Iloilo City News September 2014

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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 conducts accommodation capacity survey

(PNA), FPV/AJPETINGLAY/VLO

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 10 (PNA) –- The Department of Tourism (DOT) is conducting an accommodation capacity survey to determine the number of rooms available for tourists in Western Visayas.

DOT Regional Dir. Helen Catalbas said Wednesday that the survey is jointly conducted by DOT Manila and Western Visayas. The survey runs from Sept. 1 to 18 in all six provinces and two highly urbanized cities of Region 6.

Catalbas said that two years ago, there were 18,000 rooms available in the region and so the survey being conducted now is to know how many rooms were added to the previous figure.

”The survey is very important for planning,” the tourism official said, adding that after the survey,tour operators who are selling packages would be kept abreast with the number of rooms per category.

She said, “If there’s many high end rooms then tour operators could go to the high end market”.

Flood- free Iloilo City by 2015

(PNA), FPV/AJP/MGCAOYONAN/VLO

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 8 (PNA) -- A flood free Iloilo City by 2015 is the priority program of the Iloilo City government under the leadership of Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.

Mabilog said his present administration is now working on its 2015 annual budget which focuses more on flood control program.

The mayor added that he is asking the cooperation of the public especially the barangay officials from 180 villages in the city to report to his office those identified sites which are considered flood-prone areas.

“Please help your city officials with areas or roads that are still under water when it rains (more than ankle deep) in the city of Iloilo. Please submit the street name and the name of the barangay,” his message read as posted on his Facebook account Jed Patrick E. Mabilog,

Mabilog admitted that some parts of the city are below sea level (sea water passes through drainages and canals) which means that no amount of drainage system can cure the flooding because that is a natural catchment area.

“In cases like these, the residents must adapt and be resilient to flooding”, he said.

For private subdivisions, Mabilog said the government is not allowed to use public funds for such purpose.

The mayor said all the reports he received will be validated by his team so that it will be included in the list of infrastructure projects for next year.

MIWD awaits DOJ decision

By FREDA MAE SORSANO (PN)

ILOILO City — Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) is now waiting for the decision of the Department of Justice (DOJ) on the referral of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel (OGCC) regarding the payment mode between the water district and its bulk water suppliers.

MIWD’s legal counsel Roy Villa clarified that “what the OGCC did was a referral.”

In a resolution addressed to DOJ secretary Leila de Lima on Aug. 22, 2014, OGCC said one of the referrals it made stated that MIWD should pay for the volume of water delivered by its bulk water supplier.

“Consideration must be made on Flo Water’s reasonable expectation to be paid the minimum volume that it was contracted to deliver, which is 15,000 cubic meters per day,” wrote OGCC’s Raoul C. Creencia.

“Surely, Flo Water’s fulfillment of its undertaking to ensure the delivery of its minimum contracted volume must be recognized,” he said. “It has reasonably expected to complete the delivery of, and thereby accordingly paid for, 15,000 cubic meters per day.”

In the meantime, the water district will stick to the status quo and continue to honor the supplemental agreement it made with Flo Water Resources Iloilo, Inc. on Aug. 17, Villa said.

“The delivery of water will continue. We expect that from the bulk water supplier. MIWD will also continue to pay based on the supplemental agreement,” he said.

In the supplemental agreement, both parties agreed that, without waiving their respective claims and positions on the “take or pay” issue of their bulk water supply agreement, “MIWD shall endeavor to make efforts to accommodate the total volume of 15,000 cubic meters of water per day” into its system, as provided for in their contract.

As regards privatization, Villa said, “We don’t know what the specific moves are, so we have to seek an opinion from OGCC.”

However, Villa said MIWD is already working on projects and undertakings involving the private sector to improve its services.

New Iloilo ferry terminal opens Sept. 6

By Leonard T. Pineda I (JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, September 5 (PIA) --- Passengers here traveling to and from Bacolod City, Negros Occidental will have safe, efficient, and comfortable port service experience with the new Iloilo Ferry Passenger Terminal in Bgy. Progreso, Lapuz starting its operations September 6.

The Iloilo River Wharf (IRW) Fastcraft, roll on-roll off (ro-ro) facility, and passenger terminal building is the latest port development accomplished by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).

In his message during the inauguration of the PPA port facility held Friday, Ilonggo Senate President Franklin Drilon said that the project will make commuting more convenient for Iloilo-Bacolod passengers taking the fastcraft and also the ro-ro facilities.

“This will also enable shippers and businessmen to have better and more efficient utilization of the port,” said Drilon.

Engr. Tomas Carlos, PPA Assistant General Manager for Engineering, said the project consists of the main facilities including the 135-meter berthing facility for fastcraft vessels with one ro-ro ramp and platform amounting to P126-million and completed in April 3, 2014.

“The PPA facility also includes a fully-airconditioned 1,000 square meters Passenger Terminal Building with 400-person seating capacity costing P19-million and completed in March 31, 2014,” he said.

Apart from these facilities, the PPA has implemented several other projects at the Iloilo River which includes dredging of silt from the entire Iloilo River stretch in three phases after clearing 38 sunken and idle vessels.

Likewise, PPA also implemented the concreting and widening of access road leading to the new Passenger Terminal Building.

Carlos said that PPA is also developing the operational areas, parking spaces and landscaping initiatives including provision of security fences and control guardhouse amounting to P24.5-million.

The PPA also provided support structure and amenities consisting of covered walkways and sidewalks, elevated water tank with pump house and reservoir, powerhouse, CCTV (closed-circuit television), cable television, WIFI (wireless fidelity), and telephone lines totaling to P13.2-million.

The PPA said that the new port facility shall serve as entry point to one of the premier tourism destinations of the country which is Iloilo City and the rest of Western Visayas.

48 agri researches compete in 3rd Regional Student Symposium

(PNA), CTB/AJP/DA6-PR/VLO

ILOILO City, Sept. 4 (PNA)-- A total of forty eight agriculture related researches of students competed in the 3rd regional student agriculture research symposium as part of the week-long 2nd regional organic agriculture summit in this city.

Dr. Joyce S. Wendam, Regional Technical Director for finance, administration and research, said that the conduct of the research symposium for students is one strategy to increase awareness of the importance of agriculture in our lives and on the economy of our country.

Dr. Wendam stressed that there is a need to awaken the interest of our students to enroll in agriculture and agriculture-related courses in order to develop a successor generation to carry on and sustain the agriculture industry.

Among the researches presented were: Characterization of Micro Habitat of Angel Wing (pholasorientalis) in Selected Areas in Panay, Survival and Histological Analysis of Placuna placenta on Simulated-Ocean Acidification, Biosorption Levels of Phosphate and Nitrate by Cabombaaquatica, Hygrophiladifformis and Bacopamonnieri and Antifungal Properties of Ikmo (Piper beetle) Essential Oil Against Aspergillusniger and Candida albicans

The Iloilo National High School has 16 researches from special science class (SSC), 18 researches from school of the future (SOF) and seven researches from the regular class while the West Visayas State University College of Agriculture and Fisheries (WVSU-CAF) and Capiz State University Dumarao Campus has two researches each.

Other schools which have one research presented were Central Philippine University College of Agriculture Resources and Environmental Sciences (CPU-CARES), Aklan State University (ASU), Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College (NIPSC) Batad Campus and Saint Pauls University.

The panelist were Dr. Rey Dusaran of CPU, Dr. Rogelio Cuyno of organic agriculture consultant and Dr. Elmer Enicola of University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)

Dr. Wendam said that through this activity students will be able to enhance their capability, skills and competence to develop and present a globally competitive agri-related research paper.

“This activity is a challenge not only to the students but also to their respective research advisers to come up with doable, significant and time-bound agri-related researches which we in the agriculture sector can adopt for increase yield and support the food staple sufficiency program of the department," Dr. Wendam said.

A plaque of recognition and Cash prizes of Php 5,000.00 (First place), Php. 3,000.00 second place and Php.2,000.00 third place were given to the winners on Best Research Paper and Best Research Poster categories respectively.

Dinagyang mascot ‘Dagoy’ official APEC souvenir

(PNA), AJP/MGCAOYONAN/VLO

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 3 (PNA) -- The Iloilo City Tourism Office is now busy making designs of different "Dagoy" mini-dolls to make it as the official souvenir during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in October next year.

City Tourism Officer Benito Jimena said they will be submitting the designs to the Department of Tourism (DOT-6) early this month for final approval.

Dagoy is the friendly Aeta kid-mascot of Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival conducted every 3rd week of January to give honor to Señor Santo Niño. The festival has placed Iloilo City in the hall of fame in the national Aliwan Festival in Manila every April.

“Dagoy is a male mascot who has since evolved from being a mere icon. He is a product of the imagination and desire of the people who are working vigorously to make the Dinagyang Festival a part of everyone's day-to-day life”, said Jimena.

The Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI) commissioned the Sampaguita Gardens, the maker of well-known Precious Moments dolls based in New Washington, Aklan, to manufacture the Dagoy dolls for the APEC event.

“Dagoy icon will always remind people of the Dinagyang Festival which put Iloilo City on the map. We make it as souvenir so that our city will always be remembered”, he said.

September banners peace consciousness, civil service

By Jaime S. Cabag, Jr. (JSC-PIA6)

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 2 (PIA6) –The month of September marks at least a dozen of major events in the country including the observance close to the hearts of peace advocates and birth of the Official Gazette which now serves as part of the transparency program of the government.

September is: Civil Service Month; Health and Sanitation Month; Generics Awareness Month; National Clean-up Month; Development Policy Research Month; and National Peace Consciousness Month.

It is also Rule of Law Month; National Ozone Protection Month; Public Relations Month; Peoples Management Month; Blood Diseases Month; and, Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

The first week of the month is devoted to the observance or celebration of National Crime Prevention Week, Obesity Prevention and Awareness Week, National Epilepsy Awareness Week, Councilor’s Week, Literacy Week, and Linggo ng Kasuotang Pilipino.

The second week is Bone and Joint Awareness Week and Strategic Planning and Management Week.

The third week is National Building Industry Management Week, Chemical Engineering Week, and World Clean and Green Week.

The last seven days of the month is National Tourism Week and Urban Pest Control Week.

Other week-long events during the month are the Civil Service Week from September 13-19, Cerebral Palsy Awareness and Protection Week from September 16-22, National Grains Industry Week from September 20-26, and National Costume Week from September 22-28. 

The Civil Service Week is capped by the celebration of the anniversary of the Philippine Civil Service on the 19th day of the month.

The Official Gazette, which is the official journal of the Republic of the Philippines, marks the anniversary of its official existence on September 10. The website is updated regularly with speeches, reports, statements, press releases, and documents from the Office of the President and other department s of the Philippine government.

The gazette was created by decree of Act No. 453, “An Act providing for the publication by the Insular Government of an Official Gazette, under the general direction of the Department of Public Instruction. It was enacted by the Philippine Commission on September 2, 1902, by authority of the United States of America. Vol. 1, No. 1 came out on September 10, 1902.

September is popularly known as a member of the “ber” months, so called because of their identical last three letters, which ends up in December, which in itself is a big event because of Christmas Day.

Gov't Express at the Mall ushers in CS month

By Lilibeth A. French (JCM/LAF/PIA-Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, Sept. 1 (PIA6) - - The Civil Service Commission here in Western Visayas organized a ‘Government Express at the Mall’ which ushered in the 114th anniversary celebration of the Philippine Civil Service in the region this September.

Around 28 government agencies including the Regional Association of Government Retirees, Inc. participated in the activity which opened Monday, September 1 until 5 at SM City Iloilo.

‘Government Express at the Mall’ is a one-stop shop of frontline services of the different participating agencies. It also serves as an action center where queries, complaints and feedback can be entertained as well as an information center to promote programs and projects of the agencies to the public during mall hours.

As one of the participating agencies, the CSC RO6 will accept application for the October 26, 2014 Career Service Examination-Paper and Pencil Test (Professional and Subprofessional levels) during the five-day event.

Other major offerings of the CSC 6 for the month-long celebration are the Recognition of the 2014 Honor Awards Program (HAP) regional winners and the Responsive, Accessible, Courteaous and Effective (R.A.C.E) to Serve Fun Run.

HAP is a search for the Outstanding Public Officials and Employees conducted by CSC every year. This year, six semi-finalists and considered HAP winners in the region will be fittingly recognized in an awarding ceremony on Thursday, September 4 at SM City Iloilo Activity Center.

On the other hand, the R.A.C.E. to Serve Fun Run is open to students, public and private individuals starting 5 AM on Saturday, September 6 at SM City Iloilo. The event has following categories: Men’s 3K and 5K and Ladies’ 3K and 5K distances.

The fun run intends to promote good governance, healthy lifestyle and social consciousness. The amount generated from the event will go to the Pondong Pamanang Lingkod Bayan, a fund for the benefit of families of civil servants who risked their lives and were killed while performing their duties.

CSC 6 Director Rodoldo Encajonado encouraged government agencies to actively take part in the activities for the celebration which aims to promote, showcase, and celebrate heroism in public service.

The celebration also serves to encourage and inspire government workers in their journey as servant heroes or lingkod-bayani, as refelected in this year’s theme "Tapat na Serbisyo Alay Ko, Dahil Lingkod Bayani Ako".

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