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The Dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City, Philippines held on the fourth Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog In Cebu and the Ati-Atihan in Aklan.

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.

DOT launches 7 Bridges of Blessings in Iloilo City

(PNA), HBC/AJP/LCP/VLO

ILOILO CITY, June 10 (PNA)-- A new tourism product for development that focuses on existing bridges of this city was launched recently by the Department of Tourism as additional attraction to domestic and foreign tourists.

To be known as the 7 Bridges of Blessings, some of the city bridges are considered as heritage and historical sites with each having a story to tell and the persons responsible for its construction.

The city has a total of 20 bridges and two flyovers and are considered as monuments of growth and part of city history. DOT Regional Director Helen Catalbas said that of the seven bridges, four pass across the Iloilo River while three cross the Salog River.

The oldest is the historical Forbes Bridge built in 1910 and rehabilitated in 1975. The other bridges that cross the Iloilo River are the Quirino-Lopez Bridge built in 1967 and rehabilitated in 2000, Iloilo Bridge or the diversion bridge built in 1982, and the new Carpenter's Bridge built in 2010 beside the old Carpenter' Bridge rehabilitated into a pedestrian bridge.

Bridges built across the Salog River are the Montinola Bridge built in 1956 and Jaro Bridge built in 1982 and the Buhang Bridge built in 2010 across the Jaro floodway.

Other city bridges are the six Dungon bridges over Dungon Creek with the first Dungon Bridge built in 1948, Dungon Bridge I, Dungon Bridge II, Dungon Bridge III, Dungon Bridge IV and Dungon Bridge V, all built in 1982, Buntatala Bridge built in 1956, Calajunan Bridge built in 958, Ticud Bridge built in 2000, Bitoon Bridge built in 2010, and the newest Jalandoni Bridge, Drilon Bridge and Nabitasan Bridge.

The Infante flyover was built in 2008 and the Jalandoni flyover was built in 2010.

Catalbas said the packaged 7 Bridges of Blessings are expected to generate more income for the transport sector, more souvenir sales for vendors and more walking tourists.

Iloilo to host Asian prayer conference

(PN)

ILOILO City -- Multitudes of delegates from many churches in Western Visayas, neighboring regions in the country, and across Asia are expected to convene for The Intercessors Regional Summit (TIRS) here from June 28 to 30.

The three-day event at the Regatta Residence Hotel on General Luna St. is a prayer conference where ministers and intercessors “learn and understand more of the different movements of the Holy Spirit in response to prayer and its powerful results to change things, both in the physical and spiritual realms.”

The conference will cover seven sessions filled with “explosive personal and national revival messages that cause major tipping point in some other countries,” according to Eunice Bennett Ministries that organizes the event in cooperation with Iloilo’s local church leaders and committed believers.

Eunice Bennett, an Ilongga who prophesied during the March for Jesus last July 2012, pointed out that, “The united prayer of the believers is now creating an economic shift from Asia to Iloilo, when Iloilo City by itself, is not even the capital of the Philippines!”

“Mind-boggling foreign investments are coming to Iloilo. This is going to heal joblessness in the land! I am going to break down the details about this during The Intercessor`s Regional Summit. You might think that what was prophesied over the city would happen in a distant future. No, it is almost here,” said Bennett.

Bennett, based in New York, USA, is a nurse by profession but gave up the lucrative job and heeded God’s call 20 years ago.

She is also a recognized evangelist trained by Billy Graham under his Billy Graham School of Evangelism.

“The content and the substance of the event (TIRS) will not only give you a new mandate in the spirit but several weeks of preaching sermons. It will open your eyes to the reality of the spirit realm that prevents Philippines from breaking out to its destiny. I will dedicate the last day of the event for leader`s anointing and impartation service,” Bennett said.

P3M Seal of Good Housekeeping Award goes to 3 city dev’t projects

By Lydia C. Pendon [(PNA), CTB/AJP/LCP/VLO]

ILOILO CITY, June 8 (PNA)– Three city barangay projects will be funded with P1 million each to be taken from the city’s cash award for being a winner of the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) which entitles the city to the performance challenge fund of P3 million.

A memorandum of agreement was signed between the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) represented by refional regional director Evelyn Trompeta and Iloilo City mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog on Thursday, June 4, 2013 and witnessed by DILG city director Ferdinand Panes to effect the projects to be funded from the SGH cash prize.

Trompeta said the city projects include the construction, widening and concreting asphalt overlay of the road in Brgy. PHHC Blk 22 in Mandurriao district; construction, renovation and repair of open court/gymnasium in Brgy. Balantang in Jaro district; and the construction, rehabilitation and repair of Brgy. Health Center in Brgy. San Pedro, Molo district.

The cash award was given to 51 local government units in Western Visayas in recognition of the LGUs accountable governance for having no adverse findings by Commission on Audit on qualified and unqualified programs.

The other criteria is transparent governance which is in full compliance of full disclosure and transparent policy on projects and programs.

The SGH regional awardees are six provinces, 14 component cities, two highly urbanized cities and 29 municipalities, each garnering P1 million each for the town, P7 million for the province and P3 million for the highly urbanized city.

On the other hand, Iloilo City was also recognized as one of the top five cities in the country and as a regional winner of the prestigious Gaward ng Lahi Award given once every three years for best performing LGUs. The city was awarded P2 million as incentive.

Iloilo to join Independence Day ‘Freedom Ride’

(PNA), PDS/AJP/MADE LOS SANTOS/VLO

ILOILO CITY, June 7 (PNA)-– Around 100 bikers from the city and province of Iloilo are expected to join in the nationwide simultaneous “Freedom Ride” this June 12, 6:00 a.m. at Jaro Belfry in Iloilo City.

According to organizers Dakila – Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, the event will be held simultaneously in Metro Manila, Dumaguete City and Zamboanga.

The "Freedom Ride for Independence Day" is an offshoot of the April 20, 2013 Freedom Ride against Human Trafficking held in Iloilo City, the group said.

The 20-km ride will traverse the major districts of Iloilo from Jaro Belfry to Mandurriao, Molo and La Paz. The ride will culminate at the Jaro Plaza where a short program in celebration of Independence Day will be held.

Dakila said the ride will also reiterate its campaign against human trafficking and modern day slavery.

“We believe the campaign will deliver a strong message to the public to celebrate and protect every Filipino’s independence and freedom.”

The event is co-organized by the biking group IFold (Iloilo Folding Bike Riders).

Iloilo City wins 2nd Red Orchid Award

(PNA), LAM/AJP/JVF/VLO

ILOILO CITY, June 6 (PNA) -- Iloilo City will receive its second Red Orchid Award in Manila on June 13 after it was recognized by the Department of Health (DOH) for having the “Best Anti-Smoking Initiatives” among local government units all over the country.

“The recognition is another manifestation that the city’s anti-smoking campaign and advocacies are truly working effectively,” Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog said.

The city will receive P100,000 worth of drugs and medicines for non-communicable diseases. The second win will make the city vie next for the Hall of Fame Award wherein a P500,000 grant to be used for tobacco control projects is at stake.

The city was adjudged based on the strength of comprehensive efforts to implement a 100-percent tobacco-free environment anchored on standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The City Hall was declared a smoke-free zone prohibiting smoking inside the building and within its 100-meter perimeter radius. The City Health Office also established a smoking cessation clinic at the second floor and will replicate the same in district and barangay health centers.

An active public-private partnership is also being practiced wherein the business community, academe, and non-government organizations are strongly supporting and helping anti-smoking advocacy from information and education dissemination to apprehension of violators of city’s anti-smoking ordinance.

The mayor also credited the Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST) headed by Councilor Joshua Alim and ICAST director Inigo Garingalao for the intensified anti-smoking campaign in public places and conveyances.

The Red Orchid Award prescribes WHO’s MPOWER initiative which stands for: Monitor tobacco control policies; Protect people from tobacco smoke; Offer help to quit tobacco use; Warn against the dangers of tobacco; Enforce bans on tobacco advertising; and Raise taxes on tobacco.

It follows the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Article 8 which recommends adoption of measures to provide protection from exposure to smoke in indoor workplaces, public transport, indoor places and other public places as well as Republic Act 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 that provides protection from exposure to tobacco smoke.

DepED-6 contracts differently abled persons coop to make 6,000 desks

(PNA), JBP/AJP/VLO

ILOILO CITY, June 5 (PNA) -- The Differently Abled Persons Multi-Purpose Cooperative will be delivering 6,000 wooden desks to the Department of Education Regional Office 6 to help meet the lacking writing desks of students.

Louie Posa, founder and manager of the Differently Abled Persons Multi-Purpose Cooperative here in Iloilo city, said that they target to deliver the desks as soon as they could finish it so that students could use them for this school year.

He said they are just waiting for the raw materials to be used for its members, who are differently abled persons, could already start their work.

“They are well-trained individuals that they could make as many as 80-100 chairs a day,” Posa contended. He said that the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) trained cooperative members to make desks for their livelihood.

The cooperative as of now has 135 members who have also been temporarily provided a production space by the TESDA here in Iloilo city so they could further be assisted.

The cooperative contract with the DepEd is worth P7 million and would be good for 6,000 chairs with each unit costing P640.

The wooden chair is made of mahogany or gmelina that is being cut with the permit from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.

He said that despite of their being able to make wooden chairs they are really proposing for the engineered bamboo, which has abundant supply and to help address climate change.

However, Posa said that there is a need for the Department of Trade and Industry and Department of Science and Technology to sit down with the DepEd in order to adjust the price given them for the engineered bamboo.

He said that the price of P640 per bamboo chair is so lean that they are asking for a better price considering that the work is tedious.

DSWD starts social pension door-to-door delivery in Iloilo City

By Lilibeth A. French (LAF/PIA6)

ILOILO CITY, June 4 (PIA) -- Starting June 4, the P500 monthly stipend of the 329 indigent senior citizens in Iloilo City under the government’s social pension program will be delivered on their doorsteps.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-6) focal person Judith Marte said Iloilo City is included among the four areas in the region as pilot sites for the implementation of the door-to- door pay-out scheme of the program.

Under the new scheme, beneficiaries in Iloilo City will receive their second quarter pension of P1,500 intended for the months of April, May and June from the postman of the Philippine Postal Corporation.

Marte said the DSWD and Philpost have signed a memorandum of understanding for the implementation of the scheme as part of the efforts of the government to fast track the delivery of the social pension especially in far-flung barangays.

Other pilot sites in the region are Anilao with 154 beneficiaries, Calinog with 226 and Pavia with 78, all in the province of Iloilo. The testing in Calinog and Pavia towns also began on June 4 while Anilao on June 5.

Federation of Senior Citizens Association of the Philippines-Iloilo Chapter President Erlinda Garlit said she is hoping that this new scheme will help address problems encountered in the delivery of the social pension.

“But we have to consider the safety issue and it will be time consuming. What if the senior citizens are not in their homes at the time of the delivery?” said Garlit.

Marte said PhilPost has already coordinated with the Philippine National Police in pilot areas as to the implementation of the door-to-door scheme.

Elderly beneficiaries in areas not covered by the PhilPost door-to-door payout will continue to receive their pension from their Local Government Units through the transfer of funds and from the Special Disbursing Officers of DSWD in municipalities which have problems as to the liquidation of their funds.

To date, 19,904 indigent senior citizens aging 77 years old and above from the 133 local government units in the region benefit from the program with an annual allocation reaching P119,424,000.

The P500 monthly cash grant is intended to augment the daily subsistence and medical needs of the indigent beneficiaries in line with the implementation of the Republic Act No. 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010.

Dinagyang makes New York parade more fun

(PNA), AJP/JVF/VLO

ILOILO CITY, June 3 (PNA) -- Dinagyang Festival, Iloilo City’s premier celebration, wowed once more the revelers of 115th Philippine Independence Day Parade in Madison Avenue, Manhattan, New York, USA on Sunday. They first invaded the Big Apple in 2011.

The Dinagyang contingent, which first invaded the Big Apple in 2011, will again conquer the Historic Filipino town in Los Angeles, California on June 8.

Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog said the Dinagyang’s US trip strongly promoted the city to the rest of the world and would entice prospective investors during the series of performances.

The lively and colorful Dinagyang street dancers from Iloilo City performed as part of Department of Tourism’s (DOT) highly successful “It’s More Fun In The Philippines” campaign, said noted journalist Ricky Lo of PhilStar.

“Dinagyang turned the streets of New York into a field of lively and spectacular Philippine festival. It was such a hit that community leaders and parade-goers wanted Dinagyang back (this time),” Mitchelle Dy, head of Philippine Tourism office in New York, was quoted as saying.

Dinagyang paid homage to Sto. Niño and showcased Ilonggo culture giving non-Filipino spectators a beautiful glimpse of unique Philippine culture and heritage, said Dy.

Dinagyang champ Tribu Panayanon of Iloilo City National High School’s 23 performers also bannered the “It’s fun to be Pinoy!” battle-cry in time with Freedom Day.

The US trip was sponsored by DOT’s Tourism and Promotions Board.

The internationally-known Dinagyang served as the city’s major promotional vehicle and tourism magnet.

Filipino and US dignitaries and officials of Filipino-American communities graced the NYC parade touted as the largest celebration of its kind attended by some 100,000 people.

Army rallies youths to promote peace, development

(PNA), JBP/AJP/PR/VLO

ILOILO CITY, June 02 (PNA)-- The Philippine Army’s 82nd Infantry Battalion (82IB) based in Camp Monteclaro, Barangay Igtuba, Miag-ao, Iloilo recently initiated a three-day Youth Leadership Summit for 110 out-of school youths (OSYs) from Antique and Iloilo provinces in its bid to promote peace, unity and development especially in far flung barangays.

The summit with a theme "Youth: Building a Nation Through Unity,” aims to empower the youth sector and develop their leadership and social responsibility as advocates of peace and development within their respective community

Various activities were undertaken to empower the youth like team building activities and lectures that included Community and Personal Development with Ms. Teresa Hortillo, Guidance Service Specialist, OSA, University of the Philippines in the Visayas; Human Rights and the Youth by Christopher Montaño of the Commission on Human Rights; and, Peace Process by Pastor Dexter Robite, head City Light Church, Iloilo.

The youth participants took part in the just concluded Sky Lantern Flying for Peace of the Midway Meditation Institute International which broke the Guinness Book of World Records at UPV campus on May 24, 2013.

The youths who are looked upon as the hope of this nation bears big responsibility to promote peace in this part of the country.

Lt. Col. Aldwine I. Almase, 82nd IB commander, emphasized the relevance of the youth in nation building. He added that his unit's framework in attaining peace and helping in community puts premium in empowering the youth sector and helping them to become socially responsible community leaders.

Almase said the activity was undertaken in partnership with Youth for Peace and Development (YPD), national government agencies, local government units and various organizations in Antique province and Southern Panay.

Eating alternative staples can bring self-sufficiency in rice

By Elsa S. Subong (ESS/PIA6-Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, June 1 (PIA) – Aside from increasing outputs, Filipinos can attain self-sufficiency in rice by adopting alternative staple foods like beans, corn, camote, and squash.

Edgar Baylon, seed coordinator of the Department of Agriculture-6, said in a cable TV program, that self sufficiency is attainable when Filipinos returns to traditional breakfast like boiled bananas and camote.

“This translates to 33 percent rice saved, and healthier Filipinos, as these root crops provide energy and nutrients,” Baylon said.

He said that the dry spell which hit the region during the first quarter of the year has delayed rice production, hence the government’s target for full rice self-sufficiency this 2013 may be affected.

Elias Sandig, Assistant Provincial Agriculturist, said that attainment of self- sufficiency in rice can also be attained with reduced consumption of ordinary rice and a shift to black or red rice.

Sandig said Iloilo Province promotes organic black rice and red rice farming to increase Iloilo’s surplus and at the same time promote good health with these.

He said that per capita rice consumption in the Philippines is 120 kilos per year, but Ilonggos eat more at 135 kilos.

Sandig added that if Ilonggos shift to black or red rice, per capita consumption will go down to 90 kilos.

“Black and red rice contain more protein, fibers, and nutrients that give eaters sense of fullness for lesser intake,” Sandig further said.

The province of Iloilo began to propagate red and black rice in 2010 and Ilonggo farmers have been engaged in it because of its profitability.

PAO records showed that red and black rice yields an average of four metric tons per hectare, higher than the usual produce of white rice.

Baylon and Sandig said with the adoption of alternative staples and the shift to red and black rice Iloilo can still attain rice self-sufficiency.

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