“ODH turn over to the city is dead” –Beboy - City Government of Ormoc

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Mayor Beboy Codilla and Gov. Icot Petilla in a huddle. Perspective of the proposed Ormoc City Hospital. ODH TURN OVER IS DEAD from p. 1 Mayor Codilla said that the ODH issue is the most “in” topic at the moment after Lake Danao turnover, with the local opposition trying to block it hoping that it will destroy the credibility of his administration. Mayor Codilla stressed that he met with Gov. Petilla at the Provincial Capitol three weeks ago, at which time the governor himself confirmed that the proposal has been denied. Opposition rah rah Mayor Codilla disclosed during the forum that the city was originally planning to construct its own hospital. But his political opponents questioned this, asking why the city had to build a hospital when the ODH is there and Gov. Petilla was willing to turn over its management to the LGU. Mayor Codilla pointed out that the opposition faulted the city because they were not aware that he had already spoken Bebeng Causes P4-M from p. 1 with Gov. Petilla about it in 2004, but that the governor backtracked. Last Jan 14, 2011 Mayor Codilla and Gov. Petilla had a chance to again talk about the city’s plan to construct a new hospital. Gov. Petilla’s reaction was to say that he would close the ODH once the city hospital became operational. The mayor’s proposal for the province to turn the ODH over to the city was thus born. Governor Petilla actually welcomed the mayor’s proposal, and both agreed to create a high level team to negotiate and arrange the terms of the proposed transfer. The initial discussion between the city and provincial teams was made last Feb. 9 before the mayor’s State of the City Address. As it happened, local political opponents made sure to block the turnover of the ODH to the city by creating all the scenarios that eventually discouraged the governor. You’re in bad faith if you close the ODH! Mayor Codilla, upon realizing that the negotiation for the turnover have failed, is reconsidering the first option, which is to build a city hospital. But prior to that he made the confirmation with the governor and found out that one of the reasons for the governor’s backtracking is the timeline for the transition period. Gov. Petilla insisted on at least two to three years transition period while Mayor Codilla wanted six months for the simple reason that both of them will no longer be public officials by 2014. He explained that he wants the transition to be completed in six months so that by 2012 ODH will be under the management of the city. Mayor Codilla emphasized that he was left with no choice except to go back to the original plan of building a city hospital. The mayor on the other hand requested the governor not to close ODH because it would put Gov. Petilla in bad light. “Dili na na tinarong ang imo.” The governor, according to Mayor Codilla, said that most of the mayors were apprehensive with the planned turnover. So were the ODH employees. But the mayor assured the employees if there will be a turnover they will be transferred to other hospitals owned by the province. Retirement packages are also being prepared for employees who choose retirement over transfer. A big possibility of being hired by LGU- Ormoc is also offered by the mayor because once the hospital becomes operational it will need staff and personnel. Possible locations for the new city hospital are Brgy. San Pablo, Brgy. Ipil and the government land located beside the new city hall. The city will start with P40 million for the construction of the hospital that will start this year after the requirements are complied with. Lao, on the other hand, had P260,000.00, P120,000.00 and P525,000.00 for these same crops. The entire Brgy. Lao, including its 19.5 hectares of agricultural lands, was under water, with some 250 families affected. Heavy downpour on Friday evening kept Ormocanos on alert status. The rains continued until early Saturday. At around 7AM, city officials started receiving text messages and phone calls from barangay officials and some concerned citizens reporting rising waters and overflowing drainages. Water levels along the Malbasag and Anilao rivers also rose, although only up to the first level platform of the JICA dikes. Drainage systems in the city also started to overflow, particularly in ODH and Aunubing St. where waters were knee-deep. A flood warning advisory was aired via the city-paid program of DYRR, prompting residents especially along the coastlines and floodprone barangays to start taking precautionary measures. Rescue teams were activated while DPWH personnel also started clearing the streets. At around 9AM of Saturday, City Mayor Eric Codilla personally called an emergency meeting with the city councilors, department heads and DPWH 4th LED personnel at the mayor’s conference room to assess the situation and activate rescue and relief operations to affected barangays. Mayor Codilla then designated City Community Affairs Office Ben Matiga as overall incident commander to coordinate all activities. Together with the rescue groups coming from the Ormoc City Police Command under PNP City Director Nilo D. Donayre, 802nd Infantry Battalion based in Camp Downes and the 8th RCDG ARESCOM, the ORMOC Rescue Team responded to calls for assistance. At around 10AM, the OCPO and Police Station 1 rescue groups together with some personnel from the 802nd Infantry Brigade assisted the evacuation of six (6) families in Purok Rosal, Brgy. Dist. 29 after a minor landslide at the hilly portion facing the left bank of the JICA dike in Malbasag. The families were evacuated to Brgy. Alta Vista. Other barangays severely affected were RM Tan, San Juan, Guintigui-an and Leondoni, which accumulated about 2M worth of damage to rice, corn and vegetables. Brgy. San Isidro reported 30 evacuees after waters in Sitio Lutao reached about six feet deep. Eightythree families in Brgy. Mas-in were relocated to the brgy. chapel while 46 and 33 families in Bagong Buhay and Linao were evacuated to Bagong Buhay Elementary School and the Linao 3-in-1 building, respectively. Overall, Tropical Depression Bebeng left damage of about P781,400.00 in rice, P726,250.00 in corn and P3,302,500.00 in vegetables in 20 barangays in the city. It also displaced around 900 families. Rescue operations of the LGU were called off at 9PM on the same day when rains stopped and the started to subside. Most evacuees have returned to their homes and basic lifelines were generally restored by Sunday. No casualties and missing persons were reported. 4 Ang Ormocanon www.ormoc.gov.ph
173 families affected by Bebeng evacuated n e w s by Roberto C. Dejon Combined rescue groups from this city led by the Ormoc Rescue Group, the General Services Department, the local Philippine National Police and the Philippine Army Reserve Command conducted a massive rescue and evacuation of at least 173 families or some 988 persons affected by typhoon Bebeng that hit the city Saturday. First to be evacuated on Saturday were the 4 families or 22 persons along Sitio Kagubot, Purok Rosal in Brgy. Dist. 29. The continuous downpour from Friday to Saturday caused a minor landslide. P/SInsp. Shevert Alvin Machete, PCP1 chief, said that the evacuated families were brought to the Brgy. Hall of Alta Vista for safety but were sent home at past 3 in the afternoon on the same day. Meanwhile, P/Insp. Harris Rebato of Police Community Precinct 3 in Brgy. Linao disclosed that at least 84 families were evacuated within their jurisdiction. He said that 20 families or 116 persons were evacuated in Sitio Jaobon when water in Jaobon River rose to chest deep. They were moved to the covered court in Brgy. Libertad. He added that 20 more families composed of 104 persons in Brgy. Licuma were evacuated to higher areas because the water level in the said barangay also rose. Rebato continued that 32 families composed of 192 persons residing at or near the back of the Linao National High School were likewise brought to the barangay covered court because of the flooding. In Brgy. Airport, Rebato disclosed that at least 12 families composed of 71 persons were moved to higher ground. On the other hand, P/Insp. Mark Nalda of PCP2 in Brgy. Valencia said that several families in Brgy. Guintiguian were evacuated to the barangay’s two-storey building, which is also designed as an evacuation center in case of flooding. No one was reported injured. The City Social Welfare and Development immediately distributed food for the evacuees. (top photo) Mayor Beboy Codilla discusses with Ormoc City officials led by Vice Mayor Nepnep Aparis the current situation of some areas that were badly hit by typhoon Bebeng, (below) while Councilor Lea Villar led the CSWDO staff in preparing the relief goods for distribution. Six families evacuated after minor landslide by Roberto C. Dejon Six families were evacuated by the Ormoc Rescue Group and the City General Services office to the barangay hall of Alta Vista after a minor landslide hit Purok Rosal in Brgy. Dist. 29 at past 5 in the morning last May 7. The six families heeded the rescue group’s call for evacuation and left their shanties erected at the steep slope at the boundary of Brgy. Dist. 29 and Brgy. Alta Vista. “They have to leave their shanties because several meters away from where they are located a minor landslide occurred past 5 in the morning. Nobody was reported injured from the incident.” P/Inspector Shevert Alvin Machete, who led the police in the landslide clean up disclosed. Witnesses told police that heavy rains starting Friday might have weakened the slope, hence the minor landslide. A “habal-habal” (single motorcycle for hire) driver was fortunate to have monitored the sudden movement of the soil going down to the JICA road prompting the driver to run away, saving him and his two passengers from a sure death. Residents in the area said that a truck from the Philippine Army was the first to arrive at the area but the troopers only watched the residents conduct the clean up of the mud that the landslide brought on. They moved out shortly thereafter. Policemen from the Police Community Precinct 1 arrived several minutes after and immediately assisted the people in the cleanup operation. www.ormoc.gov.ph Ang Ormocanon 5
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“ODH turn over to the city is dead” –Beboy - City Government of Ormoc

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