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==Molave town acquires rescue boats==
*Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1371395120630
*Thursday, March 20, 2014
:By Gideon C. Corgue (FPG/GCC/PIA9-Zamboanga del Sur)
MOLAVE, Zamboanga del Sur, March 20 (PIA) –The municipal government here recently acquired two rescue boats to be used during natural disaster or emergencies.
Municipal Risk Reduction and Management Council (MDRRMC) action officer Jerry Delos Santos said a bigger rescue boat worth P98,000 was built through the MDRRMC and the smaller one was donated by Mr. Proceso Cadavero, the municipal civil registrar.
The rescue boats were turned-over to the MDRRMC Operation Center located beside the Molave Gym.
Delos Santos said the rescue boats would be used by the MDRRMC personnel in times of disaster especially during flood to avert the loss of life and property of the residents.
“The acquisition of rescue boats will help mitigate the impact of natural disaster in our municipality,” Delos Santos said.
Meanwhile, Mayor Ireneo Glepa, the MDRRMC chair, said he was happy that the plan to acquire rescue boat was realized.
Glepa said the acquisition of rescue boats was incorporated in the financial and work plan of the municipal government.
The boat, which could carry up to 30 persons, was tested on the seas of Bara, Tudela, Misamis Occidental.
Municipal Civil Registrar Proceso Cadavero, a member of the rescue team,  said he was encouraged to donate his small fishing boat to MDRRMC as the municipality badly needs the same should any disaster occur.
Glepa lauded Cadavero’s concern saying that his donation is a great gesture worthy of emulation by the residents.
It can be recalled that in the past years, Molave has been experiencing floods due to climate change.
The flood, which inundated several barangays and rice fields, occurred last year but no casualties reported.
==Pagadian City residents face water shortage due to blackout==
*Source:http://www.businessweekmindanao.com/2014/03/19/pagadian-city-residents-face-water-shortage-due-to-blackout/
*Wednesday, March 19, 2014
: (PNA)
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur – At least 3,200 of the 19,788 water concessionaires face water shortage as an offshoot of the 10-hour daily rotational blackout besetting this city.
Pagadian City Water District (PCWD) General Manager Edilberto Yorong said Tuesday that most of those affected are residents in the high ground areas where the water service distribution depends on the PCWD’s pumping stations.
Yorong said there will be no water service in the high ground areas since the pumping stations are non-operational during blackouts.
However, Yorong said they already have plans to address the problem on water distribution during blackouts in this city, which has a rolling terrain.
“We have already come up with some solution of the problem and this is through the construction of additional water reservoir in the upper portion of the city to store water so that the water service distribution can be done through gravity during brownout,” he said.
He said they are monitoring the situation and working round-the-clock to ensure steady supply of water despite the rotational blackouts.
He said they will also provide free water to those who would fetch water direct from the pumping stations during blackouts.
==Pagadian City launches mangrove reforestation project==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=8&rid=626530
*Tuesday, March 18, 2014
: (PNA), FFC/TPGJR/HDC/UTB
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, March 18 (PNA) -- At least 13,500 propagules were planted Tuesday morning during the launching of a mangrove reforestation project initiated by the local government in this city.
City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) coordinator Haron Damada said the activity is part of the Council’s project to replant mangrove in the five of the 10 coastal barangays in this city.
The activity, which was spearheaded by Mayor Romeo Pulmones, kicked-off in Barangay Muricay, one of the identified five barangays for mangrove replanting.
The other four identified areas are Barangays Kawit, White Beach, Napolan and Poloyagan.
Damada said that the mangrove replanting is aimed to protect or cushion the effect should there be a storm surge in this city.
Muricay Barangay Chairman Arman Mohammad has thanked Pulmones for including his area in the mangrove reforestation project.
Mohammad has assured the city government they will safeguard the mangrove propagules to ensure zero mortality.
The mangrove planting was participated by the members of the CDRRMC, Civil Society Organization (CSO), Army’s 53rd Infantry Battalion, policemen and the residents of Barangay Muricay.
==BFP bats for putting up fire station in every municipality==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2014/03/bfp-bats-for-putting-up-fire-station-in.html
*Monday, March 17, 2014 4:55 pm
:By Franklin P. Gumapon (Mindanao Examiner)
PAGADIAN CITY – “The thrust now of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is to establish a fire station in every municipality.”
This was disclosed by Supt. Edmundo F. Naraga, assistant regional director of BFP-9, in a media forum held here recently.
Naraga, however, said that putting up a fire station in every local government unit (LGU) requires a considerable amount, as each station must have firemen and at least one fire truck.
As of now, there are only 167 firemen assigned in Zamboanga del Sur with 13 fire trucks. The province has 26 towns and one city.
Provincial Fire Marshall Gerson S. Sisona also bared that these 13 fire trucks were distributed to the following LGUs: Pagadian City – 5, Molave – 2, Tukuran – 1, Aurora – 1, Ramon Magsaysay – 1, Margosatubig – 1, and Dinas-1.
The remaining 20 towns have no fire trucks yet.
With the BFP’s limited manpower and fire-fighting equipment, Sisona has called on the public to help prevent fire, as “fire prevention is everybody’s business and a year-round activity.”
The BFP is now spearheading the fire prevention month celebration with the theme, “Isulong ang Kaunlaran, Sunog ay Iwasan, Kaalaman at Pag-iingat ang Kailangan.”
==Grenade explodes in Pagadian City==
*Source:http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20140316090941
*Sunday, March 16, 2014 9:09:41 pm
: (Mindanao Examiner)
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 16, 2014) – An unidentified man exploded a fragmentation grenade in a house in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said Sunday.
Police said two men arrived on separate motorcycles and that one of them tossed the grenade in the house of Virginia Tano at Purok Citrus in the village of Dumagoc.
There was no report of casualties from the attack and police recovered fragments of the grenade which had been identified as M67 which is commonly used by the military, but is widely available in the black market and illegal gun dealers.
The motive of the attack is still unknown, but police launched an investigation into the explosion.
==Passport applicants irked by DFA-10 policy==
*Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cagayan-de-oro/local-news/2014/03/14/passport-applicants-irked-dfa-10-policy-333209
*Saturday, March 15, 2014
: By Erwin M. Mascarinas
PASSPORT applicants from different parts of Mindanao have complained of the policies in obtaining and in the renewal of passport at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)-Northern Mindanao office in Cagayan de Oro City.
“We got here yesterday (Thursday) around 9 a.m., and we were told that there were no more forms left. So we had to stay for the night and came back at 5 a.m., but to my surprise, people were already in line as early as 3:00 in the morning,” Estrella Bendanilo, 62, from Pagadian City, told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro Friday.
A group of 10 students from Marawi State University (MSU) was also in the long queue waiting for their turn, sitting on the edge of the street corner.
“We’ve been here in line since 3:00 in the morning. We are all here for our passport as it is our requirement for our tourism practicum for Malaysia this coming May. We come from different parts of Mindanao, among us are from Surigao del Sur in Caraga region, Lanao del Sur and Norte, Ozamiz City and Zamboanga Sibugay. I think I’m the farthest since I come from the town of Simunol in Tawi-tawi, said 19 years old Dianara Shariff.
Eliver Liwanag, 44, from Ozamiz City, expressed his disbelief in the long process they all have to go through.
“The DFA should have a proper system to address this situation. People are not informed of this situation; we never expected this kind of situation. Others here come from far places and don’t even have money to spend for a place to stay and extra money for additional expenses of food and water,” said Liwanag.
Liwanag explained that he came to the DFA to renew his passport and could not believe how the process was being done.
“I arrived here yesterday (Thursday) at 10:00 in the morning and then they said that they have reached the quota and that we have to come back again. So we did not have a choice but to wait for the next day, we stayed here outside the entire evening,” he said.
Aman German, who came all the way from Oroquieta City together with her 11 and 13-year-old children, said she hopes for a better service.
“Me and my children are here to renew our passports. We got here at the DFA around 8:00 in the morning. They said we have to come back the next day. We were not prepared for such uncertainty so we ended up sleeping outside the door of the DFA. It was hard especially for the children since there were a lot of mosquitoes. My mother-in-law who renewed her license last year told us that the process is fast and smooth, we never expected this kind of situation,” said German.
Naive Manhot, secretary to the office in charge in the DFA, explained that the DFA regional office can only accommodate 300 applicants a day.
“We are limited to only 300 applicants a day excluding senior citizens, infants, person with disability and pregnant women, because of the new electronic passport processing (E-passport). The processing takes time because we need to capture the biometrics of the applicants and we only have four machines,” said Manhot.
Manhot added that their office never advised applicants to come and stand in line as early as 3:00 in the morning.
“We don’t advise this but sometimes, when they get here, we have already reached our quota for the day. We can accommodate them as long as the numbers of people haven’t reached 300,” she said.
One of the office security personnel who requested not to be named stated that on March 14, they only handed out 200 application forms because several of the employees were on leave.
==DTI provides sewing machines to Pagadian City cooperative==
*Source:http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/news/86169-DTI-provides-sewing-machines-to-Pagadian-City-cooperative.html
*Friday, March 14, 2014
: (PNA), LAP/TPGJR/RSM
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The members of the Pagadian City Non-Formal Education Beneficiaries’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PCNFEBMPC) need no longer borrow, rent or use antiquated sewing machines to make the pot holders, pajamas, canvass bags, handicrafts and other products they collectively produce to generate income for their cooperative.
This came about after the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through the agency’s shared service facility (SSF) program has approved the cooperative’s request to provide them high speed sewing machines.
“We really thought acquiring these equipment for our cooperative would remain a dream. But the Lord is good, He heard our pleas),” said one of the members during the recent turnover of the equipment at the cooperative’s office located in Barangay San Pedro, Pagadian City, the capital of Zamboanga del Sur.
PCNFEBMP chairperson Jesusita Bucog said they sought the assistance of the DTI to provide them electric sewing machines to hasten production, citing most of the members of the cooperative produce their products in their own or their neighbors’ houses then sell what they produce for a certain mark up.
DTI-Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Director Ma. Socorro Atay has assured Bucog of DTI’s continuing assistance to their group.
Atay told Bucog said that they will conduct training for the proper management of the SSFs next month.
Atay said they will also help the PCNFEBMPC in the marketing of their products.
DTI Regional Officer-in-Charge Sitti Amina Jain echoed Atay’s statement, saying that DTI personnel in Zamboanga del Sur will regularly monitor the SSFs so technical assistance may be rendered soonest when needed.
Jain said this is also to ensure that the equipment are used according to the usufruct agreement entered into between her office and the beneficiary coops like the PCNFEBMPC.
“The government, through the DTI is extending this very generous, very liberal arrangement with your coop as well all the other SSF beneficiaries throughout the country because we want you to succeed. And if you succeed in growing your business, your success is our success too,” Jain said.
Jain said that the SSF program had been introduced by the DTI as a strategy to hasten small and medium enterprise growth and development and as a vehicle for inclusive growth as enunciated by President Benigno Simeon Aquino, III.
Pagadian City and Zamboanga del Sur Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Merlou Quisumbing, who witness the turnover of the high-speed sewing machines, has also expressed her group’s desire to partner with the PCNFEBMPC.
Quisumbing said that the members of the cooperative could diversify their products, using the high speed sewing machines, to mass-produce eco-bags which the chamber will then recommend to Pagadian’s business establishments.
She said the eco-bags are reusable and thus, offer a more Earth-friendly substitute to plastic shopping bags.
“This is in line with the “Di Ko’g Plastic” (literally translated, “I dislike plastic”) campaign started by the chamber, the DTI, education department, and the business community in Pagadian City in April of 2012,” she said.
==LCW convenes for Women’s Month celebration==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2014/03/lcw-convenes-for-womens-month_13.html
*Thursday, March 13, 2014 9:57 am
:By Claro A. Lanipa (Mindanao Examiner)
PAGADIAN CITY – Members of the Local Council of Women (LCW) convened here on Monday to join the kickoff activity for the Women’s month celebration.
The kickoff activity started with a Holy Mass at San Jose Parish Church followed by a motorcade around the city’s main thoroughfares and a program at the city covered court.
Quoting Fr. Rene Herrera’s homily, City Vice Mayor Divina Grace Yu, LCW concurrent chairperson, said in her welcome remarks that “women are the source of life.”
“All of us have our own parents. We will not come to this world without our mother. This is the very reason why we (women) are called source of life,” stressed Yu.
On the other hand, Mayor Romeo P. Pulmones said he was so glad with this year’s theme - “Juana, ang Tatag Mo ay Tatag Natin sa Pagbangon at Pagsulong,” saying that “it is very meaningful.”
He said, I agree with Vice Mayor Yu’s statement that women are the ones who take care of us, men and their children.
“If we got ill, our wife will take care of us. If we have an appointment, our wife will prepare our clothes to use. At home, our wife makes ready the food for us [husbands] and the children,” Pulmones explained.
“In fact, men are really very much dependent on our wives,” Pulmones pointed out.
“I am so grateful to all of you, especially the wives, mothers and even the grandmothers who take care of their grandchildren,” he added.
Mayor Pulmones also expressed his all-out support to the programs and undertakings of the women’s group in the city.
Meanwhile, Zamboanga del Sur Rural Improvement Club chairperson Junaflor S. Cerilles, the activity’s guest speaker, said the so-called International Women’s Day is being celebrated every March 8 of each year.
“It is also called International Working Women’s Day with the primary reason of remembering all women who rallied, fought - others lost their lives throughout history- so that they can have a place in the society,” Cerilles said.
Even today, around the globe there are still women who are fighting for their rights to be accepted by the society, she added.
Fortunately, she said, here in the Philippines “we (women) are already being recognized, listened to and given equal rights.”
But unfortunately, she continued, there are still several women and children who are suffering from violence.
“Being the provincial chairperson, to address this problem, I urged all local government units to put up help and health desks in their respective municipalities,” Cerilles suggested.
==Philippine troops capture rebel camp==
*Source:http://mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20140312092138
*Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:21:38 pm
: (Mindanao Examiner)
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Mar. 12, 2014) – Philippine troops have captured a communist rebel base following fierce clashes that killed a soldier and left 5 more wounded in the southern province of Misamis Occidental, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.
Capt. Jefferson Mamauag, of the 1st Infantry Division, said troops occupied the main camp used by the New People’s Army rebels under Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee in the town of Bonifacio.
He said troops raided the rebel camp following a military intelligence and information provided by civilians in the area. He said soldiers from the 15th Division Reconnaissance Company and 55th Infantry Battalion stormed the camp and clashed with rebels until the base has been captured.
The camp can accommodate over 100 rebels and surrounded by dozens of bunkers and observation posts.
Mamauag said a still undetermined number of rebels were either killed or wounded in the clashes. “The combat operation resulted to the death of one and wounding of five soldiers while undetermined numbers of casualties were inflicted on the enemy side, based on the bloodstain seen at enemy’s route of withdrawal. Medical attentions were given to the wounded. As of now, names of the casualties are withheld pending the notification of next of kin,” he said.
He said the fighting lasted more than 2 hours. “The initial fire fight ensued when the rebels were caught surprised by the soldiers in their main camp. Despite of rigorous and arduous terrain, the tenacity and perseverance of the troops prevailed to pursue their mission,” he said.
Mamauag said troops recovered various anti-government propaganda, munitions and a machine pistol, including bomb component and radio communication equipment.
There was no immediate statement from the NPA about the capture of the camp, but the rebels have been fighting for decades now for the establishment of a separate communist state in the country.
==DepED-9 to hold 2014 Regional Festival of Talents==
*Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1431394504801
*Tuesday, March 11, 2014
:By Franklin P. Gumapon [(PNA), LAM/PFN]
PAGADIAN CITY, March 11 (PIA) – Winners from the eight schools divisions in region 9 will converge in Molave, Zamboanga del Sur to compete in the 2014 Regional Festival of Talents spearheaded by the Department of Education (DepED)-9.
Dr. Visminda Valde, education supervisor of DepED-9, said this activity will be attended by elementary and secondary students who won first place in the festival of talents division level.
The festival will feature broadcasting and script writing, collaborative publishing, and movie trailer.
Valde also disclosed that the secondary students would be joining the three events while the elementary pupils would be participating in the radio broadcasting and script writing only.
Student-participants to this festival come from the schools divisions of Dapitan City, Dipolog City, Isabela City, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga Sibugay.
==3 NPA rebels surrender in Zamboanga Del Sur==
==3 NPA rebels surrender in Zamboanga Del Sur==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=1&rid=623870
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=1&rid=623870
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