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==[[Sarangani News]]==
==[[Sarangani News]]==
'''Smart way of living for tribal women'''
'''Ex-vice mayor of Sarangani town slain'''
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/lifestyle/2011/10/25/smart-way-living-tribal-women-186936
*Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/83945/ex-vice-mayor-of-sarangani-town-slain
*Tuesday, October 25, 2011
*3:11 pm | Thursday, October 27th, 2011
:by Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper
:by Aquiles Z. Zonio
Inquirer Mindanao




LIFE is not easy for a group of B'laan women in Sitio Bolol Kilot, a fishing village identified as one of the sacred sites in Alabel town, Sarangani Province.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY, Philippines—A former vice mayor of Massim, Sarangani province was shot dead by a lone assailant near the town hall there around 9 a.m. Thursday, the authorities said.
 
Sawab Pangolima, 64, died while being rushed to a hospital, according to incumbent Vice Mayor Uttoh Salem Cutan.
Every day, they tend to the kids and keep house while waiting for their husbands, fathers or brothers to come home from fishing, never quite certain if earnings from the day's catch will be enough to sustain the needs of the whole family.
He said that based on police investigation, personal grudge was the motive behind the killing of Pangolima, who served as Massim vice mayor from 2007-2011.
 
“Our initial finding was that the shooting was motivated by a personal grudge. Sort of a family feud,” he said.
Hence, many of them are members of the Bolol Kilot Tribal Women Association, which, with the help of the Provincial Government's Indigenous People's Development Program (IPDP), is a registered organization of the Department of Labor and Employment (Dole).
Senior Superintendent Florendo Quidilla, Sarangani police chief, said a suspect had been arrested in connection with the killing.
 
“The suspect was arrested during … pursuit operation. He is now under the custody of the Maasim police,” Quidilla said.
They want to contribute to the family income, and with the help of Smart Communications Inc. (Smart), it looks like they have found a new livelihood.
Meanwhile, a civilian agent of the Army’s Joint Task Force Gensan and his female companion were injured during a shooting incident here Wednesday evening.
 
Police investigators said Angelito Batan, 35, and Sherilyn Cercardo, 37, were on their way home with several others when attacked in Barangay Lagao by two men riding in tandem on a motorbike around 10 p.m.
"The partnership with Smart involves an assimilation of traditional custom and contemporary material," IPDP project development officer Toto Terando said.
The injured victims were rushed to private hospitals here for treatment.
 
The police said the motive and the identity of the perpetrators were still being ascertained.
"The B'laan women will use their skills in weaving to create colorful bags and souvenir items using old tarpaulins," he added.
 
Smart is engaged in a nationwide effort to manage and transform post marketing wastes through community-based up-cycling initiatives under Kabalikat sa Kalikasan, the company's CSR program for the environment.
 
This is a conscious response of company to the government's call for the implementation of Solid Waste Management (SWM).
 
Almost half of the 70 members of the association have already undergone whole-day training on Solid Waste Management by Binggirl Clemente of Earthday Network Philippines, a non-government organization that advocates ecological awareness.
 
This was followed by a three-day workshop on basic bag making and design by Siony Adam of the Malapatan Association of Sarangani Producers. After the training, the women were able to produce 25 woven tarpaulin bags ready for display.
 
To boost the association’s livelihood program, Smart donated an industrial sewing machine and plastic sealer. The group will also continue to receive old tarpaulins from Smart so that they will have a steady supply of material for their new trade.
 
The Small and Medium Enterprise Development Council of the Provincial Trade and Industry Office will help the association market the products.
 
An interagency financial management training and action planning will also be given to the association in order to sustain the livelihood program.
 
Smart's tarpaulin bag-making initiative is aligned with the local government of Alabel’s pro-earth program starting with its "No Plastic" campaign that encourages the locals to use containers made of corn husks in the public markets.
 
Smart is also working with the provincial government on the restoration of a 200-hectare forestland within the watershed of Alabel. The town's Calminda watershed is the biggest in Sarangani Province.


==Photo Gallery of Sarangani, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Sarangani, Philippines==
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