BUTUAN CITY – It has been seven years since a once reticent Virginia Carreos, 54, first commanded the stage and grappled with her confidence to speak before a large crowd and deliver their barangay’s sub-project proposal. It’s also her seventh year of serving as the Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (BSPMC) head witnessing those proposals realized and continue reading : That steadfast woman we all know as leader
A chief resolution
BUTUAN CITY – As a day care worker way back in 2002, Gloria Leuterio’s mission in a modest village of Mat-e in Cagwait, Surigao del Sur was to simply look at the welfare of toddlers. She also makes hats made from indigenous materials to augment an income which can barely feed her family of five. Each continue reading : A chief resolution
The Agony and the Ecstacy in a Quiet, Thirsty Village (As narrated by Edgar Custodio, community volunteer of barangay Sisimon, Veruela, Agusan del Sur to the writer)
Our breakfast starts at three in the morning with empty stomachs. My family prefers taking their queue in what seems to be a stretch of vampires racing against time to fill our water containers. Being the head of the family, I also make sure that we are the first in line to fill-up our kiokmay (plastic water continue reading : The Agony and the Ecstacy in a Quiet, Thirsty Village (As narrated by Edgar Custodio, community volunteer of barangay Sisimon, Veruela, Agusan del Sur to the writer)
The girl that prayed for her village
Sometime on a rainy June 2005, a six-year-old girl was found dead in the river. This little girl tried to cross a bridge that linked her village, Barangay Tag-oyango, to the other side, the town proper of Sibagat. She was found dead days after she drowned in the town of Esperanza located along the Agusan continue reading : The girl that prayed for her village
Five performing KC towns implement Makamasang Tugon
BUTUAN CITY, Caraga Region – Five (5) municipalities implement Makamasang Tugon (MT) in Caraga Region.These municipalities are Libjo, Dinagat Islands; Socorro and Pilar in Surigao del Norte; Jabonga, Agusan del Norte and Loreto, Agusan del Sur.The implementation started on September of this year and will end on April 2011. The Makamasang Tugon is a new special continue reading : Five performing KC towns implement Makamasang Tugon