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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''DOLE-So. Leyte disburses P 2.6M for projects of self-employed individuals'''
'''http://leytesamardaily.net/2012/05/happynings-56/'''
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1301336620382
*Source: http://leytesamardaily.net/2012/05/happynings-56/
*Thursday, May 10, 2012
*Friday, May 11, 2012
:by Marcelo M. Pedalino
:by Vicky Arnaiz




MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, May 10 (PIA) -- The provincial field office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here has set aside over P 2.6 million worth of livelihood projects intended for individual small-scale businesses in the so-called informal sector.  
MACROHON, Southern Leyte – “”We were surprised to find a patch of pristine forests in Mt. Nacolod, Southern Leyte. We found an amazingly impressive flora and faura. The rich forests we saw did not match the map of a denuded forest, shown to us before we explored Southern Leyte,” said Ronald Altamarino, leader of the Biodiversity Assessment Team from the Flora and Fauna, International (FFI).


The amount was already moving in various stages of implementation as coursed through DOLE’s accredited co-partner (ACP) consisting of five municipalities and one city, involving 251 individual beneficiaries, said Fe Norma Valuis, DOLE provincial field officer.  
Altamarino said during the presentation of the Biodiversity Assessment and REDD Plus/Mt. Nacolod, Southern Leyte, Pilot NewCAPP at this town last May 2 and 3. FFI along with partners the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), NewCAPP among others.


During the cable TV program “Action Center” yesterday morning, Valuis identified DOLE’s LGU partners as the City of Maasin which garnered almost half of the total fund assistance, barangay Sta. Crus of Macrohon, and the towns of Saint Bernard, Pintuyan, Silago, and Libagon.  
Turn -over of mini biodiversity exhibit (L-R) Dalton Durban of GIZ, Engr. Aileen Basilan, DENR Regional Executive Director Rogelio Trinidad, So. Leyte Vice Governor Miguel Maamo, Dr. Bernd Markus Liss of GIZ.


Valuis said she had recently talked with Mayor Roberto Loquinte of Anahawan who also wanted to avail of DOLE’s support to fund a tourism-related project in the municipality - the Mainit Spring.  
The comprehensive ground assessment has found 2 new frog species under the genus Playmantis group. The new discovery brings so much pride to the province and the country.
Southern Leyte lone district Representative Roger Mercado, who squeezed in to attend this activity in his very hectic


All the rest of the 18 municipal local government units will eventually be reached by DOLE’s livelihood assistance where there are individual workers who are self-employed, Valuis added.  
schedule, said that efforts of the local officials and its people have not gone to waste.


For the city of Maasin, the amount of P 642,729 will be for the livelihood formation of 63 informal sector workers, while another P612,049.00 was also due for release to 48 small scale fishing project of marginal fisherfolks, Valuis said.  
Dr. Eugenia Bautista, chief technology transfer division ecosystems research and development service-DENR asks questions during the presentation of biodiversity assessment.


These assistance, scheduled to be turned over yesterday, were not yet given since Mayor Maloney Samaco was still in Lingayen, Pangasinan, attending the Palarong Pambansa, she added.
“We have been planting trees since 1987 and encouraged our people to do the same. Our People’s Organization (PO) YESIDA is said to be the best PO in the region under the Community Forest Management Program. Not to brag, I have my own tree farm and bird sanctuary in Maasin City which you are free to visit. Southern Leyte is one of the two provinces in the country that supports the total log ban. Every weekend when I am back in the province after session in Congress,  


DOLE and the barangay LGU signed yesterday a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) at Supercha Foodhauz, this city another assistance for 15 ambulant vendors of barangay Sta. Cruz, Macrohon, for their fish and food vending worth P 224,996.  
I see to it that tree planting is part of my activity. We want our people to be sufficient in food through the richness of our forests and our marine resources. Indeed the hard work, solidarity, discipline displayed by Southern Leytenos is worth emulating,” said Mercado.


Meanwhile, some 39 displaced workers from Saint Bernard will soon become beneficiaries of entrepreneurial funds worth P334,016, and another amount of P 413,432 is now in the pipeline for 46 unemployed or underemployed sectoral workers in the town of Pintuyan.  
PENRO So. Leyte Ricardo Tomol


Among the funds already given to LGU partners were those at Silago for the high-value vegetable production project of 26 individuals who are members of the Puntana Women Nature’s Club Association worth P 261,340 and another P 179,600 for 14 women from Libagon for their Negosyo sa Kariton (Nego-Kart) project.  
A very excited Mercado continued, “I will author the passage in Congress for the declaration of the Mt. Nacolod and its mountain range that spans 14,000 hectares as a protected area under the National Integrated Protected Areas or NIPAS. For now I will lobby that


Accredited co-partner LGUs shared 20 percent of the funds as equity not necessarily in cash but other non-cash equivalent like training, capacity-building, or equipment, while DOLE provided the needed materials and in some cases cash as capital, Valuis said.  
President Aquino will issue an executive order declaring Mt. Nacolod as a protected area.”
Southern Leyte Vice Governor Miguel Maamo, who represented Governor Damian Mercado, said that they will pass a resolution in the sangguniang bayan for the protection of Mt. Nacolod. Indeed last May 7, in its regular session, the board members of Southern Leyte made an unprecedented mass move to declare Mt. Nacolod as a protected area.


The assistance has always been in the nature of a grant, and the beneficiaries' sole obligation is to see to it that their businesses flourish and develop further, Valuis added. (PIA8, Southern Leyte)
DENR regional information chief Purificacion Daloos; Mary Jane Honor Du, PENRO staff, So. Leyte; Rep. Roger Mercado; Marita Cesneros, NewCAPP and Marissa Solite, DENR-PAWC ZMS
 
A multi-sectoral group submitted management plans for the  
 
protection and sustainability of its forests. As one scientist said, “who knows there might still be interesting finds in Mt. Nacolod especially flora that can be used in the medical field?
Indeed, Southern Leyte is doubly-blessed- they have the rich forests and rich marine resources. Padayon Southern Leyte!
Love, Laugh and Live!
 
Om Shanti!


==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines==
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