Iloilo City News July 2015

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Wars of ancient history were about possessions, territory, power, control, family, betrayal, lover's quarrel, politics and sometimes religion.

But we are in the Modern era and supposedly more educated and enlightened .

Think about this. Don't just brush off these questions.

  • Why is RELIGION still involved in WARS? Isn't religion supposed to be about PEACE?
  • Ask yourself; What religion always campaign to have its religious laws be accepted as government laws, always involved in wars and consistently causing WARS, yet insists that it's a religion of peace?

WHY??

There are only two kinds of people who teach tolerance:
  1. The Bullies. They want you to tolerate them so they can continue to maliciously deprive you. Do not believe these bullies teaching tolerance, saying that it’s the path to prevent hatred and prejudice.
  2. The victims who are waiting for the right moment to retaliate. They can’t win yet, so they tolerate.

Iloilo City 'ripe for educational tourism'

(LCP/Sunnex)

THE Department of Tourism (DOT)-Western Visayas Director Helen Catalbas said Iloilo City is ripe for educational tourism, with the growing population of foreigners availing themselves of education from universities and colleges within the city.

Catalbas said the schools being patronized by foreigners are state universities and private schools that offer specialized training courses.

These schools, she added, are considered tourism education assets, because they attract foreign students who seek higher quality education.

Catalbas also said that Iloilo City is the center of academe and higher education in Western Visayas; hence, it makes sense that educational tourism is one of the tourism products in Iloilo marketed by the DOT.

World Population Day highlights poverty and development

By Elsa S. Subong (JCM/ESS/PIA-Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, July 10(PIA)—Population Commission-6 Regional Director Harold Marshall said it is one with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFA) in the observance of World Population Day, to enhance awareness of the public of population issues in relation to poverty and development.

He added that Efforts in ensuring that the dignity, safety and reproductive health of women and girls and of vulnerable youth in emergencies need to be further strengthened.

This, as the nations observe World Population Day, Jul 11 this year.

“We will be coordinating with the local government units in carrying out advocacy activities which can be done simultaneously all over the region,” Marshall said.

The observance spotlights women, children and young people as among the most vulnerable, forcibly displaced from their homes by conflict and disasters in many parts of the world today.

UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotemehin said that when a crisis strikes, humanitarian response must be swift and adaptable to the needs of affected population.

“Women and young people may especially require targeted support and aid must be sustained from the onset of an emergency until recovery,” Osotemehin said in a press release.

The UNFPA Director added that the observance of World Population Day 2015 will surface these issues faced by these marginalized sectors and underscore the neeed for more responsive and purposive solutions.

IOs, liaison officers join to form stronger info network

By Elsa S. Subong (JCM/ESS/PIA-Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, July 8(PIA)— Information officers coming from the local government units, private organizations and academe have come together as a group to form stronger networks.

It used to be that information officers organized by the Philippine Information Agency Iloilo Information Center were only those from the local government units.

“There are more advantages when we include those from other private entities and the academe because they also contribute much to local development,” said Jerry Anas, information officer of Leganes and President of the Organization of Tourism Officers in the Province of Iloilo, during the first meeting of the group.

He added that there are common agenda for development which the liaison and public relations officers and the LGU information officers can pursue for more impact projects.

The IOs also formed their own group apart from those coming from national government agencies but assured convergence of activities when needed.

The group assumed a new name which is Information Officers of Iloilo to include all member-liaison and public relations officers of private entities and the provincial offices of government agencies.

The new set of officers are President- Nereo C. Lujan, Iloilo Province Public/Community Affairs Office; Vice President –Erlyn Alunan, San Joaquin-LGU; Secretary – Susan Jovero – Pavia-LGU; Asst. Secretary – Lilibeth French, PIA-Iloilo; Treasurer – Cesar Recabar – Janiuay-LGU; Auditor – Jerry Anas, Leganes-LGU.

The IOs also elected its Board of Directors, namely, Olive Ledesma, MIWD; Joan Paulette Mary Libo-on/Charles Von Alava, JBLFMU System; representative from Comelec-Province; Jayzon Baldesues, Tigbauan, Analyn Constantino, New Lucena; Jennifer Osorio, Lambunao; and, Novem Sazon, Barotac Nuevo.

Nereo Lujan, president-elect, said that the officers and the BOD will have to sit down and formulate policies on membership, annual dues, and activities, after the induction set on August 6, at the Casa Real.

PIA-6 Director Janet Mesa told the members that they should try to be consistent in their participation and attendance in meetings despite the fact that their stints may just depend on the local chief executives.

“Your role as Information Officers are significant in the development of your respective LGUs,” Mesa said, adding that their performance is reflective of the performance of their local officials.

Iloilo gets P7M reward for ‘good housekeeping’

(PNA), CTB/PR/VLO

ILOILO CITY, July 6 (PNA) - - The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is awarding this province with P7-million Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) for getting last year’s Seal of Good Housekeeping.

The subsidy will be released upon the signing of Memorandum of Agreement between Governor Arthur Defensor Sr and DILG Regional Director Anthony Nuyda later this month.

Defensor already asked the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) to grant him the authority to sign the agreement and it is expected to be bestowed to him by Tuesday during their regular session.

The P7-million is intended for the improvement of core road network of Iloilo to boost local tourism and other projects that can spur economic development.

Specifically, the financial support will fuel the construction and concreting of Cabugao-Banban-Tuyungan Road in Barangay Cabugao, a village where some of the indigenous people of Calinog town are living.

PCF is a flagship program of the DILG that helps stimulate LGUs to put premium on transparency and accountability to enable them to avail themselves of financial support to jumpstart and sustain local socio-economic development initiatives supportive of national government goals and priorities.

Other recipient LGUs can use the fund to finance projects in compliance with the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act 2010 and Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

Meat from city abattoir safe, Pavia residents assured

By MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA (PN)

ILOILO City – Meat from hogs and cattle slaughtered at the city’s abattoir is safe for human consumption.

This is the benefit that the people of Pavia will get from the agreement between their municipality with the city government, said Ariel Castañeda, chief of the city’s Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO),

On Friday, the city government agreed to accommodate hog and cattle raisers of Pavia at the city’s abattoir in Barangay Tacas, Jaro district.

According to Castañeda, his office was addressing several concerns that the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) raised early this year over the slaughterhouse’s operation.

NMIS is the government body regulating abattoirs across the country.

“There are procedural concerns. The facilities will be improved, too,” Castañeda said.

The slaughterhouse failed the NMIS inspection early this year.

Aside from structural deficiencies, the lack of skill among meat inspectors was among the reasons that it failed to attain the “AA” classification.

Under Executive Order No. 137, “AA” abattoirs are those “with facilities and operational procedures sufficiently adequate that the livestock and fowls slaughtered are suitable for sale in any market, domestic or international.”

Castañeda expressed confidence that the city’s slaughterhouse can achieve that status.

The slaughterhouse is currently categorized as “A”, which means it has “facilities and operational procedures of minimum adequacy.”

Meat from “A” abattoirs are suitable for distribution and sale only within the city or municipality where the slaughterhouse is located, stated Executive Order No. 137.

Castañeda said Pavia hog and cattle raisers may start taking their animals for slaughtering at the city’s abattoir starting next month.

The arrangement is beneficial to both Pavia and the city government, he said.

While Pavia consumers will be ensured of clean and safe meat, the city’s slaughterhouse will be earning more, said Castañeda.

Pavia hog and cattle raisers will pay the appropriate fees and have to follow the slaughterhouse’s schedule, said Castañeda.

Some of the reasons that the slaughterhouse failed the regional NMIS evaluation on Feb. 6, 2015 were insufficient water supply, nonfunctional hand-washing facilities, accumulation of dirt on walls and tanks, odorous comfort rooms, clogged drainage, and presence of cobwebs, among others.

Some of the meat inspectors had not passed the NMIS test, too, according to Councilor Rodel Fullon-Agado, chairperson of the Sangguniang Panlungsod’s committee on markets and slaughterhouse, in a previous interview.

Ilongga represents PH in Japan arts festival

By Tara Yap

Iloilo City— A 16-year-old Ilongga student was the lone representative of the Philippines during the 2015 International High School Arts Festival in Japan.

Eouia Aum Gonzales Dueñas just came back from Japan’s capital city of Tokyo after participating in an exhibit organized by the International Foundation for Arts and Culture (IFAC).

Exhibited was her painting “Amburukay’s Gold Hair.” That particular painting of Dueñas is a visual rendition of one of the female characters in the Hinilawod (Epic of Panay), the oral literature of the indigenous group Panay Bukidnon or Sulodnon who dwell in the mountains of Central Panay.

“I was very happy to share our culture as portrayed in my art work,” said “Dueñas.

Her participation in the international art exhibit began last March when she emerged as winner of a painting contest amongst students of the Philippine High School for the Arts, where she is currently a 10th grade student.

More popularly known as Om, Dueñas learned to draw and paint at a very early age.

When she was two, she could identify secondary colors and started water-based paintings with assistance from her father Guijo, an artist and photojournalist.

By three-years-old, Om was beginning to sketch and paint flowers, rainbows, butterflies, and dinosaurs.

Om began exhibiting works of art when she was four-years-old. “My Own World”, her first solo exhibit in Iloilo featured 21 acrylic paintings.

On March 2006, Om’s second solo exhibit dubbed as “My Dreams” also featured acrylic paintings.

By November 2011, Om had her third solo exhibit dubbed as “Iwag sa Laragway.” It featured pastels on paper boards.

Aside from her solo exhibits, Om also won the 2007 painting contest that was part of the European Commission’s Global Gender Equality project.

Read more at http://www.mb.com.ph/ilongga-represents-ph-in-japan-arts-festival/#r2XxbfM4UgFEXvrC.99

Engineers, architects urged to build quake-resistant houses

By Lydia C. Pendon

THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) urged engineers and architects to help people build earthquake-proof houses, as it conducted a forum on earthquake risk reduction and disaster preparedness Friday.

Phivolcs Director Renato Solidum challenged engineers and architects to give back to their communities and get involved by designing and building houses that can withstand an earthquake.

Solidum was the main speaker in the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s second quarter meeting and earthquake disaster awareness forum held on July 3 at the Iloilo Grand Hotel.

He said there are technologies today that can help houses nearly earthquake-resistant and housing materials used, such as hollow blocks and reinforcement bars should also conform to safety measures.

The local government units (LGUs) must ensure house building safety even if it’s the building owner’s responsibility. The LGUs should help potential victims of earthquakes and protect the families as part of its governance development, he added.

The Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) has a checklist on standard materials while the regional disaster risk reduction management council should lead in the survey of safe houses and buildings.

“The major goal is to develop governance and business buildings and houses must be earthquake-resistant”, the Philvolcs chief said.

Solidum also pointed out the presence of West Panay fault line, which is the major earthquake generator in Western Visayas.

The municipalities near the West Panay Fault are the towns of Ibajay, Malinao, Madalag in the province of Aklan; Pandan in Antique; Jamindan and Tapaz in Capiz; and Lambunao, Janiuay, Maasin, Alimodian, Tubungan, Leon, Igbaras, Miagao and San Joaquin in the province of Iloilo.

However, warning is up in Iloilo City, Kalibo in Aklan, Roxas City in Capiz and San Jose in Antique as these areas have rivers prone to liquefaction and possible road fissures. Where there are rivers, there is liquefaction underground that may start ground rupture and ground shaking to earthquakes and landslides.

Solidum also said that Western Visayas tsunamis are mostly related to earthquakes, adding that southern Iloilo and Antique may have tsunamis two to four meters high.

More skills training eyed to boost IT industry in Western Visayas

(PNA), FFC/AJP/PGL/VLO

ILOILO CITY, July 2 (PNA) -- Western Visayas is positioning itself for the continuous growth of the Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry in the region by seeing to it that it could meet the manpower requirement of around 12,000.

In line with this, through a resolution that was enacted by the Economic Development Committee (EDC) of the Regional Development Council (RDC) has urged the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) to expand its training for work scholarship program (TWSP) on IT.

Data from the RDC disclosed that IT-BPO investment in the region has increased from PHP6 billion in 2012 to PHP11 billion in 2015, thereby creating 142,000 indirect jobs.

Currently, TESDA has 200 TWSP vouchers for IT courses.

The EDC in a resolution submitted to the RDC cited that increasing the number of vouchers “will improve the skills of more individuals and increase their eligibility for employment in the IT-BPO industry.”

DENR-DPWH Roadside tree planting, answer to tree-cutting

By Lilibeth A. French

ILOILO CITY, July 1 (PIA6) - - The regional offices of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH in Western Visayas have agreed to further enhance their partnership in the tree planting and growing along roadsides of the region.

DENR 6 Director Jim Sampulna and DPWH 6 Director Edilberto Tayao formalized the agreement with the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on Tuesday, June 30, at the DPWH 6 Conference Room here. DENR Undersecretary for Field Operations Demetrio Ignacio, Jr. and DPWH Undersecretary for Technical Services Raul Asis also signed as witnesses to the MOA.

In his message, Ignacio commended the DPWH for the initiative and hoped that this will be replicated nationwide.

He said roadside tree cutting has become a major issue in infrastructure projects “maraming infrastructure projects natin, yong pinakamalalaki yan po ay naantala, nadedelay yan dahil sa isyu ng tree cutting.

Ignacio said the roadside tree planting activity of the DPWH is an ideal solution to the roadside tree cutting problem.

“Mawawala ang problema sa tree cutting sa roadside kung ang DPWH ang magtatanim dahil alam niyo kung saan magtatanim,” said Ignacio.

Under the agreement, DENR shall assist the DPWH in the survey and mapping of identified areas in the determination of appropriate species to be planted which it will provide. It will also provide technical assistance to the DPWH in their tree planting and growing activities and assist in the conduct of periodic monitoring and documentation of the said tree plantation.

On its part, DPWH in coordination with DENR will identify and conduct survey and mapping of roadsides that will be subjected to tree planting activities it will undertake as an integral part of its regular road maintenance program. It will also maintain a close coordination with DENR in the implementation of the activity. Likewise, conduct a periodic monitoring and decumentation of the established plantations.

The initiative is also in accordance with DPWH Department Order No. 15 series of 2000 and DPWH being a partner of DENR in the implementation of the National Greening Program as mandated under Executive Order No. 26 issued by President Benigno Aquino III.

DPWH Department Order No. 15 makes the planting of trees along national roads as a standard component of all road construction and improvement projects requiring the inclusion of said activity to the engineering design, program of work, estimates budget, and bidding and contract documents of these projects.

All the provincial and city environment and natural resources officers of DENR and district engineers of DPWH in the region are also involve to ensure that the implementation of the program at the field level will be successful.

The joint efforts seeks to address the following: to add value to urban areas; to mitigate climate change; to enhance beauty of the roadside; to provide shed to commuters; and to minimize glare from sunlight to drivers along the roads. (JCM/LAF/PIA-Iloilo)


- See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/931435735187/denr-dpwh-roadside-tree-planting-answer-to-tree-cutting#sthash.WCXUJThf.dpuf

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