Difference between revisions of "Iloilo City News November 2012"

Jump to navigation Jump to search
→ → Go back HOME to Zamboanga: the Portal to the Philippines.

Iloilo City News November 2012 (view source)

Revision as of 08:53, 10 December 2012

18,411 bytes added ,  08:53, 10 December 2012
→‎Police to undergo sign language training
Line 12: Line 12:
</table></div>
</table></div>
<!--- DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE --->
<!--- DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE --->
==Dinagyang Festival is ‘big brother’ to other festivals in PHL==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=476027
*Friday, November 30, 2012
:(PNA), LAP/PGLENA/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Nov. 30 (PNA) -- Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival plays the role of a "big brother" to other festivals in the country and its organizers are willing to share learning with other local government units (LGUs) that want to establish their local festivity.
This was shared by City Tourism and Development Office (CTDO) head Benito Jimena in Thursday’s kick off of the series of media interaction as part of the preparations for the 2013 Dinagyang Festival.
Jimena said that Dinagyang Festival now serves as benchmark for other festivals in terms of music, choreography and costumes.
“Iloilo's Dinagyang Festival has a name already,” he stated, adding that other festivals try to copy its beats.
The festival now only has five years to reach its golden age. It has evolved into a big religious and cultural event supported by both the government and private sectors.
The festival is held in honor of Señor Santo Niño but its cultural presentations trace their beginning from the barter of Panay by the 10 Bornean datus from the Aetas led by King Marikudo held way back 13th century in Sinugbuhan, San Joaquin town of Iloilo province.
Dinagyang has already won numerous awards and recently was the only festival to became finalist in the Galing Pook award, a recognition bestowed to best practices of LGUs.
Next year will be another year of exciting performances as participating groups to various competitions are working to improve their production number, according to Ramon Cua-Locsin, chairman of the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc (IDFI), the implementing arm of the activity.
He disclosed that 11 tribes will vie for the Ati-Ati and maximum of 15 for the Kasadyahan. Subsidies for the Ati tribes are expected to increase similar with the Kasadyahan groups, Locsin added.
==Iloilo gears towards 100% Filaria elimination==
*Source:http://iloilonewstoday.com/index.php/iloilo/9976-iloilo-gears-towards-100-filaria-elimination
*Thursday, November 29, 2012 00:00
:By Karen V. Bermejo
The Department of Health is gearing towards the 100 percent elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis cases in Iloilo as it culminates its five-year mass drug administration campaign this year.
The World Health Organization said that filariasis is “transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected aedes poecilus mosquito and develop into adult worms in the lymphatic vessels causing severe damage and swelling.
Ana Maria Hibionada, regional Filariasis program coordinator of DOH said that Iloilo is the first province in the region that will complete its 5-year MDA program.
The MDA program or the distribution of anti-Filaria drugs is one the main strategies of DOH for the elimination and prevention of the parasitic disease that affects about 645,232 Filipinos today.
This year also is the fourth year for the province of Capiz, third in the provinces of Aklan and Antique and the second year for Iloilo City.
Hibionada noted that the MDA started in 2007 in Iloilo with the discovery of the first Filariasis case in Lambunao town.
She said that in 2007, about 501 persons were tested for filariasis and 66 were found positive in the town of Lambunao and 14 in Concepcion.
In this year’s survey, Lambunao now has three positive cases and Concepcion has none.
In other parts of the region, positive cases were also seen in Tapaz, Dumalag and Jamindan in Capiz; in Valderrama, Bugasong and Laua-an in Antique and in Libacao, Madalag and Malinao in Aklan.
Meanwhile, Luisa Hipolito, Iloilo City Filariasis Control Program Coordinator encouraged the public to avail the free anti-filaria drugs like DEC or Diethylcarbamagine citrate and Albendazole.
Hipolito also urged the public’s participation in the intensive information dissemination against filariasis.
Of the 44 affected provinces in the country, 15 already successfully reached the elimination stage in 2011. These include: Southern Leyte, Sorsogon, Bukidnon, Biliran, Romblon, Agusan Sur, Dinagat Province, Cotabato province, Compostela Valley, Marinduque, Albay, Catanduanes, Eastern and Western Samar, Mindoro Oriental and Mindoro Oriental.
==City gov’t gives assistance to fire, tornado victims==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=475477
*Wednesday, November 28, 2012
:(PNA), GHG/AJP/LCPENDON/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Nov. 28 (PNA) -- The city government has extended financial assistance to 16 families who were victims of tornado that lashed the city last October.
Mayor Jed Patric Mabilog said the city government has earmarked P65,000 and distributed the same to the beneficiaries on Wednesday.
Two families from Brgy. Hipodromo whose houses were totally destroyed were given P5,000 assistance each.
The beneficiaries were mostly fire victims from three city barangays. Families of three totally burned houses were given P5,000 each as financial assistance and three partially houses of P2,500 each of Brgy. Compania Central in Molo district.
Owners of five totally burned houses were given P5,000 each and three partially burned received P2,000 each in Brgy. Cubay, Jaro district.
==Iloilo City ready for Batang Pinoy Games==
*Source:http://www.sunstar.com.ph/iloilo/sports/2012/11/27/iloilo-city-ready-batang-pinoy-games-255299
*Tuesday, November 27, 2012
:(LCP)
ILOILO City, together with the Iloilo Provincial Government and the Department of Education, are all set to host the 2012 Philippine Youth Games popularly known as Batang Pinoy (BP) on December 5-8.
Around 1,778 athletes and sports official from 130 local government units in the country are expected to participate in the event.
Spearheaded and organized by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC), the games for local government unit (LGU)-based 15 years old and below, mostly from the elementary grades, will present sports action in 14 sports disciplines.
The competition will be on arnis, archery, athletics, swimming, basketball, badminton, chess, table tennis, lawn tennis, boxing, karatedo, taekwondo, wushu and triathlon.
PSC commissioner Jollie Gomez said the revival of BP will focus on talent identification in the grassroots. The BP is looking for those qualified to be enrolled in the proposed regional sports academy.
BP also plans to adopt athletes for further training earmark to compete in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, he said.
Gomez said the BP was revived two years ago, and was only revived last year in Naga City upon the recommendation of the late Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo.
He said Iloilo City is a perfect venue for the games, with it having several sports venues and covered gymnasiums, augmented by billeting schools mobilized to accommodate the athletes and sports officials.
Iloilo City will be fielding a total of 258 composed of 227 athletes and 31 coaches, while Iloilo province will have 141 athletes, 28 coaches and 5 officials.
The National Capital Region will have 250 athletes, 65 coaches and 27 officials; Northern Luzon with 271 athletes, 57 coaches and 26 officials; Southern Luzon with 249 athletes, 60 coaches and 22 officials; and Mindanao with 232 athletes, 62 coaches and 25 officials.
Expected to arrive during the opening ceremonies are PSC chairman Reggie Garcia and Senator Pia Cayetano. Iloilo City Mayor will also invite other government officials and sports enthusiasts to the games.
== Iloilo now key player in business – DTI ==
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=911353902622
*Monday, November 26, 2012
:By Elsa S. Subong (JCM/ESS/PIA-Iloilo)
ILOILO CITY, Nov. 26 (PIA6) – Metro Iloilo has been included in the 2012 Surveys of Enterprises on Corruption, where more than 70 percent of the respondents expressed satisfaction on the efforts of the local government in promoting good business climate.
Department of Trade and Industry-Iloilo Director Wilhelm Malones said in media interviews that this meant that the city and province of Iloilo have growth potentials.
“We are included so that we will be aware that we have become a great part of the big group which can contribute so much in the business,” Malones said.
The survey also showed that about 66 percent of respondents have good business expectations in the next two years in the midst of perception that the level of corruption is found the most in the city and municipal government.
Malones noted that Iloilo has tools to enable it to address corruption that includes investment and incentives bodies existing in the local government units.
The perception can make way for the stakeholders to review the procedures that need improvement, Malones also said.
Malones said there is the need for officials to identify what would be their focus, particularly in reducing the steps of transactions to reduce perception of corruption.
It was the first time for Metro Iloilo to be included in the survey together with Angeles in Pampanga.
Before, the surveys covered only the National Capital Region, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Cavite, Laguna and Batangas.
==More participants expected to join Dinagyang’s Kasadyahan cultural contest in Jan ==
*Source:http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/56801-More-participants-expected-to-join-Dinagyang146;s-Kasadyahan-cultural-contest-in-Jan.html
*Sunday, November 25, 2012
:(PNA), HBC/PGL/VLO
ILOILO CITY — The Kasadyahan regional cultural competition, among highlights of the 2013 Dinagyang Festival, will be a showdown of best festivals among local government units in Western Visayas and festival interpretation by colleges and universities here.
Five groups have confirmed their participation to include this year’s defending champion and winner of a consolation prize during the Aliwan Fiesta, Salakayan Festival of Miagao; Hubon Saranggola and Hubon Binagtong, all of Guimaras’ Manggahan Festival; Tribu Hugyaw of St. Therese MTC Colleges and Olalong of Cabalum Western College.
Dr. Eden Deriada, in-charge of the Kasadyahan Group said that she has already talked to several interested groups and she is just waiting for them to submit their documents.
These groups from University of San Agustin; Western Visayas College of Science and Technology; University of the Philippines; Leon, Leganes and San Joaquin all in Iloilo province and from Capiz.
She said the Dept. of Tourism under Atty. Helen Catalbas as regional director also committed to help in encouraging festivals from other provinces in the region to be part of the cultural event.
This year the participation of Bacolod City’s Masskara Festival; Sigabong sang Kanyon and Hugyaw Kansilay from Negros Occidental; Mandaragat and Panguyang from Antique; Sinadya sa Halaran from Capiz; Palayag sang Buenavista and Hubon Sinulog sang Oracon all in Guimaras and Ati-Atihan of Kalibo added color to the festivity.
Other participants during the 2012 cultural competition were the Tribu Maragtas of the West Visayas State University (WVSU), Kahilwayan Festival of Sta Barbara, Iloilo and Hugyaw Arts and Dance Company of the St. There MTC College.
The Dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival in this city, held on the fourth Sunday of January, or right after the Sinulog in Cebu and the Ati-Atihan in Aklan.
It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Atis.
==Iloilo pursues bid to host APEC Summit in 2015 ==
*Source:http://www.thedailyguardian.net/index.php/local-news/20661-iloilo-pursues-bid-to-host-apec-summit-in-2015
*Saturday, November 24, 2012 12:46 am
:By: Francis Allan L. Angelo
ILOILO will pursue its bid to host the Asia Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) summit in 2015 amidst comments that it is “too ambitious.”
Senator Franklin Drilon mocked the comment saying “there is nothing wrong in having big ambitions.”
“Why can we not be ambitious? Tell me. What’s wrong with being ambitious? No one could have said that we can have a convention center but it is now here,” Drilon said.
The Ilonggo senator said it is about time that the city and province of Iloilo is showcased to the world via international conventions and meetings such as APEC.
“Andrew Tan of Megaworld pledged that they will hasten their projects so that the hotels and other amenities are ready should we host the APEC summit,” he added.
The 2015 APEC summit is being considered in the island resort of Boracay in Aklan province. A team from the Department of Foreign Affairs visited the island two weeks ago to assess its capacity to host the international gathering of world leaders.
But sources in Boracay Island said the island must cope with problems of flood, security and accessibility to become a satiable site for the summit.
Drilon said holding international summits in Iloilo will also shore up market for international flights between Iloilo and Hong Kong via Cebu Pacific Airlines.
“We have to create activities that will also help the market for international flights or else it will not last,” he said.
== DSWD readies 2013 120-day supplemental feeding program ==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=474104
*Friday, November 23, 2012
:(PNA), GHG/AJPETINGLAY/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Nov. 23 (PNA) -- Preparations are underway for the 120-day Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the National Food Authority (NFA) 2013 Supplemental Feeding Program (SFP).
National Food Authority Iloilo Asst. Manager Jose Pacificador said their early preparation is necessary so they could deliver the rice to the respective Day Care Centers in Iloilo early.
“We need to iron fortify the rice before its delivery,” Pacificador explained.
The SFP, which is being spearheaded by the DSWD is one of the government's priority program which aim to mitigate hunger and address malnutrition among the day care children.
This year, the SFP has been implemented in the 5,557 Day Care Centers throughout the six provinces of Western Visayas including Iloilo. It benefited a total of 185,198 children who received cooked rice cereal and viand prepared by their own parents’ at the Day Care Centers.
According to the DSWD Regional Office 6, the same Day Care Centers in the region will be next year's beneficiaries.
==New tourism ad soon to air worldwide ==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=6&rid=473887
*Thursday, November 22, 2012
:(PNA), LAM/AJP/LFVARGAS/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Nov. 22 (PNA) -- A new promotional material for the Philippines will soon be unveiled by the Department of Tourism (DOT) in Russia, Europe and other Southeast Asian countries.
Two advertisements that were shot in Boracay Island were first shown here Thursday during the 2nd Western Visayas Business Forum, spearheaded by the University of Iloilo-PHINMA president Dr. Chito Salazar.
The commercials depict how foreigners have embraced the Filipino culture and enjoy the richness of the country’s natural resources such as its pristine beaches.
DOT Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr., who was the guest of honor during the forum, emphasized that the advertisements are not necessarily just all about traveling but also how to live here in the Philippines.
The DOT also announced other projects such as the world's largest fruit market in Davao where every product is made of fruits -- from fruit juices to handicrafts made of fruit; Coconut Tourism Facility in Quezon Province -- a showcase of Filipinos using every part of the coconut tree; and the Rice-Agri Tourism in Naga which presents 12 different kinds of rice products.
==Iloilo City rates high in promoting good business climate for enterprises==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=473453
*Wednesday, November 21, 2012
:(PNA), LDV/AJP/PGL/VLO
ILOILO CITY, Nov. 21 (PNA) -- A higher percentage of entrepreneurs in Metro Iloilo are satisfied with the good business climate offered by the city government here.
Result of the 2012 Surveys of Enterprises on Corruption conducted by the Social Weather Station (SWS) showed that 71 percent of respondents were satisfied with the business environment in this city.
The figure came second to Davao where satisfaction rating has increased to 87 percent compared with the 76 percent score in the 2009 survey.
Cebu, with its 76 percent, showed a decline compared with its 77 percent result three years ago.
The survey that was conducted July 16 to October 16 this year gathered information from seven areas in the country although it was the first time that Metro Iloilo was included thus leaving no room for comparison.
A total of 100 respondents came from Metro Iloilo composed of 33 large enterprises and 67 small and medium entrepreneurs.
Further, 66 percent of those surveyed shared excellent/good business expectations for Iloilo in the next two years.
Meanwhile, Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog was also challenged by the result of the survey showing 85 percent of respondents, saying corruption among public sector was prevalent in the city and municipal level.
Mabilog said he would be glad to show them the initiatives of the city government to dispel their perception on corruption happening in Metro Iloilo.
The result was a combination of this city and its neighboring towns.
The mayor also stated that he would be calling the SWS to determine specific areas where they need to improve.
“It would serve as basis for us to work on our departments so as to reduce if not eliminate the perception on corruption,” he said after meeting with city department heads today.
Lea Lara, executive director of the Iloilo Business Club (IBC), said it is worth citing the high confidence extended by businessmen to the city government in fighting corruption.
“The concern is more developmental and not on personalities; it refers to how services are being obtained. It is an indication that there is room that needs to be improved,” she cited.
Lara also underscored the need for transparency and improvement of the other aspects of the system in line with the streamlining of processes in securing business permits to address the perception.
The result of the survey was presented by Linda Luz Guerrero, vice-president of the SWS, as part of the National Competitiveness Roadshow held here Monday.
==Police to undergo sign language training==
==Police to undergo sign language training==
*Source:http://iloilonewstoday.com/index.php/the-front-page/iloilo/9843-police-to-undergo-sign-language-training
*Source:http://iloilonewstoday.com/index.php/the-front-page/iloilo/9843-police-to-undergo-sign-language-training
Prdims
325,636

edits

Retrieved from "http://zamboanga.com/z/index.php?title=Special:MobileDiff/603919"

Navigation menu