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Punong Barangays are requested to submit to the CSWDO their updated list of Senior Citizens, as of June 30, 2022

Republic Act 9994 or the Expanded Senior Citizens Act states that only indigent senior citizens are qualified to receive the social pension from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) under the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens (SPISC).

RA 9994 specifies that seniors qualified to receive social pension are those who are frail, sickly or with disability; without any pension from other government agencies; and without a permanent source of income or source of financial assistance or compensation to support their basic needs. These qualifications were established because the budget for the implementation of the SPISC is limited.

Thus, the City of Baybay, through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO), decided to allocate funds for a One Shot Subsidy of P500 annually for Baybayanons who turned 60 on or before June 30 of each year. This is given to all senior citizens of the city, regardless of their status, every December of each year. Same is true with the Persons with Disability (PWD) in the City of Baybay.

It could be recalled that the City of Baybay started distributing the One Shot Subsidy since 2017 thus, the need for the barangays to update their list of senior citizens annually, with June 30 as the cut off date. This means that those who turned 60 on July 1 must not be included yet in the updated list of senior citizens this year.

In relation to this, The City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) of the Local Government Unit of Baybay City is calling the attention of the 29 barangays that have not submitted the UPDATED LIST OF SENIOR CITIZENS in their respective barangays to the CSWDO yet.  These include Barangays Bunga, Kan-ipa, Hilapnitan, Igang, Maganhan, Marcos, San Agustin and Sta. Cruz in the North District; Barangays Amguhan, Buenavista, Higulo-an. Kabatu-an, Kagumay, Kambonmggan, Monterio and Monteverde in the East District;  Barangays Balao, Biasong, Bidlinan, Kabalasan and Pomponan in the South District; and Zones 2, 5, 6, 15, 17, 18, 21 and 22.

According to Mr. Remegio Morales, the said list will be the basis in the preparation of the payroll for the One Shot Subsidy from the Baybay City LGU which will be distributed in December. (Marissa Miguel Cano, City Information Officer, Baybay City, Leyte)

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July 30, 2022 in Community News Comments (0)

Bugtong ang Baybay City LGU lang ang adunay Idol Ko Si Nanay nga pre-recorded videos

Usa si Baybay City Mayor Hon. Jose Carlos L. Cari sa mga Resource Speakers atol sa 75th Anniversary and 2022 Annual Convention of the Philippine Association of Nutrition (PAN, Inc.) dili pa lamang dugay (Hulyo 26, 2022). Angayang masayran nga gitambungan ang maong kalihokan sa mga Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS), mga Nutrition Action Officers, mga ginsakopan sa mga Local Nutrition Committees, mga Punong Barangay, ug mga volunteer health workers gikan sa nagkalain-lain mga dapit sa nasud.

Atol sa maong on-line convention, gisaysay ni Mayor Cari nga nasagmuyo siya sa resulta adtong 2017 Operating Timbang (OPT) hinungdan nga iya usang gihan-ay ang City Nutrition Office, naghimo og mga plano base sa resulta sa nahisgotang OPT ug gi-implementar gilayon ang nahisgotang mga plano uban sa masaligan nga mga kawani.

Matud pa ni Mayor Cari nga daghan ang mga programa sa nutrisyon nga gipahigayon sa dakbayan sa Baybay apan ang nakakuha sa pagtagad sa Philippine Association of Nutrition (PAN, Inc.) mao ang talagsaon nga pamaagi nga gihimo sa Baybay City LGU sa pagpahigayon og Mother’s Class ginamit ang pre-recorded videos nga giulohan og Idol Ko Si Nanay. Pinaagi niini, napahigayon nga hapsay sa mga BNS ang mga Mother’s Class sa ilang tagsa-tagsa ka mga barangay bisan pa kon wala naka-adto sa barangay ang mga resource persons.

Angayang masayran nga ang mga miyembro sa City Nutrition Committee gikan sa City Health Office, City Social Welfare and Development Office, City Agriculture Office, ug sa City Population Office ang nagsilbing resource persons sa nahisgotang mga pre-recorded videos. Samtang, ang City Information Office sa dakbayan ang nag-package sa maong pre-recorded video nga gi-record nga libre didto sa KR Recording Studio sa Zone 5 ‘ning dakbayan nga gipanag-iya ni Junjun Cano.

Matud pa ni Mayor Cari nga dako ang gikatabang niining mga pre-recorded videos aron padayon nag ma-edukar ang mga inahan kabahin sa ilang katungdanan sa ilang mga anak ug kon unsa ang mamahimong resulta kon ilang mapasagdan ang ilang mga anak, taliwala sa pandemya.

Sa katapusan, matud pa ni Mayor Cari nga, “Nakita naman natin ang resulta. Maaaring hindi pa po ito sapat pero naging mabuti na po ang status ng Baybay City sa sumunod na mga OPTs.  Salamat sa walang humpay na suporta mula sa National Nutrition Council (NNC), gayun din sa probinsiya at sa Rehiyon 8.” (Marissa Miguel Cano, City Information Officer, Baybay City, Leyte)

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July 29, 2022 in Community News Comments (0)

Tubag sa Baybay City LGU sa awhag ni President Bongbong

“Walay makatubag sa pangutana kon mao na ‘ni ang new normal o ang kinahanglan natong maandan.  Didto sa gawas sa nasud, pag-update sa bakuna ang ilang gitutukan. Kita, ang mahimo lang nato mao ang maghulat ug mangandam.”

Mao kini ang giluwatan nga pamahayag ni Baybay City Mayor Hon. Jose Carlos L. Cari atol sa iyang pagpakigpulong sa 15th Charter Day Celebration sa dakbayan sa Baybay.

Matud pa ni Mayor Cari nga walay nasayod kon naay ma-develop nga variant nga mas grabe pa kaysa Omicron hinungdan nga mao kini ang angayan nga pangandaman sa dakbayan sa Baybay.  Matud pa niya nga, “Dili ‘ta mag-ampo nga muabot ‘na. Hinuon, mag-ampo ‘ta nga dili ‘na muabot.  Pero, kon muabot ‘na nga higayon, kinahanglan nga andam ‘ta.”

Nunot niini, gibutyag ni Mayor Cari nga usa ang pagpangandam batok sa COVID-19 sa mga hatagan og gibug-aton sa pangagamhanan sa dakbayan sa Baybay. Haum kaayo kini sa mando ni President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. nga kinahanglan nga sulod sa first 100 days sa iyang pangagamhanan, kinahanglan nga 90% sa mga senior citizens ang nabakunahan ug 50% sa mga fully vaccinated ang nakapa-booster dose na.

Angayang masayran nga gibutyag ni Medical Officer V Dr. Jerome Profetana, sa City Health Office (CHO) ‘ning dakbayan ng sa pagtapos sa vaccination sa miaging semana, sobra na (86,036) sa target population nga 84,440 and nabakunahan na sa Local Vaccination Operation Center (ELVOC). Matud pa usab ni Dr. Profetana nga 74% sa mga 5-11 years old children, 128%  sa mga 12-17 years old, 108%  sa mga 18-59 years old, ug 79% sa mga senior citizens (60 years old and above) ang nabakunahan na. Hinuon, mipadayag siya sa kabalaka nga 11% pa lang sa target population sa dakbayan sa Baybay ang nagpa-booster dose na.

Tungod sa mando ni Presidente Marcos, kapin pa sa usa ka libo (1,028) pa ka mga senior citizens ang kinahanglan nga ma-fully vaccinated; samtang 39,000 pa ka mga Baybayanon ang kinahanglan nga mabakunahan og booster dose.

Samtang, padayon nga nag-awhag ang City Inter-Agency Task Gorce on the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (City IATF-MEID) nga mosunod gayud ang mga Baybayanon sa mga health protocols ug dili gayud mokumpiyansa tungod kay anaa pa ang virus dinhi sa sa dakbayan sa Baybay.

Angayang masayran nga pila na ka semana nga wala nay positibo nga kaso sa COVID-19 dinhi sa dakbayan sa Baybay.  Apan kagahapon (Hulyo 27, 2022) sa alas cuatro sa hapon, gibutyag ni Surveillance Officer Nurse Kristine Shayne Abarquez Castos nga aduna na usab kita’y usa (1) ka CONFIRMED ACTIVE COVID-19 CASE ug usa (1) ka ACTIVE PROBABLE COVID-19 CASE nga pulos mga Local Index Case (LIC) o walay record sa pagbiyahe gawas sa dakbayan. (Marissa Miguel Cano, City Information Officer, Baybay City, Leyte)

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July 28, 2022 in Community News Comments (0)

Baybay City Padayon sa Pag-suporta sa mga Fisherfolks ning’ dakbayan

Liboan (4,050) ka mga artificial reefs and gitunod sa napulo (10) ka mga Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) dinhi sa dakbayan sa Baybay nga walay mga natural coral reefs, segun sa gihimo nga assessment sa Coastal Resources and Fishery Management Office (CRFMO) sa dakbayan sa Baybay.

Gilangkoban kini niining mosunod nga barangay ‘ning dakbayan: Plaridel, Maslug, Bitanhuan, Sta. Cruz, Kilim, Gabas, Pangasugan, Marcos, Maybog, ug Caridad.

Mao kini ang gibutyag ni Ms. Alma Rose Prado, kawani sa CRFMO ‘ning dakbayan kinsa mao ang nangulo sa pagtunod sa nahisgotang mga artificial reefs.

Kahinumdoman nga atol sa Launching of Artificial Reefs in Barangay Plaridel, nagkanayon si Baybay City Mayor Hon. Jose Carlos L. Cari nga, “Kinahanglan ang kooperasyon sa mga mananagat kay dili na ninyo pwedeng sudlon. Ang importante karon nga ato unang hapsayon ang puy-anan ug itloganan sa mga isda aron modaghan sila diha.”

Angayang masayran nga gawas sa pagtunod og mga artificial reefs, gimando-an usab ni Mayor Cari ang CRFMO nga pangulohan ang paghimo og mga fiberglass banca. Nasayran nga sa unang higayon, baynte uno (21) ka mga fiberglass banca ang gi-release sa Baybay City LGU ngadto sa mga Bantay Dagat ‘ning dakbayan aron ilang magamit sa pagbantay sa ilang mga MPAs.

Baynte singko (25) usab ka mga fisherfolks associations ‘ning dakbayan ang nahilakip sa second batch of recipients sa fiberglass banca; samtang baynte nueve (29) ka mga tabangunon nga mga mananagat ang nahilakip sa third batch of recipients sa sa nahisgotang sakayan nga gihatag nga libre sa Lokal nga Kagamhanan.

Matud pa ni Prado nga wala pa sila’y gihuptan nga data on fish catch apan matud pa niya nga segun sa ilang gihimo nga binulan nga monitoring sa mga mananagat ‘ning dakbayan, nakasinati sila og inanay nga pagsaka sa ilang kuha gikan sa dagat hinungdan nga dako ang ilang pasalamat ngadto ni Mayor Cari gumikan niining maong mga programa alang sa mga gagmay’ng mananagat ‘ning dakbayan.

Angayang masayran nga sa pagpakighinabi uban kang Ms. Prado, iyang gibutyag nga on-going na ang paghimo sa fourth batch nga cuarenta (40) ka mga fiberglass banca diin ang uban niini ihulip sa mga nangaguba nga mga sakayan gumikan sa bagyong Odette sa miaging tuig.  (Marissa Miguel Cano, City Information Officer, Baybay City, Leyte)

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July 27, 2022 in Community News Comments (0)

Baybay City nag-formulate og kaugalingon nga sweet potato food and milk drink

Nakigtigom si Baybay City Mayor Hon, Jose Carlos L. Cari uban nilang City Nutrition Action Officer (CNAO) Nurse Kristine Shayne Abarquez Castos, Maternal-Neonatal Child Program Coordinator  Jennibeth A. Cañete ug ni Sweet Potato Processing Center In-Charge Dhebie Relente dili pa lamang dugay. Kini aron hisgotan ang kabahin sa formulation of sweet potato baby food and milk drink nga gamiton unya sa Supplementary Feeding sa dakbayan sa Baybay sa sunod tuig.

Mao kini ang gibutyag ni CNAO Castos kinsa nagkanayon nga nahuman na nila og formulate ang sweet potato baby food and milk drink ug nag-costing nalang sila aron masayran kon pila ang presyo sa matag botelya niini. Gibutyag usab ni Castos nga segun sa ilang gikasabutan uban ni Mayor Cari, 300 ka mga bata (6-59 months) ug 150 ka mga pregnant women ang  ilang gi-target nga ipa-ubos sa Supplementary Feeding ginamit ang nahisgotang produkto nga gihimo sa dakbayan sunod tuig.

Kahinumdoman nga atol sa Ground-breaking Ceremony sa Sweet Potato Processing Center kaniadtong Disyembre 8, 2020, gibutyag ni Mayor Cari nga maoy tumong sa Lokal nga Kagamhanan sa dakbayan sa Baybay nga katabangan ang mga mag-uuma sa lubi, nga kahatagan og dugang kita pinaagi sa inter-cropping, tungod kay mikunhod na pag-ayo ang presyo sa kopras niadtong higayona. Kamote ang gisugyot nga itanom ilalom sa kalubihan apan nadiskubrehan sa mga mag-uuma sa lubi nga mas maayo ang kita sa kamote kon itandi sa lubi hinungdan nga nadasig sila sa pagpanamom og daghan.

Samtang, aron pagseguro nga adunay kabaligyaan sa mga abot sa mga rootcrop farmers ‘ning dakbayan, gitukod ang Sweet Potato Processing Center diin kasamtangang gibaligya ang nagkadaiyang flavor sa sweet potato ice cream. Nagpasalamat usab si Mayor Cari sa Sangguniang Panlungsod sa makanunayon nmga pagsuporta niini sa ilang mga programa ug mga proyekto alang sa kabulahanan sa mga mag-uuma ‘ning dakbayan.

Samtang, gisaysay ni Castos nga nakakita si Mayor Cari og sweet potato baby food sa usa sa mga dagkong groceries sa Manila hinungdan nga iyang gidasig ang CNO ug ang SP Processing Center personnel nga maghimo og kaugalingon nga sweet potato food and milk drink alang sa implementasyon sa Nutrition Program ‘ning dakbayan.

Nasayran usab nga atol sa launching sa 48th Nutrition Month Celebration sa Baybay City Gym, gipasi-ugdahan sa City Nutrition Council (CNC) ‘ning dakbayan ang Taste Testing sa nagkadaiya nga variant sa ilang Sweet Potato (SP) Blend ug Sweet Potato Milk Drink. Matud pa ni Nurse Castos nga atol sa maong kalihokan, ang SP Blend nga gisagolan og manga, nagka ug abokado ang ilang gi-apil sa taste testing ug ang SP Blend nga gisagolan og mangga ang mas giganahan sa mga bata. Samtang, mas ganahan sa SP Milk Drink ang mga nagsabak nga misalmot sa maong kalihokan kasya sa Choco Milk Drink.

Angayang masayran nga atol sa Blessing and Turnover Ceremony sa SP Processing Center, si Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato dela Peña ang pinasidunggang dinapit. Kauban usab niya silang Undersecretary Rowena Cristina L. Guevara, Undersecretary Renato U. Solidum, Jr., Undersecretary Sancho A. Mabborang, Assistant Secretary Leah J. Buendia, ug  Assistant Secretary Maridon O. Sahagun. (Marissa Miguel Cano, City Information Officer, Baybay City, Leyte)

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July 26, 2022 in Community News Comments (0)

Baybay City Continues its Programs Against Illegal Drugs

The second batch of five (5) reforming residents started their three (3) months of Residential Reformatory Program at the Balay Silangan Drug Reformation Center in Barangay Kilim of this city last March 7, 2022. However, since their court order states that they have to undergo rehabilitation for six (6) months, then they have to complete the 18 months after-care program still inside the Balay Silangan Drug Reformation Center.

This was revealed by City Social Welfare and Development Officer (CSWDO) and Center Director, Dr. Manuel Icon P. Donaire who also said that their graduation ceremony will probably be scheduled on September of this year.

It could be recalled that in November 25, 2021, the first batch of five (5) reforming residents of the Balay Silangan Drug Reformation Center received their Certificates of Completion after undergoing the Residential Reformatory Program of the center for three (3) months.

During his welcome remarks, CSWDO & Center Director Dr. Donaire thanked all the partner-agencies which led to the success of the implementation of the program.

These include the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 8 represented by Assistant Regional Director Atty. Benjamin Gaspi, 14th Infantry Battalion thru LTCOL ERNESTO DELA ROSA, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) thru SINSP MARVIN CUBIO, and the Parole and Probation Officer Jesus Berongoy. He also thanked City Health Officer and Baybay City Day-time Therapeutic Community Center Head, Dr. Norberto Oja and the Balay Silangan Reformation Center staff.

Dr. Donaire recalled, “It started in 2016 after the marching order of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to strengthen the efforts of the Local Government Units against illegal drugs, the city established the first-ever Day-time Therapeutic Community Center not just in the region but in the entire country according to the Department of Health (DOH). Now, we are the first Local Government Unit in the region to operate the Balay Silangan Reformation Center.”

PDEA 8 ARD Atty. Gaspi seconded this statement and said that, “In Eastern Visayas, you (Baybay City LGU) are the first to have graduates of the Residential Reformatory Program and I am glad that the LGU is very supportive in the campaign against illegal drugs.”

While addressing the reforming residents, Atty. Gaspi said that, “But even if you have graduated from the program already, and you don’t have a family to support you and you won’t have your own source of income, you will soon be tempted to go back selling illegal drugs. Thus, you should be thankful that you have the support of your family and that of your LGU.”

According to Dr. Donaire, the graduates received a livelihood assistance of FIVE THOUSAND PESOS from the Baybay City LGU and TEN THOUSAND PESOS from Congressman Carl Nicolas Cari of the 5th District of Leyte. “The City also paid for their Skills Training on Motorcycle Small Engine Servicing NC II. They are now undergoing the 18-months After-Care Program, part of which is that they serve as Big Brothers to the new reforming residents so they report to the Balay Silangan on their assigned schedule,” added the Balay Silangan Center Director.

It could be recalled that the Balay Silangan Reformation Center in Baybay City also served as the After-care Facility of the Saving Lives at a Common Ground (SALAG) Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in Dulag, Leyte thus their graduates come to the center for strength to avoid relapse.

Vice Mayor Butawan, on the other hand, said that, “During the early part of the campaign against illegal drugs, many died and were not given the chance to change and be a reformed person. But here in the City of Baybay, we established the Balay Silangan Reformation Center, we hired personnel, and provided funds for its operation, thru the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City, to give you a chance to reform yourselves.”

“And because of our programs, thru which we attend to the persons who used drugs (PWUDs) and the pushers, the City Mayor, Hon. Jose Carlos L. Cari received the awards as the 2020 National Anti-Drug Abuse Council ADAC Special Awardee and the 2019 Regional ADAC Functionality ADAC Awardee in Manila,” added Vice Mayor Butawan.

And since the PDEA had been encouraging other LGUs to also establish Balay Silangan and implement the Residential Reformation Program, representatives from the Local Government Units (LGUs) of Maasin City and Bato, Leyte came to the Balay Silangan Reformation Center for bench marking, while the Hindang, Hilongos and Matalom LGUs had been inquiring on how the City of Baybay did it. (Marissa Miguel Cano, City Information Officer, Baybay City, Leyte)

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July 25, 2022 in Announcements, Community News Comments (0)

Health and Nutrition Services at its best despite the pandemic

Daghan ang naapektuhan gumikan sa pandenya. Adunay mga establisimiyento nga naundang sa una sama sa parlors, barbershops, computer shops ug uban pa tungod kay dili man kalikayan ang close contact.

Apan bisan pa niini, gipaninguha sa City Nutrition Office ‘ning dakbayan nga makapadayon ang mga health and nutrition services sa dakbayan sa Baybay.

Matud pa ni City Nutrition Action Office, Nurse Kristine Shayne Abarquez Castos nga kaniadto, ilang tapukon ang mga bata ug ang mga buntis aron kahatagan sila sa ilang mga supplements, isip tipik sa implementasyon sa Manutririon and Micro-nutrient Supplementation. Apan gumikan sa pandemya, gibutyag ni Castos nga gilibot sa mga Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) ug ang mga Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNSs) ang mga kabataan ug mga buntis sa ilang barangay aron mahatag kanila ang ilang supplement. Pinaagi niini, dili na magtapok-tapos ang mga molupyo sa barangay didto sa mga Barangay Health Centers aron lang pagkuha sa ilang supplement.

Gibutyag usab ni Castos nga kaniadto, didto tapukon sa iskuwelahan, Day Care Center o sa health center ang mga malnourished nga mga kabataan isip tipik sa implementasyon sa feeding program. Apan gumikan sa pandemya, gibutyag ni Castos nga usahon na sa pag-deliver ang mga pagkaon didto sa barangay ug ang mga BHWs na ang maghatud sa supply sa bata didto mismo sa ilang balay.

Ang Department of Education, sa laing bahin, wala na nagluto og hot meals, uban sa mga ginikanan, kay enhanced nutriban, gatas, ug mga prutas na ang ilang gi-distribute sa mga bata, nga naka-enroll sa feeding program, ug ila kining idungan sa paghatag sa module. “Mga easy-to-eat na nga mga pagkaon nga ma-store og 2-3 days na ang ilang gigamit sa ilang feeding aron dili na kinahanglan nga kada adalw magkuha sa supply sa bata ang ilang mga ginikanan,” dugang pa ni Castos.

Gibutyag usab ni Casto nga gipadayon gihapon sa ilang buhatan ang  implementasyon sa programa nga Proper Infant and Young Child Feeding diin gi-awhag ang mga inahan nga mag-exclusive breastfeeding sa ilang mga anak sulod sa unom ka bulan, bisan pa kon COVID-19 positive ang inahan sa bata. Segun pa usab ni Castos, “Mas dako man ang makuha nga benefit sa bata compared sa risk nga matakdan siya sa virus. Pinaagi usab sa exclusive breastfeeding, mas ubos ang kahigayonan nga mataptan sa nagkalain-lain nga mga sakit ang usa ka bata.”

Nunot niini, gipanghingusgan sa Lokal nga Kagamhanan sa dakbayan sa Baybay ang implementasyon sa Executive Order #51 nga nagmando sa Excluding Breastfeeding ug nagdili sa pagdawat og mga formula milk sa panahon sa pandemya. Kini tungod kay basin magsalig na sa formula milk ang mga nanay ug dili na magpasuso pa sa ilang mga anak, taas usab ang risgo sa diarrhea kay dili man maseguro nga limpiyo ang sudlanan sa gatas o sa tubig nga gamiton sa pagkutaw sa formula milk.

Matud pa usab ni Castos nga kon kapin na sa unom ka buwan ang bata, mahimo nang sugdan ang complementary feeding o ang pagpakaon og lugaw ug mga dinugmok nga mga utanon ang bata apan kinahanglan nga magpadayon ang breastfeeding samtang aduna pay gatas ang inahan.

Gibutyag usab ni Castos nga adunay ispesyal nga programa ang Department of Health (DOH) alang sa mga bata nga adunay acute malnutrition o niwang na gayud kaayo ug gitawag nga wasted hinungdan nga dili sila pwedeng mag-enroll sa feeding program sa Lokal nga Kagamhanan sa dakbayan sa Baybay.  Matud pa ni Castos, “Gihatagan sila og ready-to-use therapeutic food nga kaonon sa bata kada alaw.”

Nasayran nga sa wala pa ang pandemya, kada semana muadto sa Barangay Health Center ang mga wasted children aron sa pagkuha sa ilang ready-to-use therapeutic food. Apan, gumikan sa pandemya, matag duha ka semana na sila mokuha sa ilang supply. Nasayran nga sa ilang balay na usab sila gi-assess ug gikuhaan sa Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC), ginamit ang MUAC tape, aron masayran kon wasted pa ba gihapon ang bata o dili na.

Ang katapusan nga programa nga gihisgotan ni Casto mao ang Operation Timbang (OPT) o Growth and Development Monitoring. Matud pa ni Castos nga wala pa ang pandemya, weight, height ug Mid-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC) ang ilang gikuha aron makita ang improvement sa nutrisyon sa usa ka bata.  Apan gumikan sa pandemya, ang MUAC nalang ang ilang gkuha, ginamit ang MUAC tape aron mas menos ang ilang exposure sa bata ug sa bata ngadto kanila. “Pinaagi usab niini, dili na kinahanglan nga mogawas pa ang mga bata ug momenos ang ilang exposure sa ilang palibot,” panapos ni Castos.

Kahinumdoman nga bisan pa kon dugay-dugay na nga ZERO ACTIVE CONVID-19 CASE ang dakbayan sa Baybay, kanunay nagpahinumdom si Baybay City Mayor Hon. Jose Carlos L. Cari nga dili gayud mokumpiyansa ug padayonon ang pagsunod sa mga health protocols. (Marissa Miguel Cano, City Information Officer, Baybay City, Leyte)

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July 23, 2022 in Community News Comments (0)

BIDANI Strategy, LGUs legacy

Evidence-based planning is the key to successful program implementation. Thus, when the Visayas State University (VSU) presented in 2009 the Barangay Integrated Approach for Nutrition Improvement (BIDANI) Strategy, the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Baybay City adopted the BIDANI Strategy as part of the LGU Program. Accordingly, Resolution No. 132 was approved during the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of the City of Baybay on July 6, 2009.

During that time, however, the City still does not have data for the conduct of the Sectoral Planning and the Barangay Integrated Development Plan (BIDP). Hence, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on the use of the Barangay Management Information System (BMIS) Software was signed between the City Government of Baybay, the Barangay Local Government Units, and the Visayas State University (VSU) on January 15, 2010. The survey questionnaires were reproduced by the city and the Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) conducted the survey in their respective barangays.

The Baybay City LGU then hired 15 Emergency Encoders to facilitate the encoding of the BMIS Questionnaire from the 92 barangays and in 2011, the Barangay City Management Information System Book for Calendar Year (CY) 2010 was printed and distributed to various national and local agencies. This was utilized during the conduct of the first Sectoral Planning and in the crafting of the first 3-year Barangay Integrated Development Plan (BIDP) of the 92 barangays of the City of Baybay, which was facilitated by the BIDANI Personnel of VSU. Since then, the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO) personnel has been conducting the sectoral planning and the BIDP every 3 years, with minimal supervision from the VSU-BIDANI Staff. However, starting in 2019, the Sectoral Planning and Assessment of the BIDP is conducted annually because Baybay City Mayor Hon. Jose Carlos L. Cari wants the Programs, Projects, and Activities (PPAs) of the city to be evidence-based.

The BMIS  was also institutionalized thru City Ordinance No. 07, Series of 2014 entitled, “An Ordinance creating the City Management Information System (CMIS) of the City of Baybay and Requiring the Creation of Barangay Management Information System (BMIS) in all 92 Barangays of Baybay City,” thus, in 2015, 2016 & 2017, the CMIS & BMIS Books were printed and provided to the 92 barangays of the city.

The Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) attended the Regional Gender and Development Council (RGADC) meeting in 2018, held at the Lintaon Convention Center, and during that time, the PCW identified BMIS for possible certification and replication as Gender and Development (GAD) Notable Project of Baybay City. True enough, the City of Baybay was recognized as the First Local Learning Hub in Region 8 during the Celebration of the National Women’s Month last March 8, 2019. This was held at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Manila.

The BMIS also played a very important role in this time of pandemic as it was used as a tool for immediate and effective COVID-19 response, as follows: The BMIS data were used: 1) in identifying the Below Food Threshold families for the distribution of the relief goods; 2) in identifying the recipients for the Social Amelioration Program (SAP), and 3) in contract tracing (by identifying the household members of the COVID-19 patient for home quarantine).

Thus, to ensure the sustainability of the BMIS, the City of Baybay allocated funds for its implementation annually, from the 5% of its Gender and Development (GAD) Fund. The Local Chief Executive also issued Executive Order No. 14 creating the CMIS Team, the CMIS Ordinance was crafted, approved, and implemented; two (2) LGU employees were given regular positions to serve as BMIS in-charge, and the Baybay City LGU provides incentives to the barangays who are prompt in submitting their BMIS data.

Given this background about the BMIS, the City Mayor is hopeful that the enumerators will ensure that the data that they will submit to the CPDO are true and accurate because this is being used by the LGU in making huge decisions for the entire City of Baybay.

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July 22, 2022 in Announcements, Community News Comments (0)

Mayor Cari Shares the City’s Growth in Terms of the Local Industry at the Adaptive Governance and Innovation for Local Executives Webinar

Way back 1998, Baybay City was the biggest municipality in Region 8 but with very limited resources. Given the needs identified during the consultations with the barangay officials and the different sectors of the society, the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Baybay, headed by the then Municipal Mayor then Hon. Jose Carlos L. Cari, need to find other sources to finance its programs and services. Thus, they conducted an assessment of its resources and found out that Baybay is abundant in copra and abaca, during that time, so they went to Manila to introduce the municipality to a group of businessmen.

Then, investors came to visit the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Baybay and decided to invest in our beloved city. “Now we have the SC Global Coco Products, Incorporated, the Visayan Oil Mill, Specialty Pulp Manufacturing Incorporated, and the Green Carbon, Incorporated. Just lately, the Philippine Green Resources, Incorporated was also established in the city,” explained Mayor Cari.

These economic developments also paved the way to additional income to the residents of the barangays, where these industries are located, because they are either hired to work in the industry or sell food and other needs of the workers.

Asked what enticed him to invest in Baybay, the SC Global Coco Products, Incorporated Managing Director, Emmanuel S. Licup said that his considerations were the availability of the raw materials, proximity to the Cebu International Port, presence of basic infrastructure, farmer to market road, port facilities, very good roads, telecommunication, water supply and stable power supply, indispensable support from the LGU, through its City Investment Code, pro-active mindset of its officials, and the welcoming gesture of the Baybayanons.

The City’s Investment Code also paved the way to the establishment of banks, hotels, supermarket, malls and other establishments which helped improve the local economy of the city. Just lately, Mayor Cari revealed that there will be 14% decrease in the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of all LGUs in the country in 2023. But because the locally-produced income of the city of Baybay City is high, we may expect only a 7% decrease in our IRA next year.

It could be recalled that Mayor Cari was recently invited to speak during the Adaptive Governance and Innovation for Local Executives (AGILE) Webinar for Local Government Units (LGUs), dubbed as “From Purse to Purpose: Sound Local Financial Management,” on July 12, 2022.  This was because the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office 8 revealed that Baybay City is among the LGUs that was awarded the seal of Good Financial Housekeeping affirming the LGU’s honesty and full transparency and accountability in spending and auditing of public funds. As of May 27, 2022, only three (3) provinces, five (5) cities, and forty-five (45) municipalities in Eastern Visayas passed the Good Financial Housekeeping standards.

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July 21, 2022 in Announcements, Community News Comments (0)

DA RFO 8 RD Enriquez thanks Baybay City’s LCE for its all-out support to agriculture and fisheries

“I would like to acknowledge one of the Local Chief Executives (LCEs) in Region 8 who really support agriculture and I salute you on that, Mayor Jose Carlos L. Cari because seldom will you find the kind of LCE who gives all-out support to agriculture and fisheries.” This was revealed by the Department of Agriculture Regional Office 8 Regional Director Angel C. Enriquez during the Ground-breaking Ceremony of the Provincial Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Training, Development and Product Display Center held in Sitio Cienda, Barangay Gabas of this city.

It could be recalled that immediately after the consultations with the Punong Barangays, the youth sector, and the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on how the local government may help them, Baybay City Mayor Hon. Jose Carlos Cari immediately mandated the assessment of all the resources in the city. “The assessment revealed that we have numerous water impounding areas, thus, we introduced the establishment of upland tilapia fishponds. From only one, we now have five tractors that are used to loosen and break up soil clods at depths below the level of traditional disk harrow, free of charge. We also provided them the tilapia fingerlings and the technical assistance. In return, all that we ask of them is for them to re-invest their income and ensure that their products will reach our public market,” explained Mayor Cari.

As of now, forty (40) upland tilapia fishponds sites, involving 390 individuals, have been established in 30 barangays of the city. They are now providing and addressing the demands for fish in their respective barangays and some of their produce are already being sold at the Baybay City Public Market. Furthermore, Mayor Cari also reminded them that, “For us to sustain this program, we established our own tilapia hatchery and we are now providing fingerlings not only to our tilapia growers but also to that of the nearby municipalities.”

The Baybay City LGU also rehabilitated the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and deployed hundreds of artificial reefs that will serve as breeding grounds for the fish and other marine species. The city, thru its Coastal Resources and Fishery Management Office (CRFMO), also seeded abalone and sea cucumber in nine (9) MPAs to attract more fishes which will eventually lead to the increase in fish catch of the fisherfolks and in the decrease of the price of fish at the Baybay City Public Market. The Coastal Resources and Fishery Management Office (CRFMO) personnel are conducting regular monitoring of the marine protected areas and noticed an increase in the number of fishes and fish species within the municipal waters of the City of Baybay.

And to ensure that the municipal waters of the city will be protected from encroachment, the City of Baybay provided 21 units of fiberglass motorboats to the Bantay Dagat members for them to watch over the MPAs in their respective barangays.

Meanwhile, in order to provide the needed vegetables at the Baybay City Public Market, the city also implemented the Climate-smart Integrated Crop Management. Mayor Cari explained that, “Under this program, the LGU also assisted the farmers in preparing the land for free, provided the seeds, fertilizer, and the technical assistance, through the City Agriculture Office, and just lately the Monterico Farmers Association conducted the “Monterico Farmers Day” which was featured in ABS-CBN’s TV Patrol.”

During the presentation of Mayor Cari in the Adaptive Governance and Innovation for Local Executives (AGILE) Webinar for Local Government Units (LGUs), dubbed as “From Purse to Purpose: Sound Local Financial Management,” on July 12, he revealed that 63 farmer-cooperatives from 22 barangays had benefited from this program. He added that 32 large-scale vegetable producers, in 14 barangays, also received protective structures to ensure the sustainability of vegetables in the market to minimize price increase.

“This program has provided them additional source of livelihood thus, we in the Local Government Unit of Baybay City pray that this program will sustain, through the efforts of the beneficiaries,” explained Mayor Cari.

He also revealed that he mandated the Internal Audit Services (IAS)  of the city to monitor these livelihood programs to ensure that the funds released by the Baybay City LGU indeed served its purpose to the fullest.

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July 20, 2022 in Announcements, Community News Comments (0)