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PHILIPPINE'S 455 WATERLESS TOWNS WILL ALL HAVE WATER SUPPLY BY 2016, SAYS DILG
Friday 3rd of May 2013
PAGADIAN CITY, May 3 (PIA) -- The country’s 455 waterless municipalities will have their own water supply system by 2016, according to Ms. Fe Crisilla Banluta, Program Manager, Water Supply Sanitation Unit (WSSU) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Speaking in a forum held here Tuesday on human rights-based local water and sanitation governance, Ms. Banluta said potable water systems were already given to 36 of the 455 waterless towns in the country under the Sagana and Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat (SaLinTubig) [Sufficient and Safe Water for All] project.
These 36 towns belong to the pilot regions comprising regions 2, ...
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19Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 19 (PIA) - - The Department of Education (DepEd) during the first quarter Regional Social Development Committee (RSDC) meeting held recently in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay, sought the support to its Public-Private Partnership (PPP) for School Infrastructure Project II (PSIP-II) or the large-scale classroom project for endorsement to the Regional Development Council (RDC)-9. DepEd is embarking on the second phase of its large-scale classroom construction through the PPP scheme ...
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15Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 15 (PIA) - - “The Regional Development Council is the highest policy-making in the region. We are not here just to present our budget but we are here to contribute to the regional development.” This was the gist of the message of Regional Director Teresita Socorro C. Ramos of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-9 during the 143rd Regional Development Council (RDC) meeting held recently at the Top Plaza Hotel this city. The council has endorsed a P47.43-...
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11Mar2013PAGADIAN CITY, March 11 (PIA) -- “Without the taxpayers, the nation will not exist.” This was the statement of lawyer Nasrollah B. Conding, Revenue District Office (RDO) 92 chief, during the kick-off of the 2013 tax campaign held last week at Hotel Camila here. Speaking before 400 stakeholders, Conding acknowledged the tremendous contribution of the taxpayers to the government coffers. “Without you our dear taxpayers, it would be very difficult for the government to function and implem...
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08Mar2013DIPOLOG CITY, March 8 (PIA) -- “The Provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM) plays a very critical role in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program with Extension and Reform (Carper).” This was the opening statement of DAR-9 Regional Director Julita A. Ragandang during the PARCCOM meeting held at Top Plaza Hotel this city. Ragandang also thanked the Committee for its continuous support to the program and acknowledged, “It is a big task to implem...
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15Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 15 (PIA) -- As the country recently registered a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 6.6 percent, Congressman Rosendo S. Labadlabad of the second district of Zamboanga del Norte has attributed it to President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III’s good governance. Speaking at a gathering of local and community leaders here with President Aquino as guest of honor, Labadlabad said, “The stellar performance of the Philippine economy nowadays is a result of PNoy’s good governanc...
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07Feb2013DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) - - “Stop corruption, enough with deception, let us change the crooked system and together let us march to the daang matuwid,” declared President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III during his visit to the city on Tuesday to inaugurate the Graduate and Professional Schools (GPS) building of the Andres Bonifacio College (ABC), a non-sectarian private school founded in 1940. PNoy unveiled the GPS marker together with ABC board of trustees chair Atty. Ernesto S. Amatong, co...
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31Jan2013ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) - - To avail of the AusAID $10-million grant meant for the implementation of day-care centers and school buildings, municipal local governments should make sure that the project proposals of their barangays are complete with technical documents, as well as their local counterpart contribution. OIC-Regional Director Zenaida Arevalo emphasized this to municipal mayors during an LGU forum held recently in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte. She said the funds are an addi...
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14Nov2012DIPOLOG CITY. Nov 14 (PIA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has confirmed that the local government of Dipolog City ranks no. 7 among top performing cities throughout the country. A DILG report said that since August 12, 2012, the country’s 143 cities already included the 16 controversial cities as among the regular cities created under impeached Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. In that report, Dipolog City ranks no. 7 among the top performing cities thr...
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31Oct2012PAGADIAN CITY, Oct. 31 (PIA) - - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will be designating forest-pest- watch officers per DENR Administrative Order (DAO) 2012-05 issued by Environment Secretary Ramon J.P Paje. DAO 2012-06 stipulates the designation of a Forest Surveillance and Monitoring Officer (FPSMO) in every Community Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) with forests under its jurisdiction clarified Roservirico Tan, DENR 9 Public Affairs office chief. Tan ...
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16Oct2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Oct.16 (PIA) - - Cash rewards, research grants and trophies await winners in the search for the well-deserved recipients of the Pantas and Tanglaw awards. The search is led by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Filipino scientists and researchers, research administrators and institutions that have made exemplary contributions for the advancement of agricult...
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11Oct2012IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay Oct 11 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) here is set to conduct an Agrarian Reform Communities’ Level of Development Assessment (ALDA) starting this month until all the ARCs and Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Organizations (ARBOs) are covered. “This activity is annually conducted so as to determine the growth of the ARCs, identify development gaps in the ARC level and to ascertain the extent by which intervention procedures are to be implemented to ad...
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08Oct2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Oct 8 (PIA) -- The Autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao, the Government Service Insurance System and the Department of Budget and Management have signed a memorandum of agreement that crafted a straight deduction scheme from DBM to settle GSIS payables by ARMM. Samira A. Gutoc, chairperson of the committee on education of the Regional legislative Assembly (RLA)-ARMM disclosed that for the first time, the GSIS and the ARMM Government through the Office of the Regional Gov...
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21Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 21 (PIA) -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) in Basilan sought the support and cooperation of stakeholders, especially those who are involved in activities relative to agriculture and fisheries for the conduct of Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) next year. The NSO will be conducting the census to come up with updated basic statistics on the two essential sectors of our society, agriculture and fisheries, Provincial Statistics Officer Engr. Naser S. Usman...
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18Sep2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept. 18 (PIA) -- More than a hundred individuals representing various sectors of Basilan gathered at the Datu Dizal Center in Lamitan City last September 13 for the public consultation on the amendments of Republic Act 9054, the organic law that created the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Five mayors led by Lamitan City Mayor Roderick Furigay and Tipo-Tipo town mayor Ingatun Istarul attended the Lamitan consultation which was graced by the eleven assemblym...
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03Sep2012PAGADIAN CITY, Sept.4 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 9, Jose Rizal Memorial State University (JRMSU)-Katipunan Campus and the local government unit of Katipunan recently forged a partnership in the management, protection and development of Ikogan Cave in Barangay Sanao, Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte. The memorandum of agreement (MOA) was signed by DENR-9 Regional Executive Director Arleigh Adorable with JRMSU President Edgar Balbuena and Katipunan ...
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14Aug2012DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 14 (PIA) -- Dipolog City got the highest rating among local government units (LGUs) in Zamboanga Peninsula region, based on the Department of Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) report. Arnel Gudio, DILG - Zamboanga del Norte provincial director, reported this during the Dipolog City Sangguniang Panlungsod’s LGPMS exit conference last August 8. Gudio said that based on the LGPMS Report or State of Local Governance...
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31Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 31 (PIA) -- To be truthful is the way to survival, longevity and sustainability of press freedom. This was emphasized by Secretary Herminio “Sonny” Coloma Jr., of the Presidential Communication Operations Office (PCOO), as he inspired the Zamboanga press to choose to write for the good of the country. Coloma was keynote speaker and inducting officer during the 31st Annual Induction ceremonies of the Zamboanga City Press Club, Inc. “To be effective writers, we must...
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27Jul2012PAGADIAN CITY, July 27 (PIA) -- The division commander of the 1st Infantry (Tabak) hailed the President on his third State of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered Monday at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City. Brigadier Gen. Ricardo Rainer Cruz III said this year’s SONA was more convincing than the previous ones, noting that the President sincerely reported the accomplishments of his administration. He said he was grateful for the continued and unparalleled support to the moderniza...
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19Jul2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 19 (PIA) -- Innovation is very critical in business. It makes one’s product stand out from the rest of the competition and plays a key role in increasing one’s consumer base. But in business, one’s winning formula ends up being imitated by most of the competitors, resulting in a decrease in sales. It has been like this for the longest time. Always, the innovator ends up losing. It is for the protection of the innovators that the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) w...
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19Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse M. Robredo today urged governors, city and municipal mayors, including barangay officials in the Zamboanga Peninsula to formulate and adopt disaster and climate change adaptation action plans for a disaster-free resilient communities. The DILG chief made the call after learning from collated DILG reports that there are 727 flood-prone and 587 landslide prone barangays out of the total 1,904 villages in the whole of R...
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19Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 19 (PIA) -- Secretary Jesse M. Robredo of the Interior and Local Government today handed down Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) checks to local government units (LGUs) that passed the criteria of the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH). Speaking in Filipino before the local chief executives of the Zamboanga Peninsula, Robredo called on them to formulate and adopt disaster and climate change adaptation action plans for a disaster-free resilient communities, saying “isa lang yu...
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19Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, Zamboanga del Norte, June 19 (PIA) -- The city government has bested other cities in the region in the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG-9)’s Best Practices in Local Governance of the Local Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS). A regional summary report released the other week by DILG-9 showed that Dipolog ranked first based on its overall performance index (OPI) covering administrative governance, social governance, economic governance, environmental...
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14Jun2012DIPOLOG CITY, June 14 (PIA) -- Public school teachers in this city were urged to refrain from assigning useless projects to students. Addressing the teachers attending the 114th Independence Day celebration held at the city public plaza on Tuesday, City Schools Division Superintendent Victorina G. Perez said, “Tama na ang mga projects na walang katuturan (Stop requiring projects of no value)," adding, “choose to be role models for the straight path.” Perez also appealed to teachers to fo...
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10Jun2012Pagadian City, June 8 (PIA) -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-9) Efficiency and Integrity Board (EIB), headed by Director Sisinio Cano, agreed to tap the assistance of the Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (TIPC) in the monitoring of DOLE implemented livelihood projects in Zamboanga Peninsula. This was the off-shoot of the EIB meeting held recently at DOLE-9 conference room in Zamboanga City. EIB is a tripartite body created by virtue of Department Order No. 109 issued by Secr...
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06Jun2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, June 6 (PIA) -- Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo yesterday commended Mayor Celso Lobregat for being a partner of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the national government in promoting good governance, as he explained the basis of conferring the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi Award to City Government of Zamboanga. Sec. Robredo, together with Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Teresita Deles, graced the occasion where 60 computers were ...
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31May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 31 (PIA) -- The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) engaged civil society groups, non-government organizations and the business sectors coming from the different municipalities in the region, in a dialogue held recently in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. The engagement sought to identify potential partners to aid in the implementation of the DSWD’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), a community-...
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26May2012DIPOLOG CITY, MAY 26 (PIA) -- The Provincial Office of the Department of Labor and Employment in Zamboanga del Norte is scheduled to conduct a child labor-free barangay campaign on May 29, 2012 in Barangay Baybay in Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte. Barangay Baybay is one of the 76 barangays identified by the DOLE as a barangay with high incidence of child labor which will be transformed into a child labor-free zone. According to the Labor Department, most of the child labor cases identified in the ...
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25May2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, May 25 (PIA) -- The Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Zamboanga Chapter is set to receive today P1-million worth of equipment from House Deputy Speaker and District I Representative Beng Climaco, as she vows to continuously assist and help improve services of the premiere humanitarian agency. The turnover will coincide with the inauguration and ceremonial turnover this afternoon of the newly constructed Red Cross office funded by the city government. The equipment, requested by the lo...
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24May2012PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 24 (PIA) -- The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has gathered 65 civil society organization (CSO) representatives from all over Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) for the Regional Stakeholders Consultation held at Ocean View Hotel in Pagadian on May 22 to 23. The consultation aims to increase awareness of key stakeholders, particularly CSOs, on the ARMM Roadmap and Transition Support Plan, generate consensus from CSOs on their...
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22May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 22 (PIA) -- With barely two weeks before the regular opening of classes in June, the provincial office of the Department of Trade and Industry in Zamboanga del Norte, in coordination with the consumer watch group has strengthened its monitoring on the price and quality of school supplies in the local market. Engr. Noel E. Bazan, DTI-Zamboanga Norte Provincial Director said the move is to ensure the availability of high-quality school supplies at the various stores in province....
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19May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 19 (PIA) -- The district office of the Land Transportation Office here has a new district officer. Responding to a public clamor for a change in leadership at the agency, Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) assistant secretary and LTO chief Virginia Torres has designated Nurdini G. Laja as the new district officer of the LTO district office here effective May 14. Upon his assumption to office, Laja paid a courtesy call to mayor Evelyn T. Uy and assured the l...
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18May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 17 (PIA) - - The city government here got another feather to its cap recently. The Bureau of Local Government Supervision (BLGS) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) bared that the city government led by Mayor Evelyn T. Uy had successfully complied with the “Seal of Good Housekeeping” (SGH) after it met the standards set by the DILG for good governance. The DILG said the city would receive more than P2 million from the Special Local Road Fund (SLRF) a...
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09May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 9 (PIA) -- New schools division superintendents/officers-in charge have been assigned to the schools divisions of Dipolog, Dapitan, and Zamboanga del Norte starting this month. In pursuance of the special orders issued by the central office of the Department of Education (DepED) on April 11, Dr. Elsa Refugio-Cruz, officer-in charge of the Zamboanga del Norte schools division has been assigned to Pagadian City schools division as assistant schools superintendent. She was replac...
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05May2012DIPOLOG CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- To give the public a healthy and smoke-free environment, the city government here has tapped the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help in the enforcement of anti-smoking laws. Forty six (46) policemen have just completed an orientation seminar conducted by the City Health Office (CHO) on the pertinent provisions of Republic Act (RA) 9211 and City Ordinance 196 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 and Anti-Smoking Ordinance, respectively. Sanitation Officer Edg...
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02May2012Dodong Cabillo shares his experience as a Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Service (Kalahi-CIDSS) volunteer during a convergence caravan held in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay recently. He shared how his community realized two very important sub-projects that directly addressed the needs of the community. “Kalahi-CIDSS helped us solve two problems in our community – the absence of potable water, and a dilapidated school building,” he said in Cebuano...
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26Apr2012DIPOLOG CITY, April 26 (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) consulted with civil society organizations (CSO) on the 2013 budget plan and agrarian reform beneficiaries of Zamboanga del Norte. Pursuant to National Budget Circular (NBC) No. 536 on the guidelines relating to partnership with CSOs and other stakeholders in the preparation of the agency’s proposals and programs, DAR in Zamboanga del Norte met last week with CSO representatives and other stakeholders of the Comprehensiv...
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26Apr2012PAGADIAN CITY, April 26 (PIA) –- Some 636 residents from the city and its neighboring provinces and cities on Friday received their passports from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and city government personnel during the passport releasing held at the Executive Function Hall. Engr. Joseph Isaias M. Quipot VI, personnel employment service office (PESO) manager said the passports, which the applicants have filed on March 14 was finally released on April 25 after more than a month of wait...
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22Apr2012PAGADIAN CITY, April 22 (PIA) -- Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) IX regional director Paisal Abutazil on Thursday congratulated the local government of Kumalarang under the able leadership of Mayor Allan Damas for having complied to the requirements of Seal of Good Housekeeping thereby making them a recipient of the agency’s Local Government Support Fund (LGSF). Speaking before the municipal and barangay officials, employees, and residents during the groundbreaking cer...
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14Apr2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Apr 14 (PIA) -- Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) caretaker Mujiv Hataman declared recently that in its first 100 days his administration has freed the regional government of anomalous transactions and unscrupulous activities. Regional Governor Hataman made the statement at the opening ceremonies of the ARMM Athletic Association (ARMMAA) meet last week in Lamitan City, Basilan where he urged young athletes, coaches, teachers, and spectators to be the agent of re...
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01Apr2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Apr. 1 (PIA) – City Police Chief P/Sr. Supt. Edwin de Ocampo said no one from his men is into illegal drugs as they strictly undergo random drug testing, reacting to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency’s (PDEA) call on the police leadership to check all personnel for possible involvement in illegal drug use and trade. PDEA’s statement came after a policeman was shot last week by two other policemen after standing as principal witness on the illegal drug case against the...
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01Apr2012DIPOLOG CITY, Apr .1 (PIA) -- Employees, self-employed workers and volunteer members having overdue loans with Social Security System (SSS) can now settle their unpaid principal and interest without paying the full amount of penalties under a new amnesty program that would start on Monday. SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emilio de Quiros Jr., said the amnesty differs from the previous SSS loan penalty condonation program and its terms and requirements for applicants will depend on th...
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01Apr2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Apr. 1 (PIA) -- The Social Marketing (SocMark) Unit of the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office IX bagged one of the most coveted special awards during the Review and Assessment Workshop on Children’s Rights held recently in Tagaytay City. The Awards Conference, organized and facilitated by the Probe Media Foundation and UNICEF, was the final leg of engagement of the two NGOs with the information officers of the department in line with the aim of enhancing...
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30Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, Mar. 30 (PIA) – President Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s campaign against graft and corruption is now gaining headway, according to former Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. Davide said in press conference here this morning, “the facts now obtaining show that the President’s campaign against graft and corruption has started to gain results.” “The Ombudsman is now acting on cases which have been long filed and all indications would show that we are heading toward eradicati...
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28Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, Mar. 28 (PIA) -- A newly completed covered court worth P1.5 million has been turned-over on Saturday to the Zamboanga del Norte Police Provincial Office (ZNPPO) led by P/SSupt. Ulpiano Collado Lopez. Built right inside the compound of the Police Public Safety Company at Barangay Sicayab of this city, the covered court will serve as venue for gatherings, sports activities and other similar undertakings to be conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP). Speaking during the tu...
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28Mar2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 28 (PIA) – Elements of the Optical Media Board (OMB), City Government enforcers and the police seized at least P7 million worth of pirated DVDs and other equipments used for production of these illegal items in a surprise operation in downtown Zamboanga City last Monday. The operation resulted in the confiscation of around 20,000 pirated DVDs, nine television monitors, 17 audio and video players, nine speakers and a computer central processing unit (CPU), and empty discs....
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26Mar2012ROXAS, Zamboanga del Norte, March 26 (PIA) - - “PNoy was right in saying ‘Kayo ang boss ko’ (You are my boss) to the Filipino people.” Thus said Zamboanga del Norte second district representative Rosendo Labadlabad before the recipients of a livelihood project in Barangay Dohinob of this town in a turnover ceremony held here Saturday. Speaking before the officers and members of the Roxas Sardines Livelihood Association (RSLA), Labadlabad said the President has considered the Filipino...
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26Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, Mar. 26 (PIA) --The "TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program" is now in place all over the province of Zamboanga del Norte. This developed after the Provincial Office of the Technical Educations and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Zamboanga del Norte has grouped all its trained and certified graduates based on their field of qualifications to start a new enterprise. The TESDA Specialista Technopreneurship Program , is created to provide employment opportunities to T...
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25Mar2012by Sheila Covarrubias ZAMBOANGA CITY, 23 March. (PIA 9) - The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has set the public hearing on the proposed purchase of power by the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative from a private power supplier to April 1 or first week of next month. However, Mayor Celso Lobregat, who personally talked with ERC Chair Atty. Zenaida Ducut over the phone Monday, said the Commission will give Zamcelco a provisional authority so the cooperative can immediately purchase power fro...
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22Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, March 22 (PIA) –A P2 million worth of disaster management and evacuation center will soon rise in the heart of the coastal municipality of Vincenzo Sagun, Zamboanga del Sur. A formal groundbreaking ceremony was held on Tuesday at the back of the municipal building with mayor Edilberto Adlaon, leading the activity assisted by department of the interior and local government (DILG) provincial director Abcede H. Asjali and witnessed by municipal officials and various st...
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21Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, MARCH 20 (PIA)--- The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Dipolog City is now reviewing the City Ordinance entitled “Protection Hours for Minors” which imposes curfew hours for minors. The members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod wanted to review the said ordinance to institute amendments for its strict implementation and compliance. However, the SP believes that the ordinance’s defects are just minor and can’t invalidate an ordinance that is anchored o...
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21Mar2012DUMALINAO, Zamboanga del Sur, Mar. 21 (PIA) -- To address the need and growing demand of the people of Dumalinao and in keeping with the government’s modernization scheme, the local government of Dumalinao through the initiative of Mayor Ace William E. Cerilles recently acquired its own fire truck. Rev. Fr. Lucas Hadi Siswo Sasmiti o, SCJ, Parish Priest of Dumalinao officiated the blessing ceremony held yesterday, March 20 which was attended by municipal and barangay officials, em...
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20Mar2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 20 (PIA) -- “Your pension funds are in very safe hands,” assured Daniel Lacson Jr., Board Chairman, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) before some 200 members and pensioners during the “Stakeholders´ Dialogue” held here recently. The said dialogue was attended by agency heads and local elected officials from the Zamboanga Peninsula (ZamPen) region and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). Lates...
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16Mar2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, 16 March. (PIA 9) -- “Your pension funds are in very safe hands,” assured Daniel Lacson Jr., Board Chairman, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) before some 200 GSIS members and pensioners coming from the Zamboanga Peninsula (ZamPen) region and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) during the “Stakeholders´ Dialogue” held here recently. The said dialogue was attended by agency heads and local elected...
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15Mar2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Mar 15 (PIA) – Top provincial and municipal officials of Sulu converged and strengthened their ties to propel socio-economic activities and spur development, particularly in the 2nd Congressional District of the province. OIC provincial information chief Sonny Abing III disclosed that Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan said Monday that the meeting held at a hotel in Manila over the weekend served as a venue to further reinforce their ties towards the development of...
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15Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 15 (PIA) - - Five separate resolutions have recently been passed by the city council authorizing Mayor Evelyn T. Uy to enter into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the national government agencies (NGAs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) for the implementation of the different infrastructure projects and services in the city. The city council has given Mayor Uy the authority to sign a MOA with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-IX for th...
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14Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 14 (PIA) -- A budget amounting to P 53.781 billion for calendar year 2013 has been approved by the executive committee of the Regional Development Council (RDC)-IX during its meeting held here recently. The 2013 budget shall be used to fund regular programs and new projects to be implemented in support of the agri-industrial sector, social services sector and infrastructure development sector. RDC-IX chair Dipolog Mayor Evelyn T. Uy disclosed that said budge...
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12Mar2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 12 (PIA) - - The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) calls on lawmakers to enact laws classifying illegal logging as high crime DENR 9 Information Division Chief Roservirico Tan in a press statement said “environment Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje is urging lawmakers to act immediately against the continued killing of forest protection workers by enacting laws classifying illegal logging as a heinous crime.” Tan said the se...
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09Mar2012IPIL,A Zamboanga Sibugay Mar 9 (PIA) – To ensure faster resolution and close monitoring of agrarian-related cases, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Central Office, recently conducted an orientation seminar on web-based Legal Case Monitoring System (LCMS) among Provincial Agrarian Reform Officers (PARO), DAR legal officers and DAR Adjudication Board (DARAB) staff of Region IX at Dakak Park and Beach Resort, Taguilon, Dapitan City. Participants from Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboa...
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08Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, Mar 8 (PIA) -- The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue District No 92 on Thursday, March 8, 2012 kicked-off its 2012 tax campaign held at the Liga City Convention Center, this city bearing the theme “I love Philippines, I pay taxes.” OIC Revenue District Officer Atty. Nasrollah Conding in his welcome message, was so thankful to the support and cooperation of all the stakeholders in the city and province of Zamboanga del Sur for making RDO-92 as the ...
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08Mar2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 8 (PIA) -- The City Veterinarian’s Office (CVO) is offering free spay and neuter services today as part of the observance of the National Rabies Awareness Month. The free services will be rendered at the City Veterinarian Office in San Roque from 9am to 5pm today on a first come first serve basis. City Veterinarian Mario Ariola said spay and neuter services are forms of population control approach for dogs that include castration for male pets and lig...
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07Mar2012DIPOLOG CITY, March 7 (PIA) - - To keep the local government officials updated on the latest approaches to legislation and governance, Secretary Jesse Robredo of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has encouraged them to enroll in short-term technical courses offered by the Philippine Councilors League-Legislative Academy (PCL-LA). Interested elective and appointive officials of the different local government units (LGUs) in the country are qualified to enroll in the ...
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07Mar2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 7(PIA) -- City Mayor Celso Lobregat has advised officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) from Regions 6, 7 and 9 to manage their finances effectively and efficiently, stressing that majority of the department’s budget goes to the salary of public school teachers and very little is left for other expenses. “It is also crucial that you identify your immediate needs and to prioritize them. Because your budget proposal will cover an entire fiscal ye...
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06Mar2012PAGADIAN CITY, Mar 6 (PIA) -- The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Regional Bids and Awards Committee (RBAC) convened on Monday, March 5, 2012 to facilitate the opening of bids for the Cadastral Survey Program for 2012, at the DENR-IX conference hall, this city. Thirty nine (39) towns in the region has been lined-up by the Land Management Services (LMS) of the DENR for its cadastral survey program for this year to be financed by the World Bank. During the...
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29Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 29 (PIA) -- The process of business registration is now made more and more accessible, easier and faster through the use of internet. With the official launching of the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) this coming March, a lot of steps in the business registration process is now possible to be done online. In an interview during the PBR Users’ Training conducted on February 27, NERBAC-9 Center Manager Herminia B. Cuevas explained that the PBR...
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23Feb2012PAGADIAN CITY, Feb 23 (PIA) -- Distance education or distance learning focuses on teaching methods and technology for delivering teachings to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting like the classroom, and is usually associated with e-learning or on-line learning. E-learning comprises all forms of electronically supported learning and teaching like computers, laptops, tablets and the like. In line with this innovation, the Food and Nutrition...
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22Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, 22 Feb. (PIA 9) -- Close to 8,000 jobs in various fields will be open to applicants in this year’s Jobs Fair sponsored by the city government and private partners on February 24 as part of the 75th Dia dela Ciudad de Zamboanga celebration. City Social Welfare and Development Officer Francisco Barredo, who is also the city’s Public Employment Services Office (PESO) manager, announced this Monday, adding the Jobs Fair will be held at Plaza del Pilar from 8 a.m....
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22Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, 22 Feb. (PIA 9) - - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional office 9 has increased to P5 million its counterpart allocation for this year’s Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) also known as summer job program of the city government. This was announced by DOLE-9 officer-in-charge Director Sisinio B. Cano when he paid Mayor Celso Lobregat a courtesy visit yesterday morning in City Hall. Director Cano, who was regional directo...
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16Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 16 (PIA) - - The Regional Project Management Office of the DSWD’s KALAHI-CIDSS Project has received five national awards during the project’s year-end assessment and planning workshop held at the Bayview Plaza Hotel in Manila on February 1-2, 2012. The awards are as follows: Award for the RPMO with the Best Public-Private Partnership Initiative, Best Monitoring and Evaluation Team, Best in Sub-Project Implementation for 16 New KC Municipalities, Best in...
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14Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA) - - As part of this city’s Public Safety Plan (PSP), the city council has directed this week the Dipolog City Water District (DCWD) to come up with its own security plan to ensure the safety of the water to be supplied to its consumers. In its regular session held Tuesday, the city council called on the DCWD management to protect its water sources against groups who might try to sabotage the water supply in the city. City councilor Jame...
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14Feb2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 14 (PIA 9) - - The Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) recently received a P5.9 million newly constructed two-storey building emergency ward which intends to offer better medical attention to patients during emergency situations This emergency ward expansion project was culled out from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of District 1 Representative Beng Climaco. ZCMC Chief of Hospitals Dr. Romeo Ong during the turn- over c...
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13Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, Feb 13 (PIA) -- All barangays in Dipolog City and in the different municipalities of Zamboanga del Norte are scheduled to conduct an inventory of population at risk in vulnerable areas such as those living in low-lying areas, along riverbanks, shorelines, esteros, canals, and under slope areas which are prone to landslides. Dipolog City Local Government Operations Officer Lerma Campaner said this undertaking is in compliance to the memorandum of Interior and ...
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09Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) – Certain offices of the city government here have succeeded in going up the ladders of the Performance Governance System (PGS) toward good governance. In a recent validation conducted on the different offices by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA), the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), City Agriculturist’s Office (CAO), City General Services Office (CGSO), City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), City Treasurer’s Offic...
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09Feb2012PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 9 (PIA) --“We have to perform our best for the clienteles and hope for the best," Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II (PARO II) Engr. Raymundo B. Bernardo stressed regarding the 2012 Operational Directives presented during the Regional Conference held in Zamboanga City on February 2, this year. The orientation, a re-echo of the 2012 National Conference, intends to effectively implement CY 2012 Operational Directives on Land Tenure Improvement (...
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08Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, FEB. 8 (PIA) -- In line with the upcoming implementation of the K+12 Educational Reform of the Department of Education, the Dipolog City Schools Division has recently conducted an information drive at the City Schools Division Office, this city. The information drives aims to strengthen the advocacy campaign of DepEd on K+12 Enhanced Basic Education Program and to solicit reaction from the stakeholders on the new program. Among the participants of ...
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07Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, FEB 7(PIA)--- The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) has scored anew in its campaign against human trafficking in the country. This, after the joint elements of IACAT, Tawi-Tawi Police Provincial Office and Tawi-Tawi Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office have rescued 18 individuals (7 women and 11 men) on board M/V Trisha 2 who were about to be brought to Malaysia. The rescued victims are now in the custody of the DSWD fo...
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06Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 6 (PIA) -– The Federation of Local Councils of Women (PFLCW) has recently commended the mayor here for pursuing good governance resulting in the growth and development of the city. Mayor Evelyn T. Uy has received such an accolade during the 9th PFLCW general assembly held in Zamboanga City last week with the theme, “Good Governance: Antidote to Corruption.” As the chief executive of this city, Uy adopted good governance in th...
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02Feb2012PAGADIAN CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) introduced a locally-developed scientific flood warning system that offers a more responsive disaster preparedness mechanism for the country. In an inter-agency meeting held recently, DOST Secretary Mario Montejo presented the National Flood Monitoring, Forecasting, and Mitigation Program-- an integrated, comprehensive system that responds to the urgent need for a reliable flood warning syste...
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02Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 2 (PIA) -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-IX reported this week that it had surpassed its targets for 2011. Guided by its core values of excellence, commitment, customer-priority, innovation, integrity and teamwork, DOST-IX was able to provide 155 technology interventions to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the region through the flagship program, Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP), which was 19 percent higher...
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01Feb2012DIPOLOG CITY, Feb. 1 (PIA) -- Three personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-IX bagged national awards for their outstanding performance recently. Fatima S. Caminan, Fidel C. Empeynado and Ma. Eva E. Avila bested other nominees in the annual search for best employees through DSWD’s Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE). Caminan was adjudged best division chief for the technical category while Empeynad...
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31Jan2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 31 (PIA) – - Zamboanga City Medical Center (ZCMC) will soon have a brand new Cobalt Source, replacing the one that has aged to 10 years serving patients not only from Zamboanga but also from nearby provinces. Cobalt Source is being used in Radiation Therapy, a method used for patients with cervical, colon, rectal and breast cancers. The acquisition comes after Health Secretary Enrique Ona approved the purchase of the Cobalt Source with the efforts of the Deputy Speak...
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30Jan2012DIPOLOG CITY, JAN. 30(PIA) -- Hundreds of incoming Grade I and First Year High School students, including out-of-school youths and drop-outs excitedly went to schools Saturday to register early for the school year 2012-2013. This, after Education Secretary Armin Luistro issued DepEd Order No. 4-2012, declaring January 28, 2012 as “Early Registration Day” in all public elementary and secondary schools throughout the country. Ms. Editha M. Acabal, Zamboanga del ...
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27Jan2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 27 (PIA ) -- “Time and again, the world has witnessed demonstrations of the extraordinary skill and ability of Pinoys. Our steadfast pursuit of quality, combined with core competencies such as a strong work ethic, an ability to think outside the box, and a passion to excel in our respective crafts, distinguishes Filipinos in the global community as excellent workers.” This was the message of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III when he conferred the P...
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26Jan2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA ) - - The Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC) team from Manila visited Isabela City recently to conduct monitoring on the implementation of the LCC radio program dubbed “Literacy para sa kaunlaran,” an advocacy radio program in Basilan. Dr. Norma Salcedo , Head, Secretariat –LCC together with Dr. Milagros Ibe, consultant-LCC and two others from Philippine Information Agency (PIA) central office distributed questionnaires to se...
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26Jan2012DIPOLOG CITY, Jan. 26 (PIA) -- Diligent and deserving employees of the provincial government has something to hope for and look forward to as Zamboanga del Norte Governor Rolando E. Yebes vowed to promote them before his term ends . This was the commitment of the governor during his recent radio interview over RMN-dxDR hosted by Editha Pagente-Tomong, past president of the Zamboanga del Norte Press Club (ZNPC). Governor Yebes also disclosed that the provincial governme...
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22Jan2012ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Jan. 22 (PIA) -- Consistent with his reform policy of transparency in the regional governance and his commitment to streamline its bureaucracy, ARMM OIC Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman has put to test the competence of applicants for assistant secretary, undersecretary, bureau chiefs and administrators of the different departments and offices in the regional government. Hataman stressed his leadership’s paradigm of “open governance” which will hi...
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20Jan2012ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 20 (PIA) - - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), under its regular infrastructure program, will implement in this city this year, 11 various infrastructure developments of which project costs is pegged at P200 million. DPWH District Engineer Merham Acas said the P200 million budget allocation will cover several road reblocking jobs in the city’s east and west coasts; asphalt overlay, upgrading of the Labuan-Limpapa road and expansion of bridges. ...
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19Jan2012by Jocelyn P. Alvarez ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA ) - - Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson instructed Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 9 to use within this year at least 80% of the P310 million funds intended for circumferential road project that will connect the east and west coast barangays of Zamboanga City. DPWH District Engineer Merham Acas said the consistent prodding of Districts I and II Representatives Beng Climaco and Erbie Fabian respective...
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08Sep2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 8 (PIA) -- Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) or Pag-IBIG here calls on all its member employees to comply with the mandatory on line registration/enrollment. Pag-IBIG said the online registration is encouraged as the fund is on its stage of preparation of the second batch of the Pag-IBIG permanent members ID number generation. In a press statement, Pag-IBIG said “at the end of a successful online enrollment, the system, shall generate and issue a Registration Trac...
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08Sep2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 8 (PIA) -- The Civil Service Commission (CSC) here called on civil servants to continue giving service excellence to the public at full speed. CSC said state employees should at all times promote and observe Responsive, Accessible, Courteous and Effective (R.A.C.E) public service. The call was made as the Commission celebrates its month-long 111th anniversary this September. CSC Public Assistance and Liason Division Chief Maria Asuncion Tan said this year’s celebra...
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02Sep2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Sept. 2 (PIA) -- To better respond to emergencies and criminality in every barangay, the city government is planning to arm all of the city’s 98 barangays with vehicles and pump boats before the end of 2013. Mayor Celso Lobregat recently made this announcement of the city government’s intention to purchase vehicles for the 90 barangays in the mainland and 8 pump boats for the island barangays. City Council Chairman on Committee on Appropriation revealed the c...
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27Jul2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 27 (PIA) –- “There is hope for Zamboanga under President Aquino’s administration,” said city Mayor Celso Lobregat shortly before President Benigno Aquino III’s Sate Of the Nation Address (SONA) delivered Monday, July 25. The mayor said he expects to see more good projects done in the city within PNoy’s term. The “hope” that Lobregat was referring to was the controversial transfer of the “seat of government “ ...
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04Apr2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, April 4 (PIA) –- To help out tax payers in filing their Income Tax Returns (ITR) with ease, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has opened “Tax Tulungan Center” (TTC) in local malls here. Revenue District Officer Merlyn DV Vicente confirmed the bureau has set up two separate TTC at Mindpro City Mall in downtown area and Yubengco Star Mall in Barangay Putik. The TCC was also set up to help tax payers beat the deadline for filing ITRs set on April 15 and...
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01Apr2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Apr. 01 (PIA) –- The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is successful in “cleansing” half of all pending mining applications filed in various regional offices nationwide, this according to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) 9 Information Officer Roservirico Tan. Tan in a press statement said MGB central office Acting Director Leo Jasareno reported that the bureau was able to take action on a total of 1,150 mining applications, or 53 p...
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13Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 13 (PIA) - Interior and Local Government Secretary Jessie Robredo has supported the appeal of Justice Secretary Leila De Lima that the Aquino administration needs a lead time to reform ARMM government for progress and development to follow. "Kailangan po namin ng panahon para ma reporma ang ARMM. Malinis ang hangarin ng Presidente sa postponement. Ang tanging pakay ng Presidente ay mapinalmenteng maisaayos ang ARMM government. (We need time to reform the A...
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13Mar2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Mar. 13, (PIA) -- The public consultation and hearing on House Bill (HB) 4146 which seeks the synchronization of the 2011 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections with 2013 national elections turned out to what seemed to be a sensitive moment specially for ARMM folks as they are divided in their beliefs and opinions about the issue. The Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms and the Committee on Muslim Affairs spearheaded the conduct of this public hear...
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24Feb2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Feb. 24 (PIA) -– Home Mutual Development Fund (HMDF) or PAG-IBIG here announces its newest service catering the city’s population of employers ---“Employers Online Registration.” Pag-IBIG Fund officially launched the Member Services – Employers Online Registration recently. In a press statement, PAG-IBIG advises employers to avail of the system’s latest innovation and spare themselves the hassle of physical visit to the fund. “Employers...
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12Feb2011JOLO, Sulu, Feb. 12 (PIA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III, during his visit here yesterday challenged local executives to identify problematic areas and find solutions to solve it. He ordered Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan to thresh out problematic areas ang find out what are the things that need to be done and implement it. The President said this in the light of a complaint made by Bishop Angelito Lampon, OMIDD, Apostolic Vicar of Sulu-Tawi-Tawi who said, “pag nagtapon tayo ng basura, ...
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29Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 29 (PIA) – Driven by a desire to collectively help improve the lives of government employees in region IX, the Regional Executives Association of Western Mindanao (REAWESMIN, Inc.) met recently to draft plans and course of action towards this goal. REAWESMIN President and Department of Labor and Employment Regional Director Ponciano M. Ligutom presided the meeting attended by multi-purpose cooperatives, representatives of a banking institution and cooperative e...
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28Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan 28 (PIA 9) – Land Transportation Office (LTO) here gets a “nod” from the public as it reported it surpassed its target revenue collection for 2010. LTO regional director Aminola P. Abaton said target collection for last year was set at P240 million but the transportation office was able to collect P272, 891,161.45 a figure that is P32,891,161.45 higher than the goal. It can be recalled that the office was able to get a revenue collection of P232 mil...
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19Jan2011ZAMBOANGA CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) -- “We will impose penalties on employers not complying with RA 9679 and we mean it!” warns Pag Ibig Members’ Services Officer 1V, Corazon Mamauag as she reminds erring employers of the mandatory membership of employees. “Non compliance means an imposition of three percent per month fine/ penalty for the amount due” she emphasized. “Failure of employers to comply with the RA 9679 may even mean imprisonment of not more than ...
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20Apr2010ZAMBOANGA CITY (20 April) -- No power interruptions. No rotating brownouts! Polling places well-lighted and visible. This the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) assures. Penned in its memorandum no. 5 dated April 7, 2010 it guarantees availability of back-up generators for the May 2010 elections. In support to the preparations of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the electric power sector, the NDCC would like to give assurance to the people of contingent power suppl...
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