Instead of beg, this sama-badjau girl, stays in school

When most of her young neighbors opt to just beg on the streets as dictated by culture, she decides to defy and stays in school.

And she is already a few steps up.....

Education: A strong weapon against poverty

At 16 years old, Ustia Daomani, a Sama-Bajau girl, knows where she is heading to. 

“I want to be a businesswoman,” she said.Eldest among the five children of Edari and ArlynDaomani,

 Ustia is doing her best to finish her studies.

From Sitio Side A in Alaska, Mambaling, a community of 910 Sama-Bajaus, Ustia commutes daily ina  trisikad, a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals, to attend school at Gothong National High School at C. Padilla Street, Cebu City where she is a junior high school student.

Ustia is a recipient of educational assistance given by the Department of SocialWelfare and Development through the ComprehensiveProgram for Sama-Bajau implemented in partnership with the local social welfare office of Cebu City.

Recently, Ustia together with other 14 Sama-Bajau youths joined a leadership training conducted by the DSWD.

When asked what she learned from the training, Ustia, without batting an eye said, 

“It gives us skills on how to lead a group and facilitate activities, which we will be doing as youth leaders in our community.”

“I liked the way the training was conducted because it was done through workshops and games.  After each activity, we were asked to share our learning insights,” said Ustia in dialect.

She said their knowledge on things related to being youth leaders have been enhanced because of another training called Empowering Learning Sessions for Indigenous People’sInitiatives or ELIPI carried out by DSWD.  

The ELIPI consists of 6 modules or sessions such as 1) Indigenous Knowledge, System and Practices, 2)Attitude and Capacities 3)Needs as Human Beings, 4)Role Modelling, 5)Traditional System of Organization and 6) Rights Based Approach to Empowerment.

Ustia shared with enthusiasm that she will be discussing the module on the rights of children. 

“Pipilasamgakatungodmaoangkatungodngamaka-eskwela, mahataganogpangalan, magpuyosalimpiyongadapit(some of these rights are the right to be educated, right to have a name and right to live in a clean environment),” Ustia voluntarily mentioned.

Ustia is a shy young lady, but her determination to help her community especially the youths encouraged her to speak before them on July 30, 2016 during the roll-out of ELIPI in her community in Alaska, Mambaling, Cebu City.

“As a member of the Bajau Youth Council, it is my duty to involve them in our activities.  I realized this when I joined the leadership and ELIPI trainings.  I want to help the Sama-Bajau youths particularly in the aspect of education.  It would be a challenging one, but I see the need to do it,”Ustia expressed.

According to Ustia, her group surveyed the entire Sama-Bajau community in Alaska, Mambaling and found out that there are 145 youths in their area. 

 More than half of the number or 81 of them are out-of-school youths (OSY).

“That is why we have to motivate the Sama-Bajau OSYs to go back to school.  I always believe that education is crucial in overcoming poverty among our people,” the seemingly shy but determined Ustia, expressed.

The Sama-Bajaus are traditionally from the many islands of the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines, as well as parts of the coastal areas of Mindanao.

 Most of them have become beggars in the streets.

Education is one area that the Sama-Bajaus need. Most school age children in Ustia’s community do not attend school despite the fact that the public schools are free to attend.

Armed with her vision of becoming a businesswoman someday, to help her parents send her siblings to school, Ustia takes up Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM) Strand, which prepares the  student for a business course in college by introducing the basic subjects in Accountancy, Business, Management, Economics, Finance and Marketing.

“Kining ABM akonggikuha kay maonisiyaang mo-prepararsaakongamahimongnegosyante (I chose ABM because it prepares me to become a businesswoman),” Ustia proudly said.

For Ustia, education is a strong weapon against poverty. This conviction guides her towards achieving her goal. Ustia wants to share this belief with her fellow Sama-Bajaus so that together they will work fortheir community’s development.(DSWD7, Regional Information Office)

CAOCAMPIO sets General Assembly July 22, 2016

APPOINTING an INFORMATION OFFICER is an investment for the LGU.

 

Local INFORMATION OFFICERS do not speak for one man alone, but carry within themselves, the responsibility of creating a free flowing, harmonious exchange between different natures of LGU, Citizenry, Media, World..all the rest follows.

 

Its not glamour, its not power, its lubricating the wheels of governance to turn.

ATTEND this year's first General Assembly of Cao Campio July 22, 2016 at DENR Sudlon.

Election of new set of officers is the highlight and the two day Strategic Planning in 

August

  

We will have trainings and workshops for capacitating the IO's and or the IO office in coming up with communication activities.

Get in touch with the office at 2324062.

 

CAOCAMPIO News Bits: 313 mitahan sa 8 ka LGU's sa Sugbo

Kapin sa 300 ka mag personahe nga nalambigit sa ginadiling droga ang mitahan sa balaod sa walo ka mag local government units sa lalawigan sa Sugbo.

Kini nahitabo sa unang duha ka adlaw rong semana sumala sa mga taho sa mga information officers sa dakbayan sa Mandaue, Carcar, Naga og Danao, ingon man sa mga lalawigan sa Asturias, Tabogon, San Remigio ug Santa Fe sa isla sa Bantayan.

  

         Matod sa Cebu Association of City and Municipal Public Information Officers (CAOCAMPIO) News Bits, mikabat na ug 313 ang natala nga mitahan gikan sa Lunes ngadto sa Martes niining semanaha.

Ang pinakadaghang mitahan mao ang dakbayan sa Mandaue nga mikabat og 160 ka mga indiviiduals, matod sa bag ong natudlo nga information officer Jeany Eve Ynot.

Misunod ang dakbayan sa Carcar, nga matod sa IO nga si Candice Acuna, 50 ang mitahan sa kapolisan niadtong Lunes.

Sa lungsod ni Mayor Zigfred Duterte sa Tabogon, gitaho ni IO Mercedette Toling nga adunay 35 ka mga individuals ang mitahan.

Si Cris Esgana, IO sa lungsod sa Santa Fe Bantayan mitaho nga adunay 30 kabuok ang mitthan fikan sa mga barangay Pooc, Poblacion og Talisay.

Sa lungsod sa San Remigio adunay 15 kabuok ang mitahan lakip na niana ang upat ka mga menor de edad, matod ni IO Nino Ybanez.

Sa dakbayan sa Naga, 11 kabuok ang miatobang sa bag ong Mayor nga si Kristine Chiong ug pito ang natala sa Danao City.

Sa lungsod sa Asturia lima ang mi surrender ug isa niana ang menor de edad.

Ang maong kalambuan avig duso sa pagpahigayon sa “Operation Tukhang” (Tuktuk Hangyo) diin bisitahon sa kapolisan ang mag gidudahan nga tigamitan o tigpayuhot og hangyuon sa pag usab.

Tinguha sa bag o milingkod nga Presidente sa Pilipinas Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte sa paglimpyo og paghunong sa problema sa droga aron makasulod ang mag negosyo. (fcc/PIA7-Cebu)

PWD's better shot at life at AVRC -iCebu

Within the month of July is the National Disability and Prevention Week (NDPR)

Here is our iCebu on some packets of good news gathered by Philippine Information Agency 7 team from individuals benefiting from a government facility addressing their needs 

In today’s world where bad news seems to be filling the papers, digital newsfeeds, radio and television, knowing a couple of victories won by people we thought are incapable, is like a breath of fresh air.

Meet Jemelyn, Divina and Sarah who are among the graduates of the Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center, a government facility designed to empower and reintegrate persons with various forms of disabilities.

*Divina Arna and Sarah Mae Araneta are both blind while Jemelyn Beldad is a polio victim. At AVRC there are deafs, mutes, both and those with other physical impairments.

Divina was a typhoon Yolanda survivor from Borongan, Samar. She narrated seeing her relatives and neighbors suffer prompting her to volunteer in the relief distribution. Little did she know, that she is to experience real suffering, as she began to lose her eyesight,  a year before finishing her Accountancy course. Divina was diagnosed with glaucoma and it was irreversible.

Then she withdrew from the crowd and locked her self in her room most of the time

*Sarah Mae Araneta, from Ubay, Bohol was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa when she was in high school.  It is not a surprise since seven of her 12 siblings unluckily picked a dominant gene from her father, a case of retinal degeneration that could slowly lead to total blindness.

She dropped out from school and just like Divina, just wanted to be alone

*Jemelyn Beldad, of Argao town, is the jolliest among the three.  She had clear skin and well manicured nails and a well maintained curly hair. Because she lives in the farthermost barangay in Argao, it was difficult for her to be brought to the hospital when she had fever for a week. That caused her polio when she was 3 years old. Her polio made her unable to stand and so she said, she gets used to being married to the wheel chair. She never went to school


Fortunately after several days of sulking, the three of them had their respective turning points  and even if they are from distant localities, their roads were led to AVRC.

People running the AVRC said there  the facility runs a variety of skills trainings for PWD’s , allowing then to regain confidence and get a good bat at life and make a livelihood to be independent.

Divina and Sarah May took the three months massage training while Jemelyn had cosmetology.  Jemelyn was happy, it was only at AVRC that she learned how to write.

Now the three of them are earning more than enough for themselves, that they are able to send money to their respective homes.

Divina is very inspired to be able to support her younger sister become a teacher while Sarah May sends to school her three other siblings.

With strong determination and the timely intervention availed from this government facility, the three of them would agree, life lead them to take a better shot.

At AVRC, one does not feel deaf, mute, weak, blind… but courage, hope, passion and inspiration.

From the Philippine Information Agency, Ferliza C. Contratista, iCebu

CAOCAMPIO News bits - 230 drug personalities surrenders ; July 6 holiday

As of press time today, 225 drug personalities surrendered into the folds of the law from the reports gathered by the members of the Cebu Association of City and Municipal Public Information Officer (CAOCAMPIO).

Majority of those who surrendered were from the highly urbanized city of Mandaue.  According to its information officer Jeany Eve Necessario, as of 12 noon there were 160 who surrendered in the various police stations of the city.

In the southwestern town of Asturias, information officer Christian Maningo said there were 10 known pushers and users, including a minor, surrendered to the police.

Also in Naga City, 10 surrendered to new Mayor Kristine Chiong while another one surrendered to the city police, according to information officer Jessica Natad.

In the southern City of Carcar, information officer Candice Acuna reported 50 drug personalities who also returned to the folds of the law.

The campaign is in line with the campaign of the Philippine National Police "Operation Tukhang" or “Toktok, Hangyo” (knock and ask)

Carcar City also conducted its fifth Education Summit today, attended by teachers and parent representatives from the different private and public schools in the city.  This was the report of information officer Candice Acuna.  Photo below.

Carcar City Mayor Nicepuro Apura delivers his education thrusts in his term.

In the town northern town of San Remigio, Nino Ybanez reported the holding of the Municipal "Talakayan" of the "Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan - Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services" (KALAHI-CIDSS).

"Talakayan talks about LGU Governance.... nag evaluate sila thru forum from the Barangay Captains sa mga projects implemented, programs and etc.," according to Ybanez.

KALAHI-CIDSS is a program of the Department of Social and Development (DSWD) which means linking hands to fight poverty.  It is a community-driven development project that aims to empower communities through their enhanced participation in community projects that reduce poverty.

Eidl Fitr Holiday karong Hulyo 6 Merkoles -PP 06

Walay klase ug walay trabaho karong Merkoles Hulyo 6 sa pag uban sa tibuok Pilipinhon sa usa ka kapistahan sa mga Muslims.

Gipirmahan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte ang Proclamation Number 06 karong adlawa Hulyo 4, 2016 didto sa Malacanang.

Kini usa ka Regular Holiday.

Alang sa kasayuran kabahin sa komputasyon mahimong mangutana sa Department of Labor and Employment o DOLE.

Kining maong kapistahan mao ang pag saulog sa Eid'l Fitr nga nagtapos sa buwan sa pag puasa nga mao ang "Ramadan".


Gituyo ang maong pagdeklarar aron mapahingusgan ang relasyon tali sa mga Kristyanos og mga Muslim.

Ginadili ang pagpuasa niining adlawa alang sa mga Muslim og sila magabuhat una og "washing" o pagpanglimpyo una sila muadto sa panagtigom sa komunidad. Kasagaran niini adto sa mga mosque aron magabuhat og espesyal nga pag ampo.

Human niana adunay panagtigom ang mga Muslim kauban ilang pamilya og mga higala.

Eidl Fitr Holiday karong Hulyo 6 Merkoles -PP 06

Walay klase ug walay trabaho karong Merkoles Hulyo 6 sa pag uban sa tibuok Pilipinhon sa usa ka kapistahan sa mga Muslims.

Gipirmahan ni Presidente Rodrigo Duterte ang Proclamation Number 06 karong adlawa Hulyo 4, 2016 didto sa Malacanang.

Kini usa ka Regular Holiday.

Alang sa kasayuran kabahin sa komputasyon mahimong mangutana sa Department of Labor and Employment o DOLE.

Kining maong kapistahan mao ang pag saulog sa Eid'l Fitr nga nagtapos sa buwan sa pag puasa nga mao ang "Ramadan".


Gituyo ang maong pagdeklarar aron mapahingusgan ang relasyon tali sa mga Kristyanos og mga Muslim.

Ginadili ang pagpuasa niining adlawa alang sa mga Muslim og sila magabuhat una og "washing" o pagpanglimpyo una sila muadto sa panagtigom sa komunidad. Kasagaran niini adto sa mga mosque aron magabuhat og espesyal nga pag ampo.

Human niana adunay panagtigom ang mga Muslim kauban ilang pamilya og mga higala.

CEBUANO video - Pahimangno sa CSC sa bag ong administrasyon

Ania ang pahimangno sa Civil Service Commission (CSC) sa mga bag-ong milingkod sa pagtamod kanunay sa mandato sa pagtudlo og pagtangtang sa mga empleyado sa gobyerno.

Ginadili ang pagtudlo sa mga kapamilya o kaparyentihan, pagtangtang nga way basehanan og uban pa.

Mahimong musumbong sa CSC pinaagi sa pag click sa www.csc.gov.ph

Alang sa ubang iCebu..pangitaa lamang ang iCebu sa www.youtube.com