DAR holds training on audit management

More than 50 officers of various cooperatives completed the three-day audit management course sponsored recently by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Ilocos Norte.

The said live-in training was conducted in two batches in order to accommodate all the representatives of 17 participating cooperatives in the province.

According to Engr. Vic M. Ines, OIC provincial agrarian reform program officer, the course aims to develop the basic competencies of the audit committees of the cooperatives.

“This will help them ensure adequate and effective management and control system,” Mr. Ines stressed.

The training featured lectures on the important elements of internal audit, review of the books of accounts and other financial records and the preparation of internal audit plan.

Remely O. Julian, senior agrarian reform program officer, said the lectures were given by accounting graduates who are members of the pool of trainers of the Program Beneficiaries Development Division of DAR-Ilocos Norte.

“Aside from lectures, the participants were also given individual works,” she disclosed.

Ms. Julian added that the receptiveness of the participants was assessed through observation, group discussions, examinations and case studies with simulated exercises.

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Laoag Mayor Chevylle V. Farinas has approved the implementation of three Community-Managed Potable Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (CPWASH) projects of DAR-Ilocos Norte in Laoag City.

The CPWASH is a low-cost technology that guarantees continuous flow of clean water in rural communities. It channels water through pipes and into a concrete jar-shaped water tank which is equipped with iron removal and bio-sand filters.

Another component of CPWASH is the installation of a biogas digester. It is a sanitation facility that produces methane gas from livestock manure and converts it to liquefied petroleum gas for cooking.

Ms. Farinas said the city government will allocate a counterpart fund for the installation of CPWASH facilities at Brgys. Lagui-Sail, Bacsil North and Bacsil South.

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BARD NOTES: Happy bard-reading to Ilocos Norte Governor Imee R. Marcos, Laoag City Mayor Chevylle V. Farinas, Laoag City Vice Mayor Michael V. Farinas, Ilocos Norte Provincial Treasurer Josephine P. Calajate, INWD General Manager John Teodoro, Dr. Miramar Bumanglag, DAR-Ilocos Norte OIC PARPO II Vic M. Ines, DAR-Ilocos Norte CAO Rudy Acacio and PNB Laoag Branch Manager Metty V. Guerrero.

Greetings also to the employees of AMA Laoag, DAR Ilocos Norte, DepEd Laoag, Vertext Handyphones, PNB Laoag and to the residents of Barangay 6, San Agustin, Laoag City.

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At least 17 cooperatives participated in the audit management training recently conducted by the provincial office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Ilocos Norte. (Jopo Guerrero)

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