Iloilo City News July 2014

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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 to observe World Population Day through symposium

(PNA), LAP/AJPETINGLAY/VLO

ILOILO CITY, July 10 (PNA) -– The province of Iloilo will be observing the World Population Day tomorrow, July 11, by holding a symposium for young people at the Leonora Salapantan National High School in San Miguel, Iloilo.

Iloilo Provincial Population Office chief Ramon Yee, in an interview, said that they have invited resource persons for the symposium who would discuss topics relevant to this year’s theme, “Investing in Young People”.

Yee said that based on the statistics provided by the Commission on Population 2010, there are 2,170,476 young people ageing 10-24 years old in Western Visayas of which 538,377 come from Iloilo.

Yee further said that youth is often considered a critical period for it is the “time of magnificent promise and insidious risk” that there is really a need for continuous proper guidance and strong partnership by the family, school, and the community in the molding of young people.

Yee cited in particular the increasing teenage birth incidence in Iloilo province. In 2010, there were 2,331 young mothers. The number somehow went down to 2,254 in 2011 but again climbed to 2,452 in 2012 and further to 2,499 in 2013.

The reasons cited for the increasing teenage birth incidence are exposure of the youth to pornographic materials or websites with explicit content.

The Provincial Population Officer said because of this, there is really a need for the family, school, and the community to work together so that children would not go wayward.

”Holding of the symposium is part of enlightening the youth,” Yee added.

Ceremonial signing of MOU on illegal recruitment-free LGUs campaign held

By Annabel J. Petinglay [(PNA), CTB/AJPETINGLAY/VLO]

ILOILO CITY, July 9 (PNA) – A ceremonial signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Illegal Recruitment-Free Local Government Units campaign was held by Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor, Sr. and Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) administrator Hans Leo Cacdac Wednesday, July 9.

Also signing the MOU were Iloilo city executive assistant Ariel Castaneda, in behalf of City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, and other regional directors concerned with overseas employment.

Cacdac, in an interview right after the signing, said that the POEA and the other government agencies are making sure that the illegal recruiters are arrested or avoided and that the public looking for employment abroad have enough knowledge on the legal way of being recruited.

The POEA official further said that on average per year there are 2,000 illegal recruitment complaints that they could receive but the figure is already decreasing lately. “We are not letting our guard down however,” Cacdac said.

He said that usually illegal recruitment happens in the barangay level whether the applicant is being asked of money in advance or that the family of the applicant is being given a bribe to give their approval on the application.

He added that because of the illegal recruitment happening in the barangay level, they are forging MOU with the Local Government Units (LGUs) to make them partners in addressing the problem.

Aside from illegal recruitment, the MOU also addresses the problem on trafficking in persons which is another pressing problem.

Gov. Defensor, in response, said that the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) headed by Francisco Heler in Iloilo province will be the point person to make sure that the provisions in the MOU will be realized.

He said that it is indeed true that in Iloilo province there’s illegal recruitment for families of victims usually come to him to ask for help. Defensor added that with the MOU signed, the provincial government through PESO will have tracking of overseas Filipino workers hailing from Iloilo province so that whatever would happen to them their families could be easily contacted.

The fake agencies conducting recruitment in the barangays could also be easily reported.

The other national government agencies involved are the Department of Labor and Employment, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

The barangay officials and law enforcers in the region, who attended the seminar on Anti-Illegal Recruitment and Trafficking, also witnessed the signing.

Iloilo City student to join children’s confab in Japan

(PNA), LAM/AJP/LCPENDON/VLO

ILOILO CITY, July 8 (PNA) -– An 11-year-old high school student of Ateneo de Iloilo in this city will be representing the Philippines as one of the six outstanding students of the country in the 26th Asian Pacific Children’s Convention (APCC) to be held in Fukuoka, Japan on July 10-24.

Ma. Abby Genevieve Inocencio Penaflorida, daughter of lawyer mediaman Joebert Penaflorida and wife Rhea Inocencio, was selected as a Philippine Junior Ambassador and the first student outside Metro Manila and Luzon to be selected in the last 26 years.

Abby is also the current president of the Junior Student Council of Ateneo de Iloilo.

Abby underwent a rigid screening before qualifying as a Philippine Junior Ambassador for Japan Convention where all expenses for the trip, including airfare, food and accommodation are provided by APCC.

APCC aims to develop children to become global citizens who will shape the world in the 21st century by gathering them together in Fukuoka to gain mutual understanding of different cultures and traditions through home stay and cultural exchange.

A total of 230 children from 58 countries and big cities in the Asia Pacific region and 40 peace youth ambassadors will gather in Fukuoka to participate in the biggest international event for children aged 11 years old.

The other Philippine Junior Ambassadors are Francis Adrian Matondo Bernas of Las Pinas City, Eugene Francis Adanza Cutillar of Bacoor City, Julian Angelo Dioso Garcia of Las Pinas City, Marina Sophia Cumigad Fagela of Pasig City, and Amanda Luisa Marco Roque of Batasan Hills, Quezon City.

Chaperon is Chris Edson San Gabriel Alquizalas of Paranaque and Peace Ambassador is Raphael Antonio Villamiel Morallo of Alabang, Muntilupa City.

Dad eyes sound drainage rehab, upgrading for Iloilo City

(PNA), LGI/CJT/AJP/LCPENDON/VLO

ILOILO CITY, July 7 (PNA) -- Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog aims rehabilitating and upgrading the city's drainage system using as basis findings of a study on this and flooding in all 180 villages here.

Information in the study by Geoscience Foundation Inc. will be included in the city's 2015 Annual Development Plan, he said.

He wants research-backed drainage rehabilitation and upgrading, noting flooding in the city must be addressed effectively.

Downpour and river overflows are causes of flooding here.

Mabilog assured efforts to seek funding for the target drainage rehabilitation and upgrading so this work can proceed as soon as possible.

City Planning and Development Officer Jose Roni Penalosa said the study will help Iloilo City government identify villages where drainage rehabilitation and upgrading will be prioritized.

Such villages will be those where flooding is severe, he noted.

Commissioned by Mines and Geosciences Bureau, the June 14-29, 2013 study assessed flooding susceptibility of the city's villages.

The study focused on flooding since Iloilo City isn't susceptible to landslides.

3,359 students DSWD scholars

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA (PN)

ILOILO City – A total of 3, 359 poor but deserving students across Western Visayas availed themselves of a scholarship grant through the Expanded Students’ Grant-in-Aid Program for Poverty Alleviation (ESGPPA) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

Of the number, Negros Occidental has the biggest slot with 1, 271, followed by Iloilo with 981; Capiz, 414; Antique, 311; Aklan, 294; and Guimaras, 87.

“They are now enrolled in different state universities and colleges in the region, taking up priority courses,” said Assistant Regional Director Joel P. Galicia of DSWD.

ESGP-PA aims to effectively address poverty alleviation by increasing the number of graduates in higher education among poor households and making them employable.

Given priority to the ESGPPA scholarship are beneficiaries of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino program, Galicia said.

Student-grantees are entitled to a maximum grant of P60,000 per academic year, which includes P20,000 for tuition, other fees and academic and extracurricular expenses; P5,000 for textbook and other learning materials, and P3,500 per month for 10 months for food, lodging, clothing, transportation, health or medical needs, basic school supplies and other related costs.

According to Galicia, funding for the program is released directly by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to the concerned state universities and colleges.

The program was first implemented in 2012 with 242 students in the region availing themselves of it. They are now on their third year in college.

Iloilo City pilots online services for business permits

(PNA), JBP/AJP/LCP/VLO

ILOILO CITY, July 5 (PNA) -- The city government here was recently lauded by the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines (NCCP) for being one of the three local government units in the country to pilot online services for business permits and licenses.

NCCP Program Officer Marina Saldana said the city is the only one in the whole Visayas area selected by NCCP to pilot the program for its dynamic leadership and ability to adapt new technologies. Other cities as pilot areas are Cagayan de Oro in Mindanao and Batangas City in Luzon.

NCCP held a capacity building program “Discovering Government E-Service” in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) regional office last July 2, 2014 in this city attended by government agencies and the local business sector.

Under the program, pilot government agencies in Western Visayas are the Pag-IBIG, PhilHealth, Social Security System and the Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Reynaldo Malaya, vice president of Pag-IBIG Fund management group and PhilHealth officers Soledad Alfonso of QA and IT officer Guillermo Razon answered questions from the participants.

DSWD says SFP implementation to go full swing this July

(PNA), CTB/AJPETINGLAY/VLO

ILOILO CITY, July 4 (PNA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Office 6 said that the Supplementary Feeding Program (SFP) will go full swing this July in time also for the celebration of the National Nutrition Month.

Sally Gayoma, DSWD Regional Office 6 program in charge, said that they have been assured by the National Food Authority (NFA) that the rice component of the SFP will not be affected by the reported artificial rice shortage and that in fact the NFA is now busily delivering the rice to the Day Care centers.

The DSWD has a budget of P309.4 million for the 120 days program implementation. It would benefit 198,360 children enrolled at the 5,568 Day Care centers in the region.

65 applicants hired-on-the-spot in Iloilo job fair

(PNA), SCS/AJPETINGLAY/VLO

ILOILO CITY, July 3 (PNA) -- There were 65 applicants who were hired-on-the-spot (HOTS) by the participating companies at the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) job fair held Wednesday at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol lobby.

The job fair had a total of 1,601 applicants -- 616 males and 985 females.

PESO chief Francisco Heler said that 74 business process outsourcing (BPO), local and overseas companies participated in this year’s job fair.

The job fair is held annually by the Iloilo PESO to provide job opportunities for fresh college graduates and those others looking for employment.

Heler said that help desks were set up by the Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, Social Security System, Overseas Workers Welfare Administration, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, Department of Foreign Affairs, and Technical Education Skills and Development Authority that assisted applicants with their documentary requirements and provided information.

P19M social pension for senior citizens

(PIA-6/PN)

ILOILO City – Senior citizens numbering 8,704 in Western Visayas will be receiving P19.9 million in social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

DSWD Region 6 is set to transfer the fund to 133 local government units that will distribute the pension to identified elderly beneficiaries.

The amount will cover the P500 monthly pension of each beneficiary for the second quarter of 2014 (April, May and June).

“The releasing will start second week of July,” said DSWD focal person for older persons Judith Marte.

The breakdown of pensions per province are as follows:

• P2,310,500 – 965 beneficiaries in Aklan
• P3,074,500 – 1,239 beneficiaries in Antique
• P2,015,000 – 917 beneficiaries in Capiz
• P981,500 – 395 beneficiaries in Guimaras
• P7, 839,000 – 3,612 beneficiaries in Iloilo; and
• P3,680,000 – 1,579 beneficiaries in Negros Occidental.

For 2014, P221.5 million has been allotted for the pension of 36,920 indigent senior citizens, said Assistant Regional Director Joel Galicia.

Only those included in the National Housing Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) list are currently receiving pension as specified by the General Appropriations Act.

Galicia said DSWD enumerators are now in the field and conducting house-to-house visits to about 11,873 elderly who are subject of validation.

If these elderly are found eligible to the program, they will get a retroactive payment from January of this year.

Social pension is one of the provisions of Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010 which provides P500 monthly pension to indigent senior citizens aged 77 years old and above, without pension or permanent source of income.

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