Capitol opens SMS hotline to address public concerns
by: Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, March 22 (PIA) --- The Governor's office is now a text away after the Negros Oriental Capitol officially opened a hotline number for residents of this province to send their concerns to.
The hotline number 0921- 207- 5236 is now open for issues and concerns that local residents would like to directly make known to Gov. Roel Degamo, said Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo.
Sedillo said the hotline is under the Governor's program called “I-Text Mo Kang Degamo.” “The governor wanted to make his office accessible to anyone who wishes to communicate with him,” said Sedillo.
The governor has earlier said that all types of messages are welcome through the hotline number- from complaints regarding provincial government programs or employees and officials to personal concerns and requests for assistance.
He is also confident that the hotline will help in the provincial government's contnuing efforts against red tape.
Degamo has assured that all messages sent thru the hotline will be treated with confidentiality and that he will promptly act on the concerns that will be raised.(RMN/PIA7 Negros Oriental)
Gov. Roel Degamo said the central block construction is pegged to cost around P300 million.
Negros Oriental seeks funds from DOH for hospital block construction
by: Rachelle M. Nessia
DUMAGUETE CITY, March 22 (PIA) --- The provincial government of Negros Oriental, Philippines is seeking financial aid from the Department of Health (DOH) for the construction of a four-storey central block inside the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital (NOPH) compound.
The governor has raised the request to DOH Secretary Enrique Ona in an earlier talk and the latter has intimated that the department will support the construction project.
Degamo said the provincial government is currently in the process of procuring 40-footer sea vans costing about P1 million to be used as temporary wards at the NOPH.
The central block construction inside the NOPH was a project of the late Gov. Emilio C. Macias II who wanted to decongest the perennially overcrowded government hospital.
A tertiary-level hospital, NOPH's bed capacity is only at 250 yet records show that it has an average daily admission of 350 patients.
The first two storeys of the proposed central block will be utilized for maternal and surgical wards while the next two floors will house private wards.
“Gov. Degamo intends to finish this project under his term,” said Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo. (RMN/PIA-7 Negros Oriental)
Amlan, NegOr gets P1M for good housekeeping prize
by: Jennifer Catan-Tilos
DUMAGUETE CITY Mar 22 (PIA) The municipality of Amlan in Negros Oriental received P1M recently in Malacañang from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as Performance Challenge Funds (PCF) for good local government housekeeping.
According to DILG Provincial Director Jofralito Lorico the municipality of Amlan is one of the 15 fourth and sixth class municipalities in the country that received the incentives and conferred with the Seal of Good Housekeeping
Director Lorico said the good housekeeping seal is given to local government units (LGUs) for their excellent performance in internal housekeeping in the areas of planning, sound fiscal management, transparency and accountability and valuing of performance information.
Amlan in Negros Oriental is a fourth class coastal town with 22,173 population based on the 2008 official count conducted by the National Statistics Office (NSO). It has only eight barangays whose residents are mostly farmers and fishermen.
The prize will be used for the implementation of priority projects aligned to national government priorities in order to achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
The fund can be used to maintain road network to boost tourism and local economic development and comply with the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 and Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.
Among the 15 LGU awardees are: Region I – Alilem, Ilocos Sur; Region 2 – Quezon, Isabela and Saguday, Quirino; Region IV-A — Mataas na Kahoy, Batangas; Region V- Camaligan, Camarines Sur; CAR – Banaue, Ifugao and Lagawe, Ifugao.