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THE OFFICIAL E-NEWSLETTER OF THE PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY-7 | WWW.PIA.GOV.PH VOL. 2 | NO. 29 | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
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Office of Civil Defense (OCD) – 7 Regional Director Minda Morante (left) welcomes the participants from the various national government agencies (NGA’s) and local government units (LGU’s) during the opening ceremony of the 3-day Incident Command System (ICS) Training Course on September 11, 2012 held at the Montebello Hotel, Cebu City.(PIA-7/HFG)
'AlkanSSSya' program to benefit informal sector By Amorganda A. Saludar CEBU CITY, Sept 17 (PIA) -- The Social Security System (SSS) extended their services to cover the informal sector such as public drivers of jeepneys, trisikads (tricycle), and habal-habal (motorcycle) as well as market vendors in their microsavings program dubbed "AlkanSSSya." Workers in the informal sector are
encouraged to register in the program and be active SSS members so they could enjoy the benefits provided by the SSS. AlkanSSSya is a micro-savings program that offers convenient remittance of contributions and guarantees members access to affordable social protection. At present, the program already catered to 34 participating organizations representing 18,600 workers in the National
DENR-7 spearheads coastal clean-up drive in Cebu By Amorganda A. Saludar
CEBU CITY, Sept. 19 (PIA) -- In commemoration of International Clean-up Day, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7) in cooperation with the Coastal Law Enforcement Alliance -7 spearheaded a coastal clean-up drive last September 15 in the coastal areas of the Municipality of Liloan in northern Cebu. With this year’s theme “Bayanihan Para sa Karagatan,“ the coastal cleanup activity was conducted in five coastal barangays namely Cotcot, Jubay, Poblacion, and Catarman that covers 6.5 kilometer of coastline. The coastal clean–up activity were able to gather together the DENR-7 employees, representatives from other
government agencies, local government units, private sector, academe and other stakeholders. At least five to 10 representatives from the participating entities were asked to join in the campaign to have a sustainable safe and clean coastal areas and seas. The purpose of the said activity was geared towards giving emphasis and importance as well as instilling awareness of the value and importance of having sustainable, clean and safe coastal areas and seas for future generations. Presidential Proclamation No. issued on 2003 directed the need to promote the significance of International Cleanup day annually every thrid Saturday of September.(FCR/AYS/PIA-7, CEBU)
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Capital Region and Luzon. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio de Quiros clarified that the responding organizations are comprised of tricycle drivers and operators association as these are the target sectors of the program along with transport operators, workers in the direct selling industry and market vendors. The AlkanSSSya program of the SSS requires a 1.5 tall metal safety boxes with secure mini-compartments placed in accessible locations where savings of the members are stored. By the end of the month, this will be accounted and picked up by an SSS collecting personnel. One AlkanSSSya unit is assigned to every member who can drop any amount they are capable of daily until they can completely acquire the required monthly contribution. Members are mandated to save at least P312 every month for them to be able to meet the salary credit of P3,000 monthly. “We specifically designed the AlkanSSSya program to fit their way of life and to make saving for monthly SSS premium as affordable as only as P10 a day,” de Quiros said. “Providing social security protection to those in the informal sector is important to SSS. We have designated lanes in SSS branches for AlkanSSSya participants and coordinate with their officers to address their concerns regarding SSS coverage and benefits,” he concluded. (FCR/AYS-PIA7