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Youth advocates for climate change resiliency organized in TTVHS
- Source: http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2014/09/youth-advocates-for-climate-change.html
- Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:35 pm
- By Alma L. Tingcang
TUKURAN, Zamboanga del Sur – About 81 students of Tukuran Technical-Vocational High School (TTVHS) attended the Advocacy Forum on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation which was held today, September 9.
Mr. Alfredo Sapuay, TTVHS principal welcomed the participants and expressed his gratefulness for being chosen as the venue for the climate change forum.
“The forum aims to address public apathy on climate change, adapt and strengthen mitigation measures, as well as inspire and motivate the active cooperation and participation of all sectors,” Zamboanga del Sur Infocenter Manager Claro A. Lanipa said, giving the rationale of the activity.
“Compared to other countries, the Philippines is very lucky because we have rich biodiversity,” says DENR RPAO chief Roservirico Tan. Climate change endangers the existence of flora and fauna in the country.
Participants took a closer look at the video documentary produced by PIA ZamBaSulTa. Aside from other advocacy materials being used in Climate Change Forums, this video is a localized version depicting disasters in Zamboanga Peninsula and awakens the sensibilities of participants.
They vowed to participate in all activities and support CC advocacy including tree planting in designated areas.
After the forum, the youth leaders identified the issues and concerns which are likely to happen in their respective communities to include sea level rise, flashflood, landslide, typhoon and El Niño. Tukuran is one of the coastal municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur.
Elected officers of “I am a Climate Change-Resilient Youth” Tukuran Chapter were the following: Warlito Nobleza – President; Iris Timosa – Vice President; Grace Angel Dayuha – Secretary; Kishel Mamentong – Treasurer; Famela Grace Tibor – Auditor; Elson Ladra – Business Manager and Queenie Jean Guliman – PIO.
The newly-elected officers took their oath of office before ICM Lanipa immediately after the forum.
DILG to complete Php6.1-M water system project in Zamboanga del Sur town
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=681649
- Monday, September 8, 2014
- (PNA), FFC/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION/UTB
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept. 8 (PNA) -– The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to complete the construction of Php6.1 million water system project that would benefit 439 households in five waterless barangays in Sominot, Zamboanga del Sur.
DILG Regional Project Development and Management Unit chief Eng’r. Moh Ali Hasan said Monday the implementation of the Level II water system project in ongoing in the barangays of Sawa, Lumangoy, Sto. Niño, Libertad and Rizal, Sominot town.
Hasan said the project is being implemented through the agency’s "Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig Para sa Lahat" (Salintubig) which is aimed to increase water service for the waterless population and to reduce incidence of water-borne and sanitation related diseases as well as to improve access of the poor to sanitation services
Sominot which comprises of 18 barangays is a fifth class town in the province of Zamboanga del Sur. It has a population of 16,652 based on the 2010 census on population of the National Statistics Office (NSO).
Hasan said the funding for the implementation of the project was released in two tranches. The first tranche, which is 50 percent of the total project cost was released last February 29 while the remaining 50 percent was released last week.
Sominot Mayor Teodoro Acosta said the beneficiary-barangays are among the waterless areas in his municipality.
Acosta said the completion of the project will answer the long-time problem on the availability of potable water supply in the five barangays.
At present, they rely on wells and underdeveloped springs as source of water.
House body OKs bill promoting non-violent discipline of kids
- Source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/metro-manila/09/06/14/house-body-oks-bill-promoting-non-violent-discipline-kids
- Saturday, September 6, 2014 12:59 pm
- (ABS-CBNnews.com)
MANILA - The House Committee on the Welfare of Children has reported out for floor deliberation a bill promoting positive and non-violent discipline of kids.
House Committee on the Welfare of Children chairperson Zamboanga del Sur Representative Aurora Cerilles said House Bill 4907 would help secure children's well-being and safety at home, school, workplace, and all other settings.
Cerilles said it is imperative to establish a legal framework that will protect the young Filipinos.
House Bill 4907 is in substitution of House Bill 155, authored by Tarlac Representative Susan Yap.
"Children, as future productive citizens of the country, need to be cared for in an environment that fosters positive reinforcement of behavior rather than making use of punishment to supposedly facilitate learning," Yap said.
The measure prohibits any forms of corporal punishment, humiliating or degrading chastisement to children like kicking, slapping, pulling hair, twisting joints, dragging, forcing a child through the use of power, authority or threats, to perform physically painful or damaging acts, kneeling on stones, salt or pebbles, refusal to provide the child's physical needs, tying up a child, verbal abuse, swearing or cursing, and making a child look or feel foolish in front of one's peers or public by shaving hair.
The penalties under existing penal laws shall be imposed in the maximum period, except where a higher penalty is provided for under Act 3815, as amended, otherwise known as the Revised Penal Code, under Republic Act 7610, or under Republic Act 9262, otherwise known as the Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children Act, or arresto mayor in its maximum period.
If the penalty imposable for the act is only arresto menor or arresto mayor, the prosecutor may refer the accused to the local Social Welfare and Development Office (SWDO) for assessment and intervention such as seminars and counseling on children's rights, positive and non-violent discipline of children, anger management, and referrals to other rehabilitative services.
The remedies available to the victim under Republic Act Nos. 7610 and 9262 shall be available to the child where applicable.
The measure also requires the respect and the right to privacy of the victim to cases of corporal punishment, in barangay, the police, school, public or private healthcare facility.
Whoever publishes or causes to be published, in any format, any identifying information of a victim or immediate family member of the victim, without consent, shall be penalized with a fine of not more than P200,000.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), in consultation with the Commission on Women and Children (CWC), Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Health (DOH), other relevant government agencies, LLGUs, NGOs, and at least two child focused organizations, shall promulgate the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the proposed Act.
DA gives livelihood to Lapuyan women
- Source: http://zamboangatimes.ph/zamboangatimes/inside-stories/12157-da-gives-livelihood-to-lapuyan-women.html
- Friday, September 5, 2014 11:52
- (MDaguro/DA9)
Colorful asters, stunning rose buds, beautiful tulips and gorgeous angels made from corn husk were learned by some members of the Lapuyan Women’s Association and the Kasamahang Magsasaka Association during the Corn By Product Handicraft Hands-On Training in Lapuyan, Zamboanga Del Sur last August 26-27.
A total of 30 women actively participated the two-day hands-on training conducted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) through its Institutional Development Services Section (IDSS) facilitated by its chief, Mr. Erwin Rodriguez.
This training aims to give value to what is considered waste and obtain income out of it. “Making beautiful flowers, angels, and other decorative designs using corn husks give livelihood to the farmer-mothers with a very low capital. We are hitting two birds in one stone here encouraging mothers to have additional income and recycling corn husks instead of burning them,” said Rodriguez.
Member of Lapuyan Women’s Association, Ms. Rowela Bayamban, 30 years old, a resident of Barangay Mahalingeb, Lapuyan Zamboanga Del Sur joined the training for the second time said “what I learned last year was very useful. During my sister’s wedding, I made the floral decoration in the church and in the reception. I am also into floral arrangement now in our church during thanksgiving, in our barangay on fiestas and in school for special events. With my products, people have appreciated them and got some orders like dozens of tulips. I sell them at P20.00- P35.00 a dozen depending on the style and the buyer’s choice that will fit to their budget.” She added, “ joining here for the second time is learning new trends like the making of angels and dolls. Surely, this is an additional income again.”
Violeta Quirong, 48, a resident of Barangay Katibong, Poblacion Lapuyan, Zamboanga Del Sur and a member of Kasamahang Magsasaka Association said “I enjoyed the training and I am very happy because I have been waiting for this. Now I have learned many things, I never thought that all those husks that we were burning after harvest were valuable. After this training, I have decided to be very careful in removing the husk from the cob to ensure quality husk to be used in my crafts. This is an additional income and also a help in saving our environment from pollution.”
The same training will be conducted in Bayog and Aurora both in Zamboanga Del Sur and Malangas in Zamboanga Sibugay that will be participated by 30 women per municipality.
DA releases P5.8-M machineries and equipment in Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur
- Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=680275
- Thursday, September 4, 2014
- (PNA), FFC/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION/UTB
DINAS, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept. 4 (PNA) -– The Department of Agriculture (DA) has released P5.8-million machineries and equipment as well as farm working animals to groups of farmers here in the region.
DA Secretary Proceso Alcala led the distribution of the machineries and equipment Wednesday during the opening of the two-day First National Adlai Grand Farmer’s Field Days and Technology Forum in this municipality.
The beneficiaries of DA’s assistance are the farmers groups from the towns of Lapuyan, Tambulig, Ramon Magsaysay, Tukuran, Tigbao, Dumalinao, San Pablo, Mahayag, Labangan, Bayog, Dinas, Kumalarang, Guipos, Dumingag, and Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur; Siay, Titay, and Payao, Zamboanga Sibugay; Siocon, Liloy, Polanco, and Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte.
The machineries and equipment included power sprays, water pumps, collapsible dryers, rice threshers, hand tractors and mudboats.
The Lapuyan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (LAPAMUCO) also received a farm tractor worth P1.9-million to boost the cooperative’s corn production. A nursery will also be established for the cooperative.
Organic biological fertilizer plants will also be established for LAPAMUCO and the Convergence of Non-Government Organization of Zamboanga del Sur for the Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (CONZARRD) in Guipos, this province.
Alcala have also raffled off livestock, a water buffalo and a plow and harrow during the opening of the First National Adlai Grand Farmer’s Field Days and Technology Forum in this town.
The adlai forum ended Thursday. The event is anchored on the theme “Harnessing the Potentials of Adlai as Additional Staple Food for Filipinos.”
Cop nabbed in drug bust
- Source: http://zamboangatimes.ph/zamboangatimes/top-news/12135-cop-nabbed-in-drug-bust.html
- Wednesday, September 3, 2014 13:19
- By Dan Toribio Jr.
A policeman was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation at the port area in Purok Bagong Silang, Sta. Lucia District, Pagadian City at before noon last Sunday.
Arrested was Julster Templa Y Pede alias Jojo, 32, single, a policeman of the Margosatubig Police Station, Zamboanga del Sur and a resident of Purok Bougainvilla, San Pedro District, Pagadian.
Templa was arrested after he sold two sachets of suspected shabu to SPO2 Melbourne Mangubat who acted as a poseur buyer in exchange of P500 marked money.
The suspect was detained at the Pagadian police station while the confiscated items were turned over to the crime laboratory for examination.
1st FAB spearheads tree planting in Tukuran town
- Source: http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2014/09/1st-fab-spearheads-tree-planting-in.html
- Tuesday, September 2, 2014 2:29 pm
- By Gideon C. Corgue
TUKURAN, Zamboanga del Sur – Some 1,000 seedlings of mahogany and narra trees and other non-fruit-bearing trees were planted by the residents of Barangay Tinotongan here on Friday, Aug. 29, during a tree planting activity led by 1st Field Artillery Battalion (FAB), Philippine Army.
1st FAB commander Lt. Col. Sonny Sales said the activity was in support of Executive Order No. 26 issued by President Benigno Simeon Aquino III dated Feb. 24, 2011 to implement the National Greening Program (NGP) with the private sector and other concerned agencies and institutions to address climate change problem.
Sales also said the activity also brought government services to the people in the area such as medical and dental services. It was the first time that such an activity was held in the said barangay.
1st FAB plans to replicate it in four other barangays, namely: Man-ilan, Sto. Rosario and Tinotongan of Tukuran town, and San Isidro and Tawagan Norte of Labangan municipality.
Speaking on behalf of Mayor Francisvic Villamero, Municipal Councilor Leomi Saysip said she lauded the efforts of 1st FAB at teaching and encouraging the people “to love our mother earth by doing their share in planting trees.”
“By planting trees in our mountains, we are helping the government in greening our environment and subsequently, we can mitigate the adverse impact of climate change that we are experiencing today,” Saysip pointed out.
Noame Mata, school principal of Tinotongan Elementay School said their teachers and students also actively participated in the tree planting activity.
“We are helping the government in planting trees because we want to preserve our environment. We don’t want to suffer from disasters like landslides and floods,” said Mata who led a group of teachers and students joining the activity.
Barangay kagawad Ronie Poro thanked the 1st FAB for leading the activity, saying “Akong gipasalamatan ang liderato sa 1st FAB tungod kay pinaagi sa maong kalihokan maprotektahan nato ang atong kalikupan (I thanked the 1st FAB leadership because through this activity, we can protect our environment).”
Participating in the tree planting activity were the 1st FAB personnel, barangay officials, teachers, students, Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries, and Civilian Volunteer Organizations.
Military: NPA strength declines
- Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2014/09/01/military-npa-strength-declines-363041
- Monday, September 1, 2014
- By Bong Garcia
THE strength and weapons of the New People's Army (NPA) rebels had been steadily decreasing in Zamboanga Peninsula, a top military official said.
Army's 1st Infantry Division commander Brigadier General Gerardo Barrientos attributed the decline to the ongoing "Bayanihan" peace development efforts.
Barrientos said another factor that contributed to the continued decline of NPA strength and weapons is the military's continued collaboration with local government units within the command's area of jurisdiction.
"The number of NPA members in the region and their firearms continue to decrease," Barrientos said in a statement, citing the NPA's manpower was reduced by around 10 percent while their firearms went down by five percent.
Barrientos said the troops from the Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion recently recovered two serviceable M-16 Armalite rifles and ammunition in an arms cache in the forested tri-boundary of Zamboanga Del Sur, Zamboanga Del Norte and Misamis Occidental.
He said the troops also recovered two handheld radio transceivers, two pairs of military uniforms, medical paraphernalia, personal belongings and subversive documents of high intelligence value.
Army's 53rd Infantry Battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Alvin Luzon said the arms cache was discovered after residents and former rebels informed them of the place where the NPA rebels kept their stash of weapons.
"These items were left behind because the NPA lacks the manpower to bring it due to numerous surrenderees and the capture of their members," Luzon added.
Barrientos commended the troops involved in the recovery of the arms cache, citing it was brought about by the good rapport of the soldiers to the community.