FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2016
Mangrove nursery rises in El Salvador city by STEAG State Power Inc
EL SALVADOR CITY, Misamis Oriental – The Macajalar Bay Development Alliance (MBDA) is fast tracking the completion of the mangrove nursery project in Brgy. Molugan, El Salvador City in time for the on-set of the rainy season.
In a recent progress report submitted to energy-firm STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI), MBDA Program Manager Kristine Galarrita said the
project is 91% complete and will soon be utilized to raise mangrove propagules by month end. Funded by the proceeds of the
series of Steag Environmental Golf Tournaments, the project aims to assist LGUs along the Macajalar Bay in their mangrove rehabilitation and development efforts, as part of a baywide campaign to protect the marine resources of the province. About P 0.4 million worth of assistance have been turned-over by SPI to MBDA to support its various environmental protection initiatives, part of which was used to construct a P126,000 mangrove nursery project in El Salvador. MBDA Chairman and
Laguindingan Mayor Oliver Ubaub lauded SPI for its support to the initiatives of MBDA citing the company as one of the private sector pioneers that responded first to MBDA’s call for greater private sector participation in environmental protection drive. An alliance among local government units, MBDA was established in 2008 for bay-wide integrated coastal management, initiated by Xavier University McKeough Marine Center (XU-MMC) with funding support from MISEREOR Germany.
City Cultural Affairs Office planning workshop set by Lorry V. Gabule
ILIGAN CITY – City Cultural Affairs Office of Iligan city outlined its plan following its re-activation. Executive Order No. 19, series of 2016, re-activates the Iligan City Cultural Affairs Office (ICCAO) which gives impetus for culture to be a bridge for development of Iligan City. Anita T. Sescon, ICCAO officer-incharge, said that their office is tasked among others, as the coordinating center for cultural activities and must be at the forefront of education and campaigns that shall foster social cohesion and mutual understanding
among various cultural communities. ICCAO takes the lead in the planning and implementing programs, projects and activities that are transformative, sensitive and liberating. Sescon further said, in the planning workshop, it shall craft the vision, mission and goals of ICCAO; makes a general plan of action; and to get the commitment of workshop participants to support creative approaches
towards socio-cultural progress and sustainable development. As introductory input to the workshop, Prof. Frank Englis talked about ‘The Political Economy of Culture and the Arts.’ The speaker is the founder and executive director of the Octava Choral Society of the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT). Along with him was Prof. Christian Aguado, founder and executive director of Kalimulan Dance Troupe, MSU-IIT. Another input shared to the participants was on ‘Culture as a Propeller of Societal Transformation’ by Prof. Saturnina S. Roduil, faculty, Department of English and Humanities, College of Arts and Social Sciences, MSU-IIT. It is said that a broad education in the arts helps give children a better
understanding of their world, thus we need students who are culturally literate as well as math and science literate. Art is a nation’s most precious heritage, for it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation, and it has to have a vision, said Sescon. Along this line, with the stakeholders’ formulation of ICCAO’s vision, mission and goal, making a general plan for year 2016, would be a product of shared ideas and intellectual contribution. Capping for the city’s theme, “Culture as a Bridge for Development,” the workshop was composed of participants coming from the civil society group, city government, national government agency, and the academe.
Grant of cash incentive award to Board topnotchers OKd
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Graduates of Cagayan de Oro who are topnotchers or top ten passers in government board, licensure or bar examinations will receive a cash incentive award from the city government.
This, after the City Council during its regular session Monday approved Ordinance No. 1306420-16, granting the CIA and establishing guidelines for the purpose. Pursuant to the ordinance, for courses less than four years, 1st placers will get P10,000, 2nd placers, P7,000 and 3rd to 10th placers, P5,000. Meanwhile, for courses that are four to six years, 1st placers will receive P16,000, 2nd placers, P12,000 and 3rd and 10th placers, P8,000. For post graduate courses, the cash award per individual will be P30,000 for the 1st placers, P25,000 for the 2nd placers and P20,000 for the 3rd placers. The ordinance provides that in
order to qualify, the awardee must be a resident of the city for a period of at least one year as certified to by the barangay chairperson where he or she resides and a graduate of any college or university in Cagayan de Oro City. Councilor Nadya Emano-Elipe, author of the ordinance, said the grant of the cash incentive will encourage students to excel in their studies and in the examinations. The Cash Incentive Award ordinance was reviewed and favorably endorsed by the committees on finance and ways and means chaired by Councilor President Elipe, on education chaired by Councilor Adrian Barba and on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Ramon Tabor. (CdeOSP)