July 2009

Zambo, 1st to develop avian flu plan nationwide

31/07/2009 15:37
It’s another feather on the cap for Zamboanga City. The city government under the leadership of Mayor Celso Lobregat has been cited as the country’s first city to develop a City Avian Influenza Contingency Plan, a program aimed to protect the city from avian flu, commonly known as bird flu which is...

City deploys CELSO workers to parks, streets

31/07/2009 15:35
The city government has deployed workers to parks and streets to help strengthen park operation and management of traffic. City Caretaker and Administrator Antonio Orendian Jr. said the workers are part of the Community Emergency Livelihood and Support Outreach (CELSO) program of the city...

Celso gets fourth Sandugo award today

29/07/2009 10:57
Mayor Celso Lobregat will be presented with the National Sandugo Awards for Outstanding Local Government Executives by the National Center for Health Facility Development of the Department of Health in Manila today, July 29. The year’s award will be his fourth straight year. Last year, he was...

Celso unveils P5.9-M Maasin school project

29/07/2009 10:52
Mayor Celso Lobregat does the snipping honors during the unveiling of the P5.2 million school building project at the Maasin Elementary School MOnday afternoon. Assisting the mayor are Councilors NOnong Guingona, Luis Biel III and Rudy Lim (partly hidden), City Schools Supt. Dolores Alcantara and...

Celso unveils P16M garbage trucks

28/07/2009 10:15
To further strengthen the city’s garbage collection and disposal program, Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday spearheaded the inauguration of four newly-purchased garbage trucks and vowed to continuously pursue the cleanliness and sanitation program for the wellbeing of the residents. Costing almost P16...

Roca replaces ‘Eling’

28/07/2009 10:11
Seasoned broadcaster and committed kagawad of barangay Sinunuc Mario Roca will be the new executive assistant on barangay affairs vice Felizardo “Eling” de las Peñas, who passed away July 19 due to heart complications last week. Mayor Celso Lobregat made the announcement yesterday but stressed that...

Celso remains hopeful on 3 missing fishermen

24/07/2009 08:57
Mayor Celso Lobregat remains hopeful on the condition of the 3 fishermen from Mampang who were reported missing since July 6, as he directed law enforcement authorities to continue any and all search operations. Lobregat yesterday morning had the chance of discussing the issue with military...

As A(H1N1) cases soar 24, CHO urges anew: remain calm but watchful

24/07/2009 08:55
City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos has urged the public anew to remain calm but watchful of their health amid the increasing number of cases of influenza A (H1N1) registered in the city. This, as the CHO pursues without let up its information dissemination campaign on the prevention and control of A...

Celso formalizes truck ban through EO 272-09

23/07/2009 05:30
Mayor Celso Lobregat has issued an executive order formalizing an earlier temporary transport ban on six-wheeler cargo trucks from using/plying the major thoroughfares in the city. Lobregat’s EO 272-2009 specifically prohibits six-wheeler cargo trucks of more than five gross tonnage, trailers and...

Zambo still enjoys clean air

23/07/2009 05:27
Zamboangueños are still breathing clean air. This, after the Environment Management Bureau (EMB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has released early this month the results of the analysis of air samples collected for the second quarter of 2009. A copy of the analysis results...

Paseo, Jardin parkwalk, crowd drawers

20/07/2009 08:22
Thousands of people, day in and day out, visit the Paseo del Mar near the Fort Pilar in Rio Hondo and the Paseo del Jardin in Pasonanca since the two facilities were opened one after the other last July 10 and July 17, respectively. People from all walks of life—young and old, rich or poor,...

Celso: no to amnesty for ASG

20/07/2009 08:18
Mayor Celso Lobregat the other day said members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), notorious for the series of kidnappings, bombings, beheadings, killing innocent people and other terrorist acts, do not deserve to be given reprieves or amnesty as suggested by some sectors. “They are terrorists so how...

Celso unveils Paseo de Jardin Parkwalk

17/07/2009 11:51
Zamboangueños will have another exciting and picturesque landmark to while away their time, as the city today opens to the public the Paseo de Jardin Parkwalk with foodstalls at the Jardin Maria Clara Lobregat in Pasonanca. Mayor Celso Lobregat will lead the formal opening and blessing ceremonies...

Mayor welcomes Corpus: urges stepped up drive vs illegal gambling, guns

17/07/2009 11:43
WELCOME WITH OPEN ARMS: Mayor Celso Lobregat shakes hands with PSSupt. Amador V. Corpus, newly-installed City Police OIC Director as a sign of welcome to the new police official, as Gen. Ver Arieta of the Regional Police Office-9 looks on. (JOEY BAUTISTA) Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday directed...

P9.1M Sta. Catalina road project unveiled

16/07/2009 10:47
The Sta. Catalina road project, considered a major project of the city government under the administration of Mayor Celso Lobregat, was formally inaugurated yesterday morning easing traffic in the area. Equipped with a drainage system, the road project cost P9.1 million. It is 640 linear meters in...

Celso turns over school project in Divisoria

16/07/2009 10:42
Mayor Celso Lobregat together with education officials inaugurated yesterday morning the newly rehabilitated two-storey six-classroom building worth P1.5 million at the Divisoria Elementary School in Barangay Divisoria, east of this city. This, Lobregat said, brings to a total of P5,753,450.86...

Lapus wants Zambo’s best practices in education replicated nationwide

15/07/2009 09:58
Education Secretary has recommended to all communities nationwide to replicate Zamboanga City’s Operation 10-Rs or Recycle, Repair, Refurbish, Restore, Remodel, Repaint, Renew, Redistribute and Reuse, as a best practice to maximize scrap materials that can be reused to construct new school...

A(H1N1) cases soar to 7 but no cause for alarm—CHO

14/07/2009 11:21
Additional 2 cases of A(H1N1) were reported in Zamboanga City over the weekend, bringing the total number of cases to 7 as of press time. However, City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos maintained that people have no cause for worry or panic as he emphasized that A (H1N1) is a self limiting disease and...

Celso, Beng, Erbie’s alliance stays stronger beyond 2010

14/07/2009 11:19
The political alliance of Mayor Celso Lobregat, District 1 Congresswoman Beng Climaco and District 2 Congressman Erbie Fabian, the formidable triumvirate of the local Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino (LDP) party, remains stronger now and even beyond 2010 elections despite efforts by certain quarters...

Recovered whale expires

13/07/2009 10:28
Mayor Celso Lobregat helps beach goers and Bolong residents carry the recovered short-finned pilot whale ashore for the treatment of its minor injuries, suspected to have been acquired when it got entangled in a net. The 2.27 meter-long whale, however, expired in a mangrove in Sangali, 12 hours...

Celso gifts Tictapul, Licomo with P7.2M projects

13/07/2009 10:26
Mayor Celso Lobregat over the weekend stormed Tictapul and Licomo, two far flung barangays in the east coast to turn over four projects amounting to P7.2 million. In Tictapul, the mayor, along with Councilors Cesar Iturralde, Rudy Lim and Eddie Saavedra, inaugurated a farm to market road project...

Celso orders extensive hunt for missing fisherfolks

10/07/2009 10:14
Mayor Celso Lobregat has instructed police and military authorities to exert all efforts to locate three fishermen from Mampang who were reported missing since Monday. Lobregat has been closely coordinating with the authorities since the time he was informed of the incident Tuesday night. Yesterday...

SPES beneficiaries get DOLE checks

10/07/2009 10:07
Mayor Celso Lobregat personally distributed yesterday morning the checks, representing the 40% counterpart of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), to 627 students who availed of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) with the city government last summer vacation. City...

Celso unveils Paseo del Mar

10/07/2009 10:03
Mayor Celso Lobregat will lead this afternoon in the inauguration of the panoramic Paseo del Mar, one of his flagship infrastructure projects, at the former reclamation complex along Valderossa St., this city. The inauguration today will kick off with the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon to be led...

Continue measures vs A(H1N1)-CHO

10/07/2009 10:01
City Health Officer Dr. Rodelin Agbulos yesterday called on every Zamboangueño to continue vigilance against A(H1N1) but stressed that there is noting to panic for as long as residents heed the preventive measures. Agbulos said this, as the Department of Health has reported additional 2 cases of...

Celso orders truck ban effective today

09/07/2009 09:48
In an effort to address the city’s perennial traffic problem compounded by the ongoing road repairs, Mayor Celso Lobregat has directed the traffic enforcers to ban cargo trucks from plying the city’s main thoroughfares during peak hours effective today. Mayor Lobregat issued his verbal order...

Celso leads Nutri Month program

09/07/2009 09:40
Mayor Celso Lobregat on Tuesday, July 8, led city government, health and education officials in the opening program of this year’s Nutrition Month celebration with the theme “Wastong Nutrisyon Kailangan, Lifestyle Diseases Iwasan” which was held the city coliseum in Tetuan, city. Lobregat said the...

Lobregat asks police, TFZ to strengthen watch

08/07/2009 08:34
Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday ordered the police and Task Force Zamboanga to beef up security in all areas in the city in the light of the series of bombing incidents in other cities and provinces the past few days. Lobregat yesterday afternoon met with Task Force Zamboanga Chief Col. Santiago...

Celso joins Kenney in Zambo activities

07/07/2009 08:58
Mayor Celso Lobregat joined yesterday US Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie A. Kenney in her series of activities in Zamboanga City together with officials from Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) and Mindanao Economic Development Council (Medco). Ambassador Kenney, an adopted daughter of...

Celso, CHO reiterate call: don’t panic but heed anti-swine flue measures

04/07/2009 08:52
Mayor Celso Lobregat and City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos yesterday advised the public anew not to panic but remain vigilant and strictly heed all measures to prevent from being contracted with the A (H1N1), a viral infection declared by the World Health Organization to have reached the pandemic...

Amid Zambo’s first A(H1N1) case, Celso to Zambo folk: Don’t panic as preventive steps are being done

03/07/2009 10:32
Mayor Celso Lobregat has asked the Zamboangueños not to panic amid the confirmation yesterday by local health authorities that an elementary pupil of the Ateneo de Zamboanga University has been found positive for influenza A(H1N1), a viral infection that has caused so much national and global...

Celso tackles traffic woes amid road repairs

03/07/2009 09:13
Mayor Celso Lobregat the other day convened representatives from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), contractors, barangays and other agencies concerned in the ongoing road repairs and construction in national highways which bring about traffic congestion in most parts of the...

Devanadera cites Zambo’s stern anti-trafficking drive

03/07/2009 08:58
Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera recently cited the local judiciary and the support it has been receiving from the city government in the fight against human trafficking that virtually saved the country from international humiliation. Devanadera, who picked Zamboanga City for her first official...

OCENR leads propagules planting

03/07/2009 08:57
The city government through the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (OCENR) recently spearheaded the mangrove propagules planting activity in the 65 hectare mangrove forest traversing the coastlines of Mampang and Talon-talon in observance of environment month. OCENR Chief Engr. Reynaldo...

Despalo clarifies ‘project defects’ report

03/07/2009 08:55
City Engineer Luis Despalo yesterday clarified reports insinuating that the city government tolerates defective infrastructure projects stressing that the city is not remiss in its obligation to guarantee that quality and standard projects are implemented. Despalo said while it is true that some...

Celso-initiated P14.4M projects in Cabatangan unveiled

02/07/2009 22:53
Mayor Celso Lobregat, assisted by Cabatangan chair Edita Jalon Francisco and members of the City Council, unveil a drainage system project, one of the 8 infrastructure projects worth P14.4 million turned over to Cabatangan Monday. (JOEY BAUTISTA) Mayor Celso Lobregat remains focused in his mandated...

Zamboanga sardines companies join IFEX

30/05/2009 12:56
Zamboanga’s two leading sardines companies Mega Fishing Corp. and Universal Canning, Inc. joined the International Food Exhibition (IFEX) Philippines 2009 on May 15-17 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Business Park Bay City in Pasay City. The named brands Mega Sardines and Family Sardines held...

Senator Gordon bats for Zamboanga tourism

26/05/2009 12:47
Senator Richard Gordon gives his full support to Zamboanga tourism in a speech delivered during the staging of the Zamboanga Night dubbed “Celebracion Magnifica” touted to be the most attended, in the 2009 run of the annual Wow Philippines tourism campaign. The Senator, who graced the opening of...

Zamboanga, a city of the future - Kenney

17/02/2009 21:50
American Ambassador Kristie Kenney has dubbed Zamboanga as a city that is “leading the way among cities in the Philippines, of thinking ahead and looking at the future”. “That is one of the reasons why I am so proud to be a daughter of this city because this is a city that is not only of the...

Five outstanding leaders feted on "Dia de Roseller"

14/02/2009 21:26
Five outstanding Zamboangueño young leaders were conferred with the Roseller T. Lim Award February 11 in line with the observance of Dia de Roseller T. Lim. Mayor Celso Lobregat led city officials and members of the Lim family in feting the five awardees. (JOEY BAUTISTA) No less than Mayor Celso...

Mayor leads "Dia de Roseller T. Lim"

13/02/2009 21:15
Mayor Celso Lobregat, members of the City Council and members of the Lim family led by Former Vice Mayor Roberto T. Lim unveil the Senator Roseller T. Lim Monument at the Normal Road during the Dia de R.T. Lim Februay 9. (JOEY BAUTISTA) “He was one of the most outstanding leaders of his time and...

Na Mi Pueblo launched!

01/02/2009 08:00
Our new website has been launched! Na Mi Pueblo brings the best of Zamboanga City to the world. Now you can get the latest local news and keep abreast of events in the city, anywhere you are in the world. This website also features a blog, a city guide, a photogallery, links and resources...

2009-07-31 Mayor Celso Lobregat leads other awardees including Tetuan Barangay chairman Felipe "Nonong" Natividad from Region 9 during the 11th National Sandugo Awards for Outstanding Local Government Executives held at the Diamond Hotel in Roxas Boulevard Manila July 29. The mayor has been cited by the DOH for fourth straight year now for his support and commitment to the National Voluntary Blood Services Program. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

2009-07-31 Mayor Celso Lobregat shows his best form in this one on one exhibition game with NBA's most sought after coach Eric Spoelstra of the Miami Heat during a break in the basketball clinic administered by the NBA coaches and trainers, Monday, July 27. The project was a joint initiative of Cong. Beng Climaco, Mayor Lobregat, US Embassy and the United Sports. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

2009-07-29 Mayor Celso Lobregat speaks about the value of honesty, the main focus in the Self-Service Canteen program of Councilor Rey Candido (seating, fourth from left) during the project's launching at the Don Pablo Lorenzo High School gym Tuesday morning. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

 

2009-07-24 Navy Vice Commander Rear Admiral Emilio Marayag (2nd from left), accompanied by Western Mindanao Commandant BGen. Ben Dolorfino, Naval Forces Western Mindanao Commandant Rear Admiral Alexander Pama and Westmincom Deputy Col. Demy Tejares, pays a courtesy visit to Mayor Celso Lobregat in City Hall Thursday. Marayag arrived in Zamboanga en route to Jolo to preside over the turn over of command at the Task Force Comet. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

2009-07-22 Mayor Celso Lobregat and newly-installed Western MIndanao Command chief MGEN. Ben Dolorfino discuss security matters during the latter's courtesy call in City Hall Tuesday afternoon. Jotting down notes are Westmincom staff Col. Demy Tejares, Lt. Col. Noel Beleran and Maj. Eugenio Batara. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

2009-07-17 Mayor Celso Lobregat confers with newly-installed MGEN. Ben Dolorfino, newly-installed Western Mindanao Command chief after installation rites yesterday. Dolorfino takes over Lt. Gen. Nelson Allaga who is retiring from the military service. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

2009-07-15 Mayor Celso Lobregat administers the oath of the newly-elected officers of  the Zamboanga Press Club Inc. led by RPN's Gerry Lacastesantos. Witnessing the event is Councilor Nonong Guingona. (VIC LARATO)

2009-07-14 National Statistics Office Administrator Carmelita Ericta (3rd from right, seated) and her deputy Paula Malina Culiado (5th from right) together with NSO regional directors in MIndanao pay a courtesy call on Mayor Celso Lobregat Monday afternoon at City Hall. (JOEY BAUTISTA)