MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016
Parents urged to give nutritious “baon” to school children
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Cagayan de Oro City Council committee on women and family relations, appeals to parents to prepare the “baon” of their children for school and to discourage children from buying street foods.
“If possible, provide nutritious foods, not too much sugar. Give fruits, teach them to love to eat vegetables and avoid those foods with preservatives,” Councilor Edna Dahino, chair of the committee, said. The lady councilor, who is also a member of the committee on police,
fire and public safety, is requesting for police visibility in all schools or near the campus. Dahino also encourages barangay officials to report to the RTA all pedestrian lanes near schools in their localities that need repainting. (ELB/CdeOSP)
ARMM island provinces to experience stable power supply soon MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur – The island provinces of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will soon experience stable supply of electricity after a local corporation made a commitment to improve the power situation in the three areas. Kaltimex Rural Energy Corporation, after securing a power purchase agreement from the TawiTawi Electric Cooperative, decided to make available a P400-million eightmegawatt diesel-fed power barge in Tawi-Tawi. The project will expand its capacity in the future thru co-generation with a solar power plant. It is also planning to put up a similar project in the province of Sulu and is now coordinating with the Sulu Electric Cooperative. Kaltimex is the local affiliate of an Indonesian-Indian firm known for its expertise in providing power in off-
grid islands in Indonesia. Part of the company’s investment strategy is to provide services in offgrid and isolated island electric power markets or SPUG (small power utilities group) in the Philippines including Basilan. Lawyer Ishak Mastura, chairman and managing head of the ARMM Regional Board of Investments (RBOI-ARMM), said Sulu archipelago suffers from perennial brownouts and some communities have no access to electric power. “Even if there is electricity in some parts, there is a long-running energy deficit due to lack of additional power
generation capacity and dilapidated equipment. Thus, they suffer from regular brownouts with only a few hours of power in a 24-hour cycle,” he said. Mastura further said that electric power access brings many benefits to the communities and their residents such as access to a range of social, economic, and technological advances. He added that the Kaltimex project will improve the “dire situation” in the island provinces of ARMM in terms of
human and economic development. In the first quarter of 2016, RBOI-ARMM registered a P1.3-billion project from Gintong Agri Corp, a company engaged in oil palm plantation development. The region already exceeded its target for 2016 of P900 million investments. In 2015, the agency registered a total of P6.5 billion, the biggest in the history of the ARMM. (Bureau of Public Information/ APB/PIA-10)
New batch of 4ID candidate soldiers ready for training CAMP EVANGELISTA, Cagayan de Oro City – A total of 225 young individuals mostly from Northern Mindanao and Caraga regions took their oath as the new set of trainees for the Philippine Army Candidate Soldier Course. The oath taking ceremony for the selected trainees, held at Camp Evangelista, Patag, Cagayan on 16 June 2016, was formally graced by Major General Benjamin R Madrigal Jr, commander of 4ID as presiding general and keynote speaker. MGen Madrigal said “From among the thousand young individuals who applied to become a soldier, I congratulate all of you (CS), for passing the necessary requirements for military training.� This is the first step in joining the noble profession of arms, said Madrigal. He also thanked all parents and loved ones of these brave young Filipinos for entrusting your sons under the care and supervision of the Armed Forces of the Philippines AFP) adding that soon these brave young men will be the future protectors of the Filipino people and will wear the badge of courage until they retire from the service. After a thorough screening from among the thousand Candidate Soldier (CS) applicants, only 225 passed the qualifications.
Following are the processes that were conducted for choosing the best and the brightest from among the applicants: Registration, initial validation of the supporting documents, trade test, screening interview, initial physical fitness test, initial deliberation board interview, medical examinations, final physical fitness test, and final deliberation board. After the ceremony, these 225 new CS will immediately be sent to the 4th Division Training School in Malaybalay City for their six-month military training. (4ID/PA)