PIA-Bukidnon

  MALAYBALAY CITY (PIA) — Cultural barriers and disparities in access to technology, job opportunities, and wages limit rural women from engaging in digital platform work.  This was according to a recent study published by  the  Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).   Authored by research consultants Paul John M. Peña and Vince Eisen C. Yao, the study titled “DigitALL for Her: Futurecasting Platform Work for Women in Rural Philippines” probed the digital platform work phenomenon in rural areas and the underlying conditions that make inclusive and decent work possible for both women and men. Peña and Yao observed that limited access to devices, erratic power supply, connectivity issues, and digital anxiety among users hound efforts to make rural areas and their residents digitally ready for online jobs. Some respondents admitted being hesitant about learning and using computers even if they knew how to use a smartphone. In some areas like island barangays, digitaljobsPH t

  QUEZON, Bukidnon (PIA)– Gibansay ang kapin gatos ka mga kabatan-onan sa Quezon, Bukidnon aron sila mahimo’ng maayo nga modelo o impluwensya sa ilang komunidad kay anaa nila ang  ‘ potential ’  nga mahimong  ‘leaders’  sa lungsod sa umaabot. Kini atol sa gipahigayong tulo ka adlaw nga Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) 2022 nga nagsugod gikan Disyembre 20 hangtud 22  ning  tuig. S i Mayor  Pablo “ Poling ”  Lorenzo  III miingon nga  nakita niya ang malaumon  nga kaugmaon  sa lungsod  ubos  sa pagdumala sa mga bag-ong henerasyon  nga  mga lideres kay duna na silay kaalam sa angay pagabuhaton. “ Ang kabatan-onan ang kaugmaon sa lungsod busa kinahanglan sila giyahan ug dugang kahibalo nga makaandam sa ilahang ugma. Dinhi nagkat-on sila og sense of responsibility, pagkamabinantayon sa palibot, panaghigalaay, pagtinabangay, ug daghan pa nga para sa kaayohan sa m o sunod nga henerasyon ,” matud sa mayor. Youth leadership summit gi-organisa sa Quezon LGU kauban ang Sangguniang Kabataan,  Aktibong

  MALAYBALAY CITY (PIA) — The Philippine economic growth is projected to weaken in 2023 as the global economic environment deteriorates. This was according to a recent study published by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) and authored by Senior Research Fellow Margarita Debuque-Gonzales, Supervising Research Specialist John Paul Corpus, and Research Analyst Ramona Maria Miral. In last year’s issue of the  PIDS Economic Policy Monitor  (EPM), the authors projected a “rough recovery” from the COVID-19 pandemic considering factors such as intermittent quarantines and weak business and consumer confidence.  In their recent paper, the authors anticipate further rough sailing this year and the next, as the country faces a new set of headwinds, with inflation becoming a global issue and leading to widespread monetary tightening, which presages a broad slowdown.  “Financial volatility in advanced countries has been spilling over to emerging market economies, i

  MANOLO FORTICH, Bukidnon (PIA) — A group of  local government unit (LGU) workers  from Manolo Fortich visited  its  District Jail  on December 22,   for  a gift-giving activity  with  192 Persons Deprived of Liberty (PDL s ) . Employees  delivered snacks and hygiene kits to the PDLs, who were overjoyed to receive the gifts during the holiday season. ‘ Lando ,’ o ne of the beneficiaries, expressed his gratitude by saying,  “ Thank you so much to the employees of the local government for showing  us your  love and generosity. These gifts are so meaningful to us and we are hoping that your love and kindness, especially to the needy, will continue and foster." The jail warden, Chief Inspector Arnel S. Nacasabog, also thanked employees for their efforts and generosity. He explained that Municipal Local Government Operations Officer Cherry Lou B. Lafuente came up with the idea for the Christmas Wish Tree, which allowed PDLs to express their wishes. Lafuente, who led the gift-giving ac

  MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon (PIA)—Gitugyan sa Department of Agriculture sa Northern Mindanao (DA-NorMin) ang P4.5 milyones nga recirculating rice dryer ngadto sa Simaya Agrarian Reform Cooperative (Simaya ARC)  sa barangay Simaya, Malaybalay City. Ang pasilidad dunay drying capacity nga unom ka tonelada sulod sa 8-16 ka oras ug gipundohan sa Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (AMAD) sa ahensya sa kantidad nga P2.78 milyones gikan sa Bayanihan 2 nga pundo, nga dunay counterpart sa kagamhanan sa dakbayan sa Malaybalay sa kantidad nga P1,763,025. Si DA-NorMin Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado miingon nga ang Simaya ARC maoy usa sa pipila nga giila nga  aktibo  nga mga kooperatiba sa lokalidad, nga dunay 118 ka miyembro nga naglangkob sa mga 400 ka ektarya sa humay nga molapad ngadto sa kapin sa 700 ka ektarya ngadto sa silingang mga umahan nga barangay. Ang Supervising Agriculturist sa DA-10 AMAD nga si Ferdinand Caraballe miingon nga ang mga kooperatiba ug asosas

  MALAYBALAY CITY   (PIA) — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) turned   over a completed Farm-to-Market Road   (FMR) in  Malaybalay City on December 22 . Amalia A. Propia, City Local Government Operations Officer for the DILG, said that the completed P8.5 million FMR will benefit villagers in Barangay Kulaman and neighboring communities, particularly in transporting farm products to nearby markets. Records showed that  Barangay Kulaman is one of the conflict-affected barangay s  in the city. After the institutionalization of  Executive  O rder No.  70  which establishes engagements and campaigns to E nd  L ocal  C ommunis t Armed Conflict (ELCAC),  through the Community Support Program (CSP) of the Philippine Army, Barangay Kulaman has been declared insurgency - free and was included in the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP). Malaybalay   City Mayor Jay Warren R. Pabillaran  said the road project  has been one of the priority concerns of the city and