The Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. XIII is one with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Caraga Regional Office in the celebrations of the Environment Month and Philippine Eagle’s Week during the Kick-off Activity on June 4, 2018 in Butuan City. The theme of the 2018 Environment Month is Beat Plastic Pollution: If you can’t reuse it, refuse it while the theme of the Philippine Eagle’s Week is Ipagdiwang ang Pagkakaisa para sa Malayang Agila. The Environment Month Celebration covers the period of June 1-30, 2018 while the Philippine Eagle’s Week Celebration is from June 4-10, 2018. The activity started with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass at St. Joseph’s Cathedral which was followed by a motorcade from Guingona Park to Robinsons Place Butuan where the program was held. The DENR Caraga Regional Office and its line agencies such as Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau-Forest and Timber continue reading : MGB RXIII joins DENR Caraga’s Environment Month and Philippine Eagle’s Week Celebrations
In keeping with the GAD Program and Initiatives of the National Government, the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Regional Office No. XIII conducted the Forum on Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 on May 8, 2018 at the MGB RXIII Training Center in Surigao City. The MGB RXIII Gender and Development Focal Point System organized the said in-house forum which was attended by the employees. Ms. Florian T. Trinidad, Provincial GAD Focal Person and Officer-in-Charge of Provincial Center for Women’s Training and Development of Surigao del Norte, took part in the forum as the Resource Speaker. She gave a comprehensive presentation on the Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995. Ms. Trinidad has been in government service for 20 years. After having obtained intensive trainings and gained expertise from the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) from 2012-2016 during the strengthening of the PCW-AECID (Agencia Española de Cooperacion Internacional para el Desarollo) Project on the continue reading : MGB RXIII conducts GAD Forum on RA 7877