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Over 3,000 Davao City government-paid health workers will be receiving their Active Hazard Duty Pay (AHDP) and Special Risk Allowance (SRA) covering September 15 to December 19, 2020.
The City Health Office (CHO) has identified 3,538 health workers, medical, allied-medical, and other personnel who are directly catering to or are in contact with Covid-19 patients. These are either regular employees or contract of service or job order, including accredited and registered Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), who are assigned to hospitals, laboratories, or medical and quarantine facilities.
According to City Budget Officer, Ermelinda Gallego, the list of health workers to receive AHDP and SRA has been sent to the Human Resource Management Office (HRMO) to make sure that no health worker is left behind.
The grant of the AHDP and SRA is per Administrative Order No. 35 and 36 by President Rodrigo Duterte and prescribed in the joint circulars Nos. 1 and 2 series of 2020 of the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
Gallego said that under the AHDP the frontline Human Resources for Health (HRHs) will get P3,000 per month. While under the SRA, the public and private HWs will receive 25 percent of their basic pay.
Read more: Davao City health workers to get hazard pay, risk allowance
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MANILA, December 11 -- Key officials of partner agencies participating in the Duterte administration's Enhanced Partnership Against Hunger and Poverty (EPAHP) program met a year after its creation to assess and formulate directions for the anti-hunger and anti-povery initiative.
"It was December 9 of 2019 that we signed a MOU for EPAHP, which is the banner program of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Zero Hunger," recalled Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, Task Force head.
"We established this to achieve higher agricultural yields among our farmers, increase their revenues, ensure food security and proper nutrition, as well as address hunger in both urban and rural areas throughout the country," the Malacañang official said.
EPAHP started with three agencies: the DSWD, DA, and DAR. Its success spurred expansion and eventually engaged the active involvement of 29 other government offices and development partners, including the OCS, DepEd, NIA, NAPC, DOST, DOH, NNC, DTI, DILG, BJMP, POPCOM, TESDA, LBP, UN FAO, WFP, DICT, DOST-FNRI, BFAR, DBM, DBP, NFA, PCA, ATI, CDA, PCC, NDA and PCIC.
The online anniversary celebration was attended by DSWD Secretary Rolando Bautista, DOST Secretary Fortunato Dela Peña, NIA Administrator (Ret.) Gen. Ricardo Visaya, DAR Usec Emily Padilla, DA Usec Ariel Cayanan, DTI Usec Blesila Lantayona, POPCOM Usec. Juan Perez III, BJMP Chief National Director Allan Iral, DSWD/EPAHP NPMO Director Restituto Macuto, NNC ED Azucena Dayanghirang, DBM Dir. Mary Ann Dela Vega, DOST-FNRI OIC Dir. Dr. Milflor Gonzales, LBP First Vice President Emillie Tamayo, LBP Asst Vice Pres Edgardo Luzano, CDA ED Rey Elevazo, PCC OIC ED Claro Mingla, FAO Ad Interim Representative Ms. Hang Pham, WFP Country Director Matts Persson, NAPC rep Mr. Ronald Mateo and other reps from government offices.
Read more: Stakeholders Assess Government’s Anti-hunger Program
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DAVAO CITY- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 11 launched on Thursday, November 19, its P3-million worth livelihood project to boost productivity and sustainability in former NPA (New People’s Army) rebel-infested areas of Davao Oriental.
The project dubbed ‘Eggsoon sa Kalinaw’ aims to strengthen convergence for peace of program partners in the province to include the provincial government, line agencies, private sector and the military to capacitate and assist three people’s organizations (POs).
The ‘Eggsoon sa Kalinaw’ is an egg production project utilizing layers that will be owned by the three identified people’s organizations who received P1- million each from DOLE11 in a turnover ceremony on Thursday.
Read more: DOLE 11 launches ‘Eggs for Peace’ in former red areas
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DAVAO CITY- About 8,000 farmers in the two municipalities of Davao Oriental are benefiting from the implementation of Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Program (RCEP) of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
This came after the Provincial Agriculture’s Office (PAO) started its distribution of rice seedlings to farmers in Lupon and Governor Generoso in the said province.
In a statement, PAO head Rotchie Ravelo said all rice farmers in the province will be given inbred and hybrid rice seedlings to ensure food security in the country.
He said up to 7,500 bags of rice seedlings will be planted on about 7,000 hectares of rice land in the province that would greatly help elevate the level of production.
Read more: 8,000 farmers in Davao Oriental to benefit DA rice program
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DAVAO CITY – The Province of Davao Oriental bagged this year’s National Rice Achievers Award for its significant contributions to the rice industry.
The award was conferred by the Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary William Dar in the awarding ceremony held via a live teleconference at the Department of Agriculture Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) Office in Quezon City, Manila, on Friday, November 27.
In 2019 Davao Oriental was also adjudged as one of the Country’s top rice producers.
In a statement, Davao Oriental Agriculture Office Head Rotchie Ravelo said that this is the fourth year the province was hailed as a national awardee, the third, second, and first was in 2018, 2015, and 2014, respectively.
Eight other provinces including Davao del Norte were also conferred with Rice Achievers Awards by the DA – Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, Ilocos Norte, Isabela, Cagayan and Bukidnon for Provinces Category A, and Zambales.
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DAVAO CITY- One- hundred sixteen personnel from Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 were sent to Talaingod, Davao del Norte as part of the Bayanihan troops who will build houses for the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in Sitio Tibucag in the said town on Thursday.
PRO 11 Deputy Regional Director for Operations Colonel Edgar Alan Okubo said the provincial government of Davao del Norte through Governor Edwin Jubahib requested the Regional Philippine National Police (PNP) to help them construct 24 bungalow houses in its desire to end the insurgency problem.
He said the project aims to entice the Lumads who believe in the wrong ideology of the communist group to return to the folds of the law and support the government.
Aside from their firearms, they are also armed with hammers, wood saws, shovels, crowbar and other construction and masonry tools to build the houses.
The construction is expected to complete by the second week of December this year.
Read more: Davao Regional police build IP houses in Talaingod
