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==3 NPA rebels surrender in Zamboanga Del Sur==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=1&rid=623870
*Monday, March 10, 2014
:(PNA), LAM/PFN
MANILA, March 10 (PNA) -- Three members of the New People's Army (NPA), tired of the incessant fighting, has voluntarily surrendered to troopers of the 5th Infantry Battalion in Purok 5, Sitio Limamawan, Barangay Sigacad, Bayog, Zamboanga Del Sur Saturday night.
The latter is a sub-unit of the 1st Infantry Division.
Capt. Jefferson Mamamuag, 1st Infantry Division spokesperson, said these rebels are all members of the NPA under Secom Feliciano Alpha, Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee.
The voluntarily surrender of the three took place around 8:45 p.m.
Mamauag identified them as Jenjen Noay, 18; Denden Noay, 20; and Bryan Noay, 25, all residents of Purok 5, Sitio Limamawan, Barangay Sigacad in Bayog, Zamboanga Del Sur.
The former rebels also surrendered one Springfield rifle, a 7.62-mm single shot homemade rifle and one fragmentation grenade.
==Zamsureco-1 lifts 6-hour rotational blackout==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=623591
*Sunday, March 9, 2014
:(PNA), JBP/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION/PJN
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, March 9 (PNA) -- The Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative-1 (Zamsureco-1) has lifted Friday the implementation of the six-hour rotational blackout daily here.
Zamsureco-1 information officer Liberal Cabatcha made the announcement Friday citing the cooperative is now receiving a complete supply of power from its suppliers.
“The electric cooperative is very happy to inform the electric consuming public that the power load of 34 megawatts (MW) needed for Zamboanga del Sur are already available as of today after the normalization of operations of the power generation and of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines,” Cabatcha said.
Cabatcha said Zamsureco-1 is being supplied by three power generation plants -- Mapalad Power Corporation, 5-MW; Therma Marine Incorporated, 5-MW and National Power Corporation (Napocor), 24-MW.
Earlier, Cabatcha said they incurred at least P1 million daily losses due to the implementation of a six-hour rotational blackout.
The Pagadian City-Zamboanga del Sur Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Incorporated headed by Mercedes Lourdes Quisumbing also said the rotational blackout greatly affects the business community.
The Zamsureco-1 serves 69,857 member-consumers in this city and in 24 municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur.
==Bayog’s Subanen Leaders Approve of TVIRD’s Success in Canatuan==
*Source:http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20140307115352
*Saturday, March 8, 2014 12:53:52 am
:By Franklin P. Gumapon
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE - The successful track record of TVI Resource Development Philippines Inc. (TVIRD) in its Canatuan mine site – as well as its genuine community engagement and environmental programs – have been recognized by the town of Siocon, the Subanons of Canatuan who comprise 30% of its workforce, national award-giving bodies and, as of late, the Subanen tribal leaders of Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur who visited Canatuan recently.
The company has become one of the country’s largest producers of copper since its operations came on-stream in 2004, following its prior gold-silver project and its current production of zinc concentrates.
Today, as it is set to conclude its operations in Canatuan, it looks towards the gold and silver potential in Bayog – which is located approximately 75 kilometers east-northeast of its Canatuan mine site – as the next phase in the company’s development. The Subanen Timuays (chieftains) express the same anticipation during their mine tour.
“We are grateful that this opportunity provided us the assurance of what TVIRD has done in Canatuan can be replicated in our area (Bayog municipality) when it starts operations there,” expressed Timuay Mitobusan Casiano Edal who came together with fellow tribal leader Timuay Lucenio Manda to experience firsthand the company’s responsible mining practices and its sustainable programs for the Subanons of Canatuan.
:Subanen solidarity for responsible mining
Both chieftains, chosen representatives of the entire indigenous community as the result of Subanen unification, expressed their support to responsible mining in their ancestral domain, which is endowed with minerals but is still reeling from the environmental damage wrought by decades of illegal mining.
They also showed their solidarity to the Pikumpungan Subanen Lupa Pusaka (PSLP) – an organization of Subanen tribe officials covering six municipalities in the province of Zamboanga headed by Datu Dalepusan Isis Guilingan. The PSLP represents another group of Subanens in the area surrounding the gold-rich Balabag hill in the town of Bayog.
All three leaders also anticipate the commencement of the company’s environmental clean-up in the area, just like it did in its Canatuan mine site. Before ramping-up its operations in 2004, TVIRD’s first order of business was to conduct an extensive environmental clean-up and to assess damage done to Mt. Canatuan – prior damage that was caused by small scale illegal miners who also exploited the indigenous communities.
Similarly, the company is set to conduct the same clean-up in Balabag, which has also experienced decades of illegal mining.
:Bringing Canatuan to Balabag
“Today, TVIRD as a company enjoys a high degree of trust and confidence from its host communities and neighboring municipalities,” TVIRD General Manager Germidas Las Pinas said. During their visit, the Subanen chieftains approved of the benefits provided by TVIRD to their kin.
“They are receiving social services like health, education, infrastructure support and livelihood that they enjoy from the company,” Timuay Manda expressed.
Prior to commencing operations in the area, TVIRD has already rolled-out its environmental and social programs in Balabag. Also this year, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Zamboanga del Sur and Bayog’s Sangguniang Bayan granted the company social license to operate via resolutions of support for its entry, in addition to the same support expressed by the Subanens.
“Now that we witnessed ourselves responsible mining in Canatuan, we hope in the near future, we will fully experience the same progress in our own town,” Timuay Edal expressed.
:Responsible environmental programs
Not escaping the Subanen leaders’ admiration is TVIRD’s sulphide tailings storage facility – a dam that was designed and built under the strictest international standards and is strong enough to withstand the maximum credible earthquake (8.5 magnitude) and the probable maximum flood in the area.
“It is commendable that the locals in Siocon are the ones trained to monitor the sulphide dam after the company ceases its operations. We need not worry for the community who is left here,” Timuay Manda said.
“The goal of the company’s environment management unit is to return the Canatuan mine to a natural and stable state for the Subanons’ productive use in the future,” TVIRD Environment Manager Nilda Callora said. Progressive rehabilitation is one of the priority commitments of TVIRD for the protection and conservation of the environment.
Under the TVIRD Final Mine Rehabilitation Plan, the company will conduct active and passive rehabilitation in the years following the decommissioning of its operations.
==Power 102 forum held in Pagadian==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2014/03/power-102-forum-held-in-pagadian.html
*Friday, March 7, 2014 1:39 pm
:By Franklin P. Gumapon 
PAGADIAN CITY – Some 50 media practitioners from Zamboanga Sibugay, Dipolog City and this city participated in the Power 102 forum conducted here recently by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
The forum tackled NGCP’s power transmission development plan in the country particularly here in Mindanao.
NGCP spokesperson and head for corporate communications department, Atty. Cynthia Albanza, explained to the participants that the power industry in the country has been handled by three distinct groups starting from generation to transmission and to distribution.
The NGCP, she said, is only in charge of the transmission of electricity from power plants to distributors like the electric cooperatives.
As regards the power supply shortage besetting Mindanao nowadays, Alabanza admitted that there is a rising generation deficiency due to the declining capacities of the island’s hydropower plants as a result of the dry spell.
She also said that the demand for electricity in the island keeps increasing because of the new investors coming in.
It can be recalled that the first vice president for Mindanao Affairs of the Aboitiz Power, Bobby Orig, told the press earlier that power deficiency in Mindanao could reach 484 megawatts (MW) this year. This power shortage will greatly affect the business activities particularly in the major cities of Davao, General Santos, Zamboanga City, Cagayan de Oro and Butuan.
On the other hand, the Department of Energy (DOE) said new power plants with combined capacity of at least 100 MW are needed to address the power problem in the island.
==Kidnap victim reported released Thursday==
*Source:http://www.solarnews.ph/news/business/2014/03/06/kidnap-victim-reported-released-thursday#.UxhdgvtXI1E
*Thursday, March 6, 2014
:By Liza Jocson
Kidnap victim Arsina Nanoh was reportedly released in Pagadian City early Thursday morning by her abductors in Pagadian City.
According to reports, Nanoh is to board a commercial flight to Manila, where she will be met by her husband.
They are set to meet with Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Manuel Roxas.
Nanoh was reportedly abducted at a downtown shopping mall in Zamboanga City on Tuesday afternoon.
Police are still investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged abduction incident after it was found out there was no commotion inside the mall when the victim was taken.
==DENR-Zambo Peninsula targets to plant 24,416 trees==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=8&rid=622388
*Wednesday, March 5, 2014
:(PNA), LAP/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION/UTB
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, March 5 (PNA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the National Greening Program (NGP) is set to plant 24,416 trees this year here in the Zamboanga Peninsula.
DENR’s Forest Management Services Regional Technical Director Carlito Tuballa said Wednesday that they originally targeted to plant 19,159 trees but it was increased to 24,416 trees in line with this year’s concept of the NGP to alleviate the livelihood of the farmers by incorporating into the program the planting of high-value crops (HVC).
Tuballa said they will incorporate the planting of 5,257 HVCs such as rubber and fruit trees, bamboo and mangrove. It will be planted by selected partner community-based farmers’ organizations.
Tuballa said the 24,416 assorted species of trees including those classified as HVC will be planted in four areas as follows: Zamboanga del Norte, 10,273 trees; Zamboanga del Sur, 4,651; Zamboanga Sibugay, 4,544; and, Zamboanga City, 4,948.
He said they will closely monitor the growth of the trees to ensure zero damage or mortality, citing any damaged trees will be immediately replaced with new ones.
He said this year’s number of trees to be planted in the region will be higher by 3,418 compared to the 20,998 trees grown last year.
==Pagadian joins “Fire Prevention Month” celebration==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2014/03/pagadian-joins-fire-prevention-month.html
*Tuesday, March 4, 2014 1:23 pm
:By Gideon C. Corgue
PAGADIAN CITY – “Fire plays an important role in our lives if we use it safely but if we misuse it, it can cause extensive damage to both the properties and human lives,” said an official of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-9.
Supt. Clemente Alvarez, assistant regional director for operations, BFP-9, said  during the Fire Prevention Month’s kickoff ceremony on Saturday at Pagadian City Central Fire Station that fire is important to man’s life adding that “without fire our life is meaningless.”
“We are observing fire prevention not only during March but each day. Every day is a fire prevention day. The fire may occur anytime and anywhere,” the fire official pointed out.
Alvarez urged his fellow fire officers and volunteer firefighters to intensify their level of alertness especially during summer season to prevent the occurrence of fire.
Alvarez said the fire personnel are seriously fulfilling their motto: “To protect and serve so that others may live.”
In 2013, the BFP has recorded a total 44 fire incidents of which 40 cases were accidental and 4 were arson, with an estimated damage to properties amounting to P41.3 million.
Meanwhile, City Fire Marshall Reggy Olmedo urged everyone to be careful with fire.
"I urged everyone to be conscious about fire safety at home and in the workplace since fire prevention is everybody’s business,” Olmedo said.
Pagadian City Central Fire Station is joining all fire stations in the country in observing March as fire prevention month pursuant to Presidential Proclamation No. 115-A issued by the then President Ferdinand Marcos on November 17, 1967.
A thanksgiving mass, motorcade and bloodletting were the activities lined up during the opening ceremony to heighten public awareness on fire safety and prevention.
==Bayog mayor delivers first SOMA==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2014/03/bayog-mayor-delivers-first-soma.html
*Monday, March 3, 2014 2:50 pm
:By Claro A. Lanipa
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur – “My administration has successfully implemented its program and services to the benefit of its residents especially the indigents,” declared Mayor Leonardo L. Babasa Jr. as he delivered on Thursday his first State of the Municipality Address (SOMA) here at Bayog Central Elementary School mini-grandstand.
Babasa said “my administration has helped the Department of Education (DepEd) in improving quality education by hiring 120 locally paid teachers and allocated some P3.7 million from 2010 to present for their salaries and wages.”
The municipal has also given agriculture a top priority to help the farmers uplift their standard of living and address unemployment problem, the chief executive said.
Poverty incidence of this town has significantly decreased from 58.24% in 2008 to 43.45% in 2012, Babasa reported.
Babasa delivered his message in the dialect (Cebuano) so that the audience could fully understand his administration’s accomplishments.
Meanwhile, Zamboanga del Sur Governor Antonio Cerilles lauded Mayor Babasa for holding his first SOMA saying that “it is very seldom for a local chief executives to hold such as this in their respective municipality.”
“I hope that Bayog will continue to support the clean, honest, transparent and dynamic leadership to attain a better tomorrow,” Cerilles exhorted.
Also present during the event were Regional Directors Malcom Garma of the Department of Education (DepED)-9, Noemi B. Edaga of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-9, Provincial Director Verner Virgilio C. Jayme of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), municipal and barangay officials, businessmen, teachers and students of the JH Cerilles State College- Bayog campus.
==HACKING INCIDENT==
*Source:http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/news/85743-HACKING-INCIDENT.html
*Sunday, March 2, 2014 18:40
:By Jonas D. Macasa Jr., P02 (Duty PNCO)
On or about 10:00am of February 28, 2014 at Purok Kapalaran, Barangay Balangasan, Pagadian City, a victim identified as one Elizer Garcia Y Larede, 50 years old, married, fish vendor by occupation and a resident of same place was hacked by certain Marcelino Porquer, 63 years old, married and a resident of Barangay Canunan, Guipos, Zamboanga Del Sur with the used of sharp bolo.
Initial investigation conducted by the responding elements of Pagadian City Police Station disclosed that while the victim was walking at aforesaid place when suspect suddenly appeared from behind and hacked him without apparent reasons.
Victim sustained multiple hacked wound at the diff parts of his body and immediately brought to Zamboanga Del Sur Medical Center, Barangay Dao, Pagadian City for immediate med treatment while the suspect was also brought to same hospital for his bruises of his body.
Motive of the incident is purely personal grudge.
Investigator of Pagadian City Police Station is now preparing appropriate charges against the suspect for immediate filing in court.
Investigator on case is PO2 Rodolfo Z. Baco with contact number 09999933074.
==Abducted Pagadian City student escapes==
*Source:http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20140301005152
*Saturday, March 1, 2014 1:51:52 pm
:(Mindanao Examiner)
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 1, 2014) – Police forces recovered an abducted 19-year old student following a daring escape from his captors in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay.
Stephen Tan, who was seized February 27 in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province, told police that he managed to escape by jumping into a cliff while he was being led by his captors to a village in Diplahan town.
Tan said he was blindfolded throughout his ordeal and managed to escape only after his three captors told him to remove his cover. He said they were walking on a trail at the edge of a cliff near a river and he jumped from the steep rock and ran as his captors chased him until they lost him.
Tan said he hid in the grass and later found a house and sought help from its owner Clarito Ferrarin. He said borrowed the man’s cell phone and contacted his father to say that he escaped from his abductors.
The victim’s father phoned the town’s mayor Cris Jose to seek help about his son. The politician then coordinated with the local police force headed by Inspector Raul Cortes and recovered Tan in a shanty where he was waiting for rescuers.
Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said Tan, an engineering student at the Southern Mindanao College, was driving his car in Pagadian City when gunmen nabbed him in the village of Gatas.
He said police and military forces were tracking down Tan’s abductors in the town.
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