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2 ONE MINDANAO Sunday, September 4, 2011

Western 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] : hnb_r9pia

Northern MindanaoGraces’ 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] [email protected]

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 (SOCSKSARGEN)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],ph

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In This Issue...

NATIONAL

• DSWD and DPWH to launch ‘Trabahong Lansangan ng Programang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino’• DOH health caravan rolls out services • New DOT chief calls for support on tourism efforts

Western Mindanao (Zamboanga Peninsula)• Enhanced ARMM power, resources part of peace formula proposed to MILF• ZamboSur dad calls on public to support law enforcers to eradicate lawlessness• Zambo city to give vehicles, pump boats to 98 barangays• ‘Walk for humanity’ gains support from all sectors of society• Dugang health workers kuhaon sa DOH para sa RN HEALS

Northern Mindanao• RTWPB-X, MUST ink MOA to promote productivity values among students• PhilHealth’s new case rate packages starts Sept. 1• 7 more illegal-drugs trade suspects fall• Cebuano News: Konsehal Siao mipasi-ugda sa 1st BFF Hinterland Basketball League• Cebuano News: LFCCC midonar og lima ka motorsiklo sa ICPO

Southern Mindanao (Davao Region)

• DavSur public high school gets Korean assistance• Household help convicted for illegaldrug possession• Cebuano News: Gov. Uy: USWAG-GK Villages libre gihapon sa semilyang tilapia ug hito• 4th Family Health Fair sa Maco gisaulog• Gov. Uy saludo sa adbokasiyang ‘Tuwid na Daan’ ni PNoy, honesty ug integrity sa Pangulo “beyond question”

Central Mindanao (SOCSKSARGEN)• DA Sec Alcala leads groundbreaking of Asparagus Plant in GenSan• Kalsadang Maitum-Lake Sebu nakatakdang simulan sa susunod na buwan• DTI tinututukan ang bentahan ng sub-standard na Christmas lights• Campaign launching produces 38,000 rat tails

Northeastern Mindanao (Caraga)• Butuan V-Mayor convenes environment council• Cebuano News: Independent committee gimugna aron manguna sa negosasyon para sa luwas nga pagbuhi kay Mayor Dano• Cebuano News: Launching sa ‘JYes Kontra Droga’ sa Tandag City, gitambungan ni PDEA Dir. Gen Usec Jose Gutierrez Jr• Cebuano News: Padayong giimbestigahan sa kapulisan ang pag sunog sa rebeldeng NPA sa sawmill ug backhoe sa Agusan del Sur• Cebuano News: Number 16 most wanted sa Caraga region, nadakpan na

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3ONE MINDANAOSunday, September 4, 2011

Good news for the beneficiaries of the government’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) as the Department of So-cial Welfare and Development and the Department of Public

Works and Highways will be launching on Monday (September 5), a program aimed to provide them with guaranteed employment.

DSWD and DPWH to launch ‘Trabahong Lansangan ng Programang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino’

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Presidential Dep-uty Spokesperson Abi-gail Valte said that the launching of the pro-gram, dubbed as “Tra-bahong Lansangan ng Programang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino,” will be held at Barangay 649, District 5, Baseco Compound Covered Court, in Tondo, Ma-nila. Through this joint project of the DSWD and the DPWH, accord-ing to Valte, the ben-eficiaries of the 4Ps, popularly known as Conditional Cash Trans-fer (CCT) program, will be given guaranteed

employment. “Ito po ay isang five-year program na ang tina-target po ay magbigay ng employ-ment sa mga beneficia-ries ng ating CCT pro-gram,” Valte said during an interview over gov-ernment-run station, dzRB. “So iyong mga benepisyaryo natin, apart from the stipend, mabibigyan sila ng live-lihood. At least natutu-lungan natin silang ma-iahon iyong kanilang estado sa buhay sa pag-bibigay po sa kanila ng trabaho,” she added. Social Welfare and

Development Secre-tary Corazon Soliman and Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) during the launching of the program. The MOU provides that the DPWH will em-ploy CCT beneficiaries for its unskilled labor needs from this year until 2016. The benefi-ciaries will be employed for landslide mainte-nance, road mainte-nance, declogging of drainage laterals, and street sweeping. For this year, some


DSWD and DPWH.. from page 3

DOH health caravan rolls out services

MANILA, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Health (DOH) promotion caravan finished its seventh leg of visiting re-mote communities in the provinces; this time, it rolled out health services in Compostela Valley over the weekend, a statement said.

2,155 CCT households will be hired under the joint project with about 400 beneficiaries will be hired by DPWH-

NCR. Besides sign-ing of the agreement, the two newly orga-nized Self Employment Assistance–Kaunlaran

(SEA-K) associa-t ions in Tondo wi l l l ikewise receive l ive l ihood capita l ass istance. (CO)

by Jerome Carlo R. Paunan‏

Dubbed as “Lak-bay Kalusugan” (LBK), Health Secretary En-rique T. Ona said the caravan provided health information and services to over 1,500 indigent residents of Maco municipality. The LBK’s visit to Compostela Valley is timely as every Sept. 3 since 2008 is Family Health Day in the prov-ince, which awaits vari-ous health events for the people. The LBK, which features a bus that is customized as a ma-ternal and child health and consultation clinic, gave participating indi-gent residents a whole

day of entertainment-education activities. This includes in-teractive health ex-hibit, health classes on safe motherhood, child health and nutrition, and family planning, as well as a variety show of videoke songs and dances, as in a typical Filipino fiesta set-up. “Health is a prior-ity. Having a healthy lifestyle begins by hav-ing the right informa-tion to influence the right behavior,” Com-postela Valley Gover-nor Arturo Uy said. Uy noted the im-portance of pre-natal care and safe delivery for mothers, breast-

feeding, complete im-munization for chil-dren, and birth spacing of three to five years. LBK started its na-tional trip in March in Capas, Tarlac, and has since then visited the provinces of Pangasi-nan, Nueva Ecija, Ne-gros Occidental, Bohol, and Bukidnon. After Composte-la Valley, the LBK will go to South Cotabato, Zamboanga del Norte, and Maguindanao. LBK aims to complete this year the delivery of in-formation and services directly to over 20,000 people. (DOH/RJB/JCP-PIA NCR)


New DOT chief calls for support on tourism efforts by Jerome Carlo R. Paunan‏

Jimenez also under-scored the important role of the citizenry in promot-ing the tourism programs the government. Jimenez was per-sonally chosen for the tourism top post by Pres-ident Benigno S. Aquino III after former DOT chief Alberto Lim resigned. He said that as the new tourism chief, his job challenges him to gener-ate employment by in-creasing the number of tourist influx in the coun-try. “Ang turismo po ay negosyo ng taumbayan… as such its ultimate goal is not merely to improve statistics on tourist ar-rivals, its real goal is to generate fulfilling and profitable income and employment for our peo-ple in an area of endeav-or where Filipinos tend to excel,” Jimenez said. He said his exper-tise in marketing commu-nication will help a lot in promoting the Philippines as a tourism hot spot. “I have much to contribute in terms of

bringing strategic disci-pline to the challenge of promoting and develop-ing the Philippines as one of the world’s most excit-ing destination brands,” Jimenez said. Jimenez also vowed to exert all his creative juices in promoting the country to the rest of the world, taking part of the Aquino government’s goal of effecting progress and development to the country. “I will do my best to make tourism a hallmark of President Aquino’s drive to bring our people to the road… to a rich-er and prouder future,” Jimenez noted. “We are one of the top 10 most beautiful countries in the world, there is no reason we can’t succeed,” he said. President Aquino confirmed the appoint-ment of Jimenez to the tourism post during his tete-a-tete with Filipino reporters at the China World Hotel Wednesday night at the sidelines of his state visit in China.

Jimenez is current-ly the senior consultant and joint chief executive officer of WOO (Winning Over Obstacles) Consul-tants with his wife An-nabelle “Abby” Lee-Jime-nez. He helped build JimenezBasic Advertising into the largest creative advertising agency in the country during his stint as joint CEO from 1989 to 2008. His work at the agency has been closely associated with the rise of Philippine brands such as Jollibee, Selecta Ice Cream, Safeguard, San Miguel, Cebu Pacific, and Ivory Soap, among oth-ers. Prior to that, he was vice-president and ex-ecutive creative director at Ace-Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising from 1988 to 1989. Jimenez studied at the University of the Philippines (UP) from el-ementary school to col-lege. He majored in visu-al communications at the UP College of Fine Arts. (RJB/JCP-PIA NCR)


Enhanced ARMM power, resources part of peace formula proposed to MILFISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept. 4 (PIA) -– Government peace panel chairman Marvic Leonen pointed out at a press conference recent-ly in Cotabato city that an enhanced power and resources for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) forms part of the peace formula offered to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).

The Bureau of Pub-lic Information reveals that Leonen said the en-hancement of power and resources of the ARMM’s autonomy forms part of the government’s “three-in-one” peace formula it submitted on August 22 to the Moro Islamic Lib-eration Front (MILF) ne-gotiating group as pro-posed solution to the decades-old Mindanao conflict. Recognizing the problems and challeng-es in the administration of the ARMM and seeing the progress espoused by the short-stint Adiong administration, Leonen pointed out that the so-called “failed autonomy”

in ARMM was applicable only “in the past.” Lawyer Naguib Si-narimbo, ARMM execu-tive secretary said that despite such challenges, their brief transitory ad-ministration has rigor-ously achieved a num-ber of accomplishments in a fashion that drew enhanced assistance of foreign donor institu-tions. “We have proven that even minimal power and resources, admin-istrators in ARMM can still do improvements through convergent and relentless efforts,” Sina-rimbo stressed. In a power point presentation, Sinarimbo

unveiled at the recent episode of the week-ly “Tapatan sa ARMM” media forum the root causes of the region’s snail-paced growth. In his presenta-tion entitled “Realities in the ARMM and the Way to ARMM Reform,” Si-narimbo put inadequate budget and lack of fiscal autonomy of the region on top of the list of chal-lenges besetting devel-opment interventions in the area. “This is an hon-est assessment from the time I started work-ing here until the time I (will) leave,” Sinarim-bo said, referring to his power-point presenta-

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tion that is based on his consistent exposures of problems in the autono-mous governance. Sinarimbo is one of the first appointees of Acting ARMM Gover-nor Ansaruddin Alonto-Adiong, the elected vice governor who was in-stalled to office on Dec. 14, 2009 upon the sus-pension and detention of Regional Governor Zaldy Ampatuan in connection with the Maguindanao massacre of Nov. 23 that same year. Over all, Sinarimbo hopes that the national government and agen-cies concerned will take a serious look at its fis-cal policies on ARMM that may have deter the development of the re-gion. He lamented that contrary to lingering pub-

lic perception that ARMM is pampered financially, major line agencies in the area of autonomy region like the DepEd, DENR, and DILG receive annual budgets lesser than their counterparts in all the country’s ad-ministrative regions. Moreover, Sina-rimbo expressed hope that the incoming OICs in ARMM would be re-sourceful and innovative in their transitory ad-ministration because “if we rely on government money, we will have a sad story until 2013.” Sinarimbo said the ARMM must be viewed not just as an extension of the national govern-ment in the delivery of services but should also be transformed into a le-gitimate and legal plat-form of expressing the

right to self-determina-tion. “Beyond service delivery, it (ARMM) must equally identify itself with the legitimate as-pirations of its people. Otherwise, it will con-tinue to be viewed as an instrument of neo-colonialism and remain alienated from its peo-ple,” he said. Adiong and his co-terminus appointees alongside other regional elected officials will bow out of office on Septem-ber 30 and be succeed-ed by officers-in-charge to be installed by Presi-dent Aquino the next day pursuant to R.A. 13153, which defers the Aug. 8, 2011 elections and allows the President to appoint caretakers until 2013. (JPA/AGM/RVC-PIA9 BaSulTa)

ZamboSur dad calls on public to support law enforcers to eradicate lawlessnessPAGADIAN CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) -– “ Let us all unite, renew our com-mitment and strengthen all ties as we stand and support law en-forcers in eradicating lawlessness for the benefit and welfare of the new generation.”

by Gideon C. Corgue

Enhanced ARMM... from page 6

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Thus declared Zamboanga del Sur governor Antonio H. Cerilles in his keynote address delivered by 1st district board mem-ber Ernesto Mondarte during the kick-off cer-emonies of the 17th Na-tional Crime Prevention Week (NCPW) at the Amusement and Events Center recently. Cerilles in his mes-sage said with the gov-ernment’s sincere de-sire to end lawlessness in the province espe-cially the society’s men-ace--illegal drugs, he led the creation of Task Force Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Sea Piracy. “Being the chair-man of the Provincial Peace and Order Coun-cil (PPOC), I initiated the move of passing a resolution to create Task Force Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Sea Piracy to put an end to criminali-ties” Cerilles said. Cerilles was pleased that this year’s theme was well chosen saying that it depicts deep concern of every

Filipino especially the Zambosurians to inten-sify campaign against all forms of criminali-ties, such as drug ad-diction, kidnapping, sea piracy , extortion, hold-upping, rape, and other forms of lawlessness. The chief execu-tive commended the PNP especially the Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office headed by P/Sr Supt. Jose Bayani Gucela for its consistent efforts in combating and in sup-porting the programs of the provincial gov-ernment. Meanwhile, Napol-com9 regional director Atty. Joseph D. Gonza-lo said “one of the best ways to fight crime is to deter crime”. “In preventing the crime to occur, we have to deny the three elements: the intent, capability and opportunity” Gonzalo explained. Anchored on this year’s slogan “Knock Out Crime”, Gonzalo said “I urged ev eryone to have the spir-

it of the world’s great boxer Manny Pacquiao who used to knock-out his opponents in a can-vass with his powerful fists. “We have to have Manny Pacquiao’s spir-it. It’s better that we will knock out crime not on the last hour but on the first 3 seconds on the first round. By do-ing this, we will deny the opportunity to the would-be criminals and on that manner we are practicing crime preven-tion.” Gonzalo opined. Among those who attended the event were Bureau of Fire Protec-tion regional director F/Sr. Supt. Mario Timon-era, PNP provincial di-rector P/Sr. Supt. Jose Bayani L. Gucela, City PNP director P/Supt. Primitivo L. Lorenzo Jr., City jail warden J/Supt. Mamerto Baroro, City local government op-erations officer Paulina Gadiano, Zamboanga del Sur National High School principal Roberto Bibanco. (JPA/GCC/PIA9-Pagadian)

ZamboSur dad... from page 7


Zambo city to give vehicles, pump boats to 98 barangaysZamboanga City, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- To better respond to emergen-cies and criminality in every barangay, the City Government is planning to arm all of the city’s 98 barangays with vehicles and pump boats before the end of 2013.

by Jocelyn P. Alvarez

Mayor Celso Lo-bregat recently made this announcement of the city government’s intention to purchase vehicles for the 90 ba-rangays in the mainland and 8 pump boats for the island barangays. City Council Chair-man on Committee on Appropriation revealed the city has already earmarked some P14.2 million as proposed budget appropriation for the purchase of 14

pick-up for the first batch of vehicles for the barangays. He clarified that the intention to pur-chase vehicles for the 98 barangays is a con-tinuing appropriation before the chief ex-ecutive’s term ends in 2013. To date, the con-tinuing allocation for the purpose has reached P50million. Guingona said since last year, the city

has been allocating funds for the purchase of vehicles for the ba-rangays. Guingona said the latest proposed alloca-tion of P14.2 million for the purpose has already passed first reading. He hopes his colleagues in the city council will support its passage in the third and final read-ing in the next coun-cil session. (JPA/PIA 9-Zambo City)

‘Walk for humanity” gains support from all sectors of societyPAGADIAN CITY, September 4 (PIA) – Over 2,000 participants from 31 contingents of the national government agencies, local government units, academe and non-governmental organizations have joined the ‘walk for humanity’ on Saturday at Plaza Luz here.

by Gideon C. Corgue

The event was organized by the Philippine National

Red Cross (PNRC), Zamboanga del Sur-Pagadian City chap-

ter. Clad in their jog-ging, shorts, and t-

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shirts, the partici-pants walked through the major streets in the city carrying along with them their respective stream-er displaying their support to the said event. Board of director chairman Dr. Reynal-do S. Ortiz in his mes-sage said, the event was held in obser-vance of the Interna-tional Humanitarian Law (IHL) month. “We are here be-cause we are support-ing the celebration of the IHL month,” Ortiz announced. Ortiz, who was giving a brief back-ground of the cele-bration said countries in the world gave full respect to the IHL , often referred to as the laws of war, the laws and customs of war or the law of armed conflict.

“During the war, when the surren-dered enemies hold white flag they won’t be killed, instead they will be treat-ed humanely and be protected against violence and intimi-dation,” Ortiz ex-plained. Aside from rais-ing awareness on the importance of IHL, Ortiz said the event has encouraged the public to support PN-RC’s mission of serv-ing lives by way of donating blood. “When you do-nate your blood, you save countless lives,” Ortiz assured the public. The BOD’s chair-man said the ‘walk for humanity’ , the highlight of the cel-ebration conducted by the local chapter was to raise funds for the purchase of

one (1) set 40 KVA generator adding that the blood pro-cessing equipments: refrigerated centri-fuge, plasma freezer, platelet agitator and blood mixer donated by the Department of Health (DoH) will soon be acquired by the local chapter. “These equipments are needing the gen-erator set in process-ing blood.” Ortiz add-ed. Meanwhile, do-nors and supporters who were constant-ly supporting to the blood services pro-gram of the chapter were given due rec-ognition in an award-ing ceremony. The three (3) blood galloners name-ly: Charlemagne M. Lopez. Spigi Aupil J. Manongas, and Reni-er A. Bangona were given certificates of

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appreciation, pins and cards. The 1st Infantry (TABAK) Division and the 5th (Duty-Bound) Battallion were also given plaques of ap-

preciation, and Gui-pos-LGU and dif-ferent schools and colleges received the same certificate. Provincial chap-ter administrator

Hildaliza F. Munoz disclosed that a to-tal of P24,028.00 was raised during the event. (GCC/PIA9-Pagadian)

Dugang health workers kuhaon sa DOH para sa RN HEALSDIPOLOG CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA)—Ang gobyerno mokuha ug dugang 12 mil ka mga health workers sama sa nars, mananabang ug mga mananambal ilalom sa Registered Nurses for Health Enhance-ment and Local Service sa Department of Health aron makatag-amtam ang kabus nga mga komunidad ug serbisyong medikal gikan sa gobyerno.

ni Alfonso T. Ruda

Matod pa ni Health Secretary En-rique T. Ona, ang pagkuha ug dugang health workers ilalom sa RN HEALS pro-gram, pormal nga ip-ahibalo ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III sa umaabot nga mga semana. Mahinumdoman, nga una nang nagku-ha ang DOH ug 10 mil ka mga nars ilalom sa maong programa, unom ka bulan na

ang nakalabay. Ang RN HEALS nga nag-empleyo ug mga nars sa kabus nga mga komunidad nagtumong nga ma-pa-abot sa tanang mga Filipino nga giila sa DOH ug Depart-ment of Social Wel-fare and Development ang gikinahanglang serbisyong medikal. Ang programa nga gitabangan pag-patuman sa nasudnon ug lokal nga pangag-

amhanan gilaumang makatubag sa kaku-lang ug mga makina-admanon ug mga nars nga duna nay hataas nga kasinatian aron magsilbi sulod sa usa ka tuig sa 1,221 ka mga barangay sa nagkalain-laing bahin sa nasod nga halos wala makatagamtam o wa-gyud makatag-amtam ug serbi-syong medikal gikan sa gobyerno. (ATR/PIA9-Zambo Norte)

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RTWPB-X, MUST ink MOA to promote productivity values among studentsby Odette Leh V. Caragos

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board, region 10 (RTWPB-X) and the Mindanao University of Science and Technol-ogy (MUST) partnership of promoting productivity to students and would-be-entrants to the labor force have been formalized.

This, after the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to instill basic productiv-ity values among stu-dents making them aware of such, practice them and put them to use when they join the world-of-work was signed by the follow-ing: Dr. Ricardo E. Ro-toras, MUST President, represented by Dr. Juana Consuelo Dela Rama, MUST Vice-President for Student Affairs and RTWPB-X led by its Chairperson, Atty. Alan M. Macara-ya, Regional Director of the Department of

Labor and Employ-ment (DOLE), region 10, with the confirma-tion/concurred by The MOA signing took place during the recent visit, here, of DOLE Secretary Rosa-linda Dimapilis-Bal-doz. Thus, the MOA paves the way to pro-mote DOLE programs to in-school-youth (ISY) like: Youth En-trepreneurship Sup-port (YES), Youth Entrepreneurship – Youth Employability (YE-YE), Summer Pro-gram for Employment of Students (SPES) and other livelihood

programs encourag-ing entrepreneurship among the youth. The MOA signing culminated with the exchange of signed MOA between DOLE Secretary Baldoz and Dr. dela Rama as a gesture of commit-ment and mutual sup-port. Meanwhi le , the DOLE Secretary sa id the MOA can a lso be rep l icat-ed by other stae un ivers i t ies and co l leges (SUCs) through the Guid-ance Network-X. (RTWPB-X/PIA-10)


PhilHealth’s new case rate packages starts Sept. 1 by Merlyn H. Ybañez

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Sept. 4 (PIA) – The new case rate packages for selected medical conditions and surgical procedures is now available in institutional health care facilities accredited by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), starting Sept. 1,. this year. This was bared by Datu Masuding Alon-to, Vice President for PhilHealth, Northern Mindanao, who said the shift from fee-for-service to case rates for these medical and surgical cases was prompted by develop-ments taking place in the health care indus-try. “Most notable of these developments is the need to provide optimal financial risk protection, especially, to the most vulnerable groups, including the poorest of the poor,” he said. Alonto also said that it is the opinion of the PhilHealth Pres-ident and Chief Exec-utive Officer, Dr. Rey B. Aquino, that better

member appreciation and faster reimburse-ment of fees to health care providers were also among the ma-jor considerations for introducing this new type of provider pay-ment scheme. Meanwhile the PhilHealth CEO said the use of case rates is an internation-ally accepted pay-ment mechanism that serves to package payment for health interventions. Through this mechanism, members will be able to predict how much PhilHealth will be paying for each of the servic-es provided and em-powered with just the right amount of infor-mation he needs for a

particular disease or illness. Among the medi-cal cases and the cor-responding package rates are Dengue I Php8,000, Dengue II, Php16,000, Pneu-monia I, Php15,000, Pneumonia II, Php32,000, and Es-sential Hypertension, Php9,000. Cerebral Infarction (CVA I), Php28,000, Cerebro-vascular Acci-dent with Hemorrhage (CVA II, Php38,000, Acute Gastroenteritis , Php6,000, Asthma, Php9,000, Typhoid Fever, Php14,000, and Newborn Care Package in Hospitals and Lying-in clinics, Php1,750. Surgical proce-dures including Ra-

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diotherapy, Php3,000 per session, Hemodi-alysis , Php4,000 per session, Maternity Care Package (MCP), Php8,000, coupled with the Normal Spontaneous Deliv-ery (NSD) Package in Level 1, Php8,000 and Levels 2-4 hospitals, Php6,500. Caesarian Sec-tion, Php19,000, A p p e n d e c t o m y , P h p 2 4 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 , C h o l e c y s t e c t o my, Php31,000, Dilata-tion and Curettage, Php11,000, Thyroi-dectomy, Php31,000, H e r n i o r r h a p h y , Php21,000, Mastecto-my, Php22,000, Hys-terectomy, Php30,000 and Cataract Surgery,

Php16,000. However, the “No Balance Billing” (NBB) policy, meaning no other fees nor expens-es shall be charged to or paid for by the pa-tient-member above and beyond the pack-age rate, applies to the Sponsored Pro-gram members who are admitted in gov-ernment hospitals. The NBB policy shall also apply to any other member type, such as, the em-ployed, individually paying and overseas workers, who will avail themselves of the MCP and NCP in all accred-ited MCP non-hospital providers, such as, maternity clinics, and

birthing homes. This policy was approved after a se-ries of consultations with concerned medi-cal societies and other institutional partners. These conditions and procedures were also among the top 49 percent of total claims PhilHealth paid for over the previous years. With all of these packages in place, the government agency needs about Php3 billion in the next six (6) to 12 months once members start availing themselves of the packages early this month. (PhilHealth/PIA-10)

7 more illegal-drugs trade suspects fallMALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon, Sept. 4 (PIA) – At least seven (7) more suspects were arrest-ed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), region 10, in line with its relentless drive to fight the illegal-drug trades.

by Juliet Cagaanan

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This was bared by Regional Director Roberto S. Opeña of PDEA-10, who said all the arrests result-ed after successful buy-bust operations were conducted by his personnel, the instances and places of which are as fol-lows: Around 12:00 midnight, last Sept. 2, in Barangay Ca-sisang, Malaybalay City, that led to the arrest of Felipe N. Butal, Jr., a resident of Sinabuagan, Va-lencia City. Butal was ar-rested after selling one (1) piece, regu-lar size transparent plastic sachet con-taining white crys-talline substance be-lieved to be shabu to a PDEA undercover agent. Recovered from his possession and control were one (1)

piece, each, of small, medium and large size heat-sealed transparent plas-tic sachets contain-ing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu. Also arrested during the opera-tion were: Emilio M. Gempisao, who yielded one (1) piece, small size heat-sealed trans-parent plastic sa-chet suspected to be shabu found inside his wallet and three (3) others, namely, Nelson C. Ernabe, Jr. and Edwin N. Re-bollido, both resid-ing at Purok 5, Ba-rangay Casisang, Malaybalay City,and Eugene S. Flores of Purok 1-B, Maramag, Bukidnon. Further, that day, Sept. 2, anoth-er successful buy-bust operation was conducted by PDEA-

10 in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental around 2:00 p.m., which led to the ar-rest of Rogelio C. Se-rojales a.ka.a. Tatay, male, 65 years old, jobless. Arrested with Tatay was Juanita G. Goyenoche, a.k.a. Nita, his live-in part-ner, female, 42 years old, married, jobless, both were residents of Purok 4, Saray, Iligan City. They were ar-rested after conniv-ing to sell one (1) piece heat-sealed transparent plas-tic sachet contain-ing white crystalline substance suspected to be shabu. Recovered from Tatay was one (1) piece large size heat-sealed transparent plastic sachet con-taining white crys-talline substance be-lieved to be shabu.

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Cebuano News: Konsehal Siao mipasi-ugda sa 1st BFF Hinterland Basketball League

Also recovered from Nita’s pos-session and control were: four (4) pieces small size and three (3) pieces medium size heat-sealed transparent plas-tic sachets contain-ing white crystalline substance believed to be shabu. The confiscat-

ed drug evidences of both operations were brought to the nearest PNP Crime Laboratory in their respective places for compre-hensive examina-tions while arrested suspects were tem-porarily detained at PNP Detention Cell, Malaybalay City and

PDEA-10 jail facility for proper disposi-tion. Opeña said cases of violation of RA 9165 are now being prepared for filing appropriate charges in court against the sus-pects. (PDEA/PIA-10)

ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- Nag-malampuson ang labing unang Builders for the Fu-ture (BFF) Hinterland Basketball League nga gipasi-ugdahan ni City Councilor Frederick Siao, bag-ohay pa lamang, didto sa Gymnasium sa Barangay Kabac-sanan, ning siyudad.

by Melvin T. Anggot

G i s a l m u t a n ang maong tor-neo sa unom ka mga bukirang ba-rangay sakop ning dakbayan sama sa Bonbonon, Bu-nawan, Digkilaan, Hindang, Kabac-sanan ug Mainit.

Tumong sa ma-ong kalihukan ang pagdiskobre sa mga talento sa dulang basketball didto sa kabukiran dungan ang paghatag kalin-gawan sa katawhan nga mahiligon sa maong dula ug

pag-promote sa panagsandurot sa mga kabatan-onan sa nahisgutan nga mga dapit. M i g u l a n g kampeon sa tor-neo mao ang team gikan sa Bunawan nga midawat sa

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ganting tres mil pe-sos cash ug trophy. Sa ikaduhang dapit mao ang Bonbonon nga midawat sa ganting dos mil pe-sos cash ug trophy, samtang sa ikatu-long dapit mao ang Kabacsanan nga

midawat sa ganting salapi nga usa ka libo ug trophy. Aduna usa’y gi-tunol nga tag-500 pesos nga consola-tion prize ngadto sa tulo ka mga teams nga anaa sa ika-upat ngadto sa ika-

unom nga dapit. Kabahin ang na-sangpit nga torneo sa daghang mga programa ilalom sa Builders for the Fu-ture (BFF) Program sa buhatan ni Kon-sehal Siao. (CIO/PIA-10)

Cebuano News: LFCCC midonar og lima ka motorsiklo sa ICPO ILIGAN CITY, Lanao del Norte, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- Por-mal nang nadawat sa Iligan City Police Office (ICPO) ang lima (5) ka mga bag-ong Honda XRM 125 motor-cycles nga gidonar sa Lanao-Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce (LFCCC).

by Melvin T. Anggot

Usa ka sere-monya ang napa-higayon alang niini atol sa flag raising program didto sa Camp Tomas Ca-bili sa Barangay Tipanoy, bag-ohay pa lamang, nga gipangunahan mis-mo sa mga opisyal sa LFCCC ubos sa

pagpangulo ni Atty. Dominic Siao. G i s a k s i h a n usab ang maong okasyon nila ni Vice Mayor Henry ug City Councilor Frederick Siao nga parehong mga board mem-bers sa nasangpit nga kahugpongan sa mga negosyan-

teng tsinoy dinhi sa atong dapit. Tinguha sa LFCCC nga ma-hatagan og dugang kahimanan sa mo-bilisasyon ang lima (5) ka police com-munity precincts ilalom sa kamando-an sa ICPO. (CIO/PIA-10)

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DavSur public high school gets Korean assistanceDIGOS CITY, Davao del Sur, Sept. 04 (PIA) – A Korean Mission-ary has been assisting a three-year operating public secondary school here with financial support for the latter’s infrastructure improvement.

by Carina L. Cayon

Korean Missionary Inho Park has provided funding for the ongoing construction of concrete walls for the ten class-rooms of Cagas-Alo Na-tional High School-Matti Annex in Digos City. The missionary has also pledged to donate P10,000 every month to aid for the construc-tion of the school library, and to teach Korean lan-guage to the teachers and students. According to Davao del Sur provincial infor-mation office, the school has enrolled more than 400 students this school year based from the re-port of school-incharge Imelda Cardines.

Cagas-Alo National High School-Matti An-nex started operating in 2008 in a two-hectare area in Barangay Matti through the personal fi-nancial support of Gov-ernor Douglas Ra. Cagas who has always been thankful for the Korean Missionary’s assistance. Aside from the personal support of the governor, the provincial government has also al-located P1.2 million for the school’s operations, the PIO stated. Currently, the school has ten sections from first year to fourth year, with 15 teachers. The PIO said pro-viding education services

for the youth in the prov-ince is part of the core program of Gov. Cagas called IHELP +++ which stands for infrastruc-tures, health, education and livelihood projects. The plus symbols represent the expansion of the program to other services like tourism, ag-riculture and socialized housing as part of the priorities in the province for the governor’s sec-ond term. Gov. Cagas is molding Davao del Sur to be an agro-indus-trial, commercial and eco-tourism area in the country. (PIA-11/Carina L. Cayon)


Household help convicted for illegaldrug possessionDAVAO CITY, Sept. 04 (PIA) – For possessing marijuana leaves, a household help would at least stay 12 years in jail.

Dave Martinez, 33, of Panabo City, Davao del Norte was sentenced to suffer the penalty of 12 years and one day to 14 years imprisonment last Au-gust 5 for illegal drugs possession. Judge Rowena Apao Adlawan, pre-siding judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 30 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, also ordered Martinez to pay a fine of Php 300,000.00. Martinez, mar-ried and a resident of Purok 1 in Brgy. San Antonio, Panabo City was arrested on Janu-ary 24, 2007 in Tagum City by police officers SPO1 Richie Nala, PO3

Divina Agocoy and PO1 Dexter Odi. Recovered from the possession and control of Martinez were six packs of dried marijuana leaves all wrapped in a news paper weighing 18 grams. Undersecretary Jose S. Gutierrez, Jr., director general of the Philippine Drug En-forcement Agency, stressed out that the collaborative efforts of the different pillars of the criminal justice system such as the law enforcement, prosecu-tion, court and the community was the key in the successful trial of all drug perpe-trators operating in the

Region. “They will not put to justice, if it is not for the people’s continued vigilance and coopera-tion. These are positive indicators that they are actively participat-ing in our anti-drug campaign. Let us work hand in hand to drive out the menace of drug abuse in our country,” Gutierrez said. The PDEA official urged the public to report illegal drug ac-tivities in their com-munities, through call or text to PDEA Regional Office-11 hotlines at 082-222-3045, 09395433405, 09158362599 or 0 9 3 3 1 4 8 1 3 8 7 . (PDEA-11)


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Gov. Uy: USWAG-GK Villages libre gihapon sa semilyang tilapia ug hitoNABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley, Sept. 04 (PIA) – Puno sakalipay ang mga GK Homeowners sa Bansilaw USWAG GK Village sa Libuton, Monkayo, samtang ilang gitabangan pag-harvest ang gipadagko nga mga tilapia ug hito diha sa usa ka 600sq.m.-fishpond nga gitabangan pagbuhat sa Provincial LGU sa Compostela Valley ug sa LGU Monkayo.

Ang maong fish-pond adunay duha ka mga compartments diin usa niini maoy gibutangan sa mga tilapia ug ang laing usa sa mga hito. Matud ni Fishery Division Chief Ronald Sibayan sa Provincial Agriculturist Office (PAGRO), nga gikan sa probinsiya ang semilya sa mga tila-pia. Kini gihatag ni Gov. Arturo “Chion-gkee” Uy sa mga GK Homeowners pina-agi sa stocking nga malampusong gihimo sa mga Staff sa Fish-ery Division sa PAGRO niadtong katapusang

semana sa Disyem-bre 2010. Samtang ang stocking sa mga semilyang hito nah-itabo kapin tulo ka bulan ang milabay. 1,000 ka semilyang hito ang gihatag sa probinsiya, ug 2,000 usab maoy gihatag ni Mayor Brillantes pinaagi sa MAGRO Monkayo. Ang harvest nahitabo niadtong Agusto 31,2011 atol sa gihimong opening sa usa ka Week Long nga pagselebrar sa Kariyawan Festival sa Monkayo. Niadtong adlawa mihatag usab sa iyang

State of the Municipal Address (SOMA) si Mayor Manuel Brillan-tes Jr. nga gitambon-gan nila ni Gov. Uy, Vice Gov. Ramil Gen-tugaya, Cong. Mari-car Apsay, ug mga SP Members nga sila si SP Members Neri Barte, Joselito Bril-lantes, Heracleo Co-dilla, ug Josielyn Ro-mano. Sayo sa buntag niadtong adlawa did-to si Gov. Uy sa Ban-silaw USWAG GK Vil-lage aron sakisihan ang gihimong Har-vest sa binuhing mga Tilapia ug Hito nga gipadagko sa mga


GK Homeowners sa ilang fishpond. Ang gobernador ug mga kauban ilang gidali-tan sa mga dagkong tilapia nga giprito, ug sa mga dagkong hito nga gisugba uban sa linung-ag nga kamote ug balanghoy pana-hon sa gihimong salu-salo sayo sa buntag samtang nagpadayon ang ilang harvest. Gipasabot ni

Sibayan nga kadtong initial harvest pa la-mang diin ilang gip-ili pagpanguha kad-tong duna nay igong gidak-on, nga maoy ilang gi-display sa Monkayo panahon sa dul-an usa ka sem-anang pagselebrar sa Kariyawan Festival sa lungsod. Luyo niini, gipa-hibalo usab ni Gov. Uy nga magpadayon

ang probinsiya sa paghatag ug libreng semilya sa Tila-pia ug Hito ngadto sa tanang mga GK Villages alang sa katuyoang pagkaon sa lamesa sa mga GK beneficiaries matag-adlaw diha sa mga USWAG GK Vllages sa Compostela Val-ley. (IDS-Comval/Gilbert Cabahug)

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4th Family Health Fair sa Maco gisaulogNABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley, Sept. 04 (PIA) – Sila si Gov. Ar-turo “Chiongkee” Uy ug Mayor Carlos Voltaire Rimando maoy nan-gulo sa bag-o nahumang selebrasyon sa 4th Family Health Fair sa Maco nga gisugdan sa Septyembre 2-3, 2011.

Gipasabot ni PHO Chief Dr. Renato Basañez nga ang Family Health Fair sa Compostela Valley gisugdan pagselebrar sa kapitolyo niadtong nakalabayng 2008. Kini human nga gide-

klara ni Gov. Uy nga Family Health Day ang Septyembre 3 matag tuig pinaagi sa Executive Order no.036-2008 nga iyang gipagula niad-tong Septyembre 4, 2008.

Ikaduhang pag-selebrar niini gihi-mo diha sa Nabun-turan Gymnasium, sa Sept.2 ug 3 sa naka-labayng 2009. Ang ikatulong pagselebrar nahitabo sa Monte-vista Covered Court

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sa mao gihapong bu-lan sa nakalabayng 2010. Pinaagi sa Fam-ily Health Fair, matud ni Dr. Basañez nga mapasundayag sa probinsiya ang lain-laing serbisyo sa pan-glawas nga paday-ong gihatag sa mga katawhan nga libre diha sa mga kaba-ranggayan. Panahon sa pag-saulog sa 4th Family Health Fair sa Maco, adunay mga Health Booths nga gibuksan aron ipaila sa mga katawhan ang pipila ka mga Health Pro-grams sa probinsiya nga nagtumong sa maayong panglawas sa mga inahan ug mga kabataan. Pipila niini mao ang Child Health and Nutrition, Safe Motherhood, Oral Health, Family Planning, Healthy Life

Style, ug ang lain-la-ing mga serbisyo sa panglawas nga gi-tunol sa upat ka mga Provincial Hospitals sa Compostela Val-ley. Apil usab sa gi-showcase nga mga Health Programs sa probinsiya mao ang Expanded Program on Immunization, ang TB Program, Dental Sevices, ug uban pa. Apan panahon sa 4th Family Health Fair mas napalap-dan pa ang mga ser-bisyo sa panglawas nga gitunol sa mga katawhan nga libre. Kini sa rason nga ga-was sa 11 ka mga RHUs nga maoy reg-ular nga katabang sa probinsiya sa pagdu-mala sa maong sel-ebrasyon, nahimong katabang usab karon ang USAID ug DOH nga maoy mihatag

ug dugang serbisyo sa panglawas nga li-bre pinaagi sa pro-gramang Lakbay Bu-hay Kalusugan. Sa unang adlaw pa lamang sa 4th Fam-ily Health Fair aduna nay mokabat 1,163 ang nakabenepisyo sa lbreng serbisyo sa panglawas nga gita-bangan pagtunol sa Provincial Health Of-fice (PHO), 11 ka mga RHUs, DOH, USAID ug sa mga Private Partners nga gilang-koban sa St. Augus-tine Mining Corpo-ration, Apex Mining, DACECO Wood In-dustries, Therma Ma-rines, Maco Agri-Ven-tures, SUMIFRU, ug sa DOLE STANFILCO, Filipinas Shell Foun-dation, NICO, Mars-man, SMART, Alcan-tara and Sons ug uban pa. (IDS-Comval/Gilbert Cabahug)

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Kini ang pama-hayag ni Gov. Uy pana-hon sa iyang paghatag og Weekly Report sa kapitolyo atol sa Con-vocation Program sa mga empleyado niad-tong Agosto 22. Gipahibalo usab sa Gobernador nga bisan nag-una sa iyang kas-ing-kasing ang iyang Programa nga mao ang paghatag og libreng balay sa mga kabus ila-lom sa USWAG Gawad Kalinga, apan wala siya makatambong sa Opening Program sa 8thBayani Challenge nga mao ang dungan nga pagtukod sa 40 ka mga balay sa Pantu-kan niadtong Agusto 19 tungod sa imbita-

syon sa Pangulo. Hinuon iyang na-tambongan, ug sila gyod ni Mayor Tok Sarenes maoy nangu-lo sa bag-o nahumang unveiling (pag-abli) sa Lambo Pantukan, Us-wag GK Village Land-mark diha sa Townsite, Brgy. King-king niad-tong Agusto 21. Sa mokabat 40 ka mga balay nga gitu-kod pagdungan, napu-lo niini ang gihatag sa gobernador. Mismong ang mga empleyado sa kapitolyo maoy nagta-bang sa pagtukod niini atol sa 8th USWAG GK Bayani Challenge sa Pantukan. Gipasabot sa gobernador nga ma-

puslanon gyod kaayo ang iyang lakaw did-to sa kauluhan tungod kay iyang gitambon-gan ang usa ka Ori-entation Seminar sa Liberal Party, ug ang pangulo mismo maoy nag-imbitar kaniya sa pag-apil sa maong Ori-entation Seminar sa LP. Iyang nakauban sa bag-o nahumang Orientation Seminar sa LP ang pipila ka mga kongresista, ug sila si Gov. Oscar S. Moreno sa Misamis Oriental ug si Gov. Sol F. Matugas sa Surigao del Norte. (IDS-Comval/Gil-bert Cabahug)

Cebuano News: Gov. Uy saludo sa adbokasi-yang ‘Tuwid na Daan’ ni PNoy, honesty ug integrity sa Pangulo “beyond question”NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley, Sept. 04 (PIA) – Saludo gyod si Gov. Arturo “Chiongkee” Uy sa adbokasiyang “Tuwid na Daan” ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino-III, ug hugot ang iyang pagtuo nga mas molambo ang nasud ilalom sa administrasyong Aquino sa ra-son nga beyond question ang honesty ug integrity sa pangulo.


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DA Sec Alcala leads groundbreaking of Asparagus Plant in GenSanGENERAL SANTOS CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala led Thursday (September 1) alongside City May-or Darlene Antonino-Custodio the groundbreaking of the Php3-M worth Asparagus Packing Plant expected to facilitate the pro-cessing of asparagus not only in the city but the entire SocSar-Gen (South Cotabato-Sarangani-General Santos City).

Secretary Alcala was happy to note of the new development in the city describing it as another milestone for the agricultural sec-tor here. The Secretary then turned over to Mayor Custodio 2,000 asparagus seeds as initial assistance under the department’s high value crop develop-ment program. He said the seeds will support the city government’s effort to further advance its

agricultural landscape especially high value crops. The plant, which is located at barangay San Jose here is owned and managed by the Greenland Asparagus Producers Multi-Pur-pose Cooperative, the recipient of the Depart-ment of Agriculture’s (DA) high value crop program. Thanking the Sec-retary, Mayor Custodio said brgy. San Jose has good climactic condi-tion that is suitable for

growing asparagus and other high value com-mercial crops. The mayor said she is delighted with the strong partnership existing between and among the city gov-ernment, DA and the cooperative. She also thanked DA for all its support to the local ag-ricultural sector and all its projects that have been implemented in the city. Custodio also de-scribed barangay San Jose as the agriculture

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Kalsadang Maitum-Lake Sebu nakatakdang simulan sa susunod na buwanKORONADAL CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) – Inihayag ni South Cotabato 2nd District Representative Daisy Avance-Fuentes na pinaghah-andaan na ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) ang pagbubukas ng iba pang dagdag na “road sections” ng proyektong pangkalsadang Maitum-Lake Sebu.

Naitakda na uma-no sa susunod na bu-wan ang pagbisita ng mga eksperto ng DPWH sa project area upang kaagad masimulan ang development plan nito. Base sa ulat ng Re-gional Project Monitor-ing Committee (RPMC)

ng Regional Develop-ment Council (RDC) 12, aabot sa mahigit P1.39 bilyon ang kakai-langaning pondo upang makumpleto Maitum-Lake Sebu road proj-ect. Ang proyekto ay inaasahang mag-uug-

nay sa mga coastal na mga bayan ng Maasim at Maitum ng Lalawigan ng Sarangani at Palim-bang at Lebak ng Sul-tan Kudarat sa Region-al Center sa Lungsod ng Koronadal dadaan sa mga bayan ng Lake Sebu at Surallah ng

hub of high value crops in General Santos City especially for onions, banana, cotton, garlic, and the latest is aspar-agus. The project also included a production enhancement support package that is capa-ble of processing newly produced asparagus harvested from the 60-hectare plantation in

the area. The mayor said that with the project in the offing she foresees an increase in income of asparagus grow-ers, thereby improv-ing their quality of life aside boosting the lo-cal economy. The city govern-ment through its City Agriculture Office has also been massive-

ly promoting the use of “organic farming” among its barangays that are into agricul-ture as means of liveli-hood. DA-12 regional director Amalia Datu-kan and other regional and local officials were also present to witness the event. (CTA/PIA General Santos City)

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DTI tinututukan ang bentahan ng sub-standard na Christmas lightsKORONADAL CITY, Setyembre 4 (PIA) -- Kasabay ng pagpasok sa buwan ng Setyembre, muli na namang sinimulan ng Department of Trade and Industry- South Cotabato ang pagbabantay sa ben-tahan ng mga sub-standard na Christmas lights sa lalawigan.

Ayon kay Elbert Capicio, trade special-ist ng DTI South Cota-bato, una sa kanilang hakbang ay ang kau-sapin ang mga may-ari ng mga establisimiyen-to at retailers na hu-wag nang umangkat at magpabili ng Christmas lights na hindi dumaan sa tamang prosedo ng product inspection. Humingi din ng tulong sa media ang DTI na tulungan sila sa pagpapaalala sa

publiko na huwag bu-mili ng mga Christmas lights na walang prod-uct standards marks at iba pang patunay na dumaan ito sa tamang pagsisiyasat. Aniya, delikado ang mga substandard na Christmas lights da-hil maaari ito pagmu-lan ng sunog. Nanawagan din si Capicio sa publiko na tulungan ang DTI sa pagbabantay laban sa mga substandard na

Chrustmas lights. Umaasa si Capicio na dahil sa kanilang isinasagawang mala-wakang information drive, mapipigilan ang pagdami mga produk-tong walang tamang li-sensiya. Maliban sa infor-mation drive mag-iikot din ang mga tauhan ng DTI upang magmoni-tor ng mga biniben-tang mga Christmas lights. (DEDoguiles/PIA 12)

South Cotabato. Ito rin umano ay magiging daan sa pag-bubukas ng malawak at malalaking proyek-tong pang-agrikultura sa mga lugar na sa-

kop ng Maitum at Lake Sebu, na itinuturing ding mayroong malak-ing volume ng “coal deposits.” Ang mga bayan ng Lake Sebu at

Ma i tum ay kasa-lukuyan d ing d i -n i -deve lop b i lang mga “eco- tour i sm dest inat ion” ng Reh iyon Dose. (ac agad PIA12)

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Campaign launching produces 38,000 rat tailsKORONADAL CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- At least 38,000 rat tails were gathered by farmers, residents and official in nearby Tantangan town during the launching of an anti-rat campaign on Thursday. Community re-sponse to call to catch and kill rats was so widespread that the 30 sacks of rice alllo-cated in exchange of rodent’s tails during the launching program were insufficient. Provincial agricul-turist Reynaldo Legaste said they launched the month-long massive rat campaign as first-line defense against rat infestation. “We are conduct-ing massive rat cam-paign this month be-cause September is a breeding month for rats,” Legaste said. Controlling rat population in the area could prevent recur-rence of rat infesta-

tion. Early this year, rat infestation led Tan-tangan and other LGUs to declare state of ca-lamity. “Tantangan, par-ticularly villages ad-joining Sultan Kudarat province remains con-ducive to rat infesta-tion,” he said. Sultan Kudarat’s wide sugarcane and oil palm plantations as well as the wide untilled lands in the area has provided the rodents places to populate and breed, he said. Besides Tantan-gan, the Provincial Ag-riculture Office is also closely monitoring the mountainous areas of Lake Sebu, Polomolok, and T’boli municipali-

ties, which are also prone to rodent at-tack. For the rat cam-paign in Tantangan the PAO has allocated 200 sacks of rice. Legaste also called on residents of Tan-tangan to refrain from cooking and eating rat meat starting Septem-ber 8 because on this date agricultural tech-nicians in coordination with barangay officials will start acute bait-ing of rats. Baits laced with zinc phosphide will be distributed to ricefields and other farms in the area. Zinc phosphide is toxic and not fit for ingestion by humans. (PIA 12)


In a meeting held recently, V-Mayor Fortun gathered distinguished figures of this city to form part of the council which is mandated un-der DENR Administra-tive Order No. 30 which created the only Coun-cil that is headed by the Vice Mayor of the local government unit. Fortun emphasized during the meeting that it is high time that the Council should be con-vened in the advent of various environmental threats which do not only affect the City of Butuan but globally as well. “The Council is tasked to implement and oversee programs and projects in the city con-cerning environment and

natural resources pro-tection as well as recom-mended and revisit local ordinances that will fit to the needs of the present times,” Fortun noted. He added the coun-cil’s role is to prioritize in giving advocacy to the public in protecting the environment. With Fortun sit-ting as Chairman of the council, it is hoped that massive campaign to to protect the environment will be put in place. The council is also composed of Mr. Vicente L. Sembrano, OIC CEN-RO of the DENR as Vice Chairman. Members coming from the Butuan City government are Council-ors Virgilio G, Nery, Jr.,

chairman of the Commit-tee on Environment and Natural Resources of the Sangguniang Panlung-sod; Nestor D. Amora, President of the Liga ng mga Punong Barangay; and Rauzil A. Carampa-tana, President of the SK Federation. Ms. Jocelyn S. Ebd-alin, OIC City Environ-ment Natural Resourc-es Officer complete the membership coming from the local govern-ment here. The council is also composed of national line agencies of the gov-ernment such as the Philippine National Po-lice (PNP) represented by PSupt. Jose V. Car-illo, City Police Director; and the Department of

Butuan V-Mayor convenes environment councilBUTUAN CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) – Vice Mayor Lawrence H. Fortun here finally convened the Environment and Natural Resources Council (ENRC) after almost two decades of being not implemented in the past admin-istration.

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Education (DepEd) rep-resented by Dr. Daylinda J. Tampus, City Schools Division Superinten-dent. Meanwhile, Bu-tuan City Water District (BCWD), a quasi-gov-ernment agency corpo-ration is also represent-ed in the person of its General Manager Engr. Anselmo L. Sang Tian. Complementing the government representa-tion are individuals from the private sector head-ed by Atty. Josefe Sorre-ra-Ty from Fr. Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) Policy Center; Atty. Vin-cent Jose Fortun, chair-man of the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources of the influential Butuan Glob-al Forum, Inc.; and Mr. Omar Andaya, President of Butuan City Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try Foundation, Inc. Also during the said activity, members took their Oath of Of-fice before DENR Re-gional Executive Direc-tor Leonardo Sibbaluca who expressed deep ap-preciation and gratitude to the local government

particularly Vice Mayor Fortun for convening the said Council. “In my years of be-ing assigned in different regions in the country, this is the first time that I personally witnessed a local government unit convening the ENRC which is what we have longed for since this is a great manifestation that we will now have a po-tent partner in protect-ing our environment,” Sibbaluca said. He added that the fight in protecting the environment has been a frustrating effort consid-ering the might of those who are out to destroy environment has be-come very overwhelm-ing as compared to the meager resources of the DENR. “Although the threat to the environ-ment is not that serious anymore in Butuan City after the foiled illegal mining and logging at the Taguibo Watershed some years back com-pared to other parts of Caraga Region, the need for more vigilance is still of utmost importance,”

Sibbaluca emphasized. Further, Engr. Sang Tian echoed the call of Sibbaluca as their agen-cy still monitored illegal logging activities in the Taguibo watershed area. This was also the obser-vation shared by Sem-brano who has received text messages of illegal logging activities in the said area. He even had an actual encounter of log decks placed along-side the highway go-ing to Cabadbaran area which he immediately ordered for dismantle. For his part, Fortun said there should be no let up in the investiga-tion whoever is involved if reports are true. “We are serious in our cam-paign to protect our en-vironment and we must show this to whoever will threaten to destroy it,” Fortun said. Furthermore, PSupt Carillo scored on the non-compliance of driv-ers of public utility vehi-cles and tricycles on the putting of trash bins in their vehicles. Carillo asked the council if there are al-ready ordinances for this


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Cebuano News: Independent committee gimugna aron manguna sa negosasyon para sa luwas nga pagbuhi kay Mayor DanoBUTUAN CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- Gimugna na sa Local Crisis Management Committee ang Independent Hu-manitarian Committee nga maoy makignegosyar sa National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) negotiating panel alang sa luwas nga pagbuhi kang Lingig, Surigao del Sur Mayor Henry Dano ug sa duha niya ka mga military escorts. Sigon ni Butuan City Councilor Erwin Dano, pag-umangkon sa gidagit nga mayor og membro sa nego-tiating team, ka-uban nila sa grupo ang mga tag-as nga opisyal gi-kan sa nagkada-iyang sektor sama ni Con-gressman Satur Oca-mpo nga presidente sa Makabayan Coali-tion, ug Surigao del Sur Gov. Johnny Pi-mentel nga chairman

sa Local Crisis Man-agement. Sa pagkakaron, Mindanaowide na ang panawagan sa negoti-ating team kang Pan-gulong Noynoy Aqui-no nga sanun gon una ang hangyo sa mga re-beldeng New People’s Army nga temporaryo unang ihunong ang military operation sa Surigao del Sur ug si-dlakang bahin sa Min-danao alang sa luwas

nga pagbuhi sa mga bihag. Dugang pa sa opisyal, subling gi-pamugos sa mga rebelde ang ilang hangyo dungan sa pagklaro nga anaa sa maayong ka-himtang ang mga bik-tima kinsa ila lamang gi-imbitar alang sa pagtin-aw sa pipila ka mga isyu og wala nila gidagit. (BR/PIA-Caraga)

purpose so that they can also enforce it. Nery, also a staunch environ-ment advocate, said that the ordinance for the putting of trash bins on public utility vehicles is already in effect but it is just being ignored by

some drivers. Ebdalin, the city ENRO also apprised the Council of the Balangayan Plant a Million Trees and the Solid Waste Manage-ment projects initiated by City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante, Jr.

The Counci l is set to reconvene on Sept. 16, 2011 to further discuss in detai l the proposed programs and projects that they wi l l undertake. (Balangay Watch/PIA-Caraga)



Cebuano News: Launching sa ‘JYes Kontra Droga’ sa Tandag City, gitambungan ni PDEA Dir. Gen Usec Jose Gutierrez JrBUTUAN CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- Mismong si Philip-pine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Director General USEC Jose Gutierrez, Jr. ang nagsilbing guest speaker sa launching sa “JYes Kontra Dro-ga” bag-ohay pa lamang didto sa Tandag City.

Ang kampa-nya sa anti-illegal drugs ang gipan-gunahan sa pro-vincial govern-ment pinaagi sa Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Coun-cil (PADAC). Ang PADAC kinsa gipangulu-han ni Governor Johnny Pimentel, nagtumong nga ang probinsya sa Surigao del Sur

mahimo nang drug free. Gibuksan ang nasangpit nga ka-lihukan sa usa ka thanksgiving mass nga gihimo sa San Nicolas de Tolen-tino Cathedral nga gisundan usab sa motorkada nga maoy nagsilbing signal sa pagsu-god sa ‘Big Bang’ event sa probinsya ug ang unveiling sa

“JYes Kontra Dro-ga” o ang content sa JYes (10) point agenda ngadto sa publiko. Samtang ni-hatag usab si Ms. Alma Concepcion ang beauty queen/actress sa iyang testimony mes-sage kalabot sa iyang eksperen-siya sa illegal nga druga. (BR/PIA-Caraga)

Cebuano News: Padayong giimbestigahan sa kapulisan ang pagsunog sa rebeldeng NPA sa sawmill ug backhoe sa Agusan del SurBUTUAN CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- Tulo ka sunod-sunod nga pag-atake ang gihimo sa mga rebeldeng New People’s Army didto sa lalawigan sa Agusan del Sur ning mi-aging adlaw resulta sa dako-dakong damyos nga ilang nabilin.

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Cebuano News: Number 16 most wanted sa Caraga region, nadakpan na

Base sa report sa Police Regional Office-13, unang gisunog sa mga rebelde pasado alas-11:55 sa gabii niadtong Agosto 24 ning tuiga ang usa ka chainsaw didto sa Brgy. Basa, lungsod sa Trento sa mao-ng lalawigan kondiin ang maong butang, gipanag-iyahan sa ne-gosyanteng si Leyte Gentio, residente sa Brgy. Poblacion sakop sa maong lungsod.

Paglabay sa kapin usa ka oras, susamang grupo ang misunog sa usa ka sawmill sa susamang dapit anga gipanag-iyahan ni Celia Tiu, residente sa Brgy. Manat sakop sa ma-ong lungsod. Pag-ka-alas kwatro sa kaadlawon, usa ka yunit sa PW30 exca-vator mini backhoe nga gipanag-iyahan sa Agusan Planta-tion Incorporated

ang gisunog usab sa susamang grupo sa Brgy. Imelda, Bu-nawan, Agusan del Sur. Padayon ang gihimong imbesti-gasyon sa kapulisan kondiin ilang gitapok ang mga saksi sa ma-ong mga hitabo alang sa posibleng pag-ila sa mga suspek nga gamiton nila sa pag-pasaka og tukmang kaso ngadto sa korte. (BR/PIA-Caraga)

BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- Nadakpan na ang ika num-ber 16 most wanted person sa Caraga Region base sa Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Memorandum Circular number 2002-39 kondiin mukabat sa 75-mil pesos ang monetary reward.

Ang maong want-ed person ang giaresto sa mga sakop sa 13th Regional Criminal In-vestigation and Detec-tion Group kon RCIDU ug Regional Intelligence Division kauban na ang Mat-i Davao Oriental CIDT, niadtong Biyernes, Sept. 2 sa alas 9:00 sa

buntag sa Madang Mat-i City Davao Oriental. Naila ang maong lalaki nga si Leonardo Madelo Jr, 43-anyos, minyo ug nagpuyo sa Brgy. Tungao sa syudad sa Butuan. Siya giaresto pina-agi sa gahum sa warrant of arrest nga gi-isyu ni

Judge Godofredo Abul Jr sa Regional Trial Court Branch 4, Hall of Justice Libertad ning syudad. Kasong murder ang giatubang ni Mad-elo, ubos sa criminal case number 6675 kin-sa kasamtangan karong gidetiner sa 13th RCIDU. (BR/PIA-Caraga)

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