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INFOBYTES THE OFFICIAL E-NEWSLETTER OF THE PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY-7 | WWW.PIA.GOV.PH VOL. 2 | NO. 23 September 27, 2013

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DENR allots P80M to establish 1st mechanized seedling nursery facility in CV By juju M. Empuerto with reports from DENR-7 CEBU (PIA) --- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) earmarked nearly P80M to establish the firstever mechanized seedling nursery facility in Central Visayas. DENR-7 regional executive director

Dr. Isabelo Montejo said, this is the largest among the five nurseries in the country when it comes to producing or generating superior quality seedlings under the national greening program (NGP). "The facility uses series of equipment

27After over a week of staying in Zamboanga City, President Benigno S. Aquino III heads back to Manila for several engagments, but assured that Zamboangenos for a sure, deliberate, and long term solution to the tension that sprang between the Philippine military force and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). Also in photo are Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin AFP Chief Emmanuel Bautista PNP Chief Allan Purisima and Social Welfare and Development Secretary Dinky Soliman during the press briefing at the Edwin Andrews base in zamboangga . Photo By Robert Vinas/Malacanang Photo Bureau

for bagging, seeding, hardening and other related activities. This is something different from the conventional manner of growing seedlings considering the magnitude of seedlings to be generated in a year to address the tree planting and growing activity.” Montejo added. The nursery will be put up within the 9.3-hectare lot in Barangay Banban, Ayungon, Negros Oriental that will start in October. Owing to the huge volume of seedlings to be produced, DENR-7 and Ayungon LGU signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) on September 3. “We are very proud that Central Visayas particularly Negros Oriental, was chosen to be one of the pilot areas in the country to have this kind of mechanized nursery and with this, we can be assured of faster and quality production of our seedlings,” Montejo said. The mechanized nursery is set to produce and accommodate 15 to 20 million seedlings every six months which guarantees at least 40 million seedlings in a year. Other pilot areas in the country chosen for mechanized nursery establishment include the National Capital Region, regions 5 and 13, and the DENR Central Office. Under the Executive Order No. 26, the NGP is to be carried out in the following lands of the public domain: forestlands, mangrove and protected areas, ancestral domains, civil and military reservations, urban areas, and abandoned mine. Montejo concluded that this is a government’s blueprint for poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conservation, environmental stability and climate mitigation and adaptation. (mbcn/JSME/PIA7-Cebu with reports from DENR-7)

Exemplary civil servants need good packaging - CSC By Ferliza Calizar-Contratista

CEBU CITY (PIA) --- Civil servants need “good packaging." This was the statement of the officials of the Civil Service Commission (CSC-7) in today’s Kapihan sa PIA Cebu forum as part of the 113th Civil Service Anniversary celebration. Prolaine Daclan, Chief Personnel Specialist of CSC-7, said to counter the various misconceptions the public has about government employees, there is a need for “good packaging” among civil servants, or documentation of their accomplishments. “Despite these misconceptions we would like to emphasize that there are still many who are doing their jobs well,” Daclan said. Daclan admitted they have a difficulty in finding nominees because it is rare for civil servants to keep track

of their accomplishments. “Kasagaran gani moingon man lang nga sagdi lang mam oy, maulaw ta (Most of them would just say never mind because they're too embarrassed),” Daclan said. This why there is a need for nominees to be guided accordingly in their documentation process, she said. She disclosed that CSC plans to hold a training program for individuals who are nominated in the various award categories on how to go about with the documentation needed for submission. “We can teach them how to make a winning nomination,” Daclan said. She said there are various awards and citations for civil servants and some of the most prestigious are the Presidential Lingkod Bayan, Pagasa and Dangal ng Bayan Awards. Presidential Lingkod Bayan

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Award is for individuals or groups which had an extraordinary contribution that has an impact to the entire country while Pag-asa Award is for individuals or groups whose contribution benefitted one or more department of the government. Dangal Award is for any individual or group who displayed consistently exemplary ethical behavior. There are over 300 national government and local government organizations in Central Visayas. For this year, Region 7 produced two finalists for the national search, namely: Exepdizita Lenares of Dalaguete Municipality and Pelagio Ceballos of Bayawan City, Negros Oriental. For this month’s Civil Service Anniversary celebration, CSC held a fun run, a tree planting, and partnered with SM City Cebu for the extension of a five percent discount to government employees for three days. (rmn/FCC/ PIACEBU)


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