1. “Injap devours 99%, City begs for 1%”
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BY MONTESA GRIÑO-CAOYONAN
Now, that she has officially assumed office at
the Senate, former Las Piñas representative and
now Senator Cynthia Villar said she will continue
to push for her ‘hanepbuhay’ or livelihood
program targeting to establish 100 projects
nationwide every year.
Villar, the wife of former Senator Manny
Villar, said she could produce 600 livelihood
projects within her three-year term by tapping
the help of interested Local Government Units
(LGUs) from 1, 600 towns and cities nationwide.
“I am targeting to have livelihood project per
Villar continues providing ‘hanepbuhay’
town but before that we will assess what materials
are available in that municipality including the
attitude of the people so that we could come out
what livelihood project is applicable for them”,
she said during her recent visit in Iloilo City to
attend the oath taking ceremony of city officials.
Villar exampled the town of Badiangan in
Iloilo where she is proposing to come-up with
organic fertilizer out of market wastes.
“Badiangan town is an agricultural area
so kailangan nila ng organic fertilizer. We will
identify for a big market where we could get
BY REYMAR LATOZA
In line with the restructuring plan of the
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines
(CAAP), the Iloilo International Airport is now
headed by a new manager.
Frederick San Felix replaced Efren
Nagrama who was reassigned in Tacloban after
the nationwide reshuffling of area and airport
managers took effect last July 1.
Transportation Secretary Joseph Emilio
Abaya explained that ‘rotation policy’ has been
often done in the system to ensure that airport
ILO airport welcomes new mgt
management is on par with global standards
He added it is healthy for an organization to
have regular administrative rotations to keep the
juices flowing.
“It is similar to those implemented by
the Land Transportation Office and other
government agencies among its regional directors
or chiefs” Abaya said
The rotation of managers will cover all 81
airportsthattheagencyoperatesaccordingtoCAAP
deputy director general Capt. John Andrews said
BY MONTESA GRIÑO-CAOYONAN
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Iloilo
City has set aside the proposed construction of
P260-million Guimaras- Iloilo Ferry Terminal
(GIFT) project on the 1.2-hectare property in
Parola, City Proper.
This after the SP Council withdrawn its
authority given to Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog to
enter into a Public Private Partnership (PPP) venture
between the Iloilo City Government and its private
partner –Double Dragon Properties Inc. because of
low revenue sharing.
Supposedly, part of the joint venture
agreement that the Department of Transportation
and Communications (DOTC) will allot P125
million for the construction of the slope protection
embankment and other site developments while the
Double Dragon will provide P135 million for the
construction of the terminal building.
Underthe25-yearcontract,thecitygovernment
will earn only one percent of the revenues from
the ferry terminal for the first five years while the
Double Dragon will have 99 percent share.
The contract also stipulates that Double
Dragon can also rent out commercial spaces within
the terminal complex apart from collecting fees
from terminal and cargo.
The share from terminal fees will only increase
to 5 percent of the gross revenues after the five years
contract.
However, the SP Council through councilor-
elect Plaridel Nava and outgoing councilor Perla
Zulueta said the city government’s contract with the
private investor was disadvantageous because of low
revenue sharing scheme.
“Most joint ventures I know follow the 30-60
sharing or 70-30 but this 99-1 sharing is really low
and this is not fair,” Zulueta said during Wednesday
last week regular session.
According to an insider, the transaction will
make Injap and his company devour 99% of the
income while the city will be begging for a shameful
one percent.
The property where the Rotary Park once stood,
is now owned by the government after President
Benigno Simeon Aquino III issued a presidential
proclamation for such only last year.
The land is now shared by the city government,
the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR) and Philippine Coast Guard
(PCG).
Photo by Reymar L. Latoza

2. METRO NEWS July 7 - 13, 20132
BY MONTESA GRIÑO-CAOYONAN
Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of
Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) lead
the school attendance among children aged 6-14
years old in the region based on the report of the
Department of Education 6 (DepEd-6).
In four years time that the 4Ps or Conditional
Cash Transfer (CCT) has been implemented,
DepEd-6 record shows that a total of 1, 036, 683
pupils are now enrolled to elementary level for
school year 2013-2014 compared in 2010-2011
with only 1, 003, 127 elementary enrollees.
DepEd-6 focal person for 4Ps Dr. Melcho
Kim Kwan said total enrollees from 1st year and
2nd year high school, which still cover by 4Ps,
also increase this year with 131, 983 and 123,
195 enrollees, respectively.
In the region, there are 589,403 pre-
schoolers, elementary pupils and high school
students covered by 4Ps had attended the school
as of March 2013.
Of the number, Negros Occidental got the
highest enrollees with 216,463 followed by Iloilo
4Ps leads increase in school enrollment
with 174,365; Capiz, 72, 500; Antique, 57, 156;
Aklan, 54,185 and Guimaras, 14, 734.
In national level, there are 7. 2 million
children-beneficiaries are among the 21 million
pre-schoolers, elementary pupils and high
school students who enrolled in public schools
nationwide including Western Visayas during
the school opening on June 3, 2013 based on the
studies conducted by the Philippine Institute for
Development Studies titled Promoting Inclusive
Growth through the 4Ps.
Thestudiesrevealthatthenumberofenrollees
increased by 200,000 from last year’s 7 million
children-beneficiaries enrolled nationwide.
Meanwhile, the DSWD-6 focal person for
4Ps Alma Jornadal said beneficiaries in the region
had 98 percent compliance to health, education
and other conditions set by the program which
also includes an increased participation rate of
parents in school and community activities.
As of May 29, 2013, 4Ps covers 3,912,718
households nationwide of which 295,194
beneficiaries are from Region 6 with almost P 5
million cash grants released since 2010. IMT
BY MONTESA GRIÑO-CAOYONAN
Reelected City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog
warns ‘lazy’ city hall employees and those
who are practicing red tape through ‘fixers’ in
transacting business at the Iloilo City Hall to
eradicate corruption and extortion in the city
government as he officially started his second-
term on July 1.
“We shall not tolerate laziness, discourtesy
and no excuse for red-tape as we are continue
fighting against fixers”, Mabilog said during his
speech right after his oath taking ceremony with
Vice Mayor Joe Espinosa III, Lone District Rep.
Jerry Treñas and 12 city councilors wherein
Ilonggo Senator Franklin Drilon officiated their
oath at the Iloilo Freedom Grandstand Monday
last week.
Mabilog wants all his regular and casual
employees to report early at their respective
departments by observing early reporting time
from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every Monday to
Friday despite only regular employees undergo
biometrics system for the time-in and time-out.
Meanwhile, Mabilog said he will be
creating more pro-poor programs especially by
uplifting the lifestyle of the poor.
Mabilog warns ‘fixers’ and ‘lazy’
employees
“We want to make Iloilo City conducive
for business, education, tourism, peace and
order, among others. The government does
play a role in that it must strive every day to
provide a business-friendly climate, encourage
commerce and industry, and provide a quality
education system”, he stressed.
Mabilog, however, said to achieve this goal,
this requires everyone’s support and a mind-set
change.
“I want to pledge to our people to work
tirelessly to eradicate corruption and extortion
in the city government. We should move
forward non-stop however, I could not make
this together alone but with your cooperation
we could make it”, he added.
Mabilog said he wants Iloilo City to stand
out respected during his term and to facilitate
positive chance despite attack of critics.
On the other hand, other city councilors
who took their oath taking ceremony were
reelected Nielex Tupas, Jason Gonzales, Joshua
Alim, Rodel Agado, RLeone Gerochi, Lyndon
Acap and Plaridel Nava and new city councilors
Love Love Baronda, Jay Treñas, Liecel Zulueta,
ArmandParconandEduardoPeñaredondo.IMT
BY KHARIZA JOY SOFIA
AgroupofexpertsondisasterfromYokohama,
Japan visited Iloilo for a technical advisory visit on
June 24-29, 2013. The said visit was a part of a
project to monitor susceptible sites and dangerous
zones of the city and community-based adaptation
and resilience against disaster under the Japanese
International Cooperation Authority (Jica) and
Citynet.
The technical visit exhibits opportunities for
capability building on disaster preparedness, which
includes the ongoing projects on 25 activities for
more than 700 persons, and the increase from 5
to 25 more villages in Iloilo to participate in the
trainings.
The Japanese Delegation led by Kendra
Hirata, director of project development of Citynet
Yokohama project in Japan was welcomed by
acting city mayor Jose Espinosa III.
“Jica assisted major infrastructures including
the multi-billion peso Iloilo flood control project
that was a huge help in easing out floodwater
from the mountains of Panay to Iloilo city”, said
Japan’s disaster experts inspect Iloilo City
Espinosa.
Citynet became the catalyst for the five
village captains of Iloilo to be sent in Yokohama
late last year to go through trainings on disaster
preparedness. The village chiefs are from barangays
San Isidro, Tagbac, Calubihan, and Balabago,
all are located in Jaro district and Dungon A in
Mandurriao district.
Hirata was joined by other members of the
Citynet-Jica delegatesTaroTaneda, deputy director
of the crisis management bureau, emergency
response unit of Yokohama City; Miho Kanno,
manager of the health and welfare department,
health and safety division of Yokohama; Dr. Yuji
Kishi, president of NPO, Tsurumi River Basin
Networking; Yuji Abe, research coordinator of the
Tsurumi River Basin Networking; Shinji Momoda,
programme coordinator of Plus Arts that develop
tool kits and games related to disasters; Gotaro
Kawasaki, director, project& nbsp; administration
of Citynet Yokohama project office; and Ms Misa
Kemmiya, JICA Philippine Office representative.
IMT
BY REYMAR LATOZA
The Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG) has pushed the Local
Government Units (LGUs) to strictly implement
the standards formulated by the Business Permits
Licensing System (BPLS).
DILG Regional Director Evelyn Trompeta
said almost one half of the total cities and
municipalities in Western Visayas have to comply
to meet the target of total compliance set by
President Aquino by 2016.
“Only 68 of the 133 LGUs in Western
Visayas have streamlined their licensing systems
in the issuance of business permits using the
standards agreed upon by DILG and the
Department of Trade and Industry, three years
after implementation began. “Philippine News
Agency (PNA) Reported.
Trompeta explained the standards would
help eliminate opportunities for graft and
corruption and speed up front line services, and it
aslo necessitates revisiting and updating of the
Citizen’s Charter of the local government unit.
BPLS prescribes a standard unified form,
a maximum of five processing steps, processing
DILG urges LGUs to implement
business permit standard
time, and a maximum number of two signatories
per transaction for the issuance of business
permits.
According to Local Government Operations
Officer V Kahlil Sayno ,the BPLS is an integral
component of the Simplification and Automation
of Transaction-Based Services under DILG’s
thrust for business-friendly and competitive local
governments.
Trompeta added LGUs can attain this when
they implement programs and projects that boost
their economic and business potentials such as
reforming their current systems for processing
business permits.
“These are very vital for livelihood and
employment opportunities to flourish, for the
benefit of their constituents, especially the poor,”
Trompeta said. (PNA/IMT)
Meanwhile, the DILG-6 recently conducted
a BPLS Program Assessment for their coaches
and focal persons, to strengthen their advocacy
activities by assessing issues and concerns as well
as the facilitating factors, support mechanisms
and areas for improvement. IMT
BY MONTESA GRIÑO-CAOYONAN
The Department of Health’s Red Orchid
awardees in Region 6 had its grand advocacy
march for smoke free Western Visayas to
highlight the effects of smoking to human
health.
The march will started from the Iloilo
Provincial Capitol ground in Bonifacio Drive
going to Iloilo Freedom Grandstand.
DOH Asst. Secretary Paulyn Jean Rossel-
Ubial together with Iloilo City Anti-Smoking
Team (ICAST) led the 2, 000 high school and
college students coming from different schools
here who will be participating on the march.
The ICAST won twice in Red Orchid
Awards for the year 2012 and 2013.
Other Local Government Units (LGU)
Red Orchid awardees in Iloilo were the
municipalities of Anilao, Dumangas, Sta.
Barbara and New Lucena, and Don Jose
Monfort Memorial Extension Hospital in
Barotac Nuevo.
Also, the Philippine Health Insurance
Red Orchid awardees lead grand march
for smoke-free WV
Corp. (PhilHealth) 6 regional office, and the
Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
(BJMP) in Bago City, Negros Occidental took
the same awards.
The Pink Orchid awards were also given to
Ramon Tabiana District Hospital in Cabatuan,
Iloilo, Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo
City, Civil Service Commission 6 regional
office, and the LGUs of Maasin and Cabatuan,
all in Iloilo.
Two government hospitals - the Corazon
Locsin Montelibano Memorial Hospital
in Bacolod City and the Western Visayas
Sanitarium in Sta. Barbara Iloilo, and LGUs of
Roxas City, Capiz and Buenavista, Guimaras
were already Red Orchid Hall of Fame.
Awardees are being awarded for their health
facilities and implementation of anti-smoking
programs in their communities.
The World No Tobacco Day has started in
1998 and now recognizing hospitals and LGUs
helping in the campaign to end this tobacco
epidemic. IMT
photo courtesy of Iloilo City Government
BY MONTESA GRIÑO-
CAOYONAN
Liberal Party member
and reelected Gov. Arthur
Defensor Sr. assured
Ilonggos that reform and
change will continue as he
will conquer another three
years of challenges starting
Monday (July 1).
Defensor took his
oath of office Friday last
week before the presence of
Ilonggo Senator Franklin
Drilon and Local Government Secretary Mar
Roxas at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol lobby.
During his speech, the governor promised
that he will focus more on his projects and
programs which he achieved in the last three years
and to strengthen it in the next three years.
Defensor said he wants to institutionalized
reform and change particularly on health services,
re-greening which targeting 1.5 million growing
trees to be planted, water system, sanitation, youth
development, coastal development rehabilitation,
food sufficiency, and equipment, among others.
On his part, Drilon also thanked Defensor
for being a supporter of President Benigno Aquino
III’s administration especially in promoting good
governance.
Drilon said the trust given by the President
to the governor will mean better development to
Iloilo.
“The President most support and attention
given to Iloilo has brought bigger projects here”,
Defensor assures Ilonggos of
continue reform and change
he said.
Drilon emphasized several projects like the
Iloilo Airport project, P 11.2 billion Jalaur Multi-
Purpose Project which is targeted to finish by
2016, and among other multi-billion project in
Iloilo.
Also on that day, Drilon inducted other LP
members particularly incoming Vice Gov. Raul
Tupas and Provincial Board members namely
Dennis Valencia and outgoing San Joaquin
Mayor Nimfa Garin, 1st district; incumbent June
Mondejar and Demetrio Sonza, 2nd district;
incumbent Licurgo Tirador and Emmanuel
Gallar, 3rd district; Mitch Monfort Bautista,
4th district; and incumbent Nielo Tupas of 5th
district.
Reelected Cong. Arthur Defensor Jr. of the
3rd District also swore his oath of office with the
Ilonggo senator.
The oath taking was attended by more than
3, 000 guests and Capitol employees. IMT

3. July 7 - 13, 2013 METRO BUSINESS 3
BY MARY PAULINE BALMES
A picturesque landscaped pedestrian
underpass is now under construction to provide
pedestrians a safer place to walk on along the
busiest avenue of the city of Iloilo.
The Department of Public Works and
Highways has already started the first phases
of the structure formation under the multi-
million peso diversion bridge that connects Iloilo
Esplanade I and the Benigno Aquino Jr Avenue
or most commonly known as the diversion road.
DPWH Regional Dir. Edilberto Tayao said
Pedestrian underpass to rise
the underpass project will be completed early next
yeartoaddmoreaccessibilitytotheEsplanadePark.
An on-going construction of the Esplanade
II from the Medical City to Brgy. San Pedro,
Molo is and the current 8 lanes road widening of
the diversion road is still on-going and is expected
to be completed by the last quarter of 2015 up to
the first half of 2016.
Meanwhile, the 1.2-kilometer Esplanade I
, formerly the Dean Efrain B. Treñas Boulevard
,was completed more than two years and was
fully developed last year. IMT
BY REYMAR LATOZA
Seventy-six percent of Filipinos are
convinced to buy products that come with promo
and freebies according to the latest survey result
released by Nielsen.
The said research firm conducted the survey
online with over 29,000 internet respondents in
58 countries.
According to the managing director at
Nielsen Philippines, Stuart Jamieson the allure
Promos and freebies “IN” among Pinoys
of good product promotions is strongest in
developing countries such as the Philippines
where practicality and creativeness are needed in
order to stretch the budget.
“Filipinos may be ready to spend but still
they are on the lookout for the best deals and
promos. Offering extras or gifts to consumers
will get them to buy a product over another,” he
added. IMT
Iloilo City Jed Patrick E. Mabilog will
highlight public-private partnerships (PPP) in
Future of Places International Conference in
Stockholm, Sweden June 24-26.
He will talk about “Towards Participatory
Development in Cities” on June 25 before a
global audience composed of politicians, civil
servants, professionals involved in city planning
and management, architects, academics, NGO’s,
civic and social organizations, journalists, and
real estate representatives.
“The chief executive of Iloilo City,
Republic of the Philippines, was instrumental in
strengthening of public and private partnership
in promotion of economic programs of city. He
also succeeded in maintaining peace and order in
the city which greatly contributed to economic
development,” the conference organizers
credited Mabilog.
The forum “Transforming Cities through
Placemaking and Public Spaces” is organized
by UN Habitat, Project for Public Places
(PPS) and Ax:son Johnsson Foundation free of
charge. Mabilog is the only invited speaker from
Philippines.
Examples of best practices and future
pipeline projects are being showcased throughout
the three-day conference series.
“We listen to mayors and engage citizens
and various experts as they set the context for
Mabilogcitespppincities’confabinsweden‘The Future of Places.’ We are being introduced
to best practices and current methods for further
progression of ‘places,’ and detailed analyses
of economic and social value of placemaking,”
organizers said in a statement.
The confab defined three strategic themes
for prompting bureaucratic innovation:
“Governance of Place, Place Capital and Healthy
Communities.”
“There is also significant evidence that
using a place-based/placemaking approach
adds significantly to a set of movements such
as Smart Growth, Sustainable Communities,
Community Health, Economic Development,
etc.,” organizers said.
“There exists a developed set of tools and
processes that have been tested in various
situations and have proven to be effective in
engaging communities and some of these tools
are being demonstrated in the conference, they
added.
The discussions seek to “understand the
role that successful community places play
in neighborhood revitalization; recognize a
successful place; learn to analyze a specific site;
facilitate groups of local community leaders,
residents and designers to work together on
improving public spaces; develop a plan of
immediate, short-term, and long-term actions to
improve a site; and approach place-related issues
BY KHARIZA JOY SOFIA
The World Bank has granted the
Philippines a bigger lending budget in three
years to 2015.
National Treasurer Rosalia de Leon
said the World Bank agreed to reserve up to
$4.5-billion for its country assistance program
for the country. The said budget is bigger than
the bank’s allocation for 2010 to 2012, which
is $2.1-billion to $3-billion respectively.
“In terms of financing, we do not
envision any liquidity crunch. We continue
to enjoy access to concessional loans from our
development partners,” said De Leon.
Lately, the country and other known
markets were affected by the flight of foreign
capital as foreign portfolio investors either
shifted to the US dollar or liquefied their
assets, which was said to be caused by
the development in the US economy and
WB approves $4.5B assistance for PHL
prompted the US Federal Reserve to cease its
policy of easy money.
“Given the Philippines’ favorable fiscal
position, the country will not have difficulty
sourcing funds especially in times of financial
volatility”, de Leon added.
De Leon also emphasized that the
government’s outstanding debt cut down to
only 40 percent of the country’s gross domestic
product (GDP) in 2012. For the first time
since the Asian financial crisis, the debt-to-
GDP ratio fell below 50 percent.
Recently, World Bank showed their
support to the country’s development
programs and projects. The multilateral
finance establishment believed that Philippines
was able to maintain robust growth, yet
more projects and programs still need to
be established for the economic benefits be
translated into actual poverty decrease.
BY REYMAR LATOZA
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)
said that money supply expanded at its fastest
pace in nearly six years last month helped push
bank loans up and drive economic growth
In May, the domestic liquidity hit
P5.345, it rose 16.3 percent year-on-year,
the 19.2 percent increase is considered as the
fastest growth since July 2007 based on the
preliminary data.
BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. said
in a statement that the continued expansion in
domestic liquidity during the month indicates
sufficient liquidity to sustain the economy’s
growth momentum.
Philstar reported BSP has been boosting
money supply in the financial system as it
maintained policy rates at historic lows of 3.5
percent and 5.5 percent since October last year
to encourage more lending.It has slashed the
interest it offers on special deposit accounts –
banks’ and trust departments’ deposits with the
BSP – by 150 basis points to two percent from
the original 3.5 percent.
“The goal was to push out funds, totaling
P1.817 trillion as of June 7, to the real economy,
to add more liquidity that would finance more
projects such as infrastructure. This, in turn,
would support growth.” Report added
Tetangcostressedthedouble-digitexpansion
in M3 helped boost bank credit last month.
The loans from universal and
commercial banks grew 13.1 percent to
P3.262 trillion in the first five months;
the expansion rate was a recovery from a
27-month low of 12 percent last April.
Including money lent to BSP, credit
expanded at the same pace, although the
amount was at a higher P3.523 trillion.
“The continued brisk growth in bank
lending suggests adequate funding for domestic
economic activity in the months ahead,” the
central bank chief said.
Broken down, production loans reached
P2.971 trillion, while consumer loans used
for household needs totaled P263.24 billion.
The two segments grew 13.3 percent and 11.7
percent, respectively.
Lending to the following sectors expanded
the most during the five-month period: real
estate, renting and business services (24.3
percent), electricity, gas and water (14.8
percent), wholesale and retail trade (13 percent)
and manufacturing (5.2 percent).
Declines, on the other hand, were recorded
on lending to agriculture, hunting and forestry,
down 6.5 percent, and fishing, which decreased
3.6 percent, data showed.(PhilStar/IMT)
Money supply records fastest growth
or problems differently in the future.”
“When we begin looking at cities in a
positive light, we can see new opportunities
for grassroots advocates and city governments
alike – to build relationships, take action, create
positive experiences for people, and encourage
that creative interaction that is so essential to
creating great cities,” organizers stressed.
“In the future, we are convinced that the
most functional cities will be the ones that
start with public realm and people who use
these places. This is a people-centered vision for
cities – one that enables a transformative shift in
traditional planning and management of focus
cities, and one that arguably benefits everyone
but those at the bottom of the economic ladder
the most,” they added.
“We believe that the problem is not the
rapid growth of cities per se, but the inability of
cities to manage growth to best utilize limited
space and community resources in pursuit of
sustainable urban development,” organizers
explained.
“Cities can continue to grow chaotically
without regard to human social needs and
environmental consequences or we can embrace
a sustainable and equitable process which builds
community, enhances quality of life, and creates
safe and prosperous neighborhoods,” they said.
The forum highlights how and why cities
need to embrace a people-centered approach
in order to achieve positive urbanization and
not fall victim to the negative attributes of
urbanization.
It’s the first of three conferences that will
lead to Habitat III 2016 with overall aim of
contributing to a New Urban Agenda around
people and places. (Iloilo City PIO)
photo courtesy of iloiloonline.blogspot.com
photo courtesy of Iloilo City Government

4. METRO TOURISM July 7 - 13, 20134
3rd floor, Mary Mart Mall, Valeria St., Iloilo City
Tel. # (033) 302-9739
BY KHARIZA JOY SOFIA
“Less is more” is the principle of designing
which Nikki Xandrix Monares follows when creating
his design.
Xandrix, as he is commonly known for, is
the third of the four siblings to an engineer and a
nutritionist couple. Xandrix took up nursing and is
a nurse by profession but his heart’s desire took over
that he joined a fashion designers guild, the Silhouette.
He discovered his talent in fashion designing
and creating dresses when he was still in high school.
In fact, he designed their festival costumes for Pantat
Festival and people were impressed with his work.
During college, he joined design lab but he was not
successful in winning the competition; nevertheless,
he was recruited and became a part of Iloilo’s finest
designers after several months.
The 24-year-old designer admits he had planned
to pursue fashion designing but his parents, especially
his mother, was against it. His mother wants him to
work in the hospital and practice his profession.
At first, Xandrix did not really think he will last
in the guild, for his primary goal in joining was to
get exposure. However as time goes by, he learned to
love his job.
“I never thought I would last but then I learned
to love it and I was able to develop my skills through
different activities and workshops”, he said.
Xandrix is into beadworks. He likes “demure”
style rather than showing some skin. He commonly
uses native fabrics, but when joining some
competition, his design also varies according to the
theme. He said that when he entered the design lab,
he learned that overrated dresses are not patronize or
popular.
The young designer emphasized that a designer
must be very particular with his client’s desire. He
should not go beyond what is given.
When asked about his model preference,
Xandrix said he is more comfortable with women for
he knows how to deal with their body. He is also very
particular with top structures.
“Wrinkles on dress really turns me off. I am very
particular on pina cloth and the type on how to put
a fabric that will emphasize the form of the body”,
he detailed.
I was really thankful that I joined silhouette. I
learned so many things. I really want to be a famous
young designer”, he added. “
Xandrix was able to help his family financially
and support his brother in school through his designs.
He said that for those who are aspiring to become a
fashion designer, they should really follow their heart.
“No matter what degree you earned, as long as
you love your work and it makes you happy, coupled
with full determination and courage, you should
pursue it and never let obstacles bring you down”, he
ended. IMT
By Bombette G. Marin
Photos by Harold Agustin Ziegenhohn
Discover a unique way to
understand Iloilo on a dynamic
tour to the museum and its art
galleries. Learn about Iloilo’s
vibrant history, people, activities
and cultural traditions. Swinging by
for a cultural fix? Here is a selection
of what to see and where to begin.
Museo Iloilo in Bonifacio
Drive, Iloilo City is one of the main
tourist attractions of city and known
as the First Government Constructed
Museum Building in the Philippines. It is
only a few meters away from the Department
of Tourism Regional Office and the Iloilo
Provincial Capitol. It exhibits a collection of
archeological, historical, ethnographical craft
and tribal folk arts of Western Visayas. There
are relics and antique religious
images and relics donated by
illustrious Ilonggos. Other valuable
items include dated fossils, artifacts
from sunken vessels, stone-age
tools, pottery, trade wares from
China, Annam and Siam, burial jars
and coffins and rare photographs
and mementos from World War
II. Present day artworks are also
on exhibit. The museum opens
from Monday to Saturday (except
Holidays) at 8:00 am to 11:00 am
and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm with an entrance fee at
P15.00 for students and P20.00 for adults.
The Iloilo City Gallery in Plaza Libertad is
located at the ground floor of the 7-storey City
Hall Building, was opened to the public in June
2012. The gallery showcases Ilonggos’ good
governance and cultural excellence highlighting
the city’s awards, famed festivals, unique and
creative arts and crafts, giant development
projects, and a virtual tour of the metropolis long-
standing legacy and vibrant future as Premier
City by 2015. The gallery is open to the public
for free every Monday to Friday during official
working hours. For more information, please call
(033) 3331111.
The University of the Philippines in the
Visayas Art Gallery at the historic Arellano
Building (former Iloilo City Hall) or the main
building of the city campus in General Luna
or Infante Streets, Iloilo City prides itself as the
only art gallery in the region to have exhibited
the works of several national artists such as
Joya, Francisco, Legaspi, Luz, and Ang. It also
feature works of popular Ilonggo artists such
as Defensor, Ferraris, Orig, Cabalfin, Amora,
Decierdo, Sanares, Belgica, Genodepa, Salmon,
and Querubin. The gallery also serves as a venue
for several visual art exhibitions, small-group art
workshops, book launchings, and art lectures. Or
more information, please contact (033) 337 9159
or email:upv.culture.and.arts@facebook.com.
The UPV Cinematheque Film Museum at
the University of the Philippines in the Visayas,
city campus in General Luna or Infante Streets,
Iloilo City is dedicated to the collection and
exhibition of film-related materials like movie
props, equipment, posters, books, souvenirs
and toys. The film museum along with Cinema
Exmundo is a collaboration project between
Cinema Exmundo and the University of the
Philippines Visayas Alumni Relations Office.
It is as a non-profit repertory theater for use by
students and alumni as well as the community.
It was one of several projects the U.P. Visayas
launched in 2008 to commemorate the University
of the Philippines’ Centennial Year. The museum
is open from Mondays till Fridays, 9:00 am -
4:00 pm. For more information, please call (033)
5091501 or Email: cinematheque@upv.edu.ph
The Sta. Barbara Centennial Museum and
Information Center beside the municipal hall
is a beautiful introduction to this town’s rich
cultural heritage. It features irreplaceable historic
artifacts of local hero, General Martin Delgado.
It also includes paintings, furniture, decorative
arts, and costume collections as well as maps,
newspaper volumes, government documents.
When in the area, you can visit the Iloilo Golf
and Country Club and the Santa Barbara Roman
Catholic Church and Convent. It opens Monday
to Friday from 8 am till 5 pm with an entrance
fee of P10.00 for students and P20.00 for
adults. For more information, please call (033)
5239955. Also accepts visitors during Saturdays
by appointment.
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City Administrator Norlito Bautista said the
DoubleDragonhasalreadysubmittedtheirmasterplan
and they are still waiting the additional requirements
for the financial analysis which includes the cash flow
and expenditures which is basis of the revenue sources
and payable including the construction and operation.
The administrator stressed that the PPP project
was already reviewed by the technical experts from
Manila-based Public Private Partnership Center of the
Philippines (PPPCP) who arrived in the city late last
year but advised them to secure the financial analysis
from the contractor before the finalization.
Bautista said the team had a consultative
meeting with Double Dragon, DOTC and Iloilo City
Government to re-assess their PPP venture and work
out a reduction in the project’s cost.
Earlier this week, the Double Dragon has already
submitted their financial analysis and this is now
under review by the National Economic Development
Authority (NEDA).
City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said they are
waiting advise
from the NEDA
either to go
on or not the
project. He
said once their
is already a go
signal from the
NEDA, the
contract will
be refiled at the
City Council
anytime. IMT
BY MAY RAGO-CASTILLO
Scarcity in life has stalled success among
most poor families. But for an Antiqueno and
his family, they have won the battle.
Fifty-three-year-old Vicente Rubino of
Brgy. Vilvar, San Remigio, Antique could
only shake his head as he recalled how his first
four children have not reached college or even
vocational course because of poverty. As much
as he wanted them to complete a degree, their
situation simply did not allow them to do so.
Vicente is married to Susan with whom he
has eight children. He named them as 29-year-
old Anelsan, 27-year-old Annaliza, 22-year-old
Annie Rose, 21-year-old Ana Marie, all married;
20-year-old Gentle Touch, 19-year-old Vincent,
17-year-old Annabel and 12-year-old Ana
Teresa.
Life slowly became better when they
engaged in a small business by selling green leafy
vegetables at a stall in the public market of Brgy.
Poblacion. They initially had a capital of P3,000
which came from his salary and the savings of his
wife from vegetable vending.
Vicente was even more thankful that his
family directly benefited from the convergence
strategy of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development(DSWD).Thestrategy,whichaims
to achieve maximum results in implementation,
has three core programs—Pantawid Pamilyang
Pilipino Program, KALAHI-CIDSS or Kapit
Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan and Sustainable
Livelihood. Beneficiaries of Pantawid who are
soon ending the five-year period of availment of
cash grants are targeted to avail of the livelihood
program. Their community, on the other hand,
is covered by KALAHI for them to identify their
problems and propose and implement solutions.
“My family benefited from these three
Antiqueno wins battle against poverty
projects. We received
cash grants to send our
children to school and
buy their vitamins. We
also received a seed
capital of P8,000 and
our community is an
area of KALAHI,” said
Vicente.
According to him,
he has tripled the space
that they are renting
at the market and expanded the small
business to a mini grocery and vegetable
store already when they received the seed
capital a few months back.
“The government has given my
family a gift that will never be forgotten.
This is hulog ng langit and I am happy to
say that the capital was really put to good
use,” he said.
He added that they were also accessed
to the Cash for Training program,
a partnership program of TESDA
and DSWD, for his daughter Gentle
Touch to undergo a 55-day-course on
Housekeeping Management.
“I wished that her elder sisters had the
same opportunity. If life was better way back
then, I could have sent them to college. I am
happy though that my younger children are now
getting better chances,” he said.
His mission: a leader
Vicente, however, reads all what has been
happening to him and his family as also a
mission.
Assigned as a Barangay Sub-Project
Management Chairman (BSPMC) in Vilvar,
he said he has learned many things such as the
importance of awareness in the community,
identifying their problems to implementing
projects. Currently, they are in the preparatory
phase of their road construction project.
“This is purely volunteer work and we are
not being paid. I believe that this is my mission
and I am happy because it is for the improvement
of our barangay,” he said.
Gentle Touch
For her part, Gentle Touch is all positive as
she is about to start her nearly two-month course
in Housekeeping at TESDA on July 1.
“We were told that after finishing the
training, TESDA will also be helping us to find
a job. I am so happy because I have qualified in
the program. If I land a good job, I could help
my younger siblings and my parents. I could
Vicente Rubino, 53, of Brgy. Vilvar, San Remigio,
Antique show that there is a way out of poverty.
even help my elder sisters to go back and take
college or vocational courses,” Gentle said.
His dream
Vicente ended narrating his story saying,
“ang pangarap ko sa buhay ay ang makatapos
ang aking mga anak sa pag-aaral at maabot ang
kanilang mga pangarap sa buhay nang sa gayon ay
hindi sila matulad sa amin.”/dswd6
SusanRubino, 52, helps her husband Vicente in managing
their business at the Public Market of Poblacion, San
Remigio

6. July 7 - 13, 2013METRO OPINION
EDITORIAL
Renewing the Call
6
D
eath is maybe one of the hardest things to
accept in this world. Death is inevitable.
Many compared it to a thief stealing
our lives on the most unexpected way, in an
unanticipated time.
In death, acceptance is the toughest part.
However, it all depends on the manner of death.
Some die with old age, some with illnesses. Others
end their own lives. Many die on unwanted
accidents. But nothing is more dreadful and
heartbreaking than a death of a love one in a death
row.
The recent execution of a Filipina in China
showed another case of death in its most grievous
form.
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA)
announced on July 3 that the communist country
put to death our fellow after she was found guilty of
smuggling more than six kilos of heroin two years ago.
The verdict was performed despite the Philippine
government’s effort to appeal in the conversion of
the death sentence to life imprisonment.
DFA disclosed that there are still 213 drug-
related indictments involving Filipinos in China
identifying 28 of which were death convictions but
with acquittal of two years. Sixty-seven cases led to
life sentences, 107 were commuted to light prison
terms, while 10 are still pending in court. (Inquirer.
net)
Now, who’s going to be blamed for this? How
are we going to weigh the situation? What is wrong
with the system? What is wrong with us Filipinos?
Nobody should be blamed for this. In fact, there
are lapses seen in both sides of the government and
us Filipinos. Perhaps, something is wrong with the
system but there could also be something not right
in our culture and orientation. Many are clamouring
that the government is doing nothing to withdraw
the victims in their situations while others ask why,
in the very first place, victims fell prey in the hands
of these drug syndicates.
Isn’t it ironic that when foreign entities are
caught smuggling illegal drugs and products in
our country, we can do nothing but deport them?
Isn’t it unfair that when we are caught in their
countries, they do nothing but kill us? What is
more paradoxical is when Filipinos defy the laws of
our land, we condemn them but when they violate
the rules of other lands we try to recuperate them.
Let’s think about this.
This is a wakeup call and a continuing lesson to
us. We can’t afford to put another Filipino in this
situation. This is not just a misery of a family but
of the whole Filipino nation.
International drug trade is a heinous business
that when we fall on its trap, we become helpless
and immovable. Let us no wait for the time
that we need to trade our country’s dignity and
nobility to other nations who happens to give bold
consequences to these unlawful actions. There is
no use for the government to exert full effort if
we ourselves are not responsible of our actions.
Php 18,000.00
T h e
recent state declaration
of providing for an
PhP18,000.00 subsidy for
the relocation of the illegal
settlers in Metro Manila has
spread like wildfire across
the nation. It will soon
become a model solution for
all local government units
to emulate in resolving the
several decade-old problem
of squatting in their
respective areas.
Iloilo City has its own
share of the problem and
somehow has gone ahead of
the national government’s
announcement of its most
viable and practical financial
solution. The Ilonggo
Senator Franklin Drilon has
allocated an amount for the
illegal settlers located in the
area of the famous Iloilo
River. The city government
has found several millions
of pesos for the purchase
of relocation sites and the
construction of housing
units for these illegal settlers.
Last week, this space
discussed the housing
solution to the problem of
illegal settlement and why
it is only good as a band aid
solution.
In all practicalities,
the problem that is illegal
settlement is not structural.
It is an issue of culture and
poverty. It is about people
taking risks in their wishes and dreams
to sweeten the sour and at many times
bitter experience fate has had on them.
Illegal settlement is directly related
to poverty and indirectly related to
culture, character and the attitude of
individuals towards their lives.
People build houses anywhere
because they have no money. Give them
money and there is always that bigger
possibility that they will purchase lands
and build them houses. Give them
more money and they will start a way
of living. Give them a lot more money
and they will find ways to educate their
children without anymore bothering the
government.
However, the idea is giving people
money. Nobody will. It is impossible to
just simply give and give people money.
Thus, the appreciation of poverty on
its face value as the absence or failure
of providing for the basic needs of the
people by the state; unequal distribution
of resources and opportunities; and the
failure of the state or the government
to empower its people to become
responsible citizens.
The Philippine experience otherwise
is attempting to defy the odds. In trying
to resolve illegal settlement and address
poverty, it is looking at it as simply a
problem that can be resolved through
monetary solutions.
The current administration has
made true of its plan to give money
to the poor to empower them through
the 4Ps or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino
Program. Now it is about to shell out
money to the illegal settlers especially in
waterways in order to solve the perennial
flooding in the area.
The poverty incidence in the
country is being benchmarked on the
basis of how many meals a family has
eaten in a day. The March 19-22, 2013
Social Weather Station (SWS) survey
shows that the self-rated poverty went
down to 52% on March 2013 from 54%
on December 2012. The food-poor also
declined from 44% to 39% of the same
period.
Statistics are considered the policy-
makers tools because they are devoid
of biases as they say. Now, pull –off the
4Ps program of the government after the
term of President Noynoy Aquino and let
us see what will happen. It is not about
being pessimistic. It is always a question
of what corresponding programs have
been implemented to empower the poor
and sustain their growing needs.
As for the 18,000.00 dole out fund
for the illegal settlers, let us consider a
family of five. The children are in high
school, elementary and the third one is
still a baby. The father is a construction
worker and the mother is a laundry
woman.
The family will be relocated to
their province where the father will
lose his job and the mother will no
longer have a client for her laundry
job. The education of the children will
be disrupted. Combine all the expenses
for the relocation and the building of a
new house. The money allocated by the
government will not result to an erection
of a house fit for human use. It is more
of a pig-pen with a little grandeur of
galvanized iron sheets.
What we will get is a family with no
job to sustain their living, no worthy
house to dwell, no food to eat and children
deprived of their proper education and
growth. Where will they go next? Well,
back to where they illegally settled before.
Domestic Workers
Iam not
sure how
far shall we
go for our
domestic workers when our
experiences with them would
tell that they negligently
broke some of our valued
properties, or tore our new
clothes, leaving our floors
messy, our windows dusty,
or our surroundings filthy.
I am not sure if time will
come when there will be no
more oppressive and abusive
employers of domestic
workers, or operations to
rescue domestic workers
under such employers. But
one thing is for sure: we
have now a special law for
domestic workers – that
include the “yaya”, cook,
gardener, or laundry person.
Republic Act No. 10361,
otherwise known as the
Domestic Workers Act or
Batas Kasambahay, is a social
legislation that intends to
clothe with protection our
domestic workers, and give
them more pronounced
benefits. It was signed into
law on January 18, 2013
and its implementing rules
and regulations took effect
on June 4, 2013. Without
this law taking place, the
benefits and assurance of our
domestic workers are left to
the generosity and goodness
of their employers.
With this law, somehow,
the government tries to
intervene and makes sure
that our domestic workers
–who will always be in our
society - get something they
deserve as workers, while the employers
are tempered with certain express
obligations and prohibitions.
With this law, the domestic worker’s
rest has been defined. He/she shall have
an aggregate rest period of eight (8) hours
per day, and at least twenty-four (24)
consecutive hours weekly rest period. If
he/she has rendered at least one (1) year
of service, the domestic worker is entitled
to have a five-day service incentive leave
with pay.
Social welfare benefits now cover
our domestic workers. If the domestic
worker has rendered at least one (1)
month of service, he/she is entitled to
be covered by the Social Security System
(SSS), the Philippine Health Insurance
Corporation (PhilHealth), and the
Home Development and Mutual Fund
(HDMF) or Pag-IBIG, the premium
payments or contributions for which his/
her employer is obliged to pay.
The law has also set and improved the
minimum wage of the domestic worker.
If he/she is employed, for example, in
the City of Iloilo, his/her monthly wage
must not be less than P2,000.00 - the
minimum wage in chartered cities or
first class municipalities. If the worker
is employed, say, in the municipality of
Maasin, Iloilo, he/she must receive at least
P1,500.00 per month - the minimum
wage set in other classes of municipalities.
If the domestic worker is employed in
the National Capital Region, his/her
minimum wage is P2,500.00 per month.
The domestic worker’s monthly
wage, which must be paid at least once
a month in no other form but in cash, is
on top of the benefits that the employer
is required to provide, such as, board,
lodging and medical attendance.
Every pay day, the employer
has the obligation to provide the
domestic worker with a pay slip,
copies of which the employer must
also keep for a period of three (3)
years. Payslips are relevant evidence
in cases involving wages and benefits.
For the protection of both parties, it
would be better to follow the provision of
the law that they execute an employment
contract. This contract must be in
a language or dialect that the parties
understood, the contents of which must
include the following: (1) duties and
responsibilities of the domestic worker; (2)
period of employment; (3) compensation;
(4) authorized deductions; (5) hours
of work and proportionate additional
payment; (6) rest days and allowable
leaves; (7) board, lodging and medical
attention; (8) agreement on deployment
expenses, if any; (9) loan agreement;
and (10) termination of employment.
Like in any ordinary contracts,
the parties may agree to include in
said employment contract some other
conditions which are not contrary to law,
morals, good customs, public order or
policy. I just hope that those mandatory
contents of the employment contract and
the additional stipulations are fair, just
and equitable enough for both parties.
Once the contract has already been
executed, the employer has the duty
to register the domestic worker in the
Registry of Domestic Workers in the
barangay where the employer’s residence
is located. Barangay officials should
know this registration system by now.
During the period of domestic work,
the employer is prohibited by the law to
place the domestic worker under debt
bondage, or interfere in the disposal of
the worker’s wage, or require the worker
to make deposits for loss or damage to
tools, materials, furniture and equipment
in the household. The employer will
be penalized if he/she violates these
prohibitions.
With the new law protecting and
extending express benefits to our
domestic workers, may they find their
employment meaningful, stay up to
the end of the employment period, and
efficiently perform their domestic work
whether their employer is present or not.

7. July 7 - 13, 2013 METRO OPINION 7
Waterworld
It’s that time of
year again when
Filipinos experience the
grim realities of neo-
waterworld. Heavy monsoon rains sucked
in and dumped a-plenty by cylones cause
the rivers to swell, spill horrendous amount
of flood water over embankments, and
overwhelm low-lying areas. The murky
water results from a combination of silt,
other inert particles, and organics including
effluents from septic tanks and fresh human
sewage from open pits. The tough ones
do not mind wading through the dirty
water only to succumb later on to deathly
leptospirosis and other microbial infections.
Waterworld. This was the 1995 post-
apocalyptic science fiction film that starred
Kevin Costner as the Mariner. The setting of
the film is 2500 when the polar ice caps have
melted and the sea level has risen thousands
of meters, covering every continent and
turning Earth into a water planet. Human
population has been scattered across the
ocean in individual, isolated communities
consisting of artificial islands and mostly
decrepit sea vessels. Eventually they found
Dryland, which turns out to be the peak of
Mount Everest, still above sea level and no
longer a snowy peak.
What were our fore parents thinking
when they named this planet Earth? This
is amusing to geologists since it is common
knowledge that 71% of the planet’s surface
is made up of ocean while only 29% is earth.
The contention is that the planet should
have been named Oceania.
So here we are, suffering from the
vicious cycle. In this generation where
music, photos, videos, books, and other
vital electronic contents are digitally stored
for future retrieval and enjoyment, the
expression “playing like a broken record” has
become redundant. And yet, semantically
speaking, we still see its relevance especially
when our officials repeatedly harp the same
lines year after year on how to mitigate or
totally eradicate the destructive flooding
incidents. Finger pointing at the culprits is a
pointless exercise. Practical and cost-effective
measures should be aggressively pursued
instead through participative planning.
Some of these measures can lead to
multiple benefits. For example, in many
Southeast Asians countries that I have been
able to visit, rainwater harvesting (RWH)
is already a well-entrenched practice. This
innovative alternative water supply approach
captures, diverts, and stores rainwater for
later use. Most systems use a building’s
rooftop as a catchment area. After the rain
falls, it is channelled from gutters into pipes
that lead to a cistern. Storage tanks, both
above and below the ground are ubiquitous
in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and
rural Indonesia. In these countries, farmers
also set aside a minimum of 10% of their
farm lands for small rainwater impounding
projects for various agricultural uses.
RWH is beneficial because it reduces
demand on existing water supply, reduces
run-off, erosion, and contamination
of surface water. The stored water can
be utilized for in-home and landscape
purposes, storm water control, wildlife and
livestock watering, and fire protection. A
rainwater harvesting system can range in
size and complexity. All systems have basics
components, which include a catchment
surface, conveyance system, storage,
distribution, and treatment.
In Iloilo City where even a moderate
precipitation can trigger flooding in major
streetsduetoimpervioussurfacesandclogged
drains, a legislation that requires every
business establishment, subdivision, and
home to practice RWH is very relevant. As
a rule, all new buildings should incorporate
RWH systems like what is being practiced
now in Bangalore, India. Compliance
incentives like water bill rebate and technical
support but penalty for violators can be
provisioned in the approved ordinance.
The falling groundwater tables and
the cost of developing surface supplies
have exacted a heavy toll on potable water
availability in Metropolitan Iloilo. A
campaign for participatory, equitable and
decentralized paradigm for water sourcing
and management with the objective of
making water everybody’s business is a
serious imperative.
The waterworld phenomenon in the
city can be converted into an opportunity
rather than just taken vainly as a problem.
Our planners can select the appropriate
bioretention storm water treatment system
that will capture and treat the storm water
and remove most of the pollutants (fecal
coliform, total suspended solids, chemical
oxygen demand, total dissolved nitrogen,
total petroleum hydrocarbon, lead,
phosphorus, chromium, zinc) through
mechanical, chemical and biological
filtration.
Indeed, RWH systems are a low-cost,
low-impact way for Iloilo City to increase
water supply for its constituents. This is a
challenge for the incumbent leadership to
consider seriously as this reflects the kind of
stewardship that makes sense. Otherwise, we
will remain virtually mired in a waterworld
conundrum with nary a drop of precious
water from our home faucets year after year
after year…
Data sources: Wikipedia,
r a i n w a t e r h a r v e s t i n g . o r g ,
rainwaterharvestingindia.com
Now Showing! this has been quite an advantage on their
end, the growing problem however is the
interpersonal education that is believed in
research as a better method in education.
Let us understand the pros and cons of
the modern day education and see if such
research does have its points.
Easy Access. Yes, internet is a one click
education. You simply click on the things
you wish to learn about and information
regarding that subject is yours at a click.
It is really the easiest way to understand.
However,experientiallearningisfardifferent
in approach. This method inculcates the
value of experience in order for one to learn.
Perhaps there are many things experience
teaches that the World Wide Web does not.
BY JENNIFER HINOLA-FRANCISCO
In this modern day of the World Wide
Web, research has been narrowed down
to a mere expression as “Google it.” and
education has been simplified to a mere
copy paste method.
Many of the young generation of
today believed that education has been
easier for them now that they have the
unlimited access to the internet. The value
for books has slowly become enormous
that students would rather sit and search in
front of the computer rather than go out,
purchase a book and sit to read. Although
It is the feeling of having to discover, learn
and share it with anybody, and being able
to communicate these feelings of education
with someone else in the flesh is something
internet cannot provide.
Quick. Fast. Reliable. The internet
is definitely a fast way to learn. However,
let us not forget the long way of learning.
Experimental method, Research and
Thesis. Although this may be available also
online, however the value of patience is no
longer practiced. We must understand that
learning or educations is patience in itself.
One does not garner a better education by
a click of the mouse, one must go through
stages of education in order for him to be
able to understand information, subjects
and gain degrees.
The beginning of education is from the
four corners of every household. We must
understand that not everyone is yet given
the opportunity to experience an internet
based education. There still those from
far areas that learns by sharing a torn and
tainted book or by listening to a teacher
shouting on top of her lungs to be heard
by 50 students in a crowded room. These
realities are not changed by a click of a
mouse. Every Juan should be educated
in manner that does involve a mere easy
and quick education. Every Juan should
be taught the real essence of learning and
education. For every Juan deserves a quality
education.
Can you please
introduce yourself to
our readers?
I definitely can! For
a moment there, I was
thinking to myself, Do I
really have to? I mean, I
always thought that only the illiterate do not
know me in Western Visayas. For crying out
loud, I was an Ilonggo newspaper royalty in
the first five years of the new millennium!
But I also realized that I have been largely
absent from the Ilonggo newspaper scene
for the last five years, at least. There is a
new generation of newspaper readers that
needs to be educated. So, this is who I
am: I am Peter Solis Nery. Remember that
name very well! Among many things, I am
a nurse, an author, a husband, a filmmaker,
and a passionate advocate for Hiligaynon
literature, Ilonggo arts, and Filipino culture.
Let’s keep it at that for now. I will reveal
more about myself, and my mission to
change your life for the better, if and when,
you continue to patronize and support this
column.
What brings you back to writing?
What can I say? It’s in my DNA! Haha.
But seriously, I never really gave up writing.
It’s the Ilonggo newspapers that gave up
on me. You see, just because I was already
based in Los Angeles starting February
2006, I seemed to have lost full control over
my pages and articles in my last newspaper
outfit. I mean, I still contributed articles,
but I didn’t get paid enough, and it seemed
to me that my stories where not given
the priority and royal treatment that they
would otherwise enjoy if I were in Iloilo
to personally oversee and assert my clout,
if needed. So I just said, halukibuliko!
Well, anyway, while not writing for the
newspapers, I went literary, piled up on
my Palanca Awards, until I was ultimately
inducted me into its Hall of Fame last year.
Tell us more about your Palanca Hall of
Fame award.
What more to tell? Can we just say that
I am the only newspaper columnist/writer
in Iloilo who is a Palanca Hall of Famer?
If that isn’t enough, break it down like
this: The Palanca Award is like the Pulitzer
Prize of the Philippines. It is the standard
by which all Filipino writers are measured.
I won five gold medals in various Palanca
writing contests in a span of 14 years [and
that is shorter than most], and until they
induct the next Palanca Hall of Famer, I’m
only the 23rd
person in the world to receive
it. This is the way I won my five golds: three
gold medals for my stories in Hiligaynon,
one for Poetry for children, and one for
Full-length play in English. I won several
other Palancas on the side.
How many Palanca awards do you have?
How many have you? Haha. As of
last count, I have eleven. So don’t be
disappointed if I don’t win any more awards
this year. But for my serious fans out there,
just to let you know, I have several good
pieces in the running. So unless there is
a conspiracy to bar me from winning,
I might win again come September 1.
Meanwhile, my six other Palancas include
prizes for a One-act play in English, and
Tulang pambata in Filipino. So yes, my
Palanca recognitions are for my writings in
English, Filipino, and Hiligaynon. As for
genre, they are for short story, children’s
poetry, and full-length and one-act plays.
So call me an Ilonggo trilingual fictionist,
poet, and playwright. To my mindless
critics, who have nothing else to say but
to judge me as arrogant and swellheaded,
simhutinyoutotko!
Are you coming back to newspaper
writing for good?
I don’t know.To be honest, I didn’t really
miss newspaper work. I mean, sure, there
are times when I do miss the pressure of
presswork deadlines, and seeing my bylines
and column IDs in newsprint and ink.
But, let’s face it, the dollars that I earn as a
registered nurse in the US are hallucinogenic
and hypnotic. Bulisangkatsuri! American
moolah is an opium that makes me forget
my journalistic roots. So maybe I’m not
coming back to newspaper writing to stay.
But this newspaper asked me to write for it
on my own terms: my schedule, my format,
my topics of choice, my peculiarities. So,
for as long as I feel that I am treated well,
I’ll continue to write. Of course, I will also
consider the public’s response. I’m not really
the type who would force myself on people.
For the record, people come to me! I mean,
at my age and stature, I have nothing else
to prove. If I don’t write ever again at this
point in my life, I would already have been
assured of my place in Philippine literature
and Ilonggo journalism. So when I write,
it’s not really for myself, but for you people
who need some sunshine in your humdrum
lives! I live in Los Angeles, the movie capital
of the world, and rub elbows with the stars;
you don’t!
What’s in a name?
The Department of
Tourism has opposed
the proposal to rename
the Iloilo Airport for the
reason that it may confuse
prospective foreign guests and that “those who
are unfamiliar with the place might mistake it
for something else, thus earn the ire of tourists
instead of their goodwill.”
The DOT added that the airport is just
“beginning to establish a name for itself, and
changing the horse in midstream may not
help in the development of tourism in the
region, particularly in the province of Iloilo.”
I’m not sure how a new name for an
airport can affect the tourism industry but
let’s take a look at Boracay Island off Malay,
Aklan.
On November 17, 2012, the Caticlan
Airport – the gateway to Boracay – was
renamed Godofredo P. Ramos Airport.
Ramos, a former governor and
congressman, has earned the moniker “Father
of Aklan” for having authored Republic Act
No. 1414 that created the province in 1955.
Was Boracay adversely affected by the
renaming of the airport if we follow DOT’s
argument? The answer is NO!
For the First Quarter 2013, tourist
arrivals in Boracay rose by 10.17 percent, or
from 324,254 last year to 357,225, the Malay
Tourism Office reported.
In March 2013 alone, the number of
tourists went up by 8.84 percent, from
118,177 in March 2012 to 128,627.
From January to February 2013, the
MTO noted that Koreans and Chinese
tourists accounted for 57 percent or 70,113 of
the total foreign tourists arriving in Boracay,
most of whom availing the services of travel
agencies.
Travel agencies arranged for their trip –
tickets and accommodations – which means
tourists don’t really care about the name of the
airport where they would land as long as they
get to their destination.
Tourists don’t even care that the
Godofredo P. Ramos Airport has been found
to be unsafe – with four recorded accidents
since 2005. All they want is to enjoy the sun,
sea and sand of Boracay.
Today, the Godofredo Ramos Airport
is the seventh busiest airport in the country,
while Iloilo is the fourth.
The number one, of course, is the Ninoy
Aquino International Airport, followed by the
Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
The third busiest airport in the Philippines
is the Francisco Bangoy International Airport
in Davao City. But, who the hell was Francisco
Bangoy?
Well, as William Shakespeare puts it,
“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose,
by any other name would smell as sweet…”

9. 9METRO AGRICULTUREJuly 7 - 13, 2013
BY MARY PAULINE BALMES
The Department of Environmental and
Natural Resources (DENR) 6 urges Ilonggos
to avoid food wastage due to the higher rice
consumption this year.
DENR 6 Regional Executive Director said
that there is large amount of wastage being
incurred from harvesting, manufacturing,
packaging, shipping and merchandising the food
that people consume daily.
“We must all exert effort also to conserve
during the preparation and consumption as this
is not only an environment issue,” Siapno said.
This was after the Department of Science and
technology (DOST) 6 study on rice consumption
showed that each Filipino incurs rice wastage at
about 16 grams per person/day, valued at P14.4
/day, an amount enough to feed some 200,000
street children nationwide for a few days.
Siapno added that the said move gives a lift
to the ethical and economic issue linked with
the vast energy, land, water, and other hard
work exerted in producing food being wasted
nowadays.
According to the latest food consumption
survey by the Food and Nutrition Research
Institute (FNRI-DOST), the biggest food waste
among Filipinos is rice at 16 grams per person
per day.
DENR pushes for zero food wastage
FNRI said the result reflects that
approximately 1,200 metric tons of rice are
wasted per day, valued which is tantamount to
P14.4 million, enough to feed more than 200,000
street children nationwide for a few days.
For DENR Secretary Ramon Paje, theirs
is a continuous campaign for people to reduce
“foodprint” by patronizing food produced in an
environmentally sound manner such as organic
products.
“This means, food grown organically or
packaged using recycled materials to lessen
garbage thrown into the dumpsite or landfills,”
Paje said.
Paje further explained said that organic
foods are more environment-friendly for they
are locally-produced products which require less
emission-producing, handling and transport to
bring them to people’s tables.
Also, DENR celebrates the World
Environment Day last month, the United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP) launched the
theme “Think. Eat. Save. Reduce Your Foodprint”
which aims to support the worldwide bid for
food security.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said
that one way to narrow the hunger-gap is to
address the massive loss and wastage in today’s
food system. JCM/ESS/PIA-Iloilo/IMT
Food Packaging Design Seminar-
Workshop boosts graphic designers
In the advent of imported products capturing
the Philippine market, local entrepreneurs have
realized the need to boost their competitiveness
in local market through packaging. Entry of
imported products in the local market with
appealing labels is a threat to the market share
of the local food products. Consumers tend to
buy products with attractive label and packaging.
However, many entrepreneurs realized the need
to strengthen their competitiveness in local
market through packaging. This starts with
an attractive label design that conforms to the
prescribed format at a reasonable cost.
There are many graphic designers offering
label design development, however, majority is
not aware of the labeling laws. So they usually
come up with aesthetically acceptable designs
which more often are not appropriate labels for
food products.
Pursuant to deliver the packaging and
labeling assistance services to the growing
figure of micro, small, and medium enterprises
(mSMEs) in Western Visayas, the Department of
Science and Technology Region VI (DOST VI),
in partnership with Central Philippine University
(CPU) College of Engineering, Packaging
Engineering Department has conducted a
seminar-workshop in Basic Packaging Design for
Food Products.
Due to the rising awareness of SMEs on
the importance of enhancing their food product
packaging, the existing pool of designers can no
longer cope up with the increasing demand. There
is a need to enhance the technical capability of
satellite packaging centers established by DOST
VI in the provinces to better serve the packaging-
related services requirements of SMEs including
package design development. DOST VI aims
to increase the number of graphic designers
to do packaging/label design requirements of
enterprises particularly those in the processed
food sector. Likewise, the agency intends to
enhance the capability of graphic designers in
terms of conceptualization of label and design
particularly for food products.
Topics discussed include Basic Elements of
Food Packaging Design, Food Packaging Design,
Lay-outs and Application, and Mandatory
Labeling Requirements.
DOST, through the Packaging Technology
Assistance Program, provides a wide range
of packaging technology solutions to include
technical consultancy services, laboratory testing
and analysis,
and trainings,
in order to
t r a n s f o r m
l o c a l l y -
p r o d u c e d
goods into
g l o b a l l y -
competitive
p r o d u c t s .
( D O S T V I -
MASASalazar/
LMLamasan)
Basmati Rice label and package design by the participants.
BY REYMAR LATOZA
National Rice Program of the Department
of Agriculture (DA) is in favor of allowing
foreign direct investments in some aspect of rice
production but is against full foreign control in
production and supply.
With this, NEDA disallowed the down
the proposal of the National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) to lift
limitations on foreign equity in rice production.
DA’s National Rice Program coordinator
Dante Delima said his office is in favor of allowing
foreign direct investments in some aspect of rice
production but is against full foreign control in
production and supply.
DA supports foreign direct
investments for rice production
Delima explained that allowing foreign
equity may have been intended to increase
foreign investment, but our position is that rice
production should be controlled by Filipinos.
“Countries can be held to ransom by any
reason (economic, political, or ideological), and
world rice trade is the subject of political decisions
by governments who are the biggest market
players and who consider rice a vital commodity,”
said Delima in the memorandum.
He said that instead of allowing foreign
participation in production, foreign participation
should be limited to post harvest facilities and
marketing activities.
“It is for these considerations that we strongly
oppose a proposed 100 percent foreign equity in
rice production and supply; while allowing for
limited foreign direct investments in post-harvest
and marketing activities, subject to consultations
with rice stakeholders,” Delima said.
“We however support foreign direct
investments in the area of farm mechanization,
post harvest facilities, credit, processing of by-
products and other high-end products, and
exports,” he added.
He proposed that the amount of foreign
investments be designated by the government’s
investment board, while joint venture agreements
may be subject to mutually-agreed upon ratio of
investments.
Delima recognized the importance of crop
as food and as source of livelihood for many
Filipinos in rural areas.
He said more than two million households
are engaged in rice-based farming; millions
more of farm laborers, and tens of thousands of
merchants, depend on rice farming and trading
for a living. (PhilStar/IMT)
photo courtesy of areason2write.wordpress.com

10. METRO SPORTS
5 teams battle for 14-category Basketball Dev’t Tournament
BY REYMAR LATOZA
Five teams from different schools in the
city and province of Iloilo joined and took
the challenge inside the hard-court in under
14 category of Developmental Basketball
Tournament sponsored by Iloilo Basketball
League (IBL).
The participating basketball teams came from
Central Philippine University (CPU), Colegio
de Imaculada Concepcion (Pototan Iloilo),
Iloilo National High School (INHS), Children’s
Integrated School of Altatiera (CISAT), and
Team Cougars.
In game 1, Pototan won over CPU, 48 – 29.
In game 2, Cougars defeated CISAT after
finishing the game with 10 points margin, 43 –
33.
In game 3, Pototan showed it hardcore
performance, bowing down INHS, 34 – 40
In game 4, CPU stood up from its first defeat
in game 1, edging large margin against Cougars,
58 – 29.
In game 5, CPU recorded its second straight
win, defeating INHS, 63 – 37.
In game 6, CPU upset INHS, 63 – 37.
IBL’s Development Tournament aims to
discover and develop potential Ilonggo Basketball
players.IMT
10 July 7 - 13, 2013
BY REYMAR LATOZA
“If you really want to be good at something
all it takes is just practice..practice..practice, and
everything will flow naturally.” Thea Camila
Lim believes that hard work brought her to
where she is now as a badminton player. Thea
stands 5’4’’ and weighs 53kg. She has been
playing badminton since she was a child. She
recalled that her father, who is also a sports
enthusiast brought her one time in an activity
to play badminton, and from then she found
badminton as an interesting sport, until she
deeply fell in love with it. Thea is a sophomore
Development Communications stdent, College
of Mass Communications at West Visayas State
University (WVSU). She had joined several
competition such as the State Colleges and
Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA)
Regionals 2012 – silver medalist (women),
SCUAA Regionals 2011 – Gold (women),
Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA)
2010 – Gold (mixed doubles category),
The hard court smasher
PRISAA 2009 – Gold (mixed doubles category),
PRISAA 2009 – Bronze (women’s doubles
category), Filipino Chinese Amateur Athletic
Federation (FCAAF) 2009 – Gold (women’s
doubles category), FCAAF 2009 – Silver (mixed
doubles), PRISAA 2008 – Silver (women’s
doubles category), PRISAA 2007 – Bronze
(women’s doubles category), PRISAA 2006 –
Silver medalist (singles women category).
Now here’s the exclusive interview of IMT
with Thea Camila Lim
QUESTION: Why badminton? What
makes it special to you?
Thea: Every sport has its edges, I know because
I do a lot of sports activities aside from badminton
but somehow I just fell in love with badminton
really. For me, I think it’s all in one. It’s not hard
to learn, and definitely not boring. You can make
new friends, it’s open to all ages and everything in
your body is moving including your mind. It’s like
chess and athletics all mixed up.
QUESTION: Describe yourself inside the
court
Thea:” I’m more of an offensive player rather
than a defensive one. I like to strike when I have
the opportunity to kill but I’m also very decisive in
determining which is who to kill. Basically, it’s not
just the power but it’s also the cleverness on how you
play the game.”
QUESTION: Tell us your experiences
during the time that you are starting
Thea: “I also remember how he bought us
this really heavy rackets before – it was a wish
brand and it was so heavy! But back then, like any
other amateurs, we didn’t really care as long as we
could just hit the shuttlecock back. We continued
for almost every weekend until it already became
a hobby for us, the guardian of the place saw us
and maybe saw potential, since we were basically
playing every weekend, and approached my
father suggesting that we should undergo a proper
training for us to really develop the skills. When my
father finally decided to make it serious he made us
undergo the proper training to play the sport and
so we did. “
QUESTION: Did you have a formal
training?
Thea: “I was trained by the Valiant club and
our coach would give us these 100 exercises and
drills nonstop every week, It was so intense but it
all paid off in the end.”
QUESTION: What do you prepare
yourself before the competition?
Thea: “Like any other athlete, before the
competition I usually train a lot for weeks, both
physically and mentally. I make sure that my rackets
and shoes are up for the challenge and that I have a
high endurance for every game, as well as the speed,
strength and flexibility to reach, dive and turn to
cover all parts of the court. Pretty much most of
my training days involved a lot of stretching and
drills! Mind conditioning a l o n g
with the body. “
QUESTION: What
are your learnings?
Thea: “No one is perfect
but I really do believe that if you
practice hard enough you’ll
benearperfection(with
the help of God).”
QUESTION:
Who is/are your
inspiration/s?
T h e a :
“My favorite
badminton
player, Lin
Dan ang Xie
Xingfang, and
all the great
b a d m i n t o n
players around
the world”. IMT
Ilo Airport...from page 1
Villar Continues...from page 1
Social news network, Rappler reported
that the reshuffling move was being mulled by
the agency a week after a Cebu Pacific aircraft
skidded off the runway of Davao international
airport, the country’s 3rd busiest. Local officials
and passengers criticized officials of the Davao
airport, as well as Cebu Pacific’s pilots and cabin
crew, for not responding quickly to the situation.
The implementation came after Cebu Pacific
aircraftcarrying165passengersovershottheDavao
International Airport runway. It caused the two-
day suspension of the airport’s operation. IMT
waste tulad ng hinugasang isda, mga bulok na
prutas, gulay at iba pa and we will process it after
7 days may organic fertilizer na sila”, she added.
In fact, the senator said their housing project
in Iloilo is now practicing this kind of method
using kitchen waste.
Villar said she has launched 200 livelihood
projects all over the country, including waste
processing, conversion of kitchen waste to organic
fertilizer, and processing of water lilies.
She said the newest waste processing they
have launched after the May 13 elections is the
waste plastic recycling factory in Brgy. Ilaya, La
Pinas City which turns plastic wastes into durable
school chairs.
Villar stressed the plant can produce about
1,000 armchairs in one month to replace those
wooden chairs and these could last up to 20 years.
“We could give these plastic chairs for free
for those deserving schools through the Villar
Foundation”, she said.
The senator added she could focus more on
her advocacy especially she is eyeing to get the
chairmanship on Agriculture as well as the Trade
and Industry committees as the Senate will have
their first regular session on July 8. IMT

11. MetroMiscYASA conducts 1st
Milk Shower
for dogs in PH
by mechel velasco
In celebrating their 1st
year anniversary, Yasa
Pet Shop and Grooming Services, unleashed the
First Milk Bath in the Philippines last July 1,
2013. It was another fulfillment for Ilonggos and
another achievement for the City of Love- Iloilo.
Yasa Pet Shop introduced first the bubble
bath in Panay and now they came to launch the
1st
Milk Bath in the country. The founder of the
Philippine Dog Welfare Association Inc. and at
the same time owner of Yasa Pet Shop, Maam
Virma Yasa, told us that the products to freshen
up the dogs were only used in the countries of
Australia and United States of America.
Iloilo City as the chosen city, where Yasa Pet
Shop in Molo District located is very fortunate
in bringing to us these products and made it
experience with dogs.
According to research, Milk Baths are said to
utilizelacticacid,analphahydroxylacid,todissolve
the proteins which hold together dead skin cells.
It was made legendary by Cleopatra. It is gentle
and moisturizer, so for dogs to undergo this kind
BY CRYSTALE MAY DE GUIA
Starting a business is not that easy as a piece of
pie. You need to be financially ready upon setting
off your business and also a necessity for you to
have the knowledge concerning your product or
services that you will be investing. These are some
of the factors that others may consider the main
ingredients in putting up an enterprise.
A 40-year old businessman confesses how
their business prospered without any money
involved as their capital. The very pleasant and
sociable attitude of Mr. Nick Salcedo was his
foundation to his dearly loved business, the
Superbody’s Muscle and Fitness Club located at
Javellana Bldg., Luna St., Lapaz, Iloilo City.
How did it happen? When and where did it
was established? Let’s discover the secrets behind
this very successful line of work.
“I was actually a diligent gym enthusiast
years before the opening of our own business,”
said Nick.
Year 1998, in a small room in a boarding
house, Nick founded his dream, an aspiration to
have his own fitness studio. During that time, a
friend of him, who was a gym operator, was so
pleased with his attitude. He was a hardworking,
persistent and very friendly man with the
Hard Work: A Capital to Success
potential of being a gym proprietor.
Without any doubt, Nick’s friend lend him
some of the gym’s facilities. There he started his
very own mini-exercise room with less than ten
customers all was facilitated by him. The demand
of his clients was so good that he expanded the
place and later on occupied the whole ground
floor of the boarding house. Nick’s customers
rapidly increased that he fabricated and added
additional equipment and facilities. Thanks to
his friend! No monetary capital only struggle and
that gracious attitude.
According to Nick, if you are good to people,
blessings will come in any way, may it be clients,
good health, blessings for his family and others.
By all means, the value of sacrifice for Nick
is great.
Years had passed, many things took place yet
Superbody’s Muscle and Fitness Club stand still as
one of the best fitness centers here in Iloilo City.
According to Nick, with the quality of
service they are offering at the gym, no one will
ever think of not going back again. These are
services like personalized training program for
beginners, professionals and advanced, privileges
are also given once a member and walk-ins are
also accepted. There is also nutrition counseling
program for a whole
year round to those
who wants to be
healthy and fit at the
same time.
“ W h a t e v e r
fitness program a
client wants, we will
provide him/her the
nutrition plan that
will fit in his/her
program,” he added.
A c c o r d i n g
to Nick, in every
service that he will
give to others, it is
with happiness that
cannot be converted
to anything. It is the
supplement that feeds
his heart.
How important
is a gym?
“A gym is
an exercise room
sometimes it is also
called a physical
education center
wherein everybody
gets to be hale and
hearty,” Nick said.
A gym work-out
is a type of activity
that will condition
your body, give you
more endurance,
and develop your
flexibility, strength
and at the same time
reflexes. Resistance is
also build-up.
According to
Nick, age also doesn’t
matter because for
him the older you are,
the more exercise you
need and if you worry
about the lack of
time, no, all of us has
time; we only need to
maximize it.
Be healthy and fit
everyday at Superbody’s
Muscle and Fitness
Center. IMT
of treatment will leave pet’s coat softer and shinier.
All breed of dogs can experience Milk Bath
and variety of this includes oatmeal, strawberry
and green tea. These products are made from
United States of America.
“We want to make every people aware
that dogs should be well taken care of by the
society and that dog owners can also help in
disseminating the right ways in their community.
The projects we are launching and promoting are
some means that can help them responsive of
their actions. We are preparing to go to every
Barangays for us to educate them, especially those
in remote areas.“
The President of the Philippine Dog Welfare
Association Inc. (PDWA Inc.), Mr. James Te
remarked. The launching of the First Milk Bath
is one of their accomplishments already. They are
preparing another activity this coming July 26-
28, 2013- A fun-run with Dogs.
This product is used in USA and Australia
only and now we are bringing it here in Panay.
“A dog doesn’t care if you’re rich or poor, clever
or dull, smart or dumb. Give him your heart and
he’ll give you his. How many people can you say that
about? How many people can make you feel rare and
pure and special? How many people can make you
feel extraordinary?”
-Marley and Me