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News Feature: Ilonggo inventor's design may revolutionize trike's side car

• Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=931378792658
• Tuesday, September 10, 2013

By Lilibeth A. French (JCM/LAF/PIA6)

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 10 (LAF) - - An innovation of an Ilonggo inventor may revolutionize the design of the sidecar of tricycles in the country.

The innovative design of thirty-two year old Elmer Vincent Abella of Arevalo, Iloilo City was adjudged regional winner in the Industrial Design category of the 2013 Regional Invention Contest and Exbihits (RICE) in Western Visayas.

A side car attached to a motorcycle forms a tricycle, a popular means of transportation in the Philippines.

Abella’s side car, an attraction during the three-day event held at Robinson’s Place in Iloilo City, was made of mixed and composite materials and automotive finishings to mimic the sleek and elegant look even of the latest automobile design. Some of the materials used are chopped matt fiberglass, resins, woven rovings, galvanized steels and others.

The sidecar is molded to accomodate comfortably four passengers and is lighter and economical as weight was reduced by 50%, and blends all in one with the motorcycle. It has also standards and engineering parameters to ensure safety and road worthiness.

Abella said it was his dream to revolutionize the design of the tricycle’s side car as designs for motorcycles, automobiles and even houses keep on innovating but not on tricycles, it was neglected.

"I came to a point of designing a sidecar for tricycle to match with motorcycles, not only for the comfort of the passengers but also how to make it more profitable and convenient on the part of the owner and driver as their means of livelihood,” said Abella who is an Aviation Electronics technician by profession.

Abella has already sold a number of units at P35,000 financed out of his personal and family funds.

However, with his recognition from RICE, Abella is confident that he will have the opportunity to gain access to the developmental and technical assistance programs of the government through the Department of Science and Technology such as for commercialization, marketing and production of his products.

Abella only knew of the invention contest when he was informed by the patent office about it after he applied for a patent for the commercialization of his product. He first joined the RICE in 2011 with the same entry in the Creative Research Open Category and came in second among the more than 70 entries.

With his patent released, he decided to join the Industrial Design Category of this year’s invention contest wherein one of the requirement is that entries must have patents and industrial registrations.

"Before I didn’t know where to go, I thought there was no agency who nurtures inventors but this time, through this activity, I am hoping more investors will be assisted and ideas will be translated into more sophisticated products which could help our country move forward,” said Abella.

As regional winner, Abella received P20,000 cash prize, certificate of recognition, trophy and a chance to showcase and compete his design in the national level as representative of the region in the National Invention Contest and Exhibits next year.

Waterfront brgys avail themselves of medical mission

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=12&rid=563842
• Monday, September 9, 2013

(PNA), HBC/AJP/LCPENDON/VLO

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 9 (PNA)-– Three contiguous barangays in the waterfront area of the Iloilo city proper here have availed themselves of medical mission conducted by the Family Planning Organization of the Philippines Iloilo chapter.

Margarita Hilario, FPOP board member, spearheaded the medical mission on Saturday participated in by more than 300 recipients, mostly mothers of reproductive age from Brgy. Concepcion, Veterans Village and Monica.

The mission covered free medical consultation, medicines and lectures of family planning and reproductive health.

Concepcion Brgy. Capt. Leah Berciles thanked the FPOP group and its allied volunteer organizations including barangay service point officers and barangay nutrition scholars in bringing hope and medical services to her constituents.

Four medical practitioners conducted the whole morning medical consultations.

Anti-pork campaign spreads to Iloilo

• Source:http://manilastandardtoday.com/2013/09/08/anti-pork-campaign-spreads-to-iloilo/
• Sunday, September 8, 2013 12:08 am

(Manila Standard Today)

A DAY after the Catholic Church urged atonement for corruption in the Philippines, protesters in Iloilo said they will also hold a prayer vigil to push for the abolition of the pork barrel system in Iloilo City, organizers said on Saturday.

Organizers said the protesters will stage a candle light prayer service against the pork barrel system in consonance with the Edsa Tayo prayer vigil at the Edsa Shrine on Sept. 11.

The Iloilo protest will be held at the Jaro Cathedral at 5:30 p.m. of Sept. 11, an hour after the Edsa Tayo service that was purposely set to end at 5 p.m. to lessen traffic congestion at the Edsa Shrine on Wednesday.

But Metro Manila Development Authority Chairman Francis Tolentino said they are ready for the rally and about 500 traffic constables will be deployed in the area for the prayer rally, including new recruits who were just inducted on Saturday.

“Wherever your regular assignments are, it’s canceled on Sept. 11. You will be at Edsa Shrine. What we will do is to secure the flow of traffic, keep the situation peaceful, ensure no one is hurt, allow the expression of sentiments, ” Tolentino told the new constables during their induction.

Tolentino said he was to meet with the Edsa Tayo organizers and representatives of the National Capital Region Police Office to iron out other details on Monday.

The NCRPO said on Saturday it had already prepared security measures for the rally on Wednesday, including another rally that militant organizations are organizing to be held at the Rizal Park on Sept. 13.

Philippine National Police spokesman Senior Superintendent Reuben Theodore Sindac said the Quezon City Police District will be the lead agency in ensuring peace and order during Edsa Tayo, but they can call on reinforcements from other cities, if necessary.

According to its organizers, Edsa Tayo will be a non-partisan, inter-faith prayer vigil that was inspired by people’s reaction to the Million People March to Luneta last Aug. 26, which was attended by 100,000 people.

Edsa Tayo organizer Junep Ocampo said they do not really expect 100,000 people to be present at the Edsa Shrine on Wednesday, but they have received expressions of support from other places in the country.

“On Friday, Sultan Maguid Maruhom, a civil society leader in Pagadian City, said they will also hold their own inter-faith forum on the pork barrel system,” Ocampo said, adding that former socioeconomic planning secretary Solita Monsod has agreed to talk about pork barrel at the Edsa Tayo event.

“We are set to go on Sept. 11 in solidarity with Edsa Tayo,” Maruhom said in a communication posted on Facebook about the forum that will be held in front of C3 Mall on Pagadian’s main thoroughfare Rizal Ave. from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

“[Our event] will be participated by many groups, the biggest are the Roman Catholic parishes, several schools run by the Diocese and many [civil society organizations]. It will be participated by sizable number of Protestant churches, Muslims and Subanens,” Maruhom said.

Aside from Pagadian and Iloilo, Ocampo said they were told there would be a similar event in Dumaguete City on the same day.

Megaworld hikes its investment in Iloilo City to P35 billion

• Source:http://www.mb.com.ph/megaworld-hikes-its-investment-in-iloilo-city-to-p35-billion/
• Saturday, September 7, 2013

By Tara Yap

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo — With an additional P10-billion investment, property developer Megaworld Corp. has turned Iloilo City as its largest investment site outside of Metro Manila.

Megaworld First Vice President Jericho Go announced that it has increased investment for its 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park to P35 billion from P25 billion.

“We are committed to make Iloilo Business Park as the largest, most exciting business and tourism district in Western Visayas,” Go said.

Last May, Megaworld announced that it expanded the land area of its Iloilo Business Park located at the old airport site in Mandurriao, Iloilo City to 72 hectares.

From the initial 54-hectare lot, Megaworld acquired an additional 18 hectares from a prominent Ilonggo family who requested anonymity.

Iloilo Business Park is Megaworld’s first foray of establishing a world-class township in Western Visayas region.

It will be home to hotels, shopping centers, residential areas, buildings for business process outsourcing (BPO) companies, and the R500-million Iloilo Convention Center.

“We have exciting plans for the additional 18 hectares that we have acquired. A unique leisure, commercial and residential development concept will soon be introduced to the Ilonggo market,” Go noted.

Megaworld has also been expediting constructions as Iloilo City will possibly host two ministerial meetings of the 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit.

Last August, Megaworld announced it has started construction of the first Courtyard hotel brand by Marriott International Inc. in Iloilo City.

Megaworld is also constructing Richmonde Hotel Iloilo, which is expected to be operational by 2015.

Mayor to create newresearch dev office

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=563168
• Friday, September 6, 2013

(PNA), HBC/AJP/LCPENDON/VLO

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 6 (PNA)-– Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog here is set to create and organize a new research and development office out to establish a concrete demographic profile of Iloilo City.

But Mabilog said he is not hiring new employees to man the new office but instead, will get employees from other city government offices to work on the demographic profile that will entail a comprehensive survey on city households.

The city development planning office under Jose Roni Peñalosa will initially start the new office, starting with the city government employees with no housing unit of their own.

The city chief executive said the Commission on Audit has already given the green light for the sale of the city government-owned lot in Pavia, Iloilo at P2,500 per square meter, a much lower cost of the early P3,773 per square meter.

Mabilog said the proceed from the Pavia lot sale will be used to buy another property intended for the city government employees as they are the original recipients of the low cost housing project in Pavia.

The new office will conduct a survey of the employee-recipient as beneficiary of the housing project of the city.

DOH works on new mothers with depression

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=7&rid=562635
• Thursday, September 5, 2013

By Lydia Pendon [(PNA), HBC/AJP/LCPENDON/VLO]

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 5 (PNA)-– Depression, sometimes leading to suicide, is attacking all sectors of society including young children, women and men especially the new mothers.

However, the Depr. of Health said that depression is an illness which is treatable and preventable even if it starts at a young age affecting more women than men.

The DOH report showed that one or two new mothers out of 10 in the Philippines showed depression symptoms after childbirth.

The best cure is to make the new mother happy with self esteem and full family support.

Dr. Eunice Sermonia of the DOH regional office here said the World Health Organization report showed more than 800,000 in the world have depression cases in 17 countries and one in every 20 persons have depression.

Similarly, women posted more than 50 percent depression cases than men that often lead to suicide.

Dr. Dina Nadera, executive director of the Natasha Goulbourn Foundation, said that school children may undergo mental health resilience building with a tie-up between the community and school.

Speaking at the “Healthy Lifestyle Forum: Suicide and Depression” held at the Sarabia Manor Hotel here by DOH regional office, the foundation official contended the stigma of depression must be erased with the help of spirituality and the church, peer and family support, and positive expectancy that could give children hope and healthy self esteem.

Iloilo Tourism Exhibit at the SM City

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=6&rid=562013
• Wednesday, September 4, 2013

(PNA), PDS/AJPETINGLAY/VLO

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 4 (PNA)-- The Province of Iloilo Tourism Exhibit is now ongoing after it was opened Tuesday at the Shoemart (SM) City here.

Department of Tourism Regional Dir. Helen Catalbas said that the tourism exhibit would run for a week to showcase and entice tourists to take time and visit the different tourism sites in the province.

She said that this tourism activity is part of the project embarked for people in the region to “Experience Western Visayas first.” The project of the DOT intends to create consciousness among residents of the region to make a tour of Western Visayas first before they plan of going out to see other places.

The opening of the tourism exhibit on Tuesday had the Ritmo Tambores of Passi City and the cultural dancers of Anilao perform, giving tourists a glimpse of what they could see in Iloilo province.

Interested tourists are also being provided with the list of the “Must Experience” tourism attractions in the province which are the heritage churches, coral garden, carabao-carroza festival, weaving, pottery, metalcraft, bamboocraft, hiking, spelunking, and mountain climbing in the different towns.

There are also the waterfalls, Iloilo Golf and Country Club, island-hopping and resort-hopping that could be experienced in the province.

All set for organic agri production in WV

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=11&rid=561736
• Tuesday, September 3, 2013

(PNA), HBC/AJP/LCPENDON/VLO

ILOILO CITY, Sept 3 (PNA)-– The Dept. of Agriculture reported the increasing demand for organic agriculture products which are slowly penetrating supermarket chains and restaurants due to broadening demand brought by growing health consciousness and wellness trend in the country.

Dr. Hector Peñaranda, DA regional focal person of organic agriculture, said the vast opportunities for growing organic products are just waiting in competition with the conventional farming systems.

DA and Central Philippine University in Jaro, Iloilo City organized the first Organic Agriculture Stakeholders Summit on September 3-6, 2013 participated by organization advocates of organic foods, local government units with organic agriculture program and the academe in promoting awareness on healthy and organic foods.

Peñaranda said the National Organic Agriculture Program in 2012-2016 envisions organic farming contribution of at least five percent of Philippine agricultural farm areas and consumers both national and international increasing support to Philippine organic food products by 2016.

Recent scientific discoveries further bolster the production of organic foods.

However, Philippine exports only reached a minimal reaching US $ 18 million in 2006.

The ever increasing global demand for organic food and beverages reached US $ 15.6 billion in 2009, posting an average hike of US $ 5 billion a year.

Peñaranda said there is much money in organic agriculture by growing fruits and vegetables the organic way by diverting eventually from chemical fertilizers and inputs.

These products include bananas, melons, carrots, fruit vegetables, leafy vegetables, legumes and rice.

Western Visayas is a leading agricultural advocate and organic agriculture is fast being absorbed by farmers in limiting or not using chemical fertilizers.

Mabilog seeks cooperation to prevent criminality

• Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=561388
• Monday, September 2, 2013

(PNA), HBC/AJP/LCPENDON/VLO

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 2 (PNA)-– Iloilo city Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, chairman of the regional peace and order council in Western Visayas, sought strong cooperation in the barangay to prevent or eradicate criminality.

Guest speaker at the 19th National Crime Prevention Week celebration in this city Monday, Mabilog said the region is winning the war against criminality in whatever form as peace and order is foundation of a strong community.

The opening celebration held at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand underscores the strong community participation with a theme “Malasakit mo ang kailangan upang ang krimen ay maiwasan.”

The celebration highlighted the awarding of most outstanding and most friendly police station in the region. With cash award, certificate of recognition and trophy to the champions, the awarding was participated by Mabilog, PNP Reg. Dir. CSupt. Agrimero Cruz Jr, Napolcom Reg. Dir. Marquez Palomar, Department of Interior and Local Government Reg. Dir. Evelyn Trompeta, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Reg. Dir. Ronnie Delicana, thousands of parade participants and employees of agencies under the DILG.

The awardees as most friendly police station are the municipalities of Kalibo, Aklan as champion with Kalibo Mayor William Lachica, followed by the Cabatuan, Iloilo PNP station, Jamindan PNP and Belison PNP as consolation prize winner.

Most friendly police station in the highly urbanized and component cities are Iloilo City PNP under SSupt. Ruperto Floro as winner in two consecutive years, followed by Bago City, San Carlos City, Silay City and Bacolod City as consolation prize winners.

‘Mangroves, trees can deter returning squatters’

• Source:http://www.thedailyguardian.net/index.php/local-news/33241-mangroves-trees-can-deter-returning-squatters
• Sunday, September 1, 2013

By Francis Allan L. Angelo

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will deter relocated informal settlers from returning to their old homes.

DENR regional executive director Adeluisa G. Siapnomade the recommendation during the meeting of the Iloilo-Batiano River Development Council (IBRDC) at the City Hall.

Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog had raised concerns that some squatters who were transferred to relocation sites are now coming back to their old enclaves. Worse, some village chiefs are making money out of the racket.

Mabilog solicited advice from council members on the possible improvements to be done in the open spaces vacated by illegal settlers along the Iloilo River.

Siapno advised that the balled vegetations, including mangroves and trees, from the Iloilo and Batiano Rivers shall be transferred to the areas evacuated by illegal settlers to prevent “professional squatters” of coming back.

The plants were uprooted from the two rivers for impeding the smooth flow of water. It is also part of the dredging works on the two bodies of water.