DSWD-7 receives cash, other donation for Habagat victims
By Hazel F. Gloria
CEBU CITY, Sept. 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in the region (DSWD-7) received cash worth P17,330 and other kinds of donations from various organizations, government offices and individuals for the Habagat victims in Metro Manila.
One of the resorts in Cebu donated used clothing, slightly used towels, pairs of assorted slippers and sandals, assorted native hats and new female underwear worth P9,030.
During the 4th weekly meeting of the “Task Force Tabang for Habagat victims in Luzon” in Cebu City, the members encouraged their respective offices to donate for the needs of the people affected by the recent typhoon that struck Northern Luzon.
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama also urged everyone to continue this program and be united to help more people if such calamities may again occur.
It was also discussed to change the name of the group from "Task Force Tabang" to the Regional Development Council Quick Response Team (RDC-QRT) since its members are those sitting at the regional development council in the region.
In the same development, the Cebu Provincial Government had shipped two 20-footer container vans via Phil Span Asia Carrier to the province of Laguna and four 20-footer container vans to the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) that are full of assorted goods and supplies for the disaster victims.
The province also turned over to DSWD, 17 sacks of assorted used clothing/food stuff and one cartoon of canned goods from the Capitol drop-in center courtesy of the Provincial Employees Association of Cebu (PEACE).
DSWD-7 will continue to receive donations and will work hard to deliver these to Metro Manila as soon as possible.(mbcn/HFG/PIA-7)
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DENR-7, academe break ground for clonal nursery in NegOr
By Hazel F. Gloria
CEBU CITY, Sept. 2 (PIA) --- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-7), Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) and city government of Guihulngan have set up a three-hectare clonal nursery and bamboo tissue culture facility at the NORSU-Guihulngan City campus in Negros Oriental.
DENR-7 regional executive director Dr. Isabelo Montejo said this P3.5M proposed facility is purposely initiated jointly with NORSU to generate superior quality of indigenous or native forest tree species to augment the necessary quality seedlings' requirements for the national greening program (NGP) for six years.
Montejo urged the local officials and the academe to gather endemic species found in the province preferably in the forests of Bindoy, Ayungon and Guihulngan since these are the only remaining forests with a variety of native species.
“This will also enrich or enhance the learning experience of the students as they are able to apply and demonstrate what they have learned in theory on forestry particularly on tree cloning,” Montejo added.
Guihulngan mayor Ernesto Reyes congratulated DENR and NORSU for coming up with a very innovative and creative clonal nursery facility to produce as many quality indigenous planting materials by not just relying on the natural way but also maximizing the existing clonal technology.
NORSU President Dr. Don Vicente Real on the other hand promised to give full support for the completion of the project stressing on the positive contribution of the facility not only to their students, to the people in the province but more so to the environment.
As part of the event and to detect illegal logging activities, Philippine Air Force (PAF) with the 11th Infantry Battalion, Philippine National Police (PNP), DENR representative and Negros Oriental State University-Guihulngan City Campus officials conducted an aerial surveillance in the municipalities of Ayungon, Tayasan, Jimalalud, La Libertad, Guihulngan City and Vallehermoso. (mbcn/HFG/PIA-7 & DENR-7)
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Gov't agencies to launch ‘Radshow’ on disaster preparedness
By Amorganda A. Saludar
CEBU CITY, Sept 1 (PIA) -- Government agencies involved in mapping of the national disaster framework with the newly formed Commercial and Amateur Radio Transceivers Dealers Association of the Philippines Inc will launch a "Radshow" this September.
The two-day Radshow ("Rad" taken from the word "radio") slated on September 7 and 8 this year, will involve the following agencies: Armed Forces of the Philippines, Bureau of Fire and Protection, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of National Defense, Department of Science and Technology, Metro Manila Development Authority, National Telecommunications Commission, Office of Civil Defense-National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration, Presidential Communication Operations Office, Philippine National Red Cross, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, Philippine Information Agency and the Philippine National Police.
The concerned government agencies will organize the two-day conference and trade show emphasizing on the importance and role of communication in the midst of calamities.
The event will be held at the SMX Convention Center, function rooms 3, 4, and 5 at the Mall of Asia Complex, which is expected to draw together radio users, dealers, broadcasters, volunteer groups, sociocivic organizations, local government units, national government units, to also include disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM) heads and safety officers of some private companies.
Bannered with this year’s theme, "Volunteerism for National Emergencies,” the specific thrust of the conference is to instill and create awareness on the significance of radio communications during disasters, especially at times when mobile phones communication are badly affected just like what happened during the recent typhoons.
Activities to be featured on the said conference will include conference talks on the importance of radio communications in disaster awareness, mitigation, and response; simulation and live drills that include first aid and basic life support, life saving techniques during emergencies, DRRM simulation on radio use, community wide drills and command center showcase.
The National Telecommunications Commission will also feature its amnesty program for unregistered radio and there will also be examinations for amateur hobbyists. Also part of the activities will be a one-stop-shop from permit to purchase to radio station license (permit to operate).
The tradeshow will also showcase a wide array of radio products, safety equipment, exhibit of life-saving tools and devices, search and rescue equipment, information technology and communication equipment, global positioning system and geographic information systems technologies, survival kits and related products and services.
Tickets for the Radshow 2012 are available at all SM Ticket Centers. (FCR/AYS-PIA-7, Cebu)