Iloilo City News January 2015

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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.

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Overpass with elevators opens

By ROMA R. GONZALES (PN)

ILOILO City — The first pedestrian overpass with elevators in Western Visayas was inaugurated yesterday on Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue (Diversion Road).

Senate President Franklin Drilon, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional director Edilberto Tayao, Rep. Jerry Treñas, and Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog led the launch.

Mabilog said the state-of-the-art pedestrian overpass was built with the persons with disabilities (PWDs), senior citizens and pregnant women — who are most vulnerable to the dangers of crossing a highway — in mind.

Dolores Laudenorio, consultant on PWD programs of the National Anti-Poverty Commission, was the first to try the elevators, which could accommodate 13 passengers each.

She thanked the city government, the DPWH and other concerned agencies for putting up the pedestrian elevator primarily for vulnerable persons.

Laudenorio suggested that roof on the overpass and at least one comfort room accessible for PWDs be built.

Mabilog admitted that the city government alone cannot afford to put up as many pedestrian overpasses as needed.

The city having more of such structures “depends on the generosity of the Senate president, the congressman and the national government,” he said.

A P37.5-million water master dredger was also inaugurated yesterday.

With the capacity to dredge 70 cubic meters per hour, Mabilog said the equipment would be ideal for reclamation projects here.

More WV workers avail SEnA

(JCM/LAF/PIA-Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, Jan. 9 (PIA6) - - The Single Entry Approach (SEnA), a reform on labor arbitration and adjudication initiated by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), is now becoming a more popular alternative mode of settling labor disputes in Western Visayas.

A significant upturn in the filing of Request for Assistance from workers and employers was recorded by the different Single Entry Approach Desk Officers (SEADOs) of DOLE 6 for 2014 as compared to the previous year.

There was a total of 737 RFAs filed from January to December 2014 as against 572 during the same period last year, posting an increase of 21 percent.

Also, of the total filed RFAs last year, 558 cases were settled, 73 were referred to the National Labor Relations Commissions, 73 to DOLE SMC, 79 elevated to the Regional Joint Assessment/Inspection Team, four withdrawn and 10 cases were dropped due to lack of interest.

DOLE 6 Information Officer Amalia Judicpa said that aside from peaceful settlement, the conciliation and mediation approach has also facilitated speedy settlement of labor disputes where dragging and expensive litigation was avoided.

“Some 3,069 workers in the region received monetary benefits amounting to P20,709,287.30 at an average of 11.5 days settlement rate through SenA,” said Judicpa.

She said SEADOs in the region exhaust all means to settle the dispute amicably within the mandatory 30-day period that include appealing to the hearts of both parties.

Other benefits from SenA, according to Judicpa are some relationships are restored, immediate payment of monetary compensation, and some workers are reinstated.

The reform program, mandated by the virtue of Department Order No. 107-10, Series of 2010, is the agency’s response to President Benigno Aquino’s directive to initiate reforms on labor arbitration and adjudication systems that will streamline procedures, remove red tape, and restore integrity and fairness in the system.

Food aid program to feed 8,000 school kids

(JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, January 8 (PIA) --- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Iloilo Chapter is targeting to feed around 8,000 school children from four public elementary schools in this city for its annual Dinagyang Food Aid Program this 2015.

Joji Esper Marmolejo, Chapter Service Representative of PRC-Iloilo, said the Dinagyang Food Aid Program had been targeting various public schools in the city in the last five years

“This year’s recipients are among those that are yet to be served,” she said.

The food aid program is scheduled on Arevalo Elementary School on January 8; Lapaz 1 Elementary School on Jan. 13; Mandurriao Elementary School, Jan. 15 and Jalandoni Elementary School on Jan. 20.

She said that the school children will be fed with arroz caldo cooked using the PRC’s two mobile kitchens.

Two medical missions will also be conducted in Molo district here at Bgy. Tanza Baybay on Jan. 10 and at Bgy. Tanza-Esperanza on Jan. 17.

The Red Cross will also deploy 150 volunteers to provide medical and first aid services during the two-day highlights of the festival slated Jan. 24-25.

14 festivals to join Dinagyang 2015

By Lydia C. Pendon

THE Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City is expected to become a national event with the participation of 14 festivals in the Philippines joining the famous festival of this city slated from January 23 to 25.

City Tourism Officer Benito Jimena said the Dinagyang Festival reels on its 47th yearly edition of the premier tourist and cultural heritage attraction expected with more than one million revelers in the three-day celebration.

The First Philippine National Festival Costume Exposition is a new feature to act as connectivity to all festivals by showcasing the festival costume as a tradition and local way of life of the different festival places.

Jimena said the attire defines not only the history of the place, but also the preferences and multi-interests of the people in the locality.

The exposition includes exhibition of festival costumes at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol Casa Real and a parade of costumes and accessories of the festivals that signified interest to come to Iloilo. More are expected to confirm their participation until next week.

The early confirmations are Amumunga Festival of Nueva Viscaya, Ati-atihan Festival of Aklan, Sinulog of Cebu, Desposorio of Bulacan, Higantes of Angono Rizal, Pintaflores of San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, Padang-Padang/Meguyaya of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, T’nalak/Lembuhong of South Cotabato, Kalilangan of General Santos City, Kalivungan of Cotabato, Daragang Magayon of Albay, LaLaguna of Laguna, Buglasan of Dumaguete City and Halad of Midsayap, Cotabato.

2015 very good year for Iloilo City' – Mabilog

(JSC/ESS-PIA6 Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, Jan. 6 (PIA6)—The year 2015 will be a very good year for Iloilo City, according to Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog.

Mabilog said in a media interaction that he projects Iloilo City to have a great year in 2015, as he saw no big constraints in achieving the local government’s targets in health, infrastructure, education, business, governance, environment and many more.

“We have increased the revenues from the business sector and we expect everybody’s cooperation to be able to implement our projects,” Mabilog said.

For disaster response and health services, Mabilog intends to establish a command center to house the responders, facilitate more trainings and ambulances to emergency responders.

For health, he intends to put up a clinic for minor surgeries in Barangay Tanza, in addition to the one in Barangay Dungon B, while for education, Mabilog hoped for a 50 and above rating of all public schools in the National Achievement Test.

He also hoped to have the Iloilo City Community College accredited with the Commission on Higher Education and the Association of City Colleges and Universities.

In business and governance, there will be a one-stop shop business registration, Mabilog said, and the processing of business registration will be shortened to 30 minutes and payments done electronically.

In infrastructure and environment, Mabilog said he envisioned an Esplanade II, the development of an eco-park in Bgy. Hinactacan, a bird sanctuary, restoration of Fort San Pedro, river cruise and conversion of the old slaughterhouse into a river wharf to find realization this 2015.

For public safety and in preparation for some ministerial meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation here, the city government plans to have more vehicles and firearms for the police.

Meanwhile, Mabilog said that after the APEC Summit, another business conference will be held in the city to encourage more investors.

Iloilo mulls radio program on disaster preparedness

(JCM/LTP/PIA-Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, January 5 (PIA) --- The Iloilo Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office here is planning to produce a radio program to strengthen disaster preparedness in the province.

PDRRMO executive Director Jerry Bionat said the radio program aims to further capacitate the local disaster risk reduction councils here and increase public resilience to disasters.

“The proposed radio program will be once a week and it will focus on a series of lectures on disaster preparedness and trainings,” he said.

He said the radio program will pave way to further elevate the level of understanding of the public on terminologies on weather, climate, and disasters, among others.

The PDRRMO will also procure radio communication systems to be deployed in ten barangays in the province.

On one hand, Bionat said that there is a noted increase in the level of awareness and appreciation of the public towards disaster risk reduction and management as demonstrated in their response during typhoon Ruby.

He said that people here have become more alert and responsive to directives and advisories issued by local disaster risk reduction councils.

ICPO to beef up security for Dinagyang Fest

(JSC/LAF-PIA6 Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY, Jan. 4 (PIA6) - - The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) will ask the Police Regional Office 6 for augmentation of about a thousand additional police personnel to beef up security around the city during the 2015 Dinagyang Festival with highlights on January 24 and 25.

Iloilo City Police Office Director P/SSupt. Ruperto Floro said the police augmentation is part of the 2015 Dinagyang Festival security plan which they will present to PRO 6 Director P/Chief Superintendent Josephus Angan on Monday, January 5.

Floro said aside from the augmentations that usually come from the other provincial offices in the region, the 800 current personnel of the ICPO will also be deployed to ensure the peaceful celebration of the city’s premiere annual event.

He also cited the active participation and support of force multipliers composed of the Barangay Peacekeeping Actions Teams, Barangay Tanods, civilian volunteer groups, non-government organizations and socio-civic clubs in maintaining peace and order during the Dinagyang festivities every year.

According to Floro the deployment of ROTC cadets and criminology students is within the discretion of the schools but he noted that every year they send in augmentations to help in crowd control.

For the implementation of gun ban during the celebration of the festival, Floro said a request was already sent to the PNP National Headquarters in Camp Crame in Quezon City.

Also, the ICPO has already identified the various entrance and exit points in the city as it will also conduct checkpoints during the celebration.

Floro said they will still assess in their coordination meetings if there is a need to place containers vans citing the issue of violation on human rights. The vans serve as temporary detention cells for rowdy revelers.

Emergency response to get boost

By ROMA R. GONZALES (PN)

ILOILO City — More ambulances, infrastructure projects and responders’ trainings will boost emergency response here this year.

Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said the city government is improving its crisis and disaster response. “The need for emergency requirements has increased,” he said.

A four-in-one building that will serve as a “command center” during disasters and other emergencies will be built on Muelle Loney Street, beside the old customs house, said the mayor.

The building will house the Iloilo City Emergency Responders and the ambulances and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office.

It will also house the Freedom Grandstand and will serve as an evacuation center.

Two-storey evacuation centers will also be put up in every public school here in preparation for storm surges like the ones that several areas in the Visayas experienced during super typhoon “Yolanda.”

Schools are the target location for these evacuation centers because they are closer to the community, Mabilog said.

Moreover, the city government also plans to purchase more ambulances, which may be needed when the city hosts Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit ministerial meetings this year.

“We shall also be providing refresher courses for our emergency team so they could level-up the standards of emergency response,” said Mabilog.

A clinic for treating minor surgeries will also be opened at the Iloilo City Proper District Health Center in Barangay Tanza in addition to the one in Barangay Dungon B, Jaro district.

Number of CHED student grantees up

(PIA-Iloilo/PN)

ILOILO City – The number of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Region 6’s Student-Grants-in-Aid for Poverty-Alleviation Program (SGP-PA) recipients has increased.

From 246 for school year 2013-2014, the number of grantees ballooned to 3,538 for school year 2014-2015.

These grantees were proportionally distributed to 11 state universities and colleges (SUCs) in Western Visayas, said CHED Region 6 supervising education specialist, Dr. Rex Casiple.

The expanded SGP-PA is an innovative scheme to increase the number of college graduates among the poorest of the poor households.

The program helps poor but deserving students finish college to “break the cycle of poverty.”

Meanwhile, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) recommended that CHED and the Department of Social Welfare and Development review their selection process on the SGP-PA grantees.

It suggested incorporating indicators such as the following:

• admission exams
• social adaptation and strategies to help grantees gain a developmental approach to their education.

PIDS also recommended a more intensive and detailed information campaign on the availability of the SGA-PA.

SUCs should also consider the cultural challenges of the grantees when designing intervention programs to help the students become academically well-adjusted, PIDS added.

SSS reminds pensioners to confirm status

(JCM/LAF/PIA6)

ILOILO CITY, Jan. 1 (PIA6) - - The Social Security System (SSS) Iloilo Central Branch is reminding its pensioners to confirm their existence every year to avoid suspension of their monthly pensions.

To confirm their existence, old-age pensioners must fill-up the Annual Confirmation of Pensioners (ACOP) form at the SSS office during their birth month. Survivorship pensioners must accomplish the ACOP during the birth month of the member.

For incapacitated or disabled members, their representatives can get the form and other requirements to accomplish and submit without the need for pensioners to go to the SSS office. Pensioners living abroad can also send their representatives for the forms and other needed documents and once accomplished and signed submit them to the nearest SSS office.

Asia Lopez, Acting Regional Communications Officer of the SSS Iloilo Central Branch, said this is the reason why some pensioners are wondering that their monthly pensions stopped. However, once they have accomplished the ACOP they will be also ensured of the continuity of their pension.

Lopez said pensioners whose pensions were not suspended can renew their status at the bank where they opened their accounts.

To make its services closer to members, SSS has opened another branch in this city aside from the SSS Iloilo Central Branch located at JM Basa Street and its satellite office at the Robinson’s Place in Quezon-De Leon Streets. The new branch is located at the 2nd Floor of GT Mall, MH del Pilar Street in Molo district.

Lopez said they are currently studying other places in the region where they can put up their new offices. Passi City has now its own SSS satellite office.

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