RPMA Feeding Program Activity

RPMA, ARMM- To drum off the week long celebration of the 2013 National Maritime Week,  RPMA hosted the feeding program last September 26 at the Philipine Ports Authority Office Cotabato City. This is one of the highlights of this years maritime celebration. The said activity is in collaboration with other partner agencies in the maritime sector.

 
At least five hundred (500) children from Poblacion 5 and 7 around ages 3 to 10 years from a day care center benefited in the said program here in Cotabato City. The children were accompanied by their parents and barangay officials from the two barangay beneficiaries.

The said activity served also as a venue for the children to enjoy and show off their talents in an intermission number.

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Feeding Items

ABS-CBN Interview with RPMA staff

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The Benificiaries

RPMA ON 2013 NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK

COTABATO CITY- Last September 25, 2013 Jump-Started the 2013 National Family Week Celebration in ARMM with the theme “Unity across Generation: A Strong Family, a Strong Society” The Regional Ports Management Authority - ARMM with the other Line Agencies, Bureaus and Offices and its employees joined this celebration and participated in a kick-off parade followed by program at SKCC. DSWD-ARMM spearheads the family week celebration here in ARMM.  

The Family Week Celebration is pursuant to Section 1, Article XV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution which recognizes Family as the foundation of the nation and is regarded as the most important institution of society, further, Proclamation No. 6, declared every last week of September of every year as Family Week in the country which was then issued by Pres. Fidel V. Ramos to give emphasis of strengthening the family. 

The said proclamation was further supported by Presidential Proclamation No. 846, declaring the fourth Sunday of September as Family Thanksgiving Day, a special day for the family to get together.

RPMA-NATIONAL MARITIME WEEK HIGHLIGHTS 'GO GREEN FOR A BLUER SEA!'

Cotabato City- The National Maritime Week is a week-long celebration which culminated on September 23, 2013. The principal objective of celebrating the day is bringing the public closer to the shipping industry and promoting the contribution of the maritime sector and a fitting tribute to the country’s seafarers. The Regional Ports Management Authority –ARMM participated in this year’s celebration of National Maritime Week (NMW) with this year’s celebration evolves on the theme “Sustainable Development: IMO’s Contribution beyond Rio+20, The RPMA-ARMM, however, as its own sub-theme,”   Let us work together for a bluer Sea and Green environment”.    

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) hosts this year’s celebration of National Maritime Week. Aside from RPMA, major players in the week-long celebration (Sept. 23-29, 2013) nationwide include the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), major maritime attached agencies to the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC and Shipping Lines Industries. 

On early morning of September 23, 2013, the event started off with the motorcade which was participated by of all partner agencies and short program was conducted at Philippine Ports Authority Office-Cotabato City headed by the PPA- OIC Port Manager.

The observance of the National Maritime day has served as an avenue to the maritime industry to engage in dynamic interaction and serves as an excellent avenue to raise the level of people’s consciousness on issues and concerns in the maritime industry and its role on maritime sector in nation building.

Planned Activities includes: Clean-up drive within the respective Offices, planting of Ornamental plants within respective Offices, Feeding, Tree planting, and Sports activities.

On the second day of celebration, RPMA-ARMM initiated the clean-up drive within the RPMA premises. RPMA took the initiative of inviting other agencies such as, DENR-ARMM, General Services-ORG, ISS-ARMM, PNP, TESDA, Brgy. Captain of RH 7 and Residence residing near the RPMA vicinity to ensure the cleanliness, proper disposal of the garbage must be observed within the RPMA premises and to gain  the cooperation and helps of every stakeholder in resolving the unpleasant environment or of  “Throwing of the Garbage near the RPMA Office “ be addressed.

The clean-up drive at the RPMA premises on September 27, 2013 was successfully concluded with the help of other agencies and with some residents who were invited.

The activity highlighting the importance of having a clean environment aimed to foster the individual sense of responsibility in the preservation of green environment.

RPMA IN ACTION: PROVIDES TRANSPORT, SERVES STRANDED ARMM CONSTITUENTS BY HUNDREDS DURING ZAMBOANGA SIEGE

RPMA, Cotabato City – The Regional Ports Management Authority (RPMA-ARMM) took the lead in responding for transport for hundreds of passengers, all residents of ARMM, who were left stranded due to the unfortunate and untimely armed clash between the GPH and the rouged MNLF during a month-long Zamboanga siege in September this year.

The significant role and primary concern of the agency is the security of the port facilities and most, the safety and security of the passengers who were stranded since the pier is located near the war zones. 

Spearheaded by the Regional General Manager, Prof. Hanie A. Bud, the RPMA team assisted and facilitated the sending off  of huge number of stranded passengers bound for Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi (BASULTA) and Lamitan City and in close coordination with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA-Zamboanga), Coastguard, Marina, Task Force Zamboanga and Philippine Navy. Also, a significant number of Muslim pilgrims who come from the ARMM island provinces were ferried out of Zamboanga to Cebu City. The pilgrims were expected to board available flights to Manila to try to meet their international flight schedules in time for the observance of Hadj. The agency has accounted to have served 921 pilgrims (Basilan: 409, Sulu: 512 Source: RPMA-ARMM).

On the other hand, the economic condition in maritime industry is relegated because of the Zamboanga siege since the port is amongst the vulnerable target. In normal business hours, there are hundreds of vessels, thousands of cargoes and passengers were served and transported from and in the island provinces however, due to the incidents; all commercial/ private vessel/ships inbound and outbound were suspended at the heights of the standoff in Zamboanga, Lamitan City and Basilan and business transactions were affected.

The RPMA-ARMM is mandated to supervise, manage, administer and operate all ports within the autonomous region’s jurisdiction. The maritime industry plays an important role in achieving socio-economic progress. In fact, shipping remains the major means of transportation in the island provinces by which islands are linked and through which movement of goods and people is achieved. 

In the pursuit of the RPMA’s commitment for peace, development and nation building, being responsive to any emergency conditions in the event of disasters will bring another height to the agency. ###

RPMA-ARMM General Manager, Prof. Hanie Bud (with stripes shirt) in coordination with Coast Guard supervises documentation and facilitation of hundreds of stranded passengers bound for BaSulTa provinces.

ARMM Ports Authority joins ARMM H.E.A.R.T. for thousands of families affected in Zamboanga crisis

The crisis between GPH and MNLF that started on September 9, 2013 took a heavy toll on human lives, damaged properties and displaced more than a hundred thousand civilians who languished in several evacuation centers put up by the government.

With the recurring chaos between the groups hounding the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Gov. Mujiv Hataman has ordered the immediate establishment of ARMM's Humanitarian Action and Response Team (ARMM-HEART) in Zamboanga City to address the dire needs of affected ARMM constituents. Moreover, the centers will attend the needs of Zamboanga constituents displaced by armed conflict.

Distributing relief good, Prof.Hanie A. Bud, GM of RPMA headed the facilitation of the relief goods to the affected families. To date, more than hundreds of evacuees were given help by the RPMA-ARMM in coordination with ARMM-HEART and other donor agencies.

ARMM-HEART, which gained the support of United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and UN High Commissioner for Refugees, is composed of regional government line agencies whose primary function is to respond to peoples' needs during emergencies.

The armed conflict may be over but a humanitarian crisis remains in and even protracted to the ARMM island provinces as more than a hundred thousand displaced families would need long-term support in rebuilding their homes and lives.