one mindanao - september 16, 2011

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C O N T E N T SNATIONAL

• Biazon vows to carry out changes in BOC• Aquino appoints new Supreme Court Justice• Malacanang says Garcia was arrested after President Aquino confirmed the sentence on him by military court

TALKING POINTS

• RP is 85 percent rice self-sufficient – NFA• DA develops new variety of hybrid rice• Gov’t to seek extension on Quantitative Restriction of rice – NFA

Southern Mindanao (Davao Region)• USEP’s Geology course aims to meet growing job demand• Davao City eyes new convention centers• BFAR enhances exportation requirements of fisheries products • POEA opens 4th batch of nurses, caregivers recruitment for Japan• DTI conducts training on record keeping and financial management on Sept 22

Central Mindanao (SOCSKSARGEN)• Alcala hands assistance to local high value crops projects • Kaso ng dengue sa South Cotabato nananatiling mababa • Pamamahagi ng PTAF sa South Cotabato hanggang sa katapusan ng buwan na lamang• Mga sundalo tutulong sa pagpigil sa kriminalidad sa Koronadal • 90 nagtapos sa K-ITO ng IT literacy training ng DOLE sa Sarangani

Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga)• 2011 Surfing Festival opens today in Siargao• 3 birthing homes now operational in Surigao City• ‘Community-based approach in crime prevention works,’ says lady solon• PRC-10 to conduct mobile processing in Surigao City• Reg’l PNP reports a 12% dip in crime rate as ‘crime prevention week’ culminates

Western Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula)

• Investment opportunities float up during Mindanao business confab, says Dipolog chamber• Gov’t IOs, HR officers as breastfeeding advocates in workplace• NFA-Zambo. Norte beefs up palay procurement campaign• WESCOM continues efforts to protect the tourism industry of Palawan• 4Ps successfully implemented in Zamboanga del Sur, says congresswoman Cerilles

Northern Mindanao• DILG Sec. Robredo to launch Project EMPOWERING in Mis. Or., Sept. 19• Simulation drills/dry run of protocol mark today’s meeting of SOMM working committee members• Sept. 17 is International Coastal Cleanup Day• Audition for of Cag. de Oro’s Singing Ambassador set Sept. 17• Camiguin’s free spay-neuter for pets benefits 157 pet owners

OUR COVER:

IML EcoparkSarangani’s

all-adventure resort

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Cover Story:Experience Sarangani’s all-adventure resort at IML Ecopark

Welcome to IML Ecopark, Sarangani’s all adventure resort!

IML, is the province’s newest resort this year that rises at a peak in Lumasal village. IML (shortened for Irineo Miguel Lopez) Ecopark is an old hacienda now owned by former Mayor Aniceto Lopez Jr. and family.

“I remember as government troops were running after the rebels that day in August 2008, I was busy planting bananas here,” Haydee Lopez said. The former first lady has purchased the old Hacienda Ong for her banana plantation while being assured of her husband’s consent despite the odds. Her husband, the visionary town leader, sees where the municipality is heading. The fact is he was able to instill an excellent leadership among his constituents for simply being a peace advocate. “What is Maasim

yesterday?” Lopez said. “Now we even invested on our own not to take the risk, but to enjoy old age at the resort,” he gushed.“This resort will give new meaning to guns and bullets,” the couple had to say. At the resort, the Lopezes planned to construct 25 rooms from P1,500 air-conditioned rooms to economy rooms and a dormitory. These rooms will soon be named with different ammunition accordingly, thereby renaming bullets of death into cozy and convenient rooms to relax and be private.

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The resort sits in a 100-meter altitude. It started admitting guests since April 9 but will have its grand opening at the town’s Kestebeng Festival and the national shoot fest competition next month. Last May, the resort opened the zip line to the public. At the end of the promo day, it accommodated 120 riders -- for free. I M L Ecopark is an all-adventure des t i na t i on , r e c r e a t i o n , and a place for vacation. Seated at the 3 3 - h e c t a r e banana plantation is a shooting range at the right, a 580-meter long zip line overlooking two swimming pools, one for adults, the other one for kids, a garden, playground, a conference room and private cottages at the left. There is a restaurant, a display

center and a park that can accommodate 25 vehicles. A bigger conference hall will also be constructed at the back portion for 300 business guests. The parking lot has five open cottages offering a view of the national

highway that strips off the vast coconuts and the seashores. All these are overlooking the Sarangani Bay. Iniong playground, named after the family’s youngest son, Irineo Miguel, gives a wide view of the two pools. Up there, one can feel and see the sea-breeze busying all

day combing the leaves of a vast coconut trees below. The 580-meter zip line crosses the twin pools below, the patterned coconut trees and a pond the Lopezes planned to develop soon for boating and fishing.

“I was nervous at first but before reaching the finish line, I’d already r e c o v e r e d and enjoyed the thrill,” Shina Marie Batiancila said in excitement. Shina is Miss M a l a p a t a n 2009 and had her life’s first zip line ride

here. A view of the zip line from the resort gives a fascinating sight of Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape as a background. For walk-in guests, it costs P50 entrance fee to enjoy the exhilarating view and a swim-all-day at the pool. Farther about

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Cover story: Experience Sarangani’s.....3


200 meters from the beach are artificial reefs. Maintenance staff Mansor Masdok named the reefs as Lobo, Supo, Lunay, Taluk, Katubao, and Kulafu reefs. “For a real diving experience instead, you go to Lemlunay Dive Resort,” Lopez said. “All we do here is to compliment our business partner in this side of Sarangani coastline,” the former mayor said. IML Ecopark, with Lemlunay Dive Resort and South Point Divers, are Maasim’s tourist destinations. Maasim as part of the

Maasim-Kiamba-Maitum Industrial Triangle (MAKIMA-IT) is turning to be the province’s investment capital. With polishing and tiling at the pool and the cottages and concreting of the private road yet to be done, the family has already invested P20 million for the resort.

At present, there are already six airconditioned rooms good for three persons at P1,500 per room and two P1,000/room good for two. All-Filipino cuisine is offered at the restaurant

-- from quickly served short orders to main menu of sautéed and garnished beef, pork and chicken recipes to desserts and drinks. The restaurant features its Chicken Aloha, a unique chicken adobo bathed in sweet chili sauce and oyster sauce garnished with spring onions and sliced pineapples. But IML Ecopark’s operations manager Bernard Salveron, chef Ariel Perreño and supervisor Arnel Alforque were one in saying their beef, pork, or seafoods sotanghon guisado were

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still the most requested menu at P150 good for 4 persons. IML Ecopark has one of the best shooting ranges in the country. Actually, the idea to build a resort started from the father-and-son’s shooting hobby. This is why the former father of Maasim wanted to call it “Otoy’s firing range,” an allusion of his namesake and son, former Board Member Aniceto Lopez III. Two Gov. Migs’ steel challenge competitions have already been held at the firing range. IML has 80, 100, 150, 200,

300, 400 and 1,500 meter shooting ranges at the back of a hill. “Yol”, as the former mayor is known among Maasimians, bragged the range to have such shooting distance excellent for sniping practice and a natural huge buffer that can even handle explosion tests. No wonder Otoy makes an expert rifle marksman. For her part, Haydee, the resort’s brain and beauty and labor (she being the engineer, the landscaper, the lady mason and the architect of it all) was simply

looking for trucking exit of banana products but found a far better idea. But that’s over a year and a half ago. “I made it my motto in life not to wait for tomorrow what you can do today,” Haydee mused. “I can’t wait. The idea is there and I have to grab it,” she added.IML Ecopark (contact number 09489757710) is 20 kilometers from Maasim Poblacion, which is 45 kilometers from General Santos City. (RGP/PIO Sarangani/CTA/PIA General Santos City)



Biazon vows to carry out changes in BOC

Newly-appointed Custom chief Rufino Biazon vowed to ini-tiate changes in the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to get rid of graft and corruption in the bureau but at the same time encourage businesses to thrive.

In a press conference in Malacanang after Biazon took his oath of office Fri-day morning, Biazon said he planned to carry out chang-es in the bureau particularly

by altering the mindset of the Bureau of Customs em-ployees, which is perceived by the public as tainted. At the same time, Biazon said that while in-

stituting reforms in the bureau, he made an assur-ance that he would be fair to businesses so that they will not be scared in putting investments in the country.

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“I would like to do measures that will assure stability in the conduct of business within the bu-reau. So ang measures ko…ang iku-consider ko rin ay kung mabubulabog ba ang negosyante. Kasi ang ayaw nating mangyari ay ang negosyante ay mag slow down sa negosyo,” he said when ask about his plans in the coming days. I n the fight a g a i n s t g r a f t and cor-rupt ion, B i a z o n stressed that he will plug loopholes in the ex is t ing s y s t e m in the b u r e a u because t h e s e w e a k -n e s s e s paved the way to corruption. “Ang commitment ko sa Pangulo ay hanap-in yang loopholes na yan at takpan, at ang gumag-amit ng loophole na yan hindi lang harangin kundi habulin at ipakulong kung kakailanganin,” he said. It’s basically a review of the system within the bureau for me to do. So it’s more on the willingness to

plug the loophole and run after those who use those loopholes,” Biazon added. New technology will be used to track miss-ing shipments or prevent thieves from striking, the Customs chief said, adding that they are also studying imposing duties on imports that are to be re-exported. Biazon also said he would coordinate with the

secretary of finance to go after customs officials who enriched themselves while in service and at the same time review the performance of all collectors in the bureau. He also warned those who want to ask favor through him or his family saying he would not hesi-tate to send them to jail. “This battle against corruption and smuggling

within the bureau is a peo-ple’s battle. Kahit anong klaseng reporma ang gawin namin sa loob ng bureau, kahit ilang tiwaling em-pleyado ang i-fire namin at kasuhan kung merong negosyante na pupunta sa bureau of customs at aabu-tan yung empleyado ay ta-lagang mahihirapan tayo sa laban na ito,” he said noting that the enemy is not only

corrupt officials but also corrupt bus inessmen. The Presi-dent has given him twin tar-gets, Biazon said in order to meet the rev-enue target and to fight graft and corruption with-in the agency. “ D a -lawang tar-gets yun and the public can expect me to work really hard towards

those goals,” he said. According to Biaz-on, the President’s order is clear: to implement the law, stay in the mandate and fol-low the chain of command.Biazon also said he’s happy that former general Danilo Lim was appointed as in-telligence chief of the bu-reau given his competence in that field and he vowed to work closely with Lim.

.Biazon vows.....from page 7


“Today the Presi-dent has announced the appointment of Justice Estela M. Per-las-Bernabe as the new Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,” Presi-dential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda told a press conference in Malacañang. Prior to her ap-pointment, Bernabe was Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals since March 9, 2004. She has served the Judiciary as Re-gional Trial Court Judge of Makati City from January 2000 to March 2004, Metropolitan Trial Court Judge of the same city from March 1996 to January 2000, and as Technical Assistant in the Office of the Court Administrator, Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1977 to 1979. She also worked in various private and government offices, namely, as Legal Assis-tant, Legal Department

of China Banking Cor-poration (1979-1980); Senior Manager, Legal Department of Para-mount Finance Corp. (1980-1987); Legal Manager and Corporate Secretary/ Legal Con-sultant of the National Home Mortgage and Finance Corp. (1990-1993); and Senior Part-ner of Bernabe Perlas Morte and Associates (1993-1996). In 1999, she re-ceived the Best Written Decision Award for the Municipal/ Metropolitan Trial Court Level given by the Philippine Wom-en Judges Association. In October 2001, she represented the Philippine Judiciary as a scholar in the 5th Inter-national Workshop on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice held in Seoul, Korea, where she delivered reports on the ‘’Effective Ad-ministration of Criminal Justice’’ and ‘’Probation Law in the Philippines’’.

Moreover, in recog-nition of her exemplary service, Bernabe was given the distinction of ‘’Natatanging Babaeng Hukom’’ by the Munici-pality of Plaridel, Bula-can on March 3, 2003. Justice Estela Per-las-Bernabe completed her Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Banking and Finance magna cum laude at St. Paul College of Ma-nila and earned her law degree from the Ateneo College of Law graduat-ing as Class Salutatori-an in 1976. She passed the bar examination in 1977 with a bar rating of 85.156%. Born on May 14, 1952 in Plaridel, Bu-lacan, Justice Perlas-Bernabe is married to Atty. Ricardo C. Bernabe, Jr., a law-yer/ businessman from Malolos, Bula-can, with whom she has two (2) children, Ericia and Ricardo III. (RCK)

President Bengino S. Aquino III has appointed Estela Perlas-Bernabe as the newest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, a Malacañang official said Friday.

Aquino appoints new Supreme Court Justice


Garcia did not re-sist arrest, according to Presidential Spokes-person Edwin Lacierda in a regular press brief-ing in Malacanang on Friday. Lacierda said Gar-cia was found guilty by a court martial on De-cember 2, 2005 for vio-lation of Articles of War 96 and 97. Article of War 96 is “conduct unbecom-ing of an officer and gentleman for failing to disclose/declare all his existing assets in 2002 and 2003 and for hold-ing the status of an im-migrant or permanent resident of the United States thereby causing dishonor to the military profession.” Article of War 97, meanwhile is “conduct prejudicial to good or-der and military disci-

pline for making un-truthful statements under oath about his true assets in his 2002 and 2003.” While the mili-tary court issued the guilty verdict on Garcia in 2005, Lacierda said former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo did not sign the confirma-tion letter during her term. Lacierda said the confirmation letter was finally signed by Presi-dent Benigno Aquino III, paving the way for the execution of the sentence. “The decision of the military court martial is recommendatory and becomes effective only upon the confirmation of the President of the Republic as commander in chief,” Lacierda said. He said Garcia

was turned over to the Armed Forces’ Intelli-gence Service in Camp Aguinaldo following his arrest by AFP operatives along with the Philippine National Police officers. “He was trans-ferred to the National Bilibid Prison,” Lacierda said. Lacierda said Gar-cia has separate charg-es before the Sandigan-bayan. “The Articles of War are separate and distinct from the plun-der case in the Sandi-ganbayan. In so far as the case in the Sandi-ganbayan is concerned, it is still being disput-ed. The new Ombuds-man Conchita Carpio-Morales is asking for time to question the compromise agreement between the previous administration and Gar-cia,” he said. (JS)

Malacanang said retired Major General Carlos Garcia was arrested on Friday morning by personnel of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at his residence in Quezon City after President Benigno S. Aquino

III confirmed the sentence rendered by the military court martial on the former military officer for violation of Articles of War, a Palace official said.

Malacanang says Garcia was arrested after President Aquino confirmed the sentence on him by military court


RP is 85 percent rice self-sufficient – NFAby Gideon M Gapayao

QUEZON CITY, September 16 (PIA) -- Special Assistant to the Administrator Atty. Gilbert Lauengco of National Food Authority (NFA) said Thursday that the Philippines has already attained 85 to 95 percent rice self-sufficiency to date.

During DZRB and PTV 4’s radion program Talking Points Lauengco said that the Department of Agriculture targets to

increase rice production by 10 percent every year until 2013. However, he said this goal of rice self-sufficiency by 2014 may

be affected by various factors such as weather conditions and the lifting of quantitative restric-tion set by the World

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DA develops new variety of hybrid rice

In the program “Talking Points” held at the Philippine Informa-tion Agency (PIA) and aired over DZRB - Radyo ng Bayan, Atty. Lauengco clarified that the hybrid

rice they are developing is not a Genetically Mod-ified Organism (GMO). “Ang hybrid rice po ay pinagsasama lang ang binhi at kinukuha ang mga magagandang

aspeto ng mga bigas (Hybrid rice is only the combination of the out-standing qualities of dif-ferent seed),” he said. Since palay is vulnerable, a new variety of hybrid

QUEZON CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) –- A new variety of hybrid rice that could withstand the changing weather conditions of the country is currently being developed by the Department of Agriculture (DA), said Special Assistant to the Administrator Atty. Gilbert Lauengco of the National Food Authority (NFA) on Thursday.

by Alice V. Sicat

Trade Organization to its member countries. Lauengco said Ty-phoon Ondoy which struck the country in 2009 resulted to the loss of 500,000 metric tons of rice. Due to this, an inter-agency committee comprised of the NFA, Department of Agricul-ture (DA), Department of Trade and Industry and the Philippine At-mospheric, Geophysi-cal and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) closely moni-tors weather disturbanc-es which may decrease

the country’s rice yield. In line with this, DA is also developing a new variety of hybrid rice which could withstand constant rains and could increase the farmers’ yield at the same time. Lauengco also clarified that DA does not use GMO rice. Lauengco also said that lifting the quantita-tive restrictions on rice importation will also af-fect the country’s drive to reach the self-sufficiency target. The Philippines and South Korea are the only member countries

of the World Trade Orga-nization (WTO) who have not lifted the restriction. He said lifting the quantitative restrictions puts local farmers’ in-come at risk as import-ed rice is cheaper than rice produced locally. The restriction of rice importation in the Phil-ippines will be lifted on June 2012. However, the government has already formed a task force to ask members of the WTO for an extension for the implementation of quan-titative restriction. (PND GGPIA-GHQ)

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RP is 85.....from page 11


The said plan was announced by Atty. Gilbert Lauengco, Special Assis-tant to the Administrator of the National Food Au-thority (NFA), during to-day’s “Talking Points” pro-gram aired over Radyo ng Bayan. This means that if the extension will be granted by the World Trade Organi-zation (WTO), the volume of imported rice coming to the country will still be subjected to regulation for another three years. As a consequence, our local farmers can still compete in the market and can sell their rice at a competitive

price. Quantitative re-striction is a special treatment given by the WTO to its mem-ber country to impose restrictions on the im-portation of a certain agriculture product in exchange for the impo-sition of lower tariffs on other imported agricul-tural products. Being the country’s staple food, rice is also produced locally by farm-ers but the total rice pro-duction is still insufficient to meet the demand of rice consumption of the coun-try. To address this issue,

the government, through NFA, resorts to importing rice. Attorney Lauengco added that the govern-ment, through the De-partment of Agriculture (DA) and NFA, is trying to develop schemes and pro-grams that will make the country achieve its goal to be rice self-sufficient by 2013. If this goal will be realized, our government can save funds which are allocated in subsidizing the rice that the country is importing to stabilize the supply of rice nationwide. (PND/PAE/PIA GHQ)

Gov’t to seek extension on Quantitative Restriction of rice – NFA by Phres Evardone

QUEZON CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) –- Local rice farmers will surely be elated with the Philippine government’s plan to seek for an additional three-year extension on the quantitative restriction on rice which is set to expire on June 12 next year.

rice is being researched and developed as a re-sponse to the need of the country to become rice self-sufficient by 2013. If the stalks are too short, it would be easi-

ly submerged into flood waters while if it is too tall, it could be easily destroyed by the wind. Atty. Lauengco also said that there should be an exact time to plant the new variety being devel-

oped since it is sensitive. However, in the long run, this hybrid rice could have a big effect on the country’s rice production because it could double the harvest of the farm-ers, he said.

DA develops.....from page 12


USEP’s Geology course aims to meet growing job demand

by Rudolph G. Alama

With more geologists being produced, it can supply man-power need particularly from

the government which has only one state geologist in the re-

gion, Alibin said.

The B.S. Geology course of the Uni-

versity of South-eastern Philippine aims to satisfy the growing de-mand for geolo-gists coming from private mining companies and the government.

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USEP president Dr. Perfect Alibin said that currently there is a low supply for Filipino ge-ologists because of the lack of schools with geology courses. It was in 2007 that USEP first offered the course. In 2011 it produced 15 gradu-ates of which 11 passed the board exams for geologists. Along with USEP, Mapua Insti-tute of Te c h -n o l o -gy, Ne-g r o s O r i -e n t a l S t a t e C o l -lege in D u m -aguete C i t y , Pa r t i -d o S t a t e U n i -versity in Goa, Camarines Sur are the only schools offering geology courses. Alibin said that there is so much demand for geologists, citing the first batch of gradu-ates where the 11 board pass-ers are now all employed. Alibin added that two gradu-ates even without taking the board

are now working in Australia. He said the university is hir-ing part-time lecturers with expe-rience. He admits they cannot find geologist to teach full-time be-cause all of them are hired and are working in different companies. There are at least 194 stu-dents currently enrolled in the course. About 52 of the students belong to the graduating class.

W i t h m o r e g e o l o -g i s t s b e i n g p r o -du ced , it can s u p p l y m a n -p o w e r n e e d pa r t i c -u l a r l y from the govern-m e n t w h i c h

has only one state geolo-gist in the region, Alibin said. The government is current-ly conducting geo-hazard map-ping in critical areas of Region-XI but the project is hampered by the lack of geologists due to in-tense job demand coming from the private sector. (PIA-11)

USEP’s Geology.....from page 14


Among these proj-ects would include the Davao International Convention and Exhibi-tion Center and the SM City Lanang convention facility. According to City Investments and Pro-motions Center head Jason Magnaye, the two convention centers would have a capacity of 3,000-4,000 persons each. The two projects are located adjacent to each other in the City’s booming Lanang area. Magnaye said the Davao International Convention and Exhi-bition Center will be built on a two-hectare land. The project ini-tiated by a group of Filipino-Chinese busi-nessmen is tentatively set to open late next year or early 2013.

The SM convention facility which will be lo-cated at the SM Davao complex in Lanang is expected to be complet-ed by March 2012. Magnaye hopes the projects will be complet-ed by the time the City will host the MICE con-vention in March 2013. Also nearing com-pletion is the 8,000-seater University of Southeastern Philip-pines multipurpose Gymnasium, which ac-cording to USEP presi-dent Dr. Perfecto Alibin could also serve as a major convention cen-ter. Magnaye said they will be marketing and promoting all the con-vention facilities of the City to attract more of the MICE market. At present the big-

gest convention facility in Davao is the Central Bank Convention Hall which can only accom-modate around 2,000 people. Magnaye says that for 2011 alone they re-corded 40 meetings and conventions held in the City, ten of these are na-tional conventions. The holding of these events in the City, Mag-naye said contributed largely to the 370,000 visitor arrivals in the City as of the first quarter of 2011, the count he said is higher than last year’s 1st quarter visitor fig-ures of 335,000. The DCIPC chief and current City Tourism Operations Office head stated he expects the visitor arrival in the City to breach the 700,000 people level. (PIA-11)

Davao City eyes new convention centers

DAVAO CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) – Several convention center projects are expected to gear up Davao City’s bid to become one of the country’s MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) destination.

by Rudolph G. Alama


BFAR enhances exportation requirements of fisheries productsDAVAO CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources has enhanced its requirements and documentation of the exportation procedures of fisheries products to meet up the standards of the neighboring countries in Asia.

by Carina L. Cayon

BFAR regional di-rector Fatma Idris said that the agency has started requiring ad-ditional pre-requisites and documents from the local and international exporters of products such as eels or elvers to ensure compliance of the standards set by the buying countries. Idris stressed for the strict implementa-tion of the improved policy for BFAR to be ef-ficiently facilitative of its regulatory function on exportation of fisheries products to countries such as China, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. She told the Philip-pine Information Agen-cy that these countries are catching up with the standards of the Euro-pean Union.

Admitting though that the countries have varied standards, which would either be strict or lenient, Idris said that Philippine exporters should strictly comply with the requirements set under the Hazard An-alytical Control Points. HACP requires ex-porters to conform by the General Manage-ment Practices (GMP) or the standard procedures of meeting up the sani-tation requisites in the plant and the process-ing area, Idris stated. Health certificates are also part of the ad-ditional documentation which would ensure that the products have no traces of residues like anti-biotic, she said. According to Idris, BFAR has upgraded its

laboratory technology in matching up with the improved policy, how-ever she said that the available laboratory fa-cilities have limited ca-pacity. “Ilang samples lang ang ma accommodate (in the laboratories). We refer the excess to other BFAR accredited laboratories, either gov-ernment or private,” she said. Idris bared that BFAR is aiming for an International Standard Operating procedures that would hopefully be employed in the coming years. BFAR regional heads, fish health offi-cers, fish inspectors and exporters from regions IX, X, XI, XII, Caraga and Autonomous

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Region in Muslim Min-danao gathered in the city last week for the orientation on the addi-tional requirements and documentation of the

exportation process. Idris said that ARMM is not an ex-porter region but was included in the ori-entation activity be-

cause it is a supplier of products such as eel, elvers and crabs to exporters like its neighboring regions IX and XII. (PIA-11)

POEA opens 4th batch of nurses, caregivers recruitment for Japan

DAVAO CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) announces that it is now accepting applicants for the 4th batch of nurses and caregivers for Japan.

by Carina L. Cayon

According to POEA Advisory No. 41 Series of 2011, qualified nurse appli-cants must be graduates of Bachelor of Science in Nurs-ing with Board License and at least three years hospi-tal experience, and must be physically and psychologi-cally fit. Caregive candidates must be graduates of any four-year course and cer-tified as caregivers by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authori-ty or a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Interested and quali-fied applicants in Mindanao

are advised to personally submit the required docu-ments to POEA Regional Center for Mindanao at the 2nd Floor, AMYA II Bldg., Quimpo Blvd. corner Tulip Drive, Ecoland, Davao City. Among the require-ments are the following: detailed resume with one piece 2x2 picture, college diploma (for caregiver ap-plicant, diploma should be authenticated, Transcript of Records, valid Profession-al Regulation Commission (PRC) ID, employment cer-tificates for nurse applicants, valid TESDA Certificate on Caregiving, valid passport

and valid NBI clearance for travel abroad. Applicants could also register online at www.poea.gov.ph or www.eregister.poea.gov.ph. The POEA advisory re-minds that registrants with complete documents shall be given priority. POEA collaborates with the Japan International Corporation of Welfare Ser-vices (JICWELS) for the four batches of Japan recruit-ment of nurses and caregiv-ers from the Philippines. According to POEA, based on the experience of the previous batches, ma-

BFAR enhances.....from page 17

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jority of the Japanese in-stitutions prefer candidates from age bracket 20 to 35 years old. Knowledge of the Japanese language is also an advantage. It says that the insti-tutions are strict about the physical and psychological fitness, advising the quali-fied applicants to strict-ly observe training/work schedule which may include

Saturdays and Sundays. For qualified appli-cants who have registered online and maintained an active status through the POEA e-registration system at www.poea.gov.ph shall immediately be given pre-employment orientation. For those who will pass the interview and are successfully matched with a Japanese institution shall

undergo three months Pre-paratory Japanese Lan-guage Training (PJLT) which is sponsored by the Gov-ernment of Japan and will be conducted by TESDA in Taguig City, POEA states. It adds that anoth-er six months of Japanese language training will be provided for the recruited nurses and caregivers upon entry to Japan. (PIA-11)

DTI conducts training on record keeping and financial management on Sept 22

The seminar is spe-cially-designed to em-power business owners, managers and employ-ees with the necessary knowledge and skills to take full control of the business by monitoring business transactions the easy way. It covers the re-cording process, prepa-

ration of the summary of recorded data, finan-cial management and appreciation of financial reports which will give the participants relevant information about the fi-nancial condition of the business – that is, how it is doing and where it is at a certain point. A registration fee of

P 250.00 will be collect-ed from each participant to cover the cost of food, training materials and cer-tificate. For reservations, please contact Ivy or Lilia at 224-0511 local 205 or email [email protected]. (DTI-DCFO/Jenny M. Men-doza)

DAVAO CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry–Davao City Field Office will be conducting a seminar on “Record Keeping and Financial Management Made Simple” on September 22, 2011 (Thursday), 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the DTI, 2/F Mintrade Building, Monteverde-Sales Streets.

POEA opens.....from page 18

20 Friday, September 16, 201120 Friday, September 16, 2011

Alcala hands assistance to local high value crops projects

Several local government units and peoples organizations in the re-gion received assistance for high value crops development project

in the recent visit by Agriculture Sec-retary Proceso Alcala.

by Danny E. Doguiles

Alcala, along with DA12 Regional Executive Director Amalia Jayag-Datukan and South Co-tabato 2nd District Con-gresswoman Daisy Avance Fuentes, handed cer-tificates of turn-over to recipients of the Agri Pinoy High Value Crops Development Program. Kidapawan City LGU received 20,000 tissue-cultured lakatan banana plantlets, 15,000 budded rubber seedlings, and 12 kg of assorted vegetable seeds. The Tribal Lead-ers Development Foun-dation, Inc. based in the city also received 13,890

seedlings of stem-clones robusta coffee. Nearby President Roxas town received 13,000 coffee seedlings and 4 knapsack spray-ers. Makilala LGU was given 1,667 seedlings of budded rubber and 2 knapsack sprayers along with 20 kg of assorted lowland vegetable seeds.DA also gave one unit of coffee depulper to the local government of Tupi in South Cotabato. Among the recipients of assistance in Sultan Ku-darat province were the Sultan Kudarat State Uni-versity, which received a

hand tractor with tota-vator as well as 7 kg of lowland indigenous veg-etable seeds; the Tri-Peo-ple’s Organization Against Disaster, Inc, which was granted P306,500 as as-sistance to farmer ben-eficiaries; and the Rural Development Institute of Sultan Kudarat, Inc. 15,000 seedlings of budded rub-ber and 2 kg of assorted lowland vegetable seeds. (DEDoguiles/PIA 12/AALaurilla/DA 12)


Kaso ng dengue sa South Cotabato nananatiling mababa KORONADAL CITY, Setyembre 16 (PIA) -- Sa kabila ng tuluy-tuloy na pag-uulan sa South Cotabato nitong mga nakaraang mga araw, nananatiling mababa ang bilang ng nagkakasakit ng dengue sa buong lalawigan, ayon kay Dr. Rogelio Aturdido Jr, pinuno ng Integrated Provincial Health Office.

Ayon kay Dr. Atur-dido, mula Enero hanggang sa linggong kasalukuyan nasa mahigit 450 lamang na lubhang maba-ba kung ikukumpa-ra sa bilang noong kaparehong panahon ng nagdaang taon na umabot ng halos da-lawang libo. Aniya, dahil sa malawakang informa-tion drive at pakikila-hok ng mga mama-mayan kung kaya’t napanatiling mababa ang bilang ng nagka-ka-dengue dito. Gayunman, sinig-

uro ni Dr. Aturdido na walang tigil ang kanil-ang kampanya laban sa naturang sakit. Sinabi rin niya na sa ngayon, bumaba-ba na ang bilang ng nagkakasakit ng den-gue sa bayan ng Pol-omolok matapos ang kanilang isinagawang coordinative meet-ing kasama ang mga punong barangay at mga tauhan ng mu-nicipal health office kung saan pinag-usa-pan ang lahat na mga dapat gawin upang mapigilan ang pagda-mi ng dengue sa lu-

gar. Kasabay ng kan-yang pagpapasalamat sa mamamayan ng lalawigan sa pagig-ing mapagmatayag at pagsasagawa ng mga gawain laban sa dengue, patuloy na-mang umaapela si Dr. Aturdido sa kanila na huwag maging kam-pante at huwag tu-migil sa kampanya laban sa dengue, par-tikular na ang pag-sisigurong nalilinisan ang lahat na lugar na maaring pangitlugan ng lamok. (DEDogu-iles/PIA 12)


Pamamahagi ng PTAF sa South Cota-bato hanggang sa katapusan ng buwan na lamangKORONADAL CITY, Setyembre 16 (PIA) – May hanggang katapusan ng buwan ang mga local government units sa buong lalawigan ng South Cotabato para ipamahagi ang ayuda sa mga tricycle driver at operator sa ilalim ng Pub-lic Transport Assistance Program (PTAF).

Ayon sa DILG provincial office, pinadalhan na nila ang advisory ang mga lokal na pama-halaan na pagkata-pos ng Setytembre 30, kailangan na nil-ang ibalik sa DILG ang pondong hindi naipamahagi o hindi kinuha ng mga be-nepisyaryo. Base sa da-tos ng DILG-South Cotabato, tanging ang bayan ng Tan-tangan pa lang ang nakapamahagi na

ang buo sa kanilang alokasyon P28,000 noon pang Hulyo 25. May ilang bayan na rin umano ang na-kapagsumite na rin ng partial liquida-tion ng kani-kanilang PTAF funds. Kabilang dito ang bayan ng Surallah na nakapamahagi ng P79,200 mula sa kanilang alokasyon na P115,200; ang bayan ng Norala na nakapagmahagi ng P49,650 sa ka-nilang PTAF fund

na P66,700; at bayan ng Sto Niño na nakapamigay ng P27,900 mula sa ka-nilang PTAF fund na P31,500. Sa kalatas na ipinadala ng DILG South Cotabato sa mga pamahalaang bayan, pagkatapos ng Setyembre 30 gagawan na ng mga LGU ng disburse-ment at liquida-tion report and PTAF funds na ibinaba sa kanila. (DEDogu-iles/PIA 12)


Mga sundalo tutulong sa pagpigil sa kriminalidad sa Koronadal KORONADAL CITY, Setyembre 16 (PIA) -- Nangako ang pa-munuan ng 27th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army na tutu-long sa kapulisan ng lungsod ng Koronadal partikular na sa pagpigil sa kriminalidad na nangyayari dito.

Sa isang

panayam sinani

ni Col. Noel Bravo,

commanding of-

ficer ng 27th IB,

na magdedeploy

sila ng mga tau-

han upang tumu-

long sa pagpapala-

kas ng seguridad

sa lungsod mata-

pos tumaas ang

bilang ng insidente

ng nakawan ng mo-

tor at akyat-bahay

sa lungsod nitong

mga nakaraang il-

ang linggo.

Aniya, bagama’t

hindi permanente

at palagian, mag-

papadala sila ng

mga augmentation

troop na tutulong

na magbabantay sa

siyudad lalung lalo

na sa gabi.

Aminado si Bra-

vo na naobserbahan

nila na tumaas ang

insidente ng krimi-

nalidad sa lungsod

matapos na-de-

activate ang Task

Group Koronadal il-

ang buwan na ang

nakalipas.

Paliwanag nito,

ilang miyembro ng

kanilang tropa ang

inilipat sa ibang

lugar matapos pi-

nalawak ang area

of responsibility ng

27th IB na ngayon

ay sumasakop na

sa ilang lugar ng

karatig lalawigan ng

Davao del Sur.

Nitong mga

nakaraang linggo,

naging abala din

umano sila sa pa-

ghahabol ng mga

elemento ng New

Peoples’ Army. (DE-

Doguiles/PIA 12)


90 nagtapos sa K-ITO ng IT literacy training ng DOLE sa Sarangani KORONADAL CITY, Setyembre 16 (PIA) -- Siyamnapung resi-dente karamihan sa kanila mga out-of-school youth – ang ka-makailan ay nagtapos sa pagsasanay sa information tech-nology literacy o paggamit ng computer sa mga bayan ng Maasim at Maitum, Sarangani na ipinatupad ng Department of Labor and Employment.

Ayon sa DILG provincial office, pinadalhan na nila ang advisory ang mga lokal na pama-halaan na pagkat-apos ng Setytem-bre 30, kailangan na nilang ibalik sa DILG ang pondong hindi naipamahagi o hindi kinuha ng mga benepisyaryo. Base sa da-tos ng DILG-South Cotabato, tang-ing ang bayan ng Tantangan pa lang ang nakapamahagi na ang buo sa ka-

nilang alokasyon P28,000 noon pang Hulyo 25. May ilang bayan na rin umano ang nakapagsum-ite na rin ng par-tial liquidation ng kani-kanilang PTAF funds. Kabilang dito ang bayan ng Surallah na nakapamahagi ng P79,200 mula sa kanilang alokasyon na P115,200; ang bayan ng Norala na nakapagmaha-gi ng P49,650 sa kanilang PTAF fund

na P66,700; at bayan ng Sto Niño na nakapamigay ng P27,900 mula sa kanilang PTAF fund na P31,500. Sa kalatas na ipinadala ng DILG South Cotabato sa mga pamahalaang bayan, pagkata-pos ng Setyembre 30 gagawan na ng mga LGU ng dis-bursement at liq-uidation report and PTAF funds na ibin-aba sa kanila. (DE-Doguiles/PIA 12)


2011 Surfing Festival

opens today in Siargao According to DOT-Caraga, the two-week activity will feature na-tional and international surfers as they will partic-ipate in three categories. The 13th Siargao Na-tional Surfing Cup, to be participated by surfers in all regions in the country is scheduled to take-off Saturday, Sept. 17 and will run until September 19. Th i s i s p r e -qua l -i f y i ng r ounds f o r a l l F i l i p i no su r f e r s

The Department of Tourism (DOT)-Caraga Region and the local government units of the Province of Surigao del Norte and General Luna, Siargao Island will open

today the Surfing Festival 2011.

by Robert E. Roperos

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to identify the official representative of the country to the Cloud 9 Billabong Pro Junior Asia and the SMART 17th Siargao Inter-national Surfing Cup. Among the par-ticipants expected to top in the finals are surfers from Baler, Au-rora, Camarines, Sa-mar, La Union, General Luna, Lanuza and oth-er parts of the country. Top 12 surfers will be chosen to be-come the country’s representative to the 17th Siargao Inter-national Surfing Cup. A total of Php 200,000 is at stake for those who will emerged champions both in the open and junior cat-egories while top Fili-pino surfers ages 20 and below will officially represent the country in the Billabong Pro Asia championships. The Billabong Pro Junior Asia Surfing Championships, sched-uled on September 20 to 28, will be the first

ASP event to run in the Philippines and will be held at the world-class break Cloud 9. ASP Australasia General Manager Dane Jordan is excited to make this a landmark event for the region, the ASP and the surfers and show the world what Cloud 9 and the Phil-ippines have to offer. The Billabong Pro Junior Asia is present-ed by Sony Ericsson with supporting spon-sors Air Asia, Nixon, and Von Zipper. The event is endorsed by the Provincial Govern-ment of Surigao del Norte and DOT. This year’s champion will be receiving US$ 25,000. Meanwhile the 17th International Surfing Cup, sched-uled on September 29 to October 3, 2011 is the biggest surfing event in the country where local and for-eign surfers and tube riders will compete for the US$ 20,000 prize money. (PIA-Caraga)

According to DOT-Caraga,

the two-week activity

will feature national and international

surfers as they will

participate in three

categories.

2011 Surfing.....from page 25


3 birthing homes now operational in Surigao CitySURIGAO CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) –Three (3) public birthing homes or lying-in clinics are already on its full operation to uplift the maternal and child care services of the city.

Medical Officer Dr. Arlene Felizarta informed recently that the said birthing homes can be found in the health districts of Barangays Wash-ington, Luna, and San Juan. Felizarta said the lying-in clinics are equipped with necessary equipment and instru-ments to facilitate birth-ing services, “supported by the private firms and local government of Su-rigao.” Felizarta said Br-

gys. San Juan and Wash-ington birthing homes are operating on 24-hour basis while Brgy. Luna operates only dur-ing office hours. She, however, clarified that only nor-mal deliveries are ac-cepted with these pub-lic birthing homes. “In cases which are not in normal delivery, they are referred directly to a nearby hospital,” she added. Zenda F. Pejan, in-charge of Brgy. San Juan birthing facility

revealed that a total of 227 patients have al-ready availed the free birthing services since it was put up in March 2010. “We have six available beds for pa-tients and two delivery tables with complete facilities, equipment and instruments spon-sored by United Na-tions Population Fund,” she said. “We have also five midwives serving on shift-ing basis,” Pejan add-ed. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)

by Dandy Lapura

‘Community-based approach in crime prevention works,’ says lady solon

BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) – Rep. Ma. Angelica Rosedell Amante-Matba of the 2nd congressional district of Agusan del Norte said Monday that involving the whole community in crime prevention and crime solution efforts can achieve bet-ter results.

by Noel B. Najarro

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The Agusan del Norte legislator was the guest of honor and speaker during the culmination rites of the 17th “Nation-al Crime Preven-tion Week” held at the PRO 13 parade grounds, Camp Rafa-el C. Rodriguez, Bu-tuan City. Attending the closing ceremonies of the week-long cel-ebration were top re-gional officials and personnel from the national line agencies led by the National Police Commission, the DILG, PDEA, BFP, CHR, CIDG, PNP top regional officials and personnel, among with the representa-tives from the vari-ous sectors of the community. Matba who also led the conferring of awards to this year’s awardees was as-

sisted by DILG Re-gional Director Rene K. Burdeos, NAPOL-COM Regional Direc-tor Remeneo D. Va-lenzuela and PRO 13 DRDA PSSupt. Isa-gani F. Genabe, Jr., said during her mes-sage that as she wit-nessed the awardees of the occasion and as a participant herself in the giving of the awards in which the recipients were from the various sectoral representations said that it was “an eye opener for her and really reinforces her belief that all efforts (of crime prevention and solution) will take a whole commu-nity to do it.” Matba pointed out that crime pre-vention cannot be done by the police organization alone. “They needed also the assistance and

the services of the baranggay captains, the village chiefs (datus), the civilian volunteers’ organi-zations and the rest of others,” she said. According to her that the theme of the celebration “Pinoy Ako, Crime Preven-tion Misyon Ko,” sim-ply implies that each of us has also our re-sponsibilities to per-form. She at the same time admonished the police that in the course of the perfor-mance of their du-ties they also have to consider the rights of the citizenry. “There should always be the balance of things to be considered. In your zeal of performing your respective duties, you also have to consid-er the respect of the rights of the citizens,” she said.

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The National Police Commission awardees of the dual celebration of the “National Crime Pre-vention” and “Family Week” this year in-cludes: Surigao del Sur Police Provincial Director SSupt. Joli-to M. Diray, who was commended for moti-vating the personnel of Lianga Municipal Police Station, which is under his area of responsibility, to re-pulse the more or less 100 rebel attack-ers in the morning of April 28 this year. Model police families were also awarded for possess-ing positive exempla-ry family values which included: SPO1 Le-onides Yaoyao (Agu-san del Sur PPO, Re-gional Level Award), PSupt. Esperlito B. Tolang (Regional Health Service, Pro-

vincial Level Award, Agusan del Norte), SPO4 Benjamin B. Young (Surigao City Police Station, City Level Award, Surigao City), SPO2 Lilibeth L. Plaza (Surigao del Norte PPO, Provincial Level Award, Surigao del Norte), SPO1 Ru-ben P. Gomez, (Li-anga MPS, Municipal Level Award, Lian-ga, Surigao del Sur), PO3 Elvi A Villason (Cantilan Municipal Police Station, Mu-nicipal Level Award, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur) and SPO3 Dante B. Obenza (of Lian-ga MPS, for Gallant-ry and Exceptional Courage) for leading the personnel stand-ing his ground in de-fense of his police station during the height of the attack by more or less 100 well-armed rebel at-tackers last April 28.

Police Region-al Office Awardees included: PSupt. Romaldo G. Bayting (Medalya Ng Ka-galingan) for ar-resting a drug and a loose-firearm sus-pect at Cabadbaran City, on August 24, this year and PCInsp. Reynante N. Sibayton (Medalya Ng Kagal-ingan) for the arrest of a Korean national who was wanted in his country on Au-gust 28, this year. A recipient of (Meda-lya Ng Papuri) was PSupt. Ronelo D. Jau-rige, for the arrest of two rebels who were allegedly wounded during the Trento Mu-nicipal Police Station attack, on July 31 and were confined at Bislig City Hospital. Rec i p i en t s o f t he Ce r t i f i c a t e o f Recogn i t i on f o r t he i r s i gn i f i c an t

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contribution to the crime prevention efforts in the region includes: SPO4 Emmanuel P. Isiang, Hon. Julius Macfie ; Mr. Luciano A. Diva and Mr.

George B. Havana. Recipients of the Plaque of Recogni-tion also include: Datu “Malampuson” Dario E. Otaza, Datu Ronald

Manmahusay, SOCO Team, CIDU 13, RIU 13, RCEO 13 and the Regional Health Service 13. (PIA-Caraga)

Community-based approach..from page 29

PRC-10 to conduct mobile processing in Surigao City

SURIGAO DEL NORTE, Sept. 16 (PIA) - The Professional Regu-lation Commission (PRC) Region 10 will conduct a one day mobile processing and renewal of licenses in Surigao City on Saturday, September 17 at the City Hall lobby.

The activity will promptly start at ex-actly 8 o’clock in the morning. City Personnel Officer Gloria Gime-na said applicants are advised to bring the following require-ments: duly accom-plished renewal form, two recent passport sized colored pic-tures with name tag in white background,

one photocopy of pro-fessional id card and in case of lost PIC, submit a duly nota-rized affidavit of loss or photocopy of cer-tificate of registration and marriage certifi-cate from the Nation-al Statistics Office in security papers for married female who wish to apply for a change of name. For more infor-

mation, Ms. Gime-na or Genaro “Pa-log” Azarcon may be reached at telephone number (086) 826-8518 or at the City Personnel Office. The event is proudly supported by the City Government of Surigao headed by City Mayor Ernesto Matugas. (Surigao City PIO/PIA-Su-rigao del Norte)

by Annette Villaces


Reg’l PNP reports a 12% dip in crime rate as ‘crime prevention week’ culminatesBUTUAN CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) – Police Regional Office 13 (Caraga) under the stewardship of Caraga PNP chief PCSupt. Reynaldo S. Rafal, reported a dip in the crime rate and an in-crease, both in crime clearance and solution efficiencies as it culminated its celebration of the national crime prevention week, Monday. During the culmi-nation rites of the 17th National crime Preven-tion Week, held at the parade grounds of Camp Rafael C. Rodriguez, Butuan City attended by the top officials and personnel of some na-tional line agencies led by the National Police Commission (NAPOL-COM), the DILG, CHR, BJMP, PDEA, CIDU,RIU, top regional police offi-cials and personnel and the representative from the various sectors, an announcement baring the accomplishments of PRO 13 (Caraga) dur-ing the past year until the early part this year was made. It was said as con-

tained in the report that the regional police had raised the level of po-lice service into a more pro-active stance, in tandem with the com-munity it has sworn to serve and protect. It also said that the implementation of the Police Integrated Patrol System resulted to a dip of the crime incidence by 828 or 12.11%. The significant decrease to criminality also re-sulted to upshot of the crime clearance effi-ciency from 24.09% to 28.38 % and the crime solution efficiency from 9.6% to 14.84%. In the area of in-ternal security, the re-gional police accord-

ingly, had conducted 22 combat operations; 3,840 prophylactic pa-trols, defended Lianga and Trento Municipal Police Stations against the attacks of the CPP/NPA/NDF(CNN). It also had neutralized CNN personalities to include Pedro Codaste, Secre-tary of the North Cen-tral Mindanao Regional Command. As to address-ing public safety and security, the PRO 13 conducted 328, 813 manhours on security operations. It also es-tablished tourist assis-tance desks at the re-gion’s tourist spots. During calamities which recently hit most

by Noel B. Najarro

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of the places of the re-gion, the regional police conducted search and rescue operations. It also resolved success-fully the hostage crisis in Agusan del Sur. In the implemen-tation of the special laws, 65 positive oper-ations which were con-ducted on anti-illegal drugs resulted in the apprehension of 77 per-sons and confiscation of 3,791.4677 grams of dried Marijuana leaves, uprooting and burn-ing of 532 Marijua-na plants, crushing of 1,000 Marijuana seed-lings and 38.57 grams of shabu all worth P 938, 230.55. In operation against illegal fish-ing, the regional po-lice conducted 5,496 preventive opera-tions, apprehended 55 persons and con-fiscated illegal fishing paraphernalia. It also had coordinated with the DENR in conduct-

ing 7,240 operations against illegal logging resulting in the arrest of 29 persons and the confiscation of several lumber and logs worth P 8,413, 148.94. It was also able to dismantle five illegal sawmills. As to its campaign against loose firearms, it accounted 63 high powered and 30 low powered firearms and apprehended 70 per-sons. The regional po-lice also was able to neutralize five (5) most wanted persons and arrested 426 persons covered with warrants of arrest, to include a Korean national recent-ly, one of Cebu’s most wanted personality. In upgrading its armaments and the procurement of logis-tical support, PRO 13 was able to purchase 8,356 ammunition for M16, 458 pieces long magazines for M16 and 72 pieces of magazines

forM14. Along with its Inte-grated Transformation Pogram, the region-al police constructed model police stations and facilities and also had initiated the re-pairs and the mainte-nance of buildings and quarters such as the: Las Nieves Municipal Police Station Build-ing, Cagdianao Police Station Building, Po-lice Regional Office 13 Hospital, Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office Mini Gymna-sium, Dapa Municipal Police Station Building, PRO 13 Day Care Cen-ter, RIU Building, Mini Library and Function Hall, Camp Covered Pathway, Repair of the Nurses Quarters and Office Building, Repair of the PRO 13 Confer-ence Room, RD’s Of-fice and Lobby, Repair of DRDA Quarters and of the DRDO’s Quar-ters. (Najarro/PIA Caraga)

Reg’l PNP reports..from page 31


Investment opportunities float up during Mindanao business confab, says Dipolog chamber

by Franklin P. Gumapon

Different in-vestment opportuni-ties in Min-

danao have been pre-sented in the recently concluded Mindanao Business Conference held by the Philippine Chamber of Com-merce and Industry (PCCI) in Pagadian City.

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Dipolog Chamber of Commerce and In-dustry (DCCI) Execu-tive Officer Judy Ca-ang who participated in said conference told the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that the partici-pants to this year’s Mindanao Bus iness C o n f e r -ence also t a c k l e d the differ-ent issues confront-ing the bus iness env i r on -ment in the island. T h e bus iness leaders presented to Secretary Luwal-hati R. Antonino of the Mindanao De-velopment Authority (MDA) the 2011 Min-danao business poli-cy agenda which aim to achieve Mindan-ao energy sufficien-cy, sustain growth

in crucial sectors in agriculture, support the mining industry, enhance transport connectivity, prepare workforce through education programs, encourage the pro-motion and growth of barangay micro busi-

ness enterprise, and prioritize the develop-ment and implemen-tation of a Tourism Master for Mindanao. US Ambassador to Philippines Har-ry K. Thomas, who served as the keynote speaker, challenged all the business lead-

ers, government offi-cials and other stake-holders to make the “many positive forces come together” to develop the island, adding that “Mind-anao has the people, the leadership, the resources and the de-

sire to reach its full po-t e n t i a l . ” T h e DCCI of-ficers and m e m b e r s joining the said gather-ing were Mi-chael Mal-acca, Atty. Paul Gudm-alin, Joell S. Ama tong ,

Robert Reyes, Bobbie Paye and Judy Ca-ang. The recent Mind-anao business confer-ence in Pagadian City carried the theme: “One Global Mindan-ao, Making Private-Public Partnerships Work.” (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zambo. Norte)

Investment opportunities...from page 33


Gov’t IOs, HR officers as breastfeeding advocates in workplaceZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) - To orient Public Information Officers (IOs) and Human Resource Officers of the essentials of Exclusive Breastfeeding and be a pool of advocates on breastfeeding, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) conducted today a whole day “Seminar for Breastfeeding Advocates in the Workplace.”

by Jocelyn P. Alvarez

NNC Regional Nu-trition Program Coor-dinator Maria Del Pilar Pamela Tarroza said the seminar hopes to seek the commitment of the participants to help in the promotion of exclu-sive breastfeeding in the workplace as breast-feeding practice in the country has deteriorated as shown in the results of the 7th National Nu-trition Survey conducted by the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Re-search Institute (DOST-FNRI). “The National Nu-trition survey result re-vealed that among in-fants zero to five (0-5)

months old, only 36 out of every 100 were exclu-sively breastfeed; 37 of every 100 were breast-fed and at the same time given complemen-tary food and 27 of ev-ery 100 infants were given formula milk and other food,” Tarroza was quoted as saying. The Nutrition Pro-gram Coordinator af-firmed two common fac-tors as contributory to the cessation of breast-feeding or non-exclusive breastfeeding of mothers which include “mothers’ perception that she has no or inadequate or very little amount of breast milk,” she said. Tarroza added,

“mothers’ returning to work within four to eight weeks after delivery into a work environment that is not conducive to con-tinue breastfeeding or the absence of a lactation room in the workplace” as number two factor why the withdrawal of mothers form breast-feeding their child. Tarroza said “the reason why we are having this seminar is for the par-ticipants to help us and be our allies in the promotion of breastfeeding.” “Advocate to wom-en in your workplace es-pecially to those of repro-ductive age to continue breastfeeding,” Tarroza was quoted as saying.

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The seminar also emphasized on the ra-tionale in establishing “lactation room” in the workplace. “Help us in seek-ing the support of your agency to provide lacta-tion facility to encour-age our mothers in the

workplace to continue breastfeeding,” Tarroza said to the participants. The passage of Re-public Act 10028 other-wise known as the Ex-panded Breastfeeding Promotion Act of 2009 served to strengthen and support the pro-

motion and protection of breastfeeding in the workplace. Close to 40 par-ticipants from govern-ment sector and pri-vate establishments attended the activity. (JPA/PIA 9-Zambo City)

NFA-Zambo. Norte beefs up palay procurement campaignDIPOLOG CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) - To ensure a fair return of production cost to every rice farmer, the provincial office of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Zamboanga del Norte is now intensifying its palay procurement program with the rice farmers.

This harvest sea-son commercial rice traders are reportedly buying “palay” from farmers at P16.00 a kilo only. The NFA’s government support price now is at P17.00 per kilo. Farmers’ coop-eratives/organizations selling palay to NFA also get certain incentives

such as P.30 for every kilo as Cooperative De-velopment Incentive Fee (CDIF), P.20 per kilo as drying fee and another P.20 per kilo for delivery fee. NFA-Zambo. Norte information officer Karen Sarenas said rice farm-ers can sell their produce to NFA buying stations nearest them. The four

NFA buying stations in the province are located at the NFA warehouses in Gulayon, Dipolog City and the municipalities of Sindangan, Liloy and Siocon. Sarenas also said that the NFA rice is being sold at P27.00 a kilo in the market. (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zambo. Norte)

by Franklin P. Gumapon

Gov.’t IOs..from page 35


WESCOM continues efforts to protect the tourism industry of PalawanISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept. 16 (PIA) – The Western Command (WESCOM) continues its effort to protect and strengthen the tourism industry in the entire province by addressing the tourism-related security issues in Palawan. The 6th Civil Re-lations Group of the AFP said after con-ducting a Security As-sessment, Validation and Evaluation (SAVE) Tourism forum in El Nido on September 2 and in Narra on Sep-tember 5, top officials from WESCOM once again gathered resort owners and manag-ers from Puerto Princ-esa City and the cen-tral part of Palawan to discuss ways to strengthen the secu-rity of their respective businesses. “Security is the responsibility of every-body. All stakeholders must take part in ad-dressing this issue. We must be proactive and alert. We must not put

our guard down in or-der to achieve devel-opment and peace,” WESCOM Command-er LTGen Juancho M. Sabban AFP said on the importance of con-ducting the forum. The SAVE Tour-ism forum aims to help resort and other tourism establishment owners and managers identify problems con-cerning the security of their businesses and come up with possible solutions to address them. Owners and man-agers of tourist at-tractions in the city, as well as the tour-ism officers of Puerto Princesa and Roxas on September 9 sat down with WESCOM

officials, Philippine National Police (PNP) officers and heads of different agencies concerned with the security of the city to discuss these issues in a forum held at the WESCOM Headquar-ters. During the forum, WESCOM Chief of Staff CAPT Rosauro Sarm-iento PN stressed the importance of tight-ening the security measures adopted by the numerous resorts and other tourist at-tractions found in the city to guarantee the safety of the guests and protect the integ-rity of their establish-ments. CAPT Sarmien-to also reminded the

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owners and manag-ers of these establish-ments of their respon-sibility to the safety of the local and foreign tourists and of the im-portance of their co-operation to the suc-cess of this endeavor. Besides formu-lating a contingency/security plan for the resorts, the forum at-tendees were able to create a communi-cation network that would help them re-lay information faster and more efficient. Should an incident occur, they can now immediately report to hotlines provided by the military (OU2 Hub# 09175769474; Piltel# 433-7825); Provincial PNP (433-4363) and the City PNP (434-9890). They will also uti-lize the services of so-cial networking sites,

such as Facebook, to communicate (Face-book Page Palawan Save (like) with ac-count number [email protected]). The participants have also decided to conduct a regu-lar meeting after the forum to ensure the success of the forum’s objectives. City PNP Director P/SSupt Virgilio Pa-rocha also discussed salient points on pub-lic safety so that the SAVE Tourism pro-gram will have a quick and immediate actions to any incidents. Though Palawan is relatively peace-ful, WESCOM initi-ated the undertak-ing of SAVE Tourism security forum to avoid the occurrence of a tourism-related incident that could

adversely affect the tourism industry of the province or com-promise its security. Among those who attended the fo-rum with owners and managers of beach resorts are: Aman-pulo and the Sheri-dan beach resorts, representatives from security-concerned agencies like the Civ-il Aviation Authority Office (CAAO), PNP Aviation Security Group, Special Oper-ations Group (SOG) of Puerto Prince-sa City and Bantay Puerto. Representatives of tourist transporta-tion groups, including the Honda Bay Trans-portation Association and the AIRTODA Puer-to also participated in the security forum. (JPA/6CRGAFP/RVC-PIA9 BaSulTa)


4Ps successfully implemented in Zam-boanga del Sur, says congresswoman CerillesPAGADIAN CITY, September 16 (PIA) – “The Pantawid ng Pamilyang Piilipino Program” (4Ps) was successfully im-plemented in our province. Thus declared 2nd district representative Aurora E. Cerilles dur-ing the ‘convergence caravan’ conducted by the Department of So-cial Welfare and De-velopment (DSWD), regional office at Du-malinao gym. Speaking before the local chief execu-tives, department heads, municipal links , parent leaders and 4Ps beneficiaries Cer-illes said “we were very grateful that the 4Ps was successfully imple-mented in our province particularly in the sec-ond district. “Malipayon kaayo

kita tungod kay dinhi sa atong lalawigan il-abi na gyud sa ikadu-hang distrito malam-puson napatuman ang programngnga 4Ps. Mokabat sa 33,965 na mga benepesyaryo sa napulo’g lima ka mga lungsod sa atong distri-to ang nakapahimulos ning maong programa. Suwerte gayud kaayo ang atong probinsya nga nakabaton ning maong programa (We are very happy that in our province particu-larly in the second dis-trict, the 4Ps program was successfully im-plemented. There are 33,965 benifeciaries

from the 15 municipali-ites have benefitted the program. Indeed, our province is very lucky to have the program with us),” Cerilles hap-pily reported. “Tungod ning nin-dot nga programa sa gobyerno nga inyong napahimuslan, ayuhon gayud ninyo kini pag dala. tungod kay pi-naagi niini nakatabang kini sa inyong ekono-mikanhong kahimtang ( In this laudable pro-gram of the govern-ment which you have enjoyed, use it proper-ly because it helps up-lift your economic sta-tus),” Cerilles urged.

by Gideon C. Corgue

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dala. tungod kay pina-agi niini nakatabang kini sa inyong ekono-mikanhong kahimtang ( In this laudable pro-gram of the govern-ment which you have enjoyed, use it prop-erly because it helps uplift your econom-ic status),” Cerilles urged. The 4Ps in the province started on May 2009 covering 12 municipalities with 29, 865 beneficiaries which are scattered in two districts but following the order of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III to expand the program to 2 million for 2011 for the whole country, in the last quarter of 2009 three (3) mu-

nicipalities were add-ed from the original 15 thereby increasing the number of benefi-ciaries to 33,965. An additional data gathered from DSWD showed that in the 1st district, there were 2,196 beneficia-ries benefited the pro-gram. Cerilles thanked President Aquino for continuing the pro-gram. “I thanked the President for persis-tently expanding the program with his no-ble intention of help-ing and improving the quality of life of the poor people,” Cerilles added. The event was highlighted with a booth exhibit, dis-

playing various farm produce in the 15 mu-nicipalities and mobile information caravan which was actively participated by line government agencies such as Department of Education, Depart-ment of the Interior and Local Government , Department of Pub-lic Works and High-ways, Department of Trade and Industry, PhilHealth, Philippine National Red Cross. Social Security Sys-tem, Technical Edu-cation Skills and De-velopment Authority, etc. where they of-fered the agencies’ respective services to the 4Ps beneficiaries. (JPA/GCC/PIA9-Pagadian)

4ps successfully..from page 39


DILG Sec. Robredo to launch Project EMPOWERING in Mis. Or., Sept. 19

Interior and Local Government Secretary

Jessie M. Robredo is set to be in the city on Monday, Sept. 19, for

the launching of Project EMPOWERING

(Empowering Monitoring System on

Poverty Watch for a more Effective and

Responsive Approach in Governance), in

the province.

by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

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The project takes off from the Commu-nity Based Monitoring System or CBMS, one of the introduced tools to the local government units (LGUs) to diagnose the extent and causes of poverty in the area, It aims to help in for-mulating policies and pro-grams, to aid in identifying target beneficiaries and to facilitate assessment of the impact of those policies and programs. However, only few locali-ties are adopting it be-cause of the voluminous work that needs to un-dertake in data collection.Among the few that adopt-ed it, most are not capable of converting the data intoinformation, especial-ly, with spatial charac-teristics or problems in space, that can be used to fight against poverty. In Misamis Orien-tal, 14 municipalities have started to adopt and im-plement the CBMS to at-tain poverty reduction.But these municipali-ties cannot fully utilize the system due to lack of capacity to validate and process the data into a development planning tool with geographic in-formation system (GIS). Hence, Project EM-POWERING, a public-pri-vate partnership (PPP)

enterprise, that aims to achieve economic growth in the province by en-abling LGU’s to acquire necessary technical skills and know-how in utiliz-ing development tools. With this project, lo-cal capacities would allow them to process relevant data that they generated into a useful information system wherein gauging poverty status and con-centration in their area can be done, to plan for appro-priate actions in address-ing underlying causes and to assess the impact of their policies, programs, projects and activities. Project EMPOWER-ING will focus on updating the database and informa-tion system of the Planning Offices of Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City. Considering their strategic importance to the industrialization and eco-tourism potential of Northern Mindanao, where the private sec-tor collaboration on pov-erty reduction initiatives is quite limited, Project Empowering will be pilot-ed in the following areas:Cagayan de Oro City for the GIS upgrading and in six (6) municipalities: Laguindingan, El Sal-vador, Opol, Tagoloan, Jasaan and Medina for CBMS implementation.

The implementation of the process of Project EMPOW-ERING includes the follow-ing phases and activities:Assessment and validation of the data available in the target municipalities, to in-clude assessment of CBMS Implementation, Data Col-lection and Determination of the GIS requirements. Converting of the data into tabular forms using the CBMS software, Data encoding and digitiz-ing to include data process-ing and validation of CBMS results, development and integration of GIS. Passing over of the project to the tar-get municipalities to cre-ate sustainability, tech-nical assistance and preparation of case studies. With a cost of € 277,125.32 or approxi-mately PhP 16.9M, the program is expected to run for 18 months, from September 2011 – March 2013 with funds sourced out from donor agen-cies, such as STEAG State Power Inc. & DEG.Program partners include the DILG CBMS Network Coordinating Team, AS-SIST Asia, Xavier Uni-versity, and the LGUs of Misamis Oriental, Ca-gayan de Oro City, Lagu-indingan, El Salvador, Opol, Tagoloan, Jasaan and Medina. (PIA-10)

DILG Sec...from page 41


Simulation drills/dry run of protocol mark today’s meeting of SOMM working committee membersCAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Sept. 16 (PIA) – The conduct of simulation drills and dry run on protocol was the order of the day for some 70 members of the working committees involved in the 20th Senior Officials’ and 16th Ministerial Meeting (SOMM) of the Brunei- Indonesia -Malaysia and the Philippines, East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) scheduled in the city, Oct. 19-20, this year.

by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

A Seminar on Pro-tocol was held for the members of such com-mittees at the VIP Hotel, last Sept. 14, to equip them with knowledge on the proper and most ac-ceptable way of receiv-ing the visitors from the BIM countries who will be here for the event. The activity was part of the preparations lined-up by the Mindan-ao Development Author-ity (MinDA), in connec-tion with the SOMM, in partnership with the City Government, this year’s SOMM venue host. The drill/dry run gave the seminar par-ticipants, the chance to practice what they learned from Ambassa-

dor Fortunato D. Oblena (Ret), formerly of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), who came to the city upon invita-tion of MinDA. Oblena’s lectures was substantiated by the wealth of experience that spanned from the day he started working with DFA, that includ-ed his local and foreign posting, up to the time he bowed out of public service. He said protocol refers to accepted rules governing the conduct of diplomats with the foreign ministry, the of-ficials and the public in the host country, other diplomats and interna-tional organizations and

that the rules of proto-col include the niceties, courtesies and polite-ness in oral and written communication. Meanwhile, the sim-ulation/dry run included the travel time calcula-tions, from the airport, where the visiting dig-nitaries and members of their parties are met up to the hotels, where they are billeted. Particularly, the drill involved the liaison of-ficers, security escorts, chauffeurs, and recep-tionists, on how to give their salutations, prop-erly and how to answer questions which may be asked of them. Among others, the dry run applications were

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on the following topics: pre-arrival preparations, arrival and departure scenario, visit proper, invitations, speeches, toast and choosing of menu, escorting proce-dures, protocol of the flag and the different arrangements and re-quirements for official and social functions. Also included were the topics on conference management, cultural/artistic events, opening/closing ceremony, sign-ing ceremony, conduct of press conferences/in-terviews/ presentation/

exchange of gifts, etc. Participants of the dry run included the representatives from the City Tourism Office (CTO), City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), City Engineer-ing Office (CEO), Road and Traffic Administra-tion (RTA). Promote DCO Foundation, Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try Foundation, Inc. (OroChamber), Filipi-no-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (FC-CCI)- Mis. Or. Chapter,

and Cagayan de Oro Hotel and Restaurants Asso. (COHARA). Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Tourism (DOT), Philip-pine Army (PA), Phil-ippine National Police (PNP), National Tele-communications Office (NTC), Maritime In-dustry Authority (MA-RINA), Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), among others. (PIA-10)

Sept. 17 is International Coastal Cleanup Day

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Sept. 16 (PIA) – This year’s celebration of International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) Day on Sept. 17 will once again gather volunteers from various sectors of society to clean-up the coastlines and waterways in designated areas in Northern Mindanao.

by Lina Calvez

Spearheaded by the Department of En-vironment and Natural Resources, Region 10 (DENR 10), the annual celebration, now on its 26th year, is anchored

on the theme “Trash Free Seas.” Regional Executive Director Corazon B. Gal-inato of DENR-10 is en-joining the public to join the clean-up in their re-

spective communities. She said that cleanup will be undertaken along the river, shoreline and coastal areas in the re-gion. Expected to par-

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ticipate in the coastal cleanup are represen-tatives from the aca-deme, non government organizations, local government units, in-dustries, civic and re-ligious groups, other government agencies and DENR. The clean-up areas in Cagayan de Oro City are Barangays Lapasan, Bulua, Bonbon, Puntod, Macabalan, Bayabas, Kauswagan, Cugman, Tablon, Puerto and Bugo. The DENR offic-es in the provinces will

spearhead the clean-up in their respective area of jurisdiction. The ICC is a pro-gram of Ocean Conser-vancy designed to keep our ocean and water-ways free from trash and safer for people and wildlife. More than 104 countries participate in this annual activity to demonstrate their con-cern about marine de-bris problem affecting our environment. It was noted that some 1,910 individuals

joined last year’s cel-ebration which covered about 22.69 kilometers of coastlines. A total of 9,308 kilos of debris was col-lected, last year, during the ICC Day. In the Philippines, the third Saturday of September of each year is declared as ICC Day, through Presidential Proclamation No. 470 dated Sept. 15, 2003 signed by then Presi-dent Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. (DENR/PIA-10)

Audition for of Cag. de Oro’s Singing Ambassador set Sept. 17CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Sept. 16 (PIA) -- The audition for the Search for Singing Ambassador of Cagayan de Oro City has been set, tomorrow, Sept. 17, at 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, at the City Tourism Hall. Any college stu-dent, between 18 to 25 years old, male or fe-male, is qualified to join. Interested students are required to be ready to sing a Tagalog song dur-ing the audition. The Search for Singing Ambassador,

an annual event initiat-ed by the Department of Tourism (DOT), is a significant part of the Tourism Week obser-vance from Sept. 19-27, 2011. All cities in the Philip-pines are expected to hold such a contest,

Emma Rae Gatusla, City Tourism Officer, said. For more infor-mation, please visit the City Tourism and Cultural Affairs Office at the Ground Floor, City Tourism Hall, City Hall compound, or call 857-3164.

Sept. 17 is....from page 44


by Jorie C. Valcorza

Camiguin’s free spay-neuter for pets benefits 157 pet ownersCAMIGUIN, Mambajao, Sept. 16 (PIA) – A total 157 pet owners in this island province willingly availed of the spay-neuter service given freely by qualified veterinarians from the Philippine Veterinary Medical Association (PVMA).

“This figure alone cuts a total number of 1,570 possible births, assuming that each an-imal produces five (5) puppies or kittens twice in a year period,” Dr. Louis S. Bollozos, Chief of the Camiguin Provin-cial Veterinary Office, said. Held in cooperation with Provincial Govern-ment of Camiguin, Hu-mane Society Interna-tional (HSI), and the Cebu City Veterinary Office, the service was done in a bid to keep up with the island’s rabies-free status. Bollozos said this is the first spay-neuter service held in the is-land and a team of 10 veterinarians took on a massive surgical opera-tion for dogs and cats, throughout the prov-ince, neutering and spaying pets voluntarily

submitted by its own-ers. Spaying refers to the removal of repro-ductive organs of fe-male dogs and cats, while neutering is the removal of the testicles in male dogs and cats. Priorities were giv-en to female dogs but so far all animals sub-mitted were served and only a single feline was submitted for spayingThe surgeries are al-ways performed while the animal is under an-esthesia, Bollozos said “The prevailing rate of the procedure in private veterinary hos-pitals or clinics costs not less than Php5,0000 and by giving this for free, we can ensure control in the population of an-imals, especially dogs, and ultimately reduce its bite occurrences in the province,” he ex-

plained. He, likewise, clari-fied that the procedure is safe, provided that proper handling or after care procedures should also be given to the an-imals after undergoing the procedure. Doctors had it ear-ly this month and split the team into two (2) and served first the towns of Guinsiliban and Mahinog, then the municipalities of Sagay and Catarman on their second day and Mam-bajao town on the last day. Meanwhile, Bol-lozos announced that another round of the neutering and spaying activity is tentatively set in November and this time they plan to do it at the barangay level to be able to reach and serve higher number of pet owners. (PIA-10)

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