Mayor Alfredo J. Cielo, Jr. Accomplishment Report (2016-2021)

Republic of the Philippines Province of Sorsogon

IROSIN Sa paghingoha nan danon san kada Irosanon, pinipresentar mi an saato nagkahirimoan.

IROSIN'S DREAM (D-R-M) DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK 2016 - 2025

DELIVERY OF BASIC SERVICES RENEWABLE ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

MoDenergize

OUR VISION A livable, resilient, ecologically balanced and progressive center of agro-industry, eco-tourism, commerce and trade in the province, with people who are God-loving, healthy, globally competitive, gender sensitive and participative, nurtured by a just, transparent and accountable governance.

OUR MISSION To promote the general welfare of Irosanons and develop all human resources through comprehensive and integrated delivery of basic services, enhancement of multi-sectoral participation and mustering of resources towards sustainable development.

QUALITY POLICY WE, at the Municipality of Irosin, commit to improve the quality of life and ensure the sustainable development of every Irosanon.

WE endeavor to be a livable, resilient, ecologically-balanced and progressive center of agro-industry, eco-tourism, commerce and trade in the province through comprehensive and integrated delivery of basic services and infrastructures.

In doing so, WE adhere to nurturing good governance by: addressing the needs and expectations of stakeholders; satisfying the requirements related to our activities, operations and processes; achieving our plans, goals and objectives; and continual improvement of our processes and the Quality Management System.

PARA SA IROSIN, PARA SA IROSANON!

IROSIN Irosin's DREAM Development Framework

Delivery of Basic Services and Infrastructures (Serbisita sa Barangay, INACT, TESDA, Eco Zoo Park, Irosin Lake, etc.)

Operationalized by bringing the services directly to the people with the people, and providing appropriate infrastructure support and vital facilities to agriculture commerce, eco-tourism, and services.

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development

(LuMI - Luntian at Masaganang Irosin - 1M trees , 1M fishes and pakbet in every household, MALINIGONG IROSIN / Solid Waste Management Program - Beyond Garbage Collection and Disposal, Renewable Energy PPAs)

Through efficiency, conservation and just transition to clean energy options, and the implementation of the Luntian at Masaganang Irosin program for sustainable food production and security while caring for our natural environment.

MoDenergize

(Raise the Morale of employees/energize the bureaucracy, digitization for Data-driven Governance - COLLAB Dev, ISO Certification)

By raising the morale of our public servants and every Irosanon who are committed to the achievement of our common vision using and harnessing our indigenous resources and capacities and effectively utilizing the advances in the digital technology.

MENSAHE Yadi uli ako niyan mga namomot-an ko na mga Irosanon.

Boot ko na pasalamatan kamo sa iyo padagos na tiwala nan suporta. Importantehon tabi an mga ini para mautob nan mangyari an ato pangaturugan para sa padaba nato na Bongto.

An Irosin solamente na Munisipyo sa ato probinsiya na nasa butnga san mga bongto na may dagat. Prinoprotehiran kita san nakapalibot na bulod, nan biniyayaan kita san ato Kagurangnan sin malinig na mga bubon, magkapira na mga busay, salog, mga tamsi nan hayop, nan marambong pa na kadlagan.

Diri makangangalas na magkasarayo kita sa ato Bisyon o Pangaturugan na pinagka-uruyunan nato nan padagos inhihinguha na maabot nan utubon diri lang para sa ato niyan kundi sa mga masurunod pa na mga bag-ong bata.

Sa ato Bisyon, maw-ot nato an sayo na magaya-gaya istaran na Bongto, may matibay na mga tawo, nagheherot sa kapalibutan, sarong bongto na progresibong sentro san industriya sa agrikultura, eko-turismo, negosyo nan komersiyo, mga Irosanon na may pagmaw-ot sa Kagurangnan, mayad an salud, kayan makihampangan nan maki-kompitensiya maski sa pangkinab-an na lebel, may pantay na pagtratar sa kapwa, nan aktibo na nagpapartisipar para sa sayo na pamamahala na maka-hustisya, silhag nan nagaako san mga atang san katungdanan.

An Bisyon na ini an pinaka-pundasyon san mga programa, proyekto nan mga aktibidad na iniimplementar san iyo Lokal na Gobyerno – kaoropod kamo, an intero na sektores na yadi sa Irosin, an ato mga kadanon sa mga pribado na ahensiya, kapareho na mga gobyerno lokal, kaoropod sa Kongreso, nan lalo na san ato gobyerno sa probinsyal nan nasyonal na lebel.

An ato pinagkasarayuan na Bisyon an basehan san magkakatarakod na prayoridad na mga programa na komitido ini na iyo Meyor Pidoy – kaopod an ato Sangguniang Bayan nan kada sayo sa amo sa Gobyerno Lokal san Irosin – na maseguro na mautob sin odok sa amo boot.

Una sa mga prayoridad na programa na ini an Delivery of Basic Services and Infrastructures.

Makaseguro kamo san padagos na paghatag san mga importante na serbisyo. Magkapira hamok sa mga ini an manongod sa salud san kada Irosanon na tututukan san ato Municipal Health Unit; asistensiya sa mga nanga-ipo nan sa mga may kapigaduhan na inaasikaso man san ato Social Welfare and Development Office; mga importante na serbisyo nan gamit sa agrikultura na inhahatag san ato Agriculture Office; pag-responde sa mga emerhensiya nan kon may mga kalamidad kon diin responsable man an ato Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office; nan iba pa na mga opisina san Gobyerno Lokal na padagos an

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

trabaho, naka-suporta nan naka-antabay, para sa epektibo nan episyente na paghatod mga serbisyo nan mga kinakaipuhan na tabang.

Katakod man sa prayoridad na programa na ini an mga importante na imprastraktura na binatugan pa nato san primero ko na termino na padagos inbibisay, inpapa-orog nan mas lalo inpapagayon. Pira hamok sa mga ini an ato Irosin Lake Area; Eco Park and Zoo; mga busay sa Tongdol, Naglahaw, Malunguy-lungoy nan Tinago; an ato Irosin National Agency Center and Terminal; an suporta kada taon para sa proyekto san kada sayo san ato 28 na mga barangay; an ato Memorial Park sa Mapaso; Community Center na hihimuon ta man na Traffic and Public Safety Hub; an ato Valley View sa may Buenavista; nan daghanon pa kon ato sasayu-sayoon.

Ika-duwang prayoridad na programa an Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development.

Mao ini an paggamit san suna san adlaw nan ato mga salog nan irigasyon para makaproduser kita malinig na elektrisidad na diri naka-asa sa maati, mahal nan haragyo pa na inhahalian para lang makagamit kuryente. Kita an una na maimplementar san ingagahoy na “Own Use Power Sharing” na magiging modelo nan iirugon sa sulod nan luwas san Pilipinas. An obheto nato mao an mapababa an presyo san kuryente, makaasa na diri sin kaburu-brown out, nan makinabang didi maski an mga pobre nato na kamaranghudan. Sa programa na ini, an ato bongto magiging orgolyo ta bilang Local Government Sustainable Energy Center o modelo nan sentro pag-abot sa renewable energy nan mga katakod na programa manongod sa environment and sustainable development.

Ika-tulo sa prayoridad nato an MoD-energize.

Boot hamok sabihon sadi mao an Morale nan Digital Technology. Maw-ot nato na mapahalangkaw an morale, o kon sa ato pa, an karuyagan nan padagos na entusiyasmo san mga personahes nato sa Gobyerno Lokal na himoon an amo mandato na magserbi na may higos nan wara duwa-duwa.

Sisigurohon ta man na madagdagan nan mapahalangkaw an kaaraman nan kapasidad namo sa Gobyerno Lokal manongod sa paggamit san digital o information technology para sa amo mas epektibo nan episyente na paghatod sin serbisyo.

Inaayo ko tabi na makisumaro nan aktibo kita na magpartisipar intero. Sarabay nato susugon nan abuton an ato pinagkasarayuan na Bisyon, an ato mga kamaw-otan para sa ato Bongto.

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

ALFREDO J. CIELO, JR. Municipal Mayor

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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DELIVERY OF BASIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURES • INFRASTRUCTURES INACT COMPLEX - Irosin National Agencies Center and Terminal San Pedro, Irosin, Sorsogon

MULTI PURPOSE HALL EVACUATION CENTER

Total lot area: 2640 sqm Building Area: 1500 sqm • Evacuation Center capacity: 300+ families with complete facilities • Basketball court

IROSIN INTEGRATED TERMINAL

Lot Area: 4821 sqm Building Area: 1047 sqm

• Booking office • 12 Rentable Stalls • 10 Ticketing Booths • Comfort Rooms • Management Facility Office

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY

Lot area: 1086.26 sqm 3 Storey Building with roof deck • 6 regular dorms • 3 special dorms for Isolation LGBT and PDLs

BULWAGAN NG KATARUNGAN

• Municipal Trial Court • Regional Trial Court

Total lot area: 681. 34 sqm Floor Area: 340.82 sqm • 1st Floor - Regional Trial Court • 2nd Floor - Municipal Trial Court • Roof Top Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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On-going construction : PNP Building BFP Building Available offices | services: DENR - PENRO Satellite Office Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Social Security System(SSS) MAIN GATE Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost) Incoming National Offices: Land Transportation Office (LTO) Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) PAG-IBIG Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Department of Agriculture (DA) National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Department of Education (DepEd) INACT Aerial View

IROSIN COMMUNITY CENTER

• 1st Floor - Rentable Stalls • Ground Level - Tricycle Parking Area • Roof Top for conventions and special functions

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

DIVERSION ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS, ROAD OPENING, FARM-TO-MARKET ROADS (FMR) REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF BAGSANGAN - MONBON ROAD

Directly benefiting the Irosanons of Barangay Bagsangan and Monbon

PATAG - CAWAYAN ROAD OPENING

Directly benefiting the Irosanons of Barangay Patag and Cawayan Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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PATAG-BAGSANGAN ROAD OPENING

Directly benefiting the Irosanons of Barangay Patag and Bagsangan

MAPASO - PATAG - CAWAYAN ROAD OPENING

Directly benefiting the Irosanons of Barangay Mapaso, Patag and Cawayan

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

CM RECTO STREET, POBLACION ROAD IMPROVEMENT

AMUKID, MAPASO ROAD IMPROVEMENT

Directly benefiting the Irosanons of Barangay Mapaso

BACOLOD - CARRIEDO HANGING BRIDGE

BUENAVISTA - CARRIEDO - LIANG ROAD OPENING

Directly benefiting the Irosanons of Barangay Bacolod and Carriedo

Directly benefiting the Irosanons of Barangay Buenavista, Carriedo and Liang

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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SERBISITA SA BARANGAY (PUROK AND BARANGAY LEVELS) Conducted SERBISITA sa BARANGAY and Purok Serbisita weekly since 2016 up to the present in all 28 Barangays of the Municipality

• Food Pack Distribution • Medical and Dental Check-up • Free Medicine / Vitamins • PWD Registration • Senior Citizen Membership

• Barangay Clean-Up • Brigada Kapilya • Brigada Eskwela • Electrical Repair • Installation of water pumps • House Construction for Indigent Families • Chain Saw and Grass Cutting Services

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

• New Slippers for Kids • Feeding Activity • Pathway Repair and Construction • Mobile Market

• Issuance of: - Community Tax Certificate (Cedula) - Birth Certificate - Senior Citizen's ID - PWDs ID • Assistance to Solo Parents • SSS and PhilHealth Concerns • Tree Seedlings Distribution, Planting/Growing • Fish Fingerlings Distribution • Hog Dispersal • Pet Vaccination • Free Haircut

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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RENEWABLE ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT • ECO-TOURISM Improvement of Eco-Zoo Park

Improvement of Irosin Lake

Establishment of Temporary Wildlife Rescue Center at Eco-Zoo Park

Irosin Lake Patag, Irosin

Eco-Zoo Park Patag, Irosin

Preservation and conservation of our natural springs and water Falls

Malunguy-lungoy Falls

Batang Falls

Naglahaw Falls

Carriedo Falls

Tongdol Falls

Establishment of mountain trekking adventures at Mt. Bulusan and Mt. Maraot Banwa

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

Construction and Establishment of Religious Pilgrimage Site

Installation of Zipline

Stations of the Cross in Barangay Cawayan

Zipline at Barangay Patag

Preservation and Conservation of Natural Caves

Kayaking and boating activities at Irosin Lake and ATV Adventure in Rangas River

Establishment of the Irosin Integrated Municipal Nursery

Brgy. Mapaso Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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• AGRICULTURE Luntian at Masaganang Irosin (LuMI) - 1M trees, 1M fishes and Pakbet in every household

From 2016 to 2021 • Distributed 9877 assorted vegetable seed packs to 1077 vegetables farmers • Distributed 500 vegetable seedling, 500 papaya seedlings, 250 rambutan seedlings, 1000 sweet potato, 1000 cassava , 1000 gabi and 250 guyabayo seedlings to 4 P's beneficiaries of the municipality under BUB Gulayan sa Barangay • Distributed 28,431 assorted seedlings to 10,425 households of the municipality • In 2016, LGU distributed and released a total of 10,000 tilapa fingerlings to 16 fishpond owners and along the Cadac-an river • In 2017, distributed 5,000 tilapia fingerlings to 52 recipients in 14 Barangays of Batang, Bolos, San Agustin, Casini, Tabon-Tabon and Buenavista • 2000 tilapia fingerlings distributed among the 14 recipients of Barangay Gulang-Gulang and Patag • In 2018, released 3000 tilapia fingerlings at the Cogon Lake • In 2019, distributed 35,000 tilapia fingerlings to 41 fishpond owners of Barangays Cawayan, Carriedo, Monbon, San Juan, Bagsangan and Gabao • In March 2021, the LGU distributed 115,000 tilapia fingerlings for the 85 beneficiaries/fishpond owners and 205,000 tilapia fingerlings to 145 beneficiaries/fishpond owners in September 2021

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

Support Services and Direct Assistance to Irosanon Farmers • From 2016 up to the present, the LGU released about 17,163 bags of inbred rice to 1,089 farmers, 588 farmers received 588 bags of hybrid rice • Distributed about 2,850 bags of fertilizer to 610 farmers • Rat eradication program and insecticides distribution • Conducted various trainings and seminars to farmers • 271 farmers availed loans from the SURE AID Program amounting to P15,000 per farmer • 780 rice farmers received P5,000 each as financial subsidy • Rehabilitation of the Cummunal Irrigation System (CIS) in several barangays

• Through the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) , the LGU allocated funds for the construction and rehabilitation of the following Communal Irrigation System for the following barangays: TABON-TABON - PHP 25,000,000 STO. DOMINGO - PHP 14,000,000 CARACDACAN - PHP 1,000,000 TONGDOL - PHP 1,000,000 GABAO - PHP 1,000,000

GULANG-GULANG - PHP 1,000,000

• Distributed 20 units of water pumps along with 60 containers of diesel/gasoline each for twenty (20) farmers' association.

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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• Through the efforts of the LGU and with the cooperation of other agencies, essential agricultural machineries awarded to the following farmers' association at their respective barangays: Carriedo : (Carriedo Agrarian Coop) : 1 combined harvester, 1 rice planter,

1 hand tractor Macawayan (PEDMACAS Irrigators' Association) : 1 harvester, a 4-wheel drive tractor,

1 rice planter Tongdol (Tongdol Rice Farmers Association) : 1 unit harvester, a 4-wheel drive tractor,

1 rice planter Gabao (GASANAMUDECO) : 1 harvester, a 4-wheel drive tractor,

1 hand tractor, 1 planter, 1 seeds cleaner Monbon (Monbon Farmers Association) : 1 shredder, 1 top down 175cc motorcycle Gulang-Gulang :

1 harvester, a 4-wheel drive tractor, 1 rice planter

Establishment of Rice Processing Center | Molinohan • One (1) in Brgy. Gabao , managed by GASANAMUDECO • One (1) in Bgry. Buenavista, managed by the Irosin Rice Farmers Agriculture Cooperative

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

Program for the coconut farmers • 93 coconut farmers received incentives from PCA's Plant Now Pay Later Program • 388 coconut farmer beneficiaries from PCA's Cash and Food Subsidy Program • Established Dwarf Coconut Nursery at the Irosin Integrated Municipal Nursery the pioneering Dwarf Coconut Nursery in the Province of Sorsogon

Livestock and Poultry Program • Dispersal of poultry (chicken) to poultry farmers through OPAPP PAMANA • Dispersal of ducks (itik) at 23 heads each to 20 farmers through OPAPP PAMANA • Animal Vaccination Program • Anti-rabies Program - about 8,967 dogs are vaccinated from 2016 to present

Abaca Rehabilitation Program in collaboration with the Fiber Industry Development Authority • Distribution of incentives to 24 abaca farmers covering 30 hectares under the provincial and PhilFIDA project called "One Plus One Project" in the Barangays of Bagsangan, Patag, Cawayan and Carriedo • Distributed abaca seedlings for 25 farmers of Barangays Mapaso, Tabon-Tabon, Monbon, Cawayan, and Carriedo • Training on PhilFIDA Package of Technology for 30 farmers from the Barangays of Cawayan, Bagsangan, Carriedo, Liang, Patag and Monbon.

• 180 hectares abaca rehabilitation program under PRDP Project for Barangays of Bagsangan, Patag, and Cawayan for 180 farmers-beneficiaries

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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Establishment of Farmers' Day • Started in 2017, a one-day recreational activity, raffling off motorcycle and farm equipment in cooperation with BASF Chemical Company and attended by about 765 farmers • In 2020, about 500 farmers from Irosin's agricultural association attended the Farmers' Day for recreational activity raffling off 40 bags of certified rice seeds, 20 bags of urea fertilizer, 20 bags of 14-14-14 fertilizer, 10 watering cans, 5 mini sprayers and 15 ice kettles • Distributed the following farm equipment: 100 pieces each of bolo, rake, hoe, sickle and shovel • Distributed the following vegetable seeds: 95 cans of ampalya, 95 cans of eggplant, 95 cans of tomato, 95 cans of pepper seeds, 20 kls. of okra, 20 kls. of string beans and 20 kls. of squash.

Establishment of Barangay Agricultural Fishery Worker (BAFW) associations in 28 Barangays Empowerment of Farmers' Associations in Irosin by designating a Focal Person per association and the Institutionalization of Irosin Tripartite Partnership for Development Office Conduct of Livelihood Training • Root crop-based training (cassava and turmeric) including costing, pricing and small business management • Training on skills enhancement on pili-based food processing • Training on mushroom production, processing and packaging • Skills training on braiding, mat weaving with project costing and pricing

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

COVID-19 Pandemic Response • Local products like vegetables from Irosanon farmers purchased by the LGU and distributed among vulnerable sectors affected by the pandemic • Distributed vegetable seeds to every household (Pakbet in every household) • Activation of Mobile Market, a rolling store for day-to-day basic needs of the family for a lower price selling local produce

MALINIGONG IROSIN / Solid Waste Management Program - Beyond Garbage Collection and Disposal • Information, Education and Communication on Solid Waste Management in all 28 Barangays • Establishment of Materials Recovery Facility, Composting Facility, and Temporary Residual Containment Area • Safe Closure and Rehabilitation of Disposal Facility • Waste Diversion Program • Purchase of plastic densifier machine and plastic shredder with glass pulverizer machine

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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Public sector support to the eco-tourism industry in the Municipality of Irosin leading to increased tourism destinations and arrivals

Baclayon Valley Spring Resort Bagsangan, Irosin

Tropical Spring Resort Monbon, Irosin

San Benon Hot and Cold Spring Resort Monbon, Irosin

Vida Guest Resort Monbon, Irosin

Cielo's Garden Resort Salvacion, Irosin

Xander's Place Monbon, Irosin

Santorini Resort and Inn Gulang-Gulang ,Irosin Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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Modesta Resort Bagsangan, Irosin

401K Resort Monbon, Irosin

Nature Spring Resort and Inn Monbon, Irosin

• HEALTH, NUTRITION AND SANITATION • Construction of Gabao Lying-in • Provision of 2 new ambulances • Regular Blood Letting Activity • Schistosomiasis Control Activities (Provision of toilet bowls, canal cleaning and clearing) • Medicine provision • RHU building improvement • Provision of honorarium to BHWs and BNSs • Feeding Program • Regular Operation Timbang • COVID19 Pandemic Immediate Response (establishment of the Incident Command System-Covid19 Incident Management Team for COVID Prevention and Control; food/ relief packs distribution for every household; Established Quarantine Facilities; Vaccination Drive; Information Campaign; Financial and Material Assistance Outsourcing)

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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• Establishment of 2 Integrated Schools in Patag and Batang • Support to Brigada Eskwela • Provision of School Supplies • Provision of honorarium for Day Care Teachers • Purchased lots for School Buildings in Cawayan • Provision of WiFi modem • Repair of typhoon-damaged school buildings • Provision of school bags for school children • Provision of anti-COVID19 sanitation equipment and facilities for disinfection and hand-washing • Summer job • Holding of the first Teachers' Day in Irosin with capacity building, awarding and incentives provision

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• EDUCATION

Cawayan Elementary School

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

• SOCIAL SERVICES • Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) • Support to Senior Citizens • Support to Persons with Disability (PWD) • Support to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning (LGBTQ) Persons • Support to 4P's • Provision of relief goods (Senior Citizens, PWDs, all households) • Child Protection Program

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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• PEACE AND ORDER • Support to the Municipal Peace and Order Council (MPOC) and Municipal Anti-Drug Abuse Council (MADAC) • Support to "End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC)" activities • Road Clearing Operations • Construction of Bahay Silangan • Support to Traffic Enforcers • Support to Barangay Tanod • Provision of CCTV (Plaza, Central Business District, Public Auditorium) • Installation of traffic signages and streetlights

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

• SLP - Sustainable Livelihood Program (Barangay Level and Kaagapay PWD Irosin Association)

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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• LIVELIHOOD

• Support to1,788 TUPAD or Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/ Displaced Workers from 2018 up to present

• Support to GIP or Government Internship Program 27 beneficiaries in 2020 and 28 beneficiaries in 2021

• Support to TESDA

• Job Fair 182 Registered Job seekers (41 - Overseas, 141- Local) and 134 Qualified (30 - Overseas, 104 - Local) in 2019

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

• Support to 85 student-beneficiaries of the Special Program of the Employment of Students (SPES) from 2017 to present

• 50 Street Vendors provided with Karitong Pang Angat-Buhay Foodcarts and solar lights

• Assistance to TODA members (tires, lubricants, fuels, free parking, cash assistance, capacity development / team building)

• Support to the Irosin Barangay Kagawad Association (IBKA) • Support to Market Vendors Association • Support to DAMAYAN volunteer assistance organization • Support to United Fraternities and Organizations of Irosin (UFOI)

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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• YOUTH AND SPORTS

• Support to Tribu Irosanon • Creation of Local Youth Development Office (LYDO) • Continuing capacity building activities

• ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE

• Notable Increase in registered business establishments • Increase in registered financial establishments such as lending institutions

• IMPROVEMENT OF THE MUNICIPAL INFORMATION OFFICE

• Establishment of Newsroom for Radyo Irosanon and Irosin InfoNEWS on TV • Online TV news reporting and radio livestreaming • Newsletters, Souvenir Magazines, Info Bulletin • Extensive Social Media Utilization (FB pages; youtube; group messaging platforms for regular and emergency communications)

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Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

MORALE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY (MoDenergize) Uplift the morale of our Local Government Employees / energize the bureaucracy

• Employee Benefits:

On time Salary (Bi-monthly) | Clothing: P6,000 | 13th and 14th month pays Productive Enhancement Incentive : P5,000 | Cash Gift : P5,000 | Collective Negotiation Agreement : P25,000 | Service Recognition Incentive : P10,000

• Implemented Salary Standardization Permanent 2015 - 2016 AA I : P6,439.00 2019 AA I : P9,110.00

2017 AA I : P7,954.00 2020 AA I : P9,408.00

2018 AA I : P8,056.00 2021 AA I : P9,818.00 • Increased Number of Employees

2016 : 138 Permanent Employees , 202 Job Order (Jan-June) 258 Job Order (July -Dec) as direct assistance to displaced workers

2021 : 153 Permanent Employees

317 Job Order for temporary assistance to displaced workers

due to COVID • Appointment (Original and Promotion)

2016 : 4 2018 : 17 2020 : 6 2022 : 6

2017 : 3 2019 : 10 2021 : 27 • Setup and established the Electronic Business Permit and Licensing System (eBPLS) • Establishment of Irosin's Information, Communication and Knowledge Management System (COLLABDev Project with AER-USAID; ISO Certification) • Data-driven Development through the AER-USAID COLLABDev Project • ISO Certification

ISO Launching Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION (2016-2019) One of the most outstanding Municipal Accounting Offices from year 2016 onwards conferred by the Association of Government Accountants of the Philippines (AGAP) through the recommendation of the Commission on Audit (COA) at the Waterfront, Cebu City

Grand Winner, Gawad Gobernador sa Kapaligiran 2016, 2017

Grand Winner, Salud Bikolnon

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Grand Winner, 17th and 18th Saringaya Awards (Consistent awardee for 2 consecutive years, 2017 -2018)

DILG 2019 Seal of Good Local Governance Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

Republic of the Philippines Province of Sorsogon Municipality of Irosin OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR BUDGET MESSAGE

September 15, 2022 THE HONORABLE MEMBERS Sangguniang Bayan Irosin, Sorsogon Ladies and Gentlemen: Greetings of Peace!

I am respectfully submitting the proposed Budget for Calendar Year 2022 of the Municipal Government of Irosin for the General Fund and the Operation of Local Economic Enterprises pursuant to section 318 of RA 7160.

In this third year of my second term as Mayor of our beloved Irosin, let me first express my gratitude for continuously bestowing your confidence and actively partaking in our collective endeavor to realize our vision.

It is now almost two years that we are facing head on, albeit more smartly and effectively, the adversities wrought by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID). Irosanons that we are, we continue to weather the challenges we encounter, learned to adapt, and along with your local government, manage the long-drawn pandemic and come up even sturdier and more resilient.

Being at the helm of governance of Irosin and steering it steady on its course would be next to impossible without the support of our beloved Irosanons of varying persuasions but with a common bond of pursuing what we agreed on as our development roadmap.

THE VISION OF IROSANONS Our common vision is drawn most fundamentally from the gift of natural resources – the mountains that surround us, the flowing streams, lively falls, rolling rivers, placid lakes, animals in the wilds and relatively dense forests that we want to harness and protect for them to in turn sustain us and the generations to come after us. We envision a kind of development that nurtures our natural environment and builds on them in symbiosis, reinforced with sound governance principles and practices.

To reiterate, we want Irosin to be a “livable, resilient, ecologically balanced, progressive center of agro-industry, eco-tourism, commerce and trade in the province, with people who are God-loving, healthy, globally competitive, gender-sensitive and participative, nurtured by a just, transparent and accountable governance”.

Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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All the development interventions being undertaken by your local government together with our civil society organizations, the business sector, partner national as well as international government and non-government agencies, are anchored on our common vision. This vision is stated more concretely in our D-R-M (Delivery of Basic Services and Infrastructures, Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development, and MoDenergize, meaning high Morale and Digital technology utilization) Development Roadmap. It is the groundwork of our banner programs and projects that I will make sure they get fulfilled with the consistent legislative backing of our Sangguniang Bayan and commitment of every personnel in our Local Government.

GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND DEVELOPMENT TRUSTS Basic Services Delivery and Building Vital Infrastructures While still in the midst of the long-drawn pandemic caused by COVID, we will sustain the provision of basic services as indicated in our budget allocations for the succeeding year.

We provided sufficient fund to our Municipal Health Office for the needed medicines, services, supplies and personnel augmentation as we expect the pandemic to last for a couple more years. Our Social Welfare and Development Office is also one of the crucial frontline services to ensure that assistance to our people in need are promptly provided. Aside from the regular services to boost agricultural production and raise the income of our farmers and agricultural workers, our Municipal Agriculture Office are given the marching order to promote food security to complement, build on and reinforce our other frontline departments. We also count on our Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office particularly in this time of health emergency and with calamities brought by storms that are getting more frequent. Our Serbisita sa Barangay, a homegrown pandemic-adaptive strategy to bring services directly to the people with the people, will be institutionalized and backed with adequate funding and policy support.

We will keep on improving our existing infrastructures and build more of them that are supportive to our economic development thrust and the well-being of every Irosanon. We have witnessed how we continuously construct, renovated, reconstructed, maintained and improved our Integrated Nursery cum Provincial Technical Education and Skills Development Agency Center as well as our Memorial Park in Mapaso, the Irosin Lake Area and Eco Zoo Park in Patag and other eco-tourism sites, the already operational Community Center in San Julian, our Irosin National Agencies Center and Terminal Complex in San Pedro, the Valley View in Buenavista, and housing project in Salvacion among others. We are also targeting before the onset of the 2022 national elections the construction of a school and road in Cawayan; the housing project in Tabon-tabon that can accommodate over 250 units; more road openings from Buenavista to Liang; and the Tabon-tabon road that would connect to the Patag-Bagsangan road network. Aside from the completed and ongoing major infrastructure projects, we will guarantee that the annual support for the projects of each of our 28 barangays is provided.

We will sustain the operations of our Irosin Incident Command System - COVID Incident Management Team as we carry out the prevention, detection, isolation, treatment, reintegration and mass vaccination mandates. Managing well how we deal with COVID that is certain to stay for a longer while is the best option if not the only option we have. While at this, we will sustain our anti-drug abuse initiatives specifically through the rehabilitation program.

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In consultations with the basic sectors, the key members of the Sangguniang Bayan and the Finance Committee of our local government, we committed a reasonable allocation either for direct material support or increase in the monthly compensation particularly of the Barangay Health Workers, Nutrition Scholars and Barangay Early Childhood Development Workers. We also grant a monthly compensation to all Barangay Tanods and the Agri-Fisheries Workers for their services to the community. I am also proud to announce that we are never remiss with our loan payments and carried out programs, projects and activities for the implementation of our official interventions to promote gender and development, the welfare of our senior citizens and differently-abled, prevention of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome and the strengthening of our Local Councils for the Protection of Children.

Deployment of Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development For our innovation and adaptive response to climate change, we came up with the integrated project concept that can efficiently make us producers-consumers of electricity, the “Own Use Power Sharing Scheme”. Our immediate goal here is to make this happen and prove its viability and practicality by making power inexpensive, reliable and accessible most especially for our poorest constituents. Along with our e-TAKSI (Elektrikong Transportasyong Pang-Angat Kabuhayan sa Irosin) and RE-powered agricultural production and post-harvest machineries that we plan to deploy and prove the concept of, we will be proud Irosanons who dared to pioneer this program and become the Local Government Sustainable Energy Center.

The groundwork had been undertaken in officially creating the RE Management and Technical Team, enacting the Public-Private Partnership Code, finalizing and refining our Local Energy Code, preparing the project proposals including the feasibility studies of our key RE projects, and submitting them to potential funders. I am quite confident that we can pull this through before the end of my current administration and see the concrete structures and operationalization of the Irosin Local Government Sustainable Energy Center.

Morale and Digital Technology (MoDenergize) To energize our local bureaucracy, we need to have local government officials, regular employees, department heads, job orders, every LGU personnel with high morale, capability and commitment to serve. We will do values clarification, continuous education and skills development and provide incentives to deepen the commitment of everyone in the Local Government Unit of Irosin. With ongoing on-the-job training, services delivery operations assessment and improvement, updating of our Citizen’s Charters and organizational structure, and every relevant preparation being undertaken in line with our goal to improve and standardize the services of our local government, we will be about ready for ISO - QMS (International Organization for Standardization - Quality Management System) 9001:2015 certification before 2021 ends.

We are also seriously pursuing our COLLABDev (Coalescing Organizations Towards Locally Led Actions to Boost Development) project, a partnership with the USAID and Action for Economic Reforms (AER) to promote a human-centered data-driven development that basically advances policies based on evidences rather than arbitrary political grounds. With AER, we are aiming to get our customized and stand-alone Community-based Information Management System (CBIMS) and our Integrated Management of Agricultural Production and Market for the Development of Irosin (IM A PROMDI) deployed and get traction by the first quarter of 2022. The same goes Para sa Irosin, para sa Irosanon!

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with our Virtual Business One Stop Shop that is now being run for further improvement and refinement prior to its official launch and regular use. Simultaneously, we will keep improving our LGU personnel capabilities in line with the practical applications of digital data processing, communication and information technology within our LGU system to ensure timely, effective and efficient services to our constituents.

FISCAL POLICIES Revenue Program Despite easing in some of our specific revenue collection areas such as garbage collection, parking and Mayor’s permit fees in consideration of our small businesspersons during this pandemic, we make sure that our other revenue-generating measures like enhanced tax collection through vigorous tax information campaign, actual intensified tax collection on business taxes, fees and other charges, and real property taxes. Our tourism promotion is also geared towards creating new sources of revenue by mandating compliance to requirements prior to the operation of new businesses. Our Local Finance Committee estimates a revenue of PhP 264,392,522 or a 33.9 % increase in 2022 from a revenue of PhP 197,456,079 in 2021.

As regards to the LGU income under the General Fund and Local Economic Enterprises, the projected income from local sources are PhP 9,970,000 or 3.77% in Tax Revenue and PhP 5,695,000 or 2.15% in Non-tax Revenue. For our Economic Enterprises, the estimated income is at PhP 2,875,000 or 1.09% of the total revenue, and our income from External Sources is expected to increase by PHP 245,852,522 or 92.99% of the total revenue.

The increase in our 2022 income is largely due to the Mandanas Law. However, further devolution of functions of the national government departments to the local governments as a tradeoff may offset and even erode the said increase of revenue in 2022 from external sources particularly the National Tax Allocation. This will be exacerbated by the expected decrease in revenue collection not only at the national level but also at the local level after 2022 and onwards as an effect of the economic slowdown due to the long-drawn pandemic. Irosin may do well therefore to prepare for this eventuality drawing from our D-R-M development thrust – (1) Efficiency of local government operations by streamlining and direct provision of essential services through the Serbisita sa Barangay; (2) Promotion of savings and income generation respectively from energy use efficiency measures and deployment of RE-sourced electricity starting at LGU buildings and local economic enterprises; (3) Outsourced infrastructure projects preferably those that spur economic activities and wellbeing of Irosanons to keep the LGU from shelling out substantial capital outlays (such as lot donation, escrow fund for land development, and typhoon resilient residential units from partner donor organization for Social Housing; RE infrastructures, equipment and vehicles from relevant funding agencies/sources); and (4) Forest regeneration cum food security and household-based income generation through food processing as a programmatic offshoot of the Luntian at Masaganang Irosin (LuMI) promoting a million trees, a million fishes and Pakbet in every household.

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Expenditure Program The programs, projects and activities that we laid down were identified in consultations with our development partners through the formal meetings of the Municipal Development Council and other local special bodies particularly with the members of the Civil Society Organizations, the Liga ng mga Barangay representatives, business and religious sectors, and transport organizations among others. The output of such consultations became the basis of our priority programs and projects that are also contained in our Comprehensive Development Plan.

DISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES Distribution by Sector The Calendar Year 2022 budget for expenditures comprises mainly of four (4) major accounts, namely: Personal Services, Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses, Capital Outlays and Special Purpose Appropriations. These expenses are distributed by sector such as General, Social, Economic and Others Services. The General Services represent PhP 203,342,108.80 or 76.91% of the total amount, Social Services is at PHP 35,680,152.48 or 13.50%, and Economic Services is at PHP 25,370,260.72 or 9.59%.

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Distribution by Major Expenses Among the four expenses under the major accounts, the Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses has the largest share at PhP100,296,278.56 or 37.95% in the allocation of resources, followed by Personal Services at PhP91,696,612.94 or 34.68%, Special Purpose Appropriations at PhP68,659,630.50 or 25.97%, and Capital Outlay at PhP3,740,000.00 or 1.41% of the total obligations.

We have provided funding for all our mandatory and statutory obligations. As we are still in the midst of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, we give priority to the delivery of basic services and facilities particularly those that pertain to our COVID-19 prevention and control measures. Our LGU absorbed as well the initial devolved functions in the distribution of resources as mandated in section 17(b) of R.A. 7160 even as we prepare for additional tasks to be devolved by the national government following the Mandanas ruling despite the expected decline in total revenue after 2022.

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The allocation for our debt service obligation from the General Fund and 20% Economic Development Fund are provided. We ensured that our Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management department has sufficient fund allocation for the year. Cost saving measures shall be enforced to bring down operating and overhead cost as much as practicable. We shall abide by reasonable fiscal policies, make efficient our resource mobilizations and revenue generation, further improve our tax collections and make judicious our official spending.

The Honorable Members of the Sangguniang Bayan, we will continue to carry out as a Team the services provision and key programs and projects that we promise to deliver. We owe it to our every fellow Irosanon to provide the needed quality services and the public infrastructures that are appropriate and necessary to improve the quality of life of every single constituent of our Municipality.

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Respectfully yours, (SGD) ALFREDO J. CIELO, JR. Municipal Mayor

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