Capiz IOs set for 3rd 'Dugtong Buhay' bloodletting

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 12 (PIA6) – A mass bloodletting activity dubbed “Dugtong Buhay” is set on March 15 at the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) – Capiz Chapter here to provide the local blood bank adequate blood supply.

The initiative, now on its third year, is spearheaded by the Philippine Information Agency through the support of the Capiz Association of Government Public Information Officers, Inc. (CAGPIO) and Philippine Dental Association (PDA) – Capiz Chapter.

“We are encouraging everyone to join us and voluntarily donate their blood to help others in need of blood,” said newly inducted CAGPIO president and Capiz Police Provincial Office (CPPO) Public Information Officer (PIO) SPO1 Donna B. Asmod.

The upcoming blood donation activity targets policemen, jail officers, coast guard personnel, PIOs, local government unit employees and students aside from “walk in” voluntary blood donors.

In September 2012, a similar activity was facilitated by PIA, CAGPIO and PDA – Capiz Chapter that generated 53 bags of blood for the PRC.

The supply of blood colleced during the 2nd Dugtong Buhay formed part of the estimated 2,000 bags of blood in a series of mass blood donation activities in 2012.

The life-saving activity is in response to the increasing number of dengue patients in the province and the PRC’s campaign for more voluntary blood donors this year.

The partnership of PIA, CAGPIO and PDA – Capiz chapter dates back in October 2011 during the first Dugtong – Buhay activity which has earned an award from PRC during the Blood Donor’s Month culminating activity on Aug. 1, 2012. (JCM/Alex A. Lumaque/PIA 6 Capiz)

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Suporta para sa survey sa agrikultura ginpanawagan

SYUDAD SANG ROXAS, Capiz, Marso 11 (PIA6) – Nagpanawagan sang suporta ang National Statistics Office sang Capiz ang mga pumoluyo para sa nagapadayon nga survey tuhoy sa agrikultura kag pangisda.

Ginpahayag ni Capiz NSO provincial head Frankie Dordas nga pinaagi sa paghatag sang husto kag kompleto nga sabat sa mga palamangkutanon nga amo nga survey, lubos nga mahibaluan ang igsakto nga datus nga pagagamiton sa pagdihon sang mga polisa kag programa.

Suno kay Dordas nga kapin sa 654 tanan ang ginkuha sang ila talatapan para sa pagpatigayon sang Census on Agriculture and Fisheries ukon CAF, sa diin, 438 sa mga ini ang mga enumerators ka gang 216 ang mga team supervisors.

Suno man sa iya nga ang amo nga survey nga ginapatigayon sa tanan nga kabarangayan sa Pilipinas ang nagsugod na sang Pebrero 25 kag magatapos sa Abril sini nga tuig.

Sa karon, suno man sa kiya, nagapadayon ang pagpanglista sang mga panimalay kag survey sa mga agricultural, aquacultural kag fishery operators sa Capiz.

Ginpahayag man ni Dordas nga bangud sa pagka importante nga ma kompleto ang mga kinahanglanon nga impormasyon kag datus, nagpagwa man sang direktiba si Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas para sa tanan nga mga gobernador, alkalde, barangay kapitan lakip na sa mga opisyales sang amo nga ahensya sa paghatag sang nagakaigo nga suporta para mangin madinalag-on ang amo nga hilikuton. (PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)

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Agri-fishery survey up in Capiz

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 11 (PIA6) – Capiceños are urged to provide support in the ongoing survey on agriculture and fisheries.

Capiz National Statistics Office head Engineer Frankie Dordas said that the Census on Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF), which already started last February 25, need public support in order to generate accurate and complete information from the grassroots.

He added that the CAF is a nationwide undertaking that is geared towards the collection and compilation of data on the country’s agriculture, aquaculture and fishery sectors.

Nationwide, NSO hired and trained about 22,000 team supervisors and 45,000 enumerators to undertake the different phases of field operations, he said.

In Capiz alone, Dordas revealed that a total of 654 personnel were hired, 438 of whom are census enumerators and the other 216 are team supervisors.

He explained that the survey team is currently conducting the listing of households and enumeration of agricultural, aquacultural and fishery operators in the 473 barangays in Capiz.

“The data being collected is based on 2012, that is, from January to December 2012,” Dordas said.

He added that expected to be gathered in said census are information on agriculture such as the characteristics of operator or hire manager, physical area of the holding, tenurial status, land utilization, irrigation facility, crops planted, and livestock and poultry raised.

Dordas pointed out that for aqua farms, the type, location and size of aqua farm and the species cultured will be asked.

“For fisheries, the enumeration will focus on the characteristics of fishing operators, category of fishing operation, tonnage of fishing boats or vessels used, and the kind and number of fishing gears,” he said.

According to him, the survey likewise include the community module which hopes to obtain information on agriculture or fisheries facilities and services, dominant terrain, and destructive natural calamity in the past five years in all the barangays in the country.

Considering the importance of generated data in planning and policy formulation, Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas has directed all local chief executives, including the barangay captains and DILG officials to provide support for the successful conduct of the said survey. (PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)

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Water District implements better billing, collection system

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 8 (PIA6) - The Metro Roxas Water District is now implementing the new billing and collection system (BCS) in response to further improve service to its concessionaires.

The new system, which features the quick billing, introduces a new way to read consumptions, bill the concessionaires and the new data management of accounts of each concessionaire, MRWD Information Officer Dante Arcangeles said.

He explained that in the previous system, the MRWD meter readers read the water meter and bring the data to their office for checking, encoding in the system and printing. Then it will be checked for balance or arrears and disconnection.

Arcangeles said that the old process took 4 to 5 days before the bill could be delivered to the concessionaires.

“In the new BCS, the concessionaire’s water meter consumption is immediately read and the bill of the so called Statement of Account is given outright,” he said.

He added that the MRWD provides new electronic meter reading devices installed in the system that will be used by the meter readers and it has a querty keypad virtual option and passive stylus or finger operation, with a built in Windows Operating System where a handheld printer can be attached.

Arcangeles said that the new device allows the meter readers to input the data and print the receipt right after, thus giving the concessionaires a few more days to prepare their payment before the due date of their bills.

He pointed out that the Statement of Account gives more information to the consumers of what covers their payment and also informed them about their previous arrears that need their attention.

The development of the new BCS, he said, is under the supervision of Accounting, Budget and Cash Division Manager Jogi Delfin.

As of December 31, 2012, MRWD is having 25,205 active service connections covering the areas of Roxas City, Panay, Ivisan, Panitan, Sigma and Olotayan island in Roxas City, Arcangeles revealed. (JCM/JBG/PIA6-Capiz)

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Capiz receives P7-M ‘good housekeeping’ incentive

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 8 (PIA6) – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office 6 turned over a P7-millon cheque as part of the Seal of Good Housekeeping Award for 2011 to the Capiz provincial government last March 7 at the Provincial Capitol here.

DILG Regional Director Evelyn Trompeta led the awarding of the amount to Capiz Gov. Victor A. Tanco, Sr. before local tri-media practitioners, some provincial government officials as well as departments heads and DILG regional and provincial staff.

“This represents the hardwork in building Capiz as a model province of good governance,” noted Tanco when asked for comment after the turn over of the incentive.

He added that the amount will be used on road projects in Maayon, Dumalag ang Tapaz towns.

In September 2012, a marker for the Seal of Good Housekeeping award was given by Trompeta to Tanco in a simple ceremony.

The DILG award recognizes the LGUs exemplary performance in governance, transparency and accountability.

It is also a mechanism used to identify LGUs that exhibit strong performance in the key governance areas of planning, fiscal management, transparency and accountability and valuing performance monitoring.

The P7-million incentive for the provincial government came from the Performance Challenge Fund and will serve as a counterpart funding to high-impact capital investment projects in the Annual Investment Program consistent with national priorities. (JCM/Alex A. Lumaque/PIA 6 Capiz)

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Capiz PNP sets peace pact signing

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 7 (PIA6) – A peace covenant signing will be conducted by the Capiz Police Provincial Office (CPPO) for candidates in the May 2013 elections of Roxas City, Pan-ay town and the provincial government on March 13 at the Metropolitan Cathedral here.

The activity, in coordination with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), is in line with the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) Safe And Fair Election (SAFE) 2013 campaign.

CPPO Public Information Officer SPO1 Donna B. Asmod said that a holy mass will be conducted prior to the political candidates signing of the covenant before witnesses that include local media practitioners, law enforcement authorities, barangay and COMELEC officials, non-government organizations representatives and criminology students.

“Other municipalities have already conducted the covenant signing in separate occasions,” Asmod noted.

During the program, Capiz police director Senior Supt. Domingo S. Cabillan will read the covenant which stipulates that local candidates will condemn threats, intimidation, use of private armed groups and other illegal activities to advance their respective political interests.

The covenant has been translated in Hiligaynon for a deeper understanding and appreciation of the candidates and Capiceños.

The activity will be graced by Police Regional Office (PRO) – 6 director Chief Supt. Agrimero E. Cruz, Jr. and Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry Batallion Commanding Officer Lt. Col. Cristopher C. Sab-it, Sr. and COMELEC Provincial Election Supervisor lawyer Elizabeth D. Doronila, among others.

The SAFE campaign aims to ensure that the 2013 elections is safe and free of violence.
(JCM/Alex A. Lumaque/PIA 6 Capiz)

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Information officers reminded of PNoy’s dev’t. thrusts

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, March 6 (PIA6) – Public information officers were reminded of their important role in achieving the government’s five development thrusts.

Western Visayas Regional Director lawyer Ma. Janet C. Mesa of the Philippine Information Agency, during the induction of new set of officers and board of director of the Capiz Association of Government Public Information Officers (CAGPIO), March 5, stressed that public information officers should not only be advocates of the programs of their respective agencies but of the entire government bureaucracy.

Mesa said that everyone in the government should be information officers , who are to advocate to the public what the government is all about, what it is trying to do and what it is trying to achieve.

She also reiterated that all the efforts of President Benigno S. Aquino III administration is focused on the development thrusts, namely good governance, economic development, human development, climate change and justice, pace and security.

“It is the role of the information officers to inform, educate, communicate and inspire people who have lost hope that their life will be better and that a brighter future awaits them,” Mesa stressed.

She also urged members of the CAGPIO to be the motivating spark to their co-employees and intensify advocacy efforts in letting the people to be aware, understand and accept the government’s direction for the development of the country.

Mesa likewise emphasized that the government has been trying to put everything in place so that everyone is attended to and served.

She also extended her thanks and appreciation to Roxas City Mayor Angel Alan Celino and the provincial government of Capiz headed by Governor Victor Tanco for the untiring support and assistance to the CAGPIO and the PIA that had helped so much in attainting the set goals.

On the other hand, Mayor Celino acknowledged the role and responsibility of the public information officers in bringing the truth and correct information to the citizenry.

He likewise assured the CAGPIO and the PIA for the city government’s support to the various programs, projects and activities that are geared towards the development of the people.

Celino was the inducting officer and guest speaker and of the 2013 CAGPIO officials led by SPO1 Donna Asmod of the Capiz Police Provincial Office. (PIA/Jemin B. Guillermo)

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