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==[[Sorsogon News]]==
==[[Sorsogon News]]==
'''PAMANA allots P30M to finance peace-building projects in Sorsogon '''
'''Oragon cops' recognized during Sorsogon's Kasanggayahan Festival '''
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=378244
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=2&sid=&nid=2&rid=378449
*October 10, 2011, 4:39 pm
*October 11, 2011, 7:45 pm
:by Danny O. Calleja
:by Danny O. Calleja




SORSOGON CITY, Oct. 10 (PNA) – The government has earmarked an amount of P30 million as start up fund to finance peace-building projects in seven municipalities of Sorsogon province identified as among the focus areas of the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA), a peace and development framework program of the administration of President Benigno Aquino III.
SORSOGON CITY, Oct 11 (PNA) – “Oragon” is a Bicolano idiom that is used to describe a person as smart or exceptionally good and this was tagged on eight members of the local police force during the province’s 117th founding anniversary being celebrated through the ongoing Kasanggayahan Festival at the provincial capital here.


Placed under the stewardship of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), PAMANA, which underscores the resilient communities program is one of the two tracks of the administration in pursuit of a just and lasting peace, the first being the negotiated political settlement of all armed conflicts through formal peace talks.
The eight non-commission police officers were awarded the tag “Oragon na Pulis kan Sorsogon (Outstanding Policemen of Sorsogon)” for making a difference in carrying out their duties and responsibilities, according to Msgr. Francisco Monje, the executive officer of the Kasanggayahan Foundation Inc. (KFI) that spearheaded the awards.


The second and equally important track to peace, seeks to close the gap between what happens on the negotiating table and the realities on the ground as it also serves as a guide for national and local government agencies, international donors and non-government organizations in providing various interventions to address conditions that create unpeace.
Monje said all the about 500 other policemen and women assigned in the province were qualified candidates for the awards but the eight bested them all to become the first Oragon na Pulis awardees after they were chosen from 13 finalists.


It is being piloted in the province where the Sorsogon PAMANA Convergence Unit (SPCU) has been created to carry out peace building projects focused on the development of conflict-affected areas.
Monje identified the awardees as PO1 Arlinnette Ocampo, SPO2 Edgar Calupit, PO2 Arnold Estrellado, PO2 Darwin Villanueva, PO1 Virgil Bibat, SPO2 Restituto Lorejo, SPO1 Arnel Doloiras and PO2 Jerson Giba.


Under the SPCU, OPAPP has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the province of Sorsogon and its seven municipalities for the release of funds for the projects to be implemented by the local government units (LGUs) of Casiguran, Juban, Irosin, Prieto Diaz, Gubat, Magallanes and Barcelona until December 2011.
The awarding ceremonies were held over the weekend during the opening of the two-week long celebration of the province’s foundation day that falls on October 17.


The SPCU will ensure that government line agencies in environment, agriculture, agrarian reform, social welfare and development, peace and security agencies and communication will effectively contribute their services and funds focusing on the peace building initiatives of government, address poverty reduction and manifest development in areas affected by conflict.
Starting this year, Monje said the search will become a yearly undertaking to become an important part of the Foundation Day and Kasanggayahan Festival celebrations aimed at recognizing exemplary achievements and accomplishment of Sorsoganons in their respective fields of endeavor.


While the bane to peace and development being borne by insurgency has been waning in most part of Bicol, Sorsogon, one of the country’s underdeveloped provinces until these days is constantly being disturbed by atrocities arising from the presence of the communist’s New People’s Army (NPA) insurgents, according to OPAPP coordinator Aileen Jose.
On October 18, other Sorsogueños who have excelled in business, education, agriculture, medicine and other fields here and anywhere in the country and abroad will also be added to the hall of fame of “oragons”.


OPAPP has allocated a P30-million fund for 2011 and another P30 million for next year to the same municipalities to develop the barangays identified to be needing infrastructure, livelihood programs and peace development, Jose said here over the weekend.
In his keynote message during the awarding rites, Rep. Salvador Escudero III of the province’s first congressional district, cited the affair as a “fitting gesture for us people here in Sorsogon to show to the whole nation and to the world that we can perform well in our way of life and become role models for the next generations”.


The need to communicate these initiatives of government for the awareness of the constituency, according to Jose should be highlighted and well-articulated as the primary tool to build the culture of peace and development in communities that are resilient against the anti-government whims of the NPAs.
He also lauded the organizers for coming up with the idea of honoring public servants who did well in their fields as he cited the importance of the founding anniversary and the Kasanggayahan Festival to be a venue for honoring outstanding Sorsogueños. Sorsogon became a province following its separation from Albay on October 17, 1894.


To build resilient communities in Sorsogon, PAMANA, Jose said is also focusing on empowering households and communities to include delivery of basic services at the community level through conditional cash transfer approaches, community driven reconstruction and development and community livelihood interventions.
Kasanggayahan which means a life of prosperity is the province's biggest festival listed by the Department of Tourism (DOT) as one of the Philippine’s annual celebration characterized by series of religious, cultural, historical, economic and agro-industrial activities geared towards showcasing its abundant year-round harvest.


Casiguran Mayor Ester Hamor said the P3-million PAMANA fund allocated for her municipality will be used in the improvement of the one-kilometer farm-to-market road covering four far-flung barangays considered as “critical areas”.
The highlights of the festival include Pantomina sa Tinampo that gathers together numerous dancers in colorful native attires from all over the province to perform around major streets here the traditional dance called pantomina that mimic the love and courtship of doves.


The Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will assist the LGU in the implementation of the project that will provide a convenient access for villagers in the four villages in transporting their farm products to the market, Hamor said.
The dance was originally called the “sinalampati” but the Spanish colonizers changed it to its present name as the dancers were actually pantomiming the doves’ movements. It is usually danced during occasions like wedding receptions, fiestas and even ordinary social gatherings in almost all barangays in the province.


The municipality of Irosin which is given P4.5 million will spend the fund for the establishment of an eco-tourism center costing P2 million and the concreting of a vital barangay road for P2.5 million.
The first Kasanggayahan Festival was held in 1974, the 80th foundation anniversary of the province upon the initiative of then governor Juan Frivaldo. (PNA)  
 
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Magallanes town will use the P5 million PAMANA allocation for the improvement of the Parola Beach, Bucal-Bucalan Spring, Sta. Lourdes Grotto that are all tourism facilities in the area while the Juban LGU will receive P4 million for its marine reserve sanctuary development project and the concreting of a barangay road.
 
Prieto Diaz will receive P3 million for the concreting of a barangay road; Barcelona, P2.8 million, also for a barangay road and; Gubat, P4 million for a tourism building. (PNA)  
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