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It's all these wonders and more that make the long, sometimes bumpy but fun nevertheless, trip to the deepest corners of Silago's forests and Maasin's mountain tops worth all the aching muscles. - Photos by Joe Galvez and Mark Merueñas/YA, GMA News | It's all these wonders and more that make the long, sometimes bumpy but fun nevertheless, trip to the deepest corners of Silago's forests and Maasin's mountain tops worth all the aching muscles. - Photos by Joe Galvez and Mark Merueñas/YA, GMA News | ||
==Cebuano news: So. Leyte DENR works double time to attain 2011 NGP target== | |||
*Source: http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=52801&y=2011&mo=09 | |||
*Wednesday, September 07, 2011 | |||
:by. Bong Pedalino | |||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Sept. 7 (PIA) -- The provincial office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is working double time to reach its target of reforesting 1,800 hectares of timberland areas in the province this year, according to Ricardo Tomol, Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO). | |||
In a casual chat with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) on the sidelines of a meeting held at Rep. Roger Mercado’s office Monday, PENRO Tomol said his office will be doing a double time in coordination with various government agencies as they are expected to cover all bases for the remaining months of the year. | |||
In July, Cong. Mercado led the launching of the National Greening Program (NGP) in the province, during which the sites to be planted, also called NGP sites, were duly identified, with the challenge that these areas should be planted based on the timeline specified under the nationwide reforestation program. | |||
Last month, the DENR coverage under CENRO-Maasin were able to plant 20 hectares of the NGP site at barangay Lonoy with the help of high school students, while at CENRO-San Juan, some 4o hectares were already accomplished. | |||
CENRO refers to Community Environment and Natural Resources Office, a subdivision of the provincial DENR, with CENRO-Maasin comprising the areas from Maasin to Sogod, while CENRO-San Juan comprising the rest of the towns in the pacific and Panaon island, including Libagon. | |||
For the NGP, CENRO-Maasin was assigned 800 hectares, and CENRO-San Juan, 1,000 hectares, Tomol said. | |||
He told the heads of offices present during the meeting at Congressman’s office that he will soon provide them with their respective schedules for the NGP-led tree-planting activity, as it was already understood that under NGP every employee was committed to plant ten trees per year until 2016. | |||
For the two CENROs, the strategy now would be to plant more than 300 hundred hectares per month until December to accomplish the goal of 1,800 hectares, Tomol said. | |||
Aside from closely coordinating with the Department of Education (DepEd), Tomol said he will also go around to the various local government units in the province and the different People’s Organizations to step up the pace. | |||
The NGP will go on until 2016, with an expected increase in hectare coverage every year, it was learned. The national target was to plant 1.5 billion tree and fruit-tree seedlings in 1.5 million hectares. | |||
Whereas the reforestation programs in the past 25 years covered only some 200 hectares, the NGP, in a matter of six years raised it almost a thousand times, Tomol intimated. | |||
The other difference is that while past reforestation programs relied only on human monitoring, the NGP uses satellite technology in tracking planted sites, so everything has to be feed into the computer, the internet, Tomol added. (PIA-Southern Leyte/bong) | |||
==GSIS VP graces Members Forum and Pre-retirement counseling in So Leyte== | |||
*Source: http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=52666&y=2011&mo=09 | |||
*Tuesday, September 06, 2011 | |||
:by. ES Gorne | |||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Sept. 6 (PIA) -- The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) Regional Office 8 in a series of Members Forum and Pre-retirement counselling conducted in its last leg throughout Eastern Visayas region last Friday was graced by Vice President (VP) Salvacion Mate for SOLVI Operations in Southern Leyte. | |||
According to VP Mate the said GSIS initiated dialogue with stakeholders and pensioners nationwide hopes to solicit inputs on how they can best run the state insurance working with act, courage on different issues. | |||
Together with GSIS Regional Manager Vilma Fuentes, VP Mate held separate dialogues for members who are planning to retire on pre-retirement counseling in the morning while a member’s forum with the active members of the state insurance in the afternoon. | |||
VP Mate disclose that GSIS will only provide the funding for the housing programs through the Pag-Ibig Fund as GSIS extended housing loans restructuring and condonation programs. | |||
Regional Manager Fuentes informed the active members on its bundles of benefits given away by GSIS such scholarship programs to include STI partnership in education, the GSIS and Pfizer partnership health programs where members can avail up to 55 percent discounts on selected Pfizer medicines like Norvasc, Celebrex, Lipitor, Lyric and Viagra. | |||
According to Fuentes, the SOMA for each of the GSIS members can now be requested on website, www.gsis.gov.ph. | |||
For further information on the details of GSIS concerns, Manager Fuentes provided the following contact numbers: Regional Manager Vilma Fuentes – 09085686198/ 0915823811/ mvlfuentes@gsis.gov.ph; Igmidio “Junjie” Ponay, Jr – 09175729705/ ifponay@gsis.gov.ph; Juanita L. Echevarria – 09494014973. | |||
While, GSIS delivered two more GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System or G-W@PS, one unit placed at the Southern Leyte Provincial Capitol and the other one at the Maasin City Hall lobbies and became functional in time with the visit of VP Mate and Regional Manager Fuentes last week. | |||
Presently, there are three (3) GW@PS kiosks located in various strategic locations throughout the province. (PIA SoLeyte/esg) | |||
==So Leyte, Maasin City get 2 news GSIS kiosks== | |||
*Source: http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=52423&y=2011&mo=09 | |||
*Monday, September 05, 2011 | |||
:by. ES Gorne | |||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, September 5 (PIA) -- To provide comfort and easier access for government employees both in Southern Leyte Provincial Government and the Maasin City government to avail of the services of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), two new kiosks were turned –over last Friday at respective offices. | |||
Known as GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System or G-W@PS, members can readily apply for loans, check membership status and loan accounts through the G-W@PS kiosk. Pensioners can also renew their active status through the kiosk. | |||
GSIS Regional Manager Vilma Fuentes said “ The automated system can process the GSIS members loan applications without any documentary requirement,” during the forum conducted by GSIS regional office attended by the active members in the afternoon at DPWH Conference Hall last Friday throughout the province. | |||
The G-W@PS was developed in the GSIS and makes use of a combination of world-class technologies, such as radio frequency identification, biometrics, and virtual private network to come up with a secure system that can perform processing remotely in a paperless manner. | |||
The G-W@PS kiosk resembles an automated teller machine (ATM) that has a touch screen monitor. Unlike the ATM, however, the GW@PS kiosk does not dispense money. | |||
Presently, there are three (3) GW@PS kiosks located in various strategic locations throughout the province. | |||
In the morning, the GSIS team headed by Vice President Salvacion P. Mate for the SOLVI Operations also met with the pre-retirement employees for counselling. ### ( PIA SoLeyte/ esg) | |||
==First blood-letting at PIA-So. Leyte nets 12 bags== | |||
*Source: http://archives.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=52333&y=2011&mo=09 | |||
*Sunday, September 04, 2011 | |||
:by. Bong Pedalino | |||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Sept. 4 (PIA) -- At the end of the day, the provincial chapter of the Red Cross here went home with 12 bags of fresh blood donated by donors in a blood-letting activity held at the provincial office of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Friday, this city. | |||
The activity represented a 50% increase from the expected donors of eight individuals. | |||
Among those who gave blood were three employees from the neighboring office of City Agriculture, five Policemen from the City Police Station, a walk-in student from Maasin City College (MCC), an employee from the city local government unit, Angie Book, correspondent of the local weekly Southern Leyte Times (SLT) and this writer. | |||
The city’s Police elements were informed on the spot, yet P/Supt. Hector Enage, the city’s police chief, responded immediately, sending his men and documenting the process as part of their celebration of Crime Prevention Week, it was learned. | |||
The blood-letting began 9 in the morning and ended at 3 in the afternoon. | |||
Actually, more than ten other prospective donors who were willing to donate blood were also denied for various reasons by the attending medical officers of the Red Cross. Some had high blood, asthma, and recent tooth extractions. | |||
The successful conduct of the activity was attended and supervised by Dr. Nadine Sy of the Salvacion Oppus Yniguez Memorial Provincial Hospital, along with her two nurses. | |||
Infocen Manager Gorne said the next round of the same event Friday next week will be held at the spacious function hall of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), although this has yet to be coordinated with District Engineer Carlos Veloso. (PIA-Southern Leyte/bong) | |||
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Jani Arnaiz, President of the local media group Associated Media of Southern Leyte (AMSL) who is also a correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, had indicated also to give blood -- his very first attempt if ever this try would materialize. | Jani Arnaiz, President of the local media group Associated Media of Southern Leyte (AMSL) who is also a correspondent of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, had indicated also to give blood -- his very first attempt if ever this try would materialize. | ||
Marichu Tan, the lone personnel of the Office of Civil Defense here, also listed her name in the donors’ list.(PIA-Southern Leyte/bong) | Marichu Tan, the lone personnel of the Office of Civil Defense here, also listed her name in the donors’ list.(PIA-Southern Leyte/bong) | ||
==Southern Leyte media to join PIA in blood letting activities== | ==Southern Leyte media to join PIA in blood letting activities== | ||