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PSA Siquijor braces for Philsys registration from page

Registration Procedure and Demographic Data

Prior to the registration of the household heads of the low-income families in January 2021, the demographic data of the registrant shall be recorded by the registration team with the following information to be collected and which shall be at all times consistent with the supporting documents presented during registration that includes birth certificate, passport, UMID, or any equivalent document that may support the registrant’s identity.

a) Full name

b) Sex

c) Date of birth

d) Place of birth

e) Blood type

f) Address

g) Filipino or resident alien

h) Marital status (optional)

i) Mobile number (optional)

j) E-mail address (optional)

After the pre-registration procedure, the applicant’s biometric information will then be collected.

Biometric information

a) Front-facing photograph

b) Full set of fingerprints

c) Iris scan

All information collected is enrolled in the PhilSys registry and shall be classified in a manner that allows safeguards for data privacy and security, access controls, and change management in accordance with the Data Privacy Act of 2012.

To note, Repubic Act No. 11055, otherwise known as the Philippine Identification System Act, aims to establish a single national identification system for all citizens and resident aliens of the Republic of the Philippines. This was signed into law in August 2018 by Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte. The ID shall serve as a valid proof or identity or as means of simplifying public and private transactions and shall be an economic and social platform that promotes seamless social delivery for both public and private services.

The PhilSys project emphasizes inclusive coverage, enbling access to the most vulnerable groups such as the poor people living in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas, indigenous peoples, and persons with disabilities.

Specifically, it aims to make services more accessible, promote ease of doing business, enhance the integrity of services and reduce fraud, enable and promote participation and trust in digital government and the digital conomy, and empower Filipinos with greater control over their personal data. (rac/ PIA7-Siquiijor with PSA report)

Walay holiday break ang COVID busa kinahanglan ang padayon nga pag-amping!

How do we minimize our risk and protect ourselves HOLIDAY SEASON and our loved ones this holiday season?

COVID-19:

4. There should only be one serving the food Avoid multi0ple people touching the serving spoon and plates. No to potluck.

5. Avoid karaoke. Singing can potentially aerosolize droplets.

6. Avoid “mano po” for now, especially for the elderly.

Find other non-contact means to greet our beloved elders. No kissing, not even in the cheeks.

5. Avoid karaoke.

Singing can potentially aerosolize droplets.

6. Avoid “mano po” for now, especially for the elderly.

Find other non-contact means to greet our beloved elders. No kissing, not even in the cheeks.

7. Avoid exchanging gifts, if possible.

However, if necessary, place disinfectants and alcohol nearby.

Make it part of the program to disinfect and wash hands before and after opening the gift.

1. Minimize the gatherings. gatherings.

Best to celebrate with your immediate 8. Make sure people don’t share cups, spoons and forks. household only. Avoid party hopping or Ideally, ask guests to bring their own. They can then bring the visiting too many friends and relatives. used utensils and cups home after using.

9. There should be a back-up supply 2. Minimize your exposure. exposure. with other people 14 days prior to your of surgical masks, faceshields, and alcohol during the party. family gathering. Be more conscious of safety precautions during this time..

10. If possible, avoid drinking alcoholic drinks.

When people are drunk it’s more difficult to control their behavior.

3. Do your party outside. especially if your home does not have ventilation. Open air is the best.

11. Best to wait for 3-5 days before opening non-perishable gifts and packages.

COVID can still be present in the surface during this time.

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PSA Siquijor braces for PhilSys registration set early next year

by Rizalie Anding Calibo

PSA-Siquijor representative, Mary Jane Banglos, sharing during the PulongPulong with PIA and S i q u i j o r Association of Information Disseminators the updates on the PSA programs and services, particularly the Phil ID System. (rac/PIA7Siquijor)

Having a good ID system is necessary for achieving sustainable development. Providing a legal identity for all is one of the objectives under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) as cited in SDG No. 16, which is to “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable, and inclusive institutions at all levels.” Hence, the establishment of the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) with the identification called PhilID, a non-transferrable foundation identity card that shall be issued to citizens and resident aliens living in the Philippines.

To jumpstart the operation in the province of Siquijor, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) here shared during a Pulong-Pulong with the Siquijor Association of Information Disseminators (SAID) that it is constantly coordinating with the local government units of the province in preparation for the PhilSys which is set to start in 2021.

While other provinces kicked

off the PhilSys pre-registration in October 2020, Siquijor, being a nonpriority province, will officially start the registration in January next year, said PSA representative Mary Jane Banglos said during the info-sharing.

Low-income household heads first

The first target registrants for the first months are the household heads of the identified low income families.

For the province of Siquijor, there are 22,737 households based on the 2015 PopCen, of which 6,432 have been identified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) as low-income families based on the 2015 National Housing and Targeting Survey (NHTS). The household heads of these families shall be registered first, when the operations kick off next year while the rest of the population of the province at 95,984 will follow, said Banglos.

Of the six municipalities, the municipality of Lazi has recorded the highest number of low-income households while the municipality of Enrique

Villanueva has the least number.

However, based on the 2018 Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) of PSA, only 7.2 percent of the total households do not meet the poverty threshold. “In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government aims to ensure that a family member of the low income families will receive the government’s assistance digitally so that the PhilSys ID would be a sufficient proof of their identity tht will enable the person to open a bank account hassle-free,” Banglos said during the briefing.

LGU coordination

In order to fast track the registration, PSA said it has partnered with the local government units to identify the low-income household heads. While the PSA leads the overall process of the registration, the LGU shall provide registration centers and crowd control personnel, and transportation of registrants in the remote barangays. to page 4

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The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) shared about the launching and MOA signing of the Shared Service Facilities (SSF) for the wooden handicraft of the Olang Farmers Association in Olang, Maria; the Processed Beef Production project of the Catulayan Community Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CCMPC); and other DTI regular projects and interventions under the new normal.

-------ooo-------ooo------ The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Siquijor province collaborated with TESDA-Siquijor Field Office and Lazi Technical Institute to provide short-term courses like table skirting, cookies making and flower arrangement to the parents of the profiled child laborers during the implementation of the recently concluded 2020 Project Angel Tree..

-------ooo-------ooo------ The Department of Public Works and Highways with the Office of the Congressman, the Provincial Government of Siquijor and the Municipal Council of Lazi turned over on Novermber 26 the completed and rehabilitated roads and multi-purpose building to Barangay Kinamandagan through Barangay Captain Jerry Tumapon, barangay council members, and residents of the barangay.-------ooo-------ooo------ Another completed Access Road project leading to Paliton Beach and Marine Sanctuary and road project in Barangay Tambisan were turned over by the DPWH with Siquijor Representative Jake Villa and the provincial, municipal and the respective barangay officials.

-------ooo-------ooo------ The municipality of San Juan with the DPWH, the Office of the Congressman and Barangay Tambisan, held a Ground Breaking Ceremony for the Concreting o f Ti m b a o n - C a n g m u n a g R o a d .

-------ooo-------ooo------ The Technical Education and Skils Development Authority conducted a Consultation Meeting for the Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) to collaborate with the national agencies in order to reach out to the vulnerables, address the concern of poverty and peace and order in the community.

-------ooo-------ooo------ PIA Siquijor’s Rizalie Calibo also discussed briefly to the information officers about Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) as the priority agenda of the current administration. She said the issuance of Executive Order No. 70, institutionalizing the whole-of-nation approach in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace, creating a national task force to end local communist armed conflict, and directing the adoption of a national peace framework, is proof of this resolve.

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DOLE-7 releases almost P7.6-M for 3,522 TUPAD beneficiaries

Dec. 4 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7) disbursed almost P7.6-M for 3,522 beneficiaries in Central Visayas under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay para sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers or (TUPAD).

During the recent Dagyaw 2020 in Cebu City, DOLE-7 Supervising Labor and Employment Officer Ma. Teresa Tanquiamco said Department Order No. 219, series of 2020 mandates the provision of financial assistance to affected workers or displaced workers in the informal sector regardless of the type employment due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Tanquiamco added that TUPAD shall be availed of by informal sector workers, self-employed with elementary occupations, and unpaid family workers.

DOLE-7 Regional Director Salome Siaton said that as of Nov. 19, 2020, the disbursed funds covered the salaries and wages of beneficiaries working in the different provinces of the region amounting to P7,184,880 and their Group Personal Accident Insurance coverage with the GSIS in the amount of P368,816.

These beneficiaries have to work four hours a day for 14 days for any of the following: delivery of essential goods and services; packing of relief goods and other related tasks assigned by the LGUs; preparations, designs, dissemination, posting of information and educational materials especially in the rural areas; transport services in setting up of mobile markets; and disinfection/sanitation of community and other public facilities.

“The amount we recently disbursed covered the beneficiaries’ salaries for the first five days of their 14day work period. The remaining nine days will be paid after their work is done,” said Siaton.

The DOLE-7 regional director said some of the beneficiaries have already claimed their salaries as the DOLE-7 ensured to support the commitment of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello to start releasing TUPAD salaries by Nov. 15, 2020.

For the entire duration of their work, beneficiaries are paid P5,656 or P404 per day.

In Siquijor, 177 workers benefited while 65 workers were covered in Bohol.

Cebu Province has 1,882 worker-

beneficiaries and 397 in Negros Oriental.

The tri-cities in Cebu have collectively tallied 1,001 beneficiaries, with Mandaue City recording 801 beneficiaries and Cebu City with 200.

The workers’ wages were claimed at DOLE’s partner money remittance centers.

“ T h e T U PA D p r o g r a m i s DOLE’s contribution to the government’s pursuit of a whole-of-nation approach in the implementation of recovery and rehabilitation measures to cushion the pandemic’s impact on the economy and society under Bayanihan 2,” added Siaton.

TUPAD prioritizes workers in the informal sector affected by the pandemic who applied on or before April 30, 2020, but were not assisted under the TUPAD Barangay Ko, Bahay Ko (#BKBK) Disinfection/Sanitation Project and TUPAD as post-enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)-intervention.

The primary requirements for TUPAD applications are the following: letter of intent; TUPAD Work Program; Summary List of Beneficiaries; and the Contract of Service between the DOLE and the TUPAD workers.

Inquiries on TUPAD applications could be coursed thru the following: (032) 234-33-18/ dole7bayanihan2@gmail. com; (032) 2667424/ cpfobayanihan2@ gmail.com (for LGUs or ACPs located outside the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapulapu); 09616965058; 09616965057; (032) 5132566; (032) 2343317/ tcfobayanihan2@gmail.com (for LGUs or ACPs located within the cities of Cebu, Mandaue and Lapulapu); (038) 4110806; (038) 5010277/ bfobayanihan2@gmail. com (for LGUs or ACPs located in Bohol); (035) 2262778; 09751761424/ nofobayanihan2@gmail.com (for LGUs or ACPs located in Negros Oriental); and (035) 4809244/ sfobayanihan2@ gmail.com (for LGUs or ACPs located in Siquijor).

Under Bayanihan 1, the DOLE implemented TUPAD Barangay Ko, Bahay Ko (#BKBK) Disinfection/ Sanitation Project and TUPAD as postenhanced community quarantine (ECQ) intervention.

As of September 2020, a total of 28,742 informal sector workers in Central Visayas benefited from the said program. (jsme/PIA-7)

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DILG sa mga opisyal sa gobyerno: Himuang panig- ingnan ang kaugalingon sa pagpatuman sa health protocols

Dec. 3 (PIA) -- Gipahinumdoman sa Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) nga himuong panigingnan ug manguna ang mga opisyal sa gobyerno nga masiguro nga masunod ang minimum health standards batok sa COVID-19 sa mga okasyon o pagsaulog.

Matud pa sa tigpamaba sa DILG

nga si Usec. Jonathan Malaya nga sama sa giingon ni DILG Kalihim Eduardo Año, kun ang usa ka opisyal sa gobyerno dapiton sa usa ka okasyon o pagsaulog ug wala niini masiguro nga mapatuman ang health protocols, maayong dili na lamang kini motambong o kanselahon na lamang ang imbitasyon.

Emergency use sa COVID-19 vaccine sa FDA, gilagdaan na ni PRRD

Pasabot pa ni Malaya, gipaabot sa publiko nga manguna ang mga opisyal sa gobyerno nga magpatuman sa health protocols apan kun mismong ang mga lider ang molapas, unsaon pa pagsunod sa publiko.

Kun sa tulobagon usab sa opisyal sa gobyerno nga molapas sa health protocol, gimanduan ni Año ang Philippine National Police (PNP) nga imbestigahan ang mga indibidwal nga giingong nakalapas sa health protocols sa mga okasyon.

Kun lokal nga opisyal sa gobyerno ang makalapas ug hurisdiksyon sa DILG, maghimo sila og rekomendasyon sa Office of the Ombudsman o sa Presidente.

Samtang kun sa ubang branch usab sa gobyerno, ilang i-forward ang rekomendasyon sa partikular nga head sa maong branch sa gobyerno kun dili kini sakop sa LGUs o sa ubang executive branch aron masiguro nga tanang opisyal sa gobyerno mahimong panig-ingnan nga magpatuman sa mga protocol.

Sa posibleng silot o penalty nga ipahamtang, giingong adunay ordinansa nga gipalabang ang nagkalain-laing LGUs.

“We follow the same policy, kung kayo ay taga-pamahalan, pribadong sector o ordinary citizens, the law applies to everyone pare-pareho and quarantine violations covers ordinances,” matud pa ni Malaya. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)

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is the Island of Siquijor’s first electronic newsletter produced by the Philippine Information Agency-Siquijor Information Center and the DOST Provincial Science and Technology Center.

Dec. 3 (PIA) -- Gilagdaan na ni Presidente Rodrigo Roa Duterte ang kamanduan nga naghatag og pagtugot sa Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) nga tugotan ang emergency use sa COVID-19 nga bakuna ug pagtambal.

Nakalatid sa Executive Order No. 121 nga gitugotan si FDA Director General Eric Domingo nga magpagawas og Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) sa drug ug vaccine makers.

Ug tungod sa bag-ong gilagdaang kamanduan, ang bakuna mahimong

maaprobahan aron magamit sulod sa usa ka buwan imbes nga ipaubos pa sa kasagarang unom ka buwan nga review period.

Kahinumdoman nga una nang giseguro sa publiko ni Domingo nga dili makumpromiso ang speed-up process.

Miingon kini nga nagtinabangay na ang FDA ug Department of Health (DOH) nga palapdan ang vaccine monitoring nga paningkamot sa gobyerno aron daling makita ang posibleng daotang epekto, human ang inoculation. (ecb/PIA7-Bohol)

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