January 2010

Celso: “Ours is an administration that is tried, tested and can be trusted”

29/01/2010 08:41
Marked by accomplishments and performance, the Lobregat administration is as one that is tried and tested and can be trusted. This, as Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday gave a full accounting of the events and gains that his administration confronted and achieved from 2007-1009 in what he termed as...

Celso distributes cash aid to fire victims

27/01/2010 08:15
Mayor Celso Lobregat Tuesday afternoon distributes cash assistance a victim of a fire incident in Manicahan last Dec. 31. Assisting the mayor is City Social Welfare Officer Francisco Barredo. (JOEY BAUTISTA) As part of the continuing relief assistance program of the city government, Mayor Celso...

Celso, NDCC, OCD set climate change summit Feb. 3

26/01/2010 08:35
Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday said a summit on climate change aimed primarily to explain the science and future impact projections as well as discuss relevant strategies on how communities can adapt to climate change is set on February 3 in the city. Dubbed “Multi-stakeholder Forum on Climate...

Lobregat unfazed by “hate campaign”; focused on job

25/01/2010 08:33
As the election period draws near, administration critics intensify their advocacy to discredit the city’s chief executive on issues they believe can help twist support and ensure their victory in the May 10 elections. But Mayor Celso Lobregat is not intimidated by the volley of criticisms and...

Weightlifting champs get cash incentives

23/01/2010 06:57
Four Zamboangueño weightlifters who won medals in the recently concluded Youth Asian Championship held in Dubai received cash incentives from the city government as a show of appreciation for their feats. Mayor Celso Lobregat turned over the individual checks to gold medallists Maybelin Pablo and...

Celso: Abaya, Adel set Zambo visit to finalize consultation

20/01/2010 06:30
Officials from the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) are expected to come to Zamboanga end of this month to finalize plans for the conduct of a true, genuine and credible consultations involving all sectors in the city and the neighbouring areas sometime February. Mayor Celso...

Celso welcomes PBA cagers in City Hall

17/01/2010 08:39
Mayor Celso Lobregat together with Congresspersons Beng Climaco and Erbie Fabian tosses the ball kicking off the start of the PBA's San Miguel Beer and Talk and Text showdown at the City coliseum Saturday afternoon. (JOEY BAUTISTA) Mayor Celso Lobregat Friday warmly welcomed Philippine Basketball...

Celso orders extended work hours for biz permit process

15/01/2010 08:34
Mayor Celso Lobregat has ordered the extension of work hours of offices involved in the business permit renewal to accommodate more clients. Work hours are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and from 8a.m. to 12noon and 1-5 p.m. during Saturdays and Sundays. Businessmen have started...

League of Cities sets next step on cityhood issue

15/01/2010 08:32
Officers and members of the League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) met in Manila Thursday to discuss issues affecting the 120 cities in the country specifically the recent ruling of the Supreme Court granting cityhood to 16 municipalities. Mayor Celso Lobregat said the LCP headed by Mandaluyong...

Lobregat relays Zambo’s gratitude to Kenney

14/01/2010 08:25
Mayor Celso Lobregat inducts the officers of the Lumayang Lumbangan Water System Committee which will oversee the water system project jointly undertaken in the area by the Rotary Club of Zamboanga and the USAID in coordination with the city government. (JOEY BAUTISTA) Mayor Celso Lobregat...

Lobregat distributes health insurance to 3,512 indigents

13/01/2010 08:10
Mayor Celso Lobregat spearheads the distribution of renewal health insurance cards to some 3,000 indigent and various sectors under the expanded Philhealth program of the city government. Assisting the mayor during the distribution held at the City Coliseum Tuesday morning are members of the City...

Frustration led Adel to resign from peace panel—Lou

12/01/2010 08:13
Adel Antonino has resigned from the peace panel representing the local government unit and business sectors due to frustration and disgust over the manner the government undertakes the peace process specifically in the conduct of consultations with different stakeholders in Mindanao. This was bared...

Celso awards scholarship certificates to 67 students

12/01/2010 08:02
The city government's almost 70 academic scholars flank Mayor Celso Lobregat, Councilors Rey Candido and Joefel de las Peñas, education and other city officials after the awarding of checks and certificates at the City Hall conference room Monday afternoon. (JOEY BAUTISTA) Mayor Celso Lobregat...

Celso restates need for true, genuine consultation

11/01/2010 08:44
Always meticulous and precise in his moves concerning the peace process, Mayor Celso Lobregat stressed that true, genuine and meaningful public consultations not only with local government officials with all stakeholders and sectors of the society are crucial foundations for any peace...

Mar Roxas cites Celso’s role in keeping country intact

11/01/2010 08:42
Senator Mar Roxas, vice presidential bet of the Liberal Party, has highlighted the very crucial role played by Mayor Celso Lobregat in the fight to prevent the country from being dismembered and torn apart through the unconstitutional memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) that sought...

Lobregat welcomes new ZCPO OIC director

10/01/2010 08:13
Mayor Celso Lobregat welcomes Col. Edwin de Ocampo as the officer-in-charge of the Zamboanga City Police Office vice Col. Amador Corpus who has assumed as provincial director of Tarlac in Luzon effective January 9. Col. Mario Yanga, PNP-9 Deputy Director installed de Ocampo in an informal ceremony...

Kenney visits Zambo for last time

08/01/2010 09:15
American Ambassador Kristie Kenney, adopted daughter of Zamboanga, visits Zamboanga City today, her last official visit before she departs for another assignment this month. Ambassador Kenney will keynote the turn over of the newly-completed Tetuan-Guiwan footbridge, a project undertaken by the...

Well-prepared Celso joins Dipolog peace Consultation

08/01/2010 09:04
Mayor Celso Lobregat confers with other local government chief executives in the region in the course of the consultation series on the renewed peace talks conducted by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) at the Top Plaza Hotel in Dipolog City Jan. 7-8. (JOEY...

Celso leads destruction of seized firecrackers

07/01/2010 09:18
Mayor Celso Lobregat drenches seized firecrackers and pyrotechnics into a drum of water, a yearly activity done after New Year to emphasize the implementation of the firecracker law, in front of City Hall Wednesday. Looking on are Councilor Rudy Lim, Council aspirant Elbert Atilano and Police...

Businessmen crowd City Hall

05/01/2010 08:41
Businessmen started flocking City Hall yesterday either to secure or renew business license permits which will end January 20. Mayor Celso Lobregat said more facilities such as additional assessment tables and chairs have been set up at the ground floor and second floor of the City Hall building to...

Celso lectures VM on peace panel representation

05/01/2010 08:39
With his substantial knowledge on peace panel composition as well as peace negotiations between the government and secessionist groups, Mayor Celso Lobregat has emphasized anew that the appointing authority for any membership in the government peace panel is “exclusively vested upon and within the...

Beng unveils rehabilitated emergency ward

04/01/2010 09:30
As a New Year’s gift to her constituents, Cong. Beng Climaco of District I will inaugurate and turn over today, January 4, the newly rehabilitated and renovated emergency ward of the Zamboanga City Medical Center. Forming part of her advocacy on health, the emergency ward renovation and...

Celso orders swift repair of Taluksangay bridge

04/01/2010 09:29
Mayor Celso Lobregat has instructed the City Engineer’s Office to immediately restore and construct a new bridge in sitio Tawi-tawi in Taluksangay that collapsed on New Year’s Eve due to overloading. Lobregat at the same time ordered City Social Welfare Officer Francisco Barredo to closely monitor...

Zamboangueños remember Ma’am Caling

03/01/2010 07:35
Six years after her death, the memory of Mayor Maria Clara Lobregat remains fresh in the recollection of Zamboanguenos. This, as local residents, representing the different sectors participated in the simple program yesterday marking the 6th death anniversary of the late Ma’am Caling, the city’s...

Zambo New Year begins with record firework display

03/01/2010 07:33
The city government staged a spectacular fireworks show with huge chrysanthemum starbursts lighting up the most popular Paseo del Mar, Friday, kicking off the New Year celebration in Zamboanga. The first ever to be held in Asia’s Latin City, the grand fireworks display was preceded by the New Year...

Photo News

2010-01-31 Veteran broadcaster Pat Dugan Saturday receives from Mayor Celso Lobregat a replica of a check amounting to P1.5 million representing initial payment for the lot where a housing project for city workers will be rise and will be called Dugan Ecology Village Homeowners Association, Inc. in Lunzuran. Witnessing are Lunzuran chairman Efren Perez, City Housing Czar Rodrigo Pagotaisidro and beneficiaries of the project. (ROLLY CARPIO)
2010-01-31 Mayor Celso Lobregat Saturday spearheads the ribbon cutting ceremony prior to the groundbreaking of the Dugan Ecology Village Homeowners Association, Inc. in Lunzuran, a housing project for city government employees. Assisting the mayor are lot owner Pat Dugan, Lunzuran chairman Efren Perez, City Housing czar Rodrigo Pagotaisidro and city gov’t employees. (ROLLY CARPIO)

2010-01-25 Mayor Celso Lobregat and members of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino pose with the newly-inducted officers and members of the Junior Chamber International-Zamboanga Chapter Saturday night. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

 

2010-01-25 Mayor Celso Lobregat administers the oath of newly hired midwives and other health workers Friday, at the City Hall conference room, as City Health Officer Rodel Agbulos listens intently. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-01-21 Mayor Celso Lobregat takes a look at the perspective and plan of the Plaza del Pilar, an ongoing project that is expected to be another attractive landmark located in front of the Fort Pilar shrine and the scenic Paseo del Mar. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-01-21 The city development strategies (CDS), Zamboanga's blue print for development is the focus of Mayor Celso Lobregat's message to participants to the 2-day Regional Symposium on Advocacy and Partnership on Biosafety and Biosecurity in Western Mindanao organized by the Phil. Biosafety and Biosecurity Association and the WMSU's College of Science and Math. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-01-20 Mayor Celso Lobregat Tuesday morning personally inspects the road project initiated and funded by the city government in Sta. Catalina. With the mayor during the inspection are Sta. Catalina chairman Iti Banua and City Engineer Luis Despalo. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-01-15 Mayor Celso Lobregat awards the cash incentive to Iris Tan Raniola, a native of Divisoria who bagged the bronze medal in the Billiards Pool competition in the recently concluded Asian Games held in Thailand. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-01-10 All beams Liberal Party Vice Presidential bet Sen. Mar Roxas, Mayor Celso Lobregat and District I Cong. Beng Climaco pose with residents of barangay Mariki after the inauguration of a multi-purpose center initiated by Climaco January 9. While the L sign stands for Liberal, it also stands for Lobregat and Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
2010-01-06 Mayor Celso Lobregat Tuesday joins Regional Command-9 Chief PCSupt. Angel Sunglao and other PNP officers and men in the observance of the 21st anniversary of the Cawa-cawa seige that resulted to the renaming of the Cawa-cawa police headquarters and the Mercedes headquarters into the Camp Batalla and Camp Abendan, respectively, in honor of Gen. Batalla and Col. Romeo Abendan who were killed in that incident. Also in photo is Abendan's wife Nenie. (JOEY BAUTISTA)