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Siquijor namuhunan sa industriya sa baka SIQUIJOR (PIA)--Kasamtangang gilihok karon sa probinsiya sa Siquijor ang pagpalambo sa industriya sa baka dinhi sa isla. Mao kini ang gidason sa nangulo sa Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) nga si Dr. Bernardita Tabada. S u mala pa ni Tabada, kinahanglan gayud nga palamboon ang produksyon sa baka sa isla aron mulambo usab ang kita sa mga nag-atiman sa maong hayop ug makab-ot ang tinguha sa industriya nga makabaligya sa laing nasud. Dason niya nga sagad nga problema s a n g a n a gbuhi ang
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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. 06| No. 42 December 18-30, 2018
DTI Asec boosts Siquijor entreps at OTOP hub launch Ang Pangulo sa Catulayan Multi-purpose Cooperative sa San Juan, isip sa sa mga kooperatiba sa Siquijor nga gitugyanan sa pondo alang sa pagproseso sa produkto sa baka sa Siquijor. (PIA7-Siquijor)
pagbaligya sa ilang karne tungod kay wala may processing facility ang probinsiya. Pinaagi sa processing facility, mamahimong makabaligya sa kasagarang panginahanglanon sa mga resort sa isla ang mga nagbuhi. Hinuon, gibutyag niya nga dunay usa ka processing facility nga nahimutang sa Barangay Catulayan sa lungsod sa San Juan. Kalabot niini, base sa Commodity Investment Plan of Siquijor for Cattle and Beef, kapin P119M ang ipuhunan para sa industriya sa baka, diin P23,128,000 na ang gipuhunan sa probinsiya ug uban pang kalakip nga mga lokal nga ahensya. Sa kasamtangan, 167 ka mga baka na ang naapod-apod sa Department of Agriculture (DA) pinaagi sa Livestock Enhancement Program. Samtang lakip usab nga gipondohan ang duha ka kooperatiba sa probinsiya, ang ALTAMCO sa Barangay Olo, Siquijor alang sa pagpatubo o produksyon sa mga baka ug ang Catulayan Multi-purpose Cooperative sa San Juan alang sa pagproseso. Sumala pa ni Tabada, usa usab sa problema sa isla ang ihawan hinuon kasamtangan na nga gibidding ang konstruksyon niini ug nagpaabot sa pagtugot sa World Bank nga maoy nagpondo sa maong proyekto. ( P I A ) - - N i p a g a w a s o g sa buwan sa Marso pa. Dugang usab nga gibutyag ni pahinumdom ang Commission on Elections Apan gi-angkon sa opisyal nga Tabada ang plano sa lokal nga kagamhanan (Comelec) kalabot sa pagpanghatag og dili nila kaya nga e-monitor ang tanang nga magtukod ug multiplier farm alang regalo sa mga kandidato karong panahon mga reklamo kalabot sa ‘premature niadtong ganahan mubuhi, mupalit, o sa Pasko. campaigning.’ magpaliwat sa native nga baka. Gitataw sa Comelec nga ang Gibutyag usab ni Jimenez nga Gila-uman usab nga sa sunod pagpanghatag og regalo isipon man nga gitun-an na nila ang pag-limita sa social tuig, magamit na ang Native Cattle Semen ‘premature campaigning’ ug mahimong media exposure sa mga kandidato sa Industry nga gipondohan sa DA aron mas ma-diskwalipika ang usa ka kandidato. sunod nga piniliay. mapaspas ang produksyon sa maong baka Gipasabot sa tigpamaba sa Karong semanaha gitakdang pinaagi sa artificial insemination (AI). Comelec nga si Atty. James Jimenez ipagawas sa Comelec ngadto sa publiko Sa pagkakaron, gi-awhag ni nga alang sa mga midagan sa nasudnong ang opisyal nga talaan sa mga kandidato Tabada ang mga gusto nga magbuhi posisyon sama sa mga senador ug partylist sa 2019 midterm elections. nga mubisita lang sa ilang buhatan sa groups, ang panahon sa kampanya Sa Enero 13, 2019 pa magsugod Helen, Larena aron mahatagan ug ayuda magsugod sa Pebrero pa. ang election period ug kauban na dinhi aron usab makatabang sa produksyon ug Sa mga kandidato sa pagka- ang pagpatuman sa gun ban, pahinumdom sa paglambo sa industriya. (rac/PIA7kongresista ug mga lokal nga posisyon, ang sa Comelec. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol) Siquijor/MJBanglos) panahon sa pagpangampanya magsugod
Comelec sa mga kandidato: Gidili ang pagpanghatag og regalo
SIQUIJOR, Dec. 4 (PIA) -- Department of Trade and Siquijor-made products now displayed at the OTOP Ph Hub in Industry (DTI) Assistant Secretary Demphna Du-Naga encouraged Campalanas, Lazi, Siquijor. (photo by DTI) local entrepreneurs in the province as she shared her success in her own business and inspired them to take risks. Asec. Naga, together with DTI-7 Regional Director Asteria Caberte, Gov. Zaldy S. Villa, Lazi Mayor James Monte, and Siquijor Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCII) President Judy U. Booc, with government heads and representatives and some business owners, attended the recent launch of the country’s 9th OTOP (One Town One Product Philippines) Hub Ph. This is the first OTOP Hub PH in the province and second in Central Visayas. The Siquijor OTOP Ph Hub is in partnership with Alejandro “Butch” Duran of Alrex Souvenir and Pasalubong Center located at Siquijor’s major tourist attraction, the Century Old Balete Tree at Campalanas, Lazi, Siquijor. In her message, Naga vowed to assist the local micro small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in managing and marketing their products while recognizing the important role of the local government units (LGUs) in MSMEs development . “Huwag po kayong susuko, lalo na ngayon na nandito na ang DTI to support you and to guide you. Tutulungan po kayo kung paano patakbuhin ang negosyo,” said Du-Naga. Naga said the DTI offers loans with minimal interest to further support the capitalization of businesses. The DTI official spearheads the OTOP Next Gen, another component of the OTOP program, which serves as a way for MSMEs to develop their products through various assistance from DTI. The program aims to offer a package of public-private assistance in order for MSMEs with minimum viable products to come up with new or better offerings with significant improvement and innovation in the areas of quality, product development, design, standards compliance, marketability, production capability, and brand development building from the gains of OTOP first generation. Morever, Dir. Caberte said the OTOP Hub Ph is a realization of the aspirations of DTI and Siquijodnons to promote the culture and sensitivities of Siquijor. It is the demand side of the OTOP program of the government that provides the physical and online channels and market access platform where OTOP products are showcased. “The target of this project is to capture the tourists’ attention but this is a platform primarily for the producers of Siquijor,” she said. “We are inviting the different producers, food and non-food, who will undergo a very intensive product development program to display their products here,” said Caberte. She added that this program is an effective marketing platform so that the government has poured enough funds for product and entrepreneurial development. “In 2019, we will do a very intensive product development. We will fill this up with more products from Siquijor that depict your culture,” she said. Gov. Villa and Sanggunniang Panlalawigan member Noel Monte both expressed their heartfelt gratitude to DTI for choosing Siquijor as host of the OTOP PH Hub and urged the Siquijodnons to actively take part in this program. The launching was blessed by Rev. Fr. Primo Taoc. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor/MJ Banglos, PIA-GIP)
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By Harold E. Clavite Last month, I was supposed to once again speak at the College Press Conference (COPRE) and Awards hosted by the Philippine Information Agency – Region 6 in Iloilo City. The COPRE is an annual event and has been consistently running for more than 40 years now. The event is a campus journalism training and competition which had produced, in its long list of alumni, several brilliant writers, professionals, and media practitioners. Due to an equally important commitment in Mindanao, where we launched the Information Volunteers Network (IVN) in Iligan, I did not make it to Iloilo this time and had to convey my message through a video which was shown during the awarding ceremony. Our campaign on media and information literacy (MIL), which will be launched in the first quarter of 2019, and the campus capacity building efforts we have been doing as an institution are very much related and are now being strengthened and lumped into the advocacies under IVN, which I will discuss in my next column. We promote these efforts as we aim to do a massive campaign on MIL, specifically targeting cyber wellness for the Filipino youth. For this initiative, we work with the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication Foundation Inc. in Diliman and the InfoComm Development Authority of Singapore through a grant from the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF), funded for this purpose by the Government of Japan. The MIL initiative that we are crafting will be implemented in the whole Southeast Asian region. In this year’s event, hundreds of budding student journalists of Western Visayas participated— each eager to learn more about this craft they chose to be part of and vying for recognition by the end of the competition. It is always a pleasure to be part of such events, to send a message and inspire the next generation of scribes who will serve as the citizens’ eyes and ears. At this stage, preferably before they even get to college, mass media hopefuls must be guided towards the right direction—especially with everything that is happening to the field they are aspiring for today. Given that journalism is one of the most vital professions in any society, campus journalism is one of the most significant endeavors in the country. It is where students get a taste of what it is like to write for their school, their neighborhoods, their dreams and their hopes. It is, hopefully, what sparks the want to serve the public through these acquired skills. Journalists enable people to be aware of what happens around them, understand what these events mean, and make informed decisions. They also serve as watchdogs of the government, keeping us honest and interpreting what we do for every Filipino. For this, they are aptly dubbed the “fourth estate.” Handling this role is surely a gargantuan task, one that I believe every campus journalist must understand from Day 1, despite the pressure it might put on them. I believe these competitions must not remain as mere contests of skill and honor, but rather a catalyst for the younger generation to appreciate what journalism is and make the media better in the future. We at the Philippine Information Agency, as the government’s primary information arm, observe the media on a daily basis, in conjunction with disseminating is the information on government efforts to the public. I’d like to say we work hand in hand Island of Siquijor’s first electronic in creating a better environment for truth-seekers and in ensuring that accuracy trumps the rising tide of disinformation and misinformation in the country. newsletter produced by the Fake news is a social problem that needs to be neutralized, now that it is Philippine Information Agencyaffecting the good work the government is producing for everyone. While some may do it for fun, others use it to forward their own agenda by misleading people from what Siquijor Information Center and is actually happening. the DOST - Provincial Science With more and more Filipinos using social media as their main news source, and Technology Center. trolls and even the so-called ‘influencers’ are finding new ways to advance their personal and political interests. They would publish fabricated stories, post pictures and quotes taken out of context, or just throw a lot of curses and ad hominem remarks against their It contains snippets of information enemies—the list goes on. It is in the hands of these youngsters, the future of mass media, to sway the about Siquijor, Central Visayas people back to the truth. They have more knowledge on social media, currently the and the Philippine Government. world’s most powerful information tool, than any of us in our generation; thus, they have the power to continue what journalists stand for today in the new era of communication. We can still spin this into a good thing. If more citizens are aware of where THERE IS GOOD NEWS EVERYDAY. fake news is coming from and how to distinguish facts from fabrications, then we can strengthen the people’s trust on the right news sources and push the trolls out of our social media platforms. I only hope that these college students remember what they’ve learned during /Pia Siquijor these competitions as they move forward. These opportunities shall be used not just for the accolades, but also for the betterment of our country. For the change that we want to /PIA Siquijor have in the current digital and social media landscape of this country, we put our hope in these young people. After all, as Jose Rizal, one of our most famous journalists, once @PiaSiquijor uttered, “kabataan ang pag-asa ng bayan.” We not only hold on to this hope but aim to do much more.
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Government agencies implement the NSS-NSC
(PIA)--The National Security Council urges government agencies to implement the newly released National Security Strategy (NSS). In a briefing with Cebu media recently, Vicente Agdamag, deputy director of the NSC said they are calling national and local government agencies to study and implement the NSS which was recently released earlier this year. “We want all government agencies to come up with their own security plan in line with the NSS,” Agdamag said. The NSS he said was earlier reviewed by 29 agencies of the government and touches the different fields where security is involved.
“It articulates specific strategies like, the security aspect of agriculture, of environment, of education,” Agdamag said. The NSS covers pressing security concerns in every region and at the national level. The action areas include terrorism, insurgency and subversion; transnational organized crimes; criminalities, public safety, rule of law and human rights; and governance. Among the strategic actions pushed were mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC), dismantling of private armies, institutionalization of reforms in the Philippine National Police (PNP), modernization of the PNP and the Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP) and even the monitoring of student activism and many others. Agdamag said by next year, they can already identify who among the agencies have complied with the implementation of the NSS. To translate President Rodrigo Duterte’s commitment to deliver a more secure, stable, just and prosperous future for the Philippines, the 2017 National Security Policy 2017-2022 was promulgated. It became the basis for the crafting of the NSS which in essence articulates in the operational terms its policies. Agdamag and the NSC are going around the Philippines for the initial information dissemination on the NSS and NSP. (fcc/PIA7-Cebu)