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AYOR BENG Climaco has appealed to the members of the City Council to support and approve the proposed 2021 Executive Budget and to prioritize the welfare of the Zamboangueños amid the Covid-19 health crisis. In an exclusive inter- amounting to P 4.38 bil- ously identified needs of view by the Zamboanga lion is a unique configura- Zamboanga and the new Post, Climaco said the tion of fiscal plans which challenges brought about Continue on page 3 2021 Executive Budget assimilate all the previ-
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Stay vigilant, alert vs. terror groups ZAMBOANGA MAYOR Beng Climaco called on citizens to stay vigilant and cooperate with security forces as threats of terror attacks persist amid Continue on page 2
A police photo shows the readiness of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal in this simulation held at the Police Regional Office in Zamboanga City.
MG Cars opens in Zambo WITH THE ease of doing business in Zamboanga, investors continue to open up new trades here despite the current Continue on page 7
‘Buy-A-Bike’ benefits frontliners
Mayor Beng Climaco with Jaydrick Yap and other executives of MG Motors Zamboanga. (Bong Serondo)
TEN COVID frontliners in Zamboanga City have received a bicycle as part of the “Buy-A-Bike” pro-
gram of the “Pilipinas in Action,” a movement initiated by Senator Pia Cayetano.
Mayor Beng Climaco facilitated the turnover of the bicycles to the Continue on page 3
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A member of the PNP Highway Patrol Group at work in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga Post) Continued from page 1 the coronavirus pandemic. Climaco, who chairs the local and regional security councils, said terror groups continue to target highly populated areas, including Zamboanga, for propaganda purposes. “The target of these terror groups is to move to highly populated areas and that is why - with the grace of God and the cooperation of the Muslims, Christian, Lumad Zamboangueños, and our security forces, my directives to our security forces is to deny terrorists the opportunity to conduct terror in our beloved Zamboanga as they will always have that aspiration to conduct terror in Zamboanga because our population is big,” she said. The mayor said the local government is working closely with the police and military to ensure the safety and welfare of the Zamboangueños and vital installations. “We have been working with Western Mindanao Command’s Lieutenant General Corleto Vinluan and other intelligence units of Zamboanga, and I have met with him and PRO-9 Brigadier General Jesus Cambay, Jr. and there should be more cohesive efforts in our coordination with the local governments and we really have to stay vigil because of the threats of bombings, car bombing, suicide attacks and kidnappings,” she said. Climaco urged citizens to report to authorities any suspicious persons or baggage. “Your cooperation is important in our efforts to fight terrorism. Let us help our authorities defeat terrorism and protect Zamboanga and its people from harm,” she said. Abu Sayyaf Just recently, General Camilo Cascolan, chief
of the national police, announced the capture here of four Abu Sayyaf militants, including a senior member of the terror group with links to ISIS. Cascolan said one of the suspects, Hassan Anang Mohammad, who was captured in his hideout, is being implicated in the brutal murder of the 71-year old Doroteo Gonzales in May 2009. Gonzales, a carpenter in Zamboanga City, was beheaded in Basilan province after his family failed to pay P25 million ransom in exchange for his life. Mohammad was the second militant arrested in Gonzales’ murder. In August, Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay Jr, the regional police chief, also announced the capture of Jamiul Nassalon in Caliran village in Zamboanga Sibugay’s Mabuhay town. Cascolan said three other militants - Kadija Sadji, 31; Abdulman Sarapuddin Tula, 32; and Jailani Al-Rafee Sakandal, 31, were also captured in their hideout. He said security forces recovered an improvised explosive hidden in a can of cookies, including two hand grenades, one .45-caliber pistol, rifle ammunition, batteries, concrete nails, electronic items and an ISIS flag. He said the operations were carried out by members of the Police Re-
gional Office-9, Regional Intelligence Group, Special Action Force, and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group. “Background investigation revealed that Sadji and Tula are both members of the Abu Sayyaf group and ISIS financial conduits of Dawlah Islamiya under Mundi Sawadjaan. Tula is identified in police records as in-charge of procuring logistics and provisions for the groups of Sawadjaan and Radullan Sahiron in Sulu.” “Sadji is the wife of Al Asgar, son of the late Abu Sayyaf founder Abdurajak Janjalani. She belongs to the same financial conduit cell with Amaida Salvin who was arrested in Zamboanga City in April 16, 2019, and Merhama Abdul Sawari, alias Meng, who was among four Abu Sayyaf group sleeper agents who died in a police operation in Parañaque City last June 26,” Cascolan said. He said Sakandal is an active member of the Philippine Coast Guard and is being interrogated to determine his role in the activities of the Abu Sayyaf. Indon Bomber On October 10, security forces also captured an Indonesian bomber Rezky Fantasya Rullie and two Filipino Abu Sayyaf militants Nur-Aina Alihasan, the wife abu Sayyaf fighter Ben Yadah; and Fatima Sandra Jimlani, the wife of another terrorist, in Sulu province. Rullie is believed to be the daughter of the Indonesian couple who perpetrated the twin suicide bombing at Jolo Cathedral on January 27, 2019. An explosive vest rigged to a pair of pipe bombs was recovered from the trio’s hideout in San Raymundo village in the capital town of Jolo. (Zamboanga Post and Mindanao Examiner)
PNP Chief General Camilo Pancratius ‘Pikoy’ Cascolan with Brigadier General Jesus Cambay Jr during his recent visit at the Police Regional Office in Zamboanga City. (PNP)
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Mayor Beng bares ‘Executive Budget’ ‘Appeals to City Council to approve proposed budget’ Continued from page 1 by the coronavirus pandemic. Climaco said her main priorities remain the same and these are security, health and education. “This budget encompasses all of our social and health-related needs during this crisis. It aims to feed the hungry and heal the sick, hence let us listen to the needs of our people and find it in our hearts to see that this is more than a fiscal plan – it is our roadmap to health and recovery from the global challenge, that is Covid-19,” she said. Funds In a copy of the budget seen by the Zamboanga Post, about 56% of this or P2.4 billion will go to Social Services sector and General Public Services getting 28% of the funds and 16% for Economic Services. At least 77% of the sources of funds are from the Internal Revenue Allotment and the rest come from local taxes, economic zones, and reversions. This was also confirmed by Climaco, who said that “as we struggle to embark on the (Covid-19) new normal, we acknowledge that government services and the overall welfare of the people should be our primary concern, hence the Social Services Sector comprises a majority of our fiscal plan at P2.4 billion.” Welfare She said some P26 million are also appropriated for the “birthday” benefits of senior citizens and P1 million for octogenarians or person who is from 80 to 89 years
old; nonagenarians or those who are 90 to 99 years old; and centenarians or those who are 100 years old and above; and another P5 million for people with disabilities. “Since our society’s patriarchs and matriarchs are in need of these social protection programs, now more than ever, as well as our PWDs and other vulnerable sectors, we have included twenty-six million pesos million appropriation for the birthday benefits of our elderly people, and one million pesos for the Octogenarian, Nonagenarian and Centenarian; and five million (pesos) for PWDs,” the mayor stressed, adding, other social programs included in the budget are the P187 million “Largo Vida” Program, which is expanded to include not only the distribution of medicines to elderly people and other vulnerable members of the communities, but also vitamins and health supplements. And the P65-million “Ayuda La Vida Program” intended to provide community livelihood projects for various sectors including the night market and “ukay-ukay” stall holders; P50 million for the “Cuida Vida Program” (Soup Kitchen Program) - a mobile feeding initiative to sustain the daily meals of the marginalized and most affected families of the Covid-19 pandemic. She said the budget also has P50 million for “Salva Vida Program” which is intended to provide food packs and family hygiene kits to low-income families in disadvantaged rural and urban
communities; P15 million for the outreach services to all of Zamboanga’s 98 barangays; and P100 million for “Socialized Housing Programs”. “As evident in our plans and programs, the beneficiaries of this budget are not limited to a privileged few. This budget, by all intents and purposes, is for all the compueblanos of Zamboanga because as the Mother of this City, I will always be driven by my instinct to protect and nurture my children from the economic turmoil and ill effects of this pandemic,” Climaco said. And because of that, she said her administration provided the needed funding to ensure surge capacity management of health personnel and health facilities. She added that P112 million are provided in the budget for Covid-10 contact tracing programs, and P14.7 million as additional aid to all barangays for Covid-19 related activities of their Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERT); and P358 million for drugs and medicines, which includes P 200 million for the procurement of coronavirus vaccines. Climaco said there is also P42 million for the “Medicare Para Sa Masa Program” to increase PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corporation) coverage and number of sponsored members from 8,900 beneficiaries to 11,823; and P100 million for construction and rehabilitation of hospitals and health centers plus P110 million for the construction of multi-purpose buildings and P11 million more for the construction of emergency
‘Buy-A-Bike’ benefits frontliners
Ten frontliners who are beneficiaries of Senator Pia Cayetano’s Buy-A-Bike program pose with Mayor Beng Climaco during the recent turnover of the bicycles. (Giana Andrion) Continued from page 1 frontliners from various government offices. She said each bicycle comes with a helmet and other accessories. “Este bicicletas el passion del Senadora Pia Cayetano. Ta dale le con ustedes (frontliners) este tiempo para puede ayuda na di ustedes servicio como na frontera,” Climaco told the beneficiaries of the program during the turnover. Climaco was assisted
by City Administrator Apple Go, City Health Officer Dr. Dulce Miravite and General Services Officer Engr. Rene dela Cruz. Those who received the bicycles thanked Cayetano and Climaco. The mayor praised Cayetano for her humanitarian efforts and assistance to frontliners. “En representacion del gobierno local de Zamboanga, we would like to express our deepest gratitude to Senadora Pia Cayetano for the services of Pilipinas in
Action,” Climaco said. The Buy-A-Bike program aims to serve those in the frontlines and through Pilipinas in Action, Cayetano seeks pledges for the purchase of bicycles. “Serving in the frontlines means long hours of walk for most of our health workers and front liners. To keep them safe and healthy, Pilipinas in Action launches BuyA-Bike!” she said, adding, anyone can pledge from P500 up to P4,000. (Zamboanga Post)
quarantine facilities. Assistance The mayor said the local government continues to provide monthly allowances to about 7,812 public school heads and teachers, and also 1,878 members of the Philippine National Police, the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Bureau of Fire Protections. “This is a simple token and in recognition of the valuable support and contributions of our fellow public servants,” she said. “Moreover, we have increased the honoraria of 460 barangay health workers, 90 barangay nutrition scholars, 350 day-care workers and 980 barangay tanods from two thousand pesos to three thousand pesos per month,
since we acknowledge their courage and endless dedication in their field,” Climaco explained. Support Aside from those, the Climaco administration also provides aid to non-government entities such as the Boy and Girl Scouts of the Philippines, Philippine Red Cross, Cooperatives, drug rehabilitation center, farmers and fisherfolks and even the Reception and Study Center for Children, among others; and also to national government agencies – litigation courts and national high schools and others. She said the budget for the economic aspect, includes P12 million funding as utility subsidy for 6,000 registered micro, small and
medium enterprises; P50 million for “Siembra Vida Program” which is intended to provide training, livelihood and caravan projects, including activities of the agri-fishery sector; and a total of P 906 million for investments in infrastructure and developmental projects. While Climaco appeals for legislators’ support in approving the budget, the mayor’s supporters assailed those who are criticizing or questioning the 2021 Executive Budget, saying, her opponents are politicizing the issue for their own vested interest ahead of the 2022 national and local elections. Climaco is on her third and last term. (Zamboanga Post)
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Continued from page 1 health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. And one of the latest businesses that is finally here is MG Philippines or more popularly known as Morris Garages which now has a showroom at Nuñez Extension – MG Motors Zamboanga. Mayor Beng Climaco led the opening of the British iconic MG Cars together with Vice Mayor Rommel Agan. She thanked local businessman Jaydrick Johnson Yap and his partners for choosing Zamboanga for the MG Cars showroom which also has a service area. “Congratulations and thank you Jaydrick Yap and partners for your trust and confidence in investing in Zamboanga,” said Climaco. Yap is one of the directors of MG Motors Zamboanga and is also the president of the Southern Philippine Deep Sea Fishing Association, and vice president at YL Fishing Corporation based in Zamboanga. “Despite the pandemic, the market for MG Cars is very promising not only in Western Mindanao, but also in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi and Zamboanga is a major trading hub in the
South,” he told the Zamboanga Post. Eugene Frederick Yap, the president of MG Motors Zamboanga, also said MG Cars are truly a “value for your hardearned money.” “When we talk about MG Cars, the first thing that comes to mind is it’s British and Morris Garages has a heritage. It is special and it is MG and we bring here affordable and high quality cars as they are known around the world,” he said in a separate interview. He said MG Motors Zamboanga now offers four models of sports utility vehicles and sedans to choose from - MG 5, MG RX5, MG 6 – which won Best Value for Money Award and Compact Sedan of the Year, and People’s Choice Award in Auto Focus 2019-2020; MG ZS – also won the Best Subcompact SUV in the 15th Annual C Awards. And Top Gear PH also awarded MG as the Breakout Brand of the Year. History London-born Cecil Kimber, having outgrown his sales desk job, heads to the garage and begins to tinker around. He joined Morris Cars in 1921 and became General Manager of Morris in 1922. He began producing his own
tuned versions of Morris cars to boost sales. These cars took the name from the place they were sold, the Morris Garage. The first MG was the 14/28, based upon the Morris Oxford. In 1931, MG became the “first record breaker’ after its MG EX120 ‘The Magic Midget’ sets a land speed record, becoming the first 750cc car to exceed 100, hitting a speed of 103.13mph and 2 years later, MG become the first non-Italian marque to win the Mille Miglia (1000 Mile) race in Italy. MG’s K3 Magnette took a class win and MG’s place in the world of motorsport was cemented. But in 1957, EX181, based on the MGA model, was taken to the Bonneville Salts flats in Utah as MG returned to the world of record breaking. The 1489cc engine developed 290bhp and legendary driver Sir Stirling Moss took the car to an incredible 245.64mph. And by 1959, MG returned to the salt two years and set more records. American driver Phil Hill took the MG to 254.91mph. The enlarged 1506cc supercharged, twin cam engine, developed over 300bhp and remains the fastest MG ever. (Zamboanga Post)
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ICRC praises Climaco for strong support THE INTERNATIONAL Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) thanked Covid-19 chief frontliner Mayor Beng Climaco for her strong support and partnership with the humanitarian organization. Elliot Wood, who is ending his mission as head of office of the ICRC in Zamboanga, visited Climaco to thank her supporting various programs and activities here. Wood also introduced Ashot Astabatsyan, the new head of ICRC Davao Sub-Delegation team, to Climaco. He and Astabatsyan handed Climaco an ICRC commemorative book “Witnessing History: A portrait of ICRC’s work in South-East Asia” - which contains a photo gallery of its operations as a token of
Ashot Astabatsyan, the new head of ICRC Davao Sub-Delegation team, shows Mayor Beng Climaco the ICRC commemorative book - “Witnessing History: A portrait of ICRC’s work in South-East Asia” - which he gave to the mayor as a token of ICRC appreciation for her strong support to the programs of the Geneva-based humanitarian organization. (Eugene Elnar) their deep appreciation for the mayor all-out support. The two officials were accompanied by Gabriel
Daclan, ICRC adviser; and Rajema Grace Villegas, ICRC protection field officer. (Zamboanga Post)
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AMBOANGA MAYOR Beng Climaco proposed to the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (RIATF) to make uniform all the requirements for the entry of locally stranded individuals (LSI), returning overseas Filipinos (ROF) and those authorized persons outside residences (APOR). In a recent meeting, expenses of Covid-19 contact here. Climaco, who chairs the lo- tracers who will be assigned to She renewed calls for cal task force on Covid-19, different areas in Zamboanga residents to follow the health said there should be har- Peninsula to enable them to protocols to prevent the monization of policies after effectively undertake their spread of the deadly respiraobserving that different lo- tasks of tracking and man- tory virus. “Because we care cal governments and agen- aging close contacts of con- for you, we constantly remind cies have varied health and firmed coronavirus patients. you of your responsibilities travel requirements for LSI, The government, she to strictly follow minimum ROF and APOR that further said, must provide the neces- health standards, quarantine complicate and burden their sary resources to support the guidelines and other existing poor situation. expenses of the contact trac- laws. Tiene cuidao tu cuerpo, She asked the RIATF ers who risk their own health tu familia, tu comunidad y tu to elevate her proposal to and even life to protect the ciudad,” she said. the National Inter-Agency others. Under the Bayanihan Task Force on Emerging InThe local government has to Recover as One Act or the fectious Diseases so that all deployed hundreds of contact Bayanihan II Law, the DILG requirements for LSI, ROF tracers who were newly hired was authorized to hire at least and APOR will be one and by the Department of the In- 50,000 contact tracers to ramp the same anywhere in the terior and Local Government up the government’s contact country. (DILG) in an effort to locate tracing program. “We hear the pleas of persons exposed to the deadly DILG Secretary Eduardo our LSI, ROF and APOR and coronavirus disease. Año said the contact tracers we need to help them,” CliClimaco said a total of are the game-changer in the maco said. 656 contact tracers will assist Covid-response since this will During the meeting pre- existing contact tracers of the cut the transmission of the sided by the Office of Civil City Health Office and help disease and ultimately deDefense, Climaco also pro- in tracking and managing the feat Covid-19. “These contact posed the grant of subsidy close contacts of confirmed tracers will greatly amplify our for the board and lodging coronavirus disease patients Covid-19 efforts and further
Mayor Beng Climaco in a meeting with DPWH and ZCWD. (Bong Serondo)
Public market to have new sewage treatment plant THE LOCAL government is finalizing details for the construction of a sewage treatment plant for the public market in downtown Zamboanga. Part of the funds for the project came from the National Sewerage and Septage Management Program (NSSMP) of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), according to
Mayor Beng Climaco. Climaco recently met with representatives from the Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) and DPWH to finalize details of the P120-million project. She said P77 million of the entire amount was a grant from NSSMP and the rest shall be shouldered by the ZCWD with the local government providing the area for the project.
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The sewage treatment plant will replace the outdated facilities of the ZCWD. Sewage treatment is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater. Physical, chemical, and biological processes are used to remove contaminants and produce treated wastewater that is safe enough for release into the environment. (Zamboanga Post)
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Zamboanga City’s contact tracers. (Giana Andrion) decrease our daily cases,” he said. Under the DILG guidelines, contact tracers will earn a minimum of P18,784 per month in a contract of service status. Among their responsibilities are to conduct inter-
views, profiling, and perform an initial public health risk assessment of Covid-19 cases and their identified close contacts; refer the close contacts to isolation facilities; conduct enhanced contact tracing in collaboration with
other agencies and private sectors; conduct daily monitoring of close and general contacts for at least 14 days, and perform such other tasks in relation to the Covid response. (Zamboanga Post)
Security forces lauded MAYOR BENG Climaco lauded the police and military for securing the city’s grandest celebration called “Zamboanga Hermosa Festival” despite the limited public participation due to the coronavirus pandemic. “Miles de gracias con el sector de seguridad por el tranquilo celebracion de Fiesta Pilar principiando na primer dia de novena, Octubre 3 hasta na culminacion del maga actividad este dia, Octubre 12,” Climaco said. “Your unrelenting efforts and dedication to serve the Zamboangueños amidst the uncertainties is proof of your commitment to keep Zamboanga City safe and secure,” she added. Among those whom the mayor praised and thanked
were the Western Mindanao Command under Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan and the Regional Police headed by Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay, Jr. and all those who secured Zamboanga during the festival, especially the Our Nuestra Señora La Virgen del Pilar Shrine. Gen. Camilo Camilo Pancratius Cascolan also lauded the local and regional police during his recent visit here where he joined Climaco in the turnover of the newly-rehabilitated police building in downtown Zamboanga. Also present during the ceremony were Cambay, Vice Mayor Rommel Agan, Councilors Josephine Pareja and Jimmy Villaflores; Col. Rexmel Reyes, the city police
chief; and Maj. Elmer Solon, commander of Police Station 11, and other officials. The rehabilitation project was funded by the Climaco administration and part of the mayor’s priority and flagship program. Cascolan thanked the mayor for the project. Since 2013 when she was first elected, Climaco’s administration invested nearly to P2 billion for the security sector that covered infrastructure projects, logistics, fuel and maintenance, communication facilities, computers and office supplies, firearms and ammunition and allowances for policemen, among others. (Zamboanga Post)
Mayor Beng Climaco poses with Western Mindanao Command Chief, Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan and the Regional Police Director Brig. Gen. Jesus Cambay, Jr. and other officials. Climaco praises Vinluan and Cambay for the peaceful celebration of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival. (Bong Serondo)
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