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==DENR-9 chief reiterates agency’s mandate, urges stakeholders to support==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2013/07/denr-9-chief-reiterates-agencys-mandate.html
*Wednesday, July 31, 2013 3:12 pm
:By Claro A. Lanipa (PIA9)
PAGADIAN CITY – Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-9 Regional Executive Director Arleigh J. Adorable has underscored the primary mandate of his department which is to conserve, manage and develop the country’s environment and natural resources.
“It’s really a gigantic mandate,” he said during the opening ceremonies of the first ever weeklong DENR 9 Exhibit 2013 on Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Technologies and Programs held here at the lobby of the City Commercial Center (C3) last July 22-26.
“If there are flashfloods or heavy rains, DENR is being blamed,” he jokingly said.
“DENR cannot do it alone in fulfilling the agency’s vision of one nation enjoying and sustaining its natural resources in a healthy and clean environment,” Adorable added.
“In order to attain this mission, I exhort other stakeholders especially the local government units (LGUs) to help. Because the responsibility to protect the environment doesn’t rest on a few people alone, but it rests upon each and every one of us to help each other,” he pointed out.
Redoble explained that the DENR would only provide the technical assistance on how to do things to become responsible environment protectors.
The exhibit, which was spearheaded by the Technology Transfer Division (TTD), Ecosystems Research and Development Services (ERDS) in coordination with the Forest Management Service (FMS), and Protected Areas and Wildlife Coastal Zone Management Services (PAWCZMS), is anchored on the theme, “Rediscovering Research in Zamboanga Peninsula.”
==DOST-SETUP earmarks P35M for MSMEs in ZamPen==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2013/07/dost-setup-earmarks-p35m-for-msmes-in_5340.html
*Tuesday, July 30, 2013 2:22 pm
:By Alma L. Tingcang (PIA9)
PAGADIAN CITY - The Department of Science and Technology –Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (DOST-SETUP), one of the government’s poverty alleviation programs through technology transfer and commercialization is making great waves in the lives of successful entrepreneurs, improving their lives and helping the community.
A flagship program of DOST towards a better Philippines,  SETUP was launched in 2011 as a nationwide strategy to encourage and assist micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to adopt technology innovations thereby improve their operations and expand the reach of their businesses.
In a recent visit of Dr. Carol M. Yorobe, Undersecretary for Regional Operations, she said DOST Secretary Montejo believes that local technology works using the creative mind of the Filipinos. He also endeavored to increase the budget of SETUP for countryside development.
“When Sec. Montejo was chosen by President Benigno C. Aquino III to assume the post as DOST secretary, SETUP budget was only P70 million. Now it has ballooned to 500 Million for 2013 and he proposed a budget of P900 million for 2014,” Dr. Yorobe opined.
Meanwhile, Asst. Regional Director Mahmud L. Kingking said anybody in business or still contemplating a business can go to DOST for assistance, saying that DOST thinks beyond SMEs by also helping those on the poverty threshold.
“DOST provides technology needs assessment. If you don’t need technology, we will refer you to other government agencies such as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and other agencies that will assist you with financing,” ARD Kingking explained.
Among the DOST SETUP beneficiaries in Zamboanga Peninsula region are: Woodtech Builders (Kiln Dryer Facility) in Pagadian City; Deli Food Line in Molave, Zamboanga del Sur; IRA Agriculture Products of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte; ADS Bamboo Craft - Dipolog City; Bongbong Mechanical Shop – Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay and Montano Food Corporation in Dipolog City, among others.
DOST-SETUP continues to extend assistance to SMEs through technology innovations, training, preparing project proposals and the like, looking at the best possible way of improving the lives of Filipino entrepreneurs, enabling them to reach gross sales twice as their cost of input which signifies positive standing in the market and good demand by prospective clients.
==Army Recruitment Office in Mindanao sets officer’s exam in Pagadian City==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=549221
*Monday, July 29, 2013
:(PNA), HBC/TPG/UTB
ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 29 (PNA) -– The Army Recruitment Office in Mindanao is conducting an examination for those interested to join the Philippine Army Officer Corps on Wednesday in Pagadian City, the capital of Zamboanga del Sur.
Army’s 101st Infantry Brigade information officer Capt. Randy Veracion said the examination, which will be held in Pagadian Capitol Colleges, is for Officer Candidate Course and Officer Preparatory Course.
The qualifications for OCC are the following: Must have completed at least one term in military service; not more than 29 years old before/on the start of the training; baccalaureate degree holder; single or unmarried; five feet in height; physically and mentally, and, a Filipino.
For OPC, the qualifications are as follows: at least one term in the service; 21-31 years old; must be a graduate of POTC with a reserve rank of Second Lieutenant; baccalaureate degree holder; single or unmarried; must have completed at least one term in military service; five feet in height; physically and mentally fit; and a Filipino.
The qualifications for civilian applying for OCC are as follows: 21–24 years old; graduate of any four–year college course; single; minimum height is five feet; Filipino; and, physically and mentally fit.
The qualification for OPC for a civilian applicant are: 21-31 years old; MS43 graduate (Advance ROTC graduate); graduate of any four-year college course; single; Filipino; minimum height is five feet; and, physically and mentally fit.
Veracion said the requirements (original documents) to take the Philippine Army Aptitude Test Battery (PAATB) are National Statistics Office-issued birth certificate; transcript of records and diploma; valid identification card (ID); and, one 2x2 picture.
Those qualified and interested to take the examination may call the contact person, Corporal Michael Asistin at +639177165230, according to Veracion.
==32nd IB undergo retraining at Kuta Sang-an==
*Source:http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/news/71010-32nd-IB-undergo-retraining-at-Kuta-Sang-an.html
*Sunday, July 28, 2013
:By Captain Jefferson M. Somera (PA,INF)
KUTA SANG-AN – The 1st Infantry Division formally opened the two (2) month reorganizational training of 32nd Infantry Battalion after a short opening ceremony conducted at Headquarters 1ID in Kuta Cesar Sang-an, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur around 4:00 in the afternoon yesterday.
According to Lt Col Alex R Rillera, the Assistant Chief of Staff for Education and Training, the 32IB will undergo retraining as part of the Implementation Plan Pagsasanay Alfa of the Philippine Army and will run up to 27 September 2013. The training aims to develop the combat fighting skills and knowledge of the soldiers.  We will also refurbish their mobility equipment and at the same time strengthen their operational readiness towards excellent mission accomplishment.
Meanwhile, BGen Felicito Virgilio M Trinidad Jr, the Acting Commander of 1st Infantry Division welcomed and commended the accomplishments of 32IB in its long years of deployment. In his welcome remarks he stated; “Our core competencies, as soldiers, is fighting wars and battles, because that is what we are trained for. And we need to hone that competency so that we are always on the upper hand to protect our people and defend the integrity and sovereignty of our country against threats.”
BGen Trinidad also emphasized the objectives of the organizational training which he summed at under the acronym “TRAIN”: Total Unit Readiness, Responsiveness or Responsibility as a unit and as individual soldier, Acquisition of knowledge and skills, Imbibe the culture of professionalism, discipline and excellence, and Nurture the spirit of service and people oriented individual soldier and unit.
The 32IB had its last retraining sometime in 1998 and since then, the Battalion became one of the fightingest units in the Philippine Army. The unit successful internal peace and security initiatives significantly contributed to the improved socio-economic development in the island of Basilan for the past four (4) years.
==Zambo Sur students donate 18,000 cc of blood==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=12&rid=548665
*Saturday, July 27, 2013
:(PNA), HBC/TPG/CHARNYL S. ALBARRACIN/PJN
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, July 27 (PNA) -- At least 18,000 cubic centimeters (CC) of blood were collected in a bloodletting spearheaded by the Red Cross Youth (RYC)-Zamboanga del Sur Maritime Institute of Technology chapter in this province.
Luther Villaflores, local Philippine Red Cross chapter officer, said Saturday the activity was held in line with the observance of the blood donors month.
The observance of the blood donors month, which is pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 1021, is aimed to build public awareness of the need for quality and safe blood, honor and recognize blood donors, and encourage regular blood donation.
Villaflores said that a total of 40 students aged 16-20 have donated blood in a bloodletting Wednesday held at the ZSMIT campus.
==DENR 9 holds exhibits on ENR technologies, programs==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2013/07/denr-9-holds-exhibits-on-enr.html
*Friday, July 26, 2013 5:06 pm
:By Claro A. Lanipa (PIA9)
PAGADIAN CITY - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-9) has held this week “Exhibit 2013” featuring Environment and Natural Resources (ENR) Technologies and Programs at the lobby of the City Commercial Center (C3) this city.
Anchored on the theme, “Rediscovering Research in Zamboanga Peninsula,” Regional Technical Director Gil T. Ona of the Ecosystems Research and Development Services (ERDS) said the weeklong activity presented “the magnanimous contribution of research to the development of Zamboanga Peninsula” adding “no projects have been implemented by DENR without passing through thorough research.”
“It is our hope that by this exhibit, we will successfully develop public awareness on what DENR has been doing in preserving, conserving and sustaining the environment,” Ona stressed.
In his message, Regional Executive Director Arleigh J. Adorable emphasized that the exhibit was not only made to showcase DENR’s successes in research - completed and on-going researches - but to present the agency’s accomplishments of protecting and developing the natural resources in the region as well.
City Mayor Romeo Pulmones whose message was read by City Administrator Vrixsio Daniel said: “This exhibit is very timely for everyone to be awakened and to brace himself for an active participation in the mission of DENR.”
“Let us not entrust everything to DENR. We have to do our share because this problem on climate change that we are facing today affects you and me and the entire populace,” the mayor pointed out.
“Now is the time to refrain from committing the ‘sins of commission and of omission’ and let us put a stop to abuses against the environment. Instead, let us pursue the good programs and activities being spearheaded by the DENR. Let us take a serious part in the work now,” urged Pulmones.
==DA launches alternative food program in Zambo==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=11&rid=548002
*Thursday, July 25, 2013
: (PNA), LAP/TPGJR/FELINO M. SANTOS/UTB
ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 25 (PNA) -– The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday launched the agency’s alternative food program as part of its observance of the National Year of the Rice this 2013.
The launching was held in one of the local hotels which included the sampling of recipes from alternative food sources in addition to rice, the staple food of the Filipinos.
These alternative sources included bananas; cassava; corn; sweet potatoes; taro or gabi; and Job’s Tears also known as Adlai.
DA Regional Information Officer Melba Wee said the launching of the program is aimed at informing the people of the alternative foods’ nutritional values while some of them may not be familiar with these foods.
Wee said the program launching is also to encourage the public to raise the alternative food in their community.
The nutritional values of the alternative foods, which were cooked and served to the participants, were discussed during the forum that followed the launching of the program.
Wee said the National Year of the Rice also means food sufficiency to include alternatives foods aside from rice.
The launching of the alternative food program was first held on Tuesday in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.
The launching in Dipolog City, the capital of Zamboanga del Norte, was held Thursday and in Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur, on Friday.
==DOH-CHD 9 conducts orientation on national filariasis elimination program==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2013/07/doh-chd-9-conducts-orientation-on.html
*Wednesday, July 24, 2013 3:02 pm
:By Claro A. Lanipa (PIA9)
PAGADIAN CITY – The Department of Health-Center for Health and Development (DOH-CHD)- Zamboanga Peninsula in collaboration with the city government of Pagadian through the City Health Office (CHO) conducted an orientation on National Filariasis Elimination Program (NFEP) last Thursday at Anastacia Pension House this city.
City Health Officer Dr. Noel Ceniza said the NFEP had been implemented in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, and now including the city, to reduce the transmission of the disease through a Mass Drug Administration (MDA, which is being conducted during the month of November each year.
Dr. Nurussamsi C. Amilasan, medical coordinator for mosquito-borne disease said lymphatic filariasis is an elephantiosis, painful and disfiguring tropical disease caused by thread-like worms that live in the human lymphatic system. “It is one of the leading causes of disability in the world and can affect children, men and women young and old,” Dr. Amilasan explained.
Lymphatic Filariasis maybe acquired during childhood. It is a chronic parasitic infection caused by nematode parasites, transmitted through mosquitoes. The parasites live in human lymphatic system and maybe detected 5 to 15 years later, the young lady doctor explained.
In Zamboanga Peninsula, she said, DOH has positively identified 25 endemic municipalities and two cities. Of these, three municipalities are from Zamboanga del Sur,namely, Bayog, Lakewood and Kumalarang.
The activity was attended by health workers composed of doctors, nurses, midwives and barangay health workers as well as non-government organizations (NGOs) in the city.
With the battle cry, “Filariasis Sugpuin, Gamot ay Inumin… Sang Beses Sang Taon,” the health department has targeted that by 2018 the country will be filariasis-free.
==DENR, 28 Zambo Sur barangays ink MOA to implement Barangay Forest Program==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=547068
*Tuesday, July 23, 2013
:(PNA), JBP/TPG/CSA/EBP
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, July 23 (PNA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and 28 barangays in eight towns have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on seedling production and establishment of planting site for the implementation of Barangay Forest Program (BFP) in this province.
DENR Regional Information Officer Hernanita Ascura said the BFP is in line with the agency’s program which is aimed to produce and plant tree seedlings in every sixth class municipalities throughout the country.
Under this project, Ascura said the barangay nursery shall produce seedlings of native species to be planted in upland areas for fuel wood production and other domestic uses, and landscaping trees for barangay and municipal parks and roadside planting.
The signatories of the agreement were DENR-Guipos represented by Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) Forester Vitaliano Valdez, Jr. and the barangay council concerned represented by its chairperson.
==Police search for Zamboanga village watchman who shot student==
*Source:http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20130722042450
*Monday, July 22, 2013 4:24:50 pm
:(Mindanao Examiner)
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / July 22, 2013) – Police launched a manhunt for a village watchman who shot and wounded a 21-year old student in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines, police said.
Police said Lando Ebarial shot Jean Dodoy in the village of Libertad in Dimataling town and fled after the attack.
Dodoy was just heading home after buying cigarettes at a store when Ebarial shot him without an apparent reason. The victim was shot in the stomach and elbow, according to police investigator SPO3 Francisco Suarin, Jr.
“Ebarial was apparently drunk when he shot the victim. He escaped after the shooting and police are searching for him,” Suarin told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.
He said Dodoy was rushed to hospital.
==A better life for PWDs through ‘Kabuhayan’==
*Source:http://zamboangatimes.ph/zamboangatimes/top-news/8070-a-better-life-for-pwds-through-kabuhayan.html
*Sunday, July 21, 2013 14:25
:(Mindanao Examiner)
Persons with disabilities (PWDs) are often overlooked, neglected and deprived of their needs by society and many times denied involvement in decision-making that affects their very existence.
But this deplorable situation is uncommon in this municipality situated in the southern part of Zamboanga del Sur. PWDs in Lapuyan town, predominantly inhabited by Subanens, are given access to livelihood by the local government.
LGU/DSWD Support
It was in 2011 that Mayor Daylinda Sulong established a livelihood project for PWDs dubbed “Kabuhayan.” The mayor chose a retired teacher, Josefina Semini to become the “Kabuhayan” project coordinator. With an initial funding of P100,000 the project sought to improve the well-being of PWDs starting with only 13 members.
At the inception of the project, it was Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center (AVRC) superintendent Fatima Caminan of DSWD in Zamboanga City who introduced the idea of providing free skills training for PWDs.
Skills Training
Five PWDs were brought to the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center III of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Zamboanga City for a free one year to six months skills training while their transportation and accommodation were shouldered by the LGU. They were trained as masseur, tailor, barber, carpenter, and other skills.
Semini said with a job to do, they feel important and are able to eventually become independent.
Daylinda established a livelihood center called Lapuyan Kabuhayan Center: The Home for the Disadvantaged and Vulnerable Sectors. The building which is patterned after DSWD’s AVRC III became the home for the most disadvantaged and vulnerable groups of the municipality.
“This will be their home where they will enhance their skills to be more productive, and eventually gain employment thereby becoming good citizens of the community,” Sulong announced.
“She designed and implemented livelihood programs and activities in order to promote access, inclusion and the full participation of persons with disabilities in our municipality. The project provides help to PWDs to live a normal life,” she added.
“We encouraged them to hone their skills for them to become productive, self-sufficient, and to live fruitful lives. They don’t need our pity, they need our love and encouragement,” said Semini quoting mayor Sulong.
The LGU’s support was observed by the agency which prompted AVRC Superintendent Fatima Caminan to visit the municipality and proposed employment opportunities for the PWDs which was then approved by the chief executive.
Employment opportunities
Thirty-one year-old Jezrel Langhay of Waterfall, Lapuyan said no one would ever thought that despite their handicap, there are still kind-hearted people who care and offer new hope for them.
“Nagpasalamat ko ug dako sa administrasyon ni Mayor Sulong ug sa DSWD nga ila kaming gitabangan nga mga disabled persons makapangita ug trabaho. Wala mi magdahum nga bisan pa sa kakulian sa among panglawas adunay mga manggiloy-on nga mga tawo nga nag-amuma ug naghatag bag-ong paglaum kanamo. (I am deeply grateful that the administration of Mayor Sulong and the DSWD helped us, disabled persons in looking for a job. We did not expect that despite our handicap, there are still kind-hearted people who care and offer new hope for us),” said Langhay, the eldest in a family of six.
Dako ang akong kalipay tungod kay nakatabang ako sa akong pamilya. Ang akong kita isip mananahi gihatag nako sa akong ginikanan aron mapalit namo ug pagkaon. Sa una, masulob-on ako tungod kay anaa ra man ko sulod sa balay ug walay trabaho ug karon duna na ako’y trabaho (I am very happy because I was able to help my family. I give my earnings as a tailor to my parents so we could buy food for the family. I used to be sad because I only stay in the house, jobless and with nothing to do, but now, I already have a job),” Langhay happily said.
Semini said PWDs are now receiving P2,000 to 3,000 each from DSWD as incentives.
“There are many programs available for all sorts of disabilities in our municipality,” Semini said . If they are encouraged and learn to believe in themselves, there is no reason they will not flourish.
“With a job to do, they feel important and eventually become productive and independent,” Semini concluded.
==Farmer shot dead by kin in front of daughter over land dispute==
==Farmer shot dead by kin in front of daughter over land dispute==
*Source:http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/provincial/54600-farmer-shot-dead-by-kin-in-front-of-daughter-over-land-dispute
*Source:http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/provincial/54600-farmer-shot-dead-by-kin-in-front-of-daughter-over-land-dispute
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