The eMagazine of Philippine Information Agency 10
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2016
Northern Mindanao celebrates 27th statistics month
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Northern Mindanao joins the rest of the nation in celebrating the 27th National Statistics Month (NSM).
The month-long celebration kicked-off on October 7 with a motorcade and opening ceremony at the Grand Caprice Restaurant hosted by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) with National Statistician Lisa Grace Bersales and Cagayan de Oro Mayor Oscar Moreno as keynote speakers. It was highlighted by a regional dissemination forum on the results of the 2015 Census of Population. Bersales said population count is one of the important statistics that PSA produces for planners and policymakers to help them decide what directions to take. Presented during the forum were the general population count, population density, and the population count per legislative district. The NSM is celebrated every
October to promote, enhance and instill nationwide awareness and appreciation of the importance and value of statistics in the different sectors of the society. This year’s celebration focused on the theme “Sustainable Development: Making Statistics Count” to highlight the critical role of statistics in monitoring the country’s progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or Agenda 2030. Bersales said the Philippines is one of the countries that pledged to make the Agenda 2030 a reality. She said the Agenda has 17 goals, 169 targets, and 230 indicators which aim to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all by 2030 through partnership. (APB/ PIA-10)
Service, transparency, unity mark first 100 days of 18th SP CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – accountability.
Service, transparency, unity and
These marked the first 100 days of Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy and members of the 18th City Council of Cagayan de Oro, as they moved forward to live out the aspiration to give Kagay-anons the best kind of
public service possible. Wasting no time, the City Council held 13 regular sessions, 74 committee meetings and conducted several ocular inspections to address various concerns and requests of the
city’s constituents. These efforts and collaboration with different sectors resulted to the enactment of 41 well-studied ordinances and 73 resolutions, which will benefit the city’s constituents, especially the poor. MAJOR LEGISLATIONS The City Council enacted a number of laws on social and health services in just three months. To strengthen the city’s health care program, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Maria ReynaXU hospital for a health facility in Barangay Indahag was approved. Through Ordinance No. 131192016, the city government forged a MOA with the Department of Health (DOH) for the Medical Assistance Program in the amount of P6.9 million for the city’s poor patients. The social pension of senior citizens was also speedily acted upon and in line with the thrust to make Cagayan de Oro PWD-friendly, Ordinance No. 13123-2016 was enacted. Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) can now enjoy free movies in theaters on certain days. To address malnutrition among school children, legislators authorized the city mayor to enter into a MOA with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the implementation of a supplementary feeding program. Looking into livelihood concerns of residents of the NHA-CDO Bayanihan Village Phase 1 in Camaman-an, the
City Council also authorized a MOA with Habitat for Humanity Philippines Foundation, Inc and the National Housing Authority (NHA) for the construction of a livelihood center facility in the area. On top of these, city residents can expect the implementation of more Bottom-Up Budgeting projects, as the City Council authorized the city mayor to sign agreements with the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for the purpose. Major legislations during the first 100 days include Ordinance No. 13121, prohibiting any person from selling and retailing unsafe and substandard liquid petroleum products in the city using soda or plastic bottles, jugs and other similar portable containers. To boost the city’s environment drive, the City Council also passed Ordinance No. 13102, regulating all smoke-belching vehicles plying and traversing the territorial jurisdiction of Cagayan de Oro. Legislators are now working to come up with measures against illegal quarry and other environmental concerns to ensure the protection of city residents. TRANSPARENCY In line with the thrust to have a transparent and accountable government, the City Council started to move for the codification of all city ordinances, which will eventually be
accessible to the public. To update the public about legislative actions, a weekly program, Ang Konseho Karon is now being aired through local radio station Magnum Radio every Thursday, from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. This is also a venue for residents to air their concerns and suggestions, which will be looked into by the legislative body. EXPECTATIONS In his first message to Kagay-
anons after taking oath as the second highest official of the city, Vice Mayor Uy said the public can expect to have an active and dynamic City Council that will work hand in hand for the people and the next generations. This was delivered to the people of Cagayan de Oro during the first 100 days of the 18th City Council, a glimpse of what will continue to take place in the next three years. (SP)
Credit Information Corporation brings credit infra roadshow to CDO coops CAGAYAN DE ORO – The Credit Information Corporation (CIC) brought its Credit Infrastructure Roadshow to Cagayan de Oro today, October 11, with a one-day seminar at the Limketkai Luxe Hotel. The said event was attended by the top officials and representatives of close to a hundred large and medium cooperatives located in Region 10. Speaking at the event were some of the top executives of CIC together with representatives from its partner agencies, the USAID Advancing Philippine Competitiveness (COMPETE) project, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank, and also its special accessing entities (SAEs), CIBI, Inc., Compuscan Philippines, TransUnion
and CRIF Philippines. CIC President and CEO Jaime Garchitorena emphasized the importance to cooperatives of having a credit information system. He said the establishment of such as system would enable cooperatives to screen out potentially bad borrowers, thus, lessening their exposure to non-performing loans and consequently improving their net income. Garchitorena’s talk was followed by presentations from Mario Lamberte
of the USAID Compete Project, and Gay Santos and Atty. Chester Abellera of the International Finance Corporation. Lamberte talked about the relative ease of borrowing and lending in the Philippines compared to its ASEAN neighbors, while Santos and Abellera presented ideas about nontraditional forms of collateral and how potential borrowers may make use of it. Atty. Aileen Amor-Bautista, CIC’s InHouse Legal Counsel and SVP for Business Development and Communications, spoke about the technical and legal aspects of Republic Act 9510 or Credit Information System Act
The roadshow also included an open forum and a hands-on Credit Information System compliance workshop for the IT personnel of the attending cooperatives. After Cagayan De Oro, CIC is set to return to Manila for the final leg of its Credit Infrastructure Roadshow Series. CIC is a government-owned and –controlled corporation created in 2008 to essentially build a centralized, comprehensive, accurate credit information system for the Philippines. Such a system is seen to level the financial field by including previously ignored sectors such as the unbanked and ultimately lead to greater financial inclusion among Filipinos. (PIA-10)