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Lapuyan Falls: The favorite haunt of the fair Subanen maidens of Sitio Baga and all its neighboring areas, usual meeting place with many a young country swain in some secluded cavern beneath the rocky forest lane.

Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines

Village of Pedagan

Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion. But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened . Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions. Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE? Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace? WHY?? There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance: The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.

Lintugop, Aurora

Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur

Provincial human resource management office of santo niño pagadian city

Civil Service Commision office in santo niño pagadian city

Antonio is new PRO-9 chief

• Source: http://zamboangatimes.ph/opinions/15729-antonio-is-new-pro-9-chief.html
• Monday, August 10, 2015 11:28

By Allen Abastillas

A new police director for Western Mindanao (Region 9) will assume today.

Chief Supt. Miguel C. Antonio Jr., erstwhile Philippine National Police Deputy Director for Operations will replaced Chief Supt. Edgar O. Basbas who has been re-assigned to Camp Crame.

Antonio was former Chief of Directorial Staff of the Police Security and Protection Group ( PSPG ) before he became the PNP Deputy Director For Operations.

He is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy Class 1983. Antonio was raised in Lamitan City. He is also the former Police Provincial Director of La Union.

DA launched multiplier poultry farm project “Adopt a malnourish child”

• Source: http://zamboangatoday.ph/index.php/inside-stories/20664-da-launched-multiplier-poultry-farm-project-adopt-a-malnourish-child.html
• Sunday, August 9, 2015

(JRodriguez/DA9)

“We wanted this project to succeed and become sustainable,” said Lucila Jaectin, Benefactor of the Multiplier Poultry Farm Project (MPFP), “Adopt a Malnourish Child” during its launching in Camanga, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur last week.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) granted Jaectin P15,000 – worth of income generating project composed of 2 cocks, 20 pullets and 1 unit incubator.

“Our objective is to normalize the nutrition status of the malnourished and at the same time increase the income of the benefactor. With this, the benefactor shall adopt at least five (5) wasted or severely wasted students and feed them with nutritious food for at least twice a week within 200 days. The malnourished children must be weighed before and after the 200 feeding days to recognize the impact of the project,” explained Annabel Madrazo, MPFP Coordinator.

Madrazo added that “the incubator will help accelerate the production of chicks, thus, improve the livelihood of the benefactor and generate a stable income.”

The feeding program will become successful with the support of the Municipal Local Nutrition Council, DepEd Officials and Municipal Agriculture Officer.

“We are here to oversee the implementation of this program together with the local government of Tukuran. This will greatly help some of the malnourished students in Camanga Elementary School improve their health and simultaneously be disciplined to eat nutritious foods,” said Linda Poloyapoy, Agricultural Technician, LGUTukuran.

MPFP is a program from DA that is launched every July during the Nutrition Month celebration. The 200 feeding days will be scheduled by the benefactor together with the principal of Camanga Elementary School.

Swertres Collector Arrested in Aurora

• Source: http://pro9.pnp.gov.ph/index.php/public-relations/news-release/1661-swertres-collector-arrested-in-aurora
• Saturday, August 8, 2015

Police Inspector Dahlan T. Samuddin with report from PO2 Jonas D. Macasa Jr. (RPIO9)

Zamboanga Del Sur - Elements of Aurora Municipal Police Station, together with the elements of Provincial Anti-Illegal Gambling Operation Task Force (PAIGSOTF), conducted a joint operation against illegal numbers game locally known as “swertres” particularly in Purok Dahlia, Barangay Poblacion, Aurora at about 7:15 in the evening of August 01, 2015.

The authorities were able to apprehend Danilo Doña y Sagpang, 50, resident of Purok Mabini, Alegria, Aurora town, while the suspect was collecting bets from the bettors at said place. Confiscated from the suspect were cash bet, sixty six filled-up stubs with different number combinations, other swertres paraphernalia, a cellphone, and red Honda XRM 125 with plate no. 5603JC. Apprehended person is now in the custody of Aurora MPS while appropriate criminal charges is now being prepared for filing as inquest case for violation of R.A. 9287 against him in court.

DSWD strengthens local social welfare counterparts

• Source: http://www.zamboangatoday.ph/index.php/inside-stories/20663-dswd-strengthens-local-social-welfare-counterparts.html
• Friday, August 7, 2015 13:09

By Lei Mohammad (DSWD)

To ensure timely provision and delivery of better quality Social Welfare and Development services to the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged, the Department of Social Welfare and Development intensifies its effort in ensuring the functionality of the Local Social Welfare and Development Offices (LSWDO) in different municipalities all over the region.

“The effort to functionalize our LSWDOs is still part of ensuring that our people get the most efficient and promptest delivery of social services since they are more accessible. Aside from this, we would also like to empower our counterparts in the municipalities like how we are empowering our partner beneficiaries.” DSWD Regional Director Zenaida Arevalo said in a statement.

The department through its Institutional Development Division (IDD) has been conducting series of assessment on the four major areas of functionality standards in each municipality; (1)Administration and Organization where LSWDOs must have available written policies on the implementation of the SWD programs and services, (2) Program Management, where social welfare and development programs and services should match with the priority issues and problems per situation based on the Social Protection and Development Report of the municipality, (3) Case Management that requires handlings of cases are based on the case management process, and (4) Physical structures that must be accessible to clients and has the basic utilities needed in the operations.

The level of functionality is categorized through a three-scale score; Fully functional adjectival rating is given to LSWDOs with 100% compliance based on the “must” standards, Functional is given to those with only 51%-99% of the total score in “must” standards and the Partially functional is for LSWDOs having complied utmost 50% of the total score in the assessment tool.

For region IX, of the 72 municipalities, 3 are fully functional which are the municipalities of Diplahan and Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay and Polanco, Zamboanga del Norte, 64 are functional and 4 are partially functional based on the assessment for LSWDO functionality conducted last November 2014. The establishment of this status in terms of the management and operations of the office and the implementation of the programs and services will serve as the basis and direction on the rational provision of technical assistance and resource augmentation to LSWDOs.

“Our baseline data will really help the department in determining what specific technical assistance should be provided to which municipalities for them to be able to comply with all these requirements to become fully functional.” Capacity Building Unit Head Narrabelle Bue said.

As part of the support mechanism in attaining the fully functional level, the department has been conducting capacity-building activities based on the identified priority LSWDO needing capability building intervention. It has also been conducting validation and assessment visits to the LSWDOs to monitor the sustainability of the quality of programs and services. Bue also disclosed that the IDD has employed strategy to speed up the movement of the LSWDOs that have not yet reached the fully functional level.

“We have relegated our staff to work on each of the four major areas of assessment so we can focus on a specific target.” Bue added.

The second assessment of LSWDOs is targeted to complete this October in support to the realization of the department’s strategic goal 3 which is to increase the number of provinces with majority of their municipalities/cities having a fully functioning Local Social Welfare and Development Office (LSWDO) to 40 by 2016.

This initiative forms part of the effort to devolve the delivery of basic social services to the Local Government Units (LGUs) and that the DSWD’s role shall shiftfrom “rowing” to “steering”. However, the implementation of certain programs based on special laws remained within the DSWD’s mandate.

Zambo Sur disaster councils on alert as ‘Hanna’ enters PAR

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=789881
• Wednesday, August 5, 2015

(PNA), FFC/TPGJR/HDC

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug. 5 (PNA) -– The City and Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils have been placed on alert and ready to respond to any emergencies as a typhoon with international name “Soudelor” is set to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) Wednesday.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the typhoon is expected to enter the PAR between 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and once inside the PAR it will be locally named “Hanna.”

Hanna will be the eight tropical cyclone to affect the country this year and first for this month of August.

Haron Damada, head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO), said Wednesday they have placed on alert the members of the Barangay Emergency Response Team (BERT) especially those in the six landslide prone barangays.

The landslide prone barangays in this city are the following: Deborok; Lourdes; Dampalan; Upper Sibatang; La Suerte; and, Lison Valley.

Damada noted that this city had been experiencing heavy downpour since Monday but there was no reported weather-related incident.

Wilfredo Asoy, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) head, said they are closely monitoring the Salug Valley area particularly the flood-prone towns of Mahayag, Molave, and Tambulig.

DAR marks 27th anniversary with significant achievements in Region 9

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=789482
• Tuesday, August 4, 2015

(PNA), FFC/TPGJR

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 4 (PNA) -– The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has marked with high note the 27th anniversary of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) here in Region 9.

This, as DAR reported significant accomplishments as far as DAR’s major programs are concerned. The programs are: land tenure services; agrarian legal services; and, technical advisory support services.

Eng’r. Felix Aguhob, DAR regional director, told the Philippines News Agency that they have so far distributed 226,200 hectares of agricultural lands to 121,515 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) as of June 30 this year through Land Acquisition and Distribution (LAD).

LAD and leasehold operations fall under the land tenure services program of DAR.

Aguhob said they have surveyed 99,038.5793 hectares of new lands and subdivided 68,488.4135 hectares of collective certificates land of ownership award (CLOAs) as of June 15, this year.

Under the leasehold operations, Aguhob said that as of June 15 this year they have placed under leasehold 36,149 hectares of agricultural lands covering 20,171 ARBs.

Aguhob said they have so far resolved 491 cases under the agrarian legal services involving judicial, quasi-judicial, and agrarian law implementation as well as cases and mediation involving 284 ARBs from January to June this year.

He said they have organized 150 Agrarian Reform Communities (ARCs) in the entire region and provided assistance as far as technical advisory support service is concerned.

He said 55 of the 150 ARCs they have organized are located in Zamboanga del Norte, 49 in Zamboanga del Sur, and 46 in Zamboanga Sibugay.

He said that 121 of the 150 ARCs are with foreign assisted projects.

He said they have also organized 360 Agrarian Reform Beneficiary Organizations (ARBOs) consisting of 51,019 members.

There are seven on-going projects worth more than PHP81 million under the Agrarian Reform Connectivity and Economic Support Services (ARCCES) here in the region.

Two of the seven on-going projects are in Zamboanga del Sur, three in Zamboanga del Norte and two in Zamboanga Sibugay.

The projects in Zamboanga del Sur are the following: enhancing the capability of rice farmers in organic agriculture and social enterprise in Dumingag town, PHP3.7 million; and, integrated rice-duck farming cum processing in the municipalities of Dumalinao, Kumalarang, Tigbao, and Guipos, PHP12 million.

In Zamboanga del Norte the projects are as follows: cacao production and processing development project for selected 31 ARCs in 13 municipalities, PHP31.6 million; rice mechanization cum palay production for the Guinles Farmer’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Polanco town, PHP3.4 million; and, abaca production and processing in Sindangan, PHP1.1 million.

In Zamboanga Sibugay, the projects are: sustainable trainings on rubber enterprise for technical capability of ARB households for the Federation of Agribusiness Agrarian Reform Multi-Purpose Cooperative (FAARMPC) in Naga, PHP22.6 million; and, project enhancement to assist coconut farming enterprise (PEACE) for the Zamboanga Sibugay federation of small coconut farmers (ZCFSCF) in the first congressional district of the province, PHP7 million.

Aguhob said that the FAARMPC consist of small growers of rubber in Zamboanga Sibugay, a rubber-producing province.

Aguhob said they have also provided equipment worth more than PHP5 million to the different ARBOs in the region through the delivery of common service facilities.

These included the following: two units combine harvesters; flatbed dryer; seven units brand new hand tractors; and, five units brand new reapers.

Aguhob said they will continue the implementation of the different programs lined up under the CARP.

He said they have lined up various activities in line with week-long 27th anniversary celebration that started August 1 and ends August 7.

Pagadian City policemen receive two achievement unit awards

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=789091
• Monday, August 3, 2015

(PNA), SCS/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug. 3 (PNA) – The local police office received two unit awards from the provincial police office for exemplary carrying out its mission during the first semester of this year.

Supt. Glenn Dulawan, local police chief, said on Monday the awards comprised of the Achievement Unit Award for the most number of persons arrested in the campaign against prohibited drugs and the Achievement Unit Award for the most number of other wanted persons arrested.

Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre, provincial police director, presented the awards to Dulawan during the culmination ceremony of the 20th Police Community Relations (PCR) Month celebration on Friday.

Ecaldre said the awards are testaments to the relentless efforts of the city police in the campaign against illegal drugs and wanted persons.

Dulawan expressed his gratitude to his officers and men since they earned the recognitions from the provincial police office through their support to his administration.

He also acknowledged the support of the community who, in one way of the other, helped them accomplished their tasks by providing vital information.

He added the partnership between the police and the community coincides with this year’s PCR Month theme “Matibay na ugnayan ng mamamayan at pulisya, simbolo ng kapayapaan at kaunlaran ng sambayanan.”

Gunmen attack town official's residence

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2015/08/02/gunmen-attack-town-officials-residence-422359
• Sunday, August 2, 2015

By Bong Garcia

UNIDENTIFIED gunmen opened fire on the residence of a town official and destroyed a vehicle in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Sunday.

Inspector Dahlan Samuddin, Police Regional Office-Zamboanga Peninsula information officer, said the incident occurred around 11 p.m. Friday at Bonifacio Street in Barangay Poblacion, Aurora.

Samuddin said Councilor Custodio Mayol, 64, of Aurora town, was resting inside his residence when the gunmen suddenly appeared and opened fire.

The front and back windshields of the Sports Utility Vehicle owned by Mayol were destroyed as bullets pierced through the vehicle, which was parked in front of the official's residence.

Recovered from the crime scene were three empty shells of a caliber .45 pistol, one metal jacket, one bullet and a bullet fragment.

Investigation continued Sunday to identify the gunmen.

Town gets P12.5-M water system project

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2015/08/01/town-gets-p125-m-water-system-project-422211
• Saturday, August 1, 2015

By Bong Garcia

THE Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has released an initial funding of P10 million to improve and upgrade the water system in Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur, a top DILG official said.

DILG Regional Director Paisal Abutazil said the beneficiary of the project are four of the 30 villages of Dumalinao, classified as a fourth class municipality.

These are the villages of Camanga, Pag-asa, Paglaum and Sumadat. The project is to rehabilitate, expand, and upgrade the water system to level III.

Abutazil said the fund that was release is part of the P12.5 million allocated through the Bottom-up Budget (BUB) for the project and will be released in two tranches.

The second tranche funding amounting to P2.5 million will be released in September, this year, according to Abutazil.