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Davao’s Emergency 911

WESTERN MINDANAO

NORTHERN MINDANAO

SOUTHERN MINDANAO

CENTRAL MINDANAO

CARAGA REGION

DOST-SEI graduate scholarships up for grabs

Zambo Norte, adjudged as Region 9’s Most Nutritionally Improved Province

TESDA Specialista program helps ensure employability of graduates

Modern 3-storey BIR building to rise in Bukidnon

Davao Councilor vows fight against child trafficking

Ruby Leonora R. Balistoy, Region X

Carina Cayon, Region XI

Franklin P. Gumapon Region IX

Alfonso T. Ruda, Region IX

Apipa Bagumbaran, Region X

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Aquino leads PAGCOR’s nationwide gift-giving project............................... 13

page 421 7 patrol cars delivered to PRO 13Noel B. Najarro, Caraga Region

Public warned anew on substandard Christmas light decors

Mae Gevera Macapagat, Region XI37

Surigao City spearheads Agri-Industrial Master Plan Workshop for 2012

Annette P. Villaces, Caraga Region22

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19 Solon files bill to declare Mt.Matutum as protected area

Region XII PCOO to utilize “texting” as a communication medium ............................. 14

20 City officials and employees gather for “Family Day” celebration

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Davao’s Emergency 911Cover Story

Around 4 years ago, we were celebrating my brother’s birthday at our house. Around 12 midnight in front of our gate I witnessed a horrific accident involving the driver of a trisiboat or a

makeshift tricycle who hit a sign post at high speed. Immediately we dialed 911.

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Cover Story The call center operator quickly took up our call and asked what’s our emergency. We told the operator about a vehicular ac-cident in front of our house. When she asked of the location I imme-diately blurted our the code 6-04. It was the code of our electric post, which would register in the oper-ator’s Electronic Computer Aided Dispatch or ECAD giving her the pinpoint coordinates of our loca-tion. Several minutes later police and emergency medical crews ar-rived and attended to the victim which unfortunately due to the ex-tent of the trauma suffered died a week later. That incident was my first brush with our Central 911 system. The Davao City’s Central 911 is a fully integrated, computer-ized response system linking the people of Davao City to the emer-gency dispatch system. The city is one of the three locations around the world that uses the emergen-cy number 911, the other two are the countries of United States and Canada. The response system enables people in need of emergency as-sistance to summon the neces-sary aid and emergency services by simply dialing 911.

HOW DAVAO CITY 911 WORKS

By simply dialing 911 thru lan-dline telephone and cellular phone, residents of Davao City can access the Emergency Computer Aided Dispatch System (ECAD), devel-oped by the Geographic Informa-tion System of the Davao Light and Power Co., to easily identify the location of the emergency and dispatch the appropriate respond-er with the least possible delay.


Each house has a code which through the GIS can pinpoint the exact coordinates of an emergen-cy. The code is printed in the elec-tric bills of the Davao Light and Power Company. The emergency response pro-cess goes through the four main stage of call-taking, tracking dis-patching and responding.

SERVICES PROVIDED BY CENTRAL 911

Central 911 provides assis-tance on Police, Medical, Fire, and Rescue Emergencies. It even has its own K-9 unit for cases neces-sitating the use of bomb and drug sniffing canines. It provides ser-vice on a 24/7 basis and is com-pletely free of charge unlike the 911 of U.S. and Canada which ex-

acts fees for emergency services rendered.

CENTRAL 911 EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE

Central 911 EMS is manned by highly trained and competent emergency medical technicians ready to respond to medical emer-gencies. Each 911 ambulance is equipped with the state of the art basic life support and life saving equipment and has communica-tion gadgets linked to all Cal Cen-ter and the Davao Medical Center. Currently the Central 911 has 15 ambulances.

CENTRAL 911 FIRE


The 911 Fire Unit complement the firefighting abilities of the BFP & Other auxiliary units. The 911 Fire Unit is trained and equipped to respond to high-rise fires and even the dreaded inner-skirt fires in highly populated areas in Davao City. The center has three state-of-the-art fire trucks.

CENTRAL 911 URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE

Central 911’s elite USAR unit is equipped with high-tech and cutting edge rescue tools and equipment for various cases like road accident extrication’s, high-angle operation, swift water res-cues, open sea and deep water rescue, confined space operation, and even animal control cases. At its disposal are four rescue trucks, for water-borne operations it has four rubber boats and three fiber-

glass boats.

CENTRAL 911 CALL CENTER

The 911 Call Center is respon-sible for answering emergency calls and logging the appropriate information on the ECAD system. The call takers pinpoint the pre-


cise location of the emergency on GIS maps projected on their com-puter monitors. The information extracted is automatically sent to the dispatcher who deploys the appropriate responder nearest to the scene of emergency.

CENTRAL 911 K-9 UNIT

Another Feature of Davao City’s 911 is its very own K-9 units. Its bomb and drug sniffing dogs were specially trained in the Phil-ippine National Police headquar-ters in Camp Crame. The 911 K-9 unit operates daily at the Davao City International Airport and oth-er strategic places to help curb the threats of terrorism.

PAST AND PRESENT The sophisticated response system traces its roots in 1997 when the City Government and the DLPC came up with a street lighting project. The project show-cased the Power One GIS program of the DLPC which can locate with pinpoint accuracy the location of the street light poles. The power firm customized the GIS into the present ECAD which would be the core of the 911. Under the initiative of then City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the City 911 was established in 2002 as the Central Communications and Emergency Response Center where it functions as a call center and a dispatch center that will link residents to the emergency re-sources in the government. After a year the various services were added. In 2010, the Central 911 was integrated with the Public Safety


Command Center linking it with another sophisticated city govern-ment project- its traffic monitor-ing center. According to Verner Monsan-to, chief of the Central 911, the unit has 300 personnel and receives an average 167 calls per day. Monsanto said that past bud-

get allocations were about P80-million per year but with the re-duction of the city’s internal revenue al-lotment or IRA, about P16-million will be slashed from the past year’s figures. “In reality it will af-fect our operations but we have to work with that.” Monsanto said. Among 911’s plans will be the establish-ment of three satellite 911 response centers in Panacan (northern Davao) which was put up in September of 2011, in Toril (south-ern Davao) slated to be opened this month and in Calinan (west-ern part) tentatively to be launched next year. “Our goal in having these satellite centers

is to cut our response time.” Mon-santo said. Current average response time is about 16 minutes to which Monsanto is not satisfied. “Be-cause in the first eight minutes something will happen to a pa-tient.” Monsanto said.


Aquino joins Volunteer Fire Fighters in celebration of 25th year anniversary

President Benigno S. Aquino III joined the Association of Volunteer Fire Chiefs and Fire Fighters of the Philippines, Incorporated (AVFCFFPI) in celebrating the group’s 25th year of existence at the Centennial

Ballroom of the Manila Hotel on Tuesday.


The Presi-dent also led the induction of the newly elected officers of the AVFCFFPI led by its incom-ing president Jose Go. In his speech keynoting the event, the Presi-dent lauded the association of volunteer fire fighters for their selfless sacrifice of putting their lives on the line to save others. “ I y a n nga po siguro ang diwa ng pagiging vol-unteer: ang p a g - u n a

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kaysa sa sarili; ang pagbubukas ng loob sa kapwa, at ang pagbubuhos ng pawis, at minsan, buhay, upang sigu-ruhing walang maii-wan,” the President said. “ I s a n g henerasyon na po ninyong isinabu-hay ang diwang ito. Dalawampu’t limang taon nang nakaanta-bay laban sa sunog ang Association of Volunteer Fire Chiefs and Fire Fighters of the Philippines In-corporated--walang kinatatakutang peli-gro, buo ang loob na sumusugod upang magligtas ng buhay at ari-arian ng kapwa Pilipino,” he added. The Presi-dent thanked the group for joining government efforts

and enjoined them to continue this part-nership towards bringing progress to the people. “Salamat sa pagiging kasangga ng ating gobyerno sa pagtutulak ng bayan tungo sa tuloy-tuloy na pag-asenso, at sa pagtiyak na hindi iilan lamang ang nakaka-angkas sa progreso,” the President said. “Patuloy po sana tayong magkapit-bisig, magsilbing gabay at maging bu-kal ng pag-asa sa ba-wat paghakbang na-tin sa tuwid na daan. Kasama kayo, sam-pu ng sambayanang Pilipino, abot-kamay na po natin ang ating mga mithiin,” he add-ed. (RCK)


Aquino leads PAGCOR’s nationwide gift-giving project

President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday joined the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) in turning over P4.515-million worth of financial assistance to the Army General Hospital in Fort

Bonifacio, Taguig City which will be used to purchase additional medical equipment for three of the Philippine Army’s hospitals.

The event was part of PAGCOR’s on-going nationwide gift-giving project in cel-ebration of its 25th anniversary, which started on November 25 and will run un-til December 19. On its 18th day, PAGCOR chose the Army Gen-eral Hospital as its

beneficiary. Located at McKin-ley, Fort Bonifacio, the 10-division Army Gen-eral Hospital takes care of close to 200 patients who are undergoing treatment and rehabil-itation, excluding the number of outpatient cases that are being handled daily by the

healthcare facility. PAGCOR re-ported that its P4.515-mil l ion worth of finan-cial aid will be used to p u r c h a s e an ultra-s o u n d m a -


chine for the Kuta Major Cesar Sang-an Station Hospital in Zam-boanga del Sur; a defilbrillator and portable respirator with battery for the Camp Siongco Station Hospi-tal in Maguin-danao; and an acceler-ated pho-top le thy s y n o -

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heart rate machine for the Army General Hospi-tal in Fort Bonifacio. With Defense Sec-retary Voltaire Gazmin by his side, President Aquino also cheerfully distributed bags of gift items from PAGCOR to a roomful of soldiers cur-rently being treated at the Army General Hos-pital in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. PAGCOR’s initiative to lend its hand to the Philippine Army is consid-ered timely as President Aquino earlier reiterated his vow that the govern-ment will reinforce its ef-

forts to improve the lives of soldiers who are man-dated to the country. “Maghahanap pa tayo ng ibang mga paraan upang masiguro na habang iginugugol ninyo ang inyong oras at pagod sa pagbaban-tay sa pambansang ka-ligtasan, doble-kayod din ang pamahalaan sa pagtutok sa pangangai-langan ng kasundalu-han,” the President said in his speech during the change of command ceremony at the Armed Forces of the Philippines general headquarters on Monday morning.

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nos vilicibes i n p r o x i m m o estrur. Si in ta re incla moltod res! Seri pub-lica percestrae adeatu inata, Castra, caver-ipiore, nemed cuppli, tam verfec te per-entilic is.Essolum pop-tere teremus, quem, cae aces Mae efaceret ver-iorum dit. Serem fac rem ilis con Ita, quam p o p u l i -caequo es-t a t i l l e g i n vaginatre, v i v a g i t e imus hoc-tam hoca; nos acesi con Itam verunte con-loc venint iam at, qui con dereo, no terv i r ius spic te, ni-quamdis in in t i lnes trum acesuam qua res egiticen tes se queri public orum et pat nimus aut venatus et? At omanum, pullariam uteatis, us cupiocus, C. Octam erimmorum incurbite erehemq uod-icie muntem dieniam furo ut Cupio, ni int? Tius bon-dam reistra ctoreo imum hi-cio, cononsimure forsum faurehe ntelute rbemorb effre, nit. Na, macior adducon suspess enatuam dem idessena ina, quosse in Itam quas intes cervis. Pa-


PAGCOR’s “Pam-askong Handog 2011: 25 Days of Christmas, 25 Years of PAGCOR” project aims to help at least 25 various hos-pital institutions and charitable non-gov-ernment organizations that cater to the hand-icapped, indigent, ne-glected and sickly in-dividuals. “Instead of spend-ing for a lavish party to celebrate PAGCOR’s silver anniversary, we decided to allot a P25-million budget for a gift-giving project that would reach out to the less privileged sectors of our society for 25 days,” PACGOR chair-man and CEO Cristino Naguiat, Jr. said in a

press statement. Naguiat said PAG-COR has been strictly adhering to President Aquino’s ‘matuwid na daan’ or ‘straight path’ philosophy through the prudent use of re-sources which enabled them to allocate funds for more significant government projects. “Dahil sa tamang paggastos, ang PAG-COR ay mayroong malaking savings na nailalaan para sa mga makabuluhang proyek-to ng ating pamaha-laan katulad ng isang bilyong funding para sa construction ng isanlibong classrooms sa buong kapuluan,” Naguiat shared. For his part, Army

General Hospital Commanding Of-ficer Col. Mariano Mejia said the new hospital equip-ment that will be purchased using PAGCOR’s financial aid will greatly im-prove the delivery of health services for Philippine Army personnel. “Sa station hospitals kasi unang dinadala ang mga battle casual-ties, mga sunda-long nagkaroon ng vehicular accidents at mga depen-dents ng military personnel na nasa malalayong prob-insya. Mayroon naman kaming mga gamit pero luma na at kai-langan nang palitan ‘yung iba,” Mejia explained in a statement. (HDC)


PCOO to utilize “texting” as a communication medium

The Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO) will launch a new communication approach on 2012, aided by an

emerging mass communication system called Short Message Service (SMS) or texting on mobile phones.

On Thursday’s Talk-ing Points program at DZ-RB-Radyo ng Bayan, PCOO Assistant Secretary for Spe-cial Operations Jose Mari Oquinena said preparations are now being done for its formal public announcement on January 25, 2012. Oquinena said the “text-based information sys-tem” is similar to text blast-ing where the public receives text information through their respective mobile phones. “This will be handled by the PCOO - Office of Special Concern,” which he heads. “Beyond informa-

tion, this is how the public can connect with and (give) feedback” input to the Aqui-no government, he said.On the same day, the PCOO will also launch a website that will promote volunteer-ism in the country. Both proj-ects are part of the “Pilipinas Natin” campaign of the gov-ernment, meant to foster a sense of nationalism or love for the country. Oquinena hopes that through these projects, the Filipinos would develop a sense of “pakialam sa bayan” or concern for the coun-try, and enliven the spirit of

“bayanihan” or unity. “What is crucial here is, we want to overcome the challenge of disunity,” he said. He also said that though President Benigno S. Aquino III, whom the Filipino people have voted as their leader, is passionate in mak-ing “change” happen for the development of the country – he still needs the Filipino peoples’ support for this. “This is for the coun-try. So, let’s have a sense of ownership,” he added.


SARANGANI HIGHLANDS, General Santos City - Greek Ambassador Xenia Stefanidou holds a frame of Blaan women photographed at the Lamlifew village in Malungon during a recent visit to Sarangani province which she described as “paradise”. Stefanidou also visited the white sand beaches of Gumasa in Glan. The “tinolang” native chicken that was served according to her was the best soup she had ever tasted. She was thankful to the hospitality of the people of Sarangani. (Russel Delvo)

Greek envoy visits Sarangani

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DENR approval for Area Water Quality Management Fund guidelines soughtby Olivia Sudaria

KORONADAL CITY -- The Regional Development Council, region XII, through a resolution, has requested the Secretary of the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources to fast track the approval of the guidelines for the establishment and operation of the Area Water Quality Management Fund under Republic Act 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.

To push for an early response, Environment Management Bureau, region XII (EMB XII) director Tungko Saikol sought RDC XII’s assis-tance to request the im-mediate action of DENR on approval of the said

quidelines. Saikol disclosed that DENR has estab-lished two (2) Water Quality Management Ar-eas in region XII. The two, according to Sai-kol, are the Silway River WQMA and Sarangani

Bay WQMA. With the approv-al of these guidelines, funds will be available for the operations of the abovementioned Water Quality Management Ar-eas. In a related devel-


opment, Director Saikol proposed for the Water Quality Study for Taplan River in South Cotaba-to.

RDC XII private sector representative Alfredo Bronx Hebrona suggested that Taplan River should be included

as a priority river to be monitored considering the mining development activities in the area.

Solon files bill to declare Mt.Matutum as protected areaKORONADAL CITY -- The Regional Development Council, re-gion XII, through a resolution, has requested the Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to fast track the approval of the guidelines for the estab-lishment and operation of the Area Water Quality Manage-ment Fund under Republic Act 9275 or the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004.

To push for an early response, Environment Management Bureau, region XII (EMB XII)

director Tungko Saikol sought RDC XII’s assis-tance to request the im-mediate action of DENR

on approval of the said quidelines. Saikol disclosed that DENR has estab-lished


two (2) Water Quality Management Areas in region XII. The two, ac-cording to Saikol, are the Silway River WQMA and Sarangani Bay WQMA. With the approv-al of these guidelines, funds will be available for the operations of the

abovementioned Water Quality Management Ar-eas. In a related devel-opment, Director Saikol proposed for the Water Quality Study for Taplan River in South Cotaba-to.

RDC XII private sector representative Alfredo Bronx Hebrona suggested that Taplan River should be included as a priority river to be monitored considering the mining development activities in the area.

City officials and employees gather for “Family Day” celebrationCOTABATO CITY -- More or less a thousand employees of the Co-tabato City government together with local officials led by Mayor Japal Guiani, Jr., took time out from daily busy work schedule to enjoy and relax each other’s company.

For one day last December 9, city of-ficials and employees gathered for their an-nual celebration of “Family Day,” a way of strengthening and en-hancing the working relationship and cama-raderie between and among employees and city officials. Cotabato City Mayor Japal Guiani, Jr., said, the celebra-tion of Family Day is the city government‘s way of acknowledge-

ment to the hardwork and unselfish service in achieving this year’s accomplishments. “We consider our employees as mem-bers of one big family, which needs caring, appreciation of their accomplishments and commitment. This is what we do with the celebration of Family Day,” Guiani said. Expressing his gratitude, the mayor noted the significant

contribution of the city employees in the re-lentless tax collection campaign which led to increased revenues for this year. City officials and employees enjoyed fun-filled activities that included singing and dancing competition, comedy skit, games, among many others aside from the sump-tuous food they shared with guests including the media. (pbchangco)


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Agusan del Sur LGU beefs up local folks’ livelihood programsby Robert E. Roperos

In an effort to uplift the economic condition of the province, the local government unit of Agusan del Sur is strengthening livelihood programs and opportunities for its constituents.


In an effort to up-lift the economic con-dition of the province, the local government unit of Agusan del Sur is strengthening live-lihood programs and opportunities for its constituents. In an interview with a local radio sta-

tion here, Agusan del Sur provincial veteri-narian Dr. Joriz Elevazo admitted that carabeef supply is running low as the Yuletide season approaches. he province of Agusan del Sur is the main source of cara-beef in Caraga Region.

Thus, the provin-cial government is in-troducing other liveli-hood programs such as hog raising, poultry, and swine upgrading so that local folks in the province can still find other means of business opportunities, said Elevazo.


BUTUAN CITY – Seven Toyota Innova patrol cars from the police national headquarters were delivered at Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez the regional headquarters of Police Regional Office 13, Monday.

The patrol cars were assigned unit numbers 831 to 837, and distributed to each recipient police offices at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Five of the patrol cars were assiged to Agusan del Norte, Agu-

san del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, the Regional Po-lice Headquarters and Butuan City Police Of-fice. Caraga PNP Chief CSupt. Reynaldo S. Ra-fal said, in an interview

at his office, that the vehicles had already been designated and marked to the recipi-ent police office when it was delivered to the camp. “So what we will do this afternoon is just to facilitate its

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distribution to the re-cipient office,” Rafal said. The official said that other equip-ments were turned over by Gen. Barto-lome to PRO 13 during his visit which includ-

ed some investiga-tion equipments, civil disturbance manage-ment (CDM) equip-ments, information technology equip-ments such as the 12 laptop computers donated by the Po-

lice Public Safety Mu-tual Benefits, Loans and Savings Associa-tion (PPSMBLSAI) for the use the “eBlotter System” of Butuan City and soon in the province of Agusan del Norte.


Surigao City spearheads Agri-Industrial Master Plan Workshop for 2012by Annette P. Villaces

SURIGAO CITY – The city government here spearheaded recently the Master Planning Workshop on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries at the City Cultural Center.

The 3-day activity, from Dec. 5 to 7, aimed to develop a master plan for the agriculture and fisheries sectors for the year 2012. Engineer Allen Ma-cababayao, the team leader and economic consultant of the city presented an overview of the city’s agricultur-

al master plan, while agriculture and agro-industrial consultant Dr. Rafael Barrozo dis-cussed the Agri-Fisher-ies and Agro-Industrial Development Program (SAFIDEV). The team also discussed the setting up of organic farmer’s market depot, fish and

soya processing plant and cannery, organic dairy processing plant, engineered bamboo plant and training cen-ter, and techno-demo farms and nurseries. Participants of the said event included city employees, media practitioners, farmers and fisherfolks from 54 city barangays.


Fleet-Marines, DENR apprehend Chinese poachers in Balabac by Rene V. Carbayas

J oint elements of Naval Forces West based in Balabac and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) apprehended five Chinese

poachers at 1.5 nautical miles off the coast of Brgy Ramos, Balabac, Palawan, recently.

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The 6th Civil Rela-tions Group of the AFP reported that the arrest of poachers was based on the report that a foreign watercraft is at the vicinity of the said barangay and believed to be conducting ille-gal activities. The report of a concerned individual was crucial to the ar-rest when the military received the report at about 6:30 in the after-noon from a concerned individual on the pres-ence of a speedboat with twin outboard motor at the proxim-ity of Sitio Calugcug, Brgy Ramos, Balabac in Palawan believed to be of foreign national and allegedly poach-ing sea turtles. The military said that upon receipt of the report Major Ferdi-nand D. Atos PN, the commanding officer of Naval Station Narciso Del Rosario (NSNDR), immediately coordi-nated with other law enforcement agencies and the municipal gov-ernment of Balabac for the repudiation of the illegal activity and possible apprehension

of the poachers. A group was or-ganized and divided into two teams com-posed of the person-nel coming from NSN-DR, 212nd marine company of MBLT-12 and the OIC of DENR sub office that is also based in Balabac. The municipal government of Balabac provided the two speedboats that were used by the teams. The military nar-rated that after the briefing at about 8:40 pm of December 1 the

teams discretely pro-ceeded to the location of the reported speed-boat and maneuvered towards the subject upon confirming the information. The crew of the foreign speed-boat however resisted the possibility of arrest and sped away which led to a hot pursuit operation. The poach-ers also tried to bump and ram the speedboat used by a team while trying to evade arrest. ( J P A / 6 C R G A F P /RVC-PIA9 ZBST)

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DOST-SEI graduate scholarships up for grabsDIPOLOG CITY - Young professionals who would like to pursue their master’s and doctorate degrees in the fields of mathematics, science and technology can now apply for a scholarship grant with the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI).

Provincial Director Marcial R. Dahonan of DOST-Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Of-fice (DOST-ZNPO) an-nounced this week that his office has started accepting applica-tions for the DOST-SEI graduate scholarship programs. Interested appli-cants may apply ei-ther for the univer-sity-based Master of Science (MS)/Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

program or the the-sis/dissertation grant support for DOST’s research and develop-ment priority areas. Qualified to ap-

ply for this program are professionals doing research or those from industry, new-

ly graduated students and ongoing MS/Ph.D students in priority science and technol-ogy fields and DOST network schools. Moreover, the ap-plicant must be a Fili-pino citizen, not more than 45 years old at the time of applica-tion, in good health condition, able to pass the admission require-ments for graduate studies at any of the

DOST identified insti-tutions as well as the interview and other screening procedures. Acceptance of ap-plications is open until April 30, 2012. S c h o l a r s h i p awardees may choose from any of the fol-lowing priority fields of study which include agriculture, forestry and natural resources, biological sciences, biotechnology, chemi-cal sciences, earth, at-mospheric and space sciences, environmen-tal sciences, fisheries and marine science, information and com-munication technol-ogy, material science and nanotechnolo-gy, pure and applied mathematics, health and pharmaceutical

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sciences, and pure and applied physics. The scholar will enjoy free tuition and other school fees, monthly stipend of P15,000 for MS pro-gram and P23,000 for Ph.D. program, book allowance of P7,500 per year, transpor-tation allowance of P10,000, group allow-ance of P500 and MS thesis allowance of P30,000 and P60,000 for dissertation. Each scholar is also obliged to render “service obligation” in the Philippines after finishing his/her MS/Ph.D. degree. The schools where the scholars should study are UP-Manila for those who will take up medical

microbiology, parasi-tology, biostatistics, environmental health, epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, phar-macology, pharmacy, health education and promotion, biochemis-try, nutrition, tropical medicine, occupation-al health, bioinformat-ics, dental medicine, rehabilitation science, bioethics and clinical medicine; UP-Diliman for environmental sci-ence, chemistry MBB, biology, microbiology, molecular biology and biotechnology, nutri-tion, sports medicine, human kinetics, pop-ulation studies; UP-Los Baños for applied nutrition, MBB, chem-istry, environmental science and botany; UP-Visayas for biol-

ogy, UST for medi-cal physics, biological sciences, pharmacy, clinical psychology, microbiology, medi-cal technology, chem-istry, physical thera-py and food science; DLSU for biology and chemistry; UERMMMC for epidemiology, Asian health practic-es and tropical medi-cine; SLMC-College of Medicine for molecu-lar medicine; MSU-IIT for chemistry and bi-ology; SLU-Baguio for biology and botany; USC-Cebu for biology and chemistry; VSU for food science and technology, and PWU for medical technol-ogy. (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zambo. Norte)

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Zambo Norte, adjudged as Region 9’s Most Nutritionally Improved Province

by Alfonso T. Ruda

DIPOLOG CITY - Zamboanga del Norte was recently adjudged as the Most Nutritionally Improved Province in the Zamboanga Peninsula Region.

The recognition was given to the Pro-vincial Government of Zamboanga del Norte in an Awarding Ceremony held at Crystal Ballroom Grand Astoria Hotel, in Zamboanga City. According to Ms. Czarfe Lopez, Zam-boanga del Norte Pro-vincial Nutrition Coor-dinator, the award is in recognition of the relentless effort of the Provincial Nutrition Of-fice headed by Ms. Ma. Leila Realiza in moni-toring the implementa-tion of nutrition-related services in the munici-palities and barangays to reduce the cases

of malnutrition in the province. Other awardees include Zamboanga Sibugay, which was awarded with Green banners Awards and Plaque of Recognition for Regional Outstand-ing Nutrition Imple-menter; Zamboanga City, Outstanding City; and Polanco as Out-standing Municipality. Kabasalan, Zam-boanga Sibugay was 2nd Crown Mainte-nance Awardee; Zam-boanga Sibugay, Most Outstanding province; and Dipolog City as the Most Improved City in Nutrition Program Im-

plementation. In her message, National Nutrition Coun-cil Assistant Secretary Maria-Bernardita Flores urged the awardees and other Nutrition Of-ficers to sustain their energetic efforts to at-tain the Millenium De-velopment Goals of the Aquino administration. The awards were personally handed over by Nutrition Program Coordinator Ms. Maria del Pilar Pamela Ta-rossa and Department of Health, Region 9 Di-rector Dr. Aristides Tan. (JPA/RAIcal ina/ATR/PIA9-Zambo Norte)


PDEA-10 chief assures the public to continue its mandate 24/7by Elaine O. Ratunil

The Philippine Drug Enforcement

Agency (PDEA) in Northern Mindanao vowed to continue its mandate 24 hours, seven (7) days a week.

This reiterated Director Roberto S. Opeña of PDEA as he and some of the personnel received awards in recognition for the unselfish and courageous service to the government and the people of this region in its anti-drug campaign, significant of which is the indispensable assistance in the ‘controlled delivery’ that resulted in the seizure of almost 2 kilos of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) worth P20 million. The award, further, cited the operation conducted last November 20, 2011 is the biggest in the

Visayas-Mindanao area and the drug seizure and arrest of a suspected member of a drug syndicate is a step closer of neutralizing the drug menace in the region. Conferred by the Philippine Narcotic Enforcement Officers Association, with its President, Senator Vicente Sotto III, Director Opeña was cited for his exemplary leadership in leading the men and women of PDEA-10 in its anti-drug campaign. Receiving the plaque of recognition from Lawyer Clarence Paul Oaminal, former undersecretary


of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB), Opeña said the PDEA-10 will continue to accelerate its effort against illegal drugs. Meanwhile, Oaminal cited the concerted efforts of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the

campaign against illegal drugs. However, he said we need the help of the community of Northern Mindanao in the fight against illegal drugs and in achieving the vision of a Drug Free Philippines.

TESDA Specialista program helps ensure employability of graduatesby Apipa Bagumbaran

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental - The new program of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) is a strategy to respond to the challenge of ensuring employability of TESDA graduates and certified workers.

John Simborios, TESDA-10 Chief Technical Skills Development Specialist, said the TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program (TSTP) is a holistic approach to help TESDA-trained and certified workers to get into productive undertakings to help themselves and their immediate environment thereby creating employment opportunities. The program will develop a pool of trained and certified TESDA SPECIALISTAs who will respond to the demand of services by the households and their immediate communities thus providing alternative job opportunities for TESDA graduates. TSTP is focused on nurturing TESDA graduates and certified workers

through the establishment of aggrupations or group of related skills and qualifications, he said. The initial aggrupations TESDA aim to develop include building/house repair and maintenance services; beauty care and wellness services; appliance repair services; automotive/vehicle maintenance


services; tourism–related services; health-related services; and computer hardware services. The aggrupation building/house repair and maintenance will include plumbing, electrical, carpentry, masonry, and painting services while the appliance repair aggrupation will include refrigeration and aircon repair services, TV repair services, and other appliance services, Simborios cited. Each aggrupation will be composed of 10 SPECIALISTAs who will be provided with toolkits. TESDA will hire ‘Nurturers’

who will lead and manage the deployment of the SPECIALISTAs on a daily basis, he added. Meanwhile, TESDA SPECIALISTA must be 18 years old and at least high school graduate with TESDA National Certificate Level II while TESDA Nurturer must be a college graduate and must have an experience in community/group organizing, enterprise development and other socio-economic development projects. The TSTP will be launched on December 14, 2011 nationwide.

Modern 3-storey BIR building to rise in Bukidnonby Ruby Leonora R. Balistoy

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon – In response to the government’s call to maintain prudence in government spending, the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Revenue District 99 (BIR-RD99) in Bukidnon recently broke ground for the three-storey office building which will soon rise in Casisang, Malaybalay City.

The site is conveniently located few meters away from the national highway and a short walk from Casisang Elementary School. Atty. Alberto Olasiman, BIR Regional Director for Northern Mindanao, in his speech during the groundbreaking rites, said the proposed modern building worth

Php15.3 million will be constructed in a 600-square meter lot donated by Estelito Marabe, who was a top taxpayer-awardee in terms of corporate and withholding taxes. “The agency could save as much as P45,000 monthly rental fees, owing to the Bukidnon taxpayers support especially to the

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Marabe family who donated the property,” Atty. Olasiman said. “This is another milestone of the agency in keeping with President Benigno S. Aquino’s call for austerity measures in governance. We lauded the noble gesture of the donor,” he added. Myrna Bernardo, Revenue District Officer of BIR-RD99 in Bukidnon, meanwhile, in her message said, “This is a dream come true, because the agency has been leasing office space buildings for more than 30 years now.” “BIR-RD99’s more than 50

hardworking men and women could soon conveniently serve clients throughout the province given the comfortable facilities in the new edifice,” she said. She added that the building will be completed in 255 calendar days (8 to 9 months) as stipulated in the project profile. “With this, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to the donor because this is also in line with the government’s call to be sensible in public spending,” Bernardo ended.

Atty. Alberto Olasiman, Regional Director, BIR Northern Mindanao, (fourth from left) led the groundbreaking ceremony of the proposed 3-storey BIR Bukidnon building in Casisang, Malaybalay City. In photo: (clockwise) Rev. Fr. Armand Paunillan, Engr. Rey Peter Gille, BIR Asst. Regional Director Mamapok Diro and RDO Myrna Bernardo.


PNP beefs up patrol personnelon Xmas season

The Philippine National Police Regional Office has beefed up

its patrol personnel to increase po-lice visibility in time for the Christ-mas season. Police Regional Office director superintendent Jaime Morente said that about 90% of the 5,300 strong

PNP personnel in the region are now assigned for shifting patrol duties. Ordinarily about 75% of these police-men are patrol officers while others are on administrative duties. Morente said that police officers doing administrative work will be as-signed for morning patrol duties from

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the directive of PNP chief Director –General Nicanor Bartolome to have policemen on administrative duty do patrol work. Aside from office policemen other units like the Regional Mobile Group and other special groups are also spreading out in streets for added police visibility in the form of mobile and foot patrols and checkpoints. Morente said that based on Oplan Pasko 2011, the PNP will con-centrate on the deployment of uni-formed personnel on crime prone ar-eas and to intensify covert anti-crime operations led by police intelligence agents. Coordination with barangay

tanods and security guards are also being implemented. The regional director also has advised the Davao City Police Office to have night patrol personnel to cov-er various nightspots in the city. Morente said that he has ob-served that there many beautiful places in Davao City where people converged during nighttime like Peo-ple’s Park and those places filled with Christmas lights. The police has warned the pub-lic to be cautious and vigilant as inci-dents of crime and robberies are ex-pected to increase this approaching Christmas season.

Davao Councilor vows fight against child trafficking by Carina Cayon

DAVAO CITY– City Councilor Atty. Leah Librado vowed to continue her support and solidarity with children’s rights advocates in a campaign against child trafficking. The Councilor made the pledge before members of the Davao City Inter-Agency Council Against Traf-ficking, various non-government or-ganizations and government agen-cies during Monday’s observance of the International Day Against Traf-ficking in Person (TIP). As part of her program for the protection of children’s rights and welfare in the city, Librado said that her office is eying the “crafting of local laws pertinent to the resolu-tion of issues on Trafficking in Per-son.”

Anchoring on the event’s theme stating, “Komunidad Palaka-sin, Child Trafficking Sugpuin!,” she emphasized on the “significance of an empowered, strong community against child trafficking.” She said though that the “glar-ing reality that TIP will not be solved without addressing, foremost, pov-erty and the lack of awareness of the people.” “Our efforts in the city to ad-dress the issue on TIP are not di-vorced from our efforts in resolving the root cause of poverty, such as providing adequate social services and decent employment,” the lady Councilor stated.


Librado said that empowering the community against TIP “can only be truly realized and sustained if we will have a stable economy, politics and culture.” She said that most of the vic-tims of TIP are those who belong to the low earning families in Davao City and elsewhere. “These victims are gambling their lives, swallowing a bitter pill just to survive. These are the sto-ries we need to hear and dig in every victims of trafficking,” she said. Librado also disclosed that her office is working for the ratification of the Juvenile Facility ordinance, aiming to provide comprehensive

intervention for the Children at Risk and Children in Conflict with the law. She said that the city deemed this ordinance necessary to pro-tect the welfare of the children and families as well. Librado chairs the 16th Davao City Council committee on women and children, and co-chairs DCIA-CAT with Mayor Sara Duterte as chair. According to Wikipedia, hu-man trafficking is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery.

Public warned anew on substandard Christmas light decors by Mae Gevera Macapagat

DAVAO CITY- With 13 fire inci-dents since the start of the holi-day season here in the city, Davao Central 911 head Col. Verner Mon-santo reminded the public to be more careful with Christmas light decors as these appeared to have caused fire cases in the city. The Bureau of Fire support-ed this claim as most of the cas-es investigated by the agency are caused by faulty wirings. “ Some of the lights used as Christmas decors are substandard. To avoid fire incidences, we are suggesting that they only those lights which passed the standards.” he said.

Davao’s 911 head also ad-vised the public not to make more than three connections as these are prone to electric problem and might be the cause for a fire inci-dent. Starting December 16 as Cath-olics start to attend “Misa de Gallo” or Nine Mornings, Monsanto advised churchgoers to turn off Christmas light decors especially when there’s no one left in the house. Concerned agencies like The Bureau of Fire and the 911 recorded last Friday’s fire incident at Magal-lanes Riverside which gutted 50 houses as the biggest incident this quarter. (Mai Gevera-Macapagat)

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