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Kape kag Isyu RTD Wendam Iloilo City July 11, 2015 Resource persons: 1. Dr. Joyce Wendam, regional technical director for research and regulatory services, DA-6 2. Juvy Gaton, chief info officer, DA-6 3. Earl James Ogates, info officer, DA-6 ______________________ Melliza Our discussion today with resource persons from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 6, invites us to take a second look at Passi City, the only component city of Iloilo Province, which incidentally puts the older, bigger and richer Iloilo City to shame. Ogates All talks about Iloilo City as "most liveable city in the Philippines," and cheers of regaining the title "Queen City of the South" from Cebu and slogans "I am Yrong-Yrong!" and "Proud to be Yronggo!" are nothing but a sham. They should be taken out of city halls propaganda lexicon for being deceitful. These are poor substitutes for reality. What about the grand title ...

Bayan Muna's Rep. Neri Colmenares lashes the Social Security System (SSS) for bleeding members by raising monthly contributions instead of their monthly pensions. It still wastes pensioners' funds by giving its officials fat bonuses and letting go delinquent employers. Colmenares announces that in a forum in Iloilo July 3, which also kicks off a signature campaign among pensioners to prod the Senate to pass a bill raising pensioners' monthly takes. SSS is scheming to increase members' contribution by 21 times yet pegs the minimum monthly pension at P1,200, notes Colmenares. "There are 135,000 employers who failed to remit contributions to SSS: the employees were deducted SSS contributions but their employers did not remit them to the SSS." decries the Bayan Muna representative. SSS should have initiated criminal complaints against erring employers but puts that burden on their victims. "Ano klase nga patakaran: 'di bala kun nego...

Add caption Peter Jimenea  Iloi lo City July 11, 2015 Resource persons: RTD Wendam 1. Dr. Joyce Wendam, regional technical director for research and regulatory services, DA-6 2. Juvy Gaton, chief info officer, DA-6 3. Earl James Ogates, info officer, DA-6 ______________________ Our discussion today with resource persons from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 6, invites us to take a second look at Passi City, the only component city of Iloilo Province, which incidentally puts the older, bigger and richer Iloilo City to shame. All talks about Iloilo City as "most liveable city in the Philippines," and cheers of regaining the title "Queen City of the South" from Cebut and slogans "I am Yrong-Yrong!" and "Proud to be Yronggo!" are nothing but a sham. They should be taken out of city halls propaganda lexicon for being deceitful. What about the grand title "World Mayor #5Dr.PhD(1.0)"? Well, give it to the ma...

  Iloilo City  June 20, 2015 (The last time I met "Kayo" Pete was at the forum at Iloilo National High School June 8, convened to discuss the reasons why celebrating Philippine Independence every June 12 was deceptive. The forum also campaigned to scrap the "La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad de Iloilo" tag of Iloilo City, a "badge of shame" on the role of  the Ilonggo elite in stifling the nascent Philippine nationalism that led to the 1896 Revolution against Spanish colonialism.The next day, June 9, Louis A. Posa announced on FB of the passing away of Pete.) Pedro "Pete" Escosia untiringly dedicated his adult life organizing the masses of workers and public sector employees. We addressed ourselves "Tokayo" for our smiliar sounding nicknames (although our first names are miles apart). Martial law declared on Sept. 21, 1972 neither silenced nor scared him. He went on organizing sugar workers particularly those of Central Azucarera de...

June 13, 2015 Iloilo City Aw, come on, stop calling it a “gift”; it's a bane to both Guimaras and Iloilo residents. The resource persons of today's episode of Kape kag Isyu admit that they charged Iloilo City officials for entering into a PPP contract with a private company to establish a GIFT. PPP stands for “private-public partnership” euphemism for privatization which has become a notorious term for the sad experiences it brought to consumers the past years. The private company referred to here is Double Dragon, Inc. while GIFT does not mean "gift" but “Guimaras – Iloilo Ferry Terminal” that the supposed partnership will establish at the city-owned property at the Fort San Pedro area. Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog contracted Double Dragon to invest  P125M to erect the GIFT on the 1.7 ha. Prime property of the city government in 2011, in a PPP that has been shrouded in secrecy, untransparent even to the National Economic Development Authority...

UPV Prof. Tomasito Talledo, beside him are Atty. Rene Estocapio (NUPL), Hope Hervilla (BAYAN Panay) and Fr. Canon Franz Foerster (IFI) Statement on the 117 th Anniersary of Philippine Independence Siegrred Deduro (former member of Lower House - Bayan Muna) asks Iloilo City officials and tourism office to drop the "La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad" in promoting Iloilo “LA MUY LEAL Y NOBLE CIUDAD” TAG OF ILOILO CITY, BADGE OF BETRAYAL AGAINST FILIPINO NATIONHOOD – NOT SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF “On the occasion of the 117 th celebration of Philippine Independence, it is timely to review the wisdom of promoting Iloilo City as “La Muy Leal y Noble Ciudad.” This label was once part of the official seal of the City and is included in some tourism promotion of the local government “The book written by Augustinian Father Policarpio Hernandez titled “Iloilo, The Most Noble City: History and Development 1566-1898” narrates the circumstances of how Iloilo City won fo...