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Students in South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat meet for water summit
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ORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato — Students from all over South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat today gathers the Notre Dame of Marbel University here for the Warrior of Waters Student Summit led by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) 12).
Sultan Kudarat and the G r e e n Va l l e y C o l l e g e Foundation, Ramon Mags ay s ay Memor i a l C olleges and the Regenc y Polytechnic College in Koronadal City, S outh Cotabato. Dr. Sophie Ty-Manuel, chief of Pollution Control Division, said the summit is in support to the Adopt-an-Estero or the Water Body Program. Further, Manuel noted that it will ser ve as an output of EMB 12 from two of the proposed high impact activities during
EMB workshop known as ‘Greening the Blue’ which was held at Coron, Palawan on April this year. She emphasized that the summit is aimed at raising awareness among NSTP students on the P h i l ippi n e C l e an Wa ter Act of 2004 and the i mp o r t a n c e o f s av i n g and protecting the water bodies in the region. Also, the event aims to showcase the different activities of educational institutions which help in the protection and preservation of the environment
as well as to identify NSTP group that is deemed best in the region when it comes to exemplary initiatives conducted on the adopted estero or water body. Manuel said that the activity will also become a venue to collaborate w it h ot he r st a kehol d ers in launching other environmental activities. One of the activities which will be conducted on t h e s u m m it i s t h e information awareness campaign on programs l i k e Ad o p t - a n - E s t e r o and Greening the Blue.
In addition, there will b e c onte st s on sl o g an and p o ste r m a k i ng a s well as the declaration of commitment by the participants on their support to the programs of DENR-EMB 12. Meanwhile, EMB 12 is hopeful that the summit will increase the awareness of students on issues about the environment and will make them a c t i ve p ar t i c ip ant s i n strengthening environm e nt a l p ro g r a m s a n d advocacies. (SJDuermePIA12)
T h e a c t iv it y i s at tended by the National S e r v i c e Tr ai n i ng Pro gram (NSTP) students of NDMU and NSTP officers from the Notre
Dame of Tacurong College, Southern Mindanao Institute of Technology and Sultan Kudarat State University-Main Campus all in Tacurong City,
GENERAL SANTOS CITY -- Sixty-three inmates of the city jail or reformatory center here gained freedom on Thursday with the launching of the Supreme Court’s Enhanced Justice on Wheels (EJOW) program in the area. Regional Trial Court Branch 35 Executive Judge Oscar Noel said the detainees received their release orders following the resolution of their cases during the expedited hearings that were conducted as part of the program. He said the hearings were made inside a customized bus serving as EJOW’s mobile court that rolled into the city reformatory center compound in Purok Lanton, Barangay Apopong on Thursday morning. EJOW is a special mobile court program of the Supreme Court that allows court hearings to be held
outside the courtrooms. The program is mainly aimed at decongesting jails in the country through the release of “overstaying” detainees and resolve the clogging of pending cases in local courts. Supreme Court Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, who graced the program’s launching here, said they rolled out the EJOW to bring the services of the courts closer to poor residents in the area. He acknowledged that some poor residents often fail to attend court hearings due to the lack of resources. “L ayunin ng EJOW ang magbigay ng mabilis at libreng hustisya sa mga maralita at nangangailangang kababayan (The EJOW seeks to expedite the free discharge of justice to our MONITOR LIZARDS - A man sells monitor lizards (locally known as “halo” or “ibid,” or “bayawak” in Tagalog-speaking poor countrymen,” said areas) along the highway in Kabacan, North Cotabato on Wednesday (24 Sept 2013). The bigger one is priced at del Castillo, who chairs P600 while the small one is priced at P200. The lizards are sold for their meat, which some believe is aphrodisiac.
63 inmates gain freedom from ‘Justice on Wheels’
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One kind of such lizards, the Panay monitor lizard, has been declared as endangered. (MindaNews Photo by Ruby)
IRRIGATION PROJECT - Laborers work on the canal for the second phase of the Malitubog-Maridagao (Mal-Mar) Irrigation Project in Barangay Takepan, Pikit, North Cotabato on Wednesday (26 Sept 2013). The Mal-Mar Project is expected to irrigate around 16,957 hectares of ricefields in North Cotabato and Maguindanao. (MindaNews Photo by Ruby)
60 firms in Soccsksargen Region get Bagwis awards
KO R O NA DA L C I T Y, social responsibilities, and South Cotabato -- Sixty complying or aligning to business establishments International Standards. in Soccsksargen Region DTI 12 Regional Director will receive “Bagwis” seal, Ibrahim Guiamadel, DTI proof that they provide 12 said, “It’s not only the customer-friendly products establishments that committed to comply with the fair and services. Bagwis seal, formerly trade laws of DTI benefitknown as the Department ing from this program but of Trade and Industry also the consumers being (DTI) Certified Establish- guaranteed of the best value ment Program (CEP), gives for their money.” recognition to exemplary Of the 60 awardees, business establishments four will be given silver that uphold customer “Bagwis” seal, namely: Soc rights and welfare and Hardware of Sarangani foster ethical business Province as well as Ntrpractices, and practice self- prising Motor Corp., Honda Cars General Santos Inc., regulation. Entrepreneurs assessed and MTL Gensan Motors under the program were Inc. evaluated based on the fol- Me a nw h i l e , a m on g lowing criteria: presence those that will be accorded of consumer welfare desk Bronze “Bagwis” seal inor recognized customer clude 29 establishments service counter, compliance in South Cotabato; 10 in to fair trade laws, practicing Sultan Kudarat; 5 each in
Sarangani, North Cotabato, and General Santos. Awardees from South Cotabato are: LCJL Marketing, D.M. Hardware, and Coral Grain Store in Surallah; CNCH Hardware and Motor Parts in Norala; Top Gold Auto Parts, Juanzo Mini Mart, Orcullo General Merchandise, FiveM General Merchandise, and Dosche Enterprises in T’boli. Baldon Hardware and Construction Supply in Tampakan; RV Genuine Enterprises in Koronadal; Alocada Enterprise, Starel Store, and CM Segumalain Construction Supply in Sto. Niño; Mary Grace Hardware and Allied Services in Tupi. Danson’s Hardware, R & C Paint Center, J Mac Electrical Supply and Instalfirm | page 11