Friday, February 21, 2025

Tag: Quezon

P23 minimum wage hike in Northern Mindanao takes effect

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The daily minimum wage in Northern Mindanao increased by P23 for private non-agricultural workers starting January 12, 2025. Agricultural workers also received a P23 increase on the same date, with an additional P12 effective July 1, 2025, bringing the total increase to P35

This means that by July this year, the minimum wage for both non-agricultural and agricultural workers will be the same: P461 for Wage Category 1 and P446 for Category 2.
Wage Category 1 includes the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan, Malaybalay, Valencia, Gingoog, El Salvador, Ozamiz, and the municipalities of Tagoloan, Villanueva, Jasaan, Opol, Maramag, Quezon, Manolo Fortich, and Lugait.
Meanwhile, Wage Category 2 covers all areas outside Wage Category 1, as well as retail and service establishments that employ no more than 10 workers.
In a press conference of the Regional Tripartite Wage Board (RTWPB) Region 10, chaired by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-10, this minimum wage rate adjustment for the private sector in Northern Mindanao, under Wage Order No. RX-23, underwent a series of wage consultations and public hearings attended by representatives from both the workers’ and employers’ sectors.
“We took into consideration the poverty threshold in Region 10. When we say poverty threshold, that’s the minimum income required to meet the basic needs of our people,” said Mylah Faye Aurora B. Cariño, vice chairperson and regional director of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-10.
Limuel R. Oliverio, a labor representative of the Mindanao Alliance of Land Transport Unions (MALTU), shared that they have come up with this increase to ensure a compromise between employers and workers.
“We have to balance because small establishments should at least be able to cope and maintain jobs. If we want, we can go beyond P461, but it should not go below P461,” Oliverio said.
Meanwhile, Engr. Milbert M. Macarambon, a labor representative from the All Workers Alliance Trade Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (AWATU-TUCP), explained that they went through a consultation process involving both the labor and management sectors.
“The inflation rate was also discussed and is one of the criteria used for issuing the wage order,” he said.
Similarly, domestic workers, or Kasambahay, in Region 10 will receive a P1,000 increase, raising the minimum monthly wage from P5,000 to P6,000, as mandated by Wage Order RBX-DW-05.
Atty. Joffrey M. Suyao, chairperson and regional director of DOLE 10, announced that starting January 12 this year, the new monthly minimum wage for domestic workers cannot be less than P6,000.
Domestic workers, or Kasambahay, cover general house helpers, cooks, nannies, gardeners, laundry persons, or anyone who regularly performs domestic work in one household on an occupational basis. Those not covered include service providers, family drivers, and children under foster family arrangements. (Jasper Marie O. Rucat/PIA-10)

PNP IAS chief visits Bukidnon to honor police service, strengthen integrity

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MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon – Inspector General of the Philippine National Police Internal Affairs Service (IAS) Brigido De Jesus Dulay visited Bukidnon on January 20 to acknowledge the dedication and sacrifices of the local police force while emphasizing the importance of integrity in public service

During his first command visit and inspection at Camp Captain Ramon Onahon, Provincial Director Colonel Jovit L. Culaway and the Bukidnon police hosted a welcome ceremony for the PNP IAS chief from the national headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City.

The Bukidnon Police Provincial Office (BukPPO) honored Dulay with an arrival ceremony at the camp’s Grandstand, demonstrating solidarity and readiness for the inspection and audit.

In his speech, Dulay expressed heartfelt gratitude for the dedication and commitment of the country’s police officers.

“I recognize the weight of your responsibilities, the sacrifices you endure, and the risks you face daily. Your work requires courage, resilience, and heart. For this, I extend my respect and gratitude. Thank you for your service and sacrifices for the nation,” he said.

He emphasized the core values that every officer must uphold—integrity, accountability, commitment, and fairness—stressing that these principles are essential for building public trust and ensuring high-quality police service.

“Policing is more than a job; it is a calling with the highest expectations. Let us fulfill these for ourselves, those we serve, the families who depend on us, and the nation we have pledged to protect,” Dulay reminded the officers.

The visit allowed PNP Bukidnon to engage directly with the IAS Chief, reinforcing their commitment to integrity, accountability, and community trust while demonstrating the government’s efforts to enhance PNP professionalism under the vision “Sa Bagong Pilipinas, Ang Gusto ng Pulis Ligtas Ka.” (Jessa M. Cleopas/PIA-10/Bukidnon)

2 killed, 5 injured in Bukidnon highway accident

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COTABATO CITY (January 7, 2025 | 5:04pm) — Two individuals were killed and five others severely injured when a refrigerated truck loaded with frozen fish collided with a van and a motorcycle, causing all three vehicles to plunge into a roadside ravine in Quezon town, Bukidnon, on Monday, January 6

Senior officials of the Bukidnon Provincial Police Office and the Police Regional Office-10 told reporters on Tuesday, January 7, that Mohammad Exan Bola, 53, of Marawi City in Lanao del Sur, and the 26-year-old Jayser Pendorat Bautil, a resident of Barangay Kalilangan in Pantar, Lanao del Norte, were declared dead on arrival by doctors in a hospital where emergency responders transported them for treatment.

An initial report from the Quezon Municipal Police Station, released to reporters early Tuesday, revealed that the driver of the refrigerated truck lost control of the vehicle when its brake system malfunctioned while navigating a steep, downhill stretch of highway in Barangay Palacapao, Quezon. The truck collided with a motorcycle and an L300 van ahead, causing all three vehicles to plunge into a deep ravine alongside the route.

Witnesses who spoke with police investigators said that all three vehicles involved in the accident rolled over multiple times before landing in an open field about 50 meters down the ravine.

One of the two fatalities, identified as Bautil, was a helper of the driver of the refrigerated truck, which bore the license plates ZAD 6080. The truck was driven by 45-year-old Solaiman Baco Moctar, a resident of Digos City in Davao del Sur.

The road mishap left five others, including Moctar, the driver of the L300 van and the motorist that his truck rammed, badly injured.

Police investigators and barangay officials have confirmed to reporters that the right arm of one of the victims got severed from the shoulder and was found in a grassy spot several meters away. (John Unson – Philstar.com)

7 sites sa Bukidnon nakaangkon og free Wi-Fi access

Posted on by Melchor Madera

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon (August 15, 2024) – Nakaangkon og free Wi-Fi access ang pito ka mga barangay sa Bukidnon bag-ohay lang

Ang pito ka mga dapit lakip sa activated nga 600 ka mga lugar sa nasud nga natabonan sa Connectivity, Capability, and Resiliency through Free Wi-Fi for All (CoRe FW4A) project sa Department of Information and Technology (DICT uban sa United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Nahigayon ang nationwide launching sa proyekto sa People’s Hall sa Malaybalay City, Bukidnon kaniadtong Agosto 15, 2024.

Diha sa programa si Mr. Paul Tuason, director sa DICT, Ms. Vivien Suerte-Cortez, team leader sa UNDP Philippines Institutions and Partnerships, Malaybalay City Mayor Jay Warren R. Pabillaran, ug uban pa.

Duha sa mga proyekto sa Bukidnon ang lakip sa Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs) diin ang Free Wi-Fi naplastar sa Barangay Hall sa Cabadiangan, Kadingilan ug sa Santa Felomina Barangay Hall sa Quezon.

Samtang ang lima pa anaa sa Indigenous People’s (IP) communities nga naplastar sa Saint Peter Barangay Hall sa Malaybalay City, Dolorosa Barangay Hall sa Dangcagan, Maraymaray Barangay Hall sa Don Carlos, Kalabugao Barangay Hall sa Impasug-ong ug Sampaguita Barangay Hall sa Kibawe.

Ang CoRe FW4A project direktang gipatuman sa UNDP nga nagsuporta sa pagpatuman sa DICT sa Free Wi-Fi for All (FWFA) Program niini subay sa R.A. 10929 kon Free Internet Access in Public Spaces Act of 2017.

Ang programa gikatakdang matapos sa Disyembre 31, 2025. (melbmadera)

Mga mag-uuma sa sloping area gitudloan sa sustainable land management

Posted on by Omar Rashid Z. Abdullah

Gitudloan sa Provincial Agriculture Office ang mga mag-uuma sa Bukidnon kansang umahan nahimutang sa slope areas o bakilid nga bahin, pinaagi sa Sustainable Land Management (SLM) Training

Sumala sa kasayoran sa PGB, sa maong pagbansay, ang mga mag-uuma gitudloan sa malungtarong pagdumala sa yuta.

Ang training naglangkub sa agriculture and type of food production, integrated pest management, hinungdan og epekto sa soil pollution, soil erosion ug soil conservation and management.

Tinguha niini aron masuportahan ang pagtubo sa ekonomiya, kaayohan sa katilingban, ug pagpadayon sa kalikopan.

Ang kalihukan gitimbayayongan sa PGO- Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Division (PDRRMD) alang sa mosunod nga mga dapit.

Ang sa Lantapan gipahigayon niadtong Mayo 7-8, Maramag niadtong Mayo 9-10, Quezon- Mayo sa 14-15, Impasugong sa Mayo 16-17, Sumilao niadtong Mayo 21-23, Manolo Fortich- Mayo sa 23-24, San Fernando sa 28-29, Valencia City sa Mayo 30-31, Kalilangan karong Hunyo 4-5 ug Kadingilan sa Hunyo 6-7, 2024. (Omar Rashid Z. Abdullah)

DA-NorMin breaks ground for establishment of corn, rice processing centers in Bukidnon

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DALWANGAN, Malaybalay City – In its aim to support the post-production systems of two of the region’s top agricultural commodities, the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) helmed by Regional Executive Director Jose Apollo Y. Pacamalan, recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of rice and corn processing centers in the province of Bukidnon

On May 24, DA Undersecretary for High-Value Crops Cheryl Marie Natividad-Caballero, with DA-10 Regional Technical Director for Operations Carlota S. Madriaga and Regional Technical Director for Research and Regulations Cora A. Dumayaca led the groundbreaking of the two processing centers.

Funded under the agency’s Rice Program, a 900 sq.m. rice processing center, worth over P49 million will soon serve farmers in Barangay Pinatilan, Valencia City, Bukidnon.

Said infrastructure will also include one mechanical dryer set, with a capacity of 10 to 12 tons per set, as well as one direct-fired biomass furnace with a maximum heat power of 500.

Through said facility, DA aims to strategically improve the efficiency of the rice post-production system, and reduce post-harvest losses, thereby ensuring the improved quality of milled rice from the said community.

Meanwhile, a 1,920 sq.m. corn processing center will also soon rise in DA’s Research Center for Upland Development in Barangay Barongcot, Dangcagan, Bukidnon.

Funded through DA’s Corn Program, the corn processing center worth over P98-million, also includes a pre-cleaner and aspirator; 2 mechanical dryer sets, each able to cater 27-30 tons per set; and 2 corn silos with a capacity of around 1,500 to 2,000 tons per set.

Strategically located in the southern part of Bukidnon, the corn facility aims to bolster the needs of local farmers, and foster a more sustainable and efficient production of nearby corn-producing municipalities including Maramag, Don Carlos, Kitaotao, Kadingilan, Kalilangan, Pangantucan, Kibawe, Damulog, and Quezon.

Said interventions are aligned with DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr.’s three-year, eight-point plan for a ‘Masaganang Bagong Pilipinas’, which entails the modernization and mechanization of agri-fishery productions, as well as the development and improvement of post-harvest systems and infrastructures throughout the country.

Signifying their support for the project, the groundbreaking ceremony was also participated by Farmer-Director for the month of May, Nilda B. Salas; and DA-10 Provincial Operations Center – Bukidnon chief Janet D. Lopez, DVM with Rice Program focal person Chona H. Nacalaban and Corn Program focal person Richan D. Lacanaria. (GDA)

Publiko gipahinumdoman sa paglikay sa rabies

Posted on by Omar Rashid Z. Abdullah

Gipahinumdoman sa Provincial Government of Bukidnon (PGB), pinaagi sa Provincial Health Office (PHO) ug Provincial Veterinary Office ang publiko sa mga angayang buhaton aron malikayan ang rabies

Ang rabies isa ka viral nga sakit nga matakboy gikan sa positibo nga mananap sama sa iro, iring, baboy unggoy o kwaknit pinaagi sa paak, kamras, o kontak sa laway o samad.

Sumala sa social media page sa kagamhanang probinsyal, kung ang isa ka tawo napaakan sa iro o sa laing mananap, hugasan ang pinaakan sa gaagas nga tubig sa gripo ug sabonan sulod sa 15 ka minutos, limpyohan sa 70 percent alcohol o tincture sa betadine ang pinaakan human mahugasan.

Giawhag sab ang publiko nga magpa-konsulta dayon sa doktor o mahimong mobisita sa pinakaduol nga health center o sa 11 ka mga Animal Bite Treatment Center sa probinsya nga nahimutang sa Bukidnon Provincial Medical Center (BPMC), City Health Office sa syudad sa Malaybalay ug Valencia, BPH – Maramag, Manolo Fortich, Kibawe, Kalilangan, Malitbog ug Talakag, Quezon Health Center Infirmary ug RHU Talakag.

Samtang padayon nga gipahimangnuan ang pet owners nga mahimong responsableng tag-iya aron dili makapaak ang ilang binuhing hayop. (Omar Rashid Z. Abdullah)

6 LGUs misumite og SB resolutions sa pagdeklarar sa State of Calamity

Posted on by Diego M. Hidalgo

Nakasumite ngadto sa PGO-PDRRMD ang unom ka mga LGUs sa Bukidnon sa ilang SB Resolutions nga nagdeklara sa ilang area of responsibility ubos sa state of calamity, gumikan sa nasinati nga taas nga panahon sa ting-init o dry spell

Sumala sa social media page sa provincial government sa Bukidnon, ang unom ka mga munisipyo mao ang Kibawe, Kitaotao, Quezon, Cabanglasan, Pangantucan, ug Impasugong.

Nakasumite usab sa ilang report sa kadaot sa hulaw ang Kadingilan, Damulog ug Valencia City apan wala magdeklara sa state of calamity.

Sa punto sa Valencia, ang City Disaster Risk Reduction Managemernt Council (CDRRMC) nagpalabang og resolution nga nagrekominda sa konseho sa maong dakbayan alang sa deklarasyon sa State of Calamity.

Nasayran ang kasayoran sa report ni Mr. Israel Johan M. Damasco, Jr., head sa PGO-PDRRMD atol sa radio program sa PGB – “ang Kalihukan sa Probinsya” kaniadtong Mayo 17, 2024.

Iyang gibatbat ang Revised Guidelines alang sa Declaration of a State of Calamity sa NDRRMC.

Pipila nini mao nga at least 15 percent sa forecasted affected population basi sa science-based projection nga nanginahanglan sa dinalian nga tabang; at least 30 percent sa nag-unang panginabuhian sa sektor sa agrikultura, negosyo ug industriya ang naapektuhan; lapad nga kadaut sa mga fishpond, pananom, manok ug kahayupan, ug uban pang suplay sa agrikultura; ug uban pa. (Diego M. Hidalgo)

Mag live-in gipamusil sa Quezon

Posted on by Diego M. Hidalgo

Patay ang isa ka lalaki samtang samdan ang kapuyo niini human sila gipamusil sa Purok 6, Brgy. Magsaysay, Quezon, Bukidnon gabii sa Marso 29, 2024

Sumala sa report ni Police Lt. Col Noel F. Cano, OIC sa Quezon Municipal Police Station, nadala pa sa Quezon Health Center Infirmary ang mga biktima.

Apan ang lalaki kinsa nakaangkon sa grabing mga samad pinusilan sa lawas ang gideklarang patay na sa wala pa mahiabot.

Samtang ang iyang kapuyo kinsa nakaangkon sa samad pinusilan sa tuong tiil ug tiyan ang gibalhin sa Bukidnon Provincial Hospital sa Maramag, Bukidnon.

Nasayran sa imbestigasyon sa kapolisan sa Quezon nga ang mga biktima nag-atiman sa ilang food stall alang sa selebrasyon sa Araw ng Barangay sa dihang gipusil sa suspek gamit ang wala masayring kalibre sa armas.

Ang suspek nisibat padulong sa Arakan, North Cotabato ug padayon pa kining gipangita.

Nakuha sa dapit sa krimen ang unom ka kapsola sa bala sa armas.

Padayon pa sab ang imbestigayon sa kapolisan aron pag-ila sa suspek ug pagsuta sa motibo sa krimen. (Diego M. Hidalgo)

Lalaki gitigbas sa pag-umangkon sa Quezon

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Isa ka 58-anyos nga lalaki ang gitigbas sa iyang kainom nga pag-umangkon sulod sa payag sa Purok 6, Brgy. San Roque, Quezon, Bukidnon gabii sa Enero 7, 2024

Sumala sa report sa Quezon Municipal Police Station (QMPS), ang suspek isa ka 42-anyos nga lalaki kinsa residente ra sab sa dapit.

Ang suspek boluntaryong mitahan sa tanod sa barangay.

Pagkahuman, ang suspek ang gitugyan sab ngadto sa buhatan sa kapolisan lakip ang lampas nga gigamit sa krimen.

Sa inisyal nga imbestigasyon, nasayran nga sa wala pa ang insidente, nag-inom ang biktima ug ang suspek sa barongbarong nga nahimutang sa dapit.

Giingon nga human nila mahurot ang botelya sa rum, nag-init ang ilang panaglalis tungod sa kahubog.

Sa wala madugay gitigbas sa suspek ang biktima makaduha ka higayon nga naigo sa nawong ug duha ka mga kamot.

Human sa krimen, midagan palayo ang suspek ug boluntaryong mitahan sa Barangay Tanod, ug gitugyan sab ang gigamit sa krimen.

Ang suspek anaa na karon sa kustodiya sa Quezon MPS alang sa tukmang disposasyon samtang ang biktima gidala sa Quezon Health Center Infirmary aron matambalan. (Diego M. Hidalgo)