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high cattle density sufficiency. Hence, the commodity’s inclusion in the province’s investment plan. Through the DA-PRDP, the Catulayan Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CCMPC) received P5.02 million support for the adoption of an enhanced technology enterprise that complies with product standard quality and provision of appropriate facilities for proper beef handling and storage. Another P5.06 million was given to support the Alang sa Tanang Multipurpose Cooperative (ALTAMCO), which complement CCMPC, for quality fattened and conditioned cattle to be processed. According to its cattle inventory conducted in July 2017, Provincial Veterinarian Bernardita Tabada said the province has a 19,000-head inventory. “As a supplier of live cattle, we really hope that with the (sub)project, we will be able to supply our processed local meat instead of the live cattle,” said Tabada.
Native Chicken Project Costing close to P6 million, the native chicken project is undertaken by the San Juan Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SJMPC) as the Lead Proponent Group (LPG) and the San Juan Community Development Cooperative (SJCDC) as the Cluster Proponent Group (CPG). It is situated in Brgy. Lala-o in San Juan, Siquijor, Siquijor where 40 grower houses will be built with 100 native chickens each for all the members to hopefully benefit, Tabada said. She said there are still projects lined up under PRDP, the processing of which requires patience and perseverance. “Pero usa ra pud nga positive indication sa kaestrikto sa World Bank mao nga naniguro gyud sila nga maimplementar ang proyekto nga walay problema sa kaulahian sama sa land disputes aron dili mafailure ang project (A positive indication why the World Bank is quite strict in the processing of documents is that they want to ensure that the projects are implemented without any problems like land disputes),” Tabada said, noting that the World Bank only wants to ensure that
the projects are properly and successfully implemented and become sustainable. “All other commodities are coming kay dili lalim gyud. Maglayog-layog pa ta sa papel una pa mogawas ang proyekto (It is not really easy. We struggle with the documents before we get to the approval and final funding releases),” Tabada said, as she also thanked the World Bank for finally granting the project to the Province of Siquijor and the proponents’ counterparts of 20 percent each, without which the projects would never have happened, she said. The 60 percent is a grant from the WB-PRDP. “Dako ang atong pasalamat sa tanan (we are very grateful to all), to the provincial government and the cooperative who willingly gave even more than the 20 percent and shouldered whatever is lacking to pursue the project. Sa atong pagpaningkamot, at last namugna ning mao nga proyekto (Through our efforts, the projects came into being.) The groundbreaking is a tangible proof of all our hard work to make this livelihood project happen,” she said. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor w/ reports from RPCO 7)
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CHED provides cash aid to 60T studes under Bayanihan 2 CEBU, Nov. 19 (PIA) -- The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has launched Bayanihan 2 for Higher Education Tulong Program (B2HELP) to provide subsidy and allowance to 60,000 students in private and public higher education institutions (HEIs). The P300-M fund for the B2HELP is part of the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) or Republic Act 11494 signed into law by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte recently to jump start the economy and provide additional amelioration assistance to affected Filipinos. “The B2HELP will provide a onetime fixed grant of P5,000 to qualified students whose families are now facing financial difficulties brought about by work stoppage and closure of establishments due to the community quarantine,” said CHED Chairman J. Prospero E. De Vera III. “It shall prioritize students in private HEIs who still have outstanding unpaid tuition and miscellaneous fees which they incurred in Academic Year (AY) 2019-2020 or AY 20202021,” De Vera added. “We manifest our sincere appreciation of the government’s one-time financial assistance to students under the Bayanihan 2 Act. Even with the modest amount of assistance, this will surely go a long way in reaching out to many students who come from families who are financially affected by economic downturn at this time of the
pandemic,” said Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) Chairperson Lourdes Almeda-Sese. COCOPEA is the umbrella organization composed of the Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities (PACU), Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), Association of Christian Schools, Colleges and Universities (ACSCU), Philippine Association of Private Schools, Colleges, and Universities (PAPSCU), and Tech-Voc Schools Association of the Philippines, Inc. (TVSA). Sese said that this also supplements other government assistance to students in private HEIs, particularly the Tertiary Education Subsidy or the TES under RA 10931. Under the B2HELP initiative, private schools will submit the list of students with unpaid tuition and miscellaneous fees to the CHED Regional Office. Once received, CHEDRO will immediately evaluate the completeness of the application documents and the information/ data requested for each potential grantee. Participating HEIs with complete application documents and approved grantees shall become B2HELP Partner Institutions. Each private partner institution shall be limited to a maximum number of 30 grantees during the initial selection. If there are more than 30 recommended qualified grantees, CHEDRO shall select the
first 30 names from the HEI list. The remaining recommended grantees can be considered in the next round of selection until CHEDRO has filled its regional slot allocation. If unfilled slots remain after approval of grantees from the private Partner Institutions, the remaining slots can be distributed to the participating public HEIs in accordance with the selection and ranking process of the institution. Since the start of the pandemic, CHED has been working with HEIs to see the negative impact of COVID-19 on their students. “We lobbied the Congress to include an amelioration package for affected students, particularly in private universities. CHED thanks the members of Congress and President Duterte for helping our affected students continue their studies,” De Vera said. In September 2020, CHED and the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST) launched the P1-B Tabang OFW program to give a one-time educational assistance of P30,000 to dependents of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were were repatriated and could not go back to their overseas work due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CHED and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are currently implementing the Tabang OFW program. (hfg/PIA7)
Provincial Veterinarian and Siquijor Project Leader Bernardita Tabada (left) explaining the PRDP project and the challenges in its implementation during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Siquijor Native Chicken Production and Marketing Enterprise. (rac/PIA7-Siquijor) by Rizalie Anding Calibo
After the elaborate and challenging work that started in 2014, the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) in Siquijor province has now become a tangible proof of the government’s and the proponent’s efforts. This was how Provincial Veterinarian Bernardita Tabada described the World Bank-funded PRDP projects of the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the province, which aims to boost agricultural production and empower communities especially the rural cooperatives and people’s organizations based on agriculture. PRDP, according to Tabada, is anchored on the top five priority commodities, namely: banana, cassava, coconut, native or upgraded cattle, and native chicken,for Siquijor province. “All these had to undergo a long process. Himoan pa ni siya ug Provincial Commodity Investment Plan (PCIP)
and Value Chain Analysis (VCA), una pa motumong ang mga proyekto nga gikinahanglan sa usa ka commodity (The province has yet to come up with the PCIP and the VCA before the needed projects by a commodity can be identified),” Tabada explained. Because the province has already finished with the PCIP and the VCA, three sub-projects under the enterprise development component or I-REAP were granted by the World Bank through the DAPRDP, she said. At the recent groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Siquijor Native Chicken Production Facility, the civil work component of one of the I-REAP sub projects under the title, “Siquijor Native Chicken Production and Marketing Enterprises,” Tabada also said that Siquijor is a recipient of the three subprojects funded by the PRDP and is one of
the provinces that will be included in the World Bank Mission this year. Beef Cattle Project In 2017, the Regional Project Advisory Board (RPAB) has approved the proposals for the “Beef Cattle Fattening and Marketing Enterprise” with the Alang sa Tanan Multipurpose Cooperative (ALTAMCO) as the proponent, and the “Beef Choice Cuts Marketing Enterprise” with the Catulayan Community Multipurpose Cooperative (CCMPC). These proposed projects were seen as a bold move to market the province’s processed native cattle. The projects were approved following the Value Chain Analysis which showed that there is a potential for market competitiveness for cattle-raising and
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With its mission to contribute to the nation’s food, health and job security while adapting to a “new normal” state, TESDA 7 specialist Wilkie Reroma underscores the Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) which were recently launched in the provinces of Cebu, Bohol, Negros Oriental, and Siquijor during the Dagyaw 2020 Townhall Meeting -------ooo-------ooo------ TESDA 7 Specialist Wilkie Reroma shared the Oplan TESDA Abot Lahat program: TVET Towards the New Normal as its response to the COVID-19 crisis alligned with its mandate during the Dagyaw 2020 Townhall Meeting. -------ooo-------ooo------ Governor Zaldy S. Villa signed and put into effect Executive Order No. 032 Series of 2020 Providing For Additional Guidelines In The Implementation Of Modified General Community Quarantine And Revision Of The Protocols For The Returning Residents. -------ooo-------ooo------ PIA-Siquijor moderated the Tabletop Exercise on the Contingency Plan on Typhoon of the Philippine Red Cross-Siquijor Chapter to evaluate the contingency plan crafted by the Chapter and determine its capacity in responding to typhoon. -------ooo-------ooo------ PRC-Siquijor Chapter Administrator Rowena Maputi said the Tabletop Exercise will clarify roles and responsiblities of the PRC as it identifies threat mitigation, preparedness actions and key persons involved in responding before, during and after typhoon. -------ooo-------ooo------ Siquijor State College Instructor and Information Officer Jonalyn Fuentes shared updates of the school’s contributions and its learning delivery amid COVID-19 pandemic-created challenge during the Pulong-Pulong or Info sharing with Siquijor Association of Information Disseminators (SAID). -------ooo-------ooo------ The Department of Agrarian Reform gave Farm Productivity Assistance to the identified Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in the province as part of its PaSsOver: ARBold Move to Heal as One Deliverance of ARBs from the COVID-19 Pandemic, one of the four components of the ARBold Project under DARCO Memorandum Circular No. 12, Series of 2020.
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WALA NAY MAGPASIPALA SA PAGPRESYO SA MAHAL NGA RT-PCR. Gilagdaan na ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte ang executive Order nga naglatid sa presyo nga angayan alang sa pagtesting sa COVID-19 lakip na ang test kits niini human may mga nagpresyo niini og kapila gipilopilo nga giangalan sa mga Pinoy. (PIA7)
EO alang sa price cap sa RT-PCR test, gilagdaan na ni Duterte
DOLE-7: Over 54T workers in CVdisplaced during pandemic CEBU CITY, Nov. 9 (PIA) -- A total of 54,776 workers from 2,354 establishments in Central Visayas were displaced as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This was disclosed by Supervising Labor and Employment Officer Teresa Doria Tanquiamco of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) during the Dagyaw 2020 Virtual Open Townhall Meeting “Usapang Lokal: Ugnayang Trabaho” held Nov. 5, 2020. DOLE-7 Supervising Labor and Employment Officer Teresa Doria Tanquiamco discussing the total number of affected workers in Central Visayas due to COVID-19 pandemic during the Dagyaw 2020 Virtual Townhall Meeting. Tanquiamco said that based on the Displacement Monitoring Report, there were 100 establishments in the region that closed permanently as of Oct. 11, 2020, resulting in 1,922 displaced workers, while there were 529
establishments that closed temporarily and displaced workers totaling to 11,272. The establishments that closed temporarily will stop paying their workers in a span of six months, but if they still could not reopen after the six-month period, they are already considered closed, explained Tanquiamco. During the same period, a total of 890 establishments retrenched and reduced their workforce, displacing a total of 16,297 workers. The DOLE-7 official also reported that 835 establishments opted to adopt flexible work arrangements or an alternative work scheme for their workers, resulting in 25,285 displaced workers. Tanquiamco bared that DOLE has recently received the funds under Bayanihan To Recover As One Act of 2020 for the department to implement recovery programs addressing the formal and informal displaced workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. (jsme/PIA7/Cebu)
MANILA, Nov. 6 (PIA) -- Pormal nang gilagdaan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte ang Executive Order nga magtakda og price cap alang sa reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing ug test kits sa nasud. Base sa EO Number 118 nga gilagdaan niadtong Nobyembre 4, gimanduan ang Department of Health (DOH) nga seguradohon ang ‘accessibility’ ug ‘affordability’ sa COVID-19 PCR testing. Samtang gipatabang ang Department
of Trade and Industry (DTI) sa DOH alang sa pagtakda og price range sa test kits nga gigamit sa mga ospital, laboratoryo ug uban pang health facilities. Gimanduan usab ang DOH nga magpagawas og tukmang abiso nga magpahibalo sa mga health facilities nga may accreditation na alang sa pag-operate sa COVID-19 diagnostic laboratories kalabot sa itakdang price range.
MANILA, Nov. 11 (PIA) -- Mitanyag og ganti si Presidente Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa bisan kinsang makasumbong batok sa mga opisyal sa gobyerno nga nalambigit sa anomaliya ug korapsyon. Sa gipahigayong national briefing sa Presidente Martes sa gabii, gipahibalo niini nga
mohatag siya og P50,000 sa makatudlo sa mga small contracts samtang P100,000 usab alang sa mga dagkong kontrata. Matud pa sa Presidente nga angay ipaagi ang mensahe sa bisan kinsa nga kalihim sa iyang kabinete. Misaad si Duterte nga itago niya
Apil usab nga gitumbok sa EO kun tagpila ang price cap sa test kits. Nakalatid sa EO nga mahimong bawian og lisensya ug akreditasyon ang dili mosunod sa price range. Kahinumdoman nga una nang mireklamo ang pipila ka overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) tungod sa nikabat sa P20,000 nga bayad sa swab test human nihunong ang Philippine Red Cross tungod sa wala pagbayad sa utang sa PhilHealth. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
PRRD, mitanyag og ganti sa mga mosumbong sa mga anomaliya sa kontrata sa gobyerno
BI, nipasidaan batok sa mga trafficker
TAGBILARAN CITY, Nov. 11 (PIA) -- Nipasidaan ang Bureau of Immigration (BI) nga mamahimong aktibo na usab og balik ang mga trafficker. Kini human giluagan na sa gobyerno ang travel restriction human ang pila ka buwan nga lockdown tungod sa coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “We are warning our kababayan not to fall prey to the schemes of these syndicates as they will only put you in harm’s way and expose you to possible abuse,” (Atong gipahibaw na nga daan ang atong mga kauban nga Pilipino nga dili magpa-ilad sa mga lingla sa mga sindikato tungod kay pinaagi niini, ipahimutang ka nila sa kakuyaw ug mahimong sinugdanansa pagpang-abuso) matud pa sa gipagawas nga pahayag ni BI Commissioner Jaime Morente. Matud pa sa gipagawas nga pahayag sa BI, mahimong pahimoslan sa mga trafficker ang mga Filipino nga desperado na makapangita og trabaho sa ubang nasud. Sa paglibkas sa mga restrictions sa mga non-essential overseas travel sa mga Filipinos, gimanduan ang mga immigration officers nga hugot nga magbinantayon sa pag-screen sa mga molarga nga mga pasahero ug e-refer alang sa secondary inspection kadtong mga may kadudahang rason sa pagbiyahe sa gawas sa nasud. Matud pa sa BI nga dili ikalimod nga daghang Filipino ang nagplanong makagawas sa nasud ug motrabaho. Gawas sa passports ug work visas, ang mga molarga nga overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) kinahanglang adunay overseas employment certificate (OEC) gikan sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) nga ilang e-presentar sa mga opisyal sa BI sa airport. Kahinumdoman nga daghang OFWs ang nanguli human mawad-an og trabaho tungod sa pandemya nga COVID-19. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
ang pagkatawo sa informant hangtod sa iyang kamatayon. Kun makadawat og pagpanghulga ang informant, giingong ipahibalo lamang kini kaniya ug siya na ang bahala. Una nang gi-anunsiyo sa Presidente ang mga pangalan sa mga opisyal sa gobyerno nga giingong nalambigit sa anomaliya ug korapsyon. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)
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