Milo Sports Clinic

Hundreds of young Olongapeños participated in the Milo Sports Clinic held in Olongapo City recently. Mayor James “Bong” Gordon, Jr. (middle) graced the opening ceremonies with First Lady Anne Gordon (5th from left), SK Federation President Dolly Mae Ramos(4th from left) and City Councilor Rodel Cerezo (extreme left). The activity is in line with Mayor Gordon’s HELPS Program.(photo/caption courtesy of PAO)

SM OLONGAPO JOBS FAIR

Through the initiative of Olongapo City Mayor James “Bong” Gordon Jr. and cooperation of Public Employment Service Office (PESO), the Local Recruitment Activity of SM Retail Affiliates Group was successfully accomplished last April 28-29 at the FMA Hall, Olongapo City Hall.

The applicants filled-out their applications for employment before they went through the interviews conducted by the representatives of SM Retail Affiliates Group.

“Kinakailangan na samantalahin ang ganitong employment opportunity nang maiangat natin ang pamumuhay at malabanan ang kahirapan,” remarked Mayor Gordon.

Nine hundred and thirteen (913) applicants were registered on the first day and approximately five hundred applicants on the second day of recruitment.

OLONGAPO CITY, OUTSTANDING CENTRAL LUZON LGU

Olongapo City Mayor James “Bong” Gordon Jr. received three awards Olongapo City won at the 5th Recognition of Outstanding Central Luzon Local Government Units (LGUs) held at the Holiday Inn, Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga recently.

The awards are: (1) Model LGU in the implementation of reforms under the nationwide streamlining of business permits and licensing system in the Philippine Program for the year 2010, (2) 1st Place in Highly Urbanized City category for the excellent implementation of its streamlined procedures on the issuance of mayor’s permit for the year 2010, and (3) Hall of Fame Award for its outstanding achievements as the consistent 1st place winner for three consecutive years (from 2008 to 2010) in the implementation of its documented streamlined procedures on the issuance of mayor’s permit.

“Magandang development ang pagkakatanggap ng mg award na ito, lalo tayong makakahikayat ng mga investors sa lungsod ng Olongapo dahil sa simplified at maayos na sistema,” remarked Neal Perez, head of Business Permit and Licensing Office.

“Malaking karangalan ito para sa lungsod dahil kinikilala ang mabilis na pagproseso ng mga permit bilang tulong na makapagbukas agad ng negosyo ang mga negosyante na isa ring paraan na nakakatulong na masugpo ang kahirapan,” said Mayor Gordon.

Olongapo City - bridge going to Gordon College project (as of April 28, 2011)

The construction of bridge going to Gordon College (16th St.).   Mayor Gordon wanted to fast track the project to alleviate traffic caused by Kalaklan Lighthouse Bridge closure and the expected influx of tourist during summer vacation.

RED CROSS ACTIVITIES

The Philippine Red Cross, Olongapo City Chapter (PRC-OC) has lined-up various activities for the last week of April.

Some forty (40) kids attended the swimming class from 8-15 years old at Columban College on April 25 and the Barangay Sta. Rita Rescue Team started on the same day a Standard First Aid Training which will last until April 30.

“Sa mga activities naginagawang Red Cross, nais naming magbahagi ng mga importanteng kaalaman sa ating mga kababayan na magagamit nila sa panahonng emergency o kalamidad,” said Eduardo C. Buena Jr. Chapter Administrator PNRC-OC.

On April 29, 2011, there will be a Mass Blood Donation at the Baypointe Hospital from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.

“Ang pagkakaroon ng ganitong klaseng activities ay isang paraan upang mapalawak ang ating kaalaman at magkaroon tayo ng idea sa mga dapat gawin kapag may mga hindi inaasahan na pangyayari,” according to Mayor James “Bong” Gordon Jr.

Another swimming class has been scheduled on May 2 at Columban College.

Olongapo City - incentives for Barangay Fire & Rescue Team of Gordon Heights

Barangay Fire & Rescue Team of Gordon Heights headed by Barangay Captain Jose Madria and their team Captain Reynaldo Nabong received sacks of rice as an incentive for being 2nd runner-up during the recently held 1st Central Luzon Fire Olympics.

Olongapo City - Gawang Gapo - STAIRWAY ORIGINAL

This week's exhibitor for the Gawang Gapo Product Exhibit Booth is STAIRWAY - maker of quality shoes and leather sandals. (owner - Nelson Nebado)

Olongapo City - Street Smart is Street Safe

Let us support the NEW PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROGRAM "Street Smart is Street Safe"
Pilot Implementation April 18 to May 27, 2011 along Rizal Avenue, Olongapo City 7am - 9am / 4pm to 6pm

A joint community service project of:
Mayor James "Bong" Gordon Jr., and the Scouts of JLGordon Council - BSP
in cooperation with DEPED Olongapo, GSP Olongapo, SK Federation, DPWH, OTMPS, Olongapo City Police Office

Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in Olongapo City receive their initial financial assistance

Around 827 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries from 12 barangays in Olongapo City recently received their initial financial grant for 2011.

Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional information officer Evelyn Manalo disclosed that the amount given during the April 14 to 15 pay-out covered the months of January and February.

DSWD 3 director Adelina Apostol thanked Olongapo city mayor James Gordon and Zambales 1st district representative Ma. Milagros Magsaysay for their full support to Pantawid Pamilya.

Apostol appealed to the beneficiaries to use the money wisely and become compliant with the program’s set of conditions to ensure the success of its implementation.

Derived from the Conditional Cash Transfer scheme of Latin American and African countries, Pantawid Pamilya is the strategy used by the government in order to raise the standard of living of poor Filipinos.

Each household is entitled to a maximum of three children beneficiaries who are 0-14 years of age.

A pregnant woman can also be a beneficiary provided that her pregnancy occurred during the time of assessment.

A household with three qualified children receives a subsidy of P1,400 per month during school months (June-March) and P500 per month during non-school months (April-May).

This, as long as the beneficiaries comply with the program’s conditions that include the regular visit of the children in the health center to avail immunization and maintenance of a class attendance rate of at least 85% per month for those who are enrolled in day care centers or schools.

Beneficiaries are selected through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction- a mechanism that uses the Proxy Means Test (PMT).

The PMT is an electronic formula composed of socio-economic variables that ranks and selects the household beneficiaries based on the household assessment form (HAF) filled-up during the enumeration.

A household whose economic condition falls on or below the poverty line would qualify for the said program.(WLB/CLJD-PIA 3)

Olongapo City - National Materials Science Challenge Quiz Bee winners

City government of Olongapo headed by City Mayor James Gordon Jr., gave recognition and cash incentives to the champions of National Materials Science Challenge Quiz Bee during flag-raising ceremony in Rizal Triangle Multi-Purpose Covered Court this morning, April 18, 2011.

They are Micah Luna, Marc Joseph Macalinao and Jilliam Timple with their coaches Emma Villamin, Delia Dingcoy and Myrna Lumague.

4-18-2011

photo taken last March 14, 2011

Olongapo City - Football Team won in the Pine Football Cup

Olongapo City Football Team won in the Pine Football Cup - The 3rd Baguio Open on April 9-12, 2011 at Melvin Jones, Baguio City.  16 years old under Champion - Defeating De La Salle-Zobel.

FAIR PLAY AWARD also goes to Olongapo City Football team 8 years old under for showing the Clean, Honest Game.

The BEST GOAL KEEPER goes also to Olongapo City - JASPER MURILLO.

GOLDEN BOOT AWARD - Best Power Forward FEDERICO FARINAS, who is now in Palarong Pambansa a Member of Central Luzon Football Team in Dapitan City, Zamboanga Del Norte.

M.V.P. - Reymark Malio

12 years old under - 3rd Runner Up

10 years old under - 4th Runner Up

8 years old under - 4th Runner Up

14 years old under - 2nd Runner Up

Olongapo City Football Team coaches were Mr. Tonnette Tenebro, Mr. Daniel Jimenez, Ms. Daryl Anne Mendoza and Mr. Hubert Lew Magrata.  The composition of the football team are from Olongapo Wesley School, Little Angel Study Center, Nellie E. Brown, Olongapo City National High School (16 under) and Mabayuan Elementary School.

The next regional game of the team will be on May 6 in Ilocos Sur, Pangasinan on September and in Ayala Alabang on November, The 16th Alaska Cup.

Olongapo City - Gawang Gapo - TINAPA NI DAISY

This week's exhibitor for the Gawang Gapo Product Exhibit Booth is TINAPA NI DAISY - maker of special home-made smoked fish. (owner - Daisy Balingit)

Kalaklan Lighthouse Bridge will be open for light vehicles starting April 16

We inspected the old bridge this afternoon and found that its ready to accommodate light vehicles starting tomorrow. Construction equipment and materials were cleared and the barricades were placed on the sides indicating that indeed it will be opened.

A vehicle tried to pass through the bridge this afternoon but was advised that as per instruction, they can only allow light vehicle starting tomorrow morning.

Heavy equipment making the last minute asphalting in preparation for the temporary use of the bridge to ease traffic due to influx of vehicle this Holy Week.

Construction of the new bridge is in full swing, engineers assured the public that it will be ready by July this year.

Olongapo City - Red Cross 143 Volunteers from Brgy. Barretto and Brgy. West Bajac Bajac

Red Cross 143 Volunteers from Barangay Barretto and West Bajac Bajac received their 143 Volunteer IDs during flag-raising ceremony on April 11 at Rizal Triangle Multi-Purpose Covered Court.

Red Cross 143 is a group of volunteers in every barangay who will serve as the eyes, ears, hands and feet of the Red Cross in every community.

The duties of the members of the Red Cross 143 include: (1) Predict possible threats in the community; (2) Plan what to do in times of disasters; (3) Prepare the community for what it would need; (4) Practice or conduct first aid trainings and emergency evacuation drills; (5) Report instantly to the Red Cross pertinent information about the disaster; and (6) Respond immediately to those in need. 

City Mayor James Gordon Jr., with Brgy. Captain Carlito Baloy of Barretto
and Brgy. Captain Rafael Santulan of West Bajac Bajac received their
Red Cross 143 Volunteer ID

Olongapo City - Street Smart is Street Safe Program

The James L. Gordon Council of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in Olongapo City has partnered with the city administration in re-painting pedestrian lanes in the main thoroughfares of the city in a move intensifying measures to keep both pedestrians and motorists safe.(pao/nmm/03-31-11)

Gov't urged to shift foreign cargo traffic to Subic

The Research Education and Institutional Development (REID) Foundation has urged the government to adopt a firm policy to gradually shift foreign cargo traffic from Manila to Batangas and Subic to maximize the use of these ports.

REID president Henry Basilio pointed out that the reason the country built the new terminals in Subic and Batangas was to decongest the port of Manila.

Basilio said it was also intended to generate enough revenue so that the country can pay-off the $240-million loan it borrowed from Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) to develop the two ports as well as the Phividec port in Cagayan de Oro.

"Otherwise, we will end up with white elephants in Batangas and Subic and even the one in Phividec. Our cargo volume is only growing five percent a year or even less and we have a lot of loans to pay."

Hector Miole, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) assistant general manager for corporate and special projects said they have a contract with existing operator in the Manila port.

"We still have a capacity to meet. And they are building new areas where they can handle more traffic," he noted.

Miole said they are also looking for ways to meet the future container traffic for international ports in Manila without having to move many of them to Batangas.

"Batangas is going to generate its own traffic and more containers will move to Batangas, we will be happy. Subic is beyond our regime," he said.

The joint foreign chambers has proposed to retain North Harbor as a domestic port, shift foreign cargoes to Batangas and Subic and make Manila a cruise port.

"This will decongest Manila and make it necessary to invest as much in road infrastructure for Manila port. There should be a timetable for implementation and incentives for shippers to move. Private port operators should creatively market the ports."

Basilio said the infrastructure group also recommended for issuance of chassis roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) policy which will be in support of the Asean Ro-Ro initiative of the President. By EDU LOPEZ - MB.COM.PH

Olongapo City - Brgy. Gordon Heights won in the 1st Central Luzon Fire Olympics

Barangay Gordon Heights Fire Brigade won Best in Uniform,  and 2nd Runner-Up in Busted Hose/ Up-the-Ladder Event (Volunteer Fire Brigade Category) during 1ST CENTRAL LUZON FIRE OLYMPICS held on March 31, 2011 at the CDC Parade Grounds, Clark Freeport Zone Clarkfield, Pampanga.

Olongapo City - Five-Day Basic Orientation on Firefighting

Barangay Gordon Heights Fire Brigade received certificates for having attended the Five-Day Basic Orientation on Firefighting held on March 16 - 20, 2011 at Olongapo City Fire Station.

BRGY. CAPTAIN JOSE TOMAS MADRIA

Team Manager

REYNALDO C. NABONG

Executive Assistant / Team Captain

DEMETRIO E. CASTILLO

Team Leader

Members

CARL UBALDO

JUDE TADEO CACCAM

REIKO LAURENARIA

JOSE PEPITO SALIGAN

JOSEFINO RACZA

MELVIN MACABULIT

DOMINADOR VALLENTE

MICHAEL HERBERT BONAOBRA

M.A TARRAN

ROGER CALIZAR

RICHILU MADRIA

Olongapo City - Gawang Gapo - LENY'S NATIVE DELICACIES

This week's exhibitor for the Gawang Gapo Product Exhibit Booth is Leny's Native Delicacies - maker of special home-made kakanin.  (owner - Leny Santos)

2,000 lawyers converge in Subic

SUBIC BAY FREEPORT, Philippines — Some 2,000 lawyers from different chapters of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) across the country attended the organization’s three-day 13th national convention here, the biggest turnout so far in the history of the IBP.

The convention opened last Thursday at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center (SBECC), with guests of honor that included Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senator Francis Escudero, former Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila president Adel Tamano, and Public Attorney’s Office chief Persida Acosta.

Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Administrator Armand Arreza, Zambales Governor Hermogenes Ebdane, Jr., Zambales 1st District representative Mitos Magsaysay, and Olongapo City Mayor James Gordon, Jr. welcomed the convention-goers, with Ebdane and Gordon turning over symbolic keys to Zambales and Olongapo City to IBP officials.

In his welcome remarks, Arreza noted that in all of the conferences and conventions that Subic hosted, this convention had the most distinguished attendees.

He also invited everyone to take the opportunity to enjoy the sights that Olongapo, Zambales and the Freeport has to offer.

Meanwhile, Binay, who is concurrent presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Affairs and chairman of the inter-agency campaign against human trafficking, urged lawyers to be in the frontline of the war against illegal recruiters, stressing that if the evidence points to their guilt, the illegal recruiters should rot in jail.

“We can nip in the bud illegal recruitment and human trafficking by making laws that make them answer before the law,” Binay said.

He emphasized that illegal recruiters should not be let off the hook, and that the full force of law should be imposed on international drug traffickers.

Apart from calling on lawyers to fight illegal recruitment, Binay, who was recently sent to China to plead the case of three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking, also urged lawyers to contribute their own share in the realization of the objectives of good governance.

For his part, Escudero reminded lawyers of the importance of their title. He said that lawyers are seen in society as respected individuals and that their every move is being watched.

“Sana, sa inyong mga lugar at komunidad, gampanan natin ang papel na dapat gampanan natin, papel na dapat gampanan hindi lamang bilang Pilipino, hindi lamang bilang abogado, kundi ng isang Pilipinong abogado na nagmamahal sa kanyang bayan, sa pamamagitan ng kanyang salita at gawa (I hope that, in your communities, you do your role not just as a Filipino, not just as a lawyer, but as a Filipino lawyer who loves his country in words and ac-tion),” Escudero said. By JONAS REYES - mb.com.ph

Olongapo City - BSP from James L. Gordon Council helped in re-painting pedestrian lanes

The James L. Gordon Council of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in Olongapo City has partnered with the city administration in re-painting pedestrian lanes in the main thoroughfares of the city in a move intensifying measures to keep both pedestrians and motorists safe. (pao/nmm/03-31-11)

Olongapo City - 2008 Bb. OLONGAPO, candidate for MISS BIKINI PHILIPPINES 2011

      Bb. Olongapo 2008 Angelee Claudett Delos Reyes will officially represent Olongapo City in the prestigious Miss Bikini Philippines 2011 of Slimmers World.

       Delos Reyes, 23, a resident of New Cabalan with vital statistics 34-24-36 hurdled rigorous and intensive screening conducted by Miss Bikini Philippines.

       Olongapo’s very own beauty titlist is now among the twenty six (26) candidates who’s vying for the Miss Bikini Philippines 2011 title and the chance to represent the country in similar international pageants.

“As they say, we have to take one small step towards success,” Delos Reyes said, “I thank Mayor James “Bong” Gordon, Jr. for his vision and encouragement for Olongapeños to excel.”

According to Olongapo City Mayor James “Bong” Gordon Jr. “Ang Miss Bikini Philippines ay isang malaking chance para sa kababaihan ng Olongapo na ipamalas ang kanilang talent sa iba’t-ibang larangan, kaya dapat ibigay natin ang ating suporta.”

On  April 12, the Miss Bikini Philippines finals takes center stage at the Newport Performing Arts Theater at the Resorts World Manila, a grand venue that echoes the grand scale of the event.

Olongapo City - CITY FIESTA RAFFLE WINNERS

A woman from Brgy.Barretto won the P50K top prize for private citizens while an employee of the Hall of Justice took home the P25,000 cash first prize in the government employees category of the City Fiesta Raffle draw.

Beverly Calisay of Gabaya St. Brgy. Barretto has claimed her P50k prize as did Ronnie Borja, 30 of the Hall of Justice who bought the winning ticket in the govt. employees’ category.

City Fiesta Executive Committee Chairperson Councilor Rodel Cerezo also announced that in the govt. category, the second prize of P15,000 went to Venice dela Cruz, 30 of James L. Gordon Memorial Hospital while the third prize of P5,000 went to Nelida Olivares, 58 of City Social Welfare and Development Office.

The second prize of P25,000 in the private category went to Myra Michelle Esguerra of no. 37 Adela, B.F. Homes, Paranaque while the third prize went to Ed Ramos of La Huerta, Prk. 13, Bo. Barretto. (Pao/abby)

Olongapo City - REVIVE the OVAL: A Dance Showdown

City Sports & Youth Development Office in Cooperation with SK Federation Olongapo City Chapter presents:

REVIVE the OVAL: A Dance Showdown

Live Audition will be held at the Rizal Triangle Multi-Purpose Center on April 26 & 27, 2011 - 1:30PM

Registration for audition: 11:00 AM

Application deadline: April 20, 2011

Olongapo City - 110 Applicants passed Hanjin interview

Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction conducted job interview to one hundred fifty (150) job-seekers this morning, April 8, 2011 held in Olongapo City Skills Training Center.

One hundred ten (110) applicants passed the interview and will be scheduled for training in Hanjin.