‘Talakayan sa PIA’ tackle election preparations and voters education in Cam Norte

By Rosalita B. Manlangit

DAET, Camarines Norte, April 25 (PIA) -- Voters education activities and preparation for the May 13 national and local election were featured in the “Talakayan sa PIA” of the Philippine Information Agency(PIA)-Camarines Norte, last Thursday (April 18), here.

Provincial Election Supervisor Romeo Serrano of the Commission on Elections said that they have already conducted series of trainings for teachers as Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) since February this year and also for the technicians and supervisors of the PCOS machines.

He said that the teachers or the BEIs of the Department of Education (DepEd) are deputized persons of the agency during elections because they are in-charge in the precinct while the policemen have already made their plans to ensure the safety of the PCOS machines.

Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting diocesan coordinator Fr. Edwin Visda said that they continuously conduct trainings for volunteers to be assigned in the precincts across the province as well as candidates forum and voters education in the province and municipalities.

He also reminded voters that they should not receive money so that their vote will not be compromise because of their conscience that if they accepted money in exchange they will turn to one of the traits of Filipino’s “utang na loob” (sense of indebtedness).

Provincial Director Edwin Garcia of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on the other hand said that their agency is also reminding voters to choose the right candidates in their voters’ education in the barangays.

He said that they are also monitoring the peace and order situation in the province wherein they have a Provincial Management Committee together with the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Phil. Army, Phil. National Police, National Police Commission and the Bureau of Fire Protection.

PENRO Elpidio Orata of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said that their campaign banning the posting of political materials in the trees was effective because they have observed in their monitoring the absence of any campaign poster near the national highways while few were reported in the barangays.

The “Talakayan sa PIA” was headed by ICM Rose Manlangit of PIA and participated in by media persons from Hello Bicol and Dateline Camarines Norte of STV6, Pipol Event News, Nation News, DWYD-FM Bay Radio, DWLB-FM Labo, DWSL-FM, DWCN-FM-Radyo ng Bayan and DWSR-FM-Power Radio. (MAL/RBM/PIA5-Camarines Norte)


DSWD provides P7.7 M worth of core shelter project for 110 families in Camarines Sur town

By Marlon A. Loterte

LEGAZPI CITY, April 25 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Bicol region released an additional P7.7 million fund for the construction of core shelter units that will benefit 110 families in Lagonoy, Camarines Sur.

Bicol regional director Arnel Garcia of DSWD 5 said the family-beneficiaries were either found to be vulnerable to disaster or those who are up to the present are unable to restore their damaged houses.

Garcia said each recipient received a check amounting to P70,000 to help repair or restore their damage shelters .

The director further said the family-beneficiaries are from Barangays Bocogan, Kinahulugan, Amoguis, San Vicente and Manggogon.

DSWD has since provided core shelter units to indigent families who were rendered homeless due to disaster.

The core shelter is an structurally strong and environment friendly shelter units which can withstand 180 to 220 kph wind velocity, intensified four earthquakes, flooding and other similar hazard.

It is a restoration and rehabilitation strategy that uses work teams composed of the beneficiaries themselves to provide labor for the construction of the core shelter units.

Garcia bared the municipality of Lagonoy is one with the highest number of core shelter units completed and occupied and occupied in Camarines Sur.

From year 2005 to 2009, Lagonoy was able to construct 251 units and will have an additional of 110 core shelter units to be constructed. (MAL-PIA5/Albay)