Exec hails crafting of Misor citizen’s charter

ASSISTANT secretary Emeterio Genaro Jose S. Moreno of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Thursday lauded the provincial government of Misamis Oriental for crafting its Citizen’s Charter, in pursuance to Republic Act no. 9485, better known as the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007.
“Not all agencies of government and local government units have formulated their Citizen’s Charter. Misamis Oriental provincial government is among the few that have launched their Citizen’s Charter,” said Moreno during the simple rites to launch the Citizen’s Charter at the Capitol Kiosk in Cagayan de Oro.
The crafting of the Citizen’s Charter came after governor Oscar S. Moreno, older brother of the DILG assistant secretary, issued an executive order in November last year, creating a Citizen’s Charter Task Force that was headed by provincial administrator Patrick U. Gabutina.
For several days, members of the Citizen’s Charter Task Force examined the functions and focused on the basic services that every office in the provincial government is mandated to perform and deliver.
These were then compiled in one book that shall be known as the Citizen’s Charter of Misamis Oriental.
In his message, which form part of the book,
governor Oscar S. Moreno said: “Any effort, deliberately or unintentionally and for whatever reason, which results to one’s failure to efficiently and effectively deliver what is expected of him could affect the entire performance of the provincial government bureaucracy.”
Also, the regional director of the Civil Service Commission, Atty. Lourdes Clavite-Vidal, stated in her message that “the crafting of the Citizen’s Charter is only the beginning of the attainment of our vision” and that “the bigger challenge is in the adhering to the service standards contained in the said charter.”
In fact, DILG-10 regional director Loreto T. Bhagwani was even more specific when he succinctly wrote in his message that “with the Citizen’s Charter, the public is guided very clearly where to go, what to do and what to bring, to facilitate his request or transaction.”
Incidentally, the launch of the Citizen’s Charter was held when Misamis Oriental marked its 80th foundation anniversary as a province. URIEL C. QUILINGUING

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TIPC strengthens forces in Misor

MISOR TODAY:
THE Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC), Misamis Oriental-Cagayan de Oro Chapter, in an effort to further develop strong interpersonal relationships among its members, is bringing its member-organizations and companies to a one-day team-building session in Obrero Resort, Kawayanon, Camp Philips, Bukidnon, on January 30 this year.
Rowena I. Acharon, TIPC vice chair for management sector, said the activity is likewise aimed at fostering awareness of the TIPC spirit and reinforce commitment to the council’s shared goals and objectives.
Functioning under the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), TIPC is composed of government and non-government offices and business entities that are committed to sustain industrial peace, through dynamic tripartism in attaining harmonious relationship between labor and management towards socio-economic development.
In Northern Mindanao, it is chaired by DOLE 10 Regional Director Allan Macaraya of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), with members like Del Monte Philippines, Concentrix Corporation, Liceo de Cagayan University, Ororama Chain of Superstores, Madonna and Child Hospital, AWATU, Aboitiz, Holcim Phils, De Oro Bayanihan, Serge Construction, Pryce Plaza Hotel, Gaisano, and BusinessWeek Mindanao, as well as the different government agencies.

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New M’nao dev’t body gains ground

THE BICAMERAL conference committee last week approved a measure that seeks to form the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), with lawmakers eyeing its final ratification.
Lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives have consolidated Senate Bill 3496 and House Bill 6958 which seek to accelerate growth and development in Mindanao by institutionalizing a central planning agency for the entire island.
The bill seeks to strengthen and rename the existing Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCo), which was formed on March 1992 through Executive Order 512 issued by the late former President Corazon C. Aquino.
Undersecretary Virgilio L. Leyretana, Sr., MEDCo chairman, described the current body as a mere “ad hoc...coordinating” agency.
He said in a phone interview that with the passage of the measure, the envisioned new agency will not only closely coordinate with national agencies, but will implement policies and programs for the socioeconomic development of the entire island.
He said, however, that MinDA will still have to submit recommendations to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).
Mr. Leyretana noted there are about 18 ad hoc bodies that have been overseeing various aspects of Mindanao development through the years, meaning they were replaced, subsumed to other agencies, or abolished altogether with a change in national leadership.
Hence, he said, the need for a more permanent structure if Mindanao’s promise as a resource-rich island is to be realized.
Camarines Sur Rep. Felix R. Alfelor, Jr. (4th district), chairman of the House panel to the bicameral committee, said the body will also act as the Philippine coordinating office for the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-the Philippines East-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA), especially for projects of the sub-regional grouping that will be implemented in the country.
Senator Edgardo J. Angara, Senate panel chairman, agreed to a proposal by the House panel to rename the agency as MinDA, from the originally proposed name, Mindanao Economic Development Authority (MEDA), saying development on the island should not be understood as being confined to the economic sphere but should also embrace the social and political realms.
MinDA will also be directly under the Office of the President and its chairman will have Cabinet rank, compared to MEDCo’s current status as being under NEDA supervision.
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel F. Zubiri and Mr. Alfelor said the measure will be scheduled for ratification by both chambers today.
Mr. Leyretana noted that it took 19 years to get the measure to where it is now. “This is not only a landmark bill because it took us 19 years to get through the legislative mill; this will have a high impact [sic] on Mindanao.”
The 8th Congress ratified the MEDA bill in 1991, but this was vetoed by the late former Pres. Aquino, who then instead issued EO 512 forming MEDCo.

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Cerge: Media’s role is to promote understanding not conflict

By RUTCHIE AGUHOB
CAGAYAN de Oro City––Press Secretary Cerge M. Remonde’s demise is certainly a loss to the media community who has looked up to this “struggling probinsiyano” broadcast journalist, as a role model.
From his humble beginnings in Cebu, he was able to rise up and conquer the walls of Malacañang, a feat that no other mediaman, in the past, has done.
This was how Ditas Gualberto, Station Manager of DXIM-Radyo ng Bayan and Vincent Jaudian, President of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC), together with the rest of the media in the city, described their grief over the death of a “friend and leader.”
He was guest speaker of the club’s 58th induction ceremonies during the celebration of the Media Week in May, last year, almost four (4) months after he was appointed Press Secretary by Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Feb. 1.
Addressing the COPC members in English interspersed with “Cebuano,” he expounded on the power of the media and the role mediamen play in today’s Philippine setting, and we quote:
“Let us be cautious of the power of media even as we congratulate the mediamen for their dedication and dynamism in doing their job as messengers of truth.
“Power for its own sake is dirty and only becomes meaningful if used for the common good. With power comes great responsibility. We all know how important is the role that we play, because we define the issues of the day.
“We have the power to create and the power to build but we also have the power to destroy. This power can make you ‘intoxicated’ as some of our colleagues have been intoxicated wrongly.
‘Kon ang usa ka mediaman, usa ka brodkaster o usa ka magsusulat masayop, ang kasaypanan nga iyang mahimo mopatay sa kamatuoran ug kung mamatay ang kamatuoran, kita magapos sa kangitngit sa ka-ignorante.’ (A wrong-doing of a mediaman, he be in broadcast or print, can kill the truth and once the truth is dead, it makes people live in the confines of darkness and ignorance).
“Only the truth can set us free and once it is dead because of our wrong-doing, then we have been irresponsible in our practice.
“We know that politics in this country has been made into a commercial proposition instead of a noble public service.
“So that the challenge for us is to improve the quality of politics by improving the quality and level of public and political conditions, which we can do, since we are the ones that dictate the political, civic and public discourse.
“So now we wonder, ‘Ngano nakabaton kita ug katilingban nga nagkagubot ug nagkaguliyang? Di ba kaha nga kita nakatampo niining maong kagubot ug kaguliyang.’ (Why do we have a society that is in disarray and chaos? Have we not contributed to this situation?).
“Are we promoting understanding which is the purpose of communication? Is the kind of dialogue we are pushing, one that generates heat? Remember that when we generate heat, we kindle fire and when we start that fire, we will end up in social conflagration.
“Yet, when we generate light, we create illumination and understanding and in understanding we can arrive at a better social comfort.”
Obviously referring to his being a ‘Cebuano,’ the dialect of most people in the city, he said:
“If Latin is the language to communicate with God, German with that of the horse and French with that of love, then “ang atong kaugalingong pinulongan mao ang lingguwahe sa atong kasing-kasing (Our own dialect is the language of our hearts).” (PIA-10)

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