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PSO-PRDP readies funds for agri dev’t projects in Siquijor
by Rizalie Anding Calibo SIQUIJOR (PIA) – The Department of Agriculture (DA-7) and the Project Support Office of the Philippine Rural Development Project (PSO-PRDP) challenged the provincial government of
Siquijor to strategize directions and efforts for PRDP interventions for agricultural development projects in the province. Officials from DA-7 and PSOPRDP announced this at the 1st Siquijor Beef Cattle Summit as they assured the province of funding aid for the projects. DA7 Regional Director Angel Enriquez said Agriculture Secretary Siquijor Provincial Governor Zaldy S. Villa, declaring anew his resolve to uplift the lives of Siquijodnons as he spelled out his program thrusts for the province’s agricultural and economic growth during the 1st Siquijor Beef Cattle Summit at the Provncial Capitol Mini park, Siquijor, Siquijor.(rac/PIA7-Siquijor)
Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol and their whole department is encouraged to support the province despite its limited production area after learning about Siquijor beef cattle whose genetic composition is the only kind in the world. “There is something mystifying in Siquijor,” Enriquez said of the Siquijor Beef Cattle that is found out to be capable of producing very healthy kind of milk and meat no other country has. “We have seen how great is God’s endowment to Siquijor, you have to take care of it and make full of its potential,” she said while assuring the provincial government of its full support. “We have prepared funds for Siquijor but we can only give what you ask for,” also said PRDP-PSO Visayas Planning Specialist Franco Villaruel, adding that PRDP funding has “no ceiling.” “Bisan pila inyong gikinahanglan, depende ug pila inyong i submit. (You can ask for any amount based on your proposal),” he said. He added that their draft Provincial Commodity Investment Plan (PCIP) has P500 million for Siquijor. “Kung kaya ninyo P500 million ang gastohon even for water development alone, pasture irrigation or potable water system, we will go for it,” Villaruel said. As soon as the World Bank issues the ‘no objection letter’, Villaruel said they will finalize the PCIP hopefully before this month ends. “Let’s join hands because there is so many things coming for Siquijor, he said and urges the provincial government to “clinch” the interventions from PRDP. The Siquijor Beef Cattle Summit highlights the province’s opening of AgroTrade Fair for the 45th Araw ng Siquijor Celebration. (rmn/rac/PIA7-Siquijor)
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“Fork!” vs “Fork you!”: Decoding Duterte’s Diction & The State of Our National Sociolinguistic Competence
By Emeniano Somoza Jr, Poet
Caution: Strong language ahead. Cover your ears, or go play your “Pokemon” outside while I try to mull over the sociolinguistic implications and impact of the infamous expression, *drumroll, please*, “Putang Ina!”, which as of press time is being attributed yet again to Pres. Duterte. There are variants “Anak ka ng puta!”, meaning, “You’re a son of a bitch!”, and “Puki’ng ina mo!”, or in English, “Your mother’s cunt.”, among others. “Putang ina!”, literally meaning, “whore mother, or bitch”, is the Filipino version of the all-time American favorite, “Fuck!”, and it is an expression of extreme disgust, dismay, or frustration. In real-life Manila slums as in Filipino action movies, the expression is common among winos, louts and other shady stock characters whose dog-eat-dog, no-holds-barred communication skills include smashing beer bottles and faces of enemies in sight; and, shouting matches either as daily vocal exercise or, to simply show who’s boss. Cue in Eddie Garcia as the beer-guzzling good-for- nothing father to superstar Nora Aunor in the award-winning “Tinik Sa Dibdib”. But I’m digressing... When boiler-tempered Duterte rose to power, the expression thusly has also slowly taken center-stage alongside other Filipino swear words. Why, the guy is a self-confessed child of the slums, so cussing should come naturally. Duterte’s utterance is rather smooth and crisp, nary a hint of narcissistic consciousness that is typical of the ubiquitous young and mobile; and hearing it come from the septuagenarian in his sandy vocal register for the first time, I went, ‘Wow!, check this out, that’s really cool.’ When my mother looked at me like I was the one who was cussing in front of her, I said, well, let him swear now, then let the voting public weigh in at the poll center later. (Mind you. I do use strong language sometimes, but only when mother is not around.) For a while, it felt as if the public wouldn’t take any of it, wouldn’t have anything to do with a presidentiable who could swear like a pool hall loser. Why, because hypocrite elite Filipinos think they are the staunchest ambassadors of, uhm, class and style? Any Filipino language or sub-language will always be treated as the language of the second-class citizen. Don’t look at me like that. Go watch and listen Kris forking Aquino run her trademark ‘Arnean’ mouth on national TV. Duterte’s elitist rivals in the presidential race all took notice, slighted him even one way or the other. The picture of a swearing chin-wielding president sounds almost sacrilegious to the image of the highest seat of power. But he won. Popular vote surprisingly cannonballed him
to power. That only meant one thing: other than his simplistic military-driven platform and bullheaded stance on almost anything Aquino, the voting populace must have loved the swearing. And now they’re growing into it. When he said, “Putang-ina, mumurahin kita diyan sa forum na iyan. Huwag mo akong ganunin.” (“Fuck, I will cuss you out at that forum. Don’t do this to me!”) –Duterte was merely expressing extreme disappointment over a perceived situation. The scenario playing out in his mind --wherein he is questioned by Obama like an overlord to a serf -- sounds frustrating that he gushed rather well, colorfully with the infamous expletive. Duterte was mad at an imagined communication situation. The projectile of his snarkiness was not personally hurled at Obama. Had he wanted to go below the belt, he would have said, “Putang-ina mo, mumurahin kita…” Take note of the pronoun “mo” (you) that signifies the direct object of the expletive. In short, according to Ben Zimmer, a linguist at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote in his blog, “Language Log” “Since there is no pronoun present in what Duterte said, it appears he is using it as an interjection or an intensifier rather ran insulting Obama directly.” But forking media adore Duterte’s colorful language so much they tend to stretch his pronouncements out of proportion. In this particular situation, the misinterpretation somehow reached Obama, who responded rather negatively. Technically, and as some of us do have short fuses, there’s nothing wrong with using expletives. They can be used to emphasize a very important subject matter, or as intensifier of a particular pronouncement. What is wrong is when someone takes it to mean otherwise after splicing a few words in, which categorically is already a slanderous act -- and this is what disgusts me most. It appears that some journalists need to check on their sociolinguistic IQ. To put it simply, sociolinguistics is the science of knowing what and when to say to whom. It’s that simple but there are nefarious forces at work and they are working harder against Duterte. It is the media’s attitude towards Duterte’s words that has a dichotomizing effect on his noble intents and the public’s judgment. Okay, so swearing is okay. In fact, a recent study reveals that people who swear are intellectually gifted, or geniuses. But, I disagree. If all who cuss are truly gifted in the noggin, Manila slums must have transformed into a utopian paradise slash mad lab of sort a long time ago. Now, is Duterte genius? I don’t think that’s the real question. The question should be - Is Duterte just like any goner who swears people’s socks off for the heck of swearing people’s socks off? Or, is his mouth only a representation of something even more putrid that’s slowly corroding the cudgels of the government right now, and the country that which he promised to steer off the road towards some kind of rancorous self-destruction? It’s enough that the media call him names, but to present him as a sociolinguistically incompetent leader is unethically foul. Duterte Harry knows what’s his doing. Or saying.
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DTI, GIZ awards Siquijor, NegOr green champions
SIQUIJOR, Sept 28 (PIA) -The Department of Trade and Industry, (DTI-7) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) recently awarded “green champions” for their support and contribution to the Promotion of Green Economic Development (ProGed) in the provinces of Negros Oriental (NegOr) and Siquijor. Awardees were Dumaguete City and Siquijor province for the local government units (LGUs) category. For the micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the Florentina Homes and Bethel Guest House of NegOr, and the Royal Cliff Beach Resort and Salamangka Beach & Dive Resort of San
Juan, Siquijor. Also awarded were the Siquijor Provincial Micro Small Enterprises and Development Council (PSMEDC), Philippine Information Agency, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Siquijor State College (SSC); and the Negros Oriental Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc. (NOCCI). Other awardees are Eric Hanguinet of Environmental Advocacy on Solutions and Technologies (EAST), Engr. Oliver Sobere-Yu, Engr. Alfredo Arzaga, and Jobert Koerkamp for Bamboo. The activity is part of DTI Negros Oriental and Siquijor ProGED Inphasing Event dubbed Accelerating the Promotion
of Green Economic Development held at Sta. Monica Beach Club, Dumaguete City. Green Champions are groups or individuals, local campaigners who are involved in helping to promote green economic development through direct action and communications at the local level. DTI and GIZ for years, has been encouraging MSMEs to go green and champion green agenda in their localities amidst environmental challenges the country is facing. Over the past five years, the Philippines have consistently ranked in the top three among 170 plus countries as most vulnerable to climate change. This is according to the Annual World Risk Report which ranks a country’s vulnerability to climate change based on the criteria of exposure, susceptibility, coping and adaptation. The GIZ in its Promotion of green economic development (ProGED) handouts also noted that the production processes and business practices of MSMEs, which make up 99 percent of Philippine companies are often harmful to both the environment and the climate. GIZ said the Philippines is witnessing significant economic growth but poverty persists and the growth has negative impacts on the environment and climate. The country thus faces the challenge of steering its economic development towards sustainable, inclusive growth which will also benefit socially disadvantaged groups, it added. Through its ProGED program, GIZ has worked closely with DTI in the promotion of green economy starting with a series of value chain workshop, orientations, Greening Tourism Enterprises and Business Matching, and Learning Visits, among other activities. ProGED is a four-year project of the DTI and the GIZ, from January 2013 to December 2016. It aims to help GREEN CHAMPIONS: (Counter clock-wise) Salamangka Beach & Dive Resort owner and MSMEs become climate smart, manager Christophe Druey, Royal Cliff Beach Resort owner Arlene Mack, PIA-Siquijor’s Rizalie environmentally friendly and Calibo and SSC’s Dr. Expedita Duran were recognized as Green Champions by the Department inclusive, with the overall goal of of Trade and Industry, (DTI-7) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit enhancing their competitiveness. (GIZ) for their support and contribution to the Promotion of Green Economic Development (mbcn/rac/PIA7-Siquijor) (ProGed) in the province of Siquijor.
Cebuano News: PDEA, nipasidaan batok sa ‘candy’ shabu
(PIA) -- Nabutyag nga ginahimo na usab nga kendi karon ang shabu ug ang target market niini mao ang mga kabataan. Kini matud pa sa tigpamaba sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) nga si Director Derrick Carreon diin matud pa nga nakadawat na sila og pasidaan gikan sa mga international drug enforcement agencies kalabot sa shabu nga gihimo na karong kendi. Nipahayag og kabalaka si Carreon nga mapareho unya ang candy shabu sa mga party drugs nga mahimong mapalit online o pinaagi sa internet. Giingong may mga nikuyanap na karon sa ubang nasod apan wala pa kini dinhi mao nga may pasidaan na kaniadto pa nga bisan pinaagi sa kendi, ipakuyanap ang shabu sa pagtago niini pinaagi sa porma sa kendi. Tungod niini, gitambagan ni Carreon ang mga kabataan nga dili gayud makighinabi sa mga dili kaila ug dili modawat og bisan unsang matang sa pagkaon ilabi na sa mga dili kaila. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
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DOLE, nipasidaan batok sa pekeng job postings sa social media September 27 (PIA) -Nipasidaan ang Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) sa publiko batok sa mga bogus o pekeng gihanyag nga trabaho nga gipakatap sa mga social media accounts sama sa email ug Facebook. Gipagawas ni DOLE Kalihim Silvestre Bello ang pasidaan human gipahayag sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ang licensed recruitment agencies apil na ang mga job applicants sa mga gitanyag nga trabaho sa ubang nasod pinaagi sa e-mail foreign manpower agencies. Matud pa ni Bello, nakadawat sila og kasayoran gikan ni POEA Administrator Hans Leo Cacdac nga usa ka Omegal Manpower Services Limited, nga matud pa naka-base sa nasod sa Ireland ang nagtanyag og komisyon sa mga interesadong manpower brokers o indibidwal nga maka-suplay og trabahante alang sa nagkalain-laing job openings sa Canada, Mexico ug Europe. Tu n g o d n i i n i , g i p a s i d a n an ni Bello ang publiko nga magbantay gayud sa maong tanyag.
Matud pa sa POEA, ang Omegal misaad sa mga local recruiters nga makadawat og kapareho sa usa ka buwang suholan ang matag usa ka overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) nga maka-recruit alang niini isip komisyon. Gipangita sa POEA ang online presence sa maong manpower company nga giingong naka-base sa Ireland apan napamatud-ang negatibo kini. Giingong wala’y ahensiya nga gihinganlan og Omegal Manpower Services Limited. Tungod niini, gitambagan ang mga nangita og trabaho nga siguradohong lehitimo ang job offers pinaagi sa verification system sa POEA ug sa website nga poea.gov.ph, mobile phone application, o pagtawag sa telepono (02) 722-1144 ug 722-1155. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
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