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THE OFFICIAL E-NEWSLETTER OF THE PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY - SIQUIJOR | WWW.PIA.GOV.PH and the DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - SIQUIJOR | WWW.DOST.GOV.PH VOL. 4| NO. 34 October 2 - 9, 2016
School paper advisers attend campus journ, disaster preparedness training by Rizalie Anding Calibo SIQUIJOR, Sept. 29 (PIA) -Some 80 schoolpaper advisers from the Department of Education (DepEd) Division of Siquijor attended the training workshop on Maximizing Campus Journalism and Social Media in Disaster Communication at the Helen Planning Center, Larena, Siquijor. The training is spearheaded by the Department of Education (DepEd), in cooperation with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) – Siquijor and the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC). It aims to capacitate school paper advisers and students with techniques and strategies in the effective use of campus journalism and social media and electronic news for development communication and disaster preparedness. It also hopes to enhance disaster information, education and communication activities in the province through the use of campus journalism, Information Communication Technology (ICT) and social media. Campus journalism and social networking play a big role in disaster preparedness. Campus journalists can be the most effective group the province can tap in all its disaster risk reduction and management programs given their capacity to write and educate not only in schools but in the communities, said Rizalie A. Calibo of the PIA here. With social media, print and electronic news as the most heavily used means of networking and sources of information to keep abreast with the latest technology, campus journalism becomes very relevant, she added. The training-workshop is a tool for enhancing government services and schools performance in the province particularly in creating resilient communities that is capable of responding to any emergencies occurring
Resource persons from the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) take turns discussing campus journalism, effective writing and disaster communication to the school paper advisers in the Division of Siquijor. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor) at homes, on campus and in the province. Resource persons were PIA Regional Director Minerva Newman, Infocen Managers Rey Anthony Chiu, Rachelle Nessia and Rizalie Calibo of Bohol, Cebu, and Siquijor respectively with three other lecturers from DepEd. Newman talked on Clear and Effective Writing and Disaster Communication while Chiu discussed about Campus Journalism Operations as well as PhotoJournalism with workshop. Nessia tackled News and Feature
Writing and Calibo on Headline Writing and Newspaper Lay-out. Basac National High School Paper Adviser Mary Jane Larot shared about Editorial Cartooning, Dr. Angie Manginsay on Editing and Copywriting, and Jennilyn Daniel on Science and Technology. The training was supported by DepEd supervisors, training managers and consultants, Maria Enin Cuevas, Neddy Arong, Flora Gahob, Marilou Maglinao with other officers and documenter. (rmn/rac/PIA7Siquijor)
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Miss Siquijor Tourism beauties emerge as police partners in illegal drugs fight By Rizalie Calibo, PIA7-Siquijor It takes a police officer, a provincial director at that, to spearhead the Miss Siquijor Tourism and make it really relevant to the signs of the time. For the first time ever in the history of Siquijor province, the Miss Siquijor Tourism 2016 was pursued through the initiative of the Siquijor Police Provincial Director, Erson Udal Digal, who during the initial meeting for the 45th Araw ng Siquijor celebration, opposed the abolition of the Search. “We can’t just take away the Miss Siquijor Tourism, it should always be part of the celebration if we want to make the day meaningful and promote Siquijor tourism,” Digal said as he volunteered to spearhead the activity. Later did we know that he has found the event significant and instrumental in helping solve the country’s serious problem on illegal drugs. Indeed, the show was a success, a “one of a kind” local beauty pageant that featured the beauties in their “shooting” wear and poses which signify their strong will to join the fight against criminality and illegal drugs. This of course, was apart from the
Production Number, Swim Wear, Long Gown, Question and Answer, and other usual competitions they had to go through as part of the pageant. Thanks also to the pageant directors, production and technical staff from the Siquijor State College (SSC) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Family where the Siquijor Police Provincial Office (SPPO) belongs, and the provincial government of Siquijor. And unlike most of the local search, this year’s Miss Siquijor Tourism did not just end during the Coronation Night. “Beyond their crowns, sashes and titles are their responsibility to the province and the community – to be the Ambassadress of Goodwill, to be the advocates for change, ‘real change,’ in line with the government’s battlecry and
Barangay folks pledge to support to anti-illegal drugs program of the Philippine National Police during the launching of Alsa Droga or Alyansa Laban sa Droga. (rac/ PIA7-Siquijor)
direction,” Digal said. Baptism of Fire Just a couple of weeks after she was crowned Miss Siquijor Tourism 2016 on September 16, Mary Ann Monda of Lazi, Siquijor was set on fire when she was made to speak about the PNP’s advocacy during the PNP’s grand launching of “Alsa Droga”, short for Alyansa Laban Sa Droga at the Provincial Capitol Gymnasium where local officials and residents from all over the province joined. In her aggressive yet passionate tone, Monda astounded everyone with her looks and talks on illegal drugs, drug addiction and its ill effects as she called on the participants to “collaborate and see the urgency to educate people on the dangers of drug abuse and addiction.” “There is an urgent need to educate people, and for those who are already addicted, members of the community, especially leaders should find these people and help them find clarity within themselves and their lives. Kinahanglan tabangan sila para makagawas sila sa pagka-addicted sa droga (they should be helped so they will be freed from getting addicted to drugs),” Monda noted. Monda, and the other winners will also assist the police in all its anti-drug information and education campaign at the barangay level to help maintain the island’s peace and order. Alsa Droga with officers and volunteers from the barangays, is an intensified campaign and a complementary force to make locals more involved in the efforts to curb the spread of drugs in the barangays. (PIA)
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#PartnerForChange
Good governance brings bright prospects for MSMEs
By Marlon A. Loterte, PIA5 Albay
Engr. Martin P. Reynoso says… From my personal viewpoint as an owner of a venture and stakeholder of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector, I would rate Pres Duterte’s performance in the first 50 days up to this date as effective in sending a clear message against slow, inefficient and corrupt government officials and even tycoon level businessmen. Although there are other issues regarding his sometimes excessively
aggressive statements, his stance and actions such as the 8888 hotline to report corruption and unnecessary delays really send shivers down corrupt bureaucrats and at the same time brings cheers to MSMEs stakeholders. One of the biggest hindrances to business development and expansion on all levels is the often unpredictability and inconsistency of government permits and requirements. President Duterte took on this issue and even promised to visit erring officials
personally. That is very pro-progress and pro-development for all levels especially for the new and smaller enterprises. One thing I admire is the effectiveness of his people in increasing government efficiency- no small miracle. Efforts such as the OFW one stop shop (pwede pala pero ngayon lang ginawa), increasing the speed of the MRT lines and his no bull shit on my watch approach which his appointees all buy into. On a larger scale-his going after big fish tycoons like the Tycoon
ALSA DROGA: Siquijor Police Provincial Office’s (SPPO) anti-illegal drugs campaign is intensified with the grand launching of #AlsaDroga “Alyansa Laban sa Droga” this morning at the Provincial Capitol Gymnasium where local officials and residents from all over the province pledged to support the fight.
Ongpin who is charged with 100+ counts of insider trading give hope that the playing field of Philippine business is being leveled giving the small fish a fair fighting chance. Hopefully President Duterte keeps his fair and level playing field as well as his pro MSME policies throughout his term as that would really spur major development from the SME sector which accounts for 99.6% of all businesses in our country (2014 PSA figures). President Duterte’s ability to literally scare the corruption out of people and institutions is his biggest asset. I am looking forward to seeing him fulfill his promise to personally visit and sack officials who remain corrupt. It has been 8 years since the Magna Carta for MSMEs has been made into law protecting and encouraging our small businessmen and promising “A Minimal set of rules and simplification of procedures and requirements from ALL government agencies having to do with small enterprises” and for 8 years I have not seen progress here. But for once, under President Duterte, I am looking forward and hoping that this actually happens. (PIA
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
4 easy ways to remove pesticide residues in veggies we cook
By:Zac Sarian D R . S U S A N M AY F. CALUMPANG of UP Los Baùos has identified four easy ways to remove pesticide residues in vegetables we cook. We met her at the UPLB-Media TechKnow Talks on Octover 1, 2016 in a Quezon City restaurant. A scientist with the College of Agriculture’s Crop Protection Cluster, Dr. Calumpang is concerned because one can never be sure whether or not the vegetables available in the market have been sprayed with chemical pesticide just before harvest. To be safe, here are her practical suggestions: 1.Mix 2 teaspons of vinegar into 4 cups of water and use this for soaking your vegetables for two minutes. This can reduce insecticide residues by up to 80 percent. 2. Mix 10 drops of liquid detergent into one liter of water and use this to wash your vegetables. Afterwards, rinse the vegetables in running tap water. This can reduce insecticide residues by 67-88 percent. 3. Boil vegetables. Insecticides are destroyed and broken down when they react to heat and water.
Eggplant is one vegetable that is often grilled as well as boiled. Boiling and grilling both break down pesticide residues. 4. Broiling or grilling vegetables is another way of reducing pesticide residues. Eggplant is one vegetable that is usually broiled or grilled.
Dr. Calumpang led a team of researchers that made a research study to establish mitigating measures to minimize pesticide residues in intact and fresh-cut vegetables and sprouts. The study was funded by PCAARRD, an agency of the Department of Science and Technology. Fresh vegetables used in salads should be washed thoroughly using the above procedures if they have not been exposed to heat. Fresh vegetables used in salads should be washed thoroughly using the above procedures if they have not been exposed to heat. The research team recommends that fresh vegetables used in salads should be washed thoroughly using the above procedures if they have not been exposed to heat. By the way, Dr. Calumpang is a Scientist 1 who is assistant to the UPLB Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension. She can be contacted at 0917810-5546. Source: http://www.zacsarian. com/4-easy-ways-remove-pesticideresidue-veggies-cook/
SPIRITUALITY
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from Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditation Simplicity Brothers and Sisters to All
Image credit: Claude Monet in Argentuil (detail), Édouard Manet, 1874. My brothers, my sisters, God has called me to walk in the way of humility, and showed me the way of simplicity. . . . The Lord has shown me that he wants me to be a new kind of fool in the world, and God does not want to lead us by any other knowledge than that. —Francis of Assisi [1] Franciscan prophecy is at its core “soft prophecy”—which is often the hardest of all! Rather than criticize and shame the evils of his time, St. Francis simply lived differently and let his lifestyle be his sermon. This way of life is counter to the ways of the world, a kind of “holy foolishness” that doesn’t make logical sense to our consumer, quidpro-quo economy. My father Francis is probably the poster child for the way of simplicity. It is only fitting that his namesake, Pope Francis, turned to him in the introduction to his encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home: 10. . . . I believe that Saint Francis is the example par excellence of care for the vulnerable and of an integral ecology lived out joyfully and authentically. . . . He was a mystic and a pilgrim who lived in simplicity and in wonderful harmony with God, with others, with nature and with himself. He shows us just how inseparable the bond is between concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, and interior peace. 11. . . . Just as happens when we fall in love with someone, whenever he would gaze at the sun, the moon or the smallest of animals, he burst into song, drawing all other creatures into his praise. He communed with all creation, even preaching to the flowers, inviting them “to praise the Lord, just as if they were endowed with reason.” [2] His response to the world around him was so much more than intellectual appreciation or economic calculus, for to him each and every creature was a sister united to him by bonds of affection. That is why he felt called to care for all that exists. His disciple Saint Bonaventure tells us that, “from a reflection on the primary source of all things, filled with even more abundant piety, he would call creatures, no matter how small, by the name of ‘brother’ or ‘sister.’” [3] . . . If we feel intimately united with all that exists, then sobriety and care will well up spontaneously. The poverty and austerity of Saint Francis were no mere veneer of asceticism, but something much more radical: a refusal to turn reality into an object simply to be used and controlled. [4] Saints and mystics do not know things subject to object, but they know things subject to subject, center to center, two dignities mirroring one another. Gateway to Silence: Live simply so that others may simply live.
Truth is One
Thomas R. Kelly (1893-1941), a Quaker missionary, wrote a slender spiritual classic called A Testament of Devotion. I will quote him at length, and you will see another example of perennial wisdom. We are obviously being taught by the One Spirit. Here is Kelly’s powerful description of the second simplicity that is the goal of mature adulthood: The last fruit of holy obedience is the simplicity of the trusting child, the simplicity of the children of God. It is the simplicity which lies beyond complexity. It is the naiveté which is the yonder side of sophistication. It is the beginning of spiritual maturity, which comes after the awkward age of religious busyness for the Kingdom of God—yet how many are caught, and arrested in development, within this adolescent development of the soul’s growth! The mark of this simplified life is radiant joy. . . . Knowing sorrow to the depths it does not agonize and fret and strain, but in serene, unhurried calm it walks in time with the joy and assurance of Eternity. Knowing fully the complexity of men’s problems it cuts through to the Love of God and ever cleaves to Him. . . . It binds all obedient souls together in the fellowship of humility and simple adoration of Him who is all in all. This amazing simplification comes when we “center down,” when life is lived with singleness of eye, from a holy Center where the breath and stillness of Eternity are heavy upon us and we are wholly yielded to Him. Some of you know this holy, recreating Center of eternal peace and joy and live in it day and night. Some of you may see it over the margin and wistfully long to slip into that amazing Center where the soul is at home with God. Be very faithful to that wistful longing. It is the Eternal Goodness calling you to return Home, to feed upon green pastures and walk beside still waters and live in the peace of the Shepherd’s presence. It is the life beyond fevered strain. We are called beyond strain, to peace and power and joy and love and thorough abandonment of self. We are called to put our hands trustingly in His hand and walk the holy way, in no anxiety assuredly resting in Him.
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Atangi ang unang #100DaysOfChange ni #PresidentDuterte sa Oktubre 7, 2016 alas 7 sa gabii sa @PTVph
Cebuano News:
Drug test sa mga magtutudlo, estudyante gi-konsiderar sa DepEd
Ang pagpaubos sa drug test sa mga magtutudlo ug estudyante sa mga pampublikong tunghaan usa lamang sa mga seryosong gikonsiderar karon sa Department of Education (DepEd). Kini human gibutyag ni DepEd Kalihim Leonor Briones sa pag-atubang niini gahapon sa Senado kalabot sa pagdungog sa proposed budget sa ahensiya alang sa sunod tuig. Matud pa ni Briones, sa gihingosgang kampanya karon sa gobyerno batok sa ilegal nga droga, giingong dili mahimong ipadaplin ug ibalewala ang mga eskuwelahan gikan sa problema sa
droga ilabi na nga dako silang sektor. “We can’t claim to be excluded and protected from the drug menace itself. We are a very, very large sector so we have to look into this issue,” matud pa ni Briones. Sa pagkakaron, may 722,000 ka magtutudlo ug 25 ka milyong estudyante sa tibuok nasod. Apan gitataw ni Briones nga ang drug test sa mga estudyante ‘sampling basis’ lamang nga may consent o permiso gikan sa ilang mga ginikanan. Dugang pa sa Kalihim, paningkamotan nilang masugdan kini karong tuig. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
Malakanyang, mi-apela sa publiko nga mosalig sa anti-drug campaign ni Duterte Gibarogan sa Malakanyang nga angay pa gihapong saligan ang kampanya batok sa ilegal nga droga ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte. Kini, bisan nga may sayop sa drug matrix o talaan sa mga pangalan sa mga opisyal ug kawani sa gobyerno nga nalambigit sa operasyon sa ilegal nga droga sa nasod. Atubangan kini sa pagpangayo og pasaylo sa Presidente tungod sa sayop dihang gilambigit sa ilegal nga droga si Pangasinan Rep. Amado Espino ug duha pa.
Matud pa ni Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella, angay nga mas daygon sa publiko si Presidente Duterte tungod sa pag-ako niini sa iyang nahimong sayop bisan ni-agi man sa proseso ug validation ang maong listahan sa mga drug personalities. Sa pagkakaron, gipaabot nga hinganlan ni Presidente Duterte ang uban pang mga opisyal nga giingong kauban sa iyang “third and final list” sa mga nalambigit sa ilegal nga droga sa nasod. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
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THE NATION
World Bank report lauds PH PPP framework The World Bank (WB) released a report entitled “Benchmarking PublicPrivate Partnerships Procurement 2017” giving the Philippine Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program high scores in
preparation and procurement of PPPs. The Philippines received a score of 96 in preparation of PPPs, 85 on procurement of PPPs, 84 for PPP contract management and 67 for unsolicited proposals.
Provincial Government of Siquijor officials and employees joining the 3rd Quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill. (w/ PDRRMC photos)
‘Scores nearing 100 are economies that are considered having PPP regulatory frameworks that closely align with internationally recognized good practices”, the WB report said. The report noted that that the Philippines is among the 23 percent of 82 economies that have PPP regulations that ensure consistency in its priority projects with the country’s investment agenda. “In the Philippines, for example, procuring authorities must (a) prepare infrastructure or development programs to identify specific priority projects that may be developed as PPPs; (b) ensure that the list of priority projects is consistent with the Philippine Development Plan, the Provincial Development Plan, and the Physical Framework Plan; and (c) submit the list to the National Economic and Development Authority Board or the Investment Coordination Committee for approval”, the report said. The World Bank report highlighted that the Philippines has prepared its own comprehensive risk matrix. “In the Philippines, where the Generic Preferred Risk Allocation matrix indicates the type of risks to be assessed and also includes definitions, proposed allocations and rationales, possible risk mitigation efforts, and suggested contract provisions,” the report said. The report also underscored the good practice of the PPP Center and implementing agencies (IAs) in conducting a market sounding to evaluate the investors’ interest in the PPP projects. “The PPP Center and the procuring authority must perform a market-sounding process to determine the interest of private sector operators, taking into account different scenarios for revenue and economic growth in the short, medium, and long terms”, the report said. The recent World Bank report is the latest study that recognized the successful implementation of the PPP framework in the Philippines. In April 2015, the Philippines has been recognized by the Economist Intelligence Unit Infrascope 2014 report as the most improved country in AsiaPacific for PPP readiness. The country ranked number 7 among the 21 countries included in the study and was categorized as developed PPP market alongside countries like Japan, India, and Republic of Korea. (PPP)
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LOCAL SCENE
TOKHANG-TAPHANG: From TokHang (Toktok-Hangyo), comes TapHang (Tapok-Hangyo) which means to “gather and plead”. This time, TapHang was made at Lazi Central School where school children are gathered together for the PNP’s anti-illegal drugs campaign.(rac/PIA7Siquijor w/ photos from Lazi Police Station)
San Juan Police Station and the local government unit (LGU) personnel joined the National Clean Up Day “Bayan Ko, Linis Ko.” (SJ PS photo)
Ensuring Siquijor town’s security as it celebrates its town fiesta in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. (Siquijor PS photo)
House to house visitation at Barangay Bino-ongan, Enrique Villanueva, Siquijor conducted by SPO4 Jerry Calibo, Deputy COP. The effort is in line with n line with the campaign on Project Double Barrel of the Philippine National Police. (w/ photos from the EV Police Station)
Distribution of leaflets at Maria town, Siquijor as part of its Oplan Taphang activity. (w/ Maria PS photos)
Distribution of calling cards as it way of reaching out and improving police visibility and accessibility. (Larena PS photo)