South Cotabato dad to support PEMO’s SWM Eco-Caravan
Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Member Hilario de Pedro VI, SP Committee Chair on Environment, vowed to support the program of the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) dubbed Solid Waste Management (SWM) Eco-Caravan which will start in 2018. In an interview, SP Member de Pedro said that the new program is laudable since its objective is to […]
Governor Fuentes inaugurates Simbo Bridge

Governor Daisy Avance Fuentes led the blessing and inauguration recently of the P20-million 35-meter Simbo Bridge located at Barangay Simbo, an agro-industrial area where banana plantations and a packing plant thrived, in the municipality of Tupi. Simbo Punong Barangay Eliberto Prudente formally welcomed the guests and visitors, which include Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) Officer-in-Charge (OIC) […]
PMRB conducts Yearend Meeting

A Special Meeting was conducted by the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) early this week at the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) to discuss the application of some quarry operators doing business in the province. PMRB chaired by DENR-MGB 12 Regional Director Efren Carido together with PEMO chief Siegfred Flaviano, Belen Fecundo of South Cotabato […]
PEMO to build RCA, Septic Vault at IPEMC

The Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) will build a Residual Containment Area (RCA) with Septic Vault as an additional facility to the existing Health Care Waste Treatment Facility (HCWTF) of the province located at the Integrated Provincial Environment Management Center (IPEMC) in Tinongcop, Tantangan. Environment Management Specialist I Jobie de Jesus, disclosed in an interview […]
Gov Fuentes leads Yearend PDC meeting

Governor Daisy Avance Fuentes yesterday led the yearend meeting of the Provincial Development Council (PDC), the province’s highest planning and policy-making body, that was hosted by LGU Polomolok. The highlight of the whole day activity was the presentation of the result of the Naci Dike Assessment presented by Engr. Jessie Manuta, Naci Dike Assessment Team […]
Yearend PDC meeting to tackle Naci Dike Assessment, Sectoral concerns

The Yearend Provincial Development Council (PDC) meeting slated on December 12 and hosted by the municipality of Polomolok will tackle the result of the Naci Dike Assessment and updates from PDC Sectoral and Functional Committees, the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) said. PDC members led by Governor Daisy Avance Fuentes, PDC Chair, will listen […]
PEMO capacitates health care waste facility workers

Personnel manning the operations and management of the province’s Health Care Waste Treatment Facility (HCWTF) located within the Integrated provincial Environment management Center (IPEMC) at Tinongcop, Tantangan have undergone a 3-day technical capacitation training recently. Sponsored by RAD Green Solutions Inc., a Davao City-based company that supplied the pyro-clave system of the HCWTF, the participants […]
Small-Scale Miners undergo capacity-building training

55 small-scale miners (SSM), composed of tunnel workers and ball mill operators, underwent a one-day training on safety and health recently at the Minahang Bayan Center located in the mining town of T’boli. The said capacity-building seminar entitled “Training on Safety & Health in the Underground and Cyanidation Plant” was sponsored by the Provincial Environment […]
Marbel 1, Colongulo – 2017 Search for Model School in SWM champions

Marbel 1 Central Elementary School of Koronadal City and Colongulo National High School of Surallah bested other schools in their respective category as they emerged as champions in the 2017 Search for Model Schools in Solid Waste Management, an annual contest of the Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO). It was a sweet victory for Marbel […]
PEO reports P199-M completed infra projects in 9 months

Sixty-four (64) infrastructure projects with a total project cost of P 198,929,507.24 were completed for the period January to September, the Provincial Engineering Office (PEO) reported. But PEO added in their report that the list of completed projects, which are either vertical or horizontal structures, were finished with an actual cost of P143,447,053.60 only. The […]