ZAMBOANGA CITY - The City Council approved a resolution for additional budget - among others - as requested by Mayor Beng Climaco to be able to feed more residents affected by the strict enhanced community quarantine here due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
Climaco thanked legislators for supporting the local government efforts and she said the budget is being used to augment the second wave of allocation of relief assistance - one sack of 25-kilo rice, canned goods, among others - to all households. And a one-time financial assistance worth P1,000 for their water and electricity bills.
“The approved budget will augment present allocation of welfare goods to cover for the second wave of assistance which will provide this time, all households with 1 sack of rice (25 kilos) and one-time utility assistance in the amount of P500 for water bills and another P500 for electricity bills for every residential consumer. This is to ensure the welfare and well-being of every Zamboangueño family while we remain committed in the fight against Covid-19,” Climaco, who heads the local task force on Covid-19, said.
The additional budget was also recommended by other stakeholders and largely supported by council members. The first wave of relief assistance by the local government comprising of commercial rice, grocery items and vitamins benefited a total of 178,615 households in all 98 villages. The distribution of food packs was on top of the P5,000 emergency cash assistance received by each family from the DSWD's Special Amelioration Program in collaboration with the local government that targeted the poorest of the poor.
Lawyer Kenneth Vincent Beldua, Secretary to the City Council, said legislators also enacted the following ordinances: 1. An ordinance authorizing free burial of Covid-19 patients at public cemeteries in Barangays Mampang and Mercedes, and for other related purposes. 2. An ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 532, or the “Covid-19 Emergency Ordinance of the City of Zamboanga. 3. An ordinance establishing and operationalizing the cremation and columbarium services in Zamboanga, authorizing the imposition of reasonable fees or charges, and appropriating funds therefor, and for other related purposes.
And 4. An ordinance authorizing Supplemental Budget No. 2, Series of 2020, involving the total amount of P599,991,871.51 for the purposes mentioned in the General Fund and its Special Account.
Included in this Supplemental Budget among others, are the following - construction of quarantine facilities; construction of sub-national laboratory capacity building for serology and molecular Testing; purchase of equipment to be used in quarantine facilities and Covid-19 testing center, drugs, medicines, medical and laboratory supplies; rent expenses for facilities utilized by our medical frontliners while on quarantine; constuction of crematorium and columbarium; provision of additional hazard pay to health workers; purchase of food packs (25kgs sack of rice, 9 canned goods and vegetables per household); and subsidy to Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative and Zamboanga City Water District consumers at P500 each.
Residents thanked Climaco for the relief assistance and efforts of the local government in looking at the welfare of her constituents. But her supporters said Climaco’s political foes and their propagandists and paid trolls were taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic and continue to attack the mayor and the local government, and demonizing the public by propagating fake news, lies and deceit while advancing their own vested interest.
The mayor appealed to residents and supporters not to be affected by black propaganda and instead urged the public to pray for the safety and good health of those attacking her and the local government efforts in combating the pandemic. She also told village leaders and social workers and other front liners to always put the welfare of the people as their first priority as the local government continues fighting the spread of the pandemic which already killed 3 people here and infected at least 5 dozen with hundreds more suspected Covid-19 cases. (Zamboanga Post)
Mayor Beng Climaco and her Chief of Staff Mike Saavedra inspecting the local government relief assistance for residents affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in these City Hall file photos.
Climaco thanked legislators for supporting the local government efforts and she said the budget is being used to augment the second wave of allocation of relief assistance - one sack of 25-kilo rice, canned goods, among others - to all households. And a one-time financial assistance worth P1,000 for their water and electricity bills.
“The approved budget will augment present allocation of welfare goods to cover for the second wave of assistance which will provide this time, all households with 1 sack of rice (25 kilos) and one-time utility assistance in the amount of P500 for water bills and another P500 for electricity bills for every residential consumer. This is to ensure the welfare and well-being of every Zamboangueño family while we remain committed in the fight against Covid-19,” Climaco, who heads the local task force on Covid-19, said.
The additional budget was also recommended by other stakeholders and largely supported by council members. The first wave of relief assistance by the local government comprising of commercial rice, grocery items and vitamins benefited a total of 178,615 households in all 98 villages. The distribution of food packs was on top of the P5,000 emergency cash assistance received by each family from the DSWD's Special Amelioration Program in collaboration with the local government that targeted the poorest of the poor.
Lawyer Kenneth Vincent Beldua, Secretary to the City Council, said legislators also enacted the following ordinances: 1. An ordinance authorizing free burial of Covid-19 patients at public cemeteries in Barangays Mampang and Mercedes, and for other related purposes. 2. An ordinance Amending Ordinance No. 532, or the “Covid-19 Emergency Ordinance of the City of Zamboanga. 3. An ordinance establishing and operationalizing the cremation and columbarium services in Zamboanga, authorizing the imposition of reasonable fees or charges, and appropriating funds therefor, and for other related purposes.
And 4. An ordinance authorizing Supplemental Budget No. 2, Series of 2020, involving the total amount of P599,991,871.51 for the purposes mentioned in the General Fund and its Special Account.
Included in this Supplemental Budget among others, are the following - construction of quarantine facilities; construction of sub-national laboratory capacity building for serology and molecular Testing; purchase of equipment to be used in quarantine facilities and Covid-19 testing center, drugs, medicines, medical and laboratory supplies; rent expenses for facilities utilized by our medical frontliners while on quarantine; constuction of crematorium and columbarium; provision of additional hazard pay to health workers; purchase of food packs (25kgs sack of rice, 9 canned goods and vegetables per household); and subsidy to Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative and Zamboanga City Water District consumers at P500 each.
Residents thanked Climaco for the relief assistance and efforts of the local government in looking at the welfare of her constituents. But her supporters said Climaco’s political foes and their propagandists and paid trolls were taking advantage of the Covid-19 pandemic and continue to attack the mayor and the local government, and demonizing the public by propagating fake news, lies and deceit while advancing their own vested interest.
The mayor appealed to residents and supporters not to be affected by black propaganda and instead urged the public to pray for the safety and good health of those attacking her and the local government efforts in combating the pandemic. She also told village leaders and social workers and other front liners to always put the welfare of the people as their first priority as the local government continues fighting the spread of the pandemic which already killed 3 people here and infected at least 5 dozen with hundreds more suspected Covid-19 cases. (Zamboanga Post)
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