Zamboanga City News October 2018

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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.
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2,260 policemen deployed for ‘Undas’ security

By BONG GARCIA (SunStar Philippines)

THE Police Regional Office (PRO)-Zamboanga Peninsula has deployed 2,260 personnel to ensure the peaceful and solemn observance of the All Saints’ and All Souls’ Days or Undas in the region.

Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Luis Licup, PRO-Zamboanga Peninsula director, said the security deployment will cover cemeteries, bus terminals, airports, seaports and highways.

Licup said there are 192 cemeteries, 28 seaports, 94 bus terminals and four airports within their area of responsibility.

The police director said cops assigned with the mobile companies will conduct roving patrols along the highways to ensure the protection of those going home to visit their departed loved ones.

He added that 1,738 “force multipliers” consisting of Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team, Bantay Bayan and Civic Group members will also be deployed.

He advised the public to report to the police assistance desks in cemeteries, columbaria and public transport terminals presence of people acting suspiciously to prevent any untoward incidents.

He reminded the public to refrain from bringing prohibited things such as firearms, bladed weapons, liquors, gambling paraphernalia, videoke and the likes inside the cemeteries.

Social welfare office holds training on PWD law

By Bong Garcia (SunStar Philippines)

THE Persons with Disabilities Affairs Unit (PDAU) of the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is conducting a three-day training on Republic Act (RA) 10754 otherwise known as an “Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons with Disability (PWD).”

PDAU head Rose Ann Suarez said the training hopes to raise the level of awareness and the proper delivery of services by various agencies, institutions, and establishments, in relation to RA 10754.

Suarez said the participants of the training, from October 29 to 31, are the owners, managers and key personnel of known hotels, restaurants, department stores, groceries, bakers and pharmacies in this city—who will play a big role in the implementation of RA 10754.

The PDAU head said this is the third straight year the city government through the CSWDO has organized similar training for the benefit of the PWDs.

Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar on Tuesday appealed to the participants of the training to strictly comply with RA 10754.

Salazar has assured that the PWD sector, the real marginalized sector and considered as the poorest of the poor, is not left behind.

PCG prepares for “Oplan Undas”

(PCG Zamboanga)

The Philippine Coast Guard Zamboanga Station has beefed up security at the local port in line with “Oplan Undas” which would mark another long weekend in the city.

Zamboanga Station Chief Lieutenant Commander Noriel Ramos said that his directive to his men is to intensify security measures in entry and exit points of Zamboanga Port.

Ramos said that he also ordered his troops to heighten their alert status and strictly observe proper security measures and procedures in safeguarding and inspecting vessels and passengers.

"Hindi tayo pwdeng mag-kumpyansa. Lalo na’t mataas ang banta ng terorismo sa lungsod ng Zamboanga kayat nararapat lamang naming ipatupad ang tamang seguridad para sa kaligtasan ng mga mamamayan lalo na ngayong Undas," Ramos said.

Aside from their field security and vessel inspection personnel, Ramos is also utilizing their PCG-K9 units to inspect the baggage of passengers on board the vessel and those coming into the city.

"Our port security includes all aspects of it like passenger and cargo inspections, profiling and intelligence gathering against suspected terrorists,explosives and other contraband items in transit using seacrafts," Ramos said.

Ramos is also asking due consideration and cooperation from all passengers during inspection, a measure included in the coast guard’s security operation.

Construction of 2 flyovers in Zamboanga to start soon

By Teofilo Garcia, Jr (PNA)

ZAMBOANGA CITY--The construction of the two flyovers aimed at decongesting traffic here will start anytime before the end of this year.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said the bidding, awarding and the notice to proceed to the winning contractor to commence the project have been completed.

“The long wait is over, the solution to our traffic problem is here. We have been waiting for this, (as) I have made various representations in DPWH head office and in Congress many times just for this project to materialize,” said First District Representative Celso Lobregat.

Lobregat is the vice chairperson of the House Committee on Appropriations.

The first flyover worth P223.2 million will be constructed at the intersection of Gov. Camins and Veterans Avenues, which is in front of the Sta. Cruz Commercial Complex. It is scheduled to be completed in 504 calendar days.

The second flyover, valued at PHP234.8 million, will be built across the Zamboanga City-Labuan highway. It is set to be completed in 552 calendar days.

On Thursday, the winning bidder, FREY-FIL Corporation, presented its program of works during a coordinating conference held at the regional office of the DPWH.

The conference was attended by Engr. Edwin Acol, the project engineer of FREY-FIL Corporation, officials of DPWH and Lobregat.

Acol said they are already moving the necessary equipment and laying down the grounds works to commence the implementation of the project.

“We will simultaneously construct the two flyovers,” Acol said.

FREY-FIL Corporation is a Metro Manila-based firm that specializes in flyover projects, box bridges, expressways, and other major road infrastructures.

600 runners join 2nd ‘Basura Run’

By BONG GARCIA (SunStar Philippines)

THE participants of the recently-held 2nd “Basura Run” have collected loads of garbage, an official announced.

Rodrigo Pagotaisidro, public service officer IV, said the “Basura Run,” which was held on Sunday, October 21, was participated by 600 runners.

The runners consisted of personnel from the local and national government agencies, including uniformed personnel, non-government organizations and the different villages.

Pagotaisidro said the 2nd Basura Run kicked-off at 6 a.m. from the covered court of Guiwan village to the Tugbungan Elementary School passing through the Maria Clara Lorenzo Lobregat Highway then towards Tetuan central School, straight to Avalokitesvara School then turn left to Yubengco Tetuan straight to Tugbungan--all in all covering 5 kilometer of slow run and walk.

The participants filled up their empty sacks with plastic wastes while they run and upon reaching the Tugbungan Elementary School, the trash collected were weighed and sorted and the groups or individuals with the heaviest trash were awarded with prizes.

He said the Basura Run is an advocacy aimed to make people aware of the importance of throwing garbage in proper bins especially plastics, one of the causes of flooding.

The public service officer said it takes place every quarter of the year and is participated by runners and concerned citizens.

The Basura Run adopted the theme “Beat Plastic Pollution, If You Can’t Re-Use it, Refuse it.”

156 hired on the spot in 2-day job fair

By Bong Garcia (SunStar Philippines)

A TOTAL of 156 applicants were hired on the spot (Hots) while 751 qualified who are subject for final review and examination in the recently-held two-day Hermosa Job Fair in Zamboanga City.

The job fair, which was part of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival, was held from October 19 to 20 at the KCC Mall de Zamboanga.

Maria Socorro Rojas, Public Employment Service Office (Peso), said that 103 of the 156 Hots were hired on the first day while the remaining 53 on the second day of the job fair.

Rojas, who is also the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) officer, said that 556 of the 751 applicants qualified on the first day while 195 were on the second day of the job fair.

The job fair registered a total of 1,135 applicants, 756 of which were registered on the first day and 379 on the second day.

Meanwhile, the Technical Educational Services and Development Authority (Tesda) provided almost 200 people with free manicure, pedicure, massage and haircut services.

The Social Security System served 92, Philippine Health Insurance Corporation served 97 and Pag-Ibig fund served 105 in terms of registration services and updating of membership.

The job was jointly organized by the CSWDO-Peso, Department of Labor and Employment, Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, and Tesda as well as the KCC Mall de Zamboanga.

City eyes improved mass transit

By Jasmine Mohammadsali

A mass public transportation project is currently under works to improve daily commute in the city’s thoroughfares, the local government announced Monday, October 22.

Assistant City Administrator Cesar Raz presented to members of the local media the proposed mass transit project which will introduce the use of some 15 buses as public transport for residents and visitors and its respective routes in the city’s streets.

According to Raz, the project is based from the city’s comprehensive land use plan (CLUP) and intends to provide a comfortable and reliable mode of public transport. It also hopes to encourage residents to shift from using private vehicles to modern public transportation in order to decrease the volume of vehicles in public thoroughfares.

“This is still part of our proposed mass transit under the CLUP...this was studied a long time ago,” Raz said, citing the survey on public transport mode characteristics conducted by the Palafox planning team in 2016.

The Zamboanga City Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT) will be the starting and ending point for the buses which will ply a looping route along the MCLL highway towards city proper, with designated bus stops at Putik (Lunzuran entrance) Yubenco City Mall, Guiwan Intersection (Sampaguita), Guiwan (San Bernardino Bridge), Sta. Cruz intersection, Veterans – Don Alfaro intersection, Corcuerra Street (Port), WMSU, San Jose and Baliwasan intersection, Airport, Sta. Maria – Canelar intersection, and Camins, and back to MCLL highway to IBT.

Currently, the local government is working on completing its Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) which is a requirement for the issuance of a franchise by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB).

“We will present it to the transport groups,” Raz said, adding that the local government is in constant dialogue with all transport groups in order to be able to provide the best possible service to commuters in line with the city’s efforts towards modernization.

The proposed bus fare is P18. With the higher fare price, Raz said the buses will not be directly competing with existing transportation franchise like jeepneys and tricycles.

“We will always be higher than the jeepney fare and the tricycle fare because we based it on the matrix, it must always be higher,” he said.

Raz added that the buses will provide commuters with additional transportation options.

“Commuters have this right of choice,” he said.

Zambo airport receives 200 new luggage carts

By Teofilo Garcia, Jr (PNA)

ZAMBOANGA CITY--The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) has purchased 200 new units of luggage carts for the use of the passengers at the Zamboanga International Airport (ZIA).

The purchase came after the request of first district Rep. Celso Lobregat to the CAAP central office and Department of Transportation (DOTr) Sec. Arthur Tugade.

The 200 new units of luggage carts arrived here Monday from Manila, and were received by ZIA Manager Antonio Alfonso, Tourism Regional Director Myra Paz Valderrosa-Abubakar, and Lobregat.

“This is an answered prayer, we have been longing for this and I am glad this request was acted by CAAP. I am thankful to Secretary Tugade for granting this request and also the massive improvements being done at present in our dilapidated airport and runway while awaiting the future transfer of our airport, which is in the process,” Lobregat said.

Alfonso said the 50 units luggage carts, which was borrowed from Cagayan de Oro in time for the Fiesta Pilar and Philippine Councilor League convention last month, will be returned soon.

Cagayan de Oro temporarily provided the luggage carts through the request of Lobregat and Alfonso as an immediate remedy in resolving the shortage of carts at the local airport.

Abubakar said the arrival of the new luggage carts would in some way help in the tourism aspect of this city, adding it will provide comfort to arriving tourists since they will no longer carry their luggage.

Zamboanga City prepares for ‘Undas’

(Politiko Mindanao)

Zamboanga City has started preparing for the peaceful observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day next month as the police have remained on alert against terrorist groups, the local government said.

Assistant City Administrator for City Affairs Jose Genaro Yap-Aizon presided over a meeting Tuesday, October 16, for the security and traffic measures to be implemented for “Undas” 2018 on November 1-2.

“The police also do not downplay the possibility that the main threat groups like the Abu Sayyaf Group, the Urban Terrorist Group and criminal syndicates may take advantage of the situation,” the city government said.

It said that all police stations have adopted their respective security plan, including the maximum deployment of personnel and visibility patrols, particularly in areas where there are cemeteries.

The City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (CDRRMO), City Health Office (CHO) and the Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources (OCENR) have also prepared their contingency measures to ensure safety, health and sanitation at the cemeteries, it added.

Zamboanga City pushes for P2B 5-year food security plan

(Politiko Mindanao)

Zamboanga City, along with the stakeholders, is eyeing a P2-billion 5-year food security plan following the rice crisis that hit the city and nearby provinces recently, the local government said.

Some 200 participated in the first ever Food Security Stakeholders Consultation Friday, October 19, in coming out with an action plan that aims at improving agricultural and fishery production in the city, said the City Agriculturist Office (CAO).

“Top on the agenda was to increase rice production by addressing the shrinking agricultural land area due to unabated land conversion, aging farmer population and obsolete farming technology and practices,” it said.

According to the CAO, the rice sector has proposed the procurement of 50 bags of registered seeds for 2019, organic fertilizer worth P10 million and procurement of 24 bags of upland rice seeds.

The livestock and poultry sector has recommended the establishment of stock farms as source of quality based stocks amounting to P65 million, another P65 million as support to “halal” or organic production, and P10 million support to the “asao lechon” in the city.

The corn sector, on the other hand, requested for farm equipment such as truck, cassava grater, drilling rig, corn mills, disposal chicken dung, mechanical dyer, solar dyer, solar power and the establishment of corn village type production plant and market matching.

The fish sector has suggested strategies to avert the decrease in the fish supply.

Zamboanga City declared previously a state of calamity after the prices of rice significantly increased to as much as P70 per kilo.

City Council passes P4.1-B budget for 2019

By R.G ANTONET A. GO

The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Zamboanga has passed on third and final reading the city’s P4.1-billion Annual Executive Budget during the Council’s regular session yesterday.

The appropriation ordinance was passed amid opposition raised by minority councilors on some of the city government’s major purchases.

The city’s proposed budget for 2019 is P4,196,851,213.78. This represents an increase of P400-million compared to last year’s budget of P3.7 billion.

Majority councilors rallied behind the ordinance in three votations which led to the approval of the proposed measure.

Ten administration councilors voted in favor. These are Councilors Rommel Agan, Teodyver Arquiza, Bong Atilano, Rodolfo Bayot, Jihan Edding, Juan Climaco Elago, Tungkuh Hanapi, Cesar Jimenez, Josephine Pareja, and Jimmy Villaflores.

Those who abstained from votation are minority councilors Rudy Lim, Joselito Macrohon, Miguel Alavar III, Boday Cabato, BG Guingona, Lilibeth Nuño, Jerry Perez, and Cary John Pioc.

Minority Councilor Rudy Lim dubbed the executive budget as “whimsical.”

Lim opposed the purchase of a metro bus without a feasibility study and the huge allocations for a mobile kitchen and a portable toilet and a drone reportedly costing from P500,000 to P1-million.

Lim said that there was nothing substantial in the budget for the purchase of towing trucks, speed guns, and the construction of a parking building.

There was also reportedly no allocation for agriculture.

Councilor Rommel Agan, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, accused minority councilors of not attending the public hearing on the ordinance.

“Now I’m Committee on Appropriation Chairman I don’t want man railroad poreso antes na plenary ya chene public hearing nuay media consejal ya abuya,” Agan stressed.

The appropriation ordinance will be forwarded to Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar for signing and will be submitted to the Department of Budget and Management for review and approval.

Zamboanga City sets 2nd ‘Basura Run’

By Teofilo Garcia, Jr

ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources (OCENR) is spearheading on Sunday the second “Basura Run”, an advocacy on cleanliness and fitness.

Rodrigo Pagotaisidro, public service officer of OCENR, said the activity will kick off at 5 a.m. from the Guiwan Barangay Hall to Barangay Tugbungan. The registration fee is PHP50 for each participant.

Pagotaisidro said the participants are required to bring empty sacks or any container, with their name written on it, for the collection of plastic and styrofoam wastes that they can find in the course of the run.

He said the activity aims to instill public awareness on the importance of throwing garbage in proper bins to maintain cleanliness and to prevent flooding. It is anchored on the theme, “Beat Plastic Pollution, If You Can’t Re-Use It, Refuse It.”

The first “Basura Run” was held on June 25, which started at the RT Lim Blvd. in Barangay San Jose-Cawa-Cawa and ended at the Paseo del Mar in Barangay Zone 4.

Meanwhile, Pagotaisidro said they are working to strengthen the capacities of the barangays in line with sanitation, particularly solid waste management.

He said they are continuously conducting assemblies in the barangays, pursuant to the implementation of City Ordinance 176, for the reorganization of ecological solid waste management committees and the development of the barangay solid waste management plan.

The official explained that the barangays will don bigger roles in waste management, particularly in identifying their respective purok or zone where to start segregation and the creation of an eco-volunteer group that will handle the solid waste management program.

He said garbage trucks will be provided to the barangays, which will then handle their own garbage collection, segregation, and disposal at the sanitary landfill. (PNA)

2-day Hermosa job fair at KCC starts today

By Sheila Covarrubias

All roads lead to the Hermosa Job Fair which starts at 9 a.m. today, Oct. 19 at the KCC East Wing in Gov. Camins. It will run until Oct. 20.

Close to 12,000 jobs will be up for grabs in the two-day job fair organized by the City Social Welfare and Development Office-Public Employment Service Office (CSWDO-PESO) in partnership with the Department of labor and Employment, Philippine Overseas Employment Agency, Technical Skills Development Authority and KCC.

The job fair is open for high school graduates, college graduates of any course, TESDA skills training graduates and other categories with ages 18 and above.

More or less 50 agencies – 35 local and 15 overseas are expected to participate in the annual job fair organized by the city as part of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. Of the total jobs that will be made available, 2,952 will be for local employment while 9,560 will be for placement abroad.

Applicants are advised to be in proper attire and to bring resume’ and other pertinent documents to present to the recruitment agencies.

To add color to the event, TESDA will be offering free massage, beauty care and haircut services while the Social Security System (SSS), Philhealth and PAG-IBIG fund will also provide registration services and updating of membership.

The job fair also forms part of the City Government’s program to help address unemployment in Zamboanga.

Zambo expo 2018 earns P25-M in sales

By Teofilo Garcia, Jr (PNA)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Tuesday hailed the 2018 Zamboanga Peninsula Exposition (ZAMPEX) as a big success as it recorded PHP25.4 million in sales, twice higher since its inception in 2014.

Dr. Sitti Amina Jain, DTI-9 director, said this year’s ZAMPEX held from October 8 to 11 was participated in by 102 exhibitors, with 93 from Zamboanga Peninsula, while the remaining nine are from Davao City, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), notably, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, and from ASEAN-member country, Indonesia.

Grouped according to province or city, Jain said the exhibitors from this city generated the highest sales at PHP10.4 million representing 41 percent of the total sales of ZAMPEX 2018.

Second is Zamboanga del Norte with PHP7.2 million and third, and Zamboanga del Sur with PHP6.47 million.

The products sold were categorized into two – food and non-food products, with higher sales generated by non-food products, totaling to PHP15.041 million, while food products generated PHP10.391 million- in sales.

The PHP25.4 million sales surpassed by PHP10 million this year’s ZAMPEX target of PHP15 million in sales convincing Jain that “it is ripe to go out of the region and bring the fair to a bigger, more mainstream market.”

“It’s high time for our local products to conquer bigger markets. Next year, we will be bringing ZAMPEX to Manila. After this success, we need to buckle down in preparation for next year. It’s much challenging to bring this to Manila but we are very confident it will be worth the challenges to bring our best products to Manila,” Jain said.

She said the first edition of ZAMPEX in 2014 has generated total sales of PHP10.7 million, which was eclipsed in 2015 with PHP12.5 million. In 2016, the sales dipped to PHP11.46 million, but improved to PHP11.9 million in 2017.

Held every October, ZAMPEX is an annual activity of DTI-9 in line with the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. It is one of the biggest marketing platforms for micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) in the region.

ZAMPEX aims to promote locally-made products of MSMEs in the region, create or reinforce visibility and raise the awareness and interest on their products, and establish linkages between producers and buyers and establish partnerships among distributors and suppliers through business matching.

SAP Go opens 14th Malasakit Center in Zamboanga City

By R. G. Antonet Go (PNA)

ZAMBOANGA CITY--Special Assistant to the President Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go on Saturday has opened a Malasakit Center to hasten the delivery of medical services and to provide free medicines to poor patients in this city.

The Malasakit Center here--the 14th in the country--is located at the government-run Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC).

Go said the center is a one-stop-shop of government agencies that provide assistance to poor patients, such as the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), the Department of Health (DOH), the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth).

Go said the center will also have an express lane for senior citizens and Person with Disability (PWD), adding that the only requirement to avail of the services of the Malasakit Center is that “you must be a Filipino citizen.”

“The Malasakit Center is a one-stop shop for our countrymen who need medical assistance from the government. Its aim is to hasten and bring closer to the people the help of the concerned government agencies,” he said.

Go turned over PHP5 million to the ZCMC as counterpart from Malacañang and as initial fund for the operation of the Malasakit Center here.

“The services in the Malasakit Center are for free and non-partisan. There is no politics, anyone who is sick can avail of the assistance at the center,” he emphasized.

He said that they intend to open more Malasakit Centers in other parts of the country “so that more Filipinos can avail of its services.”

Go has also visited some of the elderly patients admitted at the ZCMC after leading the opening of the Malasakit Center.

Zamboanga, Puerto Princesa ink sisterhood pact

By R. G. Antonet Go (PNA)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – This city and the Puerto Princesa City have forged a sisterhood agreement that seeks to strengthen ties in the aspects of culture, tourism and agriculture.

The accord was signed in a ceremony held Thursday night at the century-old City Hall of Zamboanga City with officials of both cities in attendance.

The signatories of this city were Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar and Vice Mayor Cesar Iturralde.

Councilor Maria Nancy Socrates represented Puerto Princesa Mayor Lucilo Bayron in the signing ceremony. She was accompanied by Councilors Rolando Amurao, Henry Gadiano, and Mathew Mendoza.

The signing of the sisterhood pact is based on Council Resolution 148 of Puerto Princesa City dated Spectember 20, 2016 and Resolution 1019 approved by the City Council of this city on October 18, 2016.

Socrates, in an interview, said they can learn many things from this city such us the culture, disaster preparedness, agriculture and sardines industry.

Zamboanga City can learn from Puerto Princesa City in terms of Community-based Sustainable Tourism.

“We celebrate not only the sisterhood but the opportunity for more growth and development,” Salazar said.

Salazar added that the sisterhood agreement “will not only be partnership in economics but as well as culture, and ecological and environment opportunities for the resources of both cities.”

“We need to inform other cities about what Zamboanga City can offer our visitors, and this (sisterhood pact) is one way of telling them,” Tourism Regional Director Myra Paz Abubakar said.

Abubakar is the author of Resolution 1019 that the City Council approved when she was still seating as member of the City Council representing first district.

President Rodrigo Duterte appointed her as tourism regional director on July 30, 2018.

Abubakar said she is looking forward for the city to emulate the cleanliness and the vibrant tourism sector of Puerto Princesa City.

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