STATE OF THE TOWN ADDRESS 2014
By: Hon. Mayor Carlito F. Pentecostes, Jr.
15 January 2014, 01:00 P.M.
Gonzaga People’s Gymnasium, Gonzaga, Cagayan
Marami sa ating mga Pilipino ang naniniwala na ang numerong trese o
labingtatlo o “thirteen” sa Ingles ay kaakibat ng salitang malas. Ito ay isang matandang
paniniwalang ipinamana sa atin ng mga Kastila. Pero gaano man ito katanda, hanggang
ngayon ay buhay na buhay pa rin ito sa ating makabagong pamumuhay. Hindi lamang
tayong mga Pilipino ang naniniwala dito kundi karamihan sa mga taong nasa mundong
ibabaw.
Hindi natin masisisi ang ating mga sarili kung ang tingin natin sa numerong
labingtatlo ay malas o kung iniuugnay natin ito sa hindi magagandang pangyayari dahil
sa mga pagsubok at sakunang ating naranasan noong nakaraang taon na nagtatapos
sa numerong labingtatlo. Sino nga ba ang hindi makalilimot sa delubyong hatid ng
Bagyong Yolanda na kumitil ng mahigit anim na libong buhay at nagwasak ng libulibong bahay at pag-aari sa gawing Visayas. Maliban dito, nakaranas din ang
Kabisayaan ng napakalakas na 7.2 magnitude na lindol noong nakaraang taon. Kumitil
din ito ng maraming buhay sa Probinsiya ng Cebu at Probinsiya ng Bohol at winasak
nito ang napakaraming tahanan, kalsada, tulay at mga simbahan. Pero bago pa man
nangyari ang mga nabanggit, sumiklab na ang sigalot at karahasan sa Mindanao.
Maraming mga sibilyan at inosente ang nadamay sa labanan ng Moro National
Liberation Front at ng ating pamahalaan. Maraming mga pamilya ang naapektuhan
dahil kinailangan nilang lisanin ang kanilang mga tahanan at lupain para makaligtas.
Gayundin ang nangyari sa ating mga kababayan sa Sulu nang utusan ni Sultan Kiram
ang kaniyang mga sundalo na sumugod sa Sabah, Malaysia para bawiin ang di-
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bandang huli, marami sa puwersang Pilipino ang namatay. Ang iba naman ay naikulong
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umano’y pag-aari ng mga Kiram at pag-aari ng Pilipinas- ang lupain ng Sabah. Sa
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at sa kasalukuyan ay humaharap ng iba’t-ibang kasong isinampa ng pamahalaan ng
Malaysia.
Kung ang mga ito palang ang ating titingnan, sobra-sobrang dagok ang idinala
ng nakaraang taon. Ayaw man nating danasin ang mga ganitong pangyayari, kailangan
nating harapin ang mga matitinding pagsubok na ito upang sa huli, ang bawat isa sa
atin ay makatatayong muli at makasasabay sa agos ng kasalukuyan.
Ito ang mga akmang salitang makapagsasalarawan sa ating mga Gonzaganians
nang sunud-sunod tayong dinalaw ng mga mababagsik na bagyo. Una dito si Odette na
nagdala ng malupit na panahon at matinding pag-ulan na sumira sa ating mga pananim
at ilang mga ari-arian. Gayunpaman, lubos tayong mapala dahil wala namang naitalang
namatay sa ating bayan.
Makalipas ang ilang buwan, wala sa ating kamalayan na muli tayong
gagambalahin ng isang mas matinding unos- ang Bagyong Vinta. Handa naman ang
bawat isa sa atin dahil alam nating may paparating na bagyo pero hindi natin nalaman
na ito pala ang pinakamalakas sa lahat ng bagyong tatama sa ating bayan. Sa huli,
iniwan ni Vinta ang karamihan sa ating mga Gonzaganians na may sira-sirang bahay at
mga ari-arian. Gayundin, nawala ang kuryente nang dalawang linggo dahil karamihan
sa mga poste ng kuryente ay natumba at ang mga kable naman ay naputol. Mabuti na
lamang at maagap ang Cagayan Electric Cooperative sa pagresponde at naibalik ang
kuryente makalipas ang dalawang linggo. Marami ding pananim, mga silid-paaralan,
mga gusali, mga kalsada at mga tulay ang nasira.
Gayunpaman, hindi tayo nagpagupo sa kawalan. Gaano man katindi ang naging
muling tumayo pagkatapos madapa. Nagkapit-bisig ang lahat sa pangunguna ng lokal
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bilang iisang pamilya at bilang iisang komunidad. Ipinakita natin sa lahat na kaya nating
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epekto ni Vinta sa ating mga Gonzaganians, kaagad tayong bumangon at nagtulungan
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na pamahalaan. Naging maagap ang mga bumubuo ng ating Rescue Team kasama ng
mga ating mga kapulisan sa pagsagip sa ating mga kababayang lubhang naapektuhan
para mailipat sila sa mas ligtas na lugar. Kinanlong at inalagaan ng ating lokal na
pamahalaan ang mga pamilyang apektado lalo na ang mga nasa malapit sa baybaying
dagat. Sila ay nabigyan ng mga relief goods, napakain at naihatid sa kani-kanilang
tahanan sa pangunguna ng ating mga masisipag na kasamahan sa Municipal Social
Welfare and Development Office.
Naging maagap din ang ating lokal na pamahalaan sa pagbibigay ng tulong
pinansiyal para maipasaayos ang ilan sa mga sinira ni Bagyong Vinta katulad na
lamang ng mga silid-paaralan. Nabigyan din ng kaunting tulong ang ating mga
kababayang nawasak ang tahanan sa pamamagitan ng Aid in Crisis Situation. Ito pong
lahat ay kinaya natin sapagkat tayo po ay nagkaisa at nagtulungan. Naniwala tayo sa
kasabihang pagkatapos ng bagyo ay sisikat na muli ang araw. Hindi po tayo nawalan
ng pag-asa. Bagkus, kagaya ng mga Taclobanon, ang hindi magandang pangyayaring
ito ang nagbunsod sa atin para muling bumangon, magkapit-bisig, manalig sa bawat
kakayahan ng isa at higit sa lahat maniwalang muling makakaahon ang lahat tungo sa
magandang pangakong hatid ng hinaharap.
Totoo pong sa bawat pagsubok, may pagbangon. Hindi lamang si Bagyong Vinta
ang sumubok sa ating katatagan noong nakaraang taon kundi pati na rin ang ang
nakaraang halalan noong ika-13 ng Mayo 2013. Gaya ng aking nabanggit sa aking
talumpati noong ako ay opisyal na naupo bilang inyong Punong Bayan, lubhang hindi
patas ang pagharap sa atin ng aking mga naging katunggali sa politika. Napakaraming
kasiraan ang kanilang ibinato sa akin at sa aking pamilya na minsa’y nakakababa ng
tiwala sa sarili. Pinilit nilang lagyan ng lamat ang reputasyong aking inalagaan sa
Pero hindi tayo binigo ng mahigit labing-tatlong libong kababayan na naniniwala sa
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makatamo ng kapangyarihang kanilang magagamit para sa pansariling interes lamang.
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matagal na panahon para lamang makabalik lamang sa puwesto o dili naman ay
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ating kakayahan bilang isang pinuno. Iniluklok tayo ng ating mga kababayan bilang ama
ng ating bayan sampu ng ating Bise Mayor at lahat ng mga miyembro ng Sangguniang
Bayan dahil alam kong naniniwala sila sa aming mga plano at programa para sa
ikauunlad ng ating bayan at ng bawat Gonzaganian. Sa huli, nanaig po sa ating lahat
ang tunay na pulso ng mga mamamayan. Pinatunayan nating lahat na kaya nating
manalo sa isang pagsubok. At mula dito, sa tulong ng ating mga kapulisan at ng
Commission on Elections, naidaos ng matiwasay ang halalan at dito umusbong na muli
ang pag-asang gumabay sa ating lahat patungo sa daan ng pag-unlad. Ang ating
pagkapanalo dito ang tanging makapagsasabi na hindi lahat ng mga bagay at mga
pangyayari sa taong 2013 ay mga kuwento ng kawalan at kamalasan. Para sa ating
mga Gonzaganians, ang taong 2013 ay taon ng pagsubok, pag-usbong ng pag-asa at
muling pagbangon.
Municipal Vice Mayor, Hon. Rene P. Salvanera and his better half, Mrs. Elizabeth
Salvanera; members of the Sangguniang Bayan; barangay captains led by the Liga ng
mga Barangay President, Hon. Hermogenes P. Baclig Jr.; Mrs. Digna Herrera, the
cluster officer of the DILG Cluster Team I; Ms. Roshseinee O. Gumabao, our MLGOO;
heads of agencies both from the national and local; heads of non-government
organizations; members of the academic community spearheaded by district heads,
administrators and principals; members of my family; employees of the Local
Government Unit of Gonzaga; distinguished guests and visitors, dearest friends, ladies
and gentlemen, fellow Gonzaganians, good afternoon and Happy New Year!
Every year on a New Year’s Day, we gather together as one community to hear
the current state of our municipality. This year, we made another change to our yearly
tradition by having this important occasion on the middle of January which is a perfect
2013.
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worries, we are all wide awake and ready to listen to how we have all performed last
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time for everyone because at this moment, I am quite sure that we are all free from
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During my State of the Town Address last year, I was so proud to announce that
CY 2012 was a banner year for our Municipality because of the innumerable
achievements we had most especially in terms of local revenue collection. I quoted it as
the banner year for the Municipality because we reached an all-time high record of
P165,012,653.61 in our local revenue collection. It must be noted that the mining
industry is the primary contributor to our local revenue collection. Last 2012, the total
contribution of the mining industry in our local revenue collection is P141,624,432.80
which is equivalent to 85% of the total collected local revenue. And although we have
exhausted all means and exerted our best efforts to surpass this record, a lot of factors
hindered us in making another possible local revenue collection milestone for the year
2013. Some of these factors are the recession in the local economy, the uncertain stand
of the national government against mining in the Philippines which affected much the
mining operations in our municipality and the natural disasters which pounded the
agriculture industry, the main source of income of the Gonzaganians.
For these reasons, as of December 31, 2013, we were only able to collect
P116,974,622.16 from the provincial target set to our municipality amounting
P179,905,783.96 with a collection efficiency of 65.02%. The collection is composed of
the following:
Target Collection
Collection Efficiency
Real Property Tax
P6,283,335.98
P8,324,477.80
75.48%
Business Tax
P96,106,189.68
P159,857,287.52
60.12%
Business Receipts
P8,177,367.20
P6,194,777.93
132.00%
Mining Share
P153,662,509.59
P87,928,822.48
57.22%
Fees and Charges
P9,106,189.68
P7,544,604.78
124.42%
Economic Enterprise
P5,198,053.77
P4,179,413.86
124.37%
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Actual Collection
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Though this is only beyond half of the target collection, I must tell everyone that
we should still be happy for this result because taking aside our mining share, we were
able to collect P29,045,799.68 which translates 110.68% collection efficiency if based
on the target P26,243,274.37. It means that we have done our best to come up with a
high local revenue collection turn-out. However, if possible, we must still open all
possibilities including other investments aside from mining because as I have
mentioned, they contribute largely in our local revenue collection aside from contributing
in the employment of our constituents and the development of our community.
If you are to examine the figures presented for our local revenue collection, you
will see that we have exceeded all the target collection set by the Provincial
Government in our Municipality except in real property tax and in mining share from
which we do not have a control. The low collection efficiency in mining share can be
attributed to the recession in the mining industry which yielded low production from the
mining companies. As for the RPT, I have pondered on its result and asked myself what
went wrong. I must tell everyone that I have personally monitored the progress of each
collector’s report. I actually conducted quarterly meetings with all revenue collectors to
discuss ways on how to achieve 100% collection efficiency or even just near the target
collection. At the end part of the year, we had monthly meetings so we can update each
collector’s performance. I gave them the necessary support they need like giving them
cellphones, cellular load, jackets, motorcycles etc. However, I can barely see any
progress on this component. Perhaps, our collectors are already tired of giving their
services to the LGU or maybe they are just getting lazy again in dispensing their duties.
It is for this reason that I am calling the attention of all our revenue collectors who have
become a liability to the local government unit to tender early retirement or resignation
because I will no longer let you perform your routinary tasks in your department. The
Local Government Unit does not need you because you have grown astray from our
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activities that stain the reputation of the local government unit. I must stress that the
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same goes to those who do not remit collections or those who engage in anomalous
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vision. It is high time that you take a dignified exit from the agency. And for those who
are performing good in terms of collection, do better. Do not be contented by what you
have already achieved. Always aim in surpassing your records.
As for the mining share, I am positively hoping that we can collect more this year
because we are again back on business. We have shown that all income generated
through the mining industries goes to visible accomplishments and projects within the
municipality, hence, we aim to do better this year in this component for as long as we
work together with dedication. We must remember that the more taxes we collect, the
more programs and projects we can implement. As I always say, the lifeblood of every
LGU lies on the collection of local taxes. Therefore, we must continuously do well in
collection. For as long as we continue to adhere into responsible mining and that the
Mining Monitoring Group which is composed of the representatives from the crosssection of our community, will continue to guard all our interest, there is no hesitation of
embracing mining. The P96,106,189.68 revenue collection from mining alone is already
a proof of the responsible mining taking place in our town.
And to all our critics who do not want to recognize the development and progress
contributed by the mining industry in our town, suggest means of generating high local
revenue collection other than mining. Instead of always criticizing, why don’t you just
contribute something for the development of our town. Criticizing there without you
contributing worthy to our town will not make you a hero.
Our success in surpassing the records set for business receipts, fees and
charges and the economic enterprise last 2012 is a reason to celebrate. This is credited
to our constituents who have not failed to pay their taxes despite widespread
gains. Though we were not able to meet our targets for the real property tax and the
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should go to all of you. The year 2013 is indeed not only a story of losses but more of
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propaganda last year. This is not only an achievement on our part but more of the credit
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business tax, still, the amount we have collected are sufficient to fund all the plans and
programs we desire for the development of the community.
In fact, the P37,685,759.92 municipal share derived from mining last year plus
the fund from our Internal Revenue Allotment have helped us realized many plans,
programs and projects. This total amount the municipality has received was divided
accordingly to the needs of time depending on the total amount of supplemental budget
we have for each month. Hence, the following is where the P37,685,759.92 mining
share of the Municipality last 2013 was spent into:
Infrastructure
P9,106,634.25
Economic
P9,374,338.00
Health
P150,000.00
Education
P2,064,666.00
Social Services
P5,666,403.20
General Services
P11,323, 718.47
TOTAL
P37,685,759.92
For the barangay level, the total mining share they receieved last year amounts
P34,736,126.95
Economic
P1,204,751.20
Health
P75,000.00
Education
P1,909,059.82
Social Services
P2,964,508.92
General Services
P9,353,615.67
TOTAL
P50,243,062.56
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to P50,243,062.56. It was spent into the following components:
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These are where the money of the people was spent into. It is the first time that
we are fully disclosing it to the public because I believe that everybody deserves to
know and that we can all say that this administration practices transparency.
What I have just presented are the same amount which was used to fund all the
necessary services that were extended to all different sectors and were used to realize
ambitious programs and projects which benefitted the Gonzaganians including the
visitors who came to have a taste of the lifestyle in our beloved town.
Primarily, if you have been paying attention, most of the mining share, both from
the Municipal and Barangay Level were used in infrastructure projects which are
perceived to make our town simply the best in the province if not in the region. And
through the supervision of the Municipal Engineering Office, we were able to construct
22 additional stalls at the New Public Market including the construction of its public
comfort room. For this year, we are going to construct 30 additional market stalls with
an initial fund of P6M. And we are already constructing the stalls for the food court
which is expected to be finished by June this year.
The two-storey old public market building whose second floor was burned last
2011 was already renovated and painted. At present, it is functional for business. We
made sure that both occupants and buyers will be satisfied by the changes we have
made. Hence, I am encouraging all of you to visit the second floor of the old public
market building to see what this administration has done for all of us.
And to make the façade of the public market even more attractive, clean and
accessible to all market-goers, we have concreted the parking area where our tricycle
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has already been concreted along with its compound and its access roads. Hopefully,
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drivers can wait for passengers conveniently. Even the frontage of the slaughterhouse
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we can complete the concreting of the new public market road this year as we have
again allocated a fund totaling to P1.1M for this purpose.
Aside from these, we were also able to complete Building III which is composed
of four-unit suite rooms at the Gonzaga Riverview Resort and Hotel while the
construction of its function hall and restaurant is still on-going. To make the Gonzaga
Riverview Resort and Hotel even more presentable and exciting, we will be constructing
gazebos, open-air restaurant, hanging bridge below the Pateng Bridge, kiosks at the
other side of the Wangag River, floating restaurant, water sports and the much awaited
zipline. We have also made purchases of the needed equipment and facilities at said
resort to boost the tourism industry and that our customers will keep on coming back to
us. This year, we are ready to give a new face to Gonzaga Riverview Resort and Hotel
as it will be landscaped by fine artists.
The recent tourism pull of the Municipality is the constructed hanging foot bridge
at Barangay Callao which is drawing attention to most of our constituents. It is very
pleasing to see that we have accidentally made a tourist attraction when our very
purpose is to provide an access road to the people at the other side of Barangay Callao.
As to date, the area where the foot bridge is located has become a picnic site for our
constituents and even for visitors. We will be looking for lot properties in the place
where we can construct good facilities for picnics. I promise to improve the place for all
of you. And I believe that by transfer of satisfaction through any form of communication
will help us attract more tourists.
We are also doing our best to promote Matara as one of the premier destination
Matara Beach. Likewise, we have constructed a Multi-purpose Hall along with minigazebos in the area for picnic-goers. Since electricity is not yet available in the area, we
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goers an easy passage going to the enchanting waters and fine white sands of the
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of Gonzaga. We have already started the concreting of the Matara Road to provide our
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have purchased a solar panel to provide lighting during the night time. But in case, this
will not work, we have a generator set to provide the needed lighting in the area. And I
hope that all of you here will not be a foreigner in our town. Visit the Matara Beach if you
have time and enjoy the beauty of its waters through scuba diving and snorkeling which
are available for anybody who wants water adventures.
Another attraction in our municipality is our Municipal Hall which we never cease
to improve as time passes by. Of course, we always wanted to sustain the attention it
drew from the people of Cagayan and other nearby provinces. Actually, we have been
constantly receiving praises for having the best Municipal Hall in the Province as quoted
by our visitors. It is why we have also extended the Legislative Building and made it
even more sophisticated because our dearest lawmakers deserve a comfortable office
to work in. We are continuously improving all fixtures and furniture at the Municipal Hall
so we can provide all our constituent clients a friendly environment when they are to
transact with the Local Government Unit. The same is also done at the Liga ng mga
Barangay Hall and at the new slaughterhouse.
Still part of improving our facilities is the construction of the new monitoring
outpost which now looks more of an office compared to the old structure which became
an eye sore then. We also constructed a pasalubong center since most of the visitors
are demanding for Gonzaga’s Best products as souvenir or pasalubong. In this one-stop
center, anyone can have a variety of option for a pasalubong. We have collaborated
with the Rural Improvement Club to display their One Barangay One Product in the
center so our visitors can just feel free to shop from the different options displayed. And
if you are a keen observer, you may have noticed that the flooring of our Gonzaga
audience when they are watching events like this in the gym. Likewise, we now have a
wider and more scenic municipal arcway at Barangay Cabanbanan Sur which is the
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individual seats will be placed at the bleachers to provide ease and comfort for the
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People’s Gymnasium is already rubberized and its roofing was changed. Soon,
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very first attraction to welcome our visitors. We have likewise improved our municipal
compound arcways and we have converted the old PNP Building into different offices. It
has now become the office for the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management
Council, the Rural Improvement Club and the Stock Room of the Local Government
Unit.
I am also very proud to announce we were able to complete the concreting of
barangay roads specifically Zuniega St. at Barangay Progressive and Torres St. at
Barangay Paradise. We also have caused concreting of a part of the barangay roads at
Barangays Isca, Pateng, Baua, Casitan and Cabanbanan Norte. For this year, we will
pursue the concreting of more roads situated within Barangay Cabiraoan, Barangay
Magrafil, Barangay Sta. Clara, Barangay Sta. Maria and Barangay Caroan. We will also
allocated P12M from our mining share for the concreting of more barangay roads in the
municipality.
Concreting of roads coincides construction of drainage canals. Last year, we
were able to construct a drainage canal along Mabini St. situated within Poblacion. This
year, we will still continue this endeavor within the Poblacion with a starting fund of
P1.5M.
Lastly, we have been able to repair/ rehabilitate different farm to market roads
through the fund given by the Department of Agriculture amounting to P14M. This
includes the Tabungao Farm to Market Road, Saliwanwan Farm to Market Road, the
EEA Farm to Market Road and the Sta. Clara- Magrafil Farm to Market Road.
seater bus amounting to P1.6M, a Hyundai Starex ambulance amounting to P1.35M,
donated to the Gonzaga Police Station.
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reconditioned garbage compactor amounting to P877,659.57 and a minicab patrol car
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The fund from our mining share have also helped us purchase a Daewoo 46
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In the barangay level, the following were the consolidated projects for which their
mining share totalling to P50,243,062.56 were spent into:
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Installation and improvement of water system
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Construction, painting and tiling of Senior Citizen’s Building
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Improvement/ construction of barangay halls/ multi-purpose halls and
barangay gymnasiums
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Construction of multi-purpose drying pavements, palay sheds, waiting
sheds, store rooms, barangay and school pergolas, gymnasium stages
and bleachers, market stalls, public toilets, drainage canals, health
centers, rubberized basketball courts and volleyball courts, bahay kubos,
reading centers, school classrooms, school buildings and day care centers
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Installation of streetlights
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Purchase of basketball boards, minicabs/ multi-cabs, motorcycles with
carrier, cement mixers, threshers and sound systems
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Concreting/ improvement of barangay roads
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Backfilling of road shoulders and
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Rehabilitation of farm to market roads
Ganito po karami ang ating mga nagawang proyekto noong nakaraang taon.
Kung tutuusin, masuwerte pa rin tayo kumpara sa mga ibang bayan dahil mayroon
tayong buwanang supplemental budget na atin namang nakukuha mula sa ating parte
sa pagmimina. Kaya kahit minsan na sabay-sabay ang ating mga proyektong ginagawa,
nakapaglalaan pa rin tayo ng pondo para sa mga serbisyong magsisilbi sa ating mga
kababayan. Katulad na lamang ng Aid in Crisis Situation o AICS na siyang naibibigay
na tulong ng ating lokal na pamahalaan para sa ating mga kababayang
na talaan ng mga miyembro ng Senior Citizens.
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tulong para sa mga pamilya ng mga namamatay nating mga lolo at lola na nasa opisyal
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nangangailangan ng tulong pinansiyal at ang Mutual Aid na siya namang ibinibigay na
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Ayon sa ulat ng Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office, may 405
pamilya ang nabigyan ng AICS na nagkakahalaga ng P1,034,000.00 sa kabuuan at
may 96 pamilya naman ng mga pumanaw na aktibong miyembro ng Senior Citizens
ang nabigyan ng mutual aid na may kabuuang P384,000.00. May dalawa din po tayong
kababayan ang hinandugan ng inyong abang lingkod ng wheelchair sapagkat ito na
lamang po ang tingin kong pamamaraan para lubos natin silang mapasaya sa likod ng
dinaranas na kapansanan.
Patuloy din nating sinusuportahan ang 284 na pamilya para sila ay
makapagpatuloy sa programa ng Philhealth. Itinala din natin ang 147 na hikahos na
mga lolo at lola para sila ay makatanggap ng buwanang pension sa halagang P500.00
kada buwan. Gayundin, patuloy nating hinihikayat ang ating mga kababaihan para
magnegosyo at may mapagkukunan sila ng dagdag kita para sa kanilang kabuhayan.
Ating iniaalok ang programang Self Employment Assistance sa mga kababaihang
gustong manghiram ng puhunan para makapagsimula ng isang maliit na negosyo
hanggang sa ito ay mapalago. Nang nakaraang taon, 244 na kababaihan ang sumubok
sa programang ito at napahiraman sila ng halagang umaabot sa P1,008,000.00.
Sa pamamagitan din ng tulong na ating natanggap mula sa Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, may walong grupo ang makapag-uumpisa nang
kumita ng pera dahil sila ay nabigyan ng puhunan sa pag-uumpisa ng mga proyektong
pangkabuhayang kanilang pinili bilang bahagi ng Integrated Coastal Resources
Management Project. Ang mga sumusunod ang mga mapalad na nabigyan ng pondo
para makapag-umpisa ng negosyo:
Ladies Fish Processing Association of Baua- Meat and Fish Processing
Livelihood (P370,650.00)
Tapel Fisherfolk Association- Aquasilvi Culture of Mudcrab (P417,999.00)
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San Jose Fisherfolk Association- Bagoong Processing and Fish Trading
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Livelihood Project (P469,848.00)
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Casitan MPA Development Association- Hog Raising and Fattening
(P456,014.00)
Fisherfolk Association of Sta. Cruz- Tilapia Culture and Floating Cages
(P430,710.00).
Ang mga sumusunod namang mga grupo ang nabigyan ng pondo sa ilalim ng
Biodiversity Conservation Projects ng Integrated Coastal Resources Management
Projects Component B:
San Jose Fisherfolk Association- Culture and Grow-out of Abalone or
“tuklabo” (P670,000.00)
Tapel Fisherfolk Association and Casitan MPA Development AssociationCulture and Grow-out of Sea Cucumber or “balat” (P580,000.00 each)
Ang Rural Improvement Club ang isa sa ating mga kaagapay pagdating sa
pagbibigay ng hanap-buhay sa ating mga kababayan. Sa katunayan, ang ilan sa
kanilang mga miyembro ay nagsanay pa sa sa paggawa ng iba’t-ibang produktong
maaaring pagkakitaan kagaya ng seaweed chips, seaweed canton, seaweed pickles,
gamet chips, tilapia tocino, tilapia longanisa, tilapia nuggets, tilapia rolls, smoked tilapia,
smoked bangus at bagoong. Ang mga produktong ito ng Rural Improvement Club ay
kasalukuyang ibinebenta sa Pasalubong Center. Sa ulat na ipinasa ng Municipal
Agriculture Office sa atin, umaabot na sa halagang P98,740.00 ang kabuuang kita
galing dito.
Dahil alam nating kinakilangan ng RIC ng mga kagamitang maaaring
makapagpalago sa kanilang mga maliliit na negosyo, nagbigay tayo ng karagdagang
na naibigay na sa nasabing barangay at sa Barangay Minanga. Ngayon, meron ng
pagproseso ng mga produktong lamang-dagat.
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sapat na kagamitang gagamitin ang mga kababaihan sa Barangay Caroan sa
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Multi-commodity Solar Tunnel Dryer sa Barangay Caroan bukod sa tig-isang MCSTD
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Hindi lamang po sa mga programang nabanggit nakatuon ang ating pansin para
matulungan ang ating mga kababayang makapaghanap ng trabahong mapapasukan o
mapagkakakitaan. Gaya po ng ating naumpisahang gawin, nakikipag-ugnayan po tayo
sa Technical Education Skills and Development Authority para magturo ng mga
kakayahang
pang-bokasyonal
sa
ating
mga
kababayan
para
sila
ay
makapaghanapbuhay. At nakagagaan po sa puso na 30 ang nagtapos sa Commercial
Cooking NC II at 45 naman ang nabigyan ng sertipiko sa Housekeeping NCII. Umaasa
pa po tayo na mas marami pa sa ating mga kababayan ang magpapatala para sa mga
ganitong oportunidad para magkaroon sila ng maraming pagpipilian kung hindi man
palaring makahanap ng trabaho. Isa ito sa mga nakikita kong magiging matagumpay na
programa sa pagbibigay ng trabaho sa ating mga kababayan kaya ating isinusulong
ang pagpapatayo ng training center ng TESDA sa ating bayan para tuluy-tuloy na
nating masolusyonan ang kawalan ng trabaho sa ating bayan.
Atin din pong purihin ang Department of Labor and Employment dahil binigyan
na naman tayo noong huling taon ng pagkakakataon para mag-alok ng trabaho para sa
ating mga kabataan sa pamamagitan ng tinatawag nating Summer Program for the
Employment of Students (SPES). Ito ay isang programang naglalayong mabigyan ng
trabaho ang mga mag-aaral tuwing bakasyon para may magamit silang perang
panustos sa kanilang pag-aaral. Muli, 50 mag-aaral sa mataas na paaralan at kolehiyo
ang natulungan ng ating lokal na pamahalaan kapalit ng kanilang pagsisilbi sa ating
bayan.
At dahil lubos nating pinapahalagahan ang mga kabataan sa ating bayan, hindi
tayo tumitigil sa paghahanap ng mga paraan para tulungan ang ilan sa kanila na
ako ay dumadalo sa mga Araw ng Pagtatapos sa iba’t-ibang paaralan na 20 slots ang
aming ibinibigay sa mga mag-aaral na kapuspalad pero matalino bilang bahagi ng LGU
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matustusan ang pangangailangan sa pag-aaral. Akin pong sinasabi taun-taon at tuwing
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gustong mag-aral pero hindi magawa dahil sa kawalan ng perang magagamit para
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Scholarshsip Program. Sa kasalukuyan, mayroon na lamang 11 iskolars ang LGU at
ang inyong abang lingkod naman po ay may sariling 6 na iskolars. Kailangan po nating
alagaan at pagyamanin ang ating mga kabataan dahil sa kanila nakasalalay ang
kinabukasan ng ating komunidad. Sila po ang mga sumusunod na pinuno ng ating
bayan kaya naman kailangan natin silang bigyan ng malawak na karanasan at
hulmadong kasanayan at pag-uugali.
Masasabi kong dito sa aspetong ito sanay ang ating mga guro na siyang mga
pangunahing tinitingala ng mga kabataan. Basta kung si Sir at si Ma’am na ang
nagsalita, ito ay nagiging batas sa isipan ng mga kabataan. Ang anumang turo ng mga
guro ay hindi basta-bastang puwedeng baliin ng kahit na sino man maging ang mga
magulang dahil masakit mang isipin, mas pinapaniwalaan pa minsan ng mga kabataan
ang kanilang mga guro kaysa sa mga magulang. At nagpapasalamat ako sa Panginoon
dahil ginagawa naman ng mga guro nang tama ang kanilang mga responsibilidad sa
mga mag-aaral. Makikita yan sa aktibo nilang pagsali sa lahat ng mga kaganapan sa
ating bayan maging sa iba’t-ibang paligsahan at patimpalak sa labas ng ating bayan.
Kaya naman ang sektor ng edukasyon ang isa sa mga pinaglalaanan natin ng pondo
para mas lalong malinang ang kakayahan ng mga kabataan sa iba’t-ibang larangan at
mabigyan sila ng isang buo at dekalidad na karanasan sa pag-aaral na maari nilang
maging inspirasyon para gumawa ng mabuti at maging isang huwarang mamamayan
ng Gonzaga.
Believing so much on the power and influence of education, I made sure to
address all the needs of the academic sector primarily because the teachers are our
partners in most of our programs in the Local Government Unit. Although, sometimes
municipality. I even tell my staff at the Office that my day is not complete without seeing
drove me to extend the following for the sake of the Gonzaganian youth:
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a single teacher paying me a visit. My love for them and the whole academic sector
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they fail to comply on deadlines of reports, I still appreciate what they do for our
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Tiling of 99 classrooms
Installation of Fiber Glass Basketball Boards
Construction of gymnasiums and gym stages, covered walks, school
buildings, school lunch counters, classroom ceilings, school frontal
extensions, buil-in comfort rooms, handwashing facilities, permanent
compost bins, plant boxes, mathematical symbols inside the Math Park,
school gates and school drainages
Expansion of the mini gymnasiums and concreting of gym flooring
Repainting of school buildings in support to brigada eskwela
Backfilling of the school playground
Repairing of of typhoon damages
Extension of gravel and sand loads
Improvement of school buildings, school fences and school facade
Repair of classroom windows, foot bridges going to school premises,
comfort rooms and school offices
Installation of water systems
Concreting of school quadrangles
Provision of arm chairs, tables, chairs, school supplies, instructional
materials, sports equipment, computers and printers, microscopes, PH
gauge meters, NAT reviewers and athletes’ uniforms
Completion of basketball courts and
Funding of the schools’ sports development program
From all of these almost innumerable accomplishments in the academic sector,
there is one very significant milestone we have to cherish as these brought new
and the opening and birth of another high school in the Municipality, the Sta. Clara High
School Annex last June 03, 2013. I am pertaining to the historic separation of the
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of us but for me, this event led to opening of teaching items, widening of school area
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promises to both teachers and students. Perhaps, this may not have a meaning on most
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Gonzaga Comprehensive High School from its mother school Rebecca National High
School last May 3, 2013. Thus, then Gonzaga Comprehensive High School was
renamed Gonzaga National High School.
Bukod sa kapanganakan ng Sta. Clara High School Annex, ang isa ko pa pong
ikinatutuwa ay ang pagiging isang kumpletong mataas na paaralan ng Cabiraoan High
School Annex ngayong taong ito. At mas natutuwa po ako sa kadahilanang kahit
napakabata pa lamang ng paaralang ito, hindi sila natatakot sumabak sa mga
paligsahan sa ating bayan kagaya na lamang noong nakaraang Patronal Town Fiesta at
nitong katatapos pa lamang na Caroling Competition. Isa silang huwaran sa lahat ng
ating mga mag-aaral na huwag matakot sumabak sa mga kompetisyon dahil ang
pagiging kampiyon ay hindi idinidikta ng edad kundi ang sigasig na manalo at umukit ng
kasaysayan para sa sarili at sa ating bayan. Kaya naman taun-taon sa ganitong
okasyon, hindi ko pinalalagpas ang pagkakataong bigyang pugay at natatanging
pagkilala ang mga paaralan at kabataang Gonzaganians na nagdala ng karangalan sa
ating bayan sa iba’t-ibang larangan. Inaasam ko na magsilbi sana silang inspirasyon ng
lahat para gumawa ng sariling pangalan sa mumunting paraan. Ang mga sumusunod
po ang mga paaralan at kabataang karapat-dapat nating saluduhan dahil sa hindi
matatawarang karangalang ibinigay nila sa ating lahat at sa ating bayan:
Ipil NHS- 2nd time Champion in the Division Search for Best Implementer of
Brigada Eskwela, 2nd time First Runner-up in the Regional Search for Best
Implementer of Brigada Eskwela, 2nd Runner-up in the Division Search for
Most Outstanding SSG Organization and Provincial Best Hand Washing
Facility in the Search for the Best School Implementer of Ecological Solid
Waste Management
team in the persons of Berylle Tibunsay, Chinly Mae Tabieros, Cherilyn
CAVRAA 2014
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Bitamog, Jamaica Jaja Ilaga and Deza Mae Gantong were qualified at the
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BNHS- Champion in the Provincial Meet for Volleyball Girls and five from their
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Gerson Serrano of Calayan ES- the only pupil in Gonzaga to qualify in
CAVRAA 2014
Gonzaga West District- No. 1 in the Division National Achievement Test
Isca ES- 2nd Placer in the Division Search for Best Implementer of Brigada
Eskwela
Cabiraoan ES – 3rd Placer in the Division Search for Best Implementer of
Brigada Eskwela
Lyca Macugay of Ipil NHS and Kathryn Ann Pascual and Carissa Jica Ilaga
both of BNHS- National Chief Girl Scout Medalists
Reian Darren Parayo of GSCS- Aggao Nac Cagayan Chess Champion and
the only pupil in our Municipality to pass the Philippine Science High School
Entrance Examination
Joylyn Saraus and Levi John Baclig of BNHS- 1st Placer in Pagsulat ng
Sanaysay and 3rd Placer in Poster Making Contest respectively at UP
Sinniriban and are qualifiers at the UP Patalasanlahi
Gevy Mark B. Baclig of Cabiraoan ES, Remeliza Somejo of GSCS, Mia
Monique Paino of GNHS and Levi John Baclig of BNHS- Regional Press
Conference Qualifiers for Editorial Cartooning, Filipino Feature Writing,
Filipino Editorial Writing and English Editorial Cartooning respectively
John Vincent Ciubal of GSCS- 2nd Placer in the Division Science Fair
Berylle Tibunsay, Jamaica Jaja Ilaga, Reymark Cabie and Levi John Baclig of
BNHS- 2nd Place in the Balagtasan at the Division Linggo ng Wika
Celebration
Alexis Alcantara of Ipil NHS and Genesis Orli Matas of GNHS- 2nd Placer and
3rd Placer respectively in the Division Sagisag ng Kultura Quiz Bee
Bee
Division World Teachers’ Day Celebration
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Levi John Baclig of BNHS- 3rd Placer in the Poster Making Contest at the
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Gem Keisha Daphne Oyando of GSCS- 3rd Place in the Division Science Quiz
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Kung mga parangal lamang ang pinag-uusapan, hindi rin padadaig ang ating
pamahalaang lokal sa pag-ani ng mga parangal. Sa tulong ng ating mga masisipag na
empleyedo at ng mga pursigido nating mga kababayan, ang ating bayan ay unti-unti
nang nakikilala dahil sa kagalingan sa larangan ng serbisyo publiko, agrikultura at iba
pa. Narito po ang mga natatanging pagkilalang ating nakamit noong nakaraang taon:
Hilltop 4H Club of Barangay Sta. Clara- National Winner in the Search for
Outstanding Young Farmer Organization
San
Jose
Fisherfolk
Association-
Gawad
Pasasalamat
para
sa
Pangisdaan Awardee (National Level)
Mr. Vivencio R. Agcaoili, President of San Jose Fisherfolk AssociationInang Kalikasan Awardee (National Level) and 2 nd Placer in the Regional
Search for Outstanding Deputy Fish Warden
Mr. Simplicio Valdez of Barangay Magrafil- National Citation and Regional
Winner for the Search in Outstanding Small Animal Raiser
Municipal Agriculture and Fishery Council- National Citation and Regional
Winner for the Search in Outstanding Municipal Agriculture and Fisheries
Council
Mr. Godofredo Sumer- Winner in the Regional Search for Super Lolo and
bagging the Best in Talent Award, Best in Barong Tagalog Award and the
Best in Casual Wear Award
Mr. Joel S. Iranga, President of Casitan MPA Development Association3rd Placer in the Search for Outstanding Deputy Fish Warden and
Rural Improvement Club of Barangay Minanga- Provincial Winner in the
Search for Outstanding Rural Improvement Club
Gonzaga Senior Day Center- Provincial Winner in the Search for the Most
Local Government bilang pinakamahusay na tagapagtaguyod ng Anti-Red Tape sa
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Outstanding Day Center
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buong Lambak ng Cagayan at sa buong Lalawigan ng Cagayan. Gayundin, muli tayong
namayagpag sa Gawad Saka Search 2013 at ating pinatunayan sa lahat na isa ang
ating bayan sa mga hindi patatalo sa usaping agrikultura. Bilang bunga ng ating mga
pagsisikap at sakripisyo, tayo ang itinanghal na Champion Municipality sa nasabing
timpalak. Kinilala din po ang ating Integrated Coastal Resource Management Plan
Corner bilang pinakamahusay na ICRMP Corner sa Lalawigan. Dahil po rito, mas lalo
pa naming pinapagbuti ang pagbibigay sa inyong lahat ng serbisyo publiko, hindi dahil
sa ito ay aming oligasyon bilang mga kawani ng pamahalaan kundi dahil kasiyahan po
naming maglingkod sa bawat isa sa inyo.
Another significant achievement last year is the updating of the Forest Land Use
Plan and the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. These may not be as prestigious as the
awards confered to our municipality but these are concrete fruits of how everybody
worked hard for the municipality. It is something that we should all be proud of.
All of the above-mentioned achievements were not made possible without having
good health. Imagine if the workforce of the Local Government Unit is not healthy and
our constituents will be sickly, no possible accomplishments would be attained. Hence,
we should be grateful to the Almighty that we were given good health and sound mind
to realize our mission for our self-fulfilment and for the glory of our town.
As far as health issues are concerned, the Municipal Health Office always
managed to maintain previous success. In fact, we again incurred zero maternal and
neonatal mortality as a result of the strict monitoring and care of our competent health
workers to pregnant women and newborn babies. We were also also able to extend
congenital metabolic disorder that may lead to mental retardation or death, if left
detected with metabolic disorders.
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untreated. And due to this procedure, we were able to save at least 23 babies who were
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Free Newborn Screening to 151 newborn babies. This is to find out if a baby has a
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As part of our continuing dedication and commitment to serve the various sectors
of community most especially the marginal sector, we have been extending health
services to the 1,084 4Ps as part of the Kalusugan Pangkalahatan Program of the
Department of Health. We organized 45 health teams which are under the supervision
of the Municipal Health Office to monitor the the 4Ps recipients.
Immunization has also been our strength in the previous years and we were able
to maintain what we have so far achieved because we make sure that all preschool
children will avail the Expanded Program on Immunization. The parents need not to go
at the Municipal Health Office for this program because our very diligent health workers
reach out every purok and every barangay.
We also continue to make an effort in fighting malnutrition to diminish the number
of malnourish children if not eradicate it. And I am glad to tell everyone that we were
able to reduce the number of underweight children by 16% through the Garantisadong
Pambata which is done twice a year. This is coupled by the administration of Vitamin A,
Iron Supplements and albendazole to pre-schoolers. We also make sure that
deworming is continuously done to these children to really achieve the best outcome in
this endeavor. We also administered vaccination of 2,091 students against measles,
mumps, rubella, diphtheria and pertussis to keep these children healthy and free of
diseases.
One of the most talked about disease last year is Chikungunya, a disease similar
to Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever and is also carried by the same mosquito carrying the
Dengue strains. Said disease produced an outbreak with many of our constituents
gave appropriate interventions to the patients. With the help of the newly-purchased
auto hematology analyzer, detection of cases was easier. And in order to prevent more
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the dreaded Dengue Fever. However, our health workers were quick and immediately
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greatly affected by it. This is also aside from the 258 patients who were diagnosed of
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cases of both diseases, search and destroy operations were conducted. Home
visitations and sanitation inspections were also done in every barangay. A fogging
machine was purchased for this purpose. Likewise, long lasting treated mosquito nets
were also distributed in all barangays. Our health team also went to the endemic areas
to conduct indoor spraying which is also part of the Malaria Control Program. By the end
of the year, there was a significant decrease on the cases and we still maintain the
figure of zero malaria case.
Ngayon naman, tayo ay dumako sa agrikultura na hindi lingid sa ating lahat na
ito ang pangunahing kabuhayan ng karamihan sa ating mga Gonzaganians. Bahagya
ko na pong nabanggit ang ibang mga tagumpay na ating nakamit sa sektor na ito
kagaya ng pagpapatayo ng mga palay sheds at multi-purpose drying pavements na
pinangunahan ng ating lokal na pamahalaan at ng mga barangay sa pamamagitan ng
pondong galing sa mining share.
But in full view, we were able to construct 6 farm to market roads, 12 palay
sheds, 15 small farm reservoirs, 1 flatbed dryers and 25 multi-purpose drying
pavements. We have also increased the number of our existing techno demo farms last
year. At present, we now have 2 techno demo farms on lowland rice varieties at CSU
Gonzaga, 8 techno demo farms for corn and 1 techno demo farm for cassava. Likewise,
we were also able to establish a municipal green house, a nursery, 12 communal
gardens and 650 backyard gardens.
These facilities are perceived to increase our yearly production on agricultural
products most especially that of rice, corn and vegetables. Actually, with the concerted
season for the whole year. However, our farmers were only able to harvest across
6,807 hectares which produced 477,829.50 cavans of palay. In summation, there is an
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planted with palay seedlings during the dry season and 3,062 hectares for the wet
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efforts of the Municipal Agriculture Office and all our rice farmers, 3,466 hectares were
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average production of 78 cavans per hectare or 3.915 metric tons of rice per hectare.
Due to this, we were able to produce a rice surplus of 302,261 cavans. This is higher by
8,000 cavans than the 2012 surplus production in rice. If given a market value, last
year’s rice surplus is equivalent to P265,921,425.00 with a rice sufficiency level of
272%. This is higher by P15,799,218.00 than the 2012 surplus value of
P250,122,207.00 with only 250% rice sufficiency level.
Although we have a high rice sufficiency level, I do not believe that we can only
produce an average of 78 cavans per hectare because if we take into consideration the
upgrading of our irrigation facilities, the modern technologies that we have and updated
knowledge our agricultural technologies, we can be considered the best in the province
or in the entire region. If other regions can produce an average of more than 200
cavans per hectare in a year and in Indonesia, the best farmer in the world can produce
an average of 400 cavans per hectare in a year, why can’t we in our Municipality given
the modern facilities in agriculture, sufficient water and best technology? If they can,
surely we can also do it. I must therefore point that we are defeating the purposes of
having to upgrade our modern irrigation facilities. I am expecting that our average yield
in ayear is at least 90 cavans per hectare. This is a call for all agricultural technicians
through the leadership of Mr. Eugenio Sapla to extend necessary support to our farmer
constituents in order for them to increase our production. Establish close coordination
with our farmers. I hope that this year, we will attain my projected average yield or if not,
perhaps, I may consider a great change in the set-up of the Municipal Agriculture Office.
Hence, this is a wake-up call to all of you at the Municipal Agriculture Office to to exert
your best effort in extending the best services to our farmers and apply the different
Moving on, 25 hectares of land at Karagatan were planted with M-19 and M-20
land at Barangays Pateng, Sta. Clara and Cabiraoan benefitting 88 farmers.
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hybrid rice benefitting 27 farmers and the planting of upland rice across 20 hectares of
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modern technologies we have to increase production.
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But our ambition to make our town one of the most productive and richest
agricultural municipality does not stop in there. I personally encourage our farmers to
always use organic fertilizers for their farming activities. This is in support to the
Ecological Solid Waste Management Program since we have been constantly a model
municipality in said government program. And we have just started the production of
organic fertilizers. In fact, the Gonzaga Federation of Farmers Association was able to
produce 169 bags of vermi compost, 2.6 bags of vermi cast and 25 kilograms of AN
Crawler. I hope that this year, all our farmer constituents will be following the same so
we can produce more of these eco-friendly fertilizers.
Lastly, my report in the agriculture sector will not be completed without
mentioning the accomplishments of the National Irrigation Administration which I always
looked-up to not because I have been a part of it for more than 35 years but because
they have been actively involved in matters that are geared to prosper the agriculture
sector. If you can recall, I have praised this agency last 2013 because of their great
contribution to the agriculture sector. This time, I will not be hesitant to again express
my appreciation for a 100% accomplishment of P45M worth of projects which I
personally requested from the National Irrigation Administration and the Department of
Agriculture.
The following are the completed projects for CY 2013 funded under by the
Repair/ Rehabilitation of Existing Irrigation System (RREIS), General Appropriations Act
(GAA), Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Balikatan Sagip Sa Patubig Program
(BSPP) implemented by NIA-BRIS.
Cruz amounting to P3M (RREIS/GAA)
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repair of damaged spillway crossing along creek A of Baua RIS at Sta.
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Construction of the 1.26 km concrete canal lining of lateral canals and
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Concreting of the 0.76 km service road of the Baua RIS amounting to P5M
(GAA)
Partial construction of diversion structure of Namarcruz CIS at Sta. Maria
amounting to P3M (RREIS/GAA)
Construction of the 0.76 km access road, 0.40 km service road abd 0.40
km concrete canal lining of the Kalubuan CIS at Calayan amounting to
P3M (RREIS/GAA)
Repair of the damaged intake structure of the Pugo-Lusong CIS at
Calayan amounting to P3M (RREIS/GAA)
Construction of the 940 meter concrete canal lining and construction of the
940 m service road of the Callao CIS at Callao amounting to P3M
(RREIS/GAA)
Repair of existing check structure, 720 m concrete canal lining and
construction of the 600 m service road of the Arindar CIS at Tapel
amounting to P4M (RREIS/GAA)
Construction of the 400 m concrete canal lining of the Tabungao CIS at
Poblacion amounting to P3M (RREIS/GAA)
Construction of the concrete ogee and apron of diversion structure of
Bagibag CIS at Isca amounting to P2M (RREIS/GAA)
Construction of the small water impounding dam at the Maramramot CIS
and Ballasiw CIS located at Calayan and Ipil respectively amounting to
P3M each (DA)
Construction of check structure, 2.06 km concrete line canal, 7 units canal
structures and 1.02 km service road of the Cadas CIS at Calayan
amounting to P5.14M (BSPP)
(BSPP) and
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service road of the Karagatan CIS at Pateng amounting to P2.14M
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Installation of steel headgates, 380 m concrete canal lining and 500 m
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Nagbabacalan CIS at Isca amounting to P2.72M (BSPP)
Sa lahat ng ating mga nagawang ito, hindi malayo sa katotohanan na ang ating
bayan ang magiging pinakamoderno pagdating sa mga sistemang irigasyon. Kagaya po
ng aking palaging sinasabi, inaasam-asam natin na maging pinakamahusay na bayan
pagdating sa usaping agrikultura at hindi naman tayo nangangarap ng gising dahil
tamang landas naman ang ating tinatahak. Sana lang ay lalo pa tayong magtulungan
para makamit natin ang lahat ng ating mga minimithi para sa ating bayan.
Ngayon naman, gusto kong bigyan ng papuri ang isa sa mga ahensiyang
gumawa ng reporma para mabago ang kanilang imahe sa taong-bayan. Kung noong
huling SOTA ko ay aking napagsabihan ang Gonzaga Water District dahil sa hindi
magandang serbisyo at napakataas na singil sa tubig, ngayon naman ibinibigay ko ang
aking pagkilala sa kanila dahil naging mahusay ang kanilang serbisyo noong nakaraang
taon matapos mapalitan ang liderato sa nasabing ahensiya.
Ang paglalaan ng pondo para sa pagpapatayo ng 10KVA transformer sa
pumping station no. 4 sa Barangay Sta. Clara ay nagbunga ng pagpapabuti ng suplay
ng tubig. Tumulong po ang ating lokal na pamahalaan para maisaayos ang sistema sa
nasabing ahensiya sa pamamagitan ng ating mahuhusay na Information Technology
Staff sa opisina na gumawa ng electronic billing system, property, plant, and equipment
inventory system at accounting system para mapadali ang bawat transaksiyon.
Nakapagtala din ang nasabing ahensiya ng pagbaba ng non-revenue water mula
nagiging sanhi ng mababang kita. Maaari pang bumaba sa 39% ang non-revenue water
dahil patuloy na pinapalitan ng ahensiya ang mga sirang tubo na daluyan ng tubig.
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gumawa ng solusyon ang ahensiya para mabawasan ang mga nasasayang na tubig na
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72% noong nakaraang 2012 sa 39% noong nakaraang taon. Ibig sabihin nito ay
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Kaya maaasahan po ninyong lahat na mas gaganda pa ang serbisyo ng Gonzaga
Water District ngayong taon.
Hindi rin matatawaran ang serbisyong ibinigay ng Cagayan Electric Cooperative
(CAGELCO) sa ating mga kababayan. Noong nakaraang taon, sa pakikipagtulungan ng
ating lokal na pamahalaan, napailawan natin ang mga malalayong sitios dito sa ating
bayan katulad ng Turkia sa Barangay Cabiraoan, isang bahagi ng Barangay Isca at
isang bahagi ng Barangay Progressive. Ngayon, mas maliwanag na ang mga
kabahayan ng ating mga kababayan tuwing gabi. Naglaan po ang inyong pamahalaang
lokal ng pondo para mabigyan ng libreng service drop ang mga indigent na pamilya.
Patuloy po nating itataguyod ang programang ito hanggang sa lahat ng malalayong
lugar na tinitirhan ng ating mga kababayan ay mapailawan.
Kagaya po ng repormang ginawa ng mga ahensiya ng pamahalaan para
mapagbuti ang mga serbisyong kanilang ibinibigay sa ating lahat, ganoon din sanang
reporma at pagbabago ang gawin natin sa ating mga sarili ngayong taong 2014.
Tandaan po natin na ang bilang na 14 ay sumisimbolo sa pagmamahalan kaya
inaasahan kong mas pagtitibayin pa natin ang ating pagsasamahan at pagmamahalan
ngayong taon. Tiwala po akong kayang-kaya natin ang lahat ng pagsubok kung
sisimulan natin ang pagbabago sa ating mga sarili. Minsan sinasabi nating hindi na
epektibo ang paglilista ng New Year’s resolutions pero naniniwala akong kayang-kaya
ng isang taong magbago kung gugustuhin lamang nito. Kahit pa nga walang gabay na
New Year’s resolution, tayo lamang ang nakakaalam kung ano ang mga gusto nating
baguhin sa ating sarili at kung anong mga bagay-bagay ang kailangan nating
at bagong pangarap para sa ating bayan. Huwag nating biguin ang ating mga dakilang
ninuno na nagtatag ng ating bayan at umaasang balang-araw ang Gonzaga ay
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ipagpatuloy.
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magiging tampok sa lahat ng bagay. At hindi naman natin sila binibigo dahil kitang-kita
naman kung anong mga nagawa natin para sa ating bayan. Ginawa na natin halos lahat
para mapalago ang ating lokal na ekonomiya nang sa ganoon ay patuloy tayong
makaakit ng mga mamumuhunan, turista at mga bisitang magsasabing ang Gonzaga
ay mahusay sa serbisyong publiko, may malinis, kaaya-aya at mapayapang kapaligiran
at higit sa lahat marangya sa mapagkukunang-yaman at may mga taong mainit ang
pagtanggap sa mga bisita.
Kaya para sa mga sumusunod na araw, sana ay patuloy ninyo akong suportahan
sampu ng aking mga kasamang namumuno sa Pamahalaang Lokal ng ating Bayan.
Patuloy sana tayong magtulungan, magkaisa at magtiwala sa isa’t-isa. Kailangan name
kayong lahat para magawa ang magagandang plano para sa lahat n gating mga
kababayan at sa minamahal nating bayan. Sama-sama po nating tahakin ang landas ng
kaunlaran, kapayapaan at pagbabago. Napatunayan na nating marami tayong
magagawa kung tayo ay sama-sama. At sa bilang pa lamang ng mga dumalo ngayon,
alam kong mas magiging mabunga at matagumpay ang taong 2014 para sa ating lahat.
Bago ko po tapusin ang aking ulat sa bayan, inaanyayahan ko po kayong lahat
na dumalo at magpakitang-gilas mamaya sa flash mob unity dance na may temang,
“One Beat and One Dance for Gonzaga”. Ito po ay gaganapin sa harapan ng Municipal
Hall pagkatapos ng programa dito sa gym. Ito po ang unang gawain natin para sa taong
ito na sisimbolo ng ating pagkakaisa, pagtutulungan at pagmamalasakit sa isa’t-isa at
sa bayan. Kaya naman inaasahan ko po ang inyong pakikiisa sa pagsayaw.
Muli po, sa ngalan ng aking pamilya at ng buong pamahalaang lokal ng
salamat po.
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Founding Anniversary! Mabuhay tayong lahat! Mabuhay ang Gonzaga! Maraming
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Gonzaga, binabati ko kayong lahat ng isang manigong bagong taon at Happy 96th
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