PNPAAA-Zambo Sur chapter members shave heads join day of mourning

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Supt. Glenn Dulawan

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 30 (PNA) -- The members of the Philippine National Police Academy Alumni Association (PNPAAA)-Zamboanga del Sur chapter have shaved their heads as they join the nation in mourning the death of their fallen comrades.

Supt. Glenn Dulawan, local police chief, said Friday they have agreed to shave their heads as a show of sympathy to the bereaved families and mourning the death of their slain companions.

Dulawan, who is a PNPA Class 1999 graduate, is the president of the PNPAAA-Zamboanga del Sur chapter, which has 29 academy graduate-members.

Dulawan appeared at the local police headquarters late Thursday with shaven head.

Forty-four, including seven officers, Special Action Force (SAF) policemen were killed in a “misencounter” with members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Sunday in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao.

President Benigno Simeon Aquino, III has declared Friday, Jan. 30, a national day of mourning for 44 fallen 44 SAF policemen.

Dulawan said three of the 44 fallen SAF policemen were natives of this province.

They are Senior Insp. John Garry Erana (PNPA Class 2009) and Insp. Rennie Tayrus (PNPA Class 2011), both from nearby Dumalinao town, and Police Officer 3 (PO3) Virgel Villanueva of the coastal town of San Pablo.

Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre, provincial police director, said the remains of the three slain SAF policemen are set to arrive here Saturday aboard a commercial flight from Manila.

Dumalinao Mayor Ace William Cerilles has sponsored a mass for the slain policemen held in front of the town hall Friday afternoon. (PNA)
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Pagadian City inmates get hygiene stuffs

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 30 (PNA) -- The local government has provided hygiene stuffs to the more than 400 inmates at the local detention facility here.

Senior Insp. Nathaniel Aljas, jail warden, said Friday that Mayor Romeo Pulmones personally distributed the hygiene stuffs during the latter’s visit Wednesday afternoon.

Aljas said Pulmones’ visit was aimed to see the condition of the detention facility since the local government had been providing assistance to them.

Aljas said among the facility provided them by the city government is a visitor’s lounge for the convenience of families visiting their detained family member.

Meanwhile, Aljas assured Pulmones that the local detention facility is well secured. (PNA)
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Pagadian City gets high rating in CSIS survey

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 30 (PNA) -- The local government has received a high satisfactory rating in Citizen Satisfaction Index System (CSIS) survey.

The survey was conducted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in partnership with Saint Columban College (SCC) as the agency’s partner local resource institute (LRI).

DILG regional director Paisal Abutazil said Friday the CSIS survey was part of the agency’s initiative in helping the local government unit (LGU) to improve the delivery of services in terms of availment, awareness, assessment and importance of the program of local government services delivery performance.

“CSIS is the ultimate measure of how well, how far, and how effective our efforts as institutions primarily responsible for addressing client needs. To the city of Pagadian, let us continue to innovate and find ways to be able to provide the best possible service to the people we are all bound to serve,” Abutazil said.

CSIS Focal Person Russel Castañeda of the Bureau of Local Government Supervision presented the survey result Friday to the local government officials and the presentation was also witnessed members of the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and LRI.

Castañeda said that based on the survey result, this city has an average score of 63.06 percent in terms of citizen’s satisfaction, which means the public is highly satisfied with the programs and services of the local government.

The result further showed the respondents were highly satisfied with most of the LGU’s programs/services on health services support to education, environmental management, social welfare services, tourism management and agricultural support services.

However, the 42.19 percent result on awareness shows that the citizen’s awareness of LGU’s programs and services is fair.

The result reveals that the respondents were least aware on the programs and services under Tourism promotion and agricultural support services.

In terms of importance, Castañeda said this city received a net score of 72.17 percent, showing that citizens perceived the LGUs programs and services important. Among those areas included were mostly on health services and environmental promotion services.

Meanwhile, Mayor Romeo Pulmones committed to seek interventions to address areas where they were rated low.

Pulmones is thankful that the DILG has come up an initiative of helping them improve as far as local government management is concerned in their strategic planning and preparation of their future plans and decision-making that is research–based and anchored on the viewpoints and demands of his dependents.

About 150 respondents were asked to rate the overall services of this city through face-to-face interview and multi-probability selection which generates citizen’s assessment on their perception of the services and programs of this city on the areas of health services, support to education, environmental management, social welfare services, governance and response, public works and infrastructure, tourism promotion, agricultural support services. (PNA)
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DILG releases P10M for water system projects in 3 Zamboanga towns

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PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Jan. 29 (PNA) -- The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has released P10 million for the implementation and improvement of water system projects in three municipalities in the region.

DILG Regional Information Officer Lemuel Mejares said the recipient municipalities are Bayog and Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur and Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte.

Mejares said Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur received P3.1 million for the construction of Level II water system in the barangays of Conacon, Liba and Bobuan.

Mejares said the town of Labangan, also in Zamboanga del Sur, received P4.8 million for the expansion of Level II water system in the barangays of Combo, Lower Campo Islam, New Labangan, Old Labangan, and Tapodok and also for the construction of main elevated water reservoir in Barangay New Labangan.

He said that Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte received P2 million for the construction of Level II water system for the barangays of Capase and Pongolan.

He said the fund was released after the identified local government units have fully submitted the requirements such as Bank Certificate, Project proposal, Water and Sanitation (WATSAN) Council, Sangguniang Bayan Resolution, Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), Department of Public Work and Highways (DPWH) Assessment, National Water Resources Board (NWRB) Application and Potability Test. (PNA)
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