4 ka classroom matukod sa Tagpangi Elem. School

DUGANG 4 ka classroom ang matukod diha sa Tagpangi Elementary School.

Kini human gisubhan sa miaging semana ang duha ka andanang edipisyo nga adunay upat ka lawak saringan nga mobalor og P29.8 milyones.

Si Konsehal Suzette Magtajas-Daba, Chairman sa Komite sa Edukasyon, kusganong midayeg ug nagpasalamat sa kagamhanan ubos ni Mayor Klarex Uy uban sa pag-abag sa Department of Education (DepEd) tungod sa paghatag og kahigayonan nga makakab-ot sa kaarangan sa kinabuhi ang katawhan sa dakbayan.

Gipasabot sa konsehal nga ang maong edipisyo dako og ikatabang sa kabataan aron makabaton og de kalidad nga edukasyon dili lamang sa Barangay Tagpangi lakip na sa ilang mga kasikbit nga dapit tungod kay anaa naman sa ilang tugkaran ang tunghaan.

Oro dads earmark funds to pay unpaid salaries, other benefits to employees

Several employees of City Hall can now be paid of their unpaid salaries and wages and other benefits.

This, after the 20th City Council, during its regular session on Monday, presided over by City Vice Mayor Bebot Rodriguez, enacted separate ordinances appropriating funds for the benefits of employees assigned at the City College of Cagayan de Oro as well as at the City Economic Enterprises and Business Development Administration (CEEBDA) due to step increment.

The ordinances were reviewed and endorsed by the Committees on Finance, Budget and Appropriations and Laws and Rules respectively chaired by Councilors Yan Lam Lim and Edgar S. Cabanlas.

MOA for caves management ok’d

TO ensure that caves are preserved, developed, and managed, the 20th City Council, presided over by Vice Mayor Bebot Rodriguez, enacted an ordinance authorizing City Mayor Rolando A. Uy to enter into and sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Region 10 (DENR) to co-manage four (4) caves located in the city.

Under the MOA, the DENR will regulate the collection and removal of cave resources from Kweba de Oro and Macahambus Cave in Bayanga, Langag Cave in Dansolihon, and Mambuaya Crystal Cave, which are classified as Class II caves based on DENR Memorandum Circular 2012-03.

Being the lead agency commissioned to enforce Republic Act No. 9072, otherwise known as the ‘Cave Act’, it shall also provide training and technical assistance to the Local Government of Cagayan de Oro to monitor and oversee the effective implementation of the cave management plan.

For its part, the City shall enact necessary ordinances and provide manpower and financial resources for the protection, conservation, and management of the caves, with the City Environment and Natural Officer assuming the tasks and functions of the agreement.

The City will also integrate the cave management plan in the land use, investment, and revenue plans of the city especially on agriculture and nature-based ecotourism ventures, while ensuring that the locals are provided livelihood assistance by hiring them as porters, guides, and maintenance workers.

The legislation was sponsored by the Committee on Environment chaired by Councilor Roger G. Abaday.