The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) in its 21st Anniversary Regional celebration here at the Grand Regal Hotel recognized its various partners from the national government agencies and local government units for the successful implementation of its JAILS FIRST program. Philippine Information Agen-cy (PIA)-Negros Occidental Information Center Manager Lorenzo Lambatin Jr. received the recognition in behalf of PIA Regional Director Atty. Ma. Janet C. Mesa for the agency’s information support and comprehensive television coverage of the bureau’s JAILS FIRST Program aired over CCN Views and Features-Hangpanay in Iloilo City.
JAILS FIRST is an acronym for the bureau’s goal to professionalize the handling of inmates and management of jails in the country. JAILS stands for Jail Management Services, Acquisition, Training and Maintenance of Human Resources, Innovations and Good Practices, Logistics and Support from the Top. BJMP Deputy Director for Administration and concurrent Deputy Chief for Operations J/CSUPT Doris Remedios-Dorigo, the first lady general in the BJMP, lauded the personnel of BJMP 6 for standing by their duties and for being united in implementing the programs of the bureau. "You made a mark before the public on how passionate you are as BJMP officers in delivering services to our clientele. It’s not surprising that for the last three months, stories and photos of your activities were featured in the local dailies in the region," Dorigo said citing the Community Relations Service (CRS) of BJMP for their active coordination with the media. According to Dorigo, since 2005 when the transfer of hundreds of prisoners to the Bureau of Corrections via the Roll on Roll Off, no untoward incident happened but instead, they doubled their efforts to capture an escapee from the Navotas Municipal Jail through the Aklan District Jail, a true manifestation of peacekeeping operation. Meanwhile, Atty. Mesa said that PIA was just doing its job as the information arm of government in their assistance to the BJMP and said they look forward to more projects in coordination with BJMP. Aside from PIA, BJMP also cited the Public Attor-ney’s Office of San Jose Antique through Atty. Antonio Alcantara and the National Meat Inspection Service 6 for the national government agencies. Recognized too were Engr. Amado Malhabour and Retired J/CSupt. Ernesto Canong for the training conducted to personnel and inmates. For local government units, mayors Emmanuel Aranda of Binalbagan, Angel Allan Celino of Roxas City, Patrick Escalante of Cadiz City, Juliet Marie Ferrer of La Carlota City, Christine Garin of the Municipality of Guimbal, Ronaldo Golez of the Municipality of Dumangas, Evelio Leonardia of Bacolod City, Jed Patrick Mabilog of Iloilo City, Francis Malabor of the Municipality of Isabela, Jose Montelibano of Silay City, Eric Saratan of Talisay City, Ramon Torres of Bago City, Gerardo Valmayor of San Carlos City, Melecio Yap of Escalante City, and Isidro Zayco of Kabankalan City were recognized for their support to their respective BJMP. Governor Felipe Hilan Nava, Congressman Alejan-dro Mirasol of the 5th District of Negros Occidental were both cited for their regular fund support and Bacolod City Councilor El Cid Familiaran for the city legislation on the appropriate fee for the issuance of inmates’ Certification of Detention.* (JCM/EAD-PIA6 Negros Occidental) Published by Negros Daily Bulletin
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More Bacolod councilors are set to take their oaths as members of the Liberal Party before Rep. Alfredo Abelardo Benitez (Neg. Occ., 3rd District), LP Negros chairman, at the Bacolod Pavillon Resort Hotel, this morning.
Joining Bacolod Councilor El Cid Familiaran as member of the LP are councilors Archie Baribar, Sonya Verdeflor, Catalino Alisbo and Elmer Sy, LP Bacolod chairman Frank Carbon said yesterday. Also expected at the oathtaking are former Bacolod councilors Juan Ramon Guanzon, Ana Marie Palermo and Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, Carbon added. Those who take their oaths today are among those expected to be included in the LP slate for 2013, Carbon said. Carbon said he, Andres Hagad and Butch Ebreo will also be among the LP candidates for councilors in 20913, and, possibly, also Ray Carmona. He said they will decide whether to field a full slate from congressman to councilors, or just councilors. They may also coalesce with an existing political party in Bacolod, he added.*CPG BY CARLA GOMEZ Visayan Daily Star Bayan Muna Partylist and Gabriela Women's Partylist groups led a picket in front of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos yesterday opposing House Bill 6069 authored by Bacolod Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. that would convert government hospitals into corporations.
The picket was staged while a forum/public consultation on the measure was being held by Golez inside the school campus. House Bill 6069 authored by Golez and (Neg. Occ. 3 rd District) Rep. Alfredo Marañon III, intends to covert public hospitals into national government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC's) and turn them into independent money-making entities responsible for generating their own funding. Pia Garduce, chief of staff of GWP Rep. Emmi de Jesus, yesterday said there are 26 tertiary hospitals targeted by the bill for “corporatization” in the country and four of these are found in the Visayas. She said “corporatization” has no other meaning but privatization. In promoting profiteering in health service delivery, the cost of health services will increase, thereby displacing charity patients, she said. However, Golez said during the public consultation, that privatization and corporatization are not the same. He said he is against the privatization of existing government hospitals. He said the bill is not anti-poor because if a government hospital is corporatized, health services will be more accessible to the poor. INCOME GENERATING The hospitals will be allowed to engage in income-generating activities and the income from it can be used to subsidize services for the poor, upgrade facilities and equipment, he said. Long bureaucratic processes will be cut and the corporatized hospitals will be more responsive to the needs of the people, Golez said. Maria Lourdes Sanchez, secretary of the Committee on Health of the House of Representatives, said the bill is still under committee deliberation. Bayan Muna-Negros chairman Alejandro Deoma said that since 2008, the budget of government owned hospitals has been increasing. If government wants to improve the facilities and services of its hospitals, it should increase the budget for these institutions, he said. The government hospital is the only sanctuary left for the poor, he added. Frances Bondoc, GWP deputy secretary said that for the 2013 proposed national budget, P56.8 billion for health services spells a mere P1.69 for each Filipino per day. Government should increase the budget for health services, she said. MORE EXPENSIVE Garduce said that, based on experience in exiting GOCC hospitals, procedures and diagnostic procedures at the Philippine Heart Center, Lung Center of the Philippines, Philippine Children's Medical Center, and National Kidney and Transplant Institute, are more expensive compared to other public and even private hospitals. She said “corporatization” will affect health workers' job security, benefits and rights and will deprive indigent patients access to health services. The aim is for the government to be liberated from the maintenance and other operating expenditures of the hospitals, leaving the responsibility of funding to the hospital themselves, she said. MASSIVE CAMPAIGN Rina Amacio, GWP vice president for Visayas, said they are launching a massive campaign against H.B. 6069 of Golez and H.B. 6145 of House Deputy Speaker Northern Samar Rep. Raul Daza or an “Act Instituting a Corporate Restructuring Program for National Government Hospitals.” Rhodora Badayos, chairman of Samakana Urban Poor, said they are one in pushing for the junking of the bill that will only kill Filipinos especially the poor. Dr. Fresco Yapendon of the Philippine Academy of Medical Specialists said their organization will try to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the bill. Dr. Robert So of PhilHealth said the Department of Health has set aside about P12 billion for the enrollment of the poorest of the poor in PhilHealth. He said it is the health insurance that will take care of the hospital expenses of its members. A representative of Association of Health Workers said the bill has no provision that hospital employees will be automatically absorbed. Golez said there will be no displacement of current employees of hospitals that will be corporatized. He said health insurance is the most important of all. With health insurance anyone can avail of the services of a private hospital, he said. “There is no difference between the government and private hospital if you have health insurance,” Golez said. He also said there are no public hospitals in London and the U.S. EVERYONE NOT ELIGIBLE Garduce said not all the poor are eligible to become beneficiaries of PhilHealth indigent program subsidized by the government. Only those who are identified through the National Household Targeting System by the Department of Social Welfare and Development are automatically enrolled in the PhilHealth sponsored program and can avail of the No Balance Billing (NBB), she said. Golez also claimed that said when government hospitals become government-owned and controlled corporations, they can act on their own and no longer need approval from the DOH. Also present were Undersecretary Ted Herbosa of the DOH, Councilors El Cid Familiaran, Catalino Alisbo, a representative of Councilor Em Ang, Sum-ag Parish Priest Fr. Aniceto Buenafe, Bayan Muna chairperson Alejandro Deoma, Jewel Mae Lobaton-Pimentel, some barangay captains, students, and other stakeholders.*CGS BY CHRYSEE SAMILLANO Visayan Daily Star _
resolution requesting Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Lobredo to temporarily hold in abeyance the mandatory installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems in buildings/structures, per Republic Act 9514, or the Fire Code of the Philippines, was unanimously approved by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday. Authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran, the resolution said the Implementing Rules and Regulations of R. A. 9514 mandates all building/structure owners to install the Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems (AFSS) as precautionary measure against possible occurrence of fire. While the business sectors welcome this law as it would protect their property against possible occurrence of fire, many of them claims that they cannot afford the cost of AFSS, it said The business and women sectors in Bacolod City said during a recent meeting that installing the AFSS in their buildings might compromise the capability and integrity of their structures, and many of them still cannot afford to buy one, the resolution said. Because of the issues raised, they are requesting the concerned government agency to hold in abeyance meanwhile the implementation of the mandatory installation of the fire protection gadget, it added.*CGS Members of the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod approved in yesterday’s session a resolution authored by Councilor El Cid Familiaran requesting DILG Sec. Jesse Robredo, to temporarily hold or suspend the mandatory installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems (AFSS) pursuant to Republic Act 9514, known as the Fire Code of the Philippines.
The Implementing Rules & Regulations (IRR) of R. A. 9514 or the Fire Code of the Philippines mandates to all building/structure owners to install the Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems(AFSS) as precautionary measure against possible occurrence of fire. The business sectors welcome this law, as it would protect their property against possible occurrence of fire, however a big segment of them claimed that they can not afford for the cost of AFSS; In the recent discussion of businessmen in the City of Bacolod, they aired their concern of having this AFSS. They said, installing such gadget in their buildings might compromise the capability & integrity of the structures, aside from the financial requirement to have such, as installing the same in the building is too expensive, and many of them by now still cannot afford to buy such System; Due to the said issues raised, it would be deemed proper and prudent for our concerned government implementing agency to meanwhile hold the implementation of mandatory installation of this fire protection gadget; Therefore the the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City earnestly requests the Department of Interion and Local Government(DILG) Secretary Jesse M. Robredo to temporarily hold the mandatory installation of Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems (AFSS) in buildings/ structures, per Republic Act No. 9514, otherwise known as the Fire Code of the Philippines.* Submitted by E |
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