The eMagazine of Philippine Information Agency 10 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
Repainting of overpasses, railings in Oro proposed
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Cagayan de Oro city’s beautification drive will get a boost.
The City Council committee on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya referred to the City Legal Office and City Mayor’s Office the offer of Pacific Paint (Boysen) Philippines to repaint island railings, flyovers and pedestrian overpasses in Cagayan deOro city. A meeting was held last August 6, 2016, which was attended by representatives of Boysen Philippines and Cagayan de Oro Second District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) with Councilor Zaldy Ocon, chair of the committee on public works to discuss the proposal. The company offered to provide all the materials and labor necessary to complete the repainting works. For
and in consideration of the repainting works, the proposed memorandum of agreement (MOA) provides that the city shall allow the company to install its logo and tagline on the named railings and footbridge. In his endorsement, DPWH District Engineer Anastacio G. Marundan said in order to adhere with DPWH standards, the official colors to be used for repainting should be beige and brown for pedestrian overpass and striped black and white for flyovers. A representative of Boysen Paints informed the committee on laws and rules that the company also forged a memorandum of agreement with the government of Davao City for the implementation of its repainting project. (SP)
CDO governance institute facilitates Butuan local gov’t formulation of new vision CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – In parallel motion towards Caraga’s sustainable growth and development, a socially-responsive, transparent, resilient, economically vibrant local government of Butuan driven by highly motivated and competent public servants, and empowered citizenry by 2020. This is the new vision of the Executive and Legislative Agenda (ELA) team of the local government unit of Butuan City formulated during the
Strategic Performance Management System (SPMS) seminar-workshop from September 14 to 16, facilitated by the Governance and Leadership
Institute (GLI) of Xavier University (XU). The three-day ELA formulation workshop featured discussions on the LGU’s sectoral issues and problems on social services, infrastructure, the environment, local economy, and institutional systems. From the latter, the ELA team defined the strategic goals per sector and discussed them with the city councilors for legislative measures. XU-GLI director Dr. Dixon Yasay led the ELA formulation anchored on the Five Disciplines of Learning Organizations, analysis of local challenges, and in parallel with the directions of the new mayor of Butuan on Real Change Leaders Strategy for Ensuring a Sustainable Good Future. “The updating of the ELA is necessary as it is term-based along with the tenure of the new local chief executive,” said Yasay. Yasay also said there are different approaches to update; however, the Department of Interior
and Local Government has set the local government framework based on the city’s ‘social contract.’ Following the ELA formulation, LGU consultant Churchill Aguilar shared on Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIMEHRM), a program that integrates and enhances the Personnel Management Assessment and Assistance Program (PMAAP) and the CSC Agency Accreditation Program (CSCAAP). Aguilar conducted a workshop to give further details on the different office’s targets and measures, and to align them to their mandates, guidelines, and strategies in order to achieve the goals of the LGU. The public servants’ recent learning experience with XU-GLI is just the first step towards a more transparent, accountable and empowered city government of Butuan. (Alain Roy M. Romero/Xu Comm)
University in CDO among top performing medical schools in PH
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Xavier University - Dr. Jose P. Rizal School of Medicine ranked 10th in the roster of top performing medical schools in the country based on the results of the September 2016 Physician Licensure Examination.
Sixty-four out of 70 takers successfully passed the said exam, giving XU a passing rate of 91.43% against the national passing rate of 78.46%. According to the report released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on Sept 21, a total of 2,899 out of 3,695 passed the exam nationwide, conducted by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cebu, and Davao. XU president Fr. Roberto C. Yap SJ expressed his commendations to this latest feat of the School of Medicine. “We thank dean Dr. Ruth S. Beltran, the faculty and staff of the Dr. Jose P. Rizal School of Medicine
for the guidance and support they have given to our students,” said Yap in his message to the academic community. “Congratulations to our new XU physicians! May you truly become physicians for others, instruments of God’s holistic healing!” the president added. PRC has reminded the medicine board passers that the registration for the issuance of Professional Identification Card and Certificate of Registration will be done online from Sept 29 to October 4, 2016. Successful examinees should then personally register and sign in the Roster of Registered Professionals. (XU Comm)