Gov vetoes ordinances creating history officer, fixed SP staff posts

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/06 October) Gov. Alex P. Calingasan vetoed two ordinances passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in May and August 2011, according to a copy of his letter to the provincial board. The provincial board passed in May 18, 2011 Ordinance No. 2011-023R or the “Ordinance permanently providing staff personnel in the [...]

Malaybalay’s Social Action Center pilots 2 villages in leadership drive

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/07 October) To address poverty and lack of livelihood opportunities at the village level, the church has to do its role in social action. In Bukidnon, the Diocese of Malaybalay has changed tack. Before organizing livelihood projects, they are now engaging the communities in a community leadership drive using ‘model [...]

Killer buses in Bukidnon highways: In 2011 – 9 deaths in 32 RTMI bus accidents

Special Report (First of a series) MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News Dispatch/06 October) –  Jerry Villamor, who works for the municipal government of Manolo Fortich was operating the town’s crane on September 6 in Mangima, Tankulan village. They were responding to a vehicular accident that happened earlier. A Starex van fell off the road and they [...]

Malaybalay joins World Teachers Day celebration

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News/ 05 October) — Schools in the city celebrated the World Teachers Day today with showcases of talents and students’ appreciation. More than 7,000 students and 270 teachers from Bukidnon National High School (BNHS) held a two-part program with video presentations for teachers and intermission numbers from faculty members. There was also [...]

House approves Bukidnon’s 4th legislative district – records

MALAYBALAY CITY – (Bukidnon News Dispatch/04 October) The House of Representatives approved Monday House Bill No. 5236 or the “Act Reapportioning the Province of Bukidnon into four legislative districts,” House records obtained by Bukidnon News showed. The House approved the bill on third reading on October 3, 2011 with 217-0-0 votes, barely a month after [...]

Capitol proposes P1.33B 2012 budget, SP scheds marathon hearings

MALAYBALAY CITY (Bukidnon News Dispatch/04 October)–  Gov. Alex Calingasan has proposed a P1.330 billion budget for 2012, about P50 million short compared to the provincial government’s 2011 budget of P1.379 billion. The Provincial Government of Bukidnon, which received an internal revenue allotment of P1.311 billion in 2011, will receive only P1.249 billion this year or [...]

SPECIAL REPORT: Tribal leaders to withhold support for Pulangui V

By Carrell C. Magno and Laurie Ailynne M. Benito Bangsamoro Center for Just Peace (via Bukidnon News with permission from VERA Files) Leaders of indigenous communities in Bukidnon have refused to engage in any discussion over the planned construction of the Pulangui V Hydroelectric Project (HEP), until dam proponents submit a cultural impact assessment that [...]

Bukidnon, NorthMin organic rice country by 2013, says expert

SINAYAWAN, Valencia City (Bukidnon News Dispatch/28 Sept)— An organic rice expert from the National Irrigation Administration predicted that Bukidnon and the rest of Northern Mindanao’s rice lands will be organic by 2013 with a program boosting the demonstration of organic rice farming throughout the region. Ildefonso Natingga Jr, NIA-10 organic rice demonstration officer, told Bukidnon [...]

Bukidnon Views: Bukidnon Culture: The Knowledge by Loreta Sol L. Dinlayan (Fourth of a series)

Bukidnon Views: Bukidnon Culture: The Knowledge By Loreta Sol L. Dinlayan (Fourth of a series) (Bukidnon News releases this five-part series on the Bukidnon culture with permission from the author. These materials have been previously published by the BSU Ethno-cultural Museum and the Bukidnon Heritage Foundation. The script, Ms. Dinlayan says, in its simplest form, [...]

New therapy clinic opens in Malaybalay

MALAYBALAY CITY- A clinic that is a first in the city to offer a combination of physical therapy (PT) services, medical massage and gym facilities, just opened recently in Malaybalay City at Sayre highway across Carbajal and Damasco Streets, near Mama Lo’s Kusina. Rocco Pablito F. Intong, Jr., proprietor and a licensed physical therapist whom [...]

TESDA Bukidnon offers new scholarship programs

MALAYBALAY CITY –The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Provincial Office of Bukidnon, announced through a press release about their on-going acceptance of applicants for the various scholarship programs availabe in their office, specifically for the following qualifications:

TESDA gives nat’l certification tests bound for CS eligibility

MALAYBALAY CITY— The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will continue its 2nd round of free certification tests for electricians, computer technicians, welders and other “middle-level jobs” this Sept. 12. During the Bukidnon Monthly Convocation Program on September 5, Catherine Milagros R. Galapon, TESDA provincial director, called for applicants in the Skills Assessments and [...]

Implementation of 4Ps “difficult to monitor” in Bukidnon

MALAYBALAY CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development’s conditional cash transfer program dubbed Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) is difficult to monitor, Christopher Capinpin, the program’s provincial coordinator, admitted to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Wednesday. Capinpin spoke in an inquiry by provincial board members on the status of the program’s implementation in the province. [...]

DOLE-Bukidnon sets up job fairs

The Department of Labor and Employment in Bukidnon announced that the agency will conduct employment facilitation, in two locations in the province, on September 07 and on September 15 at 8am to 3pm. On September 07, DOLE will be at the Impasug-ong Covered Court and on September 15 at the Valencia City Gym to accommodate [...]

Bukidnon PSWD chief: AIFCS useless

MALAYBALAY CITY – The Aid to Individuals and Families in Crisis Situations (AIFCS) is useless in helping the poor, Arsenio Alagenio, Bukidnon provincial social welfare and development officer, told the Malaybalay City Council Tuesday.