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Relief assistance for 'Quinta' victims in WV reaches P7.8-M
- Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=901357801027
- Thursday, January 10, 2013
- By Jaime S. Cabag, Jr. (JCM/JSC-PIA6)
ILOILO CITY, Jan 10 (PIA6) -- Relief assistance worth P7.8 million have already been extended by the Department of Social Welfare and Development – 6 (DSWD-6) as well as by local government units to families and individuals adversely affected by typhoon “Quinta” in Western Visayas especially in the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo.
The assistance included family food packs part of which National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Office of Civil Defense Administrator Usec. Benito Ramos brought with him when he visited areas in the region affected by Quinta.
Included in the DSWD assistance was the P10, 000 financial aid released by the agency to every family of typhoon casualties numbering 17 with two missing according to the RDRRMC report.
Based on its situationer report as of January 7, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chaired by OCD-6 Regional Director Rosario T. Cabrera said only 300 families with 1,800 individual members now remain in evacuation centers out of thousands of families who were displaced by flooding and other geologic hazards triggered by the tropical depression.
The regional council also noted that the typhoon also wrought damages to agriculture at P67.5 million, irrigation facilities with P12 million, and infrastructures with P349.5 million or a total value of P429 million. The affected irrigation facilities were located in the municipalities of Malinao and Ibajay in Aklan.
These damages were caused by landslides and flooding, the RDRRMC said.
Earlier, Department of Agriculture - Region 6 (DA-6) Regional Executive Director Larry Nacionales said that farmers whose crops were affected by typhoon Quinta will be given assistance in the form of certified seeds for rice farmers, hybrid seeds for those who planted corn, and vegetable seeds for high value crops growers.
The NDRRMC/OCD also has a P10, 000 financial assistance for each family of typhoon casualties.
DOST eyes strengthening of Project NOAH for disaster preparation
- Source:Relief assistance for 'Quinta' victims in WV reaches P7.8-M
- Wednesday, January 9, 2013
- By Jaime S. Cabag, Jr. (JCM/JSC-PIA6)
ILOILO CITY, Jan 10 (PIA6) -- Relief assistance worth P7.8 million have already been extended by the Department of Social Welfare and Development – 6 (DSWD-6) as well as by local government units to families and individuals adversely affected by typhoon “Quinta” in Western Visayas especially in the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo.
The assistance included family food packs part of which National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Office of Civil Defense Administrator Usec. Benito Ramos brought with him when he visited areas in the region affected by Quinta.
Included in the DSWD assistance was the P10, 000 financial aid released by the agency to every family of typhoon casualties numbering 17 with two missing according to the RDRRMC report.
Based on its situationer report as of January 7, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) chaired by OCD-6 Regional Director Rosario T. Cabrera said only 300 families with 1,800 individual members now remain in evacuation centers out of thousands of families who were displaced by flooding and other geologic hazards triggered by the tropical depression.
The regional council also noted that the typhoon also wrought damages to agriculture at P67.5 million, irrigation facilities with P12 million, and infrastructures with P349.5 million or a total value of P429 million. The affected irrigation facilities were located in the municipalities of Malinao and Ibajay in Aklan.
These damages were caused by landslides and flooding, the RDRRMC said.
Earlier, Department of Agriculture - Region 6 (DA-6) Regional Executive Director Larry Nacionales said that farmers whose crops were affected by typhoon Quinta will be given assistance in the form of certified seeds for rice farmers, hybrid seeds for those who planted corn, and vegetable seeds for high value crops growers.
The NDRRMC/OCD also has a P10, 000 financial assistance for each family of typhoon casualties.
Iloilo City pushes regulation of firecracker use, not total ban
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=485374
- Tuesday, January 8, 2013
- (PNA), LAM/PGLENA/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 8 (PNA) -- The city government here is pushing for the regulated use of firecrackers instead of several proposals of a total ban.
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog took into account families that will be affected once the total ban is imposed, especially since the city has been supporting a cooperative of firecracker manufacturers in Arevalo district.
“We have to continue helping them with their livelihood,” he said.
He added the city government is willing to assist the cooperative if it decides to shift to a safer livelihood.
Last week, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (DOH-CHD) in Region 6 wanted local government units (LGUs) to pass an ordinance banning the use of firecrackers.
Firecracker-related injuries in Western Visayas increased this year amid the agency’s intensified campaign against its use.
DOT sees brighter prospects for WVisayas tourism in 2013
- Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=2421357527270
- Monday, January 7, 2013
- By Leonard T. Pineda I (JCM/LTP/PIA-ILOILO)
ILOILO CITY, Jan 7 (PIA) – Prospects for the tourism industry in Western Visayas look bright in 2013.
In a radio interview, Department of Tourism 6 (DOT-6) Regional Director Atty. Helen Catalbas said recent developments will further boost tourism in the region.
“It is favorable that the Chinese government has allowed the resumption of tourists’ arrival from China with Region VI as one of their major destinations,” said Catalbas.
With the Iloilo airport having opened its first international flights to and from Hong Kong and Singapore, the DOT official shared that statistics and data were very encouraging for these revealed that visitors who have come here were not only from these countries but also from other places in Asia and Europe.
“We are also pushing for the standard chartered flights in Bacolod-Silay Airport to resume by January or February so we are ironing out the customs, immigration, quarantine and other requirements,” said Catalbas.
She further said that DOT is also exploring the possibility of opening flights to other international destinations such as Incheon and Busan in South Korea.
Meanwhile, the report from DOT-6 indicated that as of November 2012, Boracay already breached the 1 million target tourist arrivals.
“Last year, if the target for tourist arrivals for Boracay was 1 million; for 2013, the target is set at 1.2 million,” said Catalbas.
Catalbas also said that in Iloilo, cultural tour packages comprising of visits to historic churches and ancestral houses are already being offered, where tourists learn their history and appreciate the interior of these edifices up-close.
“Soon, DOT-6 will organize cultural product development in the central business district of Iloilo City and a walking tour of the downtown,” added Catalbas.
Iloilo business sector to sustain gains of 2012
- Source:http://positivenewsmedia.com/blog/2013/01/iloilo-business-sector-to-sustain-gains-of-2012/
- Sunday, January 6, 2013
- (PNA), GHG/PGLENA/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 6 (PNA) –Members of the Iloilo business sector were banking on gains attained in 2012 to speed up more developments in 2013.
Lea Lara, executive director of the Iloilo Business Club (IBC) expressed hope that the gains in 2012, especially for the real estate sector, would have multiplier effects in terms of generating jobs, opening more businesses and other related services.
“We are more or less looking at the second wave of business that will rise and serve as venue for small and medium enterprise,” she said.
She also expressed hope for the academe to meet the manpower requirement of businesses that are about to open in the city.
“This year two new hotels are expected to open that will generate more than 200 jobs,” she enthused.
She added that last year the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) was planning a scheme to offer more courses that would meet the needs of the tourism industry.
Lara said the tourism and the services sector are the two most crucial and complementing factors that could spur development.
She also hoped that the agriculture sector would be able to come up with a good program to meet the demand for food of the growing tourism sector.
She also expressed hope that other issues such as the energy and need for sustainable solution to transportation concerns would be properly addressed.
“In all these developments, we hope that the green practices would be considered because we would like to see Iloilo maintain its quality of life more than anything else,” she added.
Foreign envoys to witness Dinagyang Festival
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=12&rid=484704
- Saturday, January 5, 2013
- (PNA), GHG/PGLENA/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 5 (PNA) -- Iloilo’s 45th Dinagyang Festival will have five foreign envoys among its confirmed guests.
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said that the Ambassadors from Australia, Germany, France, Brunei and Korea will witness for the time the world-renowned festival, which was recently conferred the 2012 Galing Pook awardee.
Last year United States Ambassador to the Philippines Harry Thomas and South Africa Ambassador Agnes Nyamande Pitso were among the dignitaries who expressed admiration over Dinagyang.
The mayor also said that he was also expecting politicians to flock the city adding that he was looking forward to some 1.5 million people witnessing the 45th year of the festival.
The week-long celebration that will kick off on Jan. 25 will be offering plenty of events for the public to enjoy; food festival, religious activities such as fluvial procession and "sadsad," drum and lyre competition, fireworks in the sky, Kasadyahan Regional Cultural competition and the Ati-ati street dance competition, among others.
Mayor Mabilog also confirmed that two noontime variety shows of the ABS-CBN and the GMA TV stations will perform on the 27th of January, simultaneous with the Ati-ati street dance competition.
DENR 6 turns over funds for mangrove rehab, waterways clean-up
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=484527
- Friday, January 4, 2013
- (PNA), FFC/DFS/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 4 (PNA) -- Two local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo are recipients of fund from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) that will be utilized for the removal, transfer, transplanting and pruning of mangroves in their respective areas.
The city government here received P2.929 million fund while Oton town got P2.077 million.
The release was in line with the directive of DENR 6 regional executive director Adeluisa G. Siapno to hasten the delivery and accomplishment of the various programs and projects of the office, particularly in the rehabilitation, protection and preservation of the Iloilo River.
With the amount, the city government shall take charge for the balling and transfer of 1,666 mangrove species and 630 nipa clumps in eight barangays – Taft North, Bolilao and Bakhaw in Mandurriao; Calubihan, Desamparados, Our lady of Lourdes and San Vicente in Jaro and, Magsaysay in Lapaz – which impede the smooth flow of water along Dungon Creek.
The municipality of Oton shall be responsible to clear the waterway of 1,099 mangroves and 4,203 of nipa clumps and other trees species traversing in the six barangays of Alegre, San Antonio, San Nicolas, Poblacion West, Poblacion North and Tagbac Sur along Batiano River.
The fund was turned over recently to by forester Raul L. Lorilla, the chief of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) of the DENR in Iloilo to city mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog and Oton mayor Vincent Flores.
Quinta" highlights importance of disaster preparedness
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=484199
- Thursday, January 3, 2013
- (PNA), GHG/JSCABAG
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 3 (PNA) -- The effects of tropical depression “Quinta” should serve as another lesson on the importance of disaster preparedness.
This was according to Undersecretary Benito Ramos, executive director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) administrator who also said that typhoon should teach us to be always prepared.
"And we should also remember that whenever there is a weather disturbance anywhere in the Philippines, there is no place that will not be affected," he explained.
For a long time, he said, areas in Mindanao had not been visited by a typhoon but with the climate change, the place is now experiencing it.
The NDRRMC and OCD official also said that with the increasing frequency of typhoons visiting the country every year, disaster management should now be a way of life for Filipinos.
"We should always be prepared for any contingency brought about by a natural calamity. This is a responsibility not only of the national and local governments but also of all people," Ramos stressed.
Ramos was in Iloilo City to turn over food packs to the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the victims of typhoon Quinta, the last to hit the country in 2012.
He also conducted an aerial inspection on Dec. 30 of the typhoon-hit areas in the island of Panay together with RDRRMC chairperson and OCD Regional Director Rosario Cabrera and other OCD and RDRRMC members.
The RDRRMC and OCD reported that a total of 52,157 families equivalent to 251,152 persons were affected by typhoon Quinta from 544 barangays in 40 towns and 4 component cities in Western Visayas.
Some 1,610 houses were totally damaged with 3,543 partially destroyed. Also, 15 persons die of drowning and electrocution, with three remained missing.
The typhoon, which triggered flooding and landslides, also damaged millions of pesos worth of agricultural crops and infrastructures.
DTI eyes more investments for Iloilo in 2013
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=3&rid=483872
- Wednesday, January 2, 2013
- (PNA), GHG/PGLENA
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 2 (PNA) -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) expected an increase on investments in 2013 especially on business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and tourism-related developments.
DTI Iloilo director Wilhelm Malones said they looked forward to preparing the city and province of Iloilo to become more business-friendly with the help of the Project Investment Enabling Environment Project (INVEST) of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
"We are looking at Iloilo as one of the country’s Next Wave Cities, an ideal destination both for voiced and non-voiced BPOs," he said.
The new policy of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) provided more incentives to those that will relocate to Cebu, he said.
Malones said that around three BPO firms have signified interests to explore the possibility of relocating in Iloilo.
Meanwhile, Malones added that a P10 billion investment in Sicogon Island, Carles by the Sicogon Development Corp. in partnership with a Singaporean Group will boost Iloilo as tourism destination.
The expanded airport runway was also a big factor to increase tourist arrivals in the city as it could now accommodate bigger planes.
In Sicogon,the construction of a five-star hotel, seaport and airport at th 918-hectare area of Buaya, San Fernando and Alipata villages in Sicogon will surely boost the tourism industry in the entire province.
Sicogon is known for its white beach comparable to that of Boracay Island.
LTO goes full swing in the implementation Motorcycle Helmet Act
- Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=483960
- Wednesday, January 2, 2013
- (PNA), GHG?PGLENA
ILOILO CITY, Jan. 2 (PNA) -- The Land Transportation Office (LTO) went on full swing with the implementation of Republic Act 10054 otherwise known as the Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2009 starting Wednesday.
LTO regional director Dennis Singson said "there is no more stopping the implementation of the law."
“It has been deferred for a long time due to requests on helmet specifications,” he said.
He added that a lot of time has already been given to allow motorcycle owners to secure a standard helmet.
"They no longer have to organize a special operations group for the implementation, instead the apprehension of violators will now be part of the routine task of the LTO and deputized agents," he said
The LTO 6 for the period January to November 2012 has registered 182, 998 in Western Visayas.
In Negros Occidental registered motorcycle owners include 25,846 from Bacolod district office (DO); Himamaylan DO, 5, 625; Cadiz DO, 4989; Pontevedra (DO), 10, 764 and San Carlos (DO), 10, 144.
Antique has DO 8,849; Kalibo DO has 17, 515 and Guimaras has 2, 681 registered motorcycle owners.
In Iloilo, registered motorcycle owners include Iloilo City DO,17,965; Guimbal DO, 5, 735; Barotac Viejo, 12, 031 and Calinog DO, 10, 464.
Meanwhile, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has already culminated providing stickers bearing the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) to motorcycle helmets last Dec 31, 2012.
Initial data gathered from DTI information officer Ruby Melliza showed 41, 613 motorcycle helmets were provided with ICC marks composed of 7, 895 in Aklan; 2, 632 from Antique; 4, 814 from Capiz; 833 from Guimaras; 17, 281 in Iloilo and 8, 158 from Negros Occidental.
The stickering provided by the DTI only served as transition and it is believed that other motorcycle owners already have purchased helmets with ICC marks.
For national declaration: RDRRMC-6 wants PNoy to place 3 provinces in state of calamity
- Source:http://mail.philstar.com/region/2013/01/01/892125/national-declaration-rdrrmc-6-wants-pnoy-place-3-provinces-state-calamity
- Tuesday, January 1, 2013 12: 00 am
- By Jennifer P. Rendon (The Freeman)
ILOILO CITY, Philippines --- Members of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC)-Region 6 on Friday’s emergency meeting unanimously approved the passing of a resolution requesting President Benigno S. Aquino III to declare three provinces in Western Visayas under state of calamity.
RDRRMC-6 Resolution No. VI-Series 2012 cited that tropical depression Quinta, which pummeled the region last December 25-26, brought tremendous damage to life and property.
On the same day, Capiz and Iloilo provinces were placed under state of calamity because of the wide destruction left by Quinta.
According to Ma. Aletha Nogra of the RDRRMC-6 secretariat, the national declaration of state of calamity on three provinces would further boost the earlier declaration made by their respective provincial government.
“Once there would be a national declaration, these provinces have the opportunity to receive international assistance for rehabilitation and recovery programs,” she explained.
As it is, Nogra said more help is needed for long-term programs that should be implemented the soonest time possible to affected communities.
As of Sunday morning, RDRRMC-6 said Quinta affected 39,020 families composed of 171,742 individuals. There were 298 houses totally damaged and 1,159 partially destroyed.
Iloilo province was the most “battered” area with 25,298 affected families and 10 casualties; Capiz recorded 10,368 affected families and two deaths, while Aklan has 3,254 affected families and two deaths.
RDRRMC-6 also reported that 19,098.45 hectares of farmland were damaged, and the damage to agriculture was pegged at more than P63 million. On the other hand, the damage to infrastructure was estimated at P72 million.
Last Saturday, Undersecretary Benito Ramos, OCD administrator and NDRRMC executive director, visited the affected areas in Iloilo province. He brought 2,500 packs, each consisting of rice, noodles and ready-to-eat foods like biscuits and canned goods to affected families.
The relief goods were just the initial release from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). Ramos also did an aerial survey on the damage left by Quinta in Panay Island.