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==Zambo town enforces 'no habitation zone== | |||
*Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/article.aspx?publicationsubcategoryid=200&articleid=722381 | |||
*Wednesday,August 31, 2011 | |||
:by Philstar.com | |||
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – The municipal government of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay province is set to prohibit any additional settlement of new occupants in areas considered high-risk to calamities in the municipality. | |||
Ipil, the capital town of Zamboanga Sibugay comprised of 28 barangays, is a first class municipality with a population of 63,786 people in 12,514 households as of 2010. | |||
Ipil municipal councilor Alberto Alcoriza, Jr. said this in response to the call of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to all local government units (LGUs) to declare “no habitation zones” in all high risk areas. | |||
Alcoriza said imposing prohibition of additional or new construction in areas considered high-risk to calamities would be the initial plan of the municipal government, citing the problem on relocation would be settled in the future. | |||
Those who would be relocated were the ones who were already staying in areas considered or identified as high-risk, Alcoriza said. | |||
He said they would focus on the identification of no habitation zones and tell the people not to add any structure or not to allow any new comer to settle in vacant lots. | |||
DENR Secretary Ramon Paje urged LGUs to declare “no habitation zones” of all areas identified as high-risk due to landslides and flooding incidents that claimed several lives caused by recent typhoons that hit the country. | |||
Paje also appealed to all LGUs to use geohazard maps earlier distributed by DENR to avoid loss of lives and properties especially in critical times when typhoons sweep the country which triggered heavy precipitation of lands. | |||
Geohazard maps identifies the areas susceptible to floods, landslides and flash floods and the level of their susceptibility such as high, moderate and low. (PNA) | |||
==Zambo Sibugay health officer bares importance of community health teams== | |||
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51558 | |||
*Tuesday, August 30, 2011 | |||
:by Paulnazer Lontua | |||
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Aug. 30 (PIA) -- The importance of having a community health team up to the barangay level in the entire province of Zamboanga Sibugay, particularly on the issues of maternal and child care was expressed by Provincial Health Officer, Dr. Rolando Olmoguez. | |||
In an effort to form a new community health team which will be composed of barangay officials, midwives and other health workers who will serve as health watchdogs of children and pregnant women in their respective communities, Olmoguez conducted a session with the different barangay chairmen and health workers from the municipalities of Payao and Siay. | |||
“I saw the importance of these community health teams to monitor and handle initial health care for the well-being of children and pregnant mothers in every community of Sibugay”, said Olmoguez. | |||
The health teams will be tasked to help in the campaign of the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) of the province to reduce maternal death cases and eradicate cases of malnutrition in Sibugay. | |||
On the issue involving cases of birth deliveries being handled by traditional birth attendanta or commonly called as “hilot,” Olmoguez said the health sector is already discouraging any “hilot” practitioners to handle birth deliveries and advised that expectant mothers to go to the nearest health facility to ensure they will be handled by experts. | |||
“We are already discouraging any birth delivery to be handled by hilot because many cases like these resulted to maternal deaths or child deaths due to lack of expertise and facilities during labor”, added Olmoguez. | |||
In the year 2010, Olmoguez revealed that maternal deaths reached 10 live births and this year, the percentage reduced to .8/1000 live births. Most cases were caused by obstetric bleeding due to lack of facilities and expertise to handle such complications. | |||
The norm now is, “hilots” are advised by IPHO to join the community health teams in their respective communities to help decrease maternal death cases and malnutrition rate. | |||
“We are advising those who practice hilot to join us in our health teams for a better, healthier and more improved Sibugay”, ended Olmoguez. | |||
The IPHO already conducted community health team formation sessions and orientation to almost all municipalities in Sibugay where the goal is the creation of barangay health teams in the province. (NBE-PIA9/JL, Zamboanga Sibugay) | |||
==Sibugay solon bats for strict tax collection workshop== | |||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51335 | |||
*Sunday, August 28, 2011 | |||
:by Paulnazer Lontua | |||
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Aug.28 (PIA) -- “To increase collection of tax revenues provincial government should strictly implement and religiously follow provincial tax revenue codes and all businesses should also declare income taxes accordingly and honestly”. | |||
2nd District Board Member, Datu Wilborne S. Danda, said in an interview recently after the Regular Session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Members at the Provincial Capitol. | |||
According to Danda, he already proposed an ordinance entitled “Ordinance Regulating the Extraction Fee Rates of Sand and Gravel and Mountain Quarry Resources in the Province”. | |||
The ordinance, Danda continued, will somehow help increase the tax revenues of Sibugay to generate funds for project implementation. | |||
“This ordinance can make Sibugay increase its revenues collections over the previous years. More taxes means more projects and more improvements for the province”, Danda explained. | |||
The ordinance states that pursuant to the Local Government Code of 1991, under Sec. 138, “Tax on Sand, Gravel and other Quarry Resources- the province may levy and collect not more than ten percent (10%) of Fair Market Value in the locality per cubic meter of ordinary stones, sand, gravel, earth and other quarry resources as defined under the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended, extracted from public lands or from beds of seas, lakes, rivers, streams, creeks and other public waters within its territorial justification. The permit to extract sand, gravel and other quarry resources shall be issued exclusively by the Provincial Governor pursuant to the ordinance of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP). | |||
A sum of P35.00 per cubic meter for extracting, gathering and collecting gravel sourced from rivers will be implemented, P30.00 for sand P25.00 for mixed sand and gravel and boulders from the mountain quarry. | |||
Danda pointed out that any moves by the local and provincial officials to improve and upgrade the Provincial Tax Ordinance will just be wasted if the implementation and collection is too light and lenient. | |||
He added that he prompted to act on the tax collection issue when he discovered that the collection of the province on tax is P165-M every year while Ipil, the capital municipality, collected more or less P60-M on its revenue collection alone. All data, according to Danda, are certified by the Commission on Audit (COA). | |||
“This is very alarming because if we compare the collection of the whole province of Sibugay to the collection of Ipil alone, we can see that the disparity of the figures is just very minimal thinking that it’s the whole province being compared to a municipality only. So somebody should act on this kind of situation before it’s too late”, added Danda. | |||
The proposed ordinance is also inspired by the agenda of Sibugay Provincial Governor Rommel A. Jalosjos in his speech during the 1st State of the Nation Address (SOPA) of the Governor mandating the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources (PENRO) to adhere to the mandates specifically on the upgrading and increasing the province’s tax revenues from quarry resources. | |||
Danda hopes that the ordinance will be approved and agreed upon by the SP body as soon as possible. (NBE PIA9/JL Zamboanga Sibugay) | |||
==Sibugay COP’s undergo disciplinary authority workshop== | |||
*Source:http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=51223 | |||
*Saturday, August 27, 2011 | |||
:by Paulnazer Lontua | |||
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY, Aug. 27 (PIA) –- Sixteen (16) Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief of Police (COP) and other Provincial Investigation and Detective Management and Administrative Officers of the province of Zamboanga Sibugay attended the Seminar-Workshop on COPs Disciplinary Authority conducted by the Internal Affairs Services from Region IX recently at the Sandigan Hall of the Provincial Police Headquarters here. PSupt. Geraldo Benjamin Avengoza, Assistant Provincial Director for Administration (APDA) of Zamboanga Sibugay Police Provincial Office, said the workshop aims to train these 16 municipal COPs to handle conflicts and problems with their men with disciplinary authority in their level. Avengoza added that it is the first time in PNP Sibugay to have a workshop of this kind. “The basic goal of this seminar is to simply give enough knowledge and skills to our COPs in Zamboanga Sibugay to handle situations which involved implementing disciplinary authority on their men. I believe that this is the first time here,” said Avengoza. It was learned that most of the problems within the PNP-COP level are brought to the Regional Internal Affairs Services (RIAS) office where cases pile up since more pressing matters are prioritized over it. The situation prompted the RIAS to conduct the workshop to capacitate municipal police stations to quickly resolve PNP conflicts within their level. “RIAS decided to train these COPs in handling disciplinary authority among their men so that cases would no longer reach higher offices because the latter have a lot of things to prioritize. Such that, municipal police station conflicts and problems should be settled by municipal COPs to lessen the burden of the RIAS”, added Avengoza. During the morning session of the workshop, PSupt Edwin B. Saagundo from RIAS discussed the issues on PNP Admin Disciplinary Authority, Admin Appellate bodies and Admin Offenses and Penalties. In the afternoon, RIAS Legal Officer, Atty. Russel Ebillo, did a detailed discussion on Admin Due Process. Disciplinary actions which could be sanctioned by COPs to erring PNPs are 15 days suspension, forfeiture of salary and restriction to specified limits depending on the weight of the violation committed by a police officer. Zamboanga Sibugay PNP Provincial Director, PSSupt. Ruben D. Cariaga, Sr., and RIAS Acting Regional Director, PSSupt. Sonny T. Cunanan, also graced the seminar-workshop. | |||