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==Iloilo City and Huaibei, China to forge ties==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=&nid=2&rid=420879
*Friday, April 20, 2012
: (PNA),LAP/LAM/AJP/LMSinay/vlo
ILOILO CITY, April 20 (PNA) - An agreement for the establishment of friendly relations between this city and the Municipal People’s Government of Huaibei in Anhui Province, China will be signed here on April 24.
Mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog and Iloilo City Lone District Rep. Jerry P. Treñas will lead city officials in welcoming Mayor Niu Nutao and party.
The Chinese delegation is composed of their top city officials and key personalities in business and industry.
“We wish to enhance the mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and Philippines, and develop close ties between our cities,” Mabilog said.
The signing will be held during a dinner program at Hotel del Rio.
The two cities will carry out exchanges and cooperation in the fields of economy, trade and technology to promote enterprises of both cities.
Iloilo City and Huaibei are also committed to the development of culture, education exchanges and cooperation and advance close relationship through visits, communications and the like.
They will also share information and best practices in the fields of urban construction, environmental protection, tourism management; among others.
Mabilog visited Huaibei in October last year as part of his official trip to China.
Iloilo City already has sisterhood agreements with the other Chinese cities of Yulin and Qingdao.
==Business education still a popular course –CHED==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=911334740116
*Thursday, April 19, 2012
: (CHED-6/JSC/ESS-PIA6 Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, April 19 (PIA) -- Business Education has been and will be a preferred course among college enrollees in Western Visayas, the Commission on Higher Education-6 (CHED6) said.
The CHED-6 enrollment profile of higher educational institutions (HEIs) for school year 2011-2012 showed that Business Education topped the ranking of disciplines with 72 percent followed by Teacher Education, 14.2 percent; Information Technology, 13.9 percent; Maritime Education, 11.8 percent; Medical Related , 9.4 percent; Law and Criminology, 6.0 percent; Engineering, 5.8 percent; Arts and Sciences, 4.1; Industrial Technology, 3 percent; and Agriculture, 2.5 percent.
CHED-6 Chief Education Program Specialist Dr. Rex C. Casiple said popular programs under Business Education include BS in Business Administration or BS in Commerce, BS in Hotel and Restaurant Management, BS in Tourism, BS in Hospitality Management, BS in Accountancy, BS in Accounting Technology, BS Office Administration and BS Custom Administration.
Programs in Teacher Education are Bachelor of Elementary Education and Bachelor of Secondary Education; while for Information Technology, there are the BS in Information Technology, BS in Information System and BS in Computer Science.
Casiple said those in Maritime Education include BS in Marine Engineering and BS in Marine Transportation, while Medical-related discipline has BS in Nursing, BS in Medical Technology, BS in Radiologic Technology, Midwifery, Doctor of Medicine and BS in Pharmacy.
He said that popular programs under the Engineering discipline are BS in Mechanical Engineering, BS in Civil Engineering, BS in Electrical Engineering, BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering, BS in Chemical Engineering and BS in Computer Engineering.
On the other hand, Casiple said, it is also projected that Business Education may still top as to the number of graduates this school year 2011-2012.
Last school year, business education ranked number one, getting 27.5 percent of the share of graduates. It is followed by medical-related courses, with 19.5 percent, teacher education with 12.96 percent, and information technology, 12.6 percent.
Casiple said the eight percent lead of business education over the medical-related discipline and the 14 percent lead over the teacher education are more than enough to support the projection.
“This is also considering that the number of BS Nursing graduates, representing about 75 percent of the graduates in Medical Related discipline continues to decrease annually at an average of at least 10 percent,” Casiple said.
Meanwhile, Casiple said it is sad to note that in a developing country, like the Philippines, engineering education is ranking low as to the number of graduates, yielding only about 3.7 percent.
“Engineers are considered ‘builders of the nation’ and play important role in the development of this country,” Casiple, a Mechanical Engineering graduate, said.
As adviser of the Philippine Society of Mechanical Engineers-Panay Chapter, Casiple said they have been advocating strongly, for the past three years, to increase enrollment in Engineering Education.
“We are asking government for the full implementation of Republic Act 8495, or the Philippine Mechanical Engineering Law of 1998,” he said.
==International River Summit set==
*Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/local-news/2012/04/18/international-river-summit-set-216925
*Wednesday, April 18, 2012
: By Lydia C. Pendon
ILOILO City is hosting the First Philippine International River Summit on May 29 to June 1, 2012 with more than 1,000 participants coming from different parts of the world and areas in the country.
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said he requested the Department of Public Works and Highways to complete the road widening project along Tabuc Suba in Jaro district to avoid traffic congestion.
Mabilog said 15 international speakers will join delegates from Rivers of the World Foundation based in Maryland United States of America.
Industrialist Manuel V. Pangilinan will keynote the opening program. President Benigno Aquino III was also invited.
Mabilog said several hotels were mobilized to accommodate the delegates. The Department of Tourism has also conducted a courtesy seminar for taxi and van drivers who will be servicing the delegates.
==Baklay Bukid-Amlig Suba' marks Earth Day in Iloilo==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=911334558568
*Tuesday, April 17, 2012
: (JSC/ESS-PIA6 Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, April 17 (PIA6) -- Mountain trekkers, nature lovers, and environmentalists, particularly those advocating for watershed protection will again be communing in the mountains of the Tigum-Aganan watershed area.
The province of Iloilo, in cooperation with the local governments of Alimodian and Maasin, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Eagle Cross, Incorporated will embark on Baklay Bukid-Amlig Suba from April 19-21, in celebration of Earth Day.
Baklay Bukid-Amlig Suba (Up through the Mountains, Protect the River) is an adventure mountain trek which includes nature walk from upland Alimodian to the headwaters of Maasin Watershed.
Baklay Bukid started in 2009 initiated by a private organization, the Eagle Cross, Inc., in partnership with the DENR, and from then on, held every year to mark the celebration of Earth Day, April 22.
Dr. Rogelio Borro, director of the Eagle Cross said among others, the event is a celebration of the right of every Filipino to a healthy and balanced ecology by promoting community-based projects of protected areas.
Its objectives include promotion of local eco-tourism activities, such as camping, cultural exchange among host communities, and mountain trekking, and conduct research on water quality of Maasin watershed.
Further, Borro said, the activity aims to rally active participation of government agencies, private sectors, schools, non-government organizations, to better know the state of the watershed and its ecosystems.
The participants should be able-bodied males and females, 15 years old and above, coming from various sectors, including journalists, photojournalists or sheer adventurists, and learn much about the ecosystem in the process.
Registration fee is P150 per participant, to cover insurance, environmental fee, facilitation, guides, and certificate of participation, while each should bring personal provisions for food, utensils, sleeping mats, tents and drinking water.
This year’s theme for Earth Day is “Earth Day Every Day, Everywhere".
==CSC-6 urges govt. employers: nominate also rank and file for awards==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=911334546505
*Monday, April 16, 2012
:By Elsa S. Subong (JSC/ESS-PIA 6, Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, April 16 (PIA) -- The lowest employees, among the rank and file, may also be exhibiting outstanding performance in public service, hence, they should not be disregarded in the nominations for government’s Honor and Awards Program (HAP).
“There are so many instances, when drivers, clerks, even utility personnel exhibit extraordinary performance with wider impact on public service in a government agency,” Civil Service Commission-6 Director Atty. Rodolfo Encajonado said.
Encajonado was guest during the weekly cable TV program “Hangpanay” anchored by the Philippine Information Agency-6.
The CSC chief cited the case of the lone postwoman in the coastal town of Banate, Iloilo, Jelyn Duting, who would go beyond the call of duty, spend her own money in hiring transport, just to see to it that letters are delivered to recipients in far-flung barangays not reached by communications technology.
Encajonado reiterated the call for more nominations for government officials and employees for the HAP, which is due by end of April.
He said although interest in joining has increased, there has to be more efforts in making substantial documentations which are basic to the evaluation process.
“We would like to suggest that employers, because they are able to determine outstanding performers among their employees, should start processing earlier,” Encajonado said.
He said the awards at stake for Outstanding Work Performance are the Presidential or Lingkod Bayan, for individual or group who has contributed idea or performance with nationwide impact on public interest; the CSC Pagasa Award, for individual or group, whose idea or performance, has benefited more than one department of government, and the Dangal ng Bayan for exemplary conduct and ethical behavior.
Encajonado said the giving of the awards is aimed to motivate and inspire government employees to improve quality of performance, and instil higher involvement in public service.
“We believe that there is a hero in each public servant, and the HAP is one of the ways we seek to awaken that sense of heroism so that the public will benefit much from quality government service,” Encajonado further said.
The CSC, he added, is bent on making every public servant from the lowest rank to the highest, a Lingkod Bayani, to restore confidence in government, through relevant, responsive and transparent public service.
==Skimboarding: more fun in Iloilo==
*Source:http://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/3839-skimboarding-more-fun-in-iloilo
*Sunday, April 15, 2012 11:17 AM
:by Jeehan V. Fernandez(Rappler.com)
AREVALO, ILOILO CITY - When you talk about summer fun, for us, there is nothing more fun than skimboarding. And in the Philippines, skimboarding is definitely more fun in Iloilo City.
The Flatsand Iloilo Skimboarders will kick off the Flatsand III Competition and Clinic on April 29, Sunday, on Villa Beach, Arevalo, Iloilo City. It is set to make a splash and create waves among the skimboarding community in the Philippines and, hopefully, around the world.
Villa Beach has become a skimboarder's haven, thanks to the sand, the non-rocky shores, and lots of puddles. "It is a most ideal spot for skimboarding," says Kelbin Mark David of the Flatsand Iloilo Skimboarders.
What is skimboarding?
Skimboarding is done in two ways: riding the waves nearest the shore and playing on flats or on thin puddles on the beach.
According to the Flatsand Iloilo Skimboarders, skimboarding took off in Iloilo in 2004. Aside from Villa Beach, they also skimboard in the shores of Calumpang and Oton. Other skimboarder groups have also been formed in Roxas, Capiz; Kalibo, Aklan; and Antique.
How did the group start?
They were first a bunch of water sport enthusiasts who would see each other regularly at Villa Beach. Some of them had already started learning how to skimboard, and this attracted the others' attention.
The Flatsand Iloilo Skimboarders are mostly students aged 15 and above. Eventually, professionals up to age 35 also started joining, and the group's popularity gradually grew.
The group started to introduce skimboarding as a water sport, teaching locals through clinics and promoting it through competitions. During the Paraw Regatta Festival in February and the Flatsand II Competition in October 2011, competitors from Roxas City, Capiz; Escalante, Negros Occidental; and even as far as Cavite participated.
A national competition to be held in Iloilo is also in the works, under the united efforts of skimboarders from around the Philippines, spearheaded by the Iloilo enthusiasts.
==Outstanding Ilonggos, institutions recognized==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=931334304834
*Saturday, April 14, 2012
:By Lilibeth A. French (JCM/LAF/PIA6)
ILOILO CITY, April 14 (PIA6) -- Six Ilonggos were recognized for their outstanding achievements and contributions to the province of Iloilo in a testimonial luncheon held today at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol Lobby.
Aside from the individual achievers, three local government units, an institution and a workers’ cooperative who also brought national recognition to the province were also conferred the “Bugal sang Iloilo” award this year.
The “Bugal sang Iloilo” individual awardees are Haydee Pasuelo, Jelyn Duting, MSgt. Billy Benebile, PO2 Rina Salaya, 2nd Lt. Tom Puertollano, and Denver Cuello.
Pasuelo who is from the municipality of Calinog is a former Audit Team Leader of the provincial government named as Most Outstanding Employee of the Commission on Audit while Jelyn Duting, a postman assigned at the Banate Iloilo Post Office is a Dangal ng Bayan awardee of the Civil Service Commission.
Benebile and Salaya are both recipients of the national awards given by the Metrobank Foundation. Benebile of Balasan is one of the Ten Oustanding Philippine Soldiers in 2011 and Salaya of Maasin is one of the Outstanding Policemen also last year.
On the other hand, Puertollano whose parents are from the towns of Lambunao and Tigbauan is the valedictorian of the 2012 Bagwis Class of the Philippine Military Academy.
Cabatuan’s pride Cuello was cited for its achievement in the field of sports. He is the current World Boxing Council Minimum weight champion.
The LGU awardees are: Alimodian as Galing Pook Awardee for 2011; Guimbal as Best Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in the Gawad Kalasag of the NDRRMC; and New Lucena as recipient of a Special Award in the 2011 Apolinario Mabini Awards for its Full Cooperation on the Adoption of PWD Friendly Facilities.
Also cited were the Cabasi-Sta. Rosa Elementary School as recipient of the Best Education Institution Advocating DRRM in the Gawad Kalasag and the Dingle Government Workers Development Cooperative for winning the Most Outstanding Cooperative in the Non-Agri-Based Category of the 2011 Pinakatanging Kooperatiba or the Gawad Pitak of the Land Bank of the Philippines.
In his speech, Governor Arthur Defensor stressed the importance of giving due recognition to outstanding and remarkable achievements as “it is the words of encouragement, words of praise and words of due recognition that propel people to excel in life”.
He further said that “there are so many things in this world that can make people excel but they will not continue to excel and they will will not excel, unless and until, we give them due recognition”.
All the awardees received a three-dimensional Arroyo Fountain inspired trophies during the event which was part of the culmination of the 111th founding anniversary of the province dubbed “Semana sang Iloilo.
The twenty scholars of the provincial government who graduated this year were also in attendance and they received P1,000 each . The four who graduated Magna Cum Laude received P5,000 and the two cum laudes received P3,000 each.
Also recognized during the event were the 35 provincial government employees who retired from service. They each received a certificate and a Timex watch with the Iloilo Provincial Capitol logo.
==Mega job fair to usher in Labor Month in West Visayas==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=931334215038
*Friday, April 13, 2012
:(JCM/LAF-PIA6)
ILOILO CITY, April 13 (PIA) -- Western Visayas is set to start its month-long commemoration of Labor Day on May 1 with a Mega Job Fair.
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) hopes that the job fair would benefit more people especially those who have just graduated.
“We are expecting that more companies and overseas recruitment agencies will participate and more vacancies will be posted to accommodate a good number of job seekers including our graduates this year,” DOLE-6 director Ponciano Ligutom said in an agency’s press report.
According to the report, DOLE regional offices were enjoined to make sure that at least 15 percent of the total applicants registered are hired on the spot during the job fair.
DOLE-6 Information Officer Amalia Judicpa said Labor Day in the region has been expanded from a one-day event into a month-long commemoration due to the various activities that have been conceived and prepared by DOLE-6 with the support of its partner agencies and organizations.
“The month-long activities will give more significance to the event and more services to clientele,” said Judicpa.
Other activities lined up include Renewal of Professional ID Card & Filing of Application for Board Examinations for Teachers and Nurses, One-Stop Shop Passport Processing, Skills Demonstration and Filing of Application for National Certification (NC) & Scholarship under the TESDA, Medical/Dental & Massage Theraphy, and Free Overseas Call for Overseas Filipino Workers families and dependents.
A Help Desk will also be put up to provide free legal assistance to workers including overseas Filipino workers.
There will also be a career counseling and entrepreneurship forum that will be conducted every Friday afternoon for the whole month for high school students and jobseekers. The Iloilo Business Club and Iloilo Multi-Sectoral Business Organization have volunteered to lead these activities dubbed “Trabaho o Negosyo…Pili ka!”
Wrapping up the commemoration will be a food festival and a concert called “Gab-I sang Pasidungog kag Talento” on May 29 which will showcase the talents of the beneficiaries of the Special Program for Employment of Students (SPES) of DOLE and selected employees from the private sector.
==Mangroves planted in foreshore areas of Iloilo==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=931334131659
*Thursday, April 12, 2012
:By Lilibeth A. French (JCM/LAF-PIA6)
ILOILO CITY, April 12 (PIA) -- Different sectors joined yesterday’s mangrove tree planting held at Brgy. Nabitasan, Leganes, Iloilo City.
Employees of the provincial government and some local government units and representatives from government agencies, non-government organizations and students joined the activity and planted two species of mangrove trees in an abandoned pond owned by the local government unit of Leganes and foreshore area in Brgy. Nabitasan.
Governor Arthur Defensor lauded the participation of the more than one thousand participants in today’s mangrove tree planting held at Brgy. Nabitasan, Leganes.
Defensor told them that their participation showed their beliefs on the importance of trees and mangroves in the lives of the people and the seas and their commitment to environmental protection.
“Matanum kita kahoy, matanum kita mangroves kay ang kahoy nga sa duta kag kahoy sa dagat makabulig salbar sini nga kalibutan (Let us plant trees, let us plant mangrove trees because the trees on land and on seas could help save this earth),” said Defensor.
The planting activity which is part of the 111th founding anniversary celebration of Iloilo dubbed “Semana sang Iloilo” is also in line with the Action for Regreening and Transformation project of the provincial government which aims to plant 1 million trees this year and the National Greening Program of the national government.
Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Soledad Sucaldito said they are hoping to surpass the 1 million target again just like last year where more than 1.3 million trees were planted in identified areas in the province.
As part of their effort to achieve the target, Sucaldito said tree planting activities will be conducted during the Arbor Day on June 25 and the Piyesta sa Kakahuyan on the second Saturday of September.
Sucaldito said the different municipalities also conduct their own tree planting activities.
==Bougainvillea Parade opens “Semana Sang Iloilo”==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=931334046367
*Wednesday, April 11, 2012
: (JCM/LAF/PIA6)
ILOILO CITY, April 11 (PIA6) -- Thirteen floats of the different horticultural associations in this province adorned with different colors and varieties of bougainvillea paraded from Jaro Plaza to Iloilo Provincial Capitol Grounds to open the 111th founding anniversary of the province on April 10.
Of the thirteen, ten are competing for the best float in the first ever Bougainvillea Parade organized by the Iloilo Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) and the Federation of Iloilo Horticultural Association, Inc.
PAO Head Dr. Ildefonso Toledo said the new attraction will add more color to this year’s “Semana sang Iloilo” celebration aside from the garden show which the horticulture groups staged for the past years and has been looked forward to by Ilonggo flower enthusiasts.
“We would like to add something new to the activities this year and since Semana sang Iloilo is held every summer, we thought of holding a flower parade highlighting bougainvillea which is in bloom,” said Toledo.
Bougainvillea which can resist summer heat, according to Toledo, represents the traits of Ilonggos who can surpass challenges, especially in terms of agriculture, which is challenged by climate change.
Toledo dubbed bougainvillea as “Bulak ng Masa” as this can be grown by anyone in the family and in any terrain.
Federation of Iloilo Horticultural Association, Inc. (FIHA) President Atty. Myrna del Socorro said the event will further enhance and upgrade the horticulture industry in the province.
To date, according to the PAO there are 21 organized garden clubs and cutflower cooperatives in the province and 17 of them are currently active.
On her part, Vilma Encanto, former President of the Oton Cutflower Association Inc., said the activity will help promote the industry that provide livelihood to their members who are mostly women.
Provincial Tourism Officer Bombette Marin said the Bougainvillea Parade is also timely as they are now promoting bougainvillea as the flower for Iloilo.
He said the Tourism Office will support the event next year since this is also a tourism attraction during the celebration.
Aside from the Bougainvillea Parade Float contest, the PAO has also launched other contests for the garden show exhibitors this year such as Best in Landscape Design and Best Flowering Plant.
The Garden Show and the Agri-Trade Fair which were opened on April 10 will be held until Sunday, April 15. Other activities include Mangrove Tree Planting, Jobs Fair, Art Exhibit, Inter-Municipal Brass Band Competition, Inter-Municipal Folk Dance Competition, and Agri-Achievers Awarding Ceremony.
On display and on sale at the Agri-Trade Fair are fruits, vegetables, handicrafts, different varieties of rice and processed agriculture and fishery products from the different municipalities of the province.
==Western Visayas towns to implement NHE project==
==Western Visayas towns to implement NHE project==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=931333979473
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=931333979473
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