ZAMBOANGA CITY - Mayor Beng Climaco has appealed to the national government to maintain its regional agencies here, saying it not only serves the Zamboanga Peninsula, but the provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi as well.
“Most, if not all of these agencies ordered transferred to Pagadian City (in Zamboanga del Sur), have their clients in the city and nearby island provinces, thus their continued presence here is important,” Climaco said in her appeal to the Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security Secretary Rolando Bautista during the recent 4th Regional Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict videoconferencing.
Climaco’s request came after President Rodrigo Duterte lifted the moratorium on the regional transfer and ordered all national government agencies here to transfer to Pagadian City and make it the regional government center with Zamboanga City as the commercial and industrial center of Region 9 or Western Mindanao.
However, Duterte’s order contained on Memorandum Circular No. 78 dated June 25, 2020, exempted the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Tourism, but the three agencies must establish its presence in Pagadian City.
The transfer of the regional government center to Pagadian was ordered by then President Corazon Aquino in 1990 through Executive Order No. 429 which provided for the reorganization of the administrative regions in Mindanao.
In 1996, President Fidel Ramos issued Executive Order No. 325 which reorganized the Regional Development Councils and the Implementing Rules and Regulations also declared Pagadian City as the regional center in Western Mindanao.
And in 2001, President Gloria Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 36 which also reorganized and renamed Western Mindanao to Zamboanga Peninsula. But eventually, Memorandum Circular No. 75 signed in2004 by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, directed the transfer of regional offices from Zamboanga City to Pagadian citing (Aquino’s) Executive Order 429 as its legal basis.
A moratorium on the transfer under Memorandum Circular No. 11 was again issued on December 22, 2010 citing the high economic and social costs that the employees were experiencing in maintaining two residences and in fully transferring to Pagadian. It further directed all regional offices that are already in Pagadian to continue their operations.
Until Duterte’s latest order came out and lifted Memorandum Circular No. 11, allowing the remaining regional offices to transfer to Pagadian after almost 15 years. (Zamboanga Post)
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Mayor Beng Climaco speaks to DILG and DND Secretaries Eduardo Año and Delfin Lorenzana during a virtual meeting.
“Most, if not all of these agencies ordered transferred to Pagadian City (in Zamboanga del Sur), have their clients in the city and nearby island provinces, thus their continued presence here is important,” Climaco said in her appeal to the Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security Secretary Rolando Bautista during the recent 4th Regional Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict videoconferencing.
Climaco’s request came after President Rodrigo Duterte lifted the moratorium on the regional transfer and ordered all national government agencies here to transfer to Pagadian City and make it the regional government center with Zamboanga City as the commercial and industrial center of Region 9 or Western Mindanao.
However, Duterte’s order contained on Memorandum Circular No. 78 dated June 25, 2020, exempted the Department of Trade and Industry, Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Tourism, but the three agencies must establish its presence in Pagadian City.
The transfer of the regional government center to Pagadian was ordered by then President Corazon Aquino in 1990 through Executive Order No. 429 which provided for the reorganization of the administrative regions in Mindanao.
In 1996, President Fidel Ramos issued Executive Order No. 325 which reorganized the Regional Development Councils and the Implementing Rules and Regulations also declared Pagadian City as the regional center in Western Mindanao.
And in 2001, President Gloria Arroyo signed Executive Order No. 36 which also reorganized and renamed Western Mindanao to Zamboanga Peninsula. But eventually, Memorandum Circular No. 75 signed in2004 by Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, directed the transfer of regional offices from Zamboanga City to Pagadian citing (Aquino’s) Executive Order 429 as its legal basis.
A moratorium on the transfer under Memorandum Circular No. 11 was again issued on December 22, 2010 citing the high economic and social costs that the employees were experiencing in maintaining two residences and in fully transferring to Pagadian. It further directed all regional offices that are already in Pagadian to continue their operations.
Until Duterte’s latest order came out and lifted Memorandum Circular No. 11, allowing the remaining regional offices to transfer to Pagadian after almost 15 years. (Zamboanga Post)
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