New LMWD Board of Directors appointed
New LMWD Board of Directors appointed
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MAYOR CRISTINA administering the Oath of Office to the newly appointed members of LMWD Board of Directors (R-L) Atty. Bautista Corpin, Engr. Roberto Munoz, Atty. Jenny Lyn Manibay and Atty. Sharilee Angela Gaspay.(Photo by Tim Canes/CMO)
TACLOBAN CITY (CIO) – Monday, December 11, Mayor Cristina Romualdez administered the Oath of Office of the newly appointed Members of the of Directors of the Leyte Metropolitan Water District (LMWD).
The appointments were made after the Supreme Court handed down a decision declaring Presidential Decree 198 unconstitutional. Such a decree mandated that an LGU that has 75% of water consumers of a Water District has the authority to manage the agency.
However in a case elevated to the Supreme Court declared P.D. 198 unconstitutional – ruled that a City – Highly Urbanized – chartered – component that does not vote for provincial officials need only 51 percent of the total number of water consumers to have the authority to manage the Water District.
In 2014 LMWD in a written and published report stated that 67.5 percent of LMWD water consumers are in the City of Tacloban. Since this percentage is way over the mandated number – the City Government has now the legal right to assume management of LMWD.
Pending ratification of the new appointments by the Local Water Utilities Administration – the new Board will not yet physically take over LMWD but is preparing a Financial and Physical Audit of this Water District.
In reply to a letter of Mayor Romualdez to the LMWD General Manager, Mr. Pastor Homeres to supply water to the new resettlement areas in Tacloban North, Mr. Homeres said LMWD cannot do so due to a 41 percent systems loss – loss from leakages in their pipes.
Since Taclobanons have been suffering from water shortage for the past ten years – the City Government has deemed it necessary to initiate steps to solve this water problem in the City by taking over management of LMWD by legal means.
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City Gov't recognizes outstanding taxpayers, retirees in HUC Anniversary Program
TACLOBAN CITY - Coinciding with the 10th Anniversary Celebration of this City’s conversion into a Highly Urbanized City (HUC) last, Tuesday, December 18, 2018, the City Government of Tacloban through Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez honored its Outstanding Business Establishments and Real Property Taxpayers. Certificates of Recognition were given the honorees and a luncheon was hosted by the City Government at the Tacloban City Training Center attended by Vice-Mayor Jerry Yaosakin and other local government officials.
Honored under the Business Category were Dranix Distributors, Inc., San Miguel Brewery Inc., Coca-cola Femsa Philippines, Inc., Sanford Marketing Corporation, PMFTC Inc., Fast Autoworld Philippines Corp., First Pacific Fortune Commercial Corporation, Fairlane Automotive Ventures, Inc. and Leyte Home Depot, Inc.
The Outstanding Real Property Taxpayers are as follows: Robinsons Land Corporation, SM Prime Holdings Incorporated, Coca-cola Bottlers Philippines Inc., HEVA Management Corporation, Petron Corporation-Tacloban Terminal, Hotel Lorenza Inc./Hotel Alejandro, F. Mendoza Realty Dev. Corporation, Samuel Chu Ngo, Jonathan Clemente, and Uytingkoc Development Corporation.
The recognized taxpayers are consistent in the payment of their Real Property and Business Taxes; their contributions help the City Government achieve its collection target said the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO).
Criteria for the selection of the outstanding taxpayers are: they contribute the highest amount of taxes paid to the City, never incurred any delinquency in the payment of taxes, consistent awardees and supportive of the programs of the City Government.
Meanwhile, 16 City Government retirees were also honored in the ceremony held at the Tacloban City Training Center. The retirees received tokens and certificates of recognition from the Human Resources Management and Development Office.
Also recognized was the City Cooperatives Development and Livelihood Assistance Office for being chosen as the Hall of Famer of the 2018 Gawad Parangal by the Cooperatives Development Authority.
On December 18, 2008, Tacloban joined the ranks of 33 other HUCs in the country after Taclobanons overwhelmingly voted for its conversion in a plebiscite, amid fierce opposition from provincial officials at that time.
Since then, the City has received numerous National and Regional Awards and Citations recognizing its exemplary performance and programs. Economic progress became more eminent with the influx of various businesses and improved infrastructures; this is despite the City experiencing a downside after Typhoon Yolanda in 2013.
Former Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez worked for the conversion of Tacloban as a HUC during his first term as Chief Executive. - H.J. Roca/CIO
Photos: A. Alamos and K. E. Napala/CIO
LOOK: One Hundred SixtyThree former drug dependents are now reformed residents of this City and had vowed to live a life free from illegal drugs. The 163 individuals completed Thursday, December 13 the Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program of the City Government under the New Beginnings Program of Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez.
The drug surrenderers came from 46 Barangays and represented the third batch of graduates from the Drug Rehab Program.
The five-month recovery program helps the enrollee reintegrate back into the community by including coaching and therapeutic sessions handled by trained Doctors and Nurses of the City Government. Lectures on Basic Life Support and First Aid, the prevention of diseases and promotion of healthy lifestyle were also attended by the drug surrenderers.
The former drug dependents will receive livelihood skills training and job facilitation assistance from the local government.
Meanwhile, 41 graduates of the second batch received 5,000 pesos from the Department of Social Welfare and Development as part of the cash assistance for the drug surrenderers.
Present during the graduation event were representatives of the 13-member Technical Working Group that includes the Department of Interior and Local Government, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), the Tacloban City Police Office, City Social Welfare and Development Office, and Special Projects for Health Head and New Beginnings Focal Person Dr. Gloria Fabrigas.
IN PHOTOS: Council for the Restoration of Filipino Values National Director Dr. Voltaire L. Acosta answers queries from the media during the Grand Launching of the Values Restoration Program in Tacloban City on December 12. Dr. Acosta is flanked (L-R) by Amy-Phil Saquiban, CFRV Research and Development Officer, Dr. Digna Acosta, Atty. Carolina Lim, CRFV Program Supervisor, Executive Assistant Lila Belardo and Tacloban City Values Restoration Program Coordinator Dr. Teofila Brosas.
The City Government of Tacloban under Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez has partnered with the CFRV an anti-corruption, private learning, and development institution, to start the local government's implementation of the Values Restoration Program which aims to improve the behavior of officials and employees that will result to the delivery of quality service to the constituents of the City.
City Government workers and Barangay Officials attended the launching held at the Tacloban City Training Center on Wednesday.
Photos: K, Napala/CIO
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