February 2010

Celso focused on job despite campaign fever

14/02/2010 08:03
The continuous implementation of the city’s projects and programs especially the delivery of basic services to the people remain the center of concentration of Mayor Celso Lobregat even as the campaign season for the May 10 elections has already started. “We will remain focused on our job,” Mayor...

DILG gifts Celso with P9.7M firetruck

12/02/2010 08:41
Mayor Celso Lobregat Thursday turns over to City Fire Marshall Col. James Ramirez the symbolic key to the P9.7 million fire truck (foreground) allocated by Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno in response to the city's many projects related to public safety. Assisting...

Gov. Lim avenue to undergo repair

12/02/2010 08:34
Traffic in the Gov. Lim Avenue and its adjacent streets will be slightly affected with the proposed rehabilitation and reconstruction work that will be undertaken in the area starting March 1. Mayor Celso Lobregat the other day issued Executive Order 311-2010 ordering the temporary and partial...

Percy leads taekwondo delegation to USA

12/02/2010 08:30
Percival Ramos, a City Hall executive assistant leads the Zamboanga Taekwondo team that is participating in the 2010 U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada USA from February 10-14. Ramos, represents Mayor Celso Lobregat, who has been personally invited by the USA Taekwondo and US...

Celso, JCI fete 5 outstanding youths

11/02/2010 08:17
Mayor Celso Lobregat, JCI President Misael Bernardo and the family of the late Sen. Roseller T. Lim that included Councilor Rudy Lim pose with the 5 outstanding Zamboangueño young leaders during awards night in celebration of Dia de Senador Roseller Lim Feb. 9. (JOEY BAUTISTA) Mayor Celso Lobregat...

Celso urges Zamboangueños to emulate Sen. Lim’s values

10/02/2010 08:06
Mayor Celso Lobregat urges residents to relive the values espoused by the late Sen. Roseller Lim, the only Zamboangueño senator, during a program marking the 4th Dia de Senador Roseller Lim Tuesday at the latter's monument in Normal Road. (JOEY BAUTISTA) Mayor Celso Lobregat rallied all...

Celso: Cabili’s resignation validates our observations on renewed talks

10/02/2010 08:01
Lawyer Tomas Cabili has resigned from the government peace panel effective February 8, the second member to do so in less than two months, because of the policy on confidentiality or secrecy in the on going renewed peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Mayor Celso Lobregat...

City remembers Roseller T. Lim

09/02/2010 08:29
Residents of the city today pay tribute to the late Roseller T. Lim, the first and only Zamboangueño senator, revered as the great filibuster. Dubbed as Dia de Senador Roseller T. Lim, today’s commemoration rite coincides with the late senator’s 95th birth anniversary. It is pursuant to Ordinance...

Celso distributes health cards in barangays

09/02/2010 08:28
2010-02-09 Mayor Celso Lobregat spearheads the distribution of renewed health insurance cards to indigent sectors in the barangays Saturday. Assisting the mayor is Venus Giron of the PHILHEALTH regional office. (JOEY BAUTISTA) Mayor Celso Lobregat over the weekend motored to the barangays to...

“No GRP-MILF peace pact sans Celso’s consent”—Gonzales

08/02/2010 08:37
Acting Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales over the weekend assured Zamboangueños that no peace agreement will be entered into by the national government and the secessionist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) without passing through the consent of the Zamboangueños. “The order of the...
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Photo News

2010-02-28 Former Sen. Franklin Drilon, guest of honor and speaker in the city’s 73rd Dia de Zamboanga celebration, February 26, accepts a miniature City Hall as a token of appreciation from Mayor Celso Lobregat, District 1 Cong. Beng Climaco and District II Cong. Erbie Fabian. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-28 Mayor Celso Lobregat leads city government officials in feting the 2010 Local Achievers, February 25 at the Garden Orchid Convention Center highlighting the 73rd Dia de Zamboanga celebration. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-26 Mayor Celso Lobregat cheers a beneficiary in the Lingkod Timog medical dental-surgical mission held in Taluksangay Wednesday, in line with the Dia de Zamboanga celebration. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

Mayor Celso Lobregat administers the oath of office of the newly-elected Board of Directors of Zamboanga Puericulture Center 144 headed by Dr. Rodel Agbulos, coinciding with the fellowship of participants to the National Summit of Puericulture Centers at the Patio Palmeras, Tuesday night. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

2010-02-23 Lingkod Timog volunteers from Rhode Island USA together with Philippine Marine Commandant Gen. Juancho Sabban and wife Irene pay a courtesy call on Mayor Celso Lobregat Monday, as they prepare for the conduct of a two-day medical-dental-surgical mission in depressed barangays in the city Feb 23-24 in line with the Dia de Zamboanga celebration. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-20 Mayor Celso Lobregat speaks before 3rd and 4th year students of the Maria Clara Lobregat National High School during the school's Junior-Senior Promenade Thursday afternoon. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-20 Mayor Celso Lobregat and District II Congressman Erbie Fabian share light moments during the solon's visit to City Hall Friday morning. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-19 The Youth Ministry from the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Parish chant "Adelante Zamboanga"! as they pose with Mayor Celso Lobregat and members of his red team during the youths' "Lakbay Pagmamahal" in City Hall Thursday morning. Also in photo are Councilors Cesar Iturralde and Luis Biel and Myra Abubakar and VP Elago. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-18 Mayor Celso Lobregat sends off athletes from the different local colleges and universities that will participate in the National PRISAA and SCUAA Meet to be held in Manila this week. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-17 Hon. Ek Nath Dhakal, Member of Constitutional Assembly of Nepal receives a miniature vinta as a token of appreciation from Mayor Celso Lobregat during the latter's courtesy visit to City Hall Tuesday morning. Accompanying the legislator is his Zamboangueña wife. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-16 305th Coast Guard Auxiliary Squadron officials headed by Capt. Josue Lee gift Mayor Celso Lobregat with an Auxiliary jacket during the group's induction and turn over of command February 13 held at the Park 88 Restaurant in Pasonanca. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-16 Mayor Celso Lobregat, City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos and City Social Welfare Officer Francisco Barredo pose with Philhealth personnel led by Venus Giron and Nadz Sajili and the plaque conferred on the city government as a universal coverage area in health insurance program Monday. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-14 Mayor Celso Lobregat welcomes to Zamboanga, Singaporean investor Andrew Ng (3rd from right) of Manxon Industrial Corporation, a multi-million company that will open in the city. Joining in the pictorial are members of the Zamboanga Food Processors Association led by Mike Alavar (3rd from left) of the famous Alavar Seafoods Restaurant. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-13 An amused Mayor Celso Lobregat witnesses the dragon dance, a traditional performance of Han people, which is performed in almost all special festivals to scare away evil spirits. In celebration of the Chinese New Year on Sunday, February 14, the Chinese community in the city holds dragon dances in the central district including City Hall last Friday. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-12 Benjie Chiong turns to Mayor Celso Lobregat a refurbished truck donated by his family to the Talisayan Barangay intended to help improve fire response efforts. Witnessing the turn over, are City Fire Marshall Col. James Ramirez, Talisayan chair Josephine Pareja, Councilors Cesar Iturralde, Luis Biel III, Rudy Lim and Aman Nuno and LLer Natividad and Kaiser Olaso. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-11 Mayor Celso Lobregat speaks about crucial issues concerning the renewed peace talks between the government and the secessionist group during a peace forum dubbed "Waging Peace in Mindanao" initiated by the Ateneo de Zamboanga Wednesday morning. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-02-09 Mayor Celso Lobregat and Cong. Erbie Fabian Monday distribute health insurance cards to indigent folks in line with the congressional Philhealth program. Assisting the two officials are vice mayoralty aspirant Cesar Iturralde and Philhealth staff. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

2010-02-08 Mayor Celso Lobregat obliges a pose with the new set of officers of the Zamboanga Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. led by President Pedro Rufo Soliven during the association's induction ceremonies February 5. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

2010-02-01 Mayor Celso Lobregat keynotes a Job Fair spearheaded by the ABS-CBN Zamboanga in cooperation with the city government and the Department of Labor at the Red Cross Training Center in Pettit barracks Friday. (JOEY BAUTISTA)