Tree-planting sa Barangay Basud

Kataliwan san Alay Lakad program nga guinbuhat sa Calbayog airport, nagkamay-ada san usa nga tree-planting activity sa magkadurudila-in nga purok san Barangay Basud. Ini guin pangunahan nira Congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento, Mayor Reynaldo Uy ug Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino. Kaupod liwat nira an mga opisyales san ciudad, an mga Department Managers ug mga Assistant Department Managers.

Ini nga aktibidad kaparte san mga programa sa ilarum san CUPS component san 3-D Development Program san ciudad san Calbayog. Ug guin panugnahan ni CUPS Director Dr. Teody Fortaleza ug ni Mr. Lorenzo Ras san City Environment and Natural Resources Office.

Congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento

Mayor Reynaldo Uy

Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino

An pipira san mga Department Managers ug Assistant Department Managers nga umungay san tree-planting activity.

Alay Lakad 2010

The LGU through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) and the City Treasurer's Office (CTO); and the Bugto Association spearheaded the Alay Lakad 2010. The annual walk-for-a-cause was held at 4:00 am today (October 3, 2010). Participants walked from three "take-off" points namely Calbayog, Oquendo and Tinambacan. They converged at the Calbayog City Airport where a mass was held and it was followed by a short program.

This year, the participants contributed 50 to 100 pesos for the fund which is intended for the training programs for the out-of-school youth of Calbayog.

Thie walk was participated in by the City Officials, LGU employees, NGOs, private establishments and public and private schools.

Here are some pictures I got from the CTIO.

Some PNP officers leading the walk from Calbayog

Mayor Reynaldo Uy flashes with other alay lakad participants.

City Treasurer Federico Resente Jr., Councilors Susano Salurio, Regina Rabuya, Ver Porlares and Ronald Mark Aquino.

Mayor Uy and Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino with other Alay Lakad participants during the mass.

Mas Presider Fr. Tex Rico Buntol, M.I. with commentator Leila Rosales

Mayor Uy delivering his message

Congressman Mel Senen Sarmiento delivering his message

City Treasurer Federico Resente Jr. giving the Treasurer's Report

CSWDO Betty Jane Arnejo giving an update on the programs/ projects for the OSY of Calbayog.

Bugto President Erlinda Calesa as she turned over the Alay Lakad sponsorship to Calbayog SDS Edita Paculan

Here are my unedited videos of Congressman Sarmiento and Mayor Uy as they delivered their messages:

Vice Mayor Aquino leads LGU Olympics Launching and 1st Draw of Kwarta Sa Resibo promo

Guin pangunahan yana nga kulop ni Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino an simple nga programa kaparte san bubuhatun nga LGU Olympics. An nasabi nga program guinbuhat didto sa City Hall Stage antes an flag-retreat ceremomy. An LGU Olympics usa nga nga may kalabtanan san paugnat-kusog para san mga LGU employees. Ug yana nga tu-ig ini guin himo komo kaparte san mga buruhatun san ika 62 nga Calbayog Charter Day Celebration.

Sa mao manta nga katitirok kanina nga kulop, guin buhat an siyahan nga raffle draw san "Kwarta sa Resibo" promo san ciudad. An nasabi nga promo nga kapareho san programa san BIR mao an naglalarang pag-aghat san mga lumulupyo nga mangaro sin resibo para san ira mga pinamalit sa mga tindahan sa Calbayog.

Si Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino san iya opisyal nga pag-abre san LGU Olympics.

Si BPLO Chief Eduardo Galang san iya pagpurot san resibo nga nagdaug dos mil pesos.

Si Treasurer Federico Resente Jr., san iya pagpurot san nagdaug san tres mil pesos.

Si Vice Mayor Ronald Aquino an nagbunot san nagdaug san monthly grand prize nga 5 mil pesos.

Si 3-D CUPS Director Dr. Teody Fortaleza.

photos courtesy of CTIO

Images from the Fiesta 2010 Parade

Guinbuhat kanina nga alas 7 san aga an tradisyonal nga parada kaalinsunod san pagsalin-urog san kapistahan sa Calbayog. An parada nagtikang sa atbang san City Hall ug guin apihan san mga drum corps san magkadurudila-in nga drum corps sa ciudad san Calbayog. Guin pangunahan ni Mayor Reynaldo Uy an mga opisyales ug Department Managers san pag atendir san nasabi nga parada.

Aadi an pipira nga litratu tilkang sa nasabi nga aktibidad.

Si Mayor Reynaldo Uy guin i-interview ni Eleen Lim san DYOG

An Festival Group san Calbayog City National High School

An ROTC Unit san NwSSU

Calbayog launches the Tri-District Program

The City Government officially launched the Tri-District (3-D) Development Program Today. The event which was preceded by a motorcade was held at the Calbayog City Sports Center. Invited to the event were the Punong Barangays from the 157 barangays of Calbayog.

Mayor Reynaldo Uy officially launched the program. In his message before the crowd which also included the various Department Managers and city stakeholders, he enumerated some points from his Executive Order which re-launched the 3-D Program. He informed all present that the 3-D slogan is DETERMINASYON: DALAN sa DAYUN nga kauswagan. The 3-D battle-cry is LET’S HELP-Calbayog City. It is an acronym which reads L for legislative; E for executive, T & S for total support; H for health and humanitarian concerns; E for education, culture and the arts, environment, eco-tourism, energy and communication empowerment in governance; L for livelihood, land and housing; P for projects, production, peace and order, population development and partnerships

The Executive Directors of the various 3-D program components were on hand to give their respective presentations. They were Mr. Ruben Adona, Mr. Francisco Baldo, Mr. Justino Arnejo, Engr. Rafaelito Serrano, Dr. Teodoro Fortaleza and Ms. Rosario Gonzaga

The 3-D Program in a way divides Calbayog into four districts through its four components namely Oquendo Key Program for Revitalization, Sustainability and Services (OK-PROGRESS) for Oquendo District, Tinambacan Upliftment of Socio-Economic Conditions (TUSEC) for Tinambacan District and Seven Hills Happy Valley Alleviation and Road Program (SHARP) and Calbayog Urbanization Program and Services (CUPS) for Calbayog District.

More fine-tuning and updating are set for the program. Its implementation will include Database Establishment and Data Gathering, Identification of Problems and Solutions to include Feasibility Studies, Strong Support, Determined Executive Action, AND People’s Participation.

The 3-D program components and its respective programs are as follows:

- Health (Hospital, Medicines, Nutrition, Mother and Child Health Care)

- Education (School Bus, Scholarship, High School, Teachers, Classrooms, non-formal adult education and responsible parenting classes)

- Infrastructure (Power / Communication, Roads, Water, Irrigation, Warehouse, Solar Dryer, School Buildings, Mini Hospitals with Health Centers, Training / Demo Centers, Sports Facilities, Drainage, Intermodal Transport system)

- Agriculture (Grains, Coconut, Abaca, Rootcrops, Cash Crops, Vegetable, Aquaculture, Horticulture)

- Livestock (Pig Production / Fattening / Dispersal, Cow Production / Fattening / Dispersal, Carabao Production / Fattening / Dispersal, Goats Production / Fattening / Dispersal)

- Industries / SMEs (Food processing, Handicraft, Furniture, Ceramics)

- Power (Hydro-electric project)

- Environment (Anti-illegal logging, Anti-illegal quarrying, Reforestation)

- Peace and Order (Programs/ Drives against: Illegal gambling, Prostitution / Recruitment, Illegal Drugs, Illegal Fishing, Illegal Logging, Illegal Quarrying, Juvenile Delinquency)

- Disaster Preparedness

- Eco-Toursim

- Housing

- Arts and Culture

- Youth

- Intangibles (Moral Recovery, Capability Building, Administrative Reforms)

- Integral Components namely Gender and Development and Population and Development.

As part of the implementation of this undoubtedly big program, three planning workshop session for the punong barangay for all three districts of Calbayog has been scheduled.

(my apologies for the few pictures posted. I took videos of the event and I'm having a hard time uploading these in my blogposts)

Calbayog City fights Dengue

Mayor Reynaldo Uy as he delivered his message during yesterday's Anti-Dengue Day Program. (Photo by Henry Puyat)

Calbayog City – Mayor Reynaldo Uy on Friday spearheaded the City Government’s IWAS DENGUE Clean-Up Drive / Anti Dengue Days Program. The activity was launched through a simple program at the City Hall stage yesterday morning. Present were the SP members led by Vice Mayor Ronaldo Aquino, and the LGU employees led by their respective Department Managers.

The activity came to be by virtue of Executive Order No. 2 which Mayor Uy signed on July 22, 2010. EO 2 declared July 23 to 24, 2010 as “Iwas Dengue Days” in Calbayog City.

The Iwas Dengue Days Program is being spearheaded by the Tri-District Development Program Office and the City Health Office (CHO). It includes a simultaneous cleanup and information drive in all the barangays in the city. It is aimed at eradicating mosquitoes and preventing the spread of the dengue virus. It will be done simultaneously so that dislocated mosquitoes won’t transfer to other barangays when their domicile and breeding places in one barangay is disturbed.

The various Department Managers and their employees were assigned one barangay each. They will visit their assigned barangay / school, coordinate with the barangay / school officials and put in place the following basic or simple activities:

- Encourage residents/ students to clean their houses/classrooms & surrounding/ school campus.

- Look for stagnant water and throw these away.

- Discard empty containers so that it will not catch water when it rains.

- Turn empty bottles upside down so that it will not catch water.

- Unclog canals if necessary.

- Conduct information dissemination through for a “pulong-pulong”, “bandillo” and / or distribution of leaflets and other reading materials.

- Immediately report to the CHO suspected dengue cases.

On the other hand, the CHO will do the following:

- Get samples of larvae from barangays to determine the presence of larvae-carrying mosquitoes

- Treat with larvaecides canals and stagnant water which cannot be drained, spilled or thrown out

- Conduct information drive in the barangays

- Reproduce and provide leaflets and other reading materials on the dengue prevention, symptoms, and on what to do with suspect dengue victims.

More Anti Dengue Days (ADDs) will be held so as to cover all the 157 barangays of Calbayog. The July 23 & 24 ADDs is an initial step which covers the carline barangays of Calbayog namely Naga, Carayman, Bagacay, Rawis, East Awang, West Awang, Aguit-itan, Balud, Central, Carmen, Payahan, Obrero, Matobato, Capoocan, San Policarpo, Trinidad, Cagsalaosao, Lonoy, Palanas, Anislag, Begaho, Oquendo, Amampacang, Tinambacan Norte and Tinambacan Sur.

As per info from the CHO, Region 8 ranked first nationwide in the number of dengue cases reported; and Calbayog City ranked 5^th in Eastern Visayas.

City Health Officer Dr. Sylvia De Guzman giving the program rationale. (Photo by Joel Lagang/CTIO)

The CACO ISKOLARS leading the invocation.

Meeting para san Anti-Dengue Days Program

Guinbuhat kakulop an usa nga katitirok san magkadurudila-in nga ahensya san gubierno, mga opisyales san ciudad ug mga barangay, sugad man san mga magkadurudila-in nga mga liburan sa ciudad san Calbayog.

An katuyu-anan san nasabi nga meeting nga guin buhat sa Marju-Krisel Function Hall ug guin pangunanan ni Mayor Reynaldo Uy, mao an paghan-ay san mga detalye san guin pa-plano nga sinimana nga "Anti-Dengue Days" Program san ciudad san Calbayog.

Ini nga programa san ciudad nahimugso tungod san damu kaupay nga mga kaso san Dengue, dire la sa ciudad san Calbaygog, kundi sa bug-os nga Rehiyon 8. Atun mahihinumduman, an Rehiyon 8 mao an nanguna san mga rehiyon sa Pilipinas san pagkamay-ada pinaka damo nga "reported Dengue cases"; sugad man an Calbayog panlima sa Rehiyon 8.

Guin andam na an Executive Order No. 2 para san pagpirma san Alkalde san ciudad san Calbayog. Usa san mga magigin pitad sa sulod san Anti-Dengue Days Program mao an pagbisdita san mga empleyado labi na san City Health Office ug sugan man an mga kaapi san Tri-District Program, mga opisyales ug iba pa nga nadadabihan san mga barangay san Calbayog agud bumulig pagpuy-puy san problema san dengue.

(photos courtesy of Joel Lagang/ CTIO)

Calbayog observes 32nd National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week

The City Government through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) is observing the 32nd National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week.

The celebration was launched today, July 19, 2010 through a simple program was held at the City Hall Stage after the flag-raising ceremony. CSWDO Betty Jane Arnejo was on hand to give the rationale of the program and also to inform everyone of the activities lined up for the celebration. Also present were some visually-impaired students and members of the Hearing Impaired Class from the Calbayog City SPED Center. They were accompanied by their advisers Mrs. Nimfa Cacait and Mrs. Gemma Tapel.

CSWDO Betty Jane Arnejo delivering the program rationale.

Today's activities will include inspection of "non-accessible" establishments, scouting of children with visual impairments and radio guesting.

On July 20, 2010 Orientations / Updates on the implementation of BP 344 and RA 9442; and the Person with Disability Affairs Office (RA 1070) will be conducted at the Senior Citizens' Center. A Pangkabuhayan Skills Workshop will also be conducted by the City Federation of Persons with Disabilities (CFPD).

On July 21, 2010, the CFPD will have a Family Fun Day and socialization.

On July 22, 2010, a training on family members on the care and management of mentally-challenged children and other learning difficulties will be conducted at the Senior Citizens' Center.

This year's celebration is anchored on the theme: "Istrukturang Accessible, Lahat ay Able"

Michael Corsiga, Mary Joy Corsiga and Merle Corsiga as they delivered the morning prayers using their guide which was in Braile.

Ms. Gemma Tapel and some members of her class.