INITAO OBSERVER:
VISION: A well informed, ( ecomonomically, spiritually, politically )educated and having the good sense of humor Initaonon.
MISSION: To inform, educate and help develop among Initaonons the good sence of humor.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
FOUNDATION DAY CELEBRATION NEXT YEAR
It is March 10, 1917, said Initao MPDO Ariel Galarroza referring to the town's foundation day or the day when Initao became a municipality. And he also said the information was sent to them recently by UP (University of the Philippines).
It was supported by Act No. 2011, Galarroza further said, and it was yet pre-commonwealth era and not RA for there was no republic yet, with perhaps a gobernador-general ruling the archipelago.
Sales Janog, SB Secretary confirmed Galarroza's information telling the Observer that UP Archeological Society sent them a booklet pointing out above-mentioned date as indeed the one which Initao was founded.
And Janog added, the LGU is now tasked towards next year's celebration while the church (RCC) is assigned to spearhead this year's fiesta celebration.
It was supported by Act No. 2011, Galarroza further said, and it was yet pre-commonwealth era and not RA for there was no republic yet, with perhaps a gobernador-general ruling the archipelago.
Sales Janog, SB Secretary confirmed Galarroza's information telling the Observer that UP Archeological Society sent them a booklet pointing out above-mentioned date as indeed the one which Initao was founded.
And Janog added, the LGU is now tasked towards next year's celebration while the church (RCC) is assigned to spearhead this year's fiesta celebration.
Children 6-10 Years Young Used
What the Observer recently learned here from victims of break-ins is that children as young as six years were made to enter residences via shoulders of adults.
What they saw running away to exits thieves made, were children guided through and into a waiting vehicle that they say not from this place.
Bliss, San Pedro went through this last year and a repeat this month this year which resident and victim Dr. Elmer Sayre had his window jalousies fingerprinted. What results he got, he said, were fingerprints of children.
What they saw running away to exits thieves made, were children guided through and into a waiting vehicle that they say not from this place.
Bliss, San Pedro went through this last year and a repeat this month this year which resident and victim Dr. Elmer Sayre had his window jalousies fingerprinted. What results he got, he said, were fingerprints of children.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thieves Strike Again
Bliss, San Pedro, Initao, Misamis Oriental, 15 October 2010 - some residents here found out their fences cut and residences were intruded by thieves the previous night.
Retired MSU employee Jaime Gamo complained that their interlink fence had three openings. The thieves using cutter-pliers attempted to enter his house but failed. Melody Almeda's fence had one opening and in Elmer Sayre's kitchen the intruders had dinner.
Things were no longer in their favor when something made them to leave the place faster, unlike two years ago here when expensive cell phones, watches, keys, etc. were parts of their loot. Gamo's house is secured by locks, Almeda has barking dogs and Sayre has pretty good blocked and iron fences.
Those thieves did strike again, chose the wrong houses, they failed.
Retired MSU employee Jaime Gamo complained that their interlink fence had three openings. The thieves using cutter-pliers attempted to enter his house but failed. Melody Almeda's fence had one opening and in Elmer Sayre's kitchen the intruders had dinner.
Things were no longer in their favor when something made them to leave the place faster, unlike two years ago here when expensive cell phones, watches, keys, etc. were parts of their loot. Gamo's house is secured by locks, Almeda has barking dogs and Sayre has pretty good blocked and iron fences.
Those thieves did strike again, chose the wrong houses, they failed.
Dengue-Sophisticated Now?
When I was still working in Manticao Hospital, dengue was still single, said recently retired physician Porferia Amarga when asked about the disease that is seemingly plaguing the town these days.
She said it was not hard treating it then, unlike today that dengue has A, B, C! And I cannot give more than I know about it.
"You rather go and see Dr. Bernardo, she knows best, she has the expertise working in the hospital this time", Amarga added.
She said it was not hard treating it then, unlike today that dengue has A, B, C! And I cannot give more than I know about it.
"You rather go and see Dr. Bernardo, she knows best, she has the expertise working in the hospital this time", Amarga added.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
INITAO-FOREST TOWN
It was two years ago since this town became somewhat a household byword in Misamis Oriental and elsewhere after the then President GMA was said to have called Initao, the poorest town of the whole Philippines.
This was not! says a VRP (very reliable person who likes not named) in Libetad yesterday when the Observer had a serious talk with him in his office there. VRP said he was with the PGMA party when she was led to see Initao's LASANG,the remaining forest area of the town.
"That was in 2008", he said. He also said He witnessed what happened there and after which the party went to Manticao then to Laguindingan and there gave her speech in which she was alledged to have said "Initao the poorest town".
"No, she did not say that", VRP said, what GMA referred to then about Initao, after her exposure to its forest and was somewhat amazed there still one retained and maintained by the government, she went on to call Initao, a "forest town in the Philippines".
That was "I think because of her experience in LASANG without getting shown of suburban or the other areas of Initao", he said.
This was not! says a VRP (very reliable person who likes not named) in Libetad yesterday when the Observer had a serious talk with him in his office there. VRP said he was with the PGMA party when she was led to see Initao's LASANG,the remaining forest area of the town.
"That was in 2008", he said. He also said He witnessed what happened there and after which the party went to Manticao then to Laguindingan and there gave her speech in which she was alledged to have said "Initao the poorest town".
"No, she did not say that", VRP said, what GMA referred to then about Initao, after her exposure to its forest and was somewhat amazed there still one retained and maintained by the government, she went on to call Initao, a "forest town in the Philippines".
That was "I think because of her experience in LASANG without getting shown of suburban or the other areas of Initao", he said.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
A Better Initao
"A Better Initao" is what they have come up, says Social Welfare and Development Officer here Lanie Espallardo when yesterday in her office the Observer asked what was their output last month after going through a seminar on strategic planning.
"A Better Initao" is their agreed vision for the locality. And each department head of the LGU is tasked to pursue the objectives established for the purpose of attaining that years from now, Espallardo said.
Today, she pointed out, it is still wrong spelling, "a bitter Initao" considering what hit the locality when three years ago the then President GMA called it the poorest town of the country.
They are having meetings, says Espallardo, to make it better.
"A Better Initao" is their agreed vision for the locality. And each department head of the LGU is tasked to pursue the objectives established for the purpose of attaining that years from now, Espallardo said.
Today, she pointed out, it is still wrong spelling, "a bitter Initao" considering what hit the locality when three years ago the then President GMA called it the poorest town of the country.
They are having meetings, says Espallardo, to make it better.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Officials Went Through Strategic Planning
In her office, Local Government Officer of Initao Amelia Ablanque told the Observer this afternoon that local officials here have undergone a three-day seminar last month in Cagayan de Oro City on strategic planning.
All heads of offices in the LGU were there, September 5-7, as well as the mayor, vice mayor, municipal administrator, Mrs. Ablanque said.
She was also there, she said, and the output was that they were able to come up with what to do, strategies to implement with all responsible entities expected to contribute towards Initao improvement.
All heads of offices in the LGU were there, September 5-7, as well as the mayor, vice mayor, municipal administrator, Mrs. Ablanque said.
She was also there, she said, and the output was that they were able to come up with what to do, strategies to implement with all responsible entities expected to contribute towards Initao improvement.
Monday, October 4, 2010
BIRTH EXCEEDS DEATH
In his office this morning, Local Civil Registrar of Initao Harry Bagares said that there are more births than deaths this year, as their report/records show.
As of October 4, Bagares pointed out, there are already over a thousand births reported by hospitals, clinics, trained hilots here, and only 119 deaths recorded. On why there seems to be daily burials in the cemeteries here, Bagares said that those are Initaonons who lived somewhere but relatives chose them to be buried here, added to this, some casualties from accidents here and elsewhere.
About people in Initao getting married or marrying, their record shows 150plus and by December, their estimate may hit 200, He said.
As of October 4, Bagares pointed out, there are already over a thousand births reported by hospitals, clinics, trained hilots here, and only 119 deaths recorded. On why there seems to be daily burials in the cemeteries here, Bagares said that those are Initaonons who lived somewhere but relatives chose them to be buried here, added to this, some casualties from accidents here and elsewhere.
About people in Initao getting married or marrying, their record shows 150plus and by December, their estimate may hit 200, He said.
Town MRDP Funded
This morning in his office, Initao MPDC Ariel Galarroza said that the town's barangay road program MRDP has recently been approved of funds by the World Bank amounting to 62Mphp.
The previously 59M proposed budget that he defended last 17 September for the then 6 road projects, Galarroza said, was increased to 9 covering almost all barangays with the exception of San Pedro, Pagahan and Gimangpang.
The projects are now ongoing, he said, with an Iligan construction group that won the bidding making preliminaries for road construction in the upper mountain areas of Initao.
The previously 59M proposed budget that he defended last 17 September for the then 6 road projects, Galarroza said, was increased to 9 covering almost all barangays with the exception of San Pedro, Pagahan and Gimangpang.
The projects are now ongoing, he said, with an Iligan construction group that won the bidding making preliminaries for road construction in the upper mountain areas of Initao.
Councilor Burial Today
Calacapan Bgy. Councilor Melvin Aguilar,39 who died last Friday of cardiac arrest is scheduled to be buried in the Catholic cemetery by noon today is as of this writing already in the Roman Catholic church in Poblacion, Initao, Misamis Oriental.
The councilor's sister said yesterday that Melvin was not sick, he was taken on a motorcycle for the hospital after he felt breathing was hard, and consequently he died along the way.
Melvin's wife said they were eating their supper with sinugbang pidlayan after which he laid down for a good day's rest on their bench. Then and there he complained he could not breath right.
Tragically, it was Aguilar's last supper and his last breath, pidlayan killed him.
The councilor's sister said yesterday that Melvin was not sick, he was taken on a motorcycle for the hospital after he felt breathing was hard, and consequently he died along the way.
Melvin's wife said they were eating their supper with sinugbang pidlayan after which he laid down for a good day's rest on their bench. Then and there he complained he could not breath right.
Tragically, it was Aguilar's last supper and his last breath, pidlayan killed him.
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