11Oct2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay Oct 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) here is set to conduct an Agrarian Reform Communities’ Level of Development Assessment (ALDA) starting this month until all the ARCs and Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) are covered. “This activity is annually conducted so as to determine the growth of the ARCs, identify development gaps in the ARC level and to ascertain the extent by which intervention procedures are to be implemented to ad...
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11Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct 11 (PIA) -- Hundreds of residents of Tumalutap Island received medical assistance and school supplies last October 7, during a civic-action outreach program initiated by Task Force Zamboanga (TFZ). The program was also done in collaboration with Department of Health IX, Zamboanga City government, national line agencies, non-government organizations, and the Joint Special Operation Task Force – Philippines. Colonel Buenaventura Pascual, Task Force Zamboanga chief, said in ...
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11Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Agriculture is pursuing its organic agriculture campaign by trying to reach out to organic farming practitioners in the country. The National Organic Agriculture Board (NOAB), together with the Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards (BAFPS), is visiting major regions in the country to update all organic practitioners from the non-government organizations (NGO), peoples’ organizations (PO) and local government units on the implem...
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10Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 10 (PIA) -- A Regional Nutrition Forum for the Adoption and Localization of the Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (PPAN) 2011-2016 was conducted on Friday, October 5 at Hotel Guillermo, this city. Maria del Pilar Pamela Tarroza, nutrition program coordinator of the National Nutrition Council in Region 9 said, PPAN 2011-2016 is the country’s national framework plan on nutrition, with the primary goal of addressing the problem of under nutrition or malnutrition in the ...
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10Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct 10 (PIA) -- As buses arrive at the Pagadian City Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT), small, frail bodies of young and adolescent children, armed with broomsticks, pieces of damp rugs and plastic water bottles swarm the buses with enthusiasm in their eyes, hoping to get a few change from the drivers and leftover foods from the passengers as they start cleaning the buses. These children aged seven to 17 years had been deprived of the joy of childhood and even schooling because they...
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10Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, October 10 -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) in Zamboanga Peninsula Region has awarded this year’s regional winners for the Model OFW Family of the Year Awards (MOFYA) in a ceremony held on October 6, 2012 at the Garden Orchid Hotel, this city. The awardees were the family of Dr. Orlando P. Paber from Zamboanga City for land-based category, while the family of Mr. Ramon G. Lubaton from Dipolog City bagged the award for sea-based category. OFW Paber worked ...
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08Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 8 (PIA) -- Public and private partnerships once again emerged as an important strategy in improving people’s lives. This was evident at the First Agri-Business Summit in Lantawan, where some fifty farmers of Lantawan municipality gathered to enhance capacity and improve the agriculture sector. The farmers’ summit was part of the Mindanao Bridging Leaders Program of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) that trains key officials in government in emulating the br...
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08Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 8 (PIA) -- Blood saves lives. And since the need for blood is great, the Reserved Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets of Southern Mindanao Colleges (SMC) responded to the call in a blood-letting activity at the SMC main campus here over the weekend. Dr. Mae Lyn Estrada, team leader of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Zamboanga del Sur chapter, said of the 25 cadets screened, only 22 were allowed to donate since three of them were found with low hemoglobin. Each cadet donate...
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08Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Oct 8 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Police (PNP) has organized a stakeholders’ forum to restore peace and order in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur. “Without peace, there can be no lasting development,” said PNP-9 Regional Director Chief Supt. Napoleon Estilles during the stakeholder’s forum at the Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office conference room, Camp Abelon. “We all need to bring strategic approach to raise the world and people’s attention f...
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08Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct.8 (PIA) - - At least 10 sacks, estimated at a hundred kilo-marine debris, were collected from the one-kilometer coastline of Barangay Bulanit, Labangan, Zamboanga Del Sur by “friends of biodiversity (FOB)," while 300 mahogany seedlings were planted during the coastal cleanup and tree-planting activity of the Department of Environment and Natural Resource (DENR) conducted recently. Hernanita Ascura of DENR in a press statement said the environmental effort was carried out ...
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08Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 8 (PIA) -- The Autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao, the Government Service Insurance System and the Department of Budget and Management have signed a memorandum of agreement that crafted a straight deduction scheme from DBM to settle GSIS payables by ARMM. Samira A. Gutoc, chairperson of the committee on education of the Regional legislative Assembly (RLA)-ARMM disclosed that for the first time, the GSIS and the ARMM Government through the Office of the Regional Gov...
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05Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct 5 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Agricultural Statistics-9 (BAS) has started the conduct of its third quarter agriculture and fisheries survey, as part of evaluating the region's performance. Engr. Belinda B. Garcia, BAS-Zamboanga City provincial agricultural statistics officer, said the survey aims to gauge the region’s agricultural and fisheries production from July to September. “We conduct this to know the performance of our agriculture and fisheries sector in a quarterly b...
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05Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 5 (PIA) -- A total of 806,526 fruit and forest trees have been planted in 1,581.50 hectares of land in Zamboanga del Sur under the government’s National Greening Program (NGP). Forestry Specialist Romel Candido of City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) said this is in support to the government’s effort in “re-greening” the country as per Executive Order No. 36 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino III which calls for the planting of 1.5 billion trees co...
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04Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- Following its mandate in empowering disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals and groups for an improved quality of life, the Department of Social Services and Development (DSWD) is implementing the Reintegration Program for Deportees and Returning Overseas Filipino Workers. DSWD-9 Regional Director Teodulo Romo Jr. said the program targets deported Filipinos and other OFWs who have returned to their places of origin in the country and are in need of social and econ...
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04Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) and the Philippine Statistical Association (PSA) will hold the 21st edition of the Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ), this year. PSQ is an annual search designed to assess freshmen college students’ knowledge on statistics. It aims to promote, enhance and instill awareness and appreciation of the importance and value of science, statistics in particular, among students, Dimna Bienes, officer in charge, NSO-Zamboanga del Sur ...
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04Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) -- A grade six pupil of San Roque Elementary School bagged the first prize in the regional World Food Day (WFD) poster-making contest. Eleven year old Alidin Abbibul bested 31 other participants. He was awarded P3,000 cash prize and a certificate of participation. A total of 16 schools, both private and public, joined in the contest at the Grand Astoria Hotel, this city. On October 16, which is World Food Day, Abbilul will represent Region 9 in the National WFD po...
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04Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 4 (PIA) -- The rank and file of the Lamitan City government of Lamitan was finally formed during a meeting of employees held September 28 at the bleacher near the City Hall. Before the election, City Information Officer, Felipe M. Fernando gave a brief overview of the Executive Order No.180 to over a hundred employees in attendance. The law provides “guidelines for the exercise of the right to organize of government employees, creating a public sector labor-managem...
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04Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 4 (PIA) - - To give attention on the role of consumers, Consumer Welfare Month is observed October of every year pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1098. Ms. Ma. Socorro M. Atay, provincial director of the Department of Trade and Industry said this declaration is in consonance with the state policy to protect the interest of the consumer and promote his general welfare as provided under R.A. 7394 also known as the Consumer Act of the Philippines. “Get Organized. B...
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04Oct2012DIPOLOG CITY, Oct. 4 (PIA) - - Against the backdrop of mushrooming business establishments, poverty, hunger and lack of opportunities still stalk the whole country today. This was the gist of the message of former Senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr. before a group of businessmen and local government officials attending the recently concluded “Dipolog Business Summit.” Magsaysay also urged the business sector to support President Aquino’s campaign against graft and corruption, saying “we have ...
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03Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) once again reminded motorcycle owners to buy only helmets that has Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) and Product Standard (PS) stickers. DTI Provincial Director Ma. Socorro M. Atay gave a brief presentation on Republic Act 10054 or the Helmet Law which was made effective on March 23, 2010. She said prior to the Helmet Law, there was RA 4136 also authored by Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla mandating the use of helmets while...
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03Oct2012DIPOLOG CITY, Oct 3 (PIA) -- “Eighty percent of patients suffering from kidney disease are diabetics.” This was the statement of Dr. Michael U. Abutazil, renal transplantation head of the Western Mindanao Medical Center (WMMC) in Zamboanga City and regional Renal Disease Control Program (Redcop) coordinator in a radio interview conducted here over dxAA. Abutazil said the three major causes of renal disease are diabetes, hypertension, and infection in the kidney. “Ten years of being hy...
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03Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct 3 (PIA) -- Motorcycle riders and back riders are given until December 31 to secure standard protective motorcycle helmets to avoid penalties imposed under Republic Act 10054 otherwise known as “Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2009” which will be fully implemented on January 1, 2013. RA 10054 was signed into law on March 23, 2010 with the aim to secure the safety of motorists and passengers at all times through the mandatory enforcement of the use of standard protective motorcy...
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02Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct. 2 (PIA) -– The National Statistical Coordination Board-9 (NSCB) led the official opening of the 23rd National Statistics Month Celebration Monday, with hundreds of participants from different national line agencies and schools joining the kick off ceremony at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University. This year’s theme is Monitoring Progress on Decent Work Thru Statistics: Pathway to Inclusive Growth. NSCB-9 Regional Head Mewchun W.S. Pamaran, in a training conducted last we...
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02Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct.2 (PIA) -- The Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) conducted a regional dissemination forum for the purpose to update stakeholders on the nutritional status of Filipino children based on the results of the “Survey on Updating of the Nutritional Status of Selected Filipinos” conducted in 2011. The forum, held in one of the local hotels here was attended by members of the Regional Development Council (RDC), the Re...
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02Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 2 (PIA) -- The 3rd Marine Brigade of the Philippine Marine Corps goes back to the province of Palawan on September 28 after a long stint tour of duty in Jolo, Sulu. In a statement, AFP’s 6th Civil Relations Group Commander Maj. Joseph D. Bugaoan said the 3rd Marine Brigade comes back home in Palawan as an added unit in Western Philippines to realign forces in the Western Command area of responsibility. “Way-back in the 1970’s, the 3rd Marine Brigade was an or...
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01Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 1 (PIA) -- After a long stint at the southernmost part of the archipelago, the Third Marine Brigade of the Philippine Marine Corps arrived in the province of Palawan, September 28. In a statement, AFP’s 6th Civil Relations Group Commander Maj. Joseph D. Bugaoan said the brigade came back as an added unit in western Philippines to realign forces in the Western Command area of responsibility. “Way-back in the 1970s, the 3rd Marine Brigade was an organic unit of W...
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28Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept 28 (PIA) -- A one-day seminar on the proper use of chemical flower inducer for mango contractors was held by the Fertilizer and Pesticides Authority (FPA) at Hotel Guillermo here. FPA regional officer Avelino Caperig said the seminar, aimed at teaching mango contractors on the proper use of chemical flower inducer such as potassium and calcium nitrate. Caperig said reports reached his office that some unlicensed mango contractors use potassium and calcium nitrate as explos...
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27Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-9), in partnership with the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD), signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) to protect and preserve dipterocarp trees inside the Pasonanca Watershed and Natural Park (PWNP). Hernanita Ascura of DENR in a statement said, the MOA highlights the implementation of “tree surgery” of decay-infected dipterocarp trees in the PWNP. Under the MOA, the environment office will create...
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27Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept 27 (PIA) -- The Department of Health–Center for Health and Development (DOH-CHD) conducted “Botika ng Barangay (BnB) Provincial Summit” today, September 27, in one of the local hotels here. The summit's theme is “Botika ng Barangay: a Way to Kalusugan Pangakalahatan” and a sub-theme “Para sa Kalambu-an ug Maayong Panglawas – Botika ng Barangay sa Zambosurian atong Suportahan” (For the Development and Good Health – Let us Support Botika ng Barangay in Zamboa...
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27Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 27 (PIA) -- The 3rd Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) ended its tour of duty in Sulu with the send-off ceremony Wednesday. On behalf of Governor Abdusakur M. Tan, OIC Governor Abdusakur “Tutuh” Tan II graced the sending-off of the 3rd Marine Brigade at a military ceremony on September 26 after the completion of their tour of duty in winning the peace and safeguarding the safety and security of the people. OIC Governor Tutuh Tan relaye...
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27Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, September 27 - - KIA Motors Corporation (KMC) will conduct inspection, repair and replacement of non-adjustable brake pedals of their vehicles belonging to some production batch of MOHAVE models sold in the Philippines. DTI Provincial Director Ma. Socorro M. Atay said Columbian Autocar Corporation (CAC), the authorized distributor of KIA vehicles in the Philippines, will have a limited recall campaign on the abovementioned model starting September 15, 2012. The recall campaign w...
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27Sep2012JOLO, Sulu, Sept 27 (PIA) -- Sulu Governor Abdusakur M. Tan called for the rigorous implementation of the provisions of Republic Act 9054, the Expanded ARMM (Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) Law which was passed in March 31,2011. In a message read by his Chief of Staff Abdusakur “Tutuh” Tan II, Governor Tan also called the attention of the participants to the Sulu Public Consultation on the Study and Review of RA 9054, including Regional Legislative Assembly members, guests and members...
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27Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept. 27 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga del Sur Parole and Probation Office No. 1 has conducted a lecture on Crime Prevention and other related topics to probationers and parolees in observance of Crime Prevention Month. “The best thing to avoid re-commission of crime is to keep yourself busy and devoting yourself to a specific employment to sustain your respective families, and refrain from associating with persons with questionable character,” NBI Special Investigator Faustino Ferd...
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27Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 26 (PIA) – The Council of Personnel Officers (CPO) of Isabela City hosted last September 25 an Inter-Agency Quiz Bowl as part of the observance of the 112th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary. At least seven government agencies and institutions fielded their contestants to compete for the best employee that possesses exceptional knowledge of Civil Service Laws, Rules and Regulations. In her welcome remarks, CPO President Otilla W. Ricablanca told government empl...
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26Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept. 26 (PIA) – Clients of the Zamboanga del Sur Parole and Probation Office No. 1 (ZDSPPO) from 17 municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur, composed of probationers, parolees and pardonees have gathered together and organized themselves into an association. This was made possible through the motivation of ZDSPPO No. 1 Officer-in- Charge Nicasio D. Dujali who said that clients will soon embark on rehabilitation-related activities that could push them forward to a peaceful and prod...
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26Sep2012DIPOLOG CITY, Sept 26 (PIA) -- Five more businessmen have been admitted as regular members to the Dipolog City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCI) , during its general membership meeting at the West End Court Hotel in this city recently. These businessmen are Apolinario Pinsoy of Narvel Services, Atty. Eyahiya Malon of S.A. Malon, Joseph Lim of YSL Builders, Edna Capili-Chan of Seabreeze Lodge and Café and Ruena Emily C. Galleposo of Care Canada Consultancy and Immigration. The new ...
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26Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept. 26 (PIA) -- In a bid to educate people about the risks of Sexually Transmitted Infections/Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome (STI/HIV/AIDS), a 3-day seminar on scaling up intervention on STI/HIV/AIDS among males having sex with males (MSMs) was conducted by the Department of Health-Center for Health and Development (DOH-CHD9) in partnership with the Global Fund at Hotel Guillermo on September 19-21 here. DOH-CHD9 regional coordinator for blood, ...
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26Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, SEPT. 26 (PIA) -- The Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG has granted financial assistance to members affected by calamity thru its calamity loan program. Zamboanga City has been declared under a state of calamity. The continuous downpour and strong winds in the city in the past three days caused floodings in low lying areas and uprooted trees killing a 5 year old child and displacing more than a thousand families. “The purpose of this loan is to provide financial ass...
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26Sep2012DIPOLOG CITY,SEPT. 26(PIA) --In preparation for the upcoming 2012 Census on Agriculture and Fisheries(CAF), the National Statistics Office (NSO) in Zamboanga del Norte has conducted a Provincial Consultative Forum here. The activity was attended by representatives of government agencies, local government units, non-government organizations and people’s organizations. In her message to the participants, read by Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Statistics Officer, Ma. Lila Daan, NSO-9 OIC Region...
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25Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept 25 (PIA) -- Five persons with disabilities (PWDs) received new wheelchairs from the Rotary Club of Pagadian West on Friday during the turnover ceremony at the Executive Function Hall at the Provincial Capitol Complex here. “I am very happy to be chosen as a recipient of a wheelchair. Finally, my old one will now be replaced,” said John in the vernacular. John, 12, physically handicapped, is now in the second grade. “This is of great help to him. ...
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25Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 25 (PIA) -- The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) recorded yesterday afternoon close to a thousand families affected by floods brought about by typhoon Lawin. City Mayor Celso Lobregat, who presided over the CDRRMC emergency meeting, said family-victims of flooding are now being housed at several evacuation centers. Ten barangays were recorded to be affected with the flooding. These include Labuan, Patalon, San Jose Gusu, Baliwasan, Sta Cruz Isla...
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24Sep2012Pagadian City, Sept 24 (PIA) -- The Philippine Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA), in coordination with the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) - Region 9 will conduct a Regional Symposium on Volunteerism on October 4 in Zamboanga City. Gemma Mendoza, NEDA 9 officer-in-charge, said the purpose of the activity is to advocate volunteerism especially at the local level to enable more people and communities to appreciate the benefits of volunteer service and participate i...
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22Sep2012SEOUL, Republic of Korea, Sept 21 -- Asean-Korea invited 20 companies selected by Trade Promotion Organizations in 10 ASEAN Member States to display Asean Gift and Lifestyle Products during the Seoul Gift Show 2012, which took place at COEX, from September 20 to 23. At the exhibition, Asean-Korea Centre set up the Asean Pavilion to showcase Asean gift products such as arts and crafts, gift hardware and home decor, fashion accessories, kitchen and tableware and stationary. Also, business meeting...
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21Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 21 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) in Basilan sought the support and cooperation of stakeholders, especially those who are involved in activities relative to agriculture and fisheries for the conduct of Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) next year. The NSO will be conducting the census to come up with updated basic statistics on the two essential sectors of our society, agriculture and fisheries, Provincial Statistics Officer Engr. Naser S. Usman...
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21Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept 21 (PIA) -- The Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST), in cooperation with the DOST regional offices, will hold a regional dissemination forum on the results of the 2011 Survey on Updating of the Nutritional Status of Filipinos. DOST-9 Regional Director Mario Capanzana said the forum will be held at the Celebrity Hall, Grand Astoria Hotel in Zamboanga City on September 28. Capanzana said the activity...
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21Sep2012SEOUL, Republic of Korea -–Thirty media journalists from 10 ASEAN Member States visited the ASEAN-Korea Centre as part of the Exchange Visit of ASEAN and Korean Media People Program on September 17. During their visit, Secretary General Amb. Chung Hae-Moon exchanged views with ASEAN delegation on the outlook of ASEAN-Korea relations and globalization of Hallyu or Korean Wave. In his remarks, Secretary General Amb. Chung Hae-Moon emphasized that the Centre is implementing a variety of pro...
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21Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 21 (PIA) -- To keep apace with the latest trends in media and to maximize dissemination of government information using the “new media,” otherwise known as “social media,” the staff of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in Region 9 recently went through a training on such new trends in Cebu City. Allan Ed Capulong, consultant with the Presidential New Media, a unit of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO), gave a lecture during the training....
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20Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 20 (PIA) -- The economic outlook of Zamboanga Peninsula remains positive, an official of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said. Ms. Teresita B. Deveza, Acting Deputy Director of the Department of Economic Statistics of the BSP said the region manifested stable and positive economic outlook based on five development indicators; population and employment, economic growth and prices financial resources, investments and income of the top corporations, and business expecta...
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20Sep2012DIPOLOG CITY, SEPT. 20(PIA) -- Dipolog City Mayor Evelyn T. Uy has recently received the Marker of the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). The marker of SGH was given by City DILG Officer Lerma Campaner to Mayor Uy during the flag-raising ceremony, at the Plaza Magsaysay, this city last Monday. It was witnessed by the City Government Officials and employees In her message, Mayor Uy expressed her gratitude to DILG for recognizing her e...
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20Sep2012DIPOLOG CITY, Sept 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) - Zamboanga del Norte inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with three Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organization (ARBOs) in the province for the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (Arccess). Anjanette V. Nemiaga, DAR-ZaNorte information officer, said contracting ARBOs include the Guinles Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative, San Miguel Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative, J...
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20Sep2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Sept. 20 (PIA) -- Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region IX spearheaded the conduct of Learning Sessions on Tripartism last Friday, September 14, this municipality. DOLE 9 Regional Director Sisinio Cano emphasized the session was conducted to advocate various mechanism and strategies to address issues and concerns affecting the transport industry. He said, “the creation of Industry Tripartite Council or ITC is a worthwhile effort of DOLE-9 to encourage man...
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20Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY , September 19(PIA) – “For the Philippines to be progressive, our local governments must be strong and progressive,” Vice President Jejomar Binay said during yesterday’s 60th anniversary celebration of Zamboanga del Sur at the Grand Arena, Provincial Government Center, Dao here. Addressing an estimated crowd of 5,000, Binay said “a progressive town is the result of a progressive province, and a progressive province will build a strong and progressive country.” Bina...
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18Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 18 (PIA) -- City officials and employees of Lamitan joined the nationwide celebration of the 112th Civil Service Commission anniversary with street parade from Datu Kalun’s Park to the city hall and a short program at the city hall ground. At the opening program, City Adminstrator Danilo V. Alvaro reminded government employees that being a bayani (hero) is a person that first and foremost, whole-heartedly sings the national anthem with conviction and meaning. ...
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18Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept. 18 (PIA) -- More than a hundred individuals representing various sectors of Basilan gathered at the Datu Dizal Center in Lamitan City last September 13 for the public consultation on the amendments of Republic Act 9054, the organic law that created the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Five mayors led by Lamitan City Mayor Roderick Furigay and Tipo-Tipo town mayor Ingatun Istarul attended the Lamitan consultation which was graced by the eleven assemblym...
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18Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept 18 (PIA) -- Vice President Jejormar Binay emphasized that for the Philippines to be progressive, local governments must be strong and progressive. Binay, who was guest of honor and speaker during the 60th anniversary celebration of Zamboanga del Sur at the Grand Arena, Provincial Government Center, Dao, said “A progressive town is the result of a progressive province and a progressive province will build a strong and progressive country.” Binay lauded...
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14Sep2012DIPOLOG CITY, September 14 -- A peanut butter processing small medium enterprise in Dipolog City has received assistance from the Department of Science and Technology- Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (DOST-SETUP) to upgrade its processing facility. KRAM’s Food Products, located at Padre Ramon Extension, Estaka, Dipolog City, received an innovation system support assistance amounting to P120,000. With the assistance, the firm is set to acquire two peanut grinders , two stainle...
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13Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 13 (PIA) -- Task Force Zamboanga succeeded in reconciling two feuding families in Brgy. Muti in a peace covenant signing last Sunday, ending years of senseless “rido” in the area. "Rido" is a Maranao term commonly used to refer to clan feuds. Colonel Buenaventura Pascual, Task Force Zamboanga chief, said while this may seem like a small accomplishment, the effects of the reconciliation is broad enough to help in the city’s peace and order situation. “There are so...
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13Sep2012ISABELA, Basilan, Sept 13 (PIA) -- The City Schools Divisions of Zamboanga and Isabela emerged as champions in the recently concluded Regional Sports Fest for the big and small schools division categories, respectively. The three-day sports competition last September 7-9 in Isabela City, Basilan was participated by teams from the Provincial Schools Divisions of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay and from the City Schools Divisions of Dipolog, Dapitan, Pagadian, Isabela ...
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13Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 13 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 9 has conducted a two-day training-orientation on Pantawid Pamilya Grievance Redress System (GRS) to nongovernment agencies (NGAs), faith-based groups (FBGs) and civil society organizations (CSOs). The GRS orientation was attended by representatives from Kasangyangan Mindanao Inc., Rubber Farmers Association, AKBAYAN, Masidlakon Center Development and the Center for Social Concerns and Development. The or...
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13Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 13 (PIA) -- A P25-million public market under the government’s peace project in Sulu is now fully operational. “The Maimbung Integrated Public Market project is a way to improve the lives of our people. This is a big step in improving economic activities in this municipality,” Maimbung Mayor Samier A. Tan said. Sulu Provincial Information Officer Sonny Abing III said the public market is under the PAyapa at MAsaganang PAmayanan or Peaceful and Resilient Commun...
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12Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept 12 (PIA) -- Parents of child laborers became beneficiaries of livelihood packages from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to serve as start-up capital in some small scale business enterprise. This is part of DOLE's campaign to transform 5 barangays in the region with high incidence of child labor into child labor-free barangays. DOLE Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz came over on September 6 to look into the progress of the program which was launched on May 30, in Ba...
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12Sep2012DIPOLOG CITY, Sept 12 (PIA) -- The inspection team from the Philippine National Police Regional Office 9 has conducted a pre-Annual General Inspection-Operational, Readiness and Security Inspection Test and Evaluation at the Dipolog City Police Office (DCPO). According to City Information Officer Roberto Pinsoy, the inspection was conducted to assess the readiness and capability of Dipolog City Police Office personnel to perform its mandated task and was also done in preparation for the upcomin...
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12Sep2012MIDSALIP, Zamboanga del Sur, September 12 (PIA) -- At least six (6) people’s organizations (POs) have received P1 million worth of livelihood assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA), regional office thru the Mindanao Rural Development Program–Community Fund for Agricultural Development (MRDP-CFAD) during the 48th Founding Anniversary of Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur held at a gymnasium. These POs include: Tuluan Women’s Association for the Rice and Corn Production project worth ...
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11Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept. 11 (PIA) -- Basilan health personnel urged the public not to ignore “hidden hunger” as a primary concern of every household and save children from a future that is hampered by poor human development. Leilani Eugenio, Health Education and Promotions Officer of the Provincial Health Office (PHO) said micronutrient malnutrition “afflicts a far greater swath of humanity than insufficient calorie intake.” She said that it is often called “hidden hunger” bec...
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11Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, September 11 -- Around 40 local businessmen gained new insights on the trends, strategies, and dynamics of entrepreneurship during the recent Family Enterprise Seminar held in one of the hotels here. The seminar was sponsored by the Pagadian-Zamboanga del Sur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (PCCIFI). Professor Jimmy Williams of the University of the Philippines, Los Banos (UPLB) discussed the topic “Professionalizing the Family Corporation, Attracting, Retain...
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11Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept. 11 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office IX in coordination with the Local Government Academy (LGA) will conduct a two-day Knowledge Management Audit for External Stakeholders on September 20-22, 2012 in Zamboanga City. DILG-IX Regional Director Paisal Abutazil said, this activity aims to identify the knowledge gaps and the need to support the overall organization, community or network goals and individual and team activities of...
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11Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, September 11 - - The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region 9 joins the nation in celebrating the 112th anniversary of the Philippine Civil Service, spearheaded by the Civil Service Commission. This year’s PCSA celebration carries the theme “Kawani, Ikaw ay Isang Lingkod Bayani. Regional Director Hassan Jumdain said the agency is one with other agencies in promoting, showcasing and celebrating the heroism in public service. “All our officers and employe...
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10Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 10 (PIA) -- The City Agriculturist Office distributed vegetable seeds and fingerlings to farmers and fishpond operators affected by the September 1 flooding in Mina Curuan. City Agriculturist Diosdado Palacat said while damage to agricultural and fishpond products were very minimal, the farmers were immediately provided with vegetable seeds to replace their damaged crops. Palay seeds will be distributed during the planting season. Based on Palacat’s record, a hectare ...
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10Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 10 (PIA) -- The city government announced last week the guidelines for the drum and lyre competition for the Tourism Week Celebration in Zamboanga City from September 21-27, this year. The competition, which has been scheduled on Sept. 27 at 4 p.m. at Paseo del Mar, is open to all elementary schools in the city with a minimum of 60 and a maximum of 65 members, including the baton and flag bearers. However, only the first 10 drum and lyre corps to register will be accepted,...
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10Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 10 (PIA) -- Anchored on the theme “Fiesta Hermosa 2012... Mas Alegre na Zamboanga (It’s more fun in Zamboanga),” the city gears up for the feast day of Nuestra Señora de La Virgen del Pilar, the grandest event in Zamboanga this October. Mayor Celso Lobregat convened concerned parties to finalize the events for the celebration, which will commence on October 1 and culminate on October 12, the fiesta day. “The other day, Mayor presided over a coordinating conference...
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07Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 7 (PIA) -- Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday called on residents of the region to be vigilant against climate change as several agencies continuously undertake measures to stem the effects of global warming. Lobregat issued this call as he welcomed over 300 participants from local government units, non-government agencies, and other stakeholders to the Regional Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: A collaboration workshop for the Zamboanga Peninsula...
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07Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 7 (PIA) -- The city is finalizing the different activities for this year’s month-long Fiesta Hermosa in October in connection with the annual celebration of the feast of the miraculous Lady of the Pillar on October 12. This year’s celebration is anchored on the theme: “Fiesta Hermosa… Mas Alegre na Zamboanga.” The Zamboanga Hermosa Festival is the grandest festival in Zamboanga every year. It is also being celebrated by residents of Zamboanga wherever they may b...
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07Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 7 (PIA) -- Zamboanga City is set to host the Third National Executive Officers and National Board meeting where 1,000 officers and members of the Philippine Councilors’ League (PCL) are expected to attend. Mayor Celso Lobregat presided over a coordination meeting held with representatives from offices and agencies concerned to ensure a hassle-free convention from September 12 in 14 in Zamboanga City. As preparations are rife for the PCL National Convention next week, the...
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07Sep2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept 7 (PIA) -- About 130 grantees of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) received their checks in a simple turn-over activity held at Sitio Quibranza, Barangay Kahayagan, this municipality. The students were hired during the summer vacation to earn for their tuition and education needs. Totaling P324,000 in checks, the grantees are now assured of paying their first and second semester tuition fees for...
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07Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 7 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) 9 is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Model OFW Family Awards (MOFYA). Now on its eighth year, the agency continues its aim to highlight the success of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families in overcoming the challenges of migration. “We are again in search of land-based and sea-based Model OFW Families,” said Hassan Gabra Jumdain, OWWA-9 director. “Model families who have nurtured str...
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07Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, SEPT. 7 (PIA) - - A crowd of lactating mothers simultaneously breastfed their babies during the synchronized breastfeeding activity, an obvious message conveying that “breastfeeding is still best for babies.” The simultaneous breastfeeding program was an initiative of the city government through the City Health Office (CHO) as the culmination activity of the month-long observance of the National Breastfeeding Month, August. The observance of Breastfeeding Month is mandated...
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07Sep2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, Sept 7 (PIA) -- The Dipolog City Airport gets P66.9 million from the P319-million budget allocated by the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) for the development of two key airports in the country. The components of the air side development projects of Dipolog City Airport include the expansion of apron, widening of taxiway, construction of river protection with shoulder and the construction of box culvert and drainage system, Civil Aviation ...
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07Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept 7 (PIA) -- Crime prevention is not only the work of the police but it is everybody’s concern. This is what Governor Antonio H. Cerilles said in his keynote speech during the 18th National Crime Prevention Week (NCPW) kick-off ceremony as he urged everyone to play an active role in increasing awareness on crime prevention. Based on statistics, Cerilles said 70 percent of the crime committed in our country are drug related. “If we focus on looking at the drug lord, de...
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06Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept 6 (PIA) -- Among the five pillars of the criminal justice system in our country, the participation of the community plays a vital role in crime prevention. This is what Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) 9 Assistant Regional Director (ARD) Pedro Cuevas said, who was a guest during the PIA Media Forum in celebration of the 18th National Crime Prevention Month held recently at the Cake Room, Anastacia Penssione House, this city. Cuevas said, "we have been...
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05Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept 5 -- The Zamboanga del Sur Parole and Probation Office (ZSPPO) No. 1, a line agency of the Department of Justice which covers 17 municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur has a new Officer-In-Charge in the person of Supervising Probation Officer Nicasio D. Dujali. Mr. Eddie L. Baldado, Information Officer of ZSPPO said before assuming his new post, Dujali was formerly assigned in Sulu Parole and Probation Office with sub-office in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi. His new assignment is seen ...
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04Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 4 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (ZCCCII) launched the Zamboanga City Information and Communication Technology Council (ZCICTC) geared at promoting and advocating the advancement of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the city. The newly created council, also an affiliate of the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), aims to generate new ICT and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) businesses in Zamboanga City t...
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04Sep2012DIPOLOG CITY, Sept 4 (PIA) -- Starting this month, the City Health Office (CHO) is going to conduct a series of Nocturnal Blood Examination (NBE) among residents, especially those living in far-flung barangays to find patients infected with Lymphatic Filariasis commonly known as Elephantiasis. Ma. Debbie C. Erasmo , CHO’s Filariasis Elimination Program coordinator, told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that they had recorded 116 Filariasis cases from 2003 to 2011, consisting of six fem...
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04Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) through the Local Government Academy (LGA) will conduct a Regional Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Collaboration Workshop for the Zamboanga River Basin set on September 6 in one of the local hotels here. The activity is in partnership with the Agencia Espanola de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) and the office of Senator Loren Legarda. Expected to attend ...
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03Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in Basilan installed an automated rain gauge (ARG) in Atong-Atong, Lantawan municipality on Thursday, placing Basilan in the national map of monitored rainfall activity. Myra Alih, provincial science and technology director, said the equipment can provide real time and accurate data on rainfall in the province, which is key to disaster mitigation. “Every year, the Philippines experiences strong typhoons wi...
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03Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 3 (PIA) -- The city government is set to unveil a P16.30M project package for Barangay San Roque in the west coast. Mayor Celso Lobregat will lead the turn over ceremony today with members of the city council and other local officials to barangay San Roque headed by its chairman Bernando Clemente. Among the projects to be turned over include the newly constructed San Roque barangay hall undertaken by the 2M Construction firm worth P4.17 million and the construction of s...
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03Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept.4 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 9, Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU)-Katipunan Campus and the local government unit of Katipunan recently forged a partnership in the management, protection and development of Ikogan Cave in Barangay Sanao, Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed by DENR-9 Regional Executive Director Arleigh Adorable with JRMSU President Edgar Balbuena and Katipunan ...
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03Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept 3 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will turnover 20 livelihood packages to parents of child laborers and checks to 49 beneficiaries of Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES). Labor Secretary Rosalinda D. Baldoz, who is set to attend a Stakeholders’ Forum on September 6 here, will lead the turnover. Virginia L. Bonbon, DOLE assistant regional director, said livelihood packages will be given to parents of child laborers at P10,000 each,...
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03Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 3 (PIA) -- Mayor Celso Lobregat has issued an executive order declaring September 21-27 as Tourism Week in Zamboanga City with the aim of fostering awareness among the people about the importance of tourism encompassing its social, cultural, political and economic value. Executive Order No. CL 469-2012 likewise directs the implementation of different activities in celebration of the Tourism Week in Zamboanga. The celebration will lead up to September 27, designated as Int...
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03Sep2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept 3 (PIA) -- The City Social Welfare and Development Office is finalizing its report on the Saturday flash floods in Barangay Curuan for the grant of financial assistance to the victims in addition to the relief and food assistance immediately provided to the affected families. Initial reports show that six houses made of light materials were swept away while two houses were partially damaged by rushing waters from the swollen Curuan river following torrential rains in the m...
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31Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 31 (PIA) -- The Food and Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) conducted this morning a media forum for the Nutrition Communicators’ Network (NutriComNet). Representatives from the FNRI, who came from Manila, presented to government information officers including representatives from the academe, the 2011 nutritional status of Filipino children. The media forum was attended not only by information officers, but by health/nutrition spec...
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31Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Aug. 31 (PIA) –- The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) in close partnership with Aboitiz Power through Weather Philippine Foundation (WPF) on Wednesday conducted a whole day technology training and workshop for city environment and natural resources officers, local Disaster Risk Reduction Management officers, and city engineers at the Executive Function Hall, City Mayor’s office here. LCP secretary-general mayor Hernani Braganza said the activity was aimed to discuss ...
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31Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 31 (PIA) -- The Food and Research Institute of the Dept. of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) conducted this morning a media forum for the Nutrition Communicators’ Network (NutriComNet) where Government information officers including representatives from the academe actively participated. Representatives from the FNRI, who came all the way from Manila, presented to the participants the 2011 Nutritional Status Of Filipino Children. The media forum was attended not only b...
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30Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 30 (PIA) -– A child development facility worth P2.3 million will soon be constructed in Brgy. Olingan, this city to support the implementation of the Early Childhood Care and Development program. In a statement issued by the City Information Office, it said that the city is one of the 100 recipients of the National Child Development Center nationwide and the first in the region. With this, a series of training on early childhood care for day-care workers would be conducted...
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29Aug2012LAMITAN CITY, Basilan, Aug 29 (PIA) -- Lamitan City Health Office inaugurated the Tuberculosis (TB) Dots Center last August 15 that would jumpstart the intensified campaign of the government to eliminate tuberculosis disease in this part of the country. In a statement, City Information Officer Felipe Fernando said the setting up of the center was timely as the country observes National Tuberculosis Awareness Month this August with the theme “TB-free Philippines: A continuing challenge from Ch...
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29Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 29 (PIA) -- The 2012 Medium Forum and monitoring visit of the Department of Science and Technology - Food and Nutrition Research Institute (DOST-FNRI) will be held tomorrow, August 30, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon at the Grand Astoria Hotel, Zamboanga City. Expected to participate are information officers, health and nutrition specialists of government agencies and faculty members of some state colleges and universities involved in food, nutrition and health promotion, as wel...
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29Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 29 (PIA) –- A one-day job fair will be held on September 7 at the Ateneo de Zamboanga University. The statement from Department of Labor and Employment in Region 9 said jobs available are for skilled and professional workers for local and overseas deployment. In a list released by DOLE-9, job vacancies for local employment include clerical jobs for cashiers, clerks, draftsmen, programmers and computer technicians; sales workers, specifically financial analysts and sales ...
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29Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug 29 (PIA) -- Personnel of the Department of Trade and Industry in the Province of Zamboanga del Norte are now conducting province-wide inspection on motorcycle helmets to ensure it compliance with the product standard set by the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC). DTI-Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Head Noel Bazan said the inspection is conducted after Bureau of Product Standards Memorandum Circular No. 01, Series of 2012 was issued. The DTI Provincial inspection team will co...
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29Aug2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, Aug 29 (PIA) --Rubber planters belonging to the Federation of Family Welfare Committees (FFWC-Sibugay) planted mangrove in Limono, Timuay Danda, Kabasalan. The activity, aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change, was conducted in partnership with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE 9)-Provincial Office, the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) and Goodyear Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GARBEMCO). The 4...
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28Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 28 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will implement in Zamboanga Peninsula an P85-million cash for training project, which will benefit over 4,000 individuals. “This is a nationwide program and Region 9 has an allocation of P85 million," TESDA-9 Regional Director Lorenzo Macapili said during the Regional Social Development Committee IX meeting last week. Macapili said eac...
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28Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Aug 28 (PIA) -- The Ecolink Philippines, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) conducted a candle lighting ceremony in front of the Jose Rizal monument, city complex here on Thursday evening. Ecolink Philippines is a civil society organization in Mindanao that promotes good governance, social accountability, and campaigns for anticorruption. The ceremony started at 6 p.m. and was attended by members of Ecolink Phils, ...
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28Aug2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Aug 28 (PIA) -- More than six hectares of trees were discovered destroyed in the forested area of Lamitan City. Following information received by Lamitan, Mayor Roderick Furigay immediately instructed the Office of City Environment and Natural Resources (OCENR) to check on alleged mass illegal cutting of trees at the reforested area of Lamitan “water shed” in Upper Arco. The OCENR, together with the military and the police proceeded to the area to verify the info...
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28Aug2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Aug 28 (PIA) -- The Basilan Communicators Network Inc. (BasCOMNET) conducted a forum on disaster preparedness on August 24 to update the different government agencies and non-government organizations on the state of disaster preparations of the province. In his lecture to some fifty agency representative members of BasCOMNET, Engr. Allan Labayog of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismography (PhilVolcs) said the level of awareness and logistics spell out th...
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28Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, August 28 (PIA) -- Parents with cleft palate and cleft lip children on Friday flocked to the 1st Infantry (Tabak) division headquarters to avail of the free cleft lip and palate surgery. Dubbed “Operation Sweet Smile,” the operation was jointly conducted by the Philippine Army and Alpha Phi Omega, Maharlika Foundation, and Southern Zamboanga Alumni Association (APO-SOZA-ALAS) on August 24-27. Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations Lt. Col. Cornelio Arbole...
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24Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug 24 (PIA) -- The first leg of a series of orientation-seminars by the Board of Investments (BOI) on the 2012 Investment Priorities Plan (IPP) was held yesterday here with city and municipal officials, business leaders and representatives of national and local government agencies as participants. More than 100 participants voiced their issues and concerns, which were answered by BOI personnel, composed of Engr. Guillermo S. Laquindanum, Supervision and Monitoring Department Head...
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24Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 24 (PIA) -- Local government and private entities partnered for the “Zumba na Zambo” to drumbeat the promotion of healthy lifestyle, physical fitness among the residents of Zamboanga and to heighten awareness on tuberculosis (TB) prevention and control. It was held at the Joaquin Enriquez Memorial Sports Complex. Zumba na Zambo is a physical fitness program that involves dance and aero-basics elements. It also includes some hip hop steps, soca, samba, salsa, meringue, m...
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24Aug2012Extending support services to deported, repatriates and irregular overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) is one priority of the government that is being addressed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). With the need to come up with an extensive and broader approach in assisting thousands of deportees from Malaysia to include repatriates and returning OFWs, partnering with different organization and agencies is a strategy now considered indispensable in social work. DSWD-9 initiat...
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22Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug 22 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Zamboanga del Sur asked motorcycle riders and their back riders to use helmets with Philippine Standard (PS) or Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) marks. Republic Act 10054 or the Motorcycle Helmet Act, which was signed into law on March 23, 2010, mandates all motorcycle riders including back riders to wear at all times standard protective helmets while driving motorcycles, whether long or short drives...
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22Aug2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Aug 22 (PIA) -- Fifteen child laborers in this city recently exchanged their work implements with educational package as part of the Department of Labor’s (DOLE) campaign for a child-labor free barangay. Edna Avenido, treasurer of Marketsite barangay said that while they are happy that their barangay was chosen as the site for the launching of the Child Labor-free Barangay in the city, having one with high incidence of child laborers in the city is something not to be ...
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22Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 22 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) in Zamboanga City has exceeded its seven months collection target. “We are on track of meeting our target for this year,” BIR-Zamboanga City District (93-A) Assistant Revenue District Officer Rolando C. Ompoc said in an interview. Ompoc’s optimism is based on the seven-month cumulative collection of the Bureau where it collected P1.057 billion. “Our cumulative collection from January to July is P27 million higher tha...
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22Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, Aug 22 (PIA) -- The mayor of Dipolog City described Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, who died in a plane crash on Saturday in the seas off Masbate, as €œsincere, upright, honest and hardworking.€ Mayor Evelyn T. Uy remembered the late local government chief as the prime mover of the €œSeal of Good Housekeeping€ among local government units (LGU) in support of President Benigno S. Aquino III&eu...
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17Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 17 (PIA) -- An improvised explosive device (IED) blasted inside a bus around 9:20 p.m. Thursday, wounding seven people including a two-year-old boy. Police report revealed that a bus from Pagadian to Zamboanga with body number 9224 and owned by the Rural Transit Mananegment Inc. (RTMI) was approaching the bus terminal in Brgy. Guiwan when the bomb exploded. Estimated to be 200 meters away from the said bus terminal, the explosion injured seven passengers, who were immediate...
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17Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 17 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) - Zamboanga Peninsula Region will assist overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) displaced by the ongoing turmoil in Syria through its “Relief Assistance Program” (RAP). Regional Director Hassan Jumdain said OWWA members displaced by the crisis in Syria may avail of the P10,000 financial aid. Eligible to avail of the one-time financial assistance are OWWA members repatriated from Syria when the crisis alert was rai...
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16Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Aug 16 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology-9 (DOST-9) has funded the acquisition of farm machineries for Salug Valley Compact Farming System Multi-purpose Cooperative (Savacompas). Through the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (Setup), the DOST acquired the mechanical drier and rice hull fired furnace (eight-ton capacity) worth P750,000 for Savacompas. In addition, DOST IX will provide skills upgrading of the operator through training on the use of the ...
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16Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Aug 16 (PIA) – Zamboanga del Sur became the 47th province to support the Biyaheng Kulambo Campaign when the governor signed the manifesto of support yesterday, signifying his commitment to help eradicate malaria in this part of the country. With the theme, “Saving Lives, Preventing Death and Sustaining Investment for Malaria,” the Biyaheng Kulambo (Traveling Net) campaign has gone all over the country and will make its final stopover in Olongapo City. “I hope that this...
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15Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug 16 (PIA) -- August 15 marks the first anniversary of the first online magazine produced by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in the country, One Mindanao. It all started as an e-news service wherein news stories on government policies, pronouncements, programs, projects and accomplishments had been forwarded to the individual email addresses of public officials, businessmen, civic and religious leaders, teachers, students and others. PIA-Caraga headed by director Abner ...
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15Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 15 (PIA) -- One Mindanao (1M)- the first ever electronic magazine (e-mag) produced by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) – celebrates its first anniversary today as it also gives cognition to the men and women behind it for their selfless service and dedication in bringing national and Mindanao news across the country and around the globe. “1M is being read not only by Mindanaoans but also “netizens” from other countries around the world,” said PIA9 Regional...
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15Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, AUG.15 (PIA)--- Sakupon na sa Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth)ang kaso sa leptospirosis sa mga lugar nga apektado sa pagbaha aron makuhaan ang problema sa kabus nga mga komunidad, sumala pa sa Malakanyang. “Niadtong na-apektahan sa baha, sugod niadtong Agosto 7, ang tanang ma-admit sa tambalanan gumikan sa uncomplicated leptospirosis moabot ngadto sa 11 mil pesos alang sa tanang matang sa membro,” matod pa ni Deputy Presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte ...
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15Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug 15 (PIA) -- The local government of Pagadian City, in partnership with the Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), inaugurated the two-story City Health Office (CHO) building worth P13.3 million at the city government complex on Wednesday. City Health Officer Dr. Noel Ceniza said the construction of the new CHO building was made possible through collaborative efforts of the local government unit (LGU), DOH and DPWH. C...
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14Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 14 (PIA) -- Zamboanga City’s display booth, featuring photos of pink-sand Sta. Cruz Island, was adjudged first runner-up in the just concluded 23rd Philippine Travel Mart at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia in Pasay City. This was announced yesterday by City Tourism Officer Sarita Sebastian-Hernandez, who said the City of Gingoog’s indigenous design was declared champion in the booth competition (city category), followed by Zamboanga City photo booth concept as f...
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14Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 14 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga City government is donating P10 million financial assistance to families displaced by the monsoon rains that hit Luzon. Mayor Celso Lobregat will meet Interior and Local Government Sec. Jesse Robredo this week to handover the checks for turnover to officials of the 19 affected local government units. The donation was taken from the city’s calamity fund and was approved for release during the Friday meeting of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and ...
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14Aug2012LAMITAN CITY, Basilan, Aug 14 (PIA) -- At least twelve civil society groups in Basilan appealed to government agencies to strengthen their public-private partnership (PPP) in the implementation of the P8.59-billlion stimulus fund for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). In a provincial stakeholders consultation on the Transition Investment Support Plan organized by the Department of Interior and Local Government of ARMM last July 15, the implementing government agencies concerned pr...
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14Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 14 (PIA) -- Dipolog City got the highest rating among local government units (LGUs) in Zamboanga Peninsula region, based on the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) report. Arnel Gudio, DILG - Zamboanga del Norte provincial director, reported this during the Dipolog City Sangguniang Panlungsod’s LGPMS exit conference last August 8. Gudio said that based on the LGPMS Report or State of Local Governance...
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14Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 14 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) and the city government unveiled yesterday the P31.8 million Vitali water system project in pursuit of their commitment to continuously expand water service to far-flung barangays. The project will benefit 441 households or 2,203 individuals in the barangay of Vitali and neighboring areas. It was undertaken in partnership with the District II Congressional Office. Mayor Celso Lobregat, together with representatives Ben...
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14Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 14 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office – 9 is preparing for the next region-wide census of agriculture and fisheries (CAF) sectors, which will start on February next year. As part of the preparation, the NSO-9 conducted a Regional Consultative Forum yesterday to inform stakeholders of the upcoming activity, which will have farmers and fishers as respondents, Adelaida S. Cuarte, NSO-9 OIC regional director, said. Cuarte said CAF is a large-scale government undertakin...
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13Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 13 (PIA) -- The Pag-IBIG-Zamboanga branch has inked a memorandum of understanding with NJB Development Corporation (NJBDC) for the generation of 195 housing units through the Group Housing Loan Program of Pag-IBIG. Corazon Mamauag, chief of the marketing and enforcement division, said Pag-IBIG will be financing the project while NJBDC will construct the said 195 housing units. “The Fund, as its partner through the Group Housing Loan Program, will provide the financing req...
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11Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Aug 11 (PIA) -- The Pagadian City Police Office, under the command of P/Supt. Kenneth Mission, on Wednesday morning conducted a tree-planting activity in Barangay Kalasan here. This is in support to the greening project recently launched by Philippine National Police (PNP) dubbed “Pulis Makakalikasan: Sampung Milyong Puno, Pamana sa Kinabukasan,” requiring each PNP member in the county to plant six trees per month until February 28, 2013. Administrative division chief, Inspe...
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10Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 10 (PIA) -- Locals and visitors will soon have easy access to all eco-tourism attractions in the city as the comprehensive “Eco-tourism directory" is almost finished. Councilor Gerky Valesco, who chairs the Committee on Tourism, said once completed, the Eco-tourism directory will give people simple and trouble-free listing of all tourism destinations in the city. Expected to be included in the directory are the city’s waterfalls, caves, rivers, lakes, beaches, trekking...
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10Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 10 (PIA) -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is inviting qualified individuals to take part in the upcoming Philippine Military Academy (PMA) entrance examination. Jaran D. Abdula, Task Force Zamboanga Civil Military Operations (TFZ-CMO) chief, said the exam is slated on August 26 at the Western Mindanao State University. He said the exam is open to all incoming college freshmen or college students provided they meet the necessary requirements. Abdula said applic...
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10Aug2012TAGAYTAY CITY, Aug 10 (PIA) -- The International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) declared that a third of the world’s children is iodine-deficient. “A child born to an iodine-deficient mother has an IQ lower by 13.5 points,” Dr. Teofilo L. San Luis, ICCIDD director and country representative, said during the communication planning workshop on the National Salt Iodization Program (NSIP) in Tagaytay City from August 7 to 10. The workshop gathered together...
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09Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, Aug 9 (PIA) -- Professors of hotel and restaurant management and tourism courses have been urged to teach their students the value of trust, as tourism becomes a potent force in the global economy. This was the gist of the welcome message of Saint Vincent College (SVC) Executive Director for Academic Affairs Rosalinda Canoy-Baloria before the participants to the second Zamboanga Peninsula tourism and hospitality education congress held in the city. “As lead...
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07Aug2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Aug 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Health in Basilan and the Pilipinas Shell Foundation Inc. launched “Byaheng Kulambo” or Travelling Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLIN) on Thursday. On behalf of the provincial governor, Provincial Administrator and concurrent Provincial Engineer Tahir Latip pinned the seal of the provincial government of Basilan to the symbolic “kulambo” (mosquito net), adding up to some 50 local government units (LGU) who have given their commitm...
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07Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 7 (PIA) -- Some 150 college students taking up tourism and hotel and restaurant management from 11 schools in the region recently converged here for the second Zamboanga Peninsula tourism and hospitality education congress. The congress was organized by the Council of Tourism and Hospitality Educators of Zamboanga Peninsula (CTHEZP) headed by Dr. Joseph G. Refugio of Saint Vincent’s College (SVC) in this city. The congress, which was anchored on the theme, “Quest for Exc...
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07Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Aug 7 (PIA) -- Landslide survivors in Brgy. Cumarom, Mindsalip are undergoing treatment at Midsalip Municipal Infirmary Hospital. Mayor Leonida Ancap in an interview said Soledad Mandao, 46, and her son Jomar, 11 were brought to the hospital after they sustained injuries in various parts of their bodies due to the landslide that occurred at 6:30 p.m. on August 2. "In the afternoon of Thursday, Brgy. Cumaron has experienced continuous heavy rains," Ancap said Meanwhile. the d...
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07Aug2012LAMITAN CITY, Basilan, Aug 7 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission Field Office in Basilan is set to conduct the Career Service Examination-Pencil and Paper Test for Sub-professional and Professional Levels at the Claret School of Lamitan on October 21. In its Examination Advisory No. 4 series of 2012 by the Examination, Recruitment and Placement Office of the Civil Service Commission, the agency approved the opening of additional testing centers which include Lamitan City, Tagum City and Beng...
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06Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Aug 6 (PIA) –- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-9) reported that construction of the 2.007 kilometers Imelda-Bayog-Kumalarang-Lapuyan-Margosatubig Road in Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay has already posted 75 percent completion. The Imelda-Bayog-Kumalarang-Lapuyan-Margosatubig Road, categorized as national secondary road, is the only access in going to and fro the 19 hinterland barangays in the municipalities of Imelda, Diplahan and Siay. The road network is vital i...
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04Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug 4 (PIA) -- The Presidential fund is sufficient to finance the ongoing construction of the Dipolog City Hospital and the city government need not apply for a loan to finish the project. This was the assurance of Engineer Albert Alimpulos, the concurrent City Development Coordinator (CDC) of Dipolog City amidst allegations that the city government is planning to apply for a loan to finance the construction of the said hospital. President Aquino, in his campaign sorties during ...
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04Aug2012PAGADIAN CITY, Aug 4 (PIA) -- Tabak troopers of the military were chosen as one of the modern day heroes by the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Zamboanga del Sur chapter, in the culmination of Blood Donors’ month Tuesday afternoon at City Commercial Center here. 1st Infantry Tabak commander BGen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III was grateful that the officers and men of the headquarters were chosen by the PRC. In his message delivered by assistant division commander BGen. Felicito Virgilio Trinidad, th...
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03Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 3 (PIA) -- Thirty-five representatives from civil society groups, nongovernmental organizations, people’s organizations and the private sector expressed their commitment to aid the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in the implementation of Kalahi-CIDDS community-driven projects in the region. DSWD has already partnered with the Zuellig Family Foundation to enhance delivery of health services, especially in the identified poorest areas. “But still, m...
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03Aug2012“I was seven years old when I started weaving. My late aunt Putri Gunong Lidang taught me how to weave mats. I was so engrossed with weaving that as time went on, I was able to produce fine designs,” master teacher Laluwua Dacula narrated. Training the future generation about weaving is done so at young ages. A total of 30 children from Grade 4 to Grade 6 are being taught how to weave. They regularly attend school and come to weave after classes or during their free time. Dacula said kid...
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03Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug 3 (PIA) -– The Department of Science and Technology, through Science Education Institute, announced that their office is now accepting applications for the Junior Level Science Scholarships (JLSS). DOST-SEI offers two JLSS program: RA7687, which is open to poor but talented students, and the Merit scholarship. Qualifiers will be selected based on their performance in the 2012 JLSS scholarship examination on September 22. Any regular third year college student of AY 2...
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03Aug2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 3 (PIA) -- No one can stop them from shining despite their physical deformities. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) exhibited their skills and talents in the Skills Competition and Talent Show during the National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week celebration. The Department of Social Welfare and Development-9, through its Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center–3 (AVRC) in Brgy. Mampang, conducted the contest to motivate PWDs and apply theories learned from the ...
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03Aug2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Aug 3 (PIA) -- The joint regional and provincial peace and order council discussed Tuesday measures to end hostilities in Sumisip, Basilan. Mujiv Hataman, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor, underscored the need for government agencies and local government units to address issues affecting communities south of Basilan with a pro-active stance. The governor asked the Provincial Agrarian Reform Office and the Cooperative Development Authority to explain...
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02Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug 2 (PIA) -- Four municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte are set to benefit from a United Children’s Fund (UNICEF) project in the Philippines. This was contained in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the joint program of cooperation on Investment Convergence for Equity for Children, signed by the Philippines and the UNICEF. Signatories for the Philippines were the National Economic Development Authority, the Department of the Interior and Local Government, concerned Loc...
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02Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 2 (PIA) -- Local government infrastructure projects are now on the receiving end of funding from the national budget. This goes too with the infrastructure projects in Dipolog City that will be funded at the cost of P850 million. In her meeting with President Aquino in Malacañang, city Mayor Evelyn T. Uy said the President assured her the release of the fund, a big chunk to be used for the expansion/upgrading of the Dipolog City Airport, which was mentioned by the Presiden...
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02Aug2012The neat rows of hundreds of calamansi trees in Zamboanga Peninsula do not require much attention. Just the usual watering and fertilizing the soil are enough and harvesting is done everyday, portion by portion of the vast plantation, said municipal agriculturist Elsa Bagaforo. Known as the “Calamansi Capital” of Zamboanga Peninsula, the municipality of Siay has 634.4 hectares planted with calamansi by 261 small farmers, said. Ronald and Rodina Espera of Barangay Batu, Siay, Zamboanga S...
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01Aug2012AGADIAN CITY, Aug 1 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC)–Zamboanga del Sur chapter will end its month-long celebration of Blood Donor’s month today at 4 p.m. at the City Commercial Center. PRC Administrator Hildaliza F. Muñoz said plaques and certificates of recognition will be presented to blood donors, sponsors and supporters, who continue to give blood and save people in emergency situations. Blood galloners Noel Quicoy, Victoria Gutierez, Champrix Galeza and John Delmar Maglinte ...
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31Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- To be truthful is the way to survival, longevity and sustainability of press freedom. This was emphasized by Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr., of the Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO), as he inspired the Zamboanga press to choose to write for the good of the country. Coloma was keynote speaker and inducting officer during the 31st Annual Induction ceremonies of the Zamboanga City Press Club, Inc. “To be effective writers, we must...
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31Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) released P140,000 worth of checks to 14 OFW returnees as recipients of the P10,000 livelihood assistance on July 25. The assistance is intended to finance livelihood projects that will generate community employment and source of income for beneficiaries. It also aims to enhance entrepreneurial and technical/production skills of distressed and displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Jennifer Romera, a form...
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31Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 31 (PIA) -- “Without cooking and vegetable booth display contests, the Nutrition Month observance is meaningless,” said Maria Jennesa S. Tubongbanua, Isabela City nutrition action officer . The city highlights veggie cooking and vegetable booth display contests at the end of celebration of the 38th National Nutrition Month. Twenty of the 45 barangays in the city participated in the vegetable display contest. The veggie booth of Aguada Barangay got the nod of th...
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31Jul2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, July 31 (PIA) -- The Federated Women Empowerment Movement/Rural Improvement Club took their oath before Rep. Aurora Cerilles of the 2nd District of Zamboanga del Sur last Friday, July 27 at the municipal gymnasium. The mass oath taking was attended by municipal officials headed by Mayor Leonardo Babasa Jr, and barangay chairmen, together with Marilyn Bersales, provincial agriculturist and Arlene Zacal, WEM/RIC provincial coordinator. Cerilles congratulated the wome...
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31Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- The Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) and the FNRI Employees Association, Inc. has recognized the best practices of Zamboanga Peninsula's Nutrition Communicators Network in bringing Science and Technology closer to the people. Nutricomnet-IX was cited for exemplary and unique media works in promoting food and nutrition during the 38th FNRI Seminar Series (FSS) at the Department of Science and Technology in Taguig City. The certificate of recognition ...
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31Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- As one of the beneficiaries of the Mindanao Rural Development Program – Community Fund for Agricultural Development (MRDP-CFAD), the Gawil Farmers Irrigators Association (GFIA) devised plans to uplift the living conditions of its members by improving income through livelihood projects. GFIA Pres. Valentin Pabinguit said the association has successfully implemented rice production, livestock dispersal and organic farming to increase agricultural production and ...
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30Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional director handed checks worth P216,270 to St. Columban College (SCC) president Fr. Gilbert M. Hingone, for 81 Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) grantees, last July 26. “Make good in your studies because nobody can take it away from you. Bisan wala moy kwarta apan aduna kamoy edukasyon, makakita kamo ug maayong trabaho (Even if you have no money but are educated, you will be able to find a goo...
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30Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 30 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform has already accomplished 91 percent of their land distribution target in Region 9, 24 years after the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program, as mandated by Republic Act 6657. “As of June 30 this year, we have already distributed 219, 260 hectares to 122, 536 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the region, translating to 91 percent accomplishment rate under our Land Tenure Improvement program,” DAR-...
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30Jul2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, July 30 (PIA) -- The local government unit (LGU) of Bayog, in partnership with the Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) based in Pagadian City, conducted a mass blood donation activity Thursday, at the municipal health here. The activity, with the theme “Save a Life, Share a Blood, Be a Blood Donor Today,” is a joint venture of PNRC and Bayog headed by Mayor Leonardo Babasa Jr through the rural health unit (RHU), and the board of directors of Timber Mines Multi-P...
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27Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 27 (PIA) -- The division commander of the 1st Infantry (Tabak) hailed the President on his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered Monday at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City. Brigadier Gen. Ricardo Rainer Cruz III said this year’s SONA was more convincing than the previous ones, noting that the President sincerely reported the accomplishments of his administration. He said he was grateful for the continued and unparalleled support to the moderniza...
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27Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 27 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) announced the opening of application for scholarship for children or siblings of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) who want to pursue college degrees. OWWA Regional Director Hassan Gabra Jumdain said their office is now accepting applicants for the Education for Development Scholarship Program. The scholarship is given to direct dependents of OFWs who are graduating from high school. A beneficiary could enroll ...
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27Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 27 (PIA) -- The Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG Fund Zamboanga announced that starting September 1, all its members shall transact with the fund using their membership identification numbers. Corazon Mamauag, chief of the Marketing and Enforcement Division, said that this move is part of Pag-IBIG’s transition to an enhanced system that will make their services faster and more efficient for its members. With this development, the marketing chief advised all empl...
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27Jul2012EDIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, July 27 (PIA) -- Business leaders from all over Mindanao and other parts of the country and key government officials will converge for the 21st Mindanao Business Conference (Minbizcon) on August 2 in Butuan City. Jointly hosted by the Butuan City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. and the city government of Butuan, the conference will run for three days with the theme, “Invest Mindanao, towards a more inclusive, progressive and greener futur...
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27Jul2012POLANCO, Zamboanga del Norte, July 27 (PIA) -- Around 300 high school students participated in the disaster preparedness forum and earthquake drill held at the Polanco National High School (PNHS). Forum speakers were Office of Civil Defense (OCD-9) Regional Director Adriano Fuego, Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Administration (Pag-asa-9) Chief Meteorological Officer Maribel “Hasanah” Enriquez, Philippine Information Agency (PIA-9) Regional Director Noemi B. Edaga and V...
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27Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, JULY 27 (PIA) -- Hundreds of students from the two campuses of Jose Rizal Memorial State University in Zamboanga del Norte have responded to the call for volunteerism as the Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO launched the "Pilipinas Natin" forum in the province. The first Pilipinas Natin forum was held in the morning of July 18 Dipolog campus, while the second forum was held at the Dapitan City (main) campus in the afternoon of the same day. June G. Joson, overa...
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26Jul2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, July 26 (PIA) -- About 250 elementary, high school and college student officers of Marian College attended the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Symposium conducted by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD), Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs), and the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in cooperation with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). Marian College principal Ms. Cynthia H. Ortega ...
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26Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 26 (PIA) –- The Isabela Water District (ISAWAD) in Basilan marks its 25 years of bringing quality and safe water services to Isabelaños with a testimonial luncheon on July 5, showcasing what it called bigger, better and bolder services. Looking back at the significant achievements of ISAWAD, General Manager Aleli C. Almodovar thanked all institutions who have supported the agency for several years now who are “always ready to lend a hand and assistance, our beac...
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24Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 24 (PIA) -- Barely a week after the “Vinta Sail” launch on Saturday, July 21, the news spread and photos enchanted people to look forward to this activity. “We are getting good responses not only from our locals but also from people outside Zamboanga that they also want to try to sail on our vinta,” said DOT Regional Director Mary June Bugante. She said the photos of the colorful Vinta Sail launch posted online by members of the camera club helped a lot in spreadi...
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24Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 24 (PIA) -- Members of the Federation of Senior Citizens Association in Zamboanga City expressed appreciation over Mayor Celso Lobregat’s concern for the welfare of the elderly through implementation of various projects and programs. The federation on Friday had its citywide Consultative Evaluation Conference (CEC), where members assessed the group’s accomplishments and discussed the plan of action for the next 6 months. The federation, headed by Pres. Corazon Herico, ...
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24Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, JULY 24 (PIA) -- The National Irrigation Administration, local government of Dipolog City and the Irrigators Association has inked two separate memoranda of agreement (MOAs) aimed at improving irrigation facilities in Zamboanga del Norte. In the first MOA, P30 million has been allocated for the repair, reconstruction and repair of the Dipolog City Communal Irrigation System and Extension. The city government of Dipolog will shoulder 30 percent of the project cost, said Emilene Ba...
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23Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- The celebration for the 34th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week has kicked off in Pagadian City with the theme, “Mainstreaming Persons with Disability in Economic Development.” This started with the radio guesting of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), which spearheads this year’s celebration, together with Hangop Kabataan Foundation Inc. (HKFI), a community-based rehabilitation center for special children. A motorcade was a...
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23Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- A ground breaking ceremony for the seawall project at the shorelines of Brgy. Sto. Nino, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur was held Thursday, July 19. It was highlighted by the lowering of a time capsule at the shoreline, led by Tukuran Mayor Francisvic Villamero and Department of Local Government Provincial Director Abcede Asjali. The project was made possible through the Local Government Support Fund cash award of P800,000 to the municipality and the counterpart mu...
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23Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- Physical disability is not a hindrance to contributing to the preservation and protection of the environment. This was proven by 30 persons with disabilities (PWDs) who actively joined the tree planting activity organized by the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) at Brgy. Balintawak. The activity is in line with the commemoration of the 34th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) week on July 17-23, which espouses the theme ...
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23Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, July 23 (PIA) -- The Regional Development Council (RDC-9) has issued a resolution urging local government units and regional line agencies to support the 38th Nutrition Month Celebration. This year’s celebration promotes vegetable consumption with the theme “Pagkain ng gulay ugaliin, araw-araw itong ihain.” Maria del Pilar Pamela Tarroza, nutrition program coordinator, said the theme is in recognition of the health benefits derived in making vegetables ...
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23Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- The city government has called on the public anew to intensify efforts to combat dengue, saying that the government’s campaign will be futile without the support and cooperation of all sectors. Mayor Celso Lobregat joined City Health Officer Rodelin Agbulos and staff in the cleanup drive dubbed “zero dengue, act now” in barangays with the most number of dengue cases registered. Lobregat and Dr. Agbulos spearheaded the awareness campaign in barangays Tum...
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23Jul2012OROQUIETA CITY, July 23 (PIA) -- To maintain Mindanao's role as major supplier of food and raw materials to Manila and Cebu, the Mindanao Development Authority (Minda) is now focusing on transforming the island into a modern agricultural center. “Agriculture has remained a dominant sector propelling the Mindanao economy,” said Gerardo Ramon Cesar B. Reynaldo, during the 8th Zamboanga Peninsula Business Conference (Zampenbizcon) at the Town Center, Brgy. On behalf of MINDA Chairperson Luwal...
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19Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry-9 said business climate in the province has improved compared to last year. Bottled sardines, the province’s major industry, continues to have a strong market position, said DTI-9 Provincial Director Noel Bazan. “We don’t have the figures as to how much our bottled sardines manufacturers earn as they do not divulge it. But with big improvements implemented in their manufacturing plants and facilities observed, it only...
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19Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 19 (PIA) -- Innovation is very critical in business. It makes one’s product stand out from the rest of the competition and plays a key role in increasing one’s consumer base. But in business, one’s winning formula ends up being imitated by most of the competitors, resulting in a decrease in sales. It has been like this for the longest time. Always, the innovator ends up losing. It is for the protection of the innovators that the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) w...
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19Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 19 (PIA) -- Personnel of the 4th Civil Relations Group (4CRG) and their dependents participated in the tree growing program of the Civil Relations Service – Armed Forces of the Philippines (CRSAFP) that started June, this year. The activity involves planting of fruit bearing trees not only at specified areas but also within their respective backyarsds, said Lt. Col. Erwin A. Alea, 4CRG group commander, in a press statement. “This activity is in line with CRSAF...
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18Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 18 (PIA) -- The new set of officers of Zamboanga del Sur-Pagadian Press Club, Inc. (ZPPI) for 2012-2013 gathered for their oath taking ceremony at the ZAMSURECO’s Heroes hall last Saturday, with the theme “Nagkakaisang Mamamahayag Tungo sa Matuwid na Daan.” "Let me congratulate and commend the newly-inducted set of officers of the ZPPI for accepting the responsibilities conferred by their respective offices. It is through your leadership that will lead and steer the c...
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18Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, July 18 (PIA) -- The Dipolog City disaster council gave an assurance that they are ready to respond to emergency situations even though the city is not fully-equipped. Dipolog City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (DCDRRMC) head Silvestre Sabando said, “We may not be totally equipped but we can assure the people of Dipolog of our readiness to respond to their needs in times of typhoons and other forms of disaster.” Sabando said the local dis...
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18Jul2012MANILA, July 18 (PIA) -- A study from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) shows that Filipinos mainly get vitamin C from vegetables, not fruits. The Food Consumption Survey (FCS) of the Food and Nutrition Research Institute-DOST shows that vegetables contribute 34 to 53 percent of the vitamin C intake of the population except to preschoolchildren. Fruits only contribute 19 to 29 percent. The survey also shows that for adults, the elderly and lactating women, more than 50 percent of...
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18Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, July 18 (PIA) -- The policemen of Zamboanga del Norte have been declared as champions in the first Tactical Olympics in Region 9 held at Camp Romeo Abendan in Mercedes, Zamboanga City. Zamboanga Norte Police Provincial Office (ZNPPO) said in a press statement that its Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team garnered first place and was considered the best in the region with its accurate, swift and perfect execution of all the rigid courses of fire in a “tigh...
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18Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 18 (PIA) -- The governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has given cash assistance to the victims of the July 11 Tumajubong ambush in Basilan. ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, together with Basilan Bishop Martin Jumoad and 104th Brigade Commander Col. Arthur Ang, visited the wounded victims at the Infante Hospital. They also viewed the remains of five victims at the Basilan Memorial Chapel in Isabela City. Hataman handed envelopes containing P20,000...
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17Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 17 (PIA) -- The Isabela City Blood Mobile Team in Basilan has called on the public to be regular blood donors to save lives. The team is composed of the Department of Health (DOH) Representative, the Isabela City Health Office and the Philippine Red Cross Basilan Chapter. In a radio interview at the Philippine Information Agency’s radio program over DXNO-FM Radyo Komunidad de Isabela City, DOH-Rep Blood Service program coordinator Oliver Divinagracia said the Worl...
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17Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, JULY 17 (PIA) -- One hundred thirty members of the native Kalibugan and Subanen tribes in Zamboanga del Norte have availed of the scholarship grants extended by the Provincial Government of the province through the Provincial Indigenous Coordinating Unit(PICU). Bai Cristina Andus, current head of the PICU, said the scholarship grant which covers technical and vocational courses aims to strengthen the Subanen Empowerment Program of Gov. Rolando E. Yebes. Among the courses offered ...
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17Jul2012Basilan has been notorious for bombings, kidnappings and killings. This has led travelers to not include the place in their itinerary of must-see places in the Philippines. A few brave souls, however, have experienced the Basilan adventure, including its beaches and unsullied sandbars. Most visitors coming to this place do not know that behind Malamawi islet across the wharf of Isabela, the capital city, is a little piece of heaven on earth. How does one get there? From Zamboanga City, on...
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16Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 16 (PIA) -- The Western Mindanao State University (WMSU will formally install Dr. Milabel Enriquez-Ho as its fifth president during the investiture ceremonies this afternoon at the Dr. Juanito A. Bruno Gymnasium. Commissioner Nona S. Ricafort of the Commission on Higher Education, who chairs the WMSU Board of Regents (BOR), will preside over the investiture. The investiture will be attended by Cong. Juan Eduardo M. Angara, who sits in the BOR as chairman of the House Commi...
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16Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 16 (PIA) -- Classroom shortage in Zamboanga City National High School – main in Tetuan has been partially eased with the inauguration of a government-funded three-storey 27 classroom building. The three-storey 27 classroom building is the biggest school building yet constructed by the Lobregat administration since the massive school building program started in 2007. The unveiling ceremony was graced by Education Sec. Bro. Armin Luistro, who accepted the project from Mayo...
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16Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 16 (PIA) -- The Western Mindanao State University Board of Regeants conferred the degree of Doctor of Humanities (honoris causa) to Mayor Celso L. Lobregat today morning at the Dr. Juanito A. Bruno Gymnasium. The conferment is pursuant to a BOR resolution following the recommendation of the Academic Council, making Lobregat the first recipient of an honorary degree from WMSU under Dr. Milabel Enriquez-Ho’s presidency. Lobregat, now serving his third term as mayor of Zam...
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14Jul2012Pagadian City, July 14 (PIA) -– The nation will commemorate the 34th National Disability and Prevention Week on July 17-23, 2012. The celebration aims to stimulate public awareness on issues and problems of disability, encouraging every citizen of the country to take active role in the upliftment of the economic and social conditions of persons with disabilities (PWDs). To highlight this year’s NDPR Week celebration, the theme “Mainstreaming Persons with Disabilities in Economic Developm...
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14Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 14 (PIA) -- Around 3,000 students and teachers of the Ayala National High School participated in an earthquake simulation drill on July 10 in observance of the National Disaster Consciousness Month. The Philippine Information Agency initiated the activity, in partnership with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD-9), Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pag-asa)-Zamboanga City and the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phi...
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14Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 14 (PIA) -- Parole and Probation Administration (PPA) staff, volunteer probation aides (VPA) and PPA clients planted 2,000 mangrove seedlings at Tambonon beach, Tabina, Zamboanga del Sur. The activity was one of the highlights of PPA’s 36th founding anniversary on July 24 with the theme “PPA-DOJ at 36: Performance, Professionalism and Accountability in Community Corrections. OIC-Regional Dir. Tarcisia Tampos said the office chose Tabina because it has a fish sanctuary...
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13Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, July 13 (PIA) -- All is set for the 8th Zamboanga Peninsula Business Conference (ZAMPENBIZCON) in Oroquieta City on July 18-20. Dipolog City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) president lawyer Paul G. Gudmalin told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that the Oroquieta City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) will be hosting the conference in cooperation with the Ozamis City Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the city government of Oroquieta. The conference, which...
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12Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 12 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development, in partnership with the Zuellig Family Foundation, has organized a four-day seminar on bridging leadership in Zamboanga City last week. In a press statement, DSWD-9 Information Officer Narrabelle Bue said the training is aimed at enhancing the capacities of the local chief executive in leadership for attaining social objectives and outcomes through the development of personal awareness of their capacities...
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12Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 12 (PIA) --The Philippine National Red Cross – Zamboanga del Sur chapter collected 123 bags or 55,350 cc of different blood types, during the kickoff activity of the Blood Donor’s Month at the City Commercial Center here. Administrator Hildaliza Muñoz said the blood was collected from walk-in donors, Department of Agrarian Reform employees, and 53rd Infantry “Matapat” battalion and 5th IB officers and men. Muñoz said July has been declared as Blood Donor’s Mo...
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12Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, July 12 (PIA) -- Representatives from different business establishments joined Monday a consumer assembly to answer issues raised by the public. The gathering was a sequel to the consumer assembly also held here in June 8. The activity, which was spearheaded by the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry and the Dipolog Consumers’ Watch Group, Inc, sought to thresh issues raised by consumers against certain business establishments and utilities in the city. ...
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12Jul2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, July 12 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Bayog conducted a medical and dental outreach in several barangays in the municipality. Some 80 residents of Brgy. Sigacad, this municipality and its neighboring barangays were given free medical checkup and medicines, while 30 others underwent oral examination and prophylaxes on Tuesday, June 10 at the Barangay Hall of Sigacad. The medical outreach which is part of Mayor Leonardo Babasa, Jr.'s health program was spearhe...
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12Jul2012The 29th Lami-Lamihan Festival in Lamitan City, Basilan showcased once more the uniqueness and vibrancy of the rich culture of its people. Anchored on the theme “Getting Better through the Preservation of Culture despite Obstacles,” this year’s festival celebrates the achievements of Lamiteños through the years. Lamitan finally became a city on June 18, 2011 after a long legal battle that reached the Supreme Court. The upgrade from a municipality to a city gave Lamitan the opportunity...
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12Jul2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, July 12 (PIA) -- The local government unit (LGU) of Bayog, in coordination with other local officials, conducted a two-day seminar/workshop on governance dubbed “Laying the Foundation” last June 10 and 11 at TIMMULCO Building, this municipality. Eighty participants from the 20 barangays of the municipality, who are recipients of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), attended the said workshop. ...
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11Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 11 (PIA) -- The country’s celebration of Nutrition Month focus on encouraging Filipinos to increase their vegetable consumption and to make vegetables a regular part in every meal of the family. “The 38th year of celebration of Nutrition Month is focused on vegetables and is anchored on the theme “Pagkain ng gulay ugaliin, araw-araw itong ihain!” sad Ma. Del Pilar Pamela Tarroza, National Nutrition Council regional nutrition program coordinator. Tarroza said activ...
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11Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 11 (PIA) - - Region 9 is now becoming one of the major abaca producers in the country as production and interest from farmers to plant such is continuously improving. Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) 9 Regional Director Olimpio Macarayan said FIDA has noted an increasing trend in the production of abaca from 2010 to 2011, and even in the first half of this year. In a comparative data released by FIDA, regional production of abaca in 2011 increased to 3,236,431.2...
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10Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 10 -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) provincial office has warned against business scams proliferating in the city. Provincial Director Ma. Socorro M. Atay said DTI-ZDS advises the public to beware of scams such as pyramid scams, sales scams, text scams and other similar modus operandi. Scammers are very convincing that one gets carried away with their glib talk. Here are some lines that one should watch out for: 1. “ Your profit is guaranteed.” 2. “ It...
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10Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 10 (PIA) -- The 34th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) week will be observed on July 17-23 to stimulate public awareness on disability issues, and encourage citizens help uplift the conditions of the persons with dDisabilities (PWDs). Theme for this year is “Mainstreaming persons with Disabilities in Economic Development.” The aim is to promote the full employment of PWDs and to tackle barriers and gaps, facilitate stakeholder’s cooperation, de...
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10Jul2012MANILA, July 10 - -Despite steady progress in battling malnutrition among Filipino children over the years, an increase in the prevalence of undernutrition was revealed in the results of the 7th National Nutrition Survey conducted in 2008 by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST). There was a significant increase in the proportion of 0-5 year old children who were underweight, from 24.6 percent in 2005 to 26.2 percent in 2008. Among 6-...
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09Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 9 -- At the forefront of Business Week 2012 celebration, the Pagadian-Zamboanga del Sur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (PZCCIFI) set a festive mood for the opening of the Trade Exhibit on July 6 at the City Commercial Center (C3) here. “I remember I was invited to speak for the opening of the trade exhibit component of the 20th Mindanao Business Conference in September, 2011. From all indications, that affair was an unqualified success,” DTI Regional ...
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09Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, July 9 (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is scheduled to conduct its annual technical vocational education and training (TVET) Competency Assessment and Certification on July 9 - 20 and August 20 - 31 this year. Although the usual registration fee is P700, this time, the registration for NATCAC is free. NATCAC is given to skilled workers, workers of the government and private establishments, returning overseas Filipino workers, assessors...
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09Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 09 (PIA) -- Mayor Celso Lobregat has issued an executive order rerouting traffic and temporary naming Tumaga-Putik Road as a one-way street from its junction with Tumaga main road to its junction with Maria Clara L. Lobregat Highway. Lobregat issued the executive order following the implementation of a project by the city government for the concreting of a section of the affected road. The project implementation started from July 3 to July 31. Thus, to avoid vehicular traf...
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09Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 09 (PIA) -- City Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday expressed gratitude to residents of Zamboanga for the rousing welcome accorded to Queen Sofia of Spain Thursday. The mayor likewise thanked the military and police and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) and all offices of the City Government that helped in the successful turn out of the historical visit of the Queen to Zamboanga. In particular, the mayor thanked Western Mindanao Command Chief Lt. Gen. Noe...
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06Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 6 (PIA) -- Residents of Zamboanga gave their warm, rousing welcome and reception to the first highest foreign dignitary official yet to visit the city yesterday, July 5 of Queen Sofia of Spain. Queen Sofia arrived in the city yesterday morning at the Edwin Andrews Airbase (EAAB) aboard the country’s Presidential Plane where she was warmly received by Mayor Celso Lobregat and First and Second District Representatives Beng Climaco and Erbie Fabian respectively and high rank...
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06Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, JULY 6 (PIA) --Si Presidente Benigno Aquino III subling mipasalig ug hugtanong suporta sa hiniusang programa sa Department of Agriculture(DA), Department of Agrarian Reform(DAR) ug Department of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR) uban ang pag-ingon nga naghinam-hinam siyang makita ang bunga sa maong programa. Gustong masiguro sa gobyerno nga ang mga kahoy nga gitanom ilalom sa hiniusang pagpaningkamot motubo ug managko, matod pa sa Presidente sa iyang pagpakigpulong atol sa ...
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06Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, July 6 (PIA) -- A total of 3,500 mangrove tree seedlings have been planted along the marshy coastlines in Brgy. Olingan, this city. Mayor Evelyn T. Uy together with the city government employees, Philippine National Police personnel, teachers and students of the Dipolog School of Fisheries, Food and Agriculture Organization-Regional Fisheries Livelihood Programme staff and barangay folks participated in the tree planting activity. City Information Officer Robert Pinsoy also said ...
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06Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 6 (PIA) -- The National Police Commission (NAPOLCOM) conducts two sets of police examinations twice a year, one for those who are in the police service (promotional) and another for those aspiring to enter the Philippine National Police (PNP entrance examination). NAPOLCOM announced that the PNP entrance examination is open to all Filipino citizens who possess the age, height and educational requirements, as well as to Police Officer 1 (PO1) whose appointments are temporary...
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05Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, July 5 (PIA) --The city government presented special awards to government workers, private individuals and organizations that brought honor to the city and contributed to its development. Sixteen individuals and an organization have been recognized for their respective achievements and contributions that put the city in the limelight. The city government took pride of the achievements of the following individuals: Engr. Winston L. Damarillo, who was named as one of the Global You...
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05Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, July 5 (PIA) -- Public officials want to promote rubber planting to reduce poverty in the countryside as prices of rubber sap continue to rise. Small rubber farmers of Tampilisan town, some 170 kilometers south of this city, who have been into farming since the early 80’s still living in poverty, according to a report of the Kasangyangan Rural Development Foundation, Inc. (KRDFI). KRDFI said 95 percent of lands planted to rubber belong to small rubber farmers. These lands have ...
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04Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, JULY 4 (PIA) -– The Department of Trade and Industry here is ready to hold its small and medium (SME) enterprises caravan. Victoriano Miranda Jr. of the DTI – Zamboanga del Norte said, “It’s all systems go for the conduct of an enhanced SME Caravan on July 4-5, 2012 in Dipolog City” The two-day caravan will be held at C & L Sea View Hotel, Quezon Avenue, Dipolog City. It aims to gather businessmen and concerned agencies of the government in one place and make the p...
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04Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- Elementary schools in Brgy. Sta. Felomina, Dipolog City conducted fire and earthquake drills, Friday, to comply with the directive of the Department of Education. The drill was implemented in cooperation with Department of National Defense and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. Education Secretary Armin Luistro recently issued DepEd Order No. 48, series of 2012, directing all private and public schools throughout the country, including i...
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04Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 4 -- The remains of Florinda Hernandez Hamos, an Overseas Filipino Worker who died of tuberculosis in Kuwait finally arrived at their hometown in Maluso, Basilan Province on Friday, June 29. The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region 9 rendered airport, seaport and welfare assistance to the deceased Hamos. According to OWWA, the OFW was deployed on November 5, 2002 by Non-stop Overseas Employment Corporation to work as domestic helper in Kuwait. Hamos’ r...
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04Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 3 -- Investment opportunities and business trends business market trends will be showcased in the Business Week 2012 celebrations here on July 6-12. Activities will be led by the Pagadian-Zamboanga del Sur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (PZCCIFI). PZCCIFI President Mercedes Lourdes S. Quisumbing said this year’s theme, “Leveling for Advance Modern Business Opportunities in Pagadian” focuses on discovering new opportunities in business development a...
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04Jul2012LABANGAN, Zamboanga del Sure, July 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Army – First Infantry (TABAK) division formally opened the training for 142 candidate soldiers, coming from different provinces and tribes in the region. Candidate soldiers, aged 21 to 26 years old, will undergo rigorous training for eight months for the Candidate Soldier Course (CSC) with the Jungle Warfare and Mountain Operations Course at the 1st Division Training Unit in Pulacan, Labangan. The CSC training will consist of a fo...
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04Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 4 (PIA) -- Isabela City folks in Basilan benefited from the one-day Diskwento Fair recently conducted jointly by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here, but looks forward to more of it in the coming months. In a press release, DTI and DOLE officials admitted that the one-day Diskwento Fair was not enough to serve the constituents of the city, who longed for more similar fairs in the future. In their interacti...
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04Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) cautioned the public on field sales representatives going house to house and selling “Mr. Win” laundry detergent bars. To attract buyers, these sales representatives say that upon purchase of Mr. Win detergent, buyers are entitled to claim “free” Tide bars, a laundry detergent, from Puregold through its Tindahan ni Aling Puring.There is no such promo. DTI provincial director Ma. Socorro Malate-Atay said Procter ...
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04Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 4 (PIA) -- The Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines (IMAP) Incorporated - Basilan Chapter successfully has held its first Provincial Convention with the theme “Midwives Exploring Challenges towards Excellence and Advancement in Maternal and Child Care.” Around 35 midwife practitioners from the city and municipal health offices and from the different schools and hospitals from the province joined the convention last June 23-24 at the Isabela City In...
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04Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Zamboanga City Chapter this month will conduct another emergency response training under its Project “Barangay 143.” Under this program, barangay residents who are organized into groups are trained on disaster response, social services and health care by the PRC, said Red Cross Administrator Vic Liozo. Liozo said PRC has targeted all the 98 barangays in the city. “During our first round of training for project ‘Barangay 14...
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04Jul2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, July 04 (PIA) -- The regional Board of Investments of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RBOI-ARMM) conducted last week a seminar dubbed Networking on Investments for Local Executives (NILE) in Tawi-Tawi. In a press statement, Provincial Information Officer Abdel Nasser Tahang said the seminar will pave the way for the drafting Local Investment and Incentive Code for the local government units. Tawi-Tawi Governor Sadikul Sahali said the NILE seminar-workshop “w...
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04Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, 3 July (PIA) -- The 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division, Philippine Army on June 29, 2012 rendered a Testimonial Parade in honor of Zamboanga del Norte Governor Rolando Yebes for his very active support in the peace and development efforts and a strong advocate of good governance in the area of responsibility of the division. BGen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, Commander of the Tabak Division in his message said, "defeating the enemy is our ultimate goal, but it is not only our goal, part...
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03Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 3 (PIA) –- The city government distributed on Saturday cash assistance to 21 victims of disasters recently. The amount of financial assistance distributed depends on the degree of damage or injury caused by the incidents as assessed and verified by the City Social Welfare and Development Office. The disasters referred to are the fire incidents in Brgy. Tetuan in March 3 and May 15 and Brgy. Sta. Catalina in May 29; thunder and lightning incidents in Curuan in May 22;...
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03Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 3 (PIA) -- The city mayor will be feted today as the Philippine Air Force (PAF) Reservist of the Year in recognition of his continuous support and assistance to the Philippine Air Force through various projects. The awarding ceremony will coincide with the celebration of the 65th founding anniversary of the PAF-6th Air Force Wing Reserve at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. Mayor Celso Lobregat, who has the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and is the Group Commander of the 61...
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03Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 3 (PIA) -– This year’s run of the Regional Small and Medium Enterprise caravan kicked off in Pagadian City yesterday, in time for the yearly observance of SME Week in July. Dubbed the 2012 Enhanced SME Caravan, the activity aims to show how it progressed since its inception in 2005 in region 9. Department of Trade and Industry assistant regional director Sitti Amina Jain said the national government has now recognized the role of the caravan in improving the status of ...
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02Jul2012MANILA, July 2 (PIA) -- Innovation is the key word that aptly describes technologies that will form the core of the Department of Science and Technology’s offering in the upcoming National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) to be held on July 10-14 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia. Formally called the DOST’s High Impact Technology Solutions or HITS, these technologies aim to alleviate the socio-economic conditions of Filipinos, provide long-term solutions, and strengthen nation...
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02Jul2012DIPOLOG CITY, JULY 2 (PIA) -- For the first time in the history of the local jail, a graduation was held inside the Dipolog City Jail complex at Barangay Upper Dicayas, Dipolog City. The Department of Education (DepEd) held the graduation exercises for the 36 detainees, seven males and 29 females, who passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Test of the Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS), on June 28. Out of this number, 10 are in the elementary level and 26 are in the secondary level...
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02Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 2 (PIA) –- About 2,000 persons actively participated in the launching of the National Disaster Consciousness Month (NDCM) held Monday morning here. The celebration started with a 7 a.m. mass at the Pasonanca Parish Church, followed by a two-hour motorcade from Brgy. Pasonanca to the covered court of the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative. At least 60 various offices from both private and public sector participated in the motorcade, with some of them wearing their comple...
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02Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 2 (PIA) -- Cancer may be one of the most widespread diseases affecting not just the Filipino population but also that of the other nations. Prevention starts with having a disciplined diet, which every person can be in control of. The most important foods that should be included in the regular diet are garlic, grapes, green tea, tomatoes, blueberries, flaxseeds, mushrooms, cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and cauliflower, whole grains, and dark leafy greens. These f...
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30Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 30 (PIA) -- Financial constraint, self medication and lack of medical awareness compounded a small problem into a stone -- a kidney stone, that is. Rufo Paitan, fondly called “Pong” by family members and friends, works in a piggery farm as manager. At 31, he was at the prime of his health -- robust and athletic. Everything was well with his work, save that schistosomiasis is a problem in his job site. To shield him from getting the disease, he buys himself potable wate...
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30Jun2012The Minlasag Self-Employment Assistance Kabuhayan (SEA-K) Association is composed of housewives belonging to the poorest of the poor. The group started its sari-sari store business in 1994 with a seed capital of P20,000 borrowed from the municipal government of Sibutad, said Tita Garcia, SEA-K president. In 1996, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) also extended a loan assistance of P150,000 to augment the association’s working capital, she added. However, the associat...
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29Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 29 (PIA) – Philippine Red Cross (PRC) – Zamboanga City Blood Bank Manager Dr. Kelly Geronimo called on the public to donate blood to ensure regular supply for those in need. In an interview with Dr. Geronimo during the PIA Media Forum, he said there is a need for more blood donors to effectively serve the public as blood demand increased dramatically after Philippine Red Cross-Zamboanga City was declared the Regional Blood Bank. “We noted an increase in the demand fo...
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29Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 29 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross will kick off Blood Donor’s Month celebrations with a Mass Blood Donation on July 1. This year’s theme, “Every Donor is a Hero” focuses on the idea that every one of us can become a hero simply by donating blood. Hildaliza F. Munoz, PRC chapter administrator, said by choosing to donate blood voluntarily, blood donors commit a “heroic” act, a gesture of human solidarity with the power to save lives. A motorcade around the...
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29Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 29 (PIA) –- The Sulu Crisis Management Committee (SCMC) handling the case of a Jordanian journalist and his two Filipino crewmen reported missing in Jolo, Sulu said that they are with the Abu Sayyaf Group in a remote area in the province, conducting interviews. In a press statement, the Sulu Crisis Management Committee said that they have received reports that Jordanian Journalist Baker Atyani and his two Filipino crewmen are still conducting interviews with certai...
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28Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 28 (PIA) -- Military personnel underwent a five-day training on Emergency Scene Management: First Responder Course conducted by the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD)-BASULTA last June 1 to 7. In a press release, Lieutenant Colonel Erwin A. Alea of the Philippine Army said that the training aims orient the personnel on the pre-hospital care and disaster. The participants were also taught cardiopulmonary resuscitation, bandaging techniques, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation...
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28Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 28 (PIA) – The Philippine Army – 1st Infantry (TABAK) Division will be hosting a testimonial parade on June 29 as part of their recognition to local chief executives (LCEs) who support the Armed Forces of the Philippines Internal Peace Security Plan (IPSP). For the parade, which will be held at the Division grandstand, Kuta Sang-An, Pulacan in Zamboanga del Sur, Gov. Rolando Yebes will be the honoree. The command gives IPSP-active LCEs within the Division’s area o...
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28Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 28 (PIA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region IX in partnership with the local government units (LGUs) signed a memorandum of agreement on the Philippine Reference System (PRS 92) “Adopt-a-Mojon’ Project on Friday, June 22, 2012 at the Anastacia Pensionne House, this city. PRS92 is a homogenous national network of geodetic control points (GCPs), marked by survey monuments or mojons, that have been established using Global Positioning Sy...
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27Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 27 (PIA) -- An undocumented and ill overseas Filipino worker (OFW) received airport transfer and welfare assistance from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration – Regional Welfare Office No. 9. A woman household service worker in Jordan, OFW Bainot Amil arrived at the Pagadian City airport on June 15 at 8 a.m. According to her, she was previously admitted at a hospital in Hong Kong for tuberculosis meningitis and pulmonary tuberculosis. Her hospital record showed c...
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27Jun2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, June 27 (PIA) -- Three mining firms provided free health services to 650 residents of this town during a medical mission last June 23, in coordination with the local government. The Bayog 9 Meals Corporation, Alpha First Asia Mining Corporation and Alpha Prime Pacific Mining Corporation brought the mission to indigenous communities composed of the Subanen Tribe of Barangays Liba, Conacon, Bobuan, Datagan, Bantal, Canoayan and Matin-ao, as social commitment of the min...
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27Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 27 (PIA) -- The city government has spent P920.24 million for education from 2007 to May 31 this year. City funds have helped augment funds from the Department of Education budget, 90 percent of which goes teachers’ salaries, allowances and benefits, said Mayor Celso Lobregat. With little left for maintenance and operation expenditures, most public schools in the country face acute shortage of classrooms, school desks, teachers and books. City education funds cover the ...
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26Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- Environmental protection does not only call for the planting of new trees but also entails the preservation and protection of old ones. With this statement, Mayor Celso Lobregat led government officials in the tagging of century and heritage trees in the city as part of "Arbor Day na Ciudad de Zamboanga." The tagging of trees is based on Ordinance 341, which declares that those that are more than 100 years old will be tagged as century trees, and those that a...
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26Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- Overseas Filipino Workers never had it this good - the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) of the Department of Labor and Employment are conducting another three-day entrepreneurship development training for them in this city. The training, which started yesterday and will end tomorrow, June 27, is intended for OFWs and their dependents who want to avail of the P2 billion Reintegration Program (2B ...
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26Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- A total of 1,752 job vacancies from 18 local employers and three overseas employment agencies were opened for takers during a job fair in Pagadian recently. It drew a large number of job hunters to the venue hoping that they would land a job immediately either locally or for abroad. It was the city government of Pagadian, in coordination with different agencies and in line with its 43rd charter day celebration, thaat sponsored the job fair at the City Commercial ...
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26Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- An festive crowd of over 7,000 people, representing multi-sectoral groups, participated in the Philippine Arbor Day celebration held yesterday at the Climaco Freedom Park in Abong-abong, where they planted trees as their share in the preservation of the environment. The activity, dubbed “Arbor Day na Ciudad de Zamboanga,” was organized by the city government through the City Environment and Natural Resources Office. The participants, composed of students, ...
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26Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 26 (PIA) -- Alternative Learning System (ALS) graduation exercises were held last June 23, 2012 for 172 passers of the 2011 Accreditation and Equivalency (A & E) test in Dipolog City Schools Division. However, only 113 were able to attend the rites as others are already residing and working outside the city, said Catalina Barinaga, Dipolog City Schools Division ALS Coordinator. With the theme “ALS: Making Great Difference in Life," the graduation exercises was held at Bar...
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25Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 25 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Red Cross (PNRC) is urging the public to donate blood to save lives of others. “Consider saving lives of other people. We only live once,” PNRC-Zamboanga City Chapter administrator Victor Liozo said. Liozo called on the public to participate in blood-letting activities in July for the observance of the Blood Donors’ Month celebration. “We have lined up a series of blood-letting activities next month. This will be conducted in d...
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25Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 25 (PIA) -- Around 30 business establishments for the month of June alone are set to be padlocked as the city government ordered for their immediate closure after finding out that these establishments have been operating “illegally.” City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias in a press statement said that after thorough inspections done by a task force to check on illegally-operating business establishments, 30 business enterprises including restaurants and inter...
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25Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Health-Representative (DOH-Rep) in Isabela City echoed once again that clean surroundings remains to be the best remedy against dengue-carrying mosquitoes. In a radio interview, Malaria foreman Benjamin Ordoñez and field assistant worker Jose Fernandez, both from the DOH-Rep, explained the health department’s 4S campaign versus dengue with the slogan “To-DOH laban sa Dengue,” in which “search and destroy” is the peoples’ fir...
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25Jun2012MANILA, June 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) proudly announced their third batch of scholars for the MD-PhD Program in Molecular Medicine. DOST undersecretary Fortunato de la Peña said this during the MD-PhD in Molecular Medicine Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing held recently at Hyatt Hotel Manila. The MD-PhD program in Molecular Medicine is a scholarship grant under the DOST Accelerated Science and Technology Human Resource Development Program (ASTHRDP...
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25Jun2012Antonio M. Daboda, 63, runs a thriving chicharon business in Zamboanga del Norte. A few years back, he lived a difficult life—no permanent job, no decent home and not enough food on the table. In those trying times, his only source of strength was his family who stuck it out with him no matter what. P4,000 capital seed fund Prior to setting up his own business, Antonio served as a worker in a chicharon factory in Manila. His employer’s business was doing well until vices got in the way ...
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22Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 22 (PIA) -- The Basilan Communicators Network (BASCOMNET) Inc. held its 10th milestone year general assembly last June 13 to elect its new set of Board of Directors who will hold office for two years, from 2012-2014. Three non-government organizations were elected to be members of the Board of Directors, namely the Nagdilaab Foundation Inc. (NFI), the Citizens CARE, and the Basilan Advocates for Peace, Environment, and Sustainable Development Association (BAPESDA). ...
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22Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 22 (PIA) -- Around 30 coconut farmers here received coconut seedlings from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) recently. PCA staff Ariel Tomong told the Philippine Information Agency that these coconut farmers were from Barangays Punta, Sinaman, Sangkol and Diwan, all of this city. Tomong also disclosed that the PCA gave these farmers around 6,000 coconut seedlings to be planted in their respective farms. It was also learned that PCA personnel would be monitoring the gr...
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22Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 22 (PIA) -- “Prevention is better than cure,” said nephrologist Dr. Emerson Mondarte, during the weekly PIA Media Forum held last June 19 at Roxan Hotel in celebration of the National Kidney Month with the theme “Ikaw at Ako Panalo sa Malusog na Bato.” The nephrologist said our kidneys have multiple functions. Primarily, kidneys serve as the filtering machine in a human body. Anything we eat, there is always a corresponding waste product, even medications and herbal ...
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21Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 21 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is conducting a three-day Entrepreneurship Development Training (EDT) on the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Reintegration Program. Implemented by the National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), an attached agency of the Department of Labor and employment, the training is being held at the UCCP Western Mindanao Great Commission Conference Hall, this city, starting yesterday until tomorrow, June 22. NRCO aims...
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21Jun2012MANILA, June 19 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System announced that low-income government workers may start nominating their children to the enhanced College Scholarship Program of the Government Service Insurance System, where 200 slots are available for the 2012-2013 school year. Deadline of applications will be on June 30. "As part of celebrating our 75th anniversary this year, the current Board of Trustees revised the scholarship program to ensure that our low-income members w...
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21Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, June 21 (PIA) -- The city of Dipolog has prepared a series of activities from June 23 to July 1 to celebrate its 99th founding anniversary. Based on the schedule of activities released by the City Information Office (CIO), there will be an inter-office badminton tournament on June 23 to 24 at the Dipolog Badminton Center. On July 25, a thanksgiving mass will be offered to be followed by the blessing of the city hall and its annex, opening ceremonies of “Pan...
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20Jun2012Some people have never experienced turning the tap, or drinking safe water from a faucet at home. Residents of cities and urbanized towns may take the availability of clean water and other basic facilities for granted, but for those who live in desolate rural areas, these are luxury amenities not accessible to them. Such is the case in a town called Leon Postigo in Zamboanga del Norte, where potable water is highly scarce. People in some barangays have never even heard of water pipes and fauc...
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20Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 20 (PIA) – Some 31 tribal leaders from Zamboanga Peninsula have undergone a two (2) year training from the Mindanao Peace Building Institute (MPI). The first set was conducted on June 5-9 at Anastacia Pension House here. The MPI who was established in the year 2000, is an Asian training institute grounded in the Mindanao, Philippines context using models developed and adapted for and by Asians. MPI a resource for peace builders provide skills, conduct research, and build ...
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20Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, June 20 (PIA) -- The Alternative Learning System (ALS) of the Dipolog City Schools Division will hold the graduation rites for the 2011 Accreditation and Equivalency Test passers on June 23. Catalina S. Barinaga, ALS Acting Supervisor of the Department of Education City Schools Division said the graduation exercises will be held on June 23 at the Covered Court of Barangay Miputak at 9:00 a.m. Veronica Perez, the newly-installed City Schools Division Superinte...
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20Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 20 (PIA) -- The National Computer Center (NCC) has conducted free whole day training on the latest computer and office applications training to government workers from various agencies. NCC-Field Operations Office (FOO) held the training into two parts, the morning and the afternoon session at the NCC-FOO Computer Laboratory. The first session, focused on Microsoft Excel, its advanced features, functions and formulas, was held from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. A total of 25 go...
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20Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 20 -- Seventeen farm tractors and six rice threshers were turned over to the beneficiaries from different irrigators’ association (IAs) in Zamboanga del Sur, during a simple ceremony held at the Department of Agriculture (DA) RFU IX, in Lenienza, this city recently. Twenty-three IAs availed of the on-farm and post harvest mechanization program of the DA after the approval of their proposals with compliance of the 85 to 15 percent payment scheme for the farm machineries. ...
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20Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 20 (PIA) -- The Dipolog City Airport has been identified as one of the provincial airports to be upgraded by the Aquino administration, as part of its effort to improve services and facilities in the different airports throughout the country. This was confirmed by Ed Cabalida of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) based at Dipolog City Airport. Cabalida said the Dipolog City and Pagadian City airports in Region 9 are among the seven provincial airports bei...
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20Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 20 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) Representative in Isabela City and the Provincial Health Office in Basilan reiterate the importance of public awareness on taking care of kidneys as the health department observes National Kidney Month this June. In a radio interview, DOH-Rep in Isabela City Dr. Paysal Kasim underscored the importance of personal hygiene as key to prevent urinary tract infection and kidney diseases. He urged parents to teach children proper ...
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19Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- The construction industry in Region 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) has adopted a voluntary code of good practices recently to ensure voluntary compliance of the industry with all general labor standards and occupational safety and health standards. The code also aims to promote harmonious labor-management relations, and enhance industry productivity and competitiveness. The voluntary code of good practices which is the second in the region after that of the fishing and...
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19Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo today urged governors, city and municipal mayors, including barangay officials in the Zamboanga Peninsula to formulate and adopt disaster and climate change adaptation action plans for a disaster-free resilient communities. The DILG chief made the call after learning from collated DILG reports that there are 727 flood-prone and 587 landslide prone barangays out of the total 1,904 villages in the whole of R...
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19Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Interior and Local Government today handed down Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) checks to local government units (LGUs) that passed the criteria of the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH). Speaking in Filipino before the local chief executives of the Zamboanga Peninsula, Robredo called on them to formulate and adopt disaster and climate change adaptation action plans for a disaster-free resilient communities, saying “isa lang yu...
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19Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Council (NNC) office here will spearhead the 38th Nutrition Month celebration this July with this year’s theme: “Pagkain ng gulay ugaliin, araw-araw itong ihain!” NNC Regional Nutrition Program Coordinator Maria Del Pilar Pamela R. Tarroza, in a press statement said, this year’s celebration is aimed at increasing vegetable consumption as part of a healthy diet to address micronutrient deficiencies and non-communicable diseases; pro...
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19Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- Local Government chiefs, representatives, and national line agency heads from all over Zamboanga Peninsula converge in the city today as the Department of Interior and Local Government 9 hosts Tapatan on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change Adaptation. The one-day forum which aims to assist local government units in coming up with Local Disaster Risk Reduction Action Plans was spearheaded by Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. DILG invit...
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19Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, June 19 (PIA) -- The city government has bested other cities in the region in the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-9)’s Best Practices in Local Governance of the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS). A regional summary report released the other week by DILG-9 showed that Dipolog ranked first based on its overall performance index (OPI) covering administrative governance, social governance, economic governance, environmental...
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19Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, June 19 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Zamboanga del Sur hosts the first Mindanao-wide training of facilitators for Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED). The DTI, as the National Secretariat of the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), plays a major role on the training and hosts it on June 18 to 21 in Hotel Alindahaw in Pagadian City. Simultaneous with the Basic LRED Facilitators Training is the implementation ...
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18Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 18 (PIA) -- Twenty one agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from MNSR (Motibot-Nipaan, Siari-Ricardo Macias) agrarian reform community (ARC) have recently completed a training on agro-forestry held at barangay Motibot, Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte. The training, which was spearheaded by the provincial office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) through the Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2 (ARCP2), taught the participants the Sloping Agricultural Land Technology (...
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18Jun2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, June 18 (PIA) -- The province of Zamboanga Sibugay will celebrate the province's first "Sibugsay Festival," a week-long run of festivities that will start on June 25 to July 1, with the theme “Our Sibugay, Our Tomorrow.” Sibugsay is a Subanen term and is a combination of two verbs: sibug, which means to move forward, and bugsay, which means to paddle. Combined, it means “to move forward by paddling together.” It also encompasses three important word: sibug/say...
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18Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 18 (PIA) –- To reach out to the people in rural areas, the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) Regional Office IX went mobile and served the workers of Zamboanga Sibugay. DOLE-Sibugay Communications Officer Edyllgrace Poligrates said this dynamic response to the clamor of workers in the rural areas was part of the month-long celebration of the Labor Day of DOLE-Regional Coordinating Council 9 last May. The PRC mobile service provided assistance to 96 worke...
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18Jun2012MANILA, June 18 (PIA) -- Plastic is out, paper is in. To the mounting need for paper bags as the best environmental-friendly option, the country’s science agency is looking into more ways to make paper packaging more accessible and even provide additional income opportunities to people. "The greater use of paper packaging is in line with our current initiatives that protect the environment and uplift the ecosystem," said Science Secretary Mario Montejo. In Metro Manila and nearby areas, mo...
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18Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, June 18 (PIA) -- The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has ordered all Punong Barangays through a memorandum to reactivate the disaster monitoring system in their respective areas, to avoid damage of properties and loss of lives during disaster incidents. Mayor Samuel S. Co, chairman of the CDRRMC, convened the council members at the Executive Function Hall and discussed contingency measures saying that the Philippines is facing the s...
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15Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 15 (PIA) -- Regular members of the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) met here yesterday, June 14, for the creation of the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA)-Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Fund Technical Working Group (TWG). This TWG is tasked with monitoring the implementation of PAMANA projects in selected municipalities of the province specifically the so-called conflict areas. It was learned that the DILG was tapped by...
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15Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 15 (PIA) -- An inter-agency-supported training program for rubber farmers of Siay, Zamboanga Sibugay will soon be implemented to boost the farmers' capacity to increase production. In a press release, DOLE-Sibugay Communications Officer Edyllgrace Poligrates disclosed that a joint meeting was held recently in partnership with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Agriculture (DA), and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA...
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15Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 15 (PIA) -- About 1,600 consumers availed of the discounted prices of basic commodities sold during the June 12 Independence Day Diskwento Caravan in Dipolog City. This was the report of Engr. Noel Bazan, provincial director of the Department of Trade and Industry, Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Office. Bazan said the Diskwento Caravan was a joint undertaking of DTI, Dipolog City Consumers Watch Group Inc., and the Local Government of Dipolog City, highlighting the city’s ...
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15Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 15 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue-Zamboanga City rebounded from a low tax collection last April, overshooting its May target by P8.086 million. Revenue District Officer Merlyn DV Vicente revealed that they collected P159.89 million last month, eclipsing its P151.8 million target by 5.33 percent. The bureau failed to meet its target of P201 million last April, falling by 2.77 percent or P5.5 million. In general, the first five months for the first semester yielded ...
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14Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- Public school teachers in this city were urged to refrain from assigning useless projects to students. Addressing the teachers attending the 114th Independence Day celebration held at the city public plaza on Tuesday, City Schools Division Superintendent Victorina G. Perez said, “Tama na ang mga projects na walang katuturan (Stop requiring projects of no value)," adding, “choose to be role models for the straight path.” Perez also appealed to teachers to fo...
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14Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, JUNE 14 (PIA) -- The Dipolog City Schools Division released the result of the 2011 Alternative Learning System’s (ALS) Accreditation and Equivalency Test conducted at the Zamboanga del Norte National High School (main) along Rizal Avenue, Estaka, Dipolog City last November 10, 2011. Catalina S. Barinaga, acting ALS supervisor of the Dipolog City Schools Division said that out of the 404 examinees, 154 passed the test. Of the number, 24 passed the elementary level while 130 pa...
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14Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- Six architectural designs have qualified for the city government’s upcoming multi-million peso project to develop the Great Sta. Cruz Island into a tourist destination, after it has been identified as one of news channel CNN’s top 10 beach resorts in the Philippines. The entries will now proceed to the next level of the competition which is the submission of scale model for the entire development plan. The entries were submitted by participants in the archi...
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14Jun2012BONGAO, Tawi-Tawi, June 14 (PIA) -- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) government launched last week the ARMM HELPS program with the conduct of the first-ever outside the regional government complex Cabinet meeting at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan session hall here. Provincial Information Officer Nash Tahang disclosed that this basic services delivery program known as the ARMM HELPS is an ellipsis of Health, Education, Livelihood, Political Reform, and Synergy, which is also the co...
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14Jun2012ISABELA CITY, BASILAN, June 14 (PIA) -- The 1st Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 9 Intermediaries Council Summit was conducted on June 6-7 at the Zamboanga Economic Zone and Freeport Authority in Zamboanga City as part of the social entrepreneurship program of DOLE in Zamboanga Peninsula Region. Around 150 participants representing the Public Employment Service Offices, guidance counselors networks, family welfare committees, Occupational Safety and Health Network, Tripartite Industria...
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14Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 14 (PIA) -- Western Command (Wescom) Commander Lt. Gen. Juancho M. Sabban presented a Philippine military medal on June 4 to the commander of Naval Forces West in Palawan along with 11 other military awardees. NFW Public Affairs Officer Lt. Karen A. Abulon PN said in a press release that Lt.Gen. Sabban presented the “Gawad sa Kaunlaran” Medal to Commodore Joseph Rustom O. Peña, Philippine Navy, as "fitting recognition" for his contributions to community developm...
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13Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 13 (PIA) --A Department of Education official here has reiterated President Aquino’s call to liberate the Filipino masses from hunger and poverty. Dr. Victorina G. Perez, newly installed city schools division superintendent here, who served as the keynote speaker in yesterday’s program held at the city plaza in commemoration of the 114th Philippine Independence Day, said President Aquino’s declaration to stage a new war on hunger and poverty connects to his campaign m...
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13Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 13 (PIA) -- To make the 114th Independence Day celebration more meaningful, the 1st Infantry (TABAK) division based in Camp Major Cesar Sang-an, Pulacan, Labangan on Tuesday conducted a day of lined-up activities at the covered court, Plaza Luz here. G7 chief Col. Cornelio Arboleda in a chance interview said that except from the division’s participation in the commemoration program at Rizal monument and flag ceremony at Tabak headquarters, they have conducted also a static...
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13Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 13 -- Graduating elementary students who wish to study in the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Science High School (DOST-PSHS) system can now apply to avail of the opportunity to enroll in the science high school. DOST IX is now accepting applications from all qualified graduating elementary students and has set the deadline on July 13, 2012. PSHS, an academic institution under the DOST, is the first science high school in the country which rears studen...
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13Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 13 (PIA) -- The city government turned over last Monday a total of P10.21 million in road projects for Barangay Vitali. According to Sheila Covarrubias of the City Information Office, the project package consisted of four road-concreting and one slope protection project in various sitios in Barangay Vitali. Covarrubias said Mayor Celso Lobregat and Vice Mayor Cesar Iturralde, along with some members of the City Council, went to the said barangay for the formal turnover of...
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12Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 12 (PIA) - To get firsthand information on the issues and concerns confronting consumers, the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in partnership with the Dipolog Consumers’ Watch Group, Inc. conducted a consumer assembly recently. Barangay leaders, Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officers, students, media practitioners, public and private employees and other stakeholders attended the gathering and aired their specific concerns on the goods and service...
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12Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 12 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), together with its social and institutional partners, joined overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families in celebrating Migrant Workers Day on June 7 at the Western Mindanao State University gymnasium. Anchored on the theme “OFW, sa Sipag at Galing, Bilib kami sa Iyo,” the celebration was geared towards recognizing the hard work, sacrifices for family, and the valuable contribution of over nine milli...
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12Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 12 (PIA) -- In the pursuit of making the local government units (LGUs) disaster-free and resilient communities, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is conducting a series of Regional Tapatan on Disaster Preparedness and Climate Change Adaptation in all regions nationwide. DILG 9 director Paisal Abutazil said the activity aims to guide the LGUs in effectively crafting their respective Local Disaster Reduction Action Plans, and further appraise the local...
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12Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 12 (PIA) –- Starting this month, the government’s premier health insurance institution PhilHealth will be subsidizing kidney transplantation. Dr. Michael Abutazil, chief nephrologist of the Western Mindanao Medical Center (WMMC) during the launching of the PIA Media Forum here, said Department of Health Secretary and now concurrent Philhealth Chairman Dr. Enrique T. Ona announced that they will provide funds to subsidize costs of kidney transplantation in a meeting las...
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12Jun2012Pagadian City, 12 June (PIA) – The city government of Pagadian spearheaded today’s 114th Philippines Independence Day celebration in a simple but meaningful rites with this year’s theme “Kalayaan: Pananagutan ng Bayan para sa Tuwid na Daan,” held at the Rizal Monument, City Hall Complex. City Mayor Samuel Co in his message delivered by City Councilor Alexander Co, Jr. said independence is always a significant event for any nation, more so if it is brought about by centuries of strugg...
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12Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 12 (PIA) – 1st Infantry (TABAK) division commander BGen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III in today’s 114th Independence Day celebration Filipinos to truly demonstrate the spirit of nationalism and patriotism, during ceremonies held at Rizal monument here today. Cruz said in a message delivered by for him by asst. division commander Felicito Virgilio Trinidad said Philippines is proud to have gained its independence from the Spaniards imposing takeover 114 years ago and in fact...
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12Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 12 (PIA) -- The Regional Advisory Council (RAC) of the National Youth Commission (NYC) is scheduled to conduct a mangrove planting activity on June 15 together with some youth organizations at Barangay Mampang, Zamboanga City. The group will assemble outside Land Bank of the Philippines, Pettit Barracks at 6:30 a.m. on Friday and will proceed to the area at 7:00 a.m.. Raymond B. Domingo, NYC regional head, said RAC member-agencies agreed to conduct the mangrove planting in...
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12Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 12 (PIA) -- Mayor Samuel Co will lead the celebration of the 114th Independence Day at the Rizal Monument tomorrow. The theme of the event is “Kalayaan: Pananagutan ng Bayan para sa Tuwid na Daan” and be participated in by city government officials and employees . City administrator Rufino Amor said 1st Infantry Tabak division commander BGen. Rainier Ricardo Cruz III will join Co in the early morning flag-raising and wreath-laying ceremonies at the monument, after whic...
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11Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, June 11 (PIA) -- Zamboanga del Sur’s most wanted person was killed in a firefight between police authorities and armed men in Barangay Benuatan, Dinas on June 4. The suspect, identified was as Moamar Mama Bantilan, aka “Totong Angeles” was a resident of Benuatan. This was officially announced by Philippine National Police provincial director Sr. Supt. William Mananzan at a press conference on Wednesday at the Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office (Z...
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10Jun2012Pagadian City, June 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-9) Efficiency and Integrity Board (EIB), headed by Director Sisinio Cano, agreed to tap the assistance of the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) in the monitoring of DOLE implemented livelihood projects in Zamboanga Peninsula. This was the off-shoot of the EIB meeting held recently at DOLE-9 conference room in Zamboanga City. EIB is a tripartite body created by virtue of Department Order No. 109 issued by Secr...
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09Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 9 (PIA) -- More or less 600 job applicants trooped to the Capitol Complex to participate in a jobs fair conducted by the provincial government from June 7 to 8, in line with the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Zamboanga del Norte and 2012 Zanorte Hudyaka Festival. It was spearheaded by Zamboanga del Norte through the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and the Department of Labor and Employment. The two-day jobs fair was participated in by 11 overseas employment a...
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09Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 8 (PIA) -- Members of the Philippine Navy's Naval Forces West have joined the Department of Education’s (DepEd) “Brigada Eskwela” activity in Palawan. In a press release, NFW Public Affairs Officer Lt. Karen Ann Abenoja Abulon (PN) reported that the different units under NavForWest—around 50 sailors from LT501 (BRP Laguna) headed by Lt. Julius Reyes and PS35 headed by Lcdr Rommel Marcos—joined the activity in their respective areas of operation. “I was p...
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09Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 8 (PIA) –- They're at it again, this time targeting the poorest of the poor in their illegal activities.The Department of Social Welfare and Development warns the public, particularly the beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) on text scams currently circulating. In the press release issued by regional director Teodulo Romo Jr. dated June 8, it said the text coming from a certain Lea Ramos which states “Congratulations, President Noy-Noy Aquino Founda...
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09Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 9 (PIA) -- The Naval Forces West of the Philippine Navy recently distributed books to needy students in Palawan. In a press release, NFW Public Affairs Officer Lt. Karen Ann Abenoja Abulon (PN) said the NavForWest distributed books to disadvantaged children, who were a bit anxious whether they could bring home their new books. “In places where children have very little in life, books are a luxury. That's why, when the Naval Forces West gave free books, kids were i...
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09Jun2012MANILA, June 9 (PIA) -- Nutritionists and pediatricians are calling parents to come up with appropriate food preparation and spare their children from frozen and ready mixes that lack the daily nutrition the body needs. Dr. Monet Acosta, a clinical nutrition specialist, said parents should prepare more natural foods rather than processed items. Since most children are picky eaters, they would prefer processed meats like hotdogs, ham, and other junk foods. She said protein can be sourced from m...
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09Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 9 (PIA) -- Zamboanga del Sur’s most wanted person killed in a firefight between police authorities and armed men in Barangay Benuatan, Dinas last June 4. This was officially announced by PNP provincial director Sr. Supt. William Mananzan at a press conference on Wednesday at the Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office (ZSPPO) conference room with Supt. George Galano, assistant provincial director for administration, Inspector Simplicio Pasaol, police community relations...
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09Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 9 (PIA) -- In keeping with its mandate, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) is now targeting all Filipinos to become members of its health insurance program. “President Aquino’s challenge to us is to attain universal health care, so we want all Filipinos to become members of PhilHealth,” said Dr. Eduardo P. Banzon, PhilHealth’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in an interview with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) here recently. ...
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08Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 8 (PIA) -- Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles said that ending more than a decade of bloody conflict between the political clans of the Hatamans and the Akbars is a big step towards lasting peace in this war-torn province. The Hatamans and the Akbars, two of the most influential families in the province, forged a peace pact on Tuesday. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Governor in-charge Mujiv Hataman and Basilan Gov. Jum Akba...
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07Jun2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, June 7 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Bayog held a Youth Congress on June 4-5, 2012, at the municipal gymnasium with the theme “Be the Change” to engage with and empower the youth through a discussion about their roles in their respective communities. The congress was attended by 268 youth participants of the municipality. In his message during the opening program, Mayor Leonardo Babasa, Jr., said, “You can make visible changes in some of our social probl...
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07Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 7 (PIA) -- Ecumenical prayers and thanksgiving mass were held yesterday in commemoration of the 60th founding anniversary of the province of Zamboanga del Norte. Carved out from the Zamboanga province on June 6, 1952, Zamboanga del Norte became a thriving province in the northwestern part of Mindanao. In his homily during a mass held at the Capitol Plaza, Monsignor Edgar M. Agura said that the past governors of the province had greatly contributed to its growth and developm...
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07Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo joined City Mayor Celso Lobregat in the turnover of 60 computer units to the Department of Education (DepEd), held Monday morning at the City hall. In a press statement, City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias said that the turnover of the computer set is a result of the city government’s feat as the regional winner in the Pamana ng Lahi Awards for exemplary performance in local governance. “The DILG-initiat...
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07Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 7 (PIA) -- More than the jobs offered to students to earn for their continued education, the beneficiaries of the Special Program for Education of Students (SPES) were also provided the opportunity to showcase their potential and talents at a SPES Fest. Officer-in-charge of the Department of Labor in Isabela City Westley Tan disclosed that 147 student beneficiaries displayed their potentials and talents at the first SPES Fest Extra Challenge Friendship Palaro held Ma...
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07Jun2012ISABELA CITY, BASILAN, June 6 (PIA) -- Newly installed 104th Brigade Commander Col. Arthur P. Ang committed to institute security sector reform under his command, hoping to elevate the military as the source of national pride. Speaking before the media during the turnover of command in Basilan, Ang said that he has plans to first teach the soldiers disaster preparedness and emergency-rescue operations. “Dapat ang kasundaluan ay ready na mag rescue and magbigay ng first aid sa mga nangangailan...
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06Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- Heavy rains did not dampen the spirit of the people who trooped to the River Clean-Up activity spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region IX at Balangasan River, Pagadian City in observance of World Environment Day on June 5, 2012. Barangay officials and residents joined DENR-IX personnel and representatives from other government agencies, local government units of the province and city, ROTC cadets, PNP and Philippine Army i...
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06Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 6 (PIA) -- It is a historic day for Basilan as the two influential political clans, the Akbars and Hatamans, signed a peace covenant Tuesday to end family disputes and political differences, which will pave the way for peace and development in the province. Speaking for the Akbar family, Basilan Governor Jum Akbar revealed that nearly six months ago, the Hataman family, through the facilitation of prominent members of the Basilan Ulama Supreme Council, offered her th...
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06Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the city government of Zamboanga have turned over computer units to the Department of Education (DepEd). DILG secretary Jesse Robredo has joined Zamboanga City mayor Celso Lobregat when 60 computer units were given to the DepEd, in a turnover ceremony held on Tuesday, June 5 at the City Hall. In a press statement, City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias said, the turnover of computer sets is a r...
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06Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo yesterday commended Mayor Celso Lobregat for being a partner of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the national government in promoting good governance, as he explained the basis of conferring the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award to City Government of Zamboanga. Sec. Robredo, together with Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Teresita Deles, graced the occasion where 60 computers were ...
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06Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- The city government here has unveiled and turned over this morning a P3.2 million two-story building to San Jose Gusu Elementary School. It was the fourth building turned over by the city in a span of two weeks. “The newly constructed school building project is the 4th project to be unveiled by the city in two weeks time as the present city administration hopes to help improve the student-classroom ratio in public schools in the city,” city information offic...
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06Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- As the city government continues to support schools through infrastructure projects, city mayor Celso Lobregat on Tuesday challenged teachers and students of Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School (DPLMHS) to improve the academic performance in this year’s National Achievement Test (NAT). Lobregat made the challenge during the inauguration of the newly constructed two-storey 10-classroom building, the fourth of its kind to be donated by the city government unde...
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05Jun2012MANILA, June 5 (PIA) -- The National Nutrition Survey (NNS) by the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (FNRI-DOST) revealed that 4.3 percent or about four in every 100 of children, (newborns to five-year-old) are overweight for their age. A child is overweight-for-height if the weight is much greater than that of normal children of the same height. Although the prevalence of overweight children belonging to this age group is still low, it has been ...
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05Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- Zamboanga City remains to be in the dengue outbreak level, as cases soared to 1,053 and death toll now pegged at 14. City Health Officer Rodelin Agbulos declared this yesterday as he called on all sectors anew to intensify drives to search and destroy breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes. “We cannot lift the declaration as of now,” Dr. Agbulos said adding that efforts have to be doubled or tripled in order to bring down the number of cases being re...
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05Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga Hermosa Chorale is one of the nine Philippine choir contenders for an international choir competition to be held in Cincinnati, USA come July 2012. The 7th World Choir Games is reputed as the “Olympics of choir competition,” where the Hermosa Chorale will be remembered in history as first-ever chorale group in Zamboanga which made it to the distinguished choir contest. There are 379 choir entries from all over the world and the City’s finest ...
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05Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 5 (PIA) - - Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School gets a P10.7 million newly constructed two-storey 10-classroom building from the city government of Zamboanga as the city turns over the school building project earlier today. In a press statement, Vic Larato of the City Information Office said “construction of the school building project started on August 9, 2011 and was completed last February 20, this year with project cost total of P10,733,066.91.” “The inaugura...
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05Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- The City Health Office revealed that dengue cases in the city is now at 1,053 with 14 fatalities. City Health Officer Dr. Rodelin Agbulos again called on the public to continue intensified clean up drives to put a halt to the increasing number of dengue cases. “Efforts have to be doubled or tripled in order to bring down the number of cases being registered in the hospitals and clinics. We appeal to the public to continue the campaign to search and destroy bre...
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05Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 5 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) is gearing up for the celebration of the Migrant Workers’ Day on Thursday, June 7 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Western Mindanao State University (WMSU) Gymnasium. With the theme “Serbisyo at Oportunidad Para sa OFW at Pamilya,” the celebration will highlight the respective roles of OWWA’s partners in government and in the private sector on the promotion of the well-being and protection of the Overs...
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05Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 4 (PIA) -- The Philippine Army conducted a two (2) day training on stakeholders engagement as part of its Internal Peace and Security Program (IPSP) “Bayanihan” campaign on May 28-30 at Camp Major Cesar Sang-an, Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur. The training was conducted by Mobile Training Team (MTT) from PA’s national headquarters. Lt. Col. Pompeyo Jason Almagro, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Civil Military Operations, G7 chief said the training ...
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04Jun2012PAADIAN CITY, June 4 (PIA) –- To raise public awareness on the ill effects of smoking and to encourage smokers to give up the habit, June has been declared National No-Smoking Month in the Philippines, pursuant to Proclamation No. 183. As the world observed No Tobacco Day last May 31, the World Health organization is calling on national leaders to be extra vigilant against the increasingly aggressive attacks by the industry, which undermine policies that protect people from the harm of tobacc...
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04Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, June 5 (PIA) -- Classes in public elementary and secondary schools in Zamboanga del Norte have formally started yesterday. All public school teachers have already reported to their respective schools for the opening of classes for school year 2012 to 2013, according to a phone interview with Provincial Schools Division Superintendent Sunny Ray F. Amit. Amit, however, disclosed that the schools are still accommodating pupils and students who have failed to...
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03Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 3 (PIA) -- The new 104th Brigade Commander has promised to uphold human rights in its campaign to win the peace in the province of Basilan. During the change of command ceremony on May 28 at the army headquarters in Tabiawan, Isabela City in Basilan, newly-installed 104th Brigade Commander Col. Arthur P. Ang explained that he will be guided by the Internal Peace and Security Plan (IPSP) Bayanihan principle of winning the peace in Basilan. He cited two strategic app...
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03Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 3 (PIA) -- Three illegal recruiters were arrested by police and military operatives last Friday night. Authorities laid out an entrapment operation at around 10:10 p.m. within the vicinity of Barangay Hall of Tumaga after days of surveillance of the three suspects. Authorities, however, withheld the identities of the suspects pending the investigation. Police said they received information of people engaged in human trafficking, thus, immediately conducted surveillance ope...
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02Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 2 (PIA) -- The city government’s efforts toward making this city smoke-free has paid off. The city bested other local government units in the 2012 Red Orchid Awards-Local Government Unit category. DOH Assistant Secretary Paulyn Jean Rosell-Ubial, who served as chairperson of the Red Orchid Awards, handed the award on Tuesday to Mayor Evelyn T. Uy during the awarding ceremonies held at the Philippine Trade Training Center in Pasay City. A press release from the Ci...
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02Jun2012Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur, June 2 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Bayog celebrated Day Care Workers Week on May 28 to June 1 at the LGU’s Government Center with the theme “Day Care Worker: Kaagapay sa Pagpapaunlad ng Bata Tungo sa Tuwid na Daan.” The event was participated by 35 day care workers of the municipality and was facilitated by the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO), headed by Social Welfare and Development Officer Conchita Sucaldito together with Mari...
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01Jun2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, June 1 (PIA) - - The Department of Agriculture (DA) recently awarded 10 outstanding farmers in the Zamboanga Peninsula Region in time for the celebration of the 29th Regional Farm Family Forum (RFFF) which was held at Marian College gymnasium in Ipil. DA Regional Executive Director Eduardo B. Holoyohoy said the two-day event gathered 300 delegates from 4-H clubs, Rural Improvement Clubs (RICs), and farmers associations (FAs) in the region jointly conducted by DA and the...
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01Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 1 (PIA) -- The Jog/Walk for Industrial Peace in Basilan drew strong public and private support in a collective effort to maintain peace in the workplace and strengthening labor-management relations. Basilan, in partnership with the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council of Isabela City and Joint Task Force Basilan, spearheaded the three-kilometer jog/walk for Industrial Peace last May 13 at the Plaza Rizal, this city. The multi-sectoral movement was participated by a...
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01Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I now declare you husband and wife. So declared Lapuyan Mayor Daylinda Sulong during the mass wedding ceremony held on Wednesday at Antonio V. Apostol Sr. Memorial Central Elementary School gym, barangay Poblacion. Sulong, dressed in Subanen attire, officiated the mass wedding involving 395 couples, during the 3rd anniversary of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) on May 30. Sulong said the couples, composing o...
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01Jun2012PAGADIAN CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- To cap the 110th Labor Month celebration, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) launched its campaign for Child-Labor Free barangays in the city Wednesday, May 30 at Barangay Bulatoc. With the theme, “Pagtutulungan, Pagpapalaya sa mga Batang Manggagawa,” DOLE assistant regional director Virginia L. Bonbon said the battle for the elimination and prevention of child labor is going down to the grassroots level. A symbolic turn-over of work implements/t...
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01Jun2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, June 1 (PIA) -- The city government of Lamitan recently conducted the 1st Youth Leadership Summit from May 28 to 30 here. Lamitan City Information Officer Felipe M. Fernando said that the activity intends to inculcate positive values and attitudes on the youth and enhance their leadership potentials, hoping that the knowledge and skills acquired during the summit will increase youth support to government efforts on the ongoing campaign for peace, progress and development...
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01Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 1 (PIA) -- Reintegration as a way of mainstreaming returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) into society was the main salient point tackled during the consultation meeting with OFWs and institutional partners held recently at the Garden Orchid Hotel here. The event underscored specific guidelines and tapped line agencies to avail of the P2-billion Reintegration Program, a loan facility for enterprise development where a member OFW or their legal dependents can avail of lo...
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31May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) engaged civil society groups, non-government organizations and the business sectors coming from the different municipalities in the region, in a dialogue held recently in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. The engagement sought to identify potential partners to aid in the implementation of the DSWD’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), a community-...
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31May2012Pagadian City, May 31 (PIA) -- The local government unit of Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur, celebrated its third year of Pantawid Pamilya Pilipino Program Day, a Multi-Stakeholders Caravan held at the Antonio V. Apostol Sr. Memorial Central Elementary School (AVASMCES) gymnasium and school grounds on May 29-30. Mayor Daylinda Perez-Sulong in her opening message during the formal opening of the two-day event expressed her wholehearted thanks and gratitude to all the stakeholders for their all-out s...
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31May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 30 -- In pursuit of the region’s vision to become the Agri-Fisheries Southern Corridor of the country, the Agri-Industrial Development Committee (AIDCom) of the Regional Development Council (RDC) IX will convene on June 4 at Grand Astoria Hotel, Zamboanga City. Dir. Nazrullah B. Manzur, Regional Director of the DTI-IX will preside the said meeting. The agenda includes Mindanao Rural Development Program - Adaptable Program Loan Phase 2 by the Department of Agriculture; repo...
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31May2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 31 (PIA) -- Beneficiaries of the summer employment program of the local government unit (LGU) of Dipolog City won first place in the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) Got the Talent contest last May 28, which was held as part of the month-long 110th Labor Day Celebration in Dipolog City with the theme “Pagtutulungan, Pagbabago, Disenteng Trabaho.” SPES Got Talent, sponsored by the Dipolog City Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC), in partnership w...
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30May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 30 (PIA) -- The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has urged the public to help protect transmission lines for an efficient power transmission to the consumers. In a media briefing held recently here, NGCP consultant Guillermo Redoblado said transmission lines should be free from obstructions and most importantly, protected from robbery. “As much as possible, our lines should be free from contacts with other objects. These really affect the smooth transmi...
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30May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 30 (PIA) -- The city government of Zamboanga has inaugurated and turned over a newly-constructed barangay hall to the officials of Barangay Tumaga on May 27. Mayor Celso Lobregat and vice mayor Cesar Iturralde and some members of the City Council turned over the P4.1 million newly-constructed barangay hall project, to Tumaga barangay officials led by chairperson Carolina Gaganting the other day, barely three months after the same barangay received the city-funded lying in cl...
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30May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 30 (PIA) -- Zamboanga City joined the entire nation in the observance of National Flag Day on May 28, reaffirming loyalty and commitment to the Philippine flag and the country. Organized by the Caballeros de Colon de Zamboanga and the fourth Degree of the Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar Assembly, the event commemorated the day the Philippine flag was unfurled in 1898. Mayor Celso Lobregat, who keynoted the event, cited the significance of the Philippine flag and hoped t...
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29May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 29, (PIA) - - Parents and students will get the chance to avail and purchase the much needed school supplies and other basic and prime commodities at discounted prices in the ‘Diskwento Caravan’ that will unfold today, May 29 until May 30 at the Plaza Pershing. Organized by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Diskwento Caravan is a nationwide project which seeks to help alleviate the plight of consumers in the wake of the rising prices of commodities vis-a...
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29May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 29 (PIA) -- The City government yesterday commended the Zamboanga City Police Office under the leadership of its officer-in-charge Police Chief Supt. Mario B. Yanga on the launching of the electronic blotter (e-blotter) system. “Today, the ZCPO goes high-tech, joining the rest of the key cities in Metro Manila, Visayas and Mindanao in being electronically connected with each other via the information superhighway or the Internet,” Mayor Celso Lobregat said, stressing tha...
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29May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 29, (PIA) - - Zamboangueños have found a committed ambassador of goodwill in the person of former actress and incumbent Parañaque City Councilor Alma Moreno, who is bent in helping the city in its campaign to correct misperceptions about Zamboanga. Moreno, who is president of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL) is in Zamboanga City together with the PCL National Chairman and Tagum City Councilor Allan Zulueta and other PCL officers to prepare the groundwork for the ho...
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29May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 29 (PIA) -- In celebration of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Day, a total of 2,561 indigent households of Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur, together with the local government units and various stakeholders will gather on May 29-30 at the AVASMCES Gym for various activities that have been planned for the occasion. Mayor Daylinda Sulong said 4Ps, now on its third year of implementation has paved the way towards strengthening and educating the families/beneficiaries a...
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29May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 29 (PIA) -- The Isabela City School Division has urged the public and private sectors to continue to provide assistance to the different public schools in the city as more schools are still in dire need of help. City Division Coordinator of Brigada Eskwela Eugenio Andrion, Jr. said that while the national schools maintenance week also known as the Brigada Eskwela had just been conducted last week, the public and the private sectors can still provide assistance within ...
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29May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 29 (PIA) - - Sports competitions will highlight the “99th Adlaw sa Dipolog” (Dipolog Day) come July 1. A press release issued by the City Information Office (CIO) said the city government is going to hold starting June 25 the following sports competitions: inter-office volleyball, basketball, table tennis and a fun run, which is open to all government officials and employees. The said fun run will be divided into 10-kilometer race for men and six-kilometer for women. Dubb...
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29May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 29 (PIA) -- Research and testing institutes as well as regional standards and testing laboratories under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) are now better equipped to handle requests for research, testing and validation services from manufacturers, researchers and students. From 2007 to 2011, the DOST allocated P365 million for the upgrade and renovation of its seven research and development institutes (RDIs) to address the need for safe, accurate and cost-effect...
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29May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 29 -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has turned over checks worth P1,138,799.18 to OFW beneficiaries during the consultation meeting with the OFW Leaders & Institutional Partners held on May 24, 2012 at the Garden Orchid Hotel, this city. The message of OWWA Administrator Carmelita Dimzon which was read by Regional Director Hassan Jumdain conveyed that the government pays tribute to the country’s remarkable workforce of more than 9.5 million OFWs in ab...
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28May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 28 (PIA) -- Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel chair Dean Marvic Leonen assured the Mindanao business sector that output of the negotiations and of the peace process as a whole will be inclusive. Leonen was speaker before a forum supported by The Asia Foundation dubbed “Engaging Business in the Peace Process,” spearheaded by the Mindanao Business Council and the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) held May 25 in Davao City. This...
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28May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 28 (PIA) --The provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry has issued an advisory warning the public against transacting with a bogus lending company. Ma. Socorro M. Atay, Provincial Director of DTI said that Global Money is not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a corporation and has also not been issued a Certificate of Authority to operate as a lending company. “I don’t know if this has been brought to the attention of the me...
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28May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 28 (PIA) -- Geohazard maps are now accessible and downloadable from four government websites, including that of a non-government organization. This was announced by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The government websites hosting the interactive geohazard maps include that of the DENR (www.denr.gov.ph), Mines and Geosciences Bureau (www.mgb.gov.ph), Philippine Information Agency (www.pia.gov.ph), and that of Environmental Science for Social Chang...
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28May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 28 (PIA) -- Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles expressed optimism that the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panels will build on what has already been achieved during the last round of negotiations. In a press statement, government peace adviser Deles announced that the GPH and MILF panels will meet today in Kuala Lumpur for the 28th formal exploratory talks. "We are hoping that the ...
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28May2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 28 (PIA) -- Around 2,000 poor patients have benefitted from the five-day free medical mission conducted on May 21 to 25 at the Zamboanga del Sur Medical Center (ZSMC) and rural health unit in Aurora. The medical mission was jointly organized by the Philippine-Australian Medical Association (PAMA), University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) Ugnayan ng Pahinungod, Rotary Club of Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur Medical Society and the provi...
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27May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 27 (PIA) -- The Palawan military and police personnel intercepted a motor launch carrying six women believed to be victims of human trafficking. Naval Forces West Public Affairs Officer Lt. Karen A. Abulon of the Philippine Navy disclosed that joint elements of Naval Station Del Rosario (NSNDR) and Balabac Philippine National Police (PNP) intercepted a motor launch at Calandorang Bay, Balabac in Palawan carrying six women believed to be victims of human trafficking on...
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27May2012Who would ever think that his harrowing childhood experience would turn out to be his strongest force to promote peace? This is the story of a world-renown virtual artist whose advocacy for peace has been imprinted in all his works from the time he started to use brush, pencil, and other art tools. An advocacy deeply rooted in his inner soul. Rameer Tawasil has about 700 artworks, all of them pertaining to peace, cultural heritage of Mindanao, and environment. But what left a mark on all who h...
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26May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 26 -- Seven Subanon families will now start to live in townhouse-like homes. This, after TVI Resource Development Phils. Incorporated (TVIRD) through its partnership with Gawad Kalinga or GK made true its promise to provide them with decent homes in their own homeland in a simple turn-over ceremony held recently. TVIRD’s Chairman, Mr. Clifford M. James, accompanied by the company’s senior management and GK Partnerships Manager, Tito Cajulis, handed over the symboli...
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26May2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 26 (PIA) -- The Provincial Office of the Department of Labor and Employment in Zamboanga del Norte is scheduled to conduct a child labor-free barangay campaign on May 29, 2012 in Barangay Baybay in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte. Barangay Baybay is one of the 76 barangays identified by the DOLE as a barangay with high incidence of child labor which will be transformed into a child labor-free zone. According to the Labor Department, most of the child labor cases identified in the ...
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26May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 26 (PIA) -- The city government will soon ink a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-IX on the Government Internship Program (GIP). Members of the city council have recently authorized Mayor Evelyn T. Uy to enter into a MOA with DSWD-IX led by Regional Director Teodulo Romo for GIP implementation in the city. GIP, which is an initiative under the “Kabataan 2000” project of DSWD, aims to provide the students, out-of-sch...
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25May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- “The culture of peace should start with the kids,” Rameer Tawasil, the world-renowned Tausug artist, expounded on the rationale of five-day Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Summer Art Workshop for Peace currently being held in a local hotel here. The ARMM government, through its ARMM HELPS (Health, Education, Livelihood, Political Reform, and Synergy) Program, came up with the project teaching more than 30 kids aged seven to 15 years old on cultur...
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25May2012What people wear provides the most basic description of a people. How it is worn often demonstrates the identity of the people, environment and culture; the final product – the traditional attire. “Traditional costumes” is reflective of one’s identity and mirrors the tribe’s rich historic past – as that of the Yakans. The Yakans are the native inhabitants of Basilan. Their home is in Lamitan. They are basically upland rice farmers and known to be the finest weavers in Southern Phil...
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25May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- A ceremonial signing of memoranda of agreement (MOA) between the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the local government units (LGUs) for the implementation of Agrarian Reform Communities Project 2 (ARCP2) was held here this morning with ARCP2 National Project Manager Homer Tobias and DAR-IX Regional Director Julita Ragandang gracing the occasion. Six municipalities in Zamboanga del Norte had been identified as the first batch of recipients after the National ...
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25May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Zamboanga Chapter is set to receive today P1-million worth of equipment from House Deputy Speaker and District I Representative Beng Climaco, as she vows to continuously assist and help improve services of the premiere humanitarian agency. The turnover will coincide with the inauguration and ceremonial turnover this afternoon of the newly constructed Red Cross office funded by the city government. The equipment, requested by the lo...
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25May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Zamboanga del Sur provincial office on Wednesday conducted a ceremonial signing of documents for the issuance of certificate of availability of funds and orientation on the Agrarian Reform Communities Project, Phase 2 (ARCP2) at Farmer’s haven, provincial government complex here. Speaking before the local chief executives, municipal officers, and stakeholders, ARCP2 national project coordinator Homer Tobias said the acti...
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25May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- The Mindanao Economy and Environment Summit, a platform under the Mindanao Nurturing Our Waters (MindaNOW) Program of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), is slated to be held on June 4 and 5 at the Grand Regal Hotel in Davao City. With the theme, “Building Constituency towards a Green Economy,” the summit aims to gather stakeholders of Mindanao for creating champions, building constituency, and adapting change in responding to the challenge of ensurin...
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25May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 25 (PIA) -- The Philippines Naval (PN) Forces West (NAVFORWEST) in partnership with the Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) conducted a two-hour read-along session with children done simultaneously throughout the country’s naval units through teleconference. Naval Forces West Public Affairs Officer Lt. Karen A. Abulon (PN) said in a press release that the read-along theme is anchored on the maritime environment, which aims to provide an interactive, wholesome, and enter...
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25May2012MANILA, May 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) recently announced the pre-identified target barangays with high incidence of child labor, which will be transformed by the DOLE Regional Offices into child labor-free zones. “The DOLE Regional Offices are already coordinating with local government units as well as community leaders and barangays captains to help minimize incidents of child labor and illegal recruitment of minors. The DOLE anti- child labor program involves...
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25May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- Parents flocked to the the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) early morning yesterday to avail of school supplies sold at discounted prices during the formal opening of the agency's Balik Eskwela Diskwento Fair. Mr. Roger D. Sarsalejo, Chief of the Business Development Division, in his welcome remarks, said DTI has two major programs. First is, enabling business, and second is empowering the consumers. “Ang Balik Eskwela Diskwento Fair usa ka paagi nga maka...
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25May2012The emergence of tourism industry as potential economic propeller of every town or province has made the entire Philippine archipelago as the bastion of local festivals, as almost every town and city in the archipelago has their own version and taglines of a festival, celebrating unity and diversity, abundance of local products, and showcasing local culture and traditions. A town or province is also identified by its festival—its people’s culture, traditions, and lifestyle as expressed in ...
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24May2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has gathered 65 civil society organization (CSO) representatives from all over Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for the Regional Stakeholders Consultation held at Ocean View Hotel in Pagadian on May 22 to 23. The consultation aims to increase awareness of key stakeholders, particularly CSOs, on the ARMM Roadmap and Transition Support Plan, generate consensus from CSOs on their...
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24May2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, May 24 (PIA) -- The Sangguniang Panlungsod has urged the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) to conduct investigation amid reports that a number of sand gravel gatherers have been allegedly employing children. Reports have it that minors aged 17 years old and below are seen working in quarry sites within the city. Some of these sand and gravel gatherers who have been employing minors are allegedly operating illegally as they lack the required g...
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24May2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of Education (DepEd) Regional Office 9 has recently conducted training among Grade 1 teachers of the Dipolog City Schools Division in preparation for the formal implementation of K to12 program this school year 2012-2013. The five-day regional training was conducted at To Plaza, Dipolog City from May 14 to 18, 2012. Dipolog City mayor Evelyn T. Uy, who was the guest speaker during the opening of the five-day training urged the ...
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24May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 24 (PIA) -- Children watched in awe, while their parents watched with pride the gracefully choreographed dancing fountain at Paseo Del Mar in Zamboanga City. The P27-million fountain boasts of a 26- to 30-minute spectacular show that consists of six carefully selected and diverse songs with different beats synchronized with the rhythmic dancing of the water with lights, fire, sound and special effects. “The sight of the colorful water filling the 25-meter diameter pool ...
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24May2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, May 23 (PIA) -- The Philippine College of Criminology has recently conferred Doctor of Humanities, Honoris Causa to the city mayor of Dipolog. Mayor Evelyn T. Uy who was once a graduate student of said learning institution was conferred the degree during the PCC's 55th commencement exercises held on Saturday at the Philippine International Convention Center along Roxas Boulevard in Manila. She was the first woman given such an award by the school. Uy is a mul...
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23May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the city government of Zamboanga will formally enter an agreement for the operation of the Zamboanga sub-depot. Zamboanga city government and DBM’s Procurement Service will jointly operate the sub-depot which will offer cheaper but good quality office supplies for local government units (LGU) in Zamboanga Peninsula and nearby areas. Budget secretary Florencio Abad and mayor Celso Lobregat will be the principal ...
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23May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- A total of 12 people have already died because of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Zamboanga City since January. Another child from Dacon Homes in Recodo died on Monday. City Health Officer (CHO) Dr. Rodel Agbulos announced this yesterday, saying that for this month of May alone, three children have died of dengue. One died on May 9 in Latap town, another one on May 10 in Tumaga and the third one May 21 in Recodo. CHO record also showed that the Dacon Homes in Recodo...
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23May2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, May 23 (PIA) -- The Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG is reminding unregistered and delinquent employers that they only have until June 30 to avail of its Penalty Condonation Program. Cora Mamauag, member service officer IV of Pag-IBIG Regional Office said the Penalty Condonation Program seeks to protect Pag-IBIG members, provide employers practicable means to settle their membership contribution in arrears, compel employers to register their employees...
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23May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 23 (PIA) -- Emphasizing that the peace negotiations is conducted within the framework of the Constitution, Government of the Philippines (GPH) peace panel chair Marvic Leonen said that agreeing to create a new political autonomous entity is allowed as stated in the Constitution. Speaking before representatives of the civil society, business groups, security sector and the media during a consultation held at the Garden Orchid Hotel in Zamboanga City recently, Leonen cited Art...
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23May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 236t (PIA) -- Old folks think that today’s generation seems to find fascination and entertainment in the world of Internet, computer games and gadgets. Most youngsters today fail to get the chance to experience the once popular “larong Pinoy” or the games of the past that most Filipino youth and children used to play before. To revive the popularity of the “larong Pinoy” among the youth, the Department of Tourism (DOT) in partnership with the city government, initi...
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22May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) has provided immediate assistance to three OFW deportees from Sabah, Malaysia who arrived at the Zamboanga Port on May 16 at around 8:00 p.m. together with 80 undocumented deportees on board M/V Danica Joy. The three OFWs namely Johnny Ferrer, Elpidio Manuel Jr., and Eugene Gabbac were deployed on August 16, 2010 by TMJ International Manpower Services to work as construction workers under the W Construction Corpo...
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22May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 22 (PIA) -- The provincial government of Sulu recently led the inauguration of a water system and the awarding of housing units to identified beneficiaries in the province. Sulu governor Abdusakur M. Tan awarded a total of 65 core shelter units to residents of Sulu, where 25 units were given to families situated at Barangay Timbangan in Indanan town and 40 units to families of Barangay Laum in Maimbung town. Acting Information Officer, Sonny Abing III said the projec...
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22May2012Sylvia Apduhan, an elementary school teacher from Titay, Zamboanga Sibugay, shared how the government’s anti-poverty program Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) has improved the lives of many families in her community. “I have been assigned as an elementary school teacher in New Canaan Elementary School in Titay. I have observed that 4Ps has really helped in alleviating the plight of the poor, especially the children,” Apduhan testified. She said she can vividly remember that befo...
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22May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 22 (PIA) –- The Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) announced the holding of the 2012 Midyear Media Conference, Awards Presentation and election of new officers on June 23, 2012 at the Makati Sports Club, Makati City. With the theme, “Shaping the Future of News Publishing in the Philippines," the forthcoming event will bring together community, provincial, and regional newspaper publishers, editors, media practitioners, and press freedom advocat...
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22May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 22 (PIA) –- Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries can now open a bank account for only P50 and avail of the services offered by BPI Globe BanKO. This is made possible through the Public-Private Partnership between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Globe Telecommunications, Inc. “We would like to teach Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries the importance of saving money by encouraging them to open a bank account for as low as P50.00. It is never too late to h...
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22May2012KUTA SANG-AN, Labangan, ZamboSur, May 22 -- In support of national development and in helping save lives by donating blood, the Army’s premier division under the Command of BGen. Ricardo Rainier G. Cruz III, donated 88,200 cc of blood taken from 196 personnel of the Division to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC), Pagadian City under its chapter coordinator Hildaliza F. Munoz last May 19. The activity meant to provide the local Red Cross with adequate supply of blood to sustain its requirements fo...
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22May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- A city councilor here is now an active advocate of environmental protection, urging all and sundry especially the businessmen to adopt and support the “no plastic bag day.” Councilor James Cyril O. Ruiz has recently sponsored a resolution asking the Dipolog Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DFCCI) and the Dipolog Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) to adopt and observe the no plastic bag use day each week in the city. Ruiz said he would li...
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22May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- With barely two weeks before the regular opening of classes in June, the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry in Zamboanga del Norte, in coordination with the consumer watch group has strengthened its monitoring on the price and quality of school supplies in the local market. Engr. Noel E. Bazan, DTI-Zamboanga Norte Provincial Director said the move is to ensure the availability of high-quality school supplies at the various stores in province....
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21May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) will hold a Diskwento Fair on May 24 to 25 at the DTI premises along Platon S. Urro Street, to help ease the economic burden of low income earners and the marginalized members of the community from the rising cost of basic necessities and prime commodities. In a press conference held this morning, DTI provincial director Ma. Socorro M. Atay said the Diskwento Fair will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. but she requested...
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21May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 21 (PIA) -- Priority activities on health promotion and communication (HPC) were underscored by the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) officials during the sustainability planning on HPC dubbed “Local response: Advancing Health Promotion and Communication for Healthier Communities” held at Hotel Guillermo on Thursday. Speaking before the health professionals, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ma. Rovel Blancia said the activity is part of the country's achievement in...
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20May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 20 (PIA) -- A Regional Stakeholders Consultation on the Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP) for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is slated here on May 22-23 at Ocean View Hotel. Yasmin Busran Lao, Presidential Assistant for Muslim Concerns and National Program manager of TISP for ARMM, said the TISP is an P8.59 billion fund for programs and projects intended to fast track key development initiatives and reforms in the Region. Lao said a critical compo...
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19May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- Having displayed their exemplary works in visual arts, 10 self-made artists of this city have been recently declared as outstanding local artists by the Ivabelle Awards. Outstanding artist awards have been conferred on Pastor Ron Forinas, Aldren Elman, Bert Balladares, Lea Abigail Prima, Junie Grapa, Ku Gamalinda-Fernandez, Jaira Jaro, Faith Veloro, Lordan Reganion, and Leo Maquiala. They were chosen by a group of judges from among the local artists who participa...
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19May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- Various government officials have met here on Thursday night to clarify issues concerning the ongoing peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Zamboanga City mayor Celso Lobregat, House Deputy Speaker Beng Climaco met with Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process secretary Ding Deles and Government Peace Panel chairman Marvic Leonen have gathered in a meeting to tackle issues concerning the status of the ongoing peace talks between the govern...
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19May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- Due to the dengue outbreak in Zamboanga City, the mayor instructed the City Health Office last May 17 to conduct a massive fumigation in all public and private schools in the city before the opening of classes for School Year 2012-2013 on June 4. Mayor Celso Lobregat issued the instruction yesterday during a meeting for Balik Eskwela at City Hall conference room, which was attended by school principals and administrators, police and fire officers, barangay offici...
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19May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- It's all systems go, as the provincial government of Zamboanga del Norte, thru its Provincial Tourism Council, is now on the final phase of its preparation for the celebration of 2012 Zanorte Hudyaka Festival and the 60th Foundation Day of the province. 2012 Zanorte Hudyaka Festival will start on May 30 and will end on June 9, while the 60th Foundation Day of Zamboanga del Norte is on June 6. Last May 14, 2012, President Benigno Aquino III issued Proclamation No....
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19May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- Multi-sectoral groups in the city on Wednesday have bonded together to affirm anew their united stand against Human immunodeficiency virus-Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS), as they joined the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial in memory of those who died of the dreaded disease. Mayor Celso Lobregat and City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos, chairman and chief executive officer respectively of the Zamboanga City Multisectoral AIDS Council (ZCMSAC) s...
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19May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- The district office of the Land Transportation Office here has a new district officer. Responding to a public clamor for a change in leadership at the agency, Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) assistant secretary and LTO chief Virginia Torres has designated Nurdini G. Laja as the new district officer of the LTO district office here effective May 14. Upon his assumption to office, Laja paid a courtesy call to mayor Evelyn T. Uy and assured the l...
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19May2012LAPUYAN, Zamboanga del Sur, May 19 (PIA) -- The interfaith Forum for Solidarity and Peace, Consortium of Bangsa Civil Society, Asia Foundation, Department for International Development, and the local government unit on Thursday have jointly conducted a peace summit at the Antonio V. Apostol memorial central elementary school gym. The forum bears the theme “Hepenantu Ritu Dlengasan Hepheselabuk Nu Nga Getaw Dlepuyan Sapay Nawan” (Strengthening a Sustainable Unity and Peace of the Tri-People ...
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18May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 17 (PIA) - - The city government here got another feather to its cap recently. The Bureau of Local Government Supervision (BLGS) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) bared that the city government led by Mayor Evelyn T. Uy had successfully complied with the “Seal of Good Housekeeping” (SGH) after it met the standards set by the DILG for good governance. The DILG said the city would receive more than P2 million from the Special Local Road Fund (SLRF) a...
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18May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 18 (PIA) - - The city government will lead Zamboangueños in the celebration of “Dia de Gen. Vicente S. Alvarez” today Friday, May 18, pursuant to City Ordinance No. 334 of 2008. A commemorative program will be held to be led by Mayor Celso Lobregat and relatives of Zamboangueño hero, Gen. Alvarez at his monument on Normal Road, Baliwasan. The program will be preceded by wreath-laying ceremony. Born on April 5, 1862, Gen. Alvarez was the 5th son of Don Alejo Alvarez y ...
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18May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 17 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga City sub-depot, a government-run storehouse where cheaper but good quality office supplies, will be made available for local government units in Zamboanga Peninsula and nearby areas will formally open on May 25. Established by the Procurement Service (PS), an attached agency to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), the sub-depot will be temporarily located at the City Coliseum in Tetuan. It is a joint project of the PS, DBM, and the city g...
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18May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 18 (PIA) --A state-run university here is being tapped to develop a need assessment tool for the Agrarian Reform Community Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCESS) program of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). DAR-Central Office found the Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU) competent and capable of providing such services after it applied as an accredited Business Development Service (BDS) provider for ARCESS. As first partnership engagement, DAR pr...
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18May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 18 (PIA) - - The Philippine Air Force (PAF) received Wednesday from the city government a P750,803.46 road concreting and open canal projects constructed inside the PAF’s - Edwin Andrews Air Base (EAAB) in Barangay Sta. Maria, this city. The inauguration was led by Mayor Celso Lobregat together with the Philippine Air Force officials. The concreting of 123-linear meter road amounting to P593,162.93 and the construction of an open canal measuring 110 linear meters in t...
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18May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The city government through the City Health Office (CHO) spearheaded Wednesday night the AIDS candlelight memorial at the R.T. Lim Boulevard in memory of those who passed away due to the dreaded HIV-AIDS. With the theme “Promoting Health and Dignity Together”, the observance of AIDS Candlelight Memorial was an international event and formed part of the anti-HIV-AIDS advocacy or awareness campaign. City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos said the event mobilized v...
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18May2012SOUTH COTABATO, May 18 -- In line with the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), the Regional Welfare Office in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao took a break and a breath of fresh air thru a team building at Punta Isla Lake Resort, Lake Sebu, South Cotabato last May 11 to 13. A revisit and reorientation on the Programs and Services of OWWA was conducted to assess each employee’s understanding on the Implementing Rules and Regulations of p...
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18May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 18 (PIA) -- The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will now offer its online distance learning program in Region 9. “We are just waiting for the guidelines from our central office on the implementation of the program. But even without the guidelines, we have long been advocating for this program and are encouraging schools to offer online learning,” regional director Lorenzo Macapili said in an interview. Under the program, TESDA will offer technic...
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16May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- Having an attractive and orderly airport can help increase investments and improve tourism, Director Teresita Socorro Ramos, Vice Chair of the Regional Development Council 9 said, during the launching of the Zamboanga International Airport Interior Design Contest yesterday, May 15. Speaking to media, Dir. Ramos said that the contest is a move to improve the airport citing economic development that will result from the project. “Our ports, both air and sea port...
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16May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- There are now three major routes of the roll-on, roll-off (RORO) nautical highway the traveling public may follow in traversing the archipelago, according to the Philippine Ports Authority. Atty. Roger V. Asprer, port manager of the Port Management Office in Dapitan City said that the three major RORO routes from Mindanao to Visayas and Luzon are the western route, central route, and eastern route. The western route starts at Dapitan City port and then to Dumaguet...
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16May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The National Government, in its effort to provide livelihood opportunities to poor households, has engaged with the local governments for projects which could be beneficial to the economy of the community as well as to provide income to poor households. Zamboanga del Sur Province represented by governor Antonio Cerilles, Jr. and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-9) officials recently inked the Memorandum Of Agreement (MOA) signifying its formal p...
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16May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- The Philippine National Red Cross-Zamboanga del Norte (PNRC-ZN) chapter has celebrated the world red cross and red crescent day last May 8 with bloodletting and training on disaster and safety preparedness and leadership development to youth volunteers. PNRC-ZN administrator Joshua Bicoy bared that some 48 bags of different blood types were collected during the bloodletting activity. In a related development, a medical team from the city government here also condu...
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16May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 16 (PIA) -- A one-day sustainability planning and workshop entitled, “Local Response: Advancing Health Promotion and Communication for Healthier Communities” will be held today, May 16 at the Hotel Guillermo in Pagadian City. Provincial health officer Dr. Ma. Rovel Blancia said the planning workshop aims to strengthen health promotion strategies for healthier communities and to generate consensus commitment among health sector stakeholders in communities. The Health Prom...
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15May2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, May 15 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is set to hold the first Intermediaries Council Summit on June 6 to 7 to keep up with the 22-point labor and employment agenda of President Benigno Aquino III. Intermediaries from government, management, labor, people’s organization, non-government organizations, academe, and other DOLE-9 program partners and stakeholders will participate in the two-day activity, which will be held at the Zamboang...
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14May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- The City Health Office (CHO) has conducted a massive and simultaneous city-wide clean-up drive last Saturday, May 11, and has stepped up the implementation of other anti-dengue measures in the city. City Health Officer Dr. Rodel Agbulos said barangay officials, volunteers, and individual households showed support and cooperation in the May 11 citywide clean up by cleaning their respective areas and ridding off possible breeding sites of dengue-carrying mosquitoe...
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14May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- The city government has declared a dengue outbreak in Zamboanga in the wake of rising dengue incidences that have reached 774 cases with 9 fatalities, from January 1 to April 30. Mayor Celso Lobregat said records from the City Health Office (CHO) showed that dengue cases have reached outbreak level in April requiring urgent and uninterrupted measures to search and destroy breeding places of dengue carrier mosquitoes. Outbreak threshold for April is 225 cases ...
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14May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- City Police OIC Director PCSupt. Mario Yanga has underscored the need for continuous community support to anti-crime efforts, as he reiterated his call for people to help law enforcement authorities in addressing problems on criminality. He said the cooperation of the community in the anti-crime efforts of the police forces is very essential in the success of their operation. It is very important for the community to be vigilant at all times and report any suspi...
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14May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- “The rehabilitation of the Pulangi 4 hydroelectric power plant in Bukidnon has finally been completed, and was initialing supplying 200 megawatts of its 255-MW installed capacity to the entire Mindanao grid as of last week,” announced Energy Undersecretary Josefina Asirit during a dialogue initiated last week by Mayor Celso Lobregat at the Zamboanga City Hall. Asirit said the rehabilitation, which cost the state-run National Power Corporation P11 million, wa...
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14May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 14 (PIA) -- Close to 50 Math and Science teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in Pagadian have undergone a one (1) week training on disaster risk reduction and management dubbed “Strengthening the capacity of Science and Math teachers on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management” at Bay Plaza Hotel on May 6-11. The training is offered free of charge by the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and in partnership with the D...
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14May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 14, (PIA) - - Twenty groups of school principals from Misamis Occidental recently visited the city for their three-day "Lakbay Aral" trip where they toured the city's various attractions and noted the city's best practices. “On our way to Zamboanga City, we had mixed feelings; some were excited to come for the first time, but most of us were anxious and a bit afraid because of some negative reports we heard about the city. But when we arrived, to our surprise, we found Za...
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13May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- The city government through the City General Services Office (CGSO) has again urged the owners of business establishments and residents here to segregate their wastes. “No segregation, no collection policy” will be fully implemented in the city starting May 14, according to a public notice issued by the CGSO recently. The city leadership is pushing for the waste segregation program to keep the city spick and span. It can be recalled that the city has for more...
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13May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 12 (PIA) -- Consumers will surely get a respite from the continuous increase of prices of basic necessities and prime commodities as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) undertakes “Diskwento Fair/Caravan” nationwide in Pagadian City on May 24-25, 2012 at the DTI-Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Office premises. The DTI embarked on this activity to help ease the burden of the consumers who are daily confronted with skyrocketing increase in prices of consumer products. ...
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13May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 13 (PIA) -- Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles called on the public to hone nationalism starting with themselves and within their own homes to help create a community of peace. In a press statement, Deles pointed out that “the work of nation-building, the work of developing a Philippines that the Filipinos really care for, that’s the job of everyone.” Deles made this call as she spoke before students of the National Defense Colleg...
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13May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 13 (PIA) -- Bright Leaf Awards formally invited local tri-media personalities in the city to participate in the 6th Bright Leaf Agriculture Journalism contest in a press briefing this morning. The contest’s aim is to search for the best write up, television program or segment, radio program, and photos focusing on the current agricultural issues and best farming practices on environmental care, safety, and crop sustainability. COZOZ Incorporated’s Mr. David Isaac Buenav...
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12May2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, May 12 (PIA) -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Health Promotion & Communication Project (HealthPRO) in collaboration with the local government unit of Bayog has conducted a community theater play entitled “Ikaw at Ako ay Tayo” at the municipal gymnasium on May 10. HealthPRO proposes to use people’s theater as an integral component of the Department of Health’s outreach activities in the countryside promoting healthy spacing of...
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12May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 12 (PIA) -- The local government of Bayog has thanked the people of its municipality for actively supporting its 45th founding anniversary highlighted by the “Palad-palad Festival.” In the grand finale’s opening program at the municipal government center, mayor Leonardo Babasa Jr. said he was deeply elated on the support shown by the municipal and barangay officials, teachers, students, parents, and employees for the successful conduct of the eight-day event from on May...
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12May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 12 (PIA) – The Isabela City Tripartite Industrial Peace Council in Basilan will hold the Jog/Walk for Industrial Peace on Sunday, May 13 as part of 110th Labor Month celebration. Department of Labor and Employment Field Officer Wesley Tan said the 3 kilometer jog or walk within the city proper is expected to gather hundreds of participants coming from city employees, the military, and police. He also hopes that a good number of employees and their employers from the...
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11May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 11 (PIA) -- Sulu Governor Abdusakur M. Tan and the Provincial Government are now setting their sights in developing tourism in the province. Gov. Tan approved recently the formulation of a Provincial Tourism Master Plan aimed to establish a clear direction and provide the necessary information and strategies to develop a viable tourism Industry in Sulu. Tan pointed out that the Island province of Sulu has a clear advantage when it comes to tourism due to its natural...
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11May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 11 (PIA) -– At least 150 young people from the different barangays of Lantawan Municipality in Basilan gathered for a seven-day Bridging Leaders’ Summit Youth Camp, dubbed Kabataan Summer Fun in Lantawan from May 2 to 8. Aimed at strengthening inter-faith relationship between young Muslims and Christians of Lantawan and enhance their role in peace and development, the camp provided the young minds with inputs and activities on leadership, environment, ethno-histor...
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11May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 11 (PIA) -- A training-workshop concerning Children in Conflict with Law (CCL) was conducted here recently by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-IX. Participating in said training were the officers and members of the barangay/municipal/city councils for the protection of children, city/municipal personnel of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), personnel of the municipal/city social welfare and development offices, barangay chairmen, cou...
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11May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The National Irrigation Administration has allocated under its CY 2012 extension project P25 million for the rehabilitation of the irrigation system in this city. To get the project implemented soon, the city council here has recently passed a resolution authorizing the city mayor to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with NIA. The above amount shall be used to repair/rehabilitate the irrigation canals of the Dipolog Communal Irrigation System (DCIS), whic...
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11May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the provincial government of Zamboanga del Sur has recently inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for a Cassava Production Project which aims to benefit the farmers of the province. Around 600 households and farmers in the province shall be tapped for the Cash-for-Work program who shall be paid P2,000 monthly for the planting and growing of cassava root crops. The project shall be tested in six municipal...
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10May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Insurance Commission and the Department of Finance-National Credit Council holds training in Zamboanga as the 10th stop in its 16-region roadshow in microinsurance advocacy campaign. The Training on Microinsurance Advocacy (TOMA), held at the Garden Orchid Hotel, Zamboanga City from May 8 to 10, was attended by representatives of the local government, national government agencies, insurance companies, intermediaries, civil society, support organizations, dono...
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10May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- When the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) launched its educational assistance program last May 2, almost 1,000 members here have applied and 500 of these applications have already been processed, awaiting transmittal and e-crediting from GSIS Manila starting today, May 10. The educational assistance program will run until December 28 this year to help members meet the education expenses of their children up to the second semester of the school year. Un...
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10May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The governor of Zamboanga del Sur has lauded the great contributions of Tabak troops by embracing their call of duty and helping build and protect the country. “You brave soldiers are needed to protect our country from those who seek us from harm. You are mandated by our constitution to defend this country against armed internal or security threats,” urged Zamboanga del Sur governor Antonio Cerilles during the 76th founding anniversary of the First Infantry (T...
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10May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The city of Zamboanga has declared a dengue outbreak after the city health office reported a total of 774 cases by the end of April. Mayor Celso Lobregat said in an emergency press conference that the figure drastically surged last month with 234 cases, breaching the outbreak level of 225 cases. “Our figure from the City Health Office is now 774, with April having the most cases since January. Because of this, I am officially declaring an outbreak here in the ...
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10May2012BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, May 10 (PIA) -- A colorful street dance competition was held at the Municipal Government Center on May 8 as finale to the week-long festivities dubbed as “Palad-Palad Festival” and to highlight the 45th founding anniversary of Bayog. “Palad-Palad” is a native Subanen term which means thanksgiving. Mayor Leonardo Babasa, Jr. said Palad-Palad Festival is one way of expressing gratitude to the creator for all the blessings given to their municipality. The celebra...
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10May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and the Regional Development Council (RDC-9), will conduct an interior design contest for the improvement and upgrading of Zamboanga International Airport. The contest was conceptualized during the Problem-Solving Session conducted by RDC-9’s Committee on Regional Project Monitoring (RPMC) in September, last year. The contest, which is also in collaboration with the local government of Zamboanga, the Depar...
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10May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Officials from the Department of Energy (DOE) and National Electrification Administration (NEA) are arriving in Zamboanga City today, May 10, to meet with stakeholders relative to power issues and its possible solutions. DOE Undersecretary Atty. Josefina Patricia Magpale-Asirit and NEA Administrator Edita Bueno accepted Mayor Lobregat’s invitation to come to the city to tackle power woes that have been affecting Zamboanga, with a meeting set today at 2:00 p.m....
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10May2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 10 (PIA) -- The Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Government is scheduled to hold a Jobs Fair in Dipolog City from June 7 and 8, 2012. Ms. Tabing Patangan of the Zamboanga del Norte Public Employment Service Office (PESO), said the jobs fair to be held at Provincial Capitol Complex, is one of the activities lined-up by the Provincial Government during the celebration of 2012 Hudyaka Festival and the 60th anniversary of Zamboanga del Norte. According to Patangan, more or less 40 ...
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10May2012DAPITAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- Around 150 barangay folks, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel and maritime police participated in a forum on climate change organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-9) yesterday at the Barangay Hall of San Vicente. Coastal and Marine Management Division (CMMD) Chief Neneth Ordoño of DENR-9 discussed the things and human activities that contribute to climate change. Ordoño cited that burning our waste harms the environment becaus...
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10May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 9 has prepared activities for the celebration of the Ocean Month. This year’s Ocean Month theme anchors on “Buhay Dagat, Buhay Natin,” in conjunction with the celebration of the International Day of Biological Diversity (IDBD) on May 22 with the theme “Marine Biodiversity” and the “World Migratory Bird Day” on May 12 to 13 with the theme “Migratory Birds and People Together Throug...
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10May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 10 (PIA) -- The Superstar Nora Aunor, her co-stars and the film’s crew have just concluded their shooting recently of Brillante Mendoza’s new film entitled “Thy Womb”- a love drama portraying a Bajau couple’s sacrosanct relationship as husband and wife though unblessed with offspring. The controversial Cannes-film winning director Mendoza said in an interview that “this cultural and dramatic film would portray the people of Mindanao, especially, Tawi-Tawi ...
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10May2012DAPITAN CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-9) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Dapitan City Post have agreed to jointly protect and preserve the marine environment in the area. A memorandum of agreement (MOA) between DENR-9 represented by regional executive director Arleigh J. Adorable and PCG-Dapitan City represented by Commander Romeo W. Tero was formally signed this morning at the Barangay Hall in San Vicente this city. The MOA signing was a...
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09May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- New schools division superintendents/officers-in charge have been assigned to the schools divisions of Dipolog, Dapitan, and Zamboanga del Norte starting this month. In pursuance of the special orders issued by the central office of the Department of Education (DepED) on April 11, Dr. Elsa Refugio-Cruz, officer-in charge of the Zamboanga del Norte schools division has been assigned to Pagadian City schools division as assistant schools superintendent. She was replac...
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09May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 9 (PIA) - - As the entire nation celebrates the month of May as Ocean Month, the provincial office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Zamboanga del Norte has lined up certain activities to highlight the event. Among the activities to be undertaken during the month-long celebration include coastal cleanup, scubasurero (picking up of underwater rubbish), and mangrove tree planting. DENR personnel together with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and ...
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08May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- The by-pass road project that will directly link the city’s east and west coast is set to open this year with the initial P310 million funds now released, Department of Public Works and Highways IX Regional Director Jorge Sebastian Jr. said. Sebastian said that DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson personally assured the implementation of the 34.9 kilometer project that will start from the western barangay of San Ramon, passing through the city’s highlands, and will ...
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08May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- A total of 199 beneficiaries of the government's Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) from Barangay Sicayab, Dipolog City graduated from a Parent Effective Service (PES) Training conducted recently. The said activity was jointly undertaken by the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) IV of Dipolog City in coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office. In press statement released by the City Information Office, ...
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08May2012Cotabato City, May 8 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) celebrated its 30th Anniversary on May 7, Monday with the Theme, “Tatlong Dekadang Serbisyong Tapat, Serbisyong Nararapat.” The Regional Welfare Office-ARMM celebration was attended by different partners from the Regional and local government units, banking institutions, members of OFW family circles, and their families. Among the honorable guests were ARMM Executive Secretary Atty. Anwar A. Malang and DOLE-AR...
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08May2012DAVAO CITY, May 8 (PIA) -- The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Board of Directors held a special meeting recently in Davao City to formally support the creation of a Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC) and one-stop shop processing center (OSSPC). In a press release, MinDA Chairperson Luwalhati Antonino said that they are grateful to the President for the time and effort he exerted to reach out to the people of Mindanao and for providing an opportunity for various sectors to be h...
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08May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) - - The consuming public is being warned against unscrupulous peddlers of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) regulators who go house-to-house plying their wares. An inter-agency group composed of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Dipolog city Licensing Office, Dipolog Consumers’ Watch Group and the Dipolog Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has issued this warning amid reports received by the DTI that there were cunning LPG...
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08May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 8 (PIA) - - In support to the “Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007,” the members of the city council here recently passed the Citizen’s Charter of Dipolog City. The Citizen’s Charter aims to lay down the rules and procedures to be observed by government officials and employees in carrying out their official duties and functions more efficiently and effectively. In pursuance of Republic Act 9485 otherwise known as the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007, the Civil Service Commission (CSC)...
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08May2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 8 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross, Zamboanga del Norte Chapter joins in the celebration on May 8 of the World Red Cross and Red Crescent as it acknowledges donations and support coming from various institutions and individuals. PRC-Zanorte Chapter Administrator Joshua Bicoy, together with PRC Board of directors Chairperson, Engr. Socorro Hamac received four nebulizer machines donated by the Zamboanga del Norte Association of Illinois (ZAMNAI), through Provincial Health offic...
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07May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- The National Food Authority (NFA) is encouraging local rice farmers to increase their production. NFA’s 2011 records reveal that the city’s famers only produce 18 percent of rice that is why some of the rice came from neighboring provinces like Zamboanga Del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, to as far as General Santos City, Ilo-Ilo, Cotabato and Manila. NFA provincial manager Gaudencio Nuega Jr. said, of the city’s 98 barangays, only five of these are into rice prod...
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07May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Dr. Eric Tayag said they are closely monitoring the dengue cases here after they observed a rare strain of dengue circulating in the city. “Sero Type 4 dengue strain has been observed in Zamboanga City,” Usec. Tayag quoted. Tayag said the surge in dengue cases in the city is a bit unusual in this time of the year and is suspecting the circulation of the said dengue strain. According to Tayag, this strain is differ...
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07May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 7 (PIA) -- The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that the oath-taking for those who passed the recent Licensure Examination for Teachers (LET) on March 20 will be held on May 20. Maurin M. Monjardin, Information Officer of PRC-9, said the new teachers are advised to proceed to Window 3 or 4 of the Licensure and Regulation at PRC 9 Pagadian City for details. Passers of LET in any place of examination all over the country may opt to attend the oath-taking cerem...
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07May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 7 (PIA) -- The nutrition radio station DXNO-FM Radyo Komunidad de Isabela City in Basilan marks its first year anniversary last April 25 with fruit-vegetable hunting and it is a classic egg-hunting game with a twist. Locally termed as “Buskahan frutas y gulay na diferentes Barangay” (Fruit and vegetable hunting in the different Barangays), the game was conceived to keep up with the radio station’s mission of promoting health and nutrition in the city. Station ...
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06May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The Philippine-Australian Medical Association (PAMA) in cooperation with the University of the Philippines (UP) "Ugnayan ng Pahinungod," and Rotary Club of Pagadian will conduct a 4fourday medical mission in Pagadian City and Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur from May 21-24. Rotary Club of Pagadian president John Steve Aleman said during the press conference held at Sunburst restaurant here that they want to help the underprivileged and marginalized sectors in our society....
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06May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 6 (PIA) - - The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)-IX assisted 839 individuals who applied for professional identification card renewal, certifications on board examinations, verifications, and other services from that agency during their mobile processing program held here recently. This caused savings, particularly in terms of money saved, and time and effort to these satisfied clientele. Had there been no mobile program, people needing the services of the PRC have t...
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06May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The City Health Office (CHO) raised dengue cases to high alert level after recording 654 cases for the first five months of the year, tripling the number of cases recorded in the same period in 2011. City Health Officer Dr. Rodelin Agbulos said the number is close to an outbreak. “Our records are just 100 cases short to being an outbreak," Dr. Agbulos said. A comparative data from CHO reveal that there were only a little over 200 cases recorded from January to...
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06May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment's Labor (DOLE) Day job fair last Tuesday (May 1) has again attracted thousands of job seekers in the city. DOLE announced that there were at least 13,000 to 14,000 jobs available for region 9. However, more than 90 percent of these jobs are overseas. While the opportunity to work abroad assures most applicants high paying jobs, there are sacrifices to be considered like separation from loved ones . The Technical Educa...
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05May2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 5(PIA) -- The Dipolog City government will soon ink a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the National Food Authority to facilitate rice acquisition for relief operation for the victims of calamities. Meanwhile, another MOA will be signed by Dipolog City Mayor Evelyn T. Uy with the MSME Development Foundation Inc., (MASICAP II) to provide direct assistance to micro, small and medium scale enterprises in the city and countryside business development in this area. This could help...
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05May2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 5 (PIA) -- A total of 63 mothers from Barangay Minaog and 20 from Barangay Lugdungan in Dipolog City have recently graduated from the Infant-Young Child Feeding program conducted by the City Government’s Nutrition Division. According to the City Information Office, the activity was successfully conducted because of the continuous support extended by the barangay folks to the personnel of the Nutrition Division Office, particularly those residing in the hinterlands who need t...
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05May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- To give the public a healthy and smoke-free environment, the city government here has tapped the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help in the enforcement of anti-smoking laws. Forty six (46) policemen have just completed an orientation seminar conducted by the City Health Office (CHO) on the pertinent provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9211 and City Ordinance 196 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 and Anti-Smoking Ordinance, respectively. Sanitation Officer Edg...
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05May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- The Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) here, headed by Mayor Evelyn T. Uy, recently launched the best worker award to give recognition to outstanding workers in the area. In her briefing about this award, Livelihood Skills Development Enhancement Center (LSDEC) manager Angelita S. Collyer emphasized that “the human capital is the most important resource in any economic endeavor” thus, “the workers need to be motivated” for them “to perform to the b...
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04May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 4(PIA) -- To upgrade its capability to track down incidents happening in the province, the Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Police Office (ZNPPO) has adopted the new E-Blotter System Users. The ZNPPO through the leadership of its officer-in charge, Police Supt. Ramon M. Ochotorena has conducted a two-day training about the system at the Zamboanga del Norte Convention and Exhibition Center on May 3 to 4. Crime registrars of all police stations throughout the province have parti...
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04May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- Driven by a strong resolve to provide its scholars with an avenue for self-development, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) Region 9 spearheaded a two-day Scholars’ Conference on April 28 and 29, at the Woodland Resort, Zambowood in this city. A total of 36 scholars from the entire region participated in the various games designed to have them interact and work together for a common goal which focused on self-awareness, team building and effective...
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04May2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, May 4 (PIA) -- The Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography (MSU-TCTO) in cooperation with the Tawi-Tawi Divers Club (TDC) has successfully conducted a two-month introductory course to scuba diving to selected Marine Biology and Environmental Science students. A total of 20 people have participated in the free training, 15 of whom are students of MSU-TCTO and members of the Marine Bio and Environmental Sciences Students’ Association (MA...
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04May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA)-9 is set to implement the Training for Work Scholarship Program all over Zamboanga Peninsula, TESDA-9 Regional Director Engr. Lorenzo G. Macapili said. Engr. Macapili said they are ready to help schools who want to partner with them under this program. “The courses to be offered depend on the schools. They are to identify the program/s; we (TESDA) subsidize the training and assessment cost,” Macapili...
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04May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment 9's (DOLE) recent celebration of the, “2012 World Day for Safety and Health at Work” was highlighted with environmental concern as the agency, together with Occupational Safety and Health Network-9 (OSHNET9) and other government agencies, planted 360 propagules (mangroves) at the Sta. Cruz Island in Zamboanga City. DOLE Regional Director Sisinio B. Cano, in his opening message, said, “We in the Department are mandat...
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04May2012PAGADIAN CITY, May 4 (PIA) -- Ang kagamhanang Aquino misaad pagpanalipod sa mga tigbalita sa nasud sanglit ang kalibutan nagsaulog sa World Press Freedom Day kagahapong adlawa, Mayo 3, ang opisyal sa Palasyo nagkanayon. “Kini ang usa sa mga pinakagawasnon sa Asya ug wala nato gipahunong ang kagawasan sa pagpahayag , gani kamo mga tigbalita ang mahinungdanon nga kabahin sa atong nasud, busa kamo ang among giawhag ,” si Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda nagkanayon atol sa regular press co...
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