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HILARIO PEREZ DAVIDE III

Governor, Province of Cebu

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Year One Report to the People: Building Inclusive Growth thru Shared
Benefits and Responsibility


I believe in Change.

I believe in my fellow Cebuano.

I stood before you one year ago today, I promised change. I also promised
hard work ahead, I asked all of you to sacrifice.

The challenge then, and now, demands sacrifice from all of us, the work
ahead demands utmost diligence, skills and energy and determination from
all of us, individually and collectively.

The burden is great. But not as heavy if shared among our shoulders.


Vice-Governor Agnes Magpale, distinguished members of the Provincial
Board, fellow public servant, ladies and gentlemen: Good Afternoon.


Trying Times, Unexpected, but Positive Results

The 2013 triple whammy that hit us one after the other : two ships collided off
Cebu last August 16, a major earthquake shook the region a month later, and
then super typhoon Yolanda or Haiyan swept the northern part of the
province destroying crops, livelihood, houses, lives. The calamities tested the
limits of our capacities to survive as a community.

And yet, we never wavered in our belief that we can survive, and not just
survive, but be better than we were before. We were fortunate to have the
strong partnership with volunteer groups, the private sector, civil society and
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nongovernment organizations, international development agencies, national
government offices, and other resource institutions.

In the just-concluded 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction in Thailand, UNISDR Director Margareta Wahlstrm, said, and
I quote: Strengthening LGUs would put the Philippines in a very good space.
Manila could also adopt some best practices by model local governments like
Albay and Cebu. (The) city government (of Manila) and other LGUs should
enhance disaster resilience programs at the local level by strengthening the
role of women, children, the youth and persons with disabilities in disaster
risk reduction planning and management. End of quote.

With humility, this is a Grand Slam statement a shining testament to the
resiliency of the Cebuanos and splendid performance of a rookie
administration.

We have worked hard creating unexpected, but positive Change; here and
abroad. This would not have happened without Gods guidance.

Padayon ta sa pagpalig-on sa atung mga panimalay ug mga barangay. Nalipay
ta sa P12.2 billion rehabilitation plan approved for Cebu Province by the Office
of the Presidential Assistant for Rehabilitation and Recovery, apan mas
malipayon kitang tanan ug natukod na ang mga balay, nibalik na ang mga
panginabuhi sa atung mga kaigsuonan, ug mas lig-on na ang atung pagbantay
sa kalamidad nga dili kalikayan.

This is a work-in-progress that should inspire all of us to do better, create
more opportunities, and share the benefits.


Our Road Map When We Started

Let us briefly walk through the development agenda we have initially crafted.

Our ultimate goal is improved living condition, especially for those in the
countryside. We will accomplish this through the active participation of all
sectors, amidst a culture of transparency and accountability.

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The situation then and now calls for inclusive, more balanced growth. We
must as we are doing now continue to reach out to the countryside.

Towards this end, we have been and shall continue to relentlessly address key
concerns and issues of the different sectors and stakeholders.

Health and Social Services

I have issued Executive Order No. 10 creating a project team to fast track the
construction or renovation of hospital facilities and the acquisition of hospital
equipment for the different provincial and district hospitals. We have started
to partner with local government units, like Pangasinan, to look for model
hospital facilities and cooperate with the Department of Health, medical
groups and the private sector in delivering efficient and effective services to
our constituents, particularly the indigents in the countryside.

Education and Technical Vocational Training

We are working with the Department of Education, the private sector like the
Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., in having more and better classrooms and
facilities for the K-12 program in Cebu.

We have also strengthened our cooperation with the business sector and the
national government, TESDA and DOLE in particular, for a more vigorous and
responsive vocational-technical training programs.

We are always reminded by our campaign promise: Those wanting to learn
youth, women, and persons with disabilities shall have the opportunity to
acquire skills; those wanting to work, can make a decent living.

We appropriated P149 Million for education this year. This is for our
scholarship program, school buildings and school equipment including books.
We also provided a total of P7 Million to 31 schools damaged by Typhoon
Yolanda.

Countryside Development

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We have revived and expanded the Farmer-Scientist Training Program to
allow higher yield per unit area of farm. The farmers remain to be the focal
group for our sustainable countryside development.

We have been working on interventions with our farming and fishing
communities to help them increase their income and livelihood to have food
on the table, decent shelter, and send their children to school.

Together with The Asia Foundation and the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, we are undertaking a road investments development study that
seeks to improve strategic road links and more convenient and efficient link
between producers and consumers. We are also preparing for our
participation in the P27.48 billion World Bank-funded Philippine Rural
Development Program managed by the Department of Agriculture.

Infrastructure Development and Private Sector Cooperation

We recognize the importance of the private sector.

We supported the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the annual
celebration of the Cebu Business Month which focused on tourism. We see
tourism as a key industry and effective trigger to economic development.

We will continue to institute well-organized programs to show case Cebus
arts and culture, banner our natural advantages, and enhance and protect
our ecology

The choice of Cebu as the host of the recent Open Collaboration with East
Asia New Champions 2014, which is a segment of the 23rd World Economic
Forums East Asia Regional Summit is yet another milestone in fostering
cooperation with the private sector and bringing Cebu to world attention.

We thank the Provincial Board for enacting the 2014 Investments and
Incentives Code for the Province of Cebu that seeks to provide improved
investment climate and bring development and jobs to the countryside.

We are undertaking the preparatory feasibility study linking Cebus northern
and southern tips. The options include the Trans-Axial Highway, traversing
both ends of the island, with convenient access to the shoreline. This access
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will trigger development in areas long neglected and create economic
opportunities outside of the metropolitan area.

Environment Protection, Climate Change and Disaster Reduction

We will continue to protect Cebu as our home our land resources, the
watersheds, the mangrove areas, our marine sanctuaries. The ordinary
fishermen and farmers depend on these for their livelihood. There shall
always be a sustainable, prudent and responsible use of our natural resources.

We now have a working Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management
Office. This office is tasked to formulate and undertake disaster preparedness
and management programs, including production of a hazards map and the
preparation of disaster contingency plans. All plans shall be conscious of and
adapted to Climate Change. Our Task Force Paglig-on and PDRRMO will
monitor the P12.2 billion rehabilitation and recovery program in northern
Cebu.

Law and Order

We have intensified our efforts to protect our communities and fight crimes,
especially against human trafficking and child abuse.

Our Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council is already functioning and has
created anti-drug abuse programs, including seminars to various
municipalities to create their own local anti-drug abuse councils.


Highlights of Year One Accomplishments

On Health and Social Services

Because of the support of our Provincial Board and untiring efforts of our
Provincial Health Office, the Department of Health has upgraded the status of
10 of our 16 province-owned hospitals. These are in Bogo, Danao, Carcar,
Bantayan, Tuburan, San Francisco-Camotes, Argao, Barili, Badian, and Sogod.
This means that necessary hospital equipment, supplies and medical teams
are available to perform caesarean operation, blood transfusion and other
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surgical procedures. Laboratory examinations and other medical services,
such as ultra-sound and ECG, are also now available.

We have provided new ambulances to 6 of our provincial hospitals :
Balamban, Bogo, Danao, Carcar, Badian and Oslob worth P1.2 million each.
The DOH also provided P173.5 Million under the Health Facility Enhancement
Program Eight hospitals have been completely rehabilitated. The Badian
hospital is 98 percent complete and Argao hospital is already 75 percent
complete. The rehabilitation of the 5 other district hospitals are ongoing.

When I assumed office, a total of _____________ families were enlisted with
PhilHealth as indigent members. To date, there are 168, 573 families, or an
increase of ______percent. We have also enrolled all our ___________ barangay
officials and workers in the PhilHealth program. This program is part of the
Provincial Governments continued efforts to give PhilHealth benefits to the
less fortunate residents and barangay volunteers in the Province.

Further, in providing medical missions directly to the Cebuanos, 35 local
government units have availed of the free medical services and medicines
provided by the Provincial Health Office, in coordination with the Provincial
Board. These missions include check-up, dental services, laboratory blood
tests, random blood sugar tests, cholesterol, and urinalysis to patients in the
barangay.

Dengue cases recorded from January-May this year dropped by over 70
percent compared to the same period last year. We thank the Rotary Club for
jointly undertaking this project with the PHO.

We are also undertaking hospital personnel upgrading. When I came in, we
had a total of 309 medical personnel. As of end June 2014, there are a total of
542 medical personnel in our hospitals, including 4 medical consultants. We
will hire more.

(Add testimonials/anecdotal info/stories of patients involved).

Summarize Social Protection Report into 3 or 4 specific paragraphs


Education and Technical Vocational Training
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Over the past year, we have trained 421 out-of-school youths through skills
trainings on cellular phone repairs, silkscreen painting, and sewing and food
processing in coordination with Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority; today, 269 of them have already put up their own businesses and
the remaining 152 went back to school.

To support continuing education for the poor but gifted public high school
valedictorians and salutatorians, we have implemented our scholarship
program. For 2013, 478 valedictorians and salutatorians were granted
scholarship. The figure is expected to increase in 2014. Fifty-five
valedictorian-scholars successfully graduated, 37 of them graduated with high
honors. All graduates received monetary award from the Province of Cebu.

(Include partnership with private sectors for providing scholarships to high
school graduates from municipalities for tech voc courses is this different
from scholarship program in PESO?; state the start of anti-drug campaign for
the youth c/o CPADAC this July)

To address the needs of more jobs for the growing Cebuano workforce in the
province, we have strengthened our partnerships with various private firms
in conducting local and overseas job fairs on a regular basis.

Between July 2013 and June 2014, our Public Employment Service Office or
PESO found employment for more than 70 percent of over 15,000 applicants
who sought for help.

Over 1,600 students were provided financial assistance under the Special
Program for the Employment of Students. Under Republic Act 7323, the
Provincial Government pays 60 percent of their wages, while the Department
of Labor assumes the remaining 40 percent in the form of Education Vouchers
payable to the schools they are enrolled in.

Countryside Development

We have strengthened the agri-business sector, institutionalized mechanisms
to link farmers and fisher folks to potential buyers, and showcased respective
LGU agri-fishery products thru ________________________________.

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Aside from the annual Agri-Fair we initiated the very first Aqua-Marine
Trade Fair held last May 2014. It showcased a variety of marine products
ranging from dried fish and squid to seaweed extracts, decorative shells and
aqua marine feeds from Santa Fe, Bantayan, Cordova, Danao, Consolacion,
Daanbantayan, Alcantara, Sibonga, Minlanilla, Balamban and Talisay. (pls
elaborate and report the stakeholders summit, its initial success and what to
expect in the future) (do we insert the stalls for organically grown agricultural
products?)

This is just the beginning. It enables the fisherfolk and farmers to sell their
products to walk-in buyers and to introduce the products to potential
wholesale buyers.

(A total of 26,330 farmers have undergone trainings in FSTP Phase I, II, III, Go
Organic Program, Seed Growers Certification, Production of Corn, Rice & High
Valued Crops, Soil Analysis, Coastal & Inland Fishery Program during its direct
field demonstration trials and monitoring. During the course of the training,
we provided 1,188 bags (rice and corn) of seeds, 1,059 packs assorted
vegetable seeds, 2,531 bags fertilizers, 2,000 pieces lakatan suckers, 2,373 soil
analysis with recommendations, 2,704 bottles of trichoderma.)

As of now, over 26,000 farmers have undergone trainings under the FSTP.
Lilia Abear, of Barangay Vive, in Ronda could barely harvest enough to feed
the family until the next season. Today she says, puede na ko kabaligya She
produces more than they can consume and she is able to sell the excess. The
Provincial Agriculturist reports that FSTP graduates in Barangay Magsico, San
Fernando, in Danao, in Borbon, enjoy up to 400 percent percent increase in
corn yield per hectare. This means from the average 800 kilos per hectare per
harvest to as much as 2.5 tons per hectare per harvest.


Validate and describe positive outcomes of undertaking FSTP

State purpose of the Crops/Implements Insurance Program:
Coverage and Type: 4,528 hectares of corn and rice land, 7 hectares of
vegetable farm, 1,025 mango and banana plants, 5,030 livestock heads,
1,942 fishing boats (for confirmation)
Number of beneficiaries: 331 farmers and fisherfolk (for confirmation)
Programs Costs: P4.4 million
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Outcomes/Results:



Under this program, we no longer require the LGUs to shoulder 10 percent of
the insurance premiums paid for the insured individual, products, livestock,
and equipment. Capitol now shoulders 100% of farmers insurance which
covers livestock, palay and corn production, fishing boat, and Accident
Dismemberment Security Scheme, in case of sudden deaths or accidents,
thereby providing security to beneficiary-families.

Testimonials: Farm mechanization, crops insurance and other programs


Infrastructure Development and Private Sector Cooperation



Additional stories on private sector cooperation, e.g., EEC, CRID, New
Mactan Airport, Third Bridge, MegaCebu, JICA Study Team


Environment Protection, Climate Change and Disaster Reduction

PENRO
PENRO, or the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, is
that instrumentality charged with the implementation of the laws seeking to
provide protection to the environment.
Thus, I would like to highlight following activities:
First, we have been doing more apprehensions of cargo trucks carrying
illegally hauled sand and gravel, lime stones and other minerals, totalling up
to 392 apprehensions from July 2013 to June 20, 2014, as compared to the
previous administrations 62 apprehensions from the 2
nd
semester of 2012 to
the first semester of 2013. In addition, we have collected a total of Php
4,081,047.85 by way of fines/penalty fees in the first year, as compared to
only Php 561,175.60 collections of the previous administration. Also, a grand
total of Php 56,164,153.70 of revenues during the first year. The increased
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collection is due mainly on our efforts to strictly implement and enforce the
Environmental Code and the Revenue Code of Cebu and to eliminate
corruption in the rank of the implementing officers.
Second, we have intensified our vigilance in reviewing and evaluating
applications for quarry permit. For example, we now have a more rigid and
strict system of monitoring the permit holders compliance with their
Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC). Also, we have finally ordered the
closure of quarry operations in the Sapangdaku River Channel in Toledo City,
due to the environmental risks it poses. Such closure meant decrease in
revenues, which should not, however, be construed as a negative effect. In
fact, this as an achievement: for in the past administration, operations in
Sapangdaku were not strictly monitored, which led to severe environmental
damage in the area and serious environmental risks. More vigilant
enforcement activities, such as mobile checkpoints and conducting random
check/operations, were established.
Third, we have provided livelihood assistance to the small-scale Pala-
Pala Sand Gravel Illegal Operators in Sapangdaku River Channel. In our
efforts to help them find alternative sources of income, a demo farm was
established in Sta. Rita, Asturias, Cebu which will soon be replicated in other
areas specifically to help address the livelihood concerns of some of the SAG
illegal operators in the municipality. The farm is now administered by an
association of farmers and SAG Pala-Pala operators in close coordination
with PENRO and PGO Community Organizing Team. As a little something in
return, these guys serve as active agents in monitoring illegal quarrying
activities in the area.
Fourth, on forest management, we have planted a total of 1,228,708
trees, which were planted in school sites or in school identified areas all over
the province of Cebu with the help of DepEd. Further, some 350,200
mangroves were planted in the coastlines of Cebu Province in partnership
with LGUs, NGOs and POs. Also, we were able to collect 11,414 seedlings from
Sand and Gravel Permit Holders as part of their obligation under their ECCs.
But after having said all these, I must hasten to add that, despite all
these activities, the results which we aim to attain would not be possible, if we
would not cooperate with one another. This task of preserving our
environment does not depend on one person. It depends on us as a
community.
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PDRRMO
A month after our administration took office, we were greeted by an
awful tragedy the August 16, 2013 sea mishap at Lawis Ledge off Talisay
City. Many lives were lost. Many hopes were shattered. But we were
undaunted we were mindful that being the government, we should be a
beacon of hope for those who thought that hope would have never existed.
On October 15, 2013, another test came, which shook the whole
province the 7.2- magnitude earthquake hitting the Visayas region, with its
epicentre located in Bohol. That earthquake caused varying degrees of
damage to many of the buildings and houses in the affected areas, including
the Capitol Building and the former Palace of Justice, Cebu International
Convention Center. But it did not hold us back from doing what we are
expected to do, and in response to the need, a PDRRMO team was dispatched
to Maribojoc, Bohol to assist in the relief operation. These operations included
setting up a High Frequency Radio Communication system to Cebu for damage
assessment and information dissemination and management.
Then there were various fire alarms in Cebu and Mandaue cities, the
tornado rampage in Talisay City and Minglanilla, and the typhoid outbreak in
Tuburan.
But when everyone thought the worst had already happened, super
typhoon Yolanda, one of the strongest that the world has experienced in recent
years, came. It brought havoc and destruction in many areas of the country
and suffering to many people, especially to those who are living in Northern
Cebu.
In response to this, a special group, known as Task Force Paglig-on,
was formed. It provided assistance to LGUs in determining no dwelling
zones in their areas and provided for shelter assistance, with the help of
INGOs and NGOs. So far, it has covered already about 35% of the total number
103,318 households needing shelter assistance. It organized an Inter-Agency
Working Group with members from the Regional Government Offices to assist
the areas affected by the devastating typhoon. Subsequently, the Cebu
Province Rehabilitation Plan and Cabinet Cluster was developed and
approved with a total budget of over Php 12.02 billion. A yearly rehabilitation
plan was developed from 2014-2016 as a monitoring scheme thereof.
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In coordination with some government agencies and international non-
government agencies, Memoranda of Agreement/Understanding were signed.
As a result, several projects were initiated and are currently being done,
including the Noahs Ark Project, Project Katawhan, Kina-iyahan, Kalambuan,
and Seaweed and Aquafarm Rehabilitation Project, among others. These
projects aim to revitalize the province after the devastating typhoon and
prepare for possible ones in the future.
Indeed, everything that we have enumerated were done, not because
there was only one person who was capable of doing everything, but because
there was everybody capable of being one.

Law and Order (PNP Report?)

We remain dedicated to the campaign against illegal drugs.

I am asking the municipalities to duplicate the Cebu Provincial Anti-Drug
Abuse Council and involve all sectors in a broader effort against illegal drugs.
This is not a problem merely for the police, or the local government officials.
This is a problem of communities, of neighbourhoods, of families.

Let us involve everyone





Restoring Public Trust in Public Service Through Good Governance

The pillars for good governance are practical and available; but these require
awareness, cooperation, determination, and sacrifice from all of us. It starts
with me and the people on my team.

We have restored peoples faith in public service thru good governance
citing individuals, academe, private sector, CSOs and other stakeholders who
have partnered with us.
(there is so much to done until the ordinary and marginal people in the rural
areas will find gainful livelihood until they can send their children to school
until they can take care of their old and sickly love ones until everyone realize
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our vulnerability against nature, until we realize that taking care of mother
earth is everyones concern we will not rest)

Thank you Capitol workers, particularly our hardworking department heads.

This journey of change for better Cebu is not about me; it is not about you. It is
about us.

It is about working together, doing our own share in building a prosperous
community for this and future generations.

Join us and be counted.

Thank you very much and I wish all of us success in our endeavours. God
bless us all.


Finally, let me quote the President, we will start to make these changes first
in ourselves by doing the right things, by giving value to excellence and
integrity and rejecting mediocrity and dishonesty, and by giving priority to
others over ourselves.

In this journey of change to better life for Cebuanos, there is no other time for
us to join hands but now.