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PIA REGIONAL OFFICESWestern Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula)

P. Urro Street, San Francisco DistrictPagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur 7016Telephone no. (062) 215-1480 / 925-0038Cellphone no. 0908-8843404E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.piazampen.blogspot.comFacebook: PIA WesMin Info Bliz

Northern Mindanao

Graces’ Building, Antonio Luna StreetCagayan de Oro City 9000Telefax No. (08822) 72-66-83Telephone no. (088) 856-8178 / 729-594Cellphone no. 0928-5204305 0917-3084969E-mail: [email protected] [email protected]: www.pia-10.blogspot.com

Southern Mindanao (Davao Region)

2/F Kanto Motors Bldg.,Quimpo Blvd., New MatinaDavao City 8000Telephone no. (082) 297-0991 / 301-8580Telefax no. (082) 297-0992 / 304-2044Cellphone no. 0917-7053606 / 0918-9202950E-mail: [email protected]

Central Mindanao (SOCCSKSARGEN)

Provincial Capitol Compound Bautista Bldg., Zulueta St.Koronadal City, South Cotabato 9506Telephone no. (083) 520-0249Telefax no. (083) 228-9736 / 228-9739 / 520-0100Cellphone no. 0921-6873373 / 0928-5204307E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga)

Vice Mayors’ League of the Philippines Bldg.,J. Rosales Avenue, Butuan CityTelephone no. (085) 341-5285 / 360-1239Telefax no. (085) 341-2370Cellphone no. 0917-7188834Email: [email protected] , [email protected],phBlogspot: www.piacaraga.blogspot.comFacebook: PIA Caraga Updates, PIA Agusan del Norte, Pia Agusan del Sur, Pia Surigao del Norte, Pia Surigao del Sur

Today’s issue... Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 Vol. 1 No. 171

South Cotabato Mayor supports pro-active information program

PRO 13 promotes 751 personnel

Municipality of Las Nieves to provide mortuary aid to residents

First relief convoy arrives in Iligan’s remotest barangays

Join the “Nationwide Contest for the Best E-trike Design” and win Php200,000

Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob, Northern Mindanao

Olivia Sudaria, Central Mindanao

PSupt Martin M Gamba, Caraga Region

JACorvera, Caraga Region

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DA plans to replicate MRDP in Luzon 22

Creation of Philippine Information Agency is a milestone in country’s new concept of governance, says Coloma

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MOA set to increase Zambo City’s watershed area to 17,000 has.

Michael Vincent D. Cajulao, Western Mindanao

DSWD 12 to promote public-private partnership in its livelihood programs25

PNoy’s electrification program targets 60 percent of sitios, puroks to be energizedClaro A. Lanipa, Western Mindanao

Aquino lays out plans to help transport sector cope with fuel price increases 12 8

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Executive Editor ……......... EFREN F. ELBANBUENA Cluster Head, Southern, Western and Central Mindanao Regional Director, PIA Region XI

Managing Editor ……......... ABNER M. CAGA Cluster Head, Northern and Northeastern Mindanao Regional Director, PIA Caraga Region Officer-in-charge,PIARegionX

Associate Editors ……....... NOEMI B. EDAGA Regional Director, PIA Region IX

OLIVIA T. SUDARIA Regional Director, PIA Region XII

Regional Desk Editors …... Jocelyn P. Alvarez, PIA Region IX Elaine O. Ratunil, PIA Region X Rudolph Ian G. Alama, PIA Region XI Danny E. Doguiles, PIA Region XII Robert E. Roperos, PIA Caraga Region

Copy Editors ……………….. Robert E. Roperos, PIA Caraga Region Nora C. Lanuza Molde, PIA Caraga Region

Layout Artists ……………... Gerie Mae G. Coco, PIA Caraga Region Richard D. Atillo, PIA Caraga Region Editorial Advisers :

ATTY. JOSE A. FABIADirector-General

Philippine Information Agency

SEC. HERMINIO “Sonny” B. COLOMAPresidentialCommunicationsOperationsOffice

EDITORIAL BOARD

Cover Story

Public-Private Partnership

gains ground in Butuan City

CMO-PIOCaraga Region

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012 Vol. 1 No. 171

South Cotabato Mayor supports pro-active information program

PRO 13 promotes 751 personnel

Municipality of Las Nieves to provide mortuary aid to residents

First relief convoy arrives in Iligan’s remotest barangays

Vincent N. Labial, Northern Mindanao

Join the “Nationwide Contest for the Best E-trike Design” and win Php200,000

Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob, Northern Mindanao

PSupt Martin M Gamba, Caraga Region

JACorvera, Caraga Region

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DA plans to replicate MRDP in Luzon Mai Gevera Macapagat, Southern Mindanao


MOA set to increase Zambo City’s watershed area to 17,000 has.

Michael Vincent D. Cajulao, Western Mindanao

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DSWD 12 to promote public-private partnership in its livelihood programs

Dennis Domingo II, Central Mindanao

PNoy’s electrification program targets 60 percent of sitios, puroks to be energizedClaro A. Lanipa, Western Mindanao

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Aquino lays out plans to help transport sector cope with fuel price increases

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Cover Story

Public-Private Partnership gains groundin Butuan City

In July 2011, Toyo University first brought the idea to the Butuan LGU about conducting a study on possible Public-Private Partnership

(PPP) projects in Butuan City.

by CMO-PIO

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Today, six months after that initial contact, Butuan City is attracting more and more interest from foreign investors who are willing to undertake projects in Butuan City under the PPP scheme. Butuan City was the first target of the studies of the Toyo University PPP Graduate School outside of Japan. This was an initial step to the establishment of the Asian PPP Institute (APPPI), launched in Tokyo on November 15, 2011. APPP Director and professor Sam Tabuchi, together with 10 PPP graduate students, came to Butuan City in September 2011 to conduct their intensive field study on possible PPP projects for the city. For one week, Tabuchi’s team visited proposed project sites such as Masao Port, Butuan Medical Center, and Langihan Public Market. Interviews were also conducted

with representatives from the City Government and Regional Line agencies, the private business sector and the academe. The team concluded their visit with the presentation of their initial report to city officials and other stakeholders. The final report “PPP Possibilities for the Future of Butuan City” was presented in Tokyo, Japan on November 2011 and attended by representatives from the region. The Toyo University final report presented several areas where PPP can be applied in Butuan City. The report included recommendations in the field of agriculture, recycling, waste conversion, economic enterprise, and tourism. One such recommendation is the mechanization of the agriculture industry to improve rice production. According to the report, Butuan City can recycle unused farming equipment


from Japan such as the ones used in the town of Itakura, Gunma-ken, Japan. The report also highlighted the need to establish an Agricultural Cooperative which will address the needs of the Butuanon farmers. Another noteworthy recommendation is the conversion of waste to energy or organic fertilizer. The Toyo PPP Team lauded Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr.’s program on Solid Waste Management and the implementation of waste segregation at the household level through the “Clean Gorund, Zero Waste” program of the City Government. This particular field drew the interest of several Japanese companies and pushed them to pursue investment talks with Butuanon entities. After the presentation, Toyo University signed a Memorandum of Understanding for future collaboration with Father Saturnino Urios University, Caraga State University and Saint Joseph Institute of Technology. The Philippine Investment Environment Seminar also followed suit where investment opportunities in Butuan City were presented to representatives from the Japanese business sector. Following the release of the report and as recommended by Toyo University, Mayor Amante signed Executive Order No. 51 on December 29, 2011, creating Butuan City’s PPP Executive Team. This is the first major step so that the local PPP efforts can move forward. The PPP Executive Team is tasked to “initiate, catalyze, conceptualize, systematize, steer, coordinate, and oversee the dynamic pursuit


of the economic agenda through PPP.” And just last January 17-18, 2012, Tabuchi revisited Butuan City to check on the progress of the City Government in relation to the Toyo PPP report. He congratulated Mayor Amante on the creation of the PPP Executive Team, which made Butuan City the first LGU in the Philippines to do so. To date, three Japanese companies have expressed interest

to invest in Butuan City. A group of professors from Toyo University is also set to arrive on March 2012 to pursue the plans of offering a short course on PPP to local government workers and businessmen, in cooperation with FSUU, CSU, and SJIT. With all these developments in Butuan City, Butuanons remain hopeful that Butuan can grow into a booming economic center in Mindanao and relive its glorious past as a vital trading port in Asia.


ACROSS THE NATIONAquino leads 25th Anniversary rites of the Philippine Information Agency

President Benigno S. Aquino III stressed the importance of cooperation in the formulation of solutions to the challenges rather than being part of the problem as he urged them to continue supporting the government’s various efforts to effect reforms towards achieving sustainable progress

and development in the country.

In his speech during the 25th Anniversary

c e l e b r a t i o n of the

Philippine Information Agency (PIA) at its main office at the Visayas Avenue in Quezon City on Wednesday, the

President cited the relevance of proper information handling and


dissemination.“Muli’t muli po nating

ididiin ang halaga ng ating pagkakaisa sa pakikibahagi sa solusyon, sa halip na dumagdag pa sa problema. Kakambal ng isinusulong nating katarungan sa lahat ng antas ng pamamahala ang pagtataguyod ng pangmatagalang kaunlaran sa ating bansa,” the President said.

“Patuloy po nating palaganapin ang liwanag ng pagbabago, at patibayin pa ang ating pagkakapit-bisig tungo sa pagkakamit ng tunay na kasaganahan sa ating bayan,” he added.

The President acknowledged the PIA’s role in efforts to ferret out the truth for the benefit of the country and the Filipino people.

“Ito (PIA) ang magiging kasangga natin sa paglalabas ng katotohanan hindi paminsan-minsan kundi palagian… at iyon po ang inaasahan natin sa kanila… na talagang mabibigyan ang ating mga kababayan ng tunay at tamang impormasyon

sa tamang oras para naman po

m a k a -

desisyon ang ating mga mamamayan ng tama parati,” President Aquino said.

He added that through the PIA, significant data are made known to the people, eventually making them equipped to decide on matters of national interest.

The Chief Executive also expressed high hopes that the launching of PIA’s newest technological tools in information management would lead to a better and more intelligent citizenry.

“Iyan po ang palagay kong buod ng inyong mandato, hindi po magpa-pogi kanino man, kundi para tulungan na mabigyan ng kakayahan at kapangyarihan ang ating mga mamamayan maka-desisyon ng tama sa lahat po ng panahon. Inaasahan ko po na iyan ang mangyayari sa inyong mga bagong pamamaraan,” the President said.

During the event, President Aquino led in launching the agency’s new website, text blast system and art gallery.

Witnessing the simple ceremonies are cabinet officials led by Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)

Secretary Herminio “Sonny” B. Coloma Jr., Health Secretary Enrique Ona, Environment and Natural resources Secretary Ramon Paje, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Director General Joel Villanuevaa and Commission on Human Rights Chairperson Etta Rosales.

Also in attendance were Quezon City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte, PIA Director General Jose Fabia and Philippine Broadcasting Service Director Tito Cruz, among others.

President Aquino also witnessed the turn over of the symbolic discs by Fabia to Presidential C o m m u n i c a t i o n s Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) Undersecretary Manolo Quezon III. The discs contain PIA’s collection, which were handed over to the Presidential Museum and Library under the PCDSPO.

The New PIA Website (www.pia.gov.ph) is the new face of the Agency in the online microcosm. It is a vast improvement f r o m


Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” B. Coloma Jr. considers the creation of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) as a milestone showing the country’s new concept of governance

where communication is utilized in pushing for the well-being and development of the Filipino people.


the previous website as it incorporates an interactive feature allowing real-time feedback mechanism while providing access to timely news and photos around the country, updates on government programs and projects, official pronouncements, and links to other government portals.

The PIA Text Blast is a Public-Private

Partnership project of the PIA and the National Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n s Commission with the major telecom companies. It serves as a platform for sending free short messaging system (SMS) on vital government information to mobile phone users nationwide.

Among the SMS that will be sent for free include Presidential

p r o n o u n c e m e n t s , information on people’s health, updates on government programs, services and news advisories.

The PIA Art Gallery provides a venue for budding artists to showcase their outstanding works of art and at the same time, inspire others to promote Filipino culture through different art forms. (JCL)


In an ambush interview during the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Philippine Information Agency at the its main office at the Visayas Avenue in Quezon City on Wednesday, Secretary Coloma said that the PIA’s establishment, through Executive Order No. 100 issued December 24, 1986 in accordance with the revolutionary legislative powers of then President Corazon C. Aquino under the 1986 Freedom Constitution, is one of the significant fruits of the Edsa People Power revolution.

He said that the Agency will never again be used as a propaganda tool by the government as practiced prior to its inception.

“The PIA was established by an Executive Order, which is a law that was enacted when President Corazon Aquino had legislative powers and it is a very significant milestone because it is a fruit of the Edsa People Power revolution, that we now have a new concept of communication and a new concept of governance

that communication will never again be

used as a

propaganda tool but used for the well-being and for the development of our people… that is the significance of the milestone that we are observing today,” Coloma said.

“Binabati ko po lahat ng mga kasapi ng organisasyon ng PIA, mga kawani, mga opisyal, regional directors, staff directors, at lahat ng mga stakeholders natin, kabilang na ang iba’t-ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan sapagkat ito pong PIA ay nag-e-exist para makapaglingkod sa ating mga mamamayan, para sa mga government agencies at para sa kapakanan ng buong Sambayanang Pilipino,” Coloma noted.

Upon its creation, the PIA was envisioned to provide a free flow of accurate, timely and relevant information that will assist the people in decision-making and identification of opportunities to improve the quality of life. It also enables the citizenry to participate meaningfully in the democratic processes.

Its tasks include the establishment and maintenance of selected r e g i o n a l / p r o v i n c i a l information centers on community needs

for use in planning communications programs and provide basic information of government and on areas of particular interests to the community it serves.

The PIA is also mandated to perform the following provision of technical assistance to other government agencies on the communication component of their programs; initiate the planning and implement the information programs of national scope; assessment of information needs of the people through opinion polls and surveys to be used to systematically obtain the public’s needs and views on government programs, and to plan information programs; lead in the conduct of research studies for policy formulation and the evaluation of information program effectiveness; and the upgrading of skills of government information officers, rural broadcasters, communicators, journalists and other communications personnel through training services and/or consultancy, among others. (JCL)


Aquino lays out plans to help transport sector cope with fuel price increasesPresident

Benigno S. Aquino

III detailed Wednesday plans of the administration to help the transport sector cope with the effect of the continuing fuel price increases part of which is to work out a 30-day buffer supply of petroleum products.

The President said he has asked for an update on the movement of fuel prices from the Department of Energy (DOE) adding that while there are recent increases in prices these adjustments are minimal compared to last year prices.

“Yung sinisigurado natin na mayroon tayong nasa 24 days (buffer stock), kung hindi ako nagkakamali. We’re targeting that instead

of just 24 and a half days there is

a 30-

day buffer supply. That’s number one,” the President told reporters in an interview during the Philippine Information Agency’s (PIA) 25th anniversary celebration on Wednesday in Quezon City.

The government is also continuing the Pantawid Pasada program that helps the transport sector cope with the increases in fuel prices.

“Ang Pantawid Pasada program, there’s still

an allocation of roughly something like about P200 million plus remaining balance. In short, we don’t need a new funding for it. Puwede pa nating gamitin yung dati para ma-service yung roughly about 60 percent,” the President said.

The government can still provide two cycles of Pantawid Pasada without increasing the funding, the President said. The


government has enough money after the Land Transportation Office (LTO) and the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) reviewed the list of legitimate franchised holders who are entitled for government support.

The chief executive said his administration is also working out to create a mechanism that could directly link drivers and transport operators to manufacturers

and suppliers so they can get cheaper

materials and spare parts for their vehicles.

“Maraming schemes pero yung pinaka-workable, kakausapin natin yung mga manufacturers, magbubukas ng mga factory outlets diretso na sa kanila, bawas yung profit ng middleman, para mabawasan yung gastos nila sa kanilang mga pagpapatakbo ng mga sasakyan,” he said.

\There are also loans available to transport cooperatives planning to set up their own gasoline stations. The President said t h e

Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and the Philippine National Bank (PNB) can give up to P10-million per gasoline station.

According to the President, this scheme is now being implemented in Baguio City, saying that part of the program is training in the downstream improvement of the energy sector.

The President also issued a warning against the illegal bus operators to abide by the law. (AS)


PNoy confers Galing Pook 2011 award to Misamis Orientalby Elaine O. Ratunil President

Benigno Simeon

Aquino III conferred a Plaque of Outstanding Program to Misamis Oriental with its local peace building initiative project, “The Lantad Peace-Building Experience: Turning Red to Green in Misamis Oriental” (From a ‘No Man’s Land’ to a Land of Hope/Strategic Innovations in Upgrading Misamis Oriental’s Provincial Peace and Order Council).


Representing the province of Misamis Oriental, Governor Oscar S. Moreno received the Galing Pook Awards at the Rizal Ceremonial, January 30. Sitio Lantad’s transformation from a war zone in the 1980’s to a Special Agrarian Reform Community in 2007 is a prime example of how peace and development efforts should be pursued – not by might, but through sincere and concrete efforts to reach out and make a difference in people’s lives. Under the program, the province selected Sitio Lantad in Barangay Kibanban, Balingasag town as a showcase for its paradigm shift in addressing the insurgency in Misamis Oriental by focusing on peace building instead of war and brute force to win the hearts and minds of people by subduing the real enemies of peace: poverty and ignorance. Gov. Moreno said the Lantad Changers included the Core Group, Department of Agrarian Reform, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, Department of Interior and Local Government, Commission on Human Rights, National Commission of Indigenous Peoples, Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Municipal Government of Balingasag, Barangay Government of Kibanban. Archdiocesan Center for Concern Empowerment and Services, Interfaith (Roman Catholic Church; Iglesia Filipina Independiente; Muslim; and United Methodist), Balay Mindanaw, Balaod Mindanaw, German Doctors,

Gising Barangay Movement, Philippine Coalition for International Criminal Court-Building Bridges for Peace and the media. The Misamis Oriental LGU’s painstaking efforts to build roads and open up the community for trade and commerce helped them gain the trust of the Higaonons, indigenous people of Sitio Lantad. The eventual peace-building program demonstrates the paradigm shift from reactive to a proactive council advancing social equity, people empowerment and access to the best possible social services. The awardees of the Galing Pook are chosen from a national search of local governance programs, evaluated through a multilevel rigorous screening process based on positive results and impact, promotion of people’s participation and empowerment, innovation, transferability and sustainability, and efficiency of program service delivery. Pres. Aquino III cited the important role of local government units as partners of the Aquino administration in pushing for developmental projects focusing on poverty alleviation, education and health as part of his social contract with the Filipino people. He said through good governance as a result of constant cooperation from the national and local governments with the unwavering support from the people, the country will fulfill sustainable progress and development. Further, he underscored the importance of unity and cooperation


as essential tools in attaining the objectives in the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals. The Galing Pook awards is a program that recognizes innovations and excellence in local governance. This year, a total of 137 entries were submitted: 55 from Luzon, 33 Visayas and 49 Mindanao. The 10 awardees for 2011 are Sarangani Province (Justice on Wheels); Misamis Oriental (Turning red to green); Upi Maguindanao (rural community e-Center); Zamboanga

del Norte (empowering the Subanen people); Limasawa Southern Leyte (poor municipality can eliminate nutrition); Alimodian Iloilo (bringing high schools closer to home); Bohol province (rabies prevention and elimination); Maribojoc Bohol (LGU-led cadastral survey); Albay province (health strategy for MDG attainment); and Real, Gen. Nakar, Infanta and Panukulan in Quezon Province (community-based mental health management).

First relief convoy arrives in Iligan’s remotest barangaysby Vincent N. Labial

TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – More than a month after deadly Tropical Storm Sendong hit Iligan City, huge quantity of relief goods finally arrived in the remotest barangays of Iligan.

In the multi-sectoral relief opera-tion led by the provincial LGU of Lanao del Norte, twelve army trucks arrived in the interior barangay of Rogongon to deliver essential goods, food items, school supplies and rice packs to vic-tims of the deadliest storm to hit the country for 2011. This was the first relief operation which used a land convoy to deliver the relief assistance. In previous humanitarian opera-tions, relief goods had to be flown in via helicopter after parts of the Iligan-Bukidnon road became impassable due to massive landslides triggered by heavy rains. “This is our humble way of show-

ing the Iliganons that Lanao del Norte cares and that we are one with them in this horrific tragedy. Governor Kha-lid Dimaporo has also sent our doctors to conduct free clinic in this very re-mote area,” Information Officer Lyn-don Calica said. More than a hundred children also eagerly participated in the kiddie party organized by Dunkin’ Donuts-Iligan at Calamalamahan Elementary School, Rogongon. The pupils received donuts, masks, tumblers and umbrel-las from the local branch of Dunkin’ Donuts. “We are happy to partner with the provincial government on this laudable event, especially since we are


doing this for the Sendong survivors,” Dunkin’ Donuts Manager Nancy Redila expressed. Aside from the distribution of rice packs containing three (3) kilos of commercial rice each, the Lanao del Norte LGU also gave free medicines to residents who availed of the free clinic at the barangay multi-purpose hall. Among the civic organizations and NGOs who participated in the massive relief operation were Kiwanis Club (Industrial City), MSU-IIT MPC Cooperative Social Responsibility Committee, PAILIG Development Foundation, and the Rotary Club of Uptown Iligan. “We really need everyone’s help to rebuild and rehabilitate Iligan. That is why, we are again partnering

with Lanao del Norte in delivering the much-needed relief assistance to the victims of Sendong,” said Rotarian Past President Mary Ann Superable-Nacion. During the short program held at the barangay hall, 2nd District Representative Fatima Aliah Dimaporo encouraged the local residents of Rogongon and Digkilaan that, “life can still be beautiful after Sendong. We just have to work together and help each other through this dark period.” To reach the distribution site, Dimaporo and the rest of the convoy had to travel for two-hours over treacherous winding roads before reaching Iligan’s remotest barangay. Provincial employees from the Information Office, Community Affairs Office, Health Office, Disaster and


Risk Reduction Management Office, and Social Welfare and Development Office were also at hand to facilitate in the humanitarian campaign. In the event, PAILIG Development Foundation also officially launched its 5Rs for Iligan: Relief, Recovery, Renewal, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction led by its Managing

Director Bobby Quijano. “We are happy that Congresswoman Aliah Dimaporo personally visited our place to inspire the people. And we are also thankful to Lanao del Norte and all the organizations who made this relief operation possible” Brgy. Councilor Arnel Ruelan expressed.

Join the “Nationwide Contest for the Best E-trike Design” and win Php200,000by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

OZAMIZ CITY, Misamis Occidental – Want to win a major prize of Php200,000 or a consolation of Php50,000?

Well, then, Join the “Nationwide Contest for the Best E-Trike Design” of the Department of Energy (DOE) and win these prizes. The contest aims to generate a 2D and 3D computer-aided drawings of the best aesthetic and functional design for the future Philippine E-trike-look autoCAD. Also to showcase modern tricycle innovation, the contest aims to adapt to winning E-trike design in the implementation of the E-Trike Project of DOE with the theme: “Bright Now! Do Right. Be Bright. Go E-trike.” Basically, the E-trike (electric generated tricycle) must have a maximum of six (6) passengers excluding the driver and that it must be a three (3)-wheeled electric vehicle. For easy reference, design contestants may view these 3-wheeled electric vehicles at the DOE website:

www.doe.gov.ph, now deployed in some local government units (LGU’s). However, all designs to be submitted must be original, new, have not been used for any commercial or demonstration purposes. Open to all Filipino citizens of legal age, 18 years old and above, whether individual or group residing in the Philippines, design contestants must fill up completely the Official Registration Form (ORF), which can be downloaded at the DOE website: www.doe.gov.ph or at PIA website: www.pia.gov.ph. Design contestants are also required to produce 2D and 3D CAD drawings of the E-trike design using the Auto CAD software with corresponding design description to be submit in both CD and hard copy (A3 size) and enclosed in a sealed


envelope. A duly notarized Oath of Ownership of the submitted design must accompany the completely filled-up ORF and design, which must be submitted either personally or sent by courier, not later that Feb. 17, 2012 to the: Nationwide E-trike Design Contest, c/o Energy Utilization Management Bureau, Dept. of Energy, Merritt Road, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City 1631. Criteria of the contest include the following: aesthetics/creativity, 50%, originality/innovation, 20%, safety and functionality, 20%, with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to provide a simplified safety checklist, and Ergonomics or ease of passengers’ entry/accessibility, space requirements, total passenger comfort, 10%. Ten 10 winners will be chosen, of which the top three (3) will receive P200,000 each and be acknowledged at the DOE official website: ww.doe.gov.ph and have the designs for possible adoption in the E-trike Project of DOE, while the other seven (7) will receive Php50,000, each as consolation prizes. For more details, please contact DOE at tel. nos. 840-2214 or 4792900 local 209.


DavSur to launch ‘Run to Plant’ for Greening Philippines by Carina Cayon

A Private-Public-Partnership involving

the local government units, private sector, academe and civil society in the province is set to launch the Run to Plan for Greenin Philippines on February 20, 2012. In fulfillment to the National Greenin Program (NGO), the pro-vincial government, the Holy Cross of Bansalan College, the Ramon

Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI) and the Lao Integrated Farms, Inc. agreed on January 23 to carry out together the run for the environ-ment activity. A memorandum of agreement will be sealed during the launching activity that will involve the signa-tures of Governor Douglas Cagas representing the provincial govern-ment of Davao del Sur and Holy Cross of Bansalan president RVM Sr. Maria Fe Gerodias. Also part of the MOA signato-ries are RAFI chief operating officer Dominica Chua to represent the civ-il society and LIFI owner and chief executive office Benjamin Lao who will stand for the private sector.

Prior to the launching, an orien-tation activity to tackle on the NGP as well as the rationale and details of the run is scheduled on February 8 at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan


Session Hall in Barangay Matti, Di-gos City. Davao del Sur provincial information officer Nilda Aninon said that the orientation will be participated in by the 14 municipal mayors and Digos City mayor, and the provincial officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Aninon said that the Run to Plant for Greenin Philippines is an initiative of RAFI that aims to help the local government in its sustain-able reforestation program as man-dated under Executive Order No. 26 or the NGP in a bid to fight against climate change. The Greenin Philippines ini-tiative stands for Generation, Re-demption and Expansion of Natural Resources. President Benigno Aquino III signed the EO 26 on February 24, 2011 that aims to plant 1.5 billion

trees covering about 1.5 million hectares nationwide for a period of six years from 2011 to 2016. Aninon said that Gov. Cagas issued on November 23 last year the provincial Executive Order No. 37 in effect to the implementation of the NGP in the province. In April 2011, the convergence initiative of DENR, Department of Agriculture and Department of Agrarian Reform in Davao del Sur had also started implementing the NGP by identifying an aggregate of 200-hectare area for the convergence. About 500 hills of trees are planned to be planted per hectare, which would bring about 100,000 planted trees as required per province under the NGP. The DENR-DA-DAR convergence has also begun employing its social mobilization program that involves students, religious sector, academe and the civil society groups.

did you know...Davao cinema historically traces its roots to a little-known fact that it had a small Bisayan film industry in the 1950s until the early part of the 1970s. Three decades later with the resurgence of digital movies, Davao cinema have slowly reawakened with a new young breed of filmmakers buoyed by fresh initiatives like filmmaking workshops, short film and full-length digital movie productions and annual film festivals.


DA plans to replicate MRDP in Luzonby Mai Gevera Macapagat

DAVAO CITY– The Department of Agriculture (DA) is now planning to replicate the Mindanao Rural Development Program (MRDP) in Central Luzon after receiving favorable feedback from the local government units covered in the program as well as a favorable assessment from the World Bank. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala, during his visit in the city Monday, bared that the agency is now working together with the World Bank team in preparing for a feasibility study on how to replicate certain features of the MRDP could be of use in other programs of the department. “In particular we would like to ensure that the lessons on National Government-LGU engagement are shared with the new program.” said Alcala. World Bank representative Carolina Figueroa-Geron said that the plans of replicating MRDP is possible given that the DA will have to work it out and bring the decentralization model to other parts of the country. “MRDP 1 and 2 are very good examples that have happened in Min-danao and could also be utilized in other LGUs”, Geron said. MRDP promotes national government and local government cooperation by way of cost-sharing in

agricultural projects proposed by the people in the community. The entire project has a total of $123.57 million; $83.75 million of which is sourced from the World Bank loan portfolio plus the equity of the national government and local government units. Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo del Rosario who is also the President of the Federation of Governors in Mindanao expressed gratitude for the opportunity given to LGUs in Mindanao. “ We have been envied here in Mindanao for having this MRDP2. If there are plans of replicating this program in other areas in the country, I suggest they come up with another name of the program because MRDP is unique in Mindanao.’, del Rosario said. The official asked Alcala to continue this kind of model in Mindanao while the agency is considering for the replication of such in Central Luzon . “ We ask them to continue helping Mindanao for it is during the present administration that we got a substantive share in the national budget.” del Rosario said. Alcala confirmed the statement of Del Rosario saying that Mindanao got 40 percent of the total agriculture budget.


South Cotabato LGU hands more chairs, tables to public schoolsby Dani DoguilesKORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato -- In line with its continuing efforts to help the Department of Education (DepEd) address its problems, the provincial government of South Cotabato donated chairs and tables to 11 public schools.


In a ceremony at the covered court at the provincial capital here just recently, Gover-nor Arthur Y. Pingoy, Jr. handed 49 tables, 790 arm chairs and 351 kiddie chairs to school heads.

These were made possible with help from the local government unit’s private partners including Mahintana Foundation Inc., Dole Philippines, and Sagit-tarius Mines Inc. (SMI), in response to DepEd report that the province lacks at least 15,000 chairs for government elementary and sec-ondary schools.

“So far, we have al-ready distributed 4,000 to 5,000 chairs,” Gov. Pingoy said.

Recipients of the lat-est batch of chairs and tables were Tampa-kan Central Elemen-tary School, Tampa-kan SPED Center and Lampitak National High School in Tampakan; Lamba Central School and Liwanay Elemen-tary School in Banga; Carpenter Hill Day Care Center and Marbel 1

Central Elementary School in Koronadal City; Surallah Central Elementary School in Surallah; San Miguel National High School in Norala; Silway 7 Ele-mentary School in Pol-omolok; and Cebuano National High School in Tupi.

Rudy Jimenea, chief of staff of the Office of the Provincial Gov-ernor, explained these schools were earlier identified by DepEd re-port as those lacking in chairs and tables.

He explained the ta-bles and kiddie chairs were intended for use by kindergarten class-es in public elementary schools in support to the implementation of the department’s K+12 program.

The provincial gov-ernment, Gov. Pingoy said, has allocated P1.5 million from the prov-ince’s special educa-tion for the fabrication of chairs and tables.

“Normally, we spend about P750 for the fab-rication of each chair,” Gov. Pingoy said, “but with the partnership,

the provincial govern-ment paid only about P150 per chair.”

Mahintana, Dolefil, and SMI also allocated funds for the fabrica-tion of chairs and ta-bles, the governor said, “as part of their social responsibilities to help provide education for children.”

Gov. Pingoy said, the project was also made possible with the as-sistance of the regional office of the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources that allowed use of il-legally cut logs confis-cated from illegal log-gers in South Cotabato as materials for the production of chairs and tables.

Materials used were taken from the 12,987 board feet of cut lum-ber confiscated in raid a remote village in Lake Sebu town in May last year.

Government Pingoy also saw the distribu-tion of chairs and tables as an opportunity to push for the provincial government’s greening program.


“For every chair that we give, the school is re-quired to plant ten trees,” he said.

The provincial government has yet to

implement the tree-growing component of the project because this will be done simultaneously in one event.

He said, part of the

program is to solicit the commitment of the schools to make sure that the seedlings that will be planted will be cared for. (DEDoguiles)

DSWD 12 to promote public-private partnership in its livelihood programsby Dennis Domingo II

GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development has called on its regional and provincial offices to strengthen network building strategies in view of implementing sustainable livelihood programs of the government.

Vergil Cabugayan, PDO III of the DSWD central office, emphasized during a recent program

evaluation and planning that Public-Private Partnership must be enhanced through

networking efforts of program planners and implementers of livelihood programs.


“A public-private partnership exists when public sector agencies join with private sector entities such as companies, foundations, academic institutions or citizens and enter into a business relationship to attain a commonly shared goal that also achieves objectives of the individual partners,” Cabugayan explained.

Cabugayan told participants of the regional planning that DSWD has engaged with some private groups to participate in the government’s livelihood programs for poor families and communities.

One example Cabu-gayan cited was the Ba-hay Kubo Project that committed to provide trainings and seminars to the clients of Jose Fabella Center for an innovative vegetable planting to be used for food consump-tion and livelihood income for pilot project and roll-out to CCT beneficiaries located in urban areas.

Another one, he said, was the Irraya Farm Project that is committed to provide trainings, technology and farm inputs to agri-projects of conditional cash transfer

beneficiaries in Palawan and Eastern Samar.

Some international engagements, according to Cabugayan, include JICA through PinoyME Foundation that assisted in the development of the Community Driven Enterprise Development Operations Manual for the Sustainable Liveli-hood Program and JSDF that supports funding from JSDF for its project entitled “Community En-terprise Development as Pathway Out of Poverty”.

Cabugayan also discussed Community Driven Enterprise D e v e l o p m e n t , concentrating on four stages of business success: business sustainability and local

economic development Stage; business development; resource mobilization and business operations; and business management.

“I enjoin you to con-duct environmental scanning within your community and look for opportunities in order to get the support of local groups,” he said.

Among those who attended the livelihood program planning were project development officers, provincial and municipal social welfare and development officers, some monitoring and evaluation officers and convergence program staff. (DEDoguiles/PIA 12/DSWD12)


South Cotabato Mayor supports pro-active information programby Olivia Sudaria

KORONADAL CITY – The mayor of South Cotabato town underscored the importance of a pro-active information program towards good governance.

“We cannot undermine the importance of information in the development of communities where government must provide a venue to make people understand its programs and projects and more importantly emphasize their responsibilities in the successful implementation of governance thrusts,” Mayor Leonardo Escobillo of the Tampakan, South Cotabato pronounced during the 23rd anniversary celebration of the Community Development Information Council (ICDC) held at the town’s gymnasium on January 27.

In Tampakan, South Cotabato, Mayor Escobillo pointed out, the ICDC of the municipality and the counterpart Barangay Development Information Councils have “immeasurably contributed to not only informing the grassroots populace on

the programs, activities and projects of the local government but to educating them on their active participation in protection presentation of peace and order implementation of technology and livelihood programs among others.”

He said the information networks have been the key to pro-active information programs that help brought a closer relations of the government with the people, Escobillo added.

The mayor cited, the pro-active information that the municipal government has adopted in the Mines and Geosciences Bureau’s geohazard assessed baranagays of Tampakan especially Brangay Pula Bato, a landslide prone area because of loosening water-saturated soil which could result in 66,000 cubic meters of soil landslide.

“We are identifying

temporary evacuation sites and devising a warn-ing system with the ba-rangay officials and com-munity leaders as well as ensuring a 24-commu-nication system through the town’s emergency hotline 911,” the mayor disclosed.

The Saggitarius Mining, Inc, he added, has installed a rain gauge to help us monitor the volume of rainfall.

The community development information center in Tampakan, South Cotabato was organized in 1989 in conjunction with then President Corazon Aquino’s thrusts to establish a community-based information system for an effective grassroots information campaign. From 1989 the present Tampakan CDIC is managed by Efren Villarina, the community affairs officer and concurrently manager of the town’s Spring Radio Station. (OTSudaria/PIA12)


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4 cabinet secretaries to grace turnover of 6,000 chairs to schools in Butuan Cityby Robert E. Roperos

Four cabinet secretaries of the Aquino administration are set to grace the turnover of initial 6,000 chairs to some elementary and high schools here on February 3, 2012 at the Butuan

Central Elementary School (BCES) covered court.


According to report, Department of Education Sec. Armin Luistro will lead the party, composed of Sec. Ramon Paje of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Sec. Emmanuel Joel Villanueva of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation Chairman Cristino Naguiat, Jr. Said chairs will be distributed to BCES, Agusan National High School (ANHS), Butuan City School of Arts and Trade (BCSAT), Gabriel

Elementary School, G.T. Domingo Elementary School, Libertad Cen-tral Elementary School, San Vicente Elemen-tary School, and Villa Kanangga Elementary School. With this development, ANHS Principal Mr. Peter Esterioso expressed his gratitude for the realization of this project. He said this is the first time that they have received such number of chairs from the national government through the “P-Noy Bayanihan Project”. E s t e r i o s o added this will help

in addressing the school’s problem of lack of chairs because of the increasing number of students enrolled every school year. Aside from chairs, it has been observed that the premier high school in the city

and in the province of Agusan del Norte is also experiencing desk and even classroom shortage that result to holding of some classes under big trees inside the campus. The school executive also said the project is in time since there are seven classrooms which need 420 chairs. He added hundreds of chairs are already destroyed and needs to be replaced. To date, Esterioso said ANHS has a total enrollment of 9,037 for school year 2011-2012 and is expected to rise next school year.


A ceremonial mass oathtaking and pinning of ranks was held at the Grandstand of PRO 13. It was spearheaded by the PRO 13 Regional Director, PCSupt Reynaldo S. Rafal. Deputy RegionalDirector for Administration PCSupt Isagani F Genabe, Jr. welcomed the guests, promotees and participants of the said event while Psupt Pedro U Obaldo, Jr, Acting Chief, RPHRDD presented and read the Promotion Orders of Police Commissioned

Officers and Police Non-commissioned Officers. PSupt Jeffrey Lawrence D Mauricio delivered his acceptance speech in behalf of the newly-promoted Police Commissioned Officers and SPO3 Carlos G. Abanto of the newly-promoted Police N o n - c o m m i s s i o n e d Officers. The family of the promotees pinned their new ranks and congratulated them for reaching another horizon of fulfillment in their police service. Meanwhile, Rafal

extended his heartfelt congratulations to the promotees and challenged them to become more responsive and dedicated members of the country’s police force. He greatly emphasized that public service must be rendered with utmost effort and commitment. “One way of recognizing their good deeds, it is but just fitting to give them the promotion they truly deserve,” Rafal said.

BUTUAN CITY -- Last week, 751 PNP personnel of the Police Regional Office 13 Caraga have been promoted in their respective ranks for the second semester of this year second level promotion program.

PRO 13 promotes 751 personnelby PSupt Martin M Gamba


To avail, constituent must present residence certificate, death certificate and birth certificate of the dead, barangay certification that the claimant is the legal beneficiary, present marriage contract if the claimant is the spouse.

Also, he/she must submit the documents to the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer (MSWDO) for processing, coordinate with the chairman on Health and Social Services and must have no pending obligations as per penalities in

the implementation of the ecological solid waste management program in the said municipality. The assistance is one way for the local government help ease the family’s burden in this time of bereavement.

Municipality of Las Nieves to provide mortuary aid to residentsby JACorvera

AGUSAN DEL NORTE -- Less fortunate residents in the municipality of Las Nieves in this province can now avail of mortuary assistance from their local government in the amount of P2,000.00 based on Municipal Ordinance No. 250-2011, authored by municipal board member Baltazar V. Sinajon.


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A slight increase in the crime volume has been noted in this city last year.

Crime volume in Dipolog up by 11 percentin 2011 by Franklin P. Gumapon


Based on the crime statistics released on Monday by the City Police station headed by P/Supt. Joven Parcon, the crime volume in the city for 2011 went up by 11 percent from that of 2010. Actual figures showed that in 2010, the city had a crime volume of 242 and this had increased to 268 in 2011 involving crimes

against persons and properties as well as violations of special laws. Of the 268 crimes recorded in the police ledger last year, 253 were reported solved, registering a crime solution efficiency of 94.4 percent. Violations of special laws or non-index crimes like illegal drugs, illegal gambling, illegal logging and others accounted for 128. However, police records showed that majority of these were related to prohibited drugs. It could be recalled that the city government here headed by Mayor Evelyn T. Uy initiated an all-out war on illegal drugs resulting in the arrest of a number of drug pushers including some members of the local press. Presently, the Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the city government of Dipolog

have forged a strong alliance in fighting drug abuse. In a related development, the “Barkada Kontra Droga” (BKD), a flagship program of the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) has gone down to the barangay level with the PNP and the city government taking the lead. It aims to educate both the young and the adults on the ill-effects of drug abuse. BKD has already conducted an-ti-drug abuse fora and seminars in the different barangays of the city, which were attended by students, out-of-school youth, parents, teach-ers, barangay officials and Sangguni-ang Kabataan (SK) leaders. (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)


Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative I (ZAMSURECO-I) Information Officer Liberal Cabatcha said that out of 100 percent potential consumers supposedly who can avail of the electrification program through the electric cooperatives, only 61 percent are with electricity, meaning 39 percent of the member consumers are without electricity. Cabatcha said, a funding allocation and initiatives was made during the previous administration allocating P2.5 billion per year for the electrification program, but under the Aquino administration the amount was raised to P3 billion per year for a total of P5.5-B for the years 2012 to

2015. Hopefully by the end of 2015 which is the end of PNoy’s term all the sitios and barangays will be energized which runs to 33,848 or the remaining 60 percent un-energized areas throughout the Philippines, Cabatcha added. He further said, aside from the electrification program for sitios and

Pagadian City – President Benigno S. Aquino III is targeting 60 percent of sitios and puroks to be energized under its electrification program.

PNoy’s electrification program targets 60 percent of sitios, puroks to be energized by Claro A. Lanipa


puroks, another program is now be-ing implemented called the Baran-gay Line Expansion Program (BLEP). Those barangays energized with so-lar will be replaced using the lines of electric cooperatives so that they can avail the services of the main grid based in their respective areas. Solar electrification system is not as much reliable and can’t be used to energized appliances at home, Cabat-cha explained. He said by 2015 it is expected that 2,341 barangays will be able to benefit from this program. President Aquino has instructed the electric coops to energized 1,479 additional sitios and barangays which is equivalent to 30,014 households connections by the end of December

2011. Of the target 1,479 sitios and barangays, 1,525 or the equivalent of 103 percent were energized, Cabat-cha said. Meanwhile, in support to the energization program of President Aquino ZAMSURECO-I has committed to energized 26 more sitios and puroks, in its area of concern, but 31 sitios and puroks were provided with electricity. As of January 13, 2012 154 household connections were completed. Although there are still 14 puroks and sitios that were not energized due to some reasons such as the clearing of road-right-of-way, no application made by the member consumer among others, Cabatcha explained (PIA9-CAL)


MOA set to increase Zambo City’s watershed area to 17,000 has. by Michael Vincent D. Cajulao

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Once the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) is signed, Zamboanga City’s watershed area will increase to a massive 17,000 hectares, ZCWD General Manager Leonardo Vasquez said. “Once the MOA is adopted, Zamboanga City’s watershed will be expanded to over 17,000 hectares from 10 hectares as of the present”, Vasquez said. ZCWD is now in charge of the city’s watershed according to an earlier agreement as it protects the surface water source of the office, which is critical to the city’s water supply. The added watershed area is still under DENR as they are still completing their reforestation program in partnership with foreign funding agencies. Vasquez said this agreement will help in the efforts to protect and preserve the city’s watershed, one of the only three remaining intact

watershed reserves in the entire country. Vasquez also pointed that the move will also boost Zamboanga City 2nd District Congressman Erico Basilio Fabian’s bill which seeks to turn the Pasonanca Watershed area into a watershed forest reserve as a protected natural park. If the MOA is signed, this would mean a stable and continuous supply of water in the city. ZCWD is presently serving over 65,000 consumers in the city, including island barangays and neighboring provinces. And with the bill of Cong. Fabian nearing its approval, the protection and preservation of the watershed will be further secured. (ALT/MVC/PIA9-ZBST)

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