Q & A with Mayor Bona

Transcripts of the media interview with Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno last Monday during the Kapihan sa Mangaldan held at the guest room of the municipal hall. Excerpts:

Media men interview Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno

MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA (Northern Watch Newspaper): Maam, iyong allegation nila na P1 million gastos niyo sa SOMA (State of the Municipality Address), paki explain po.

MAYOR BONA FE D. PARAYNO: Hindi po totoo iyan na may P1 million (laughed) pero pag nakita niyo iyong lahat ng tarpaulin na iyan nakalagay doon is Smart. Sila ang nag sponsor and its free na binigay. Tapos may mga iba naman na nagbigay ng supplies. Invitation is discounted and its worth I think P`16,000 lang iyong invitation and malaking discount sa suppliers.

MORTZ: Pati daw ang damit niyo maam ni- bill niyo daw sa P1 million?

MAYOR: Ang damit ko sa akin (laughed) maski isang cent was not spent on my cloth.

JESSIE PEREZ (USA TV, AKSIYON RADYO): Ano ang update sa P40 million loan?

MAYOR: Kailangan kasi iyang resolution noon kasi 2014, 2015 na sabi nila we need another one.

MINNIE CABURNAY (DWPR): Na revised?

KAPIHAN. Media men strike a pose with Mangaldan Mayor Bona Fe D. Parayno (5th from left) after her recent regular “Kapihan” or media dialogue held at the guest room of the municipal hall. MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA

MAYOR: Hindi naman na revised, pero ulitin lang kasi medyo natagalan ang resolution na iyan itong year na ito na submit sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

MORTZ: Mabuti na sagot niyo iyan maam kasi ang detractors niyo sabi nila na reject daw iyong resolution sa P40 million loan.

MAYOR: No, hindi na reject actually merong comments doon sa SP they are really in favor sa endeavor na ganyan kasi income generating.

MORTZ: Within this year kaya na ninyo makuha ang pera sa loan?


MAYOR: Oo within this year.

BINGO LUCASAN (Aksiyon Radyo) They said the remanding by the board of the Resolution on the P40 million at the council was the fault of the council members who neglected to send it on time at the board.

MAYOR: No comment ako diyan.

BINGO: Kasi tapos na nila, ginawa na nila (Sangunian Bayan) at ( hindi) hinatid nila sa Sanguniang Panlalawigan.

MORTZ: So meron ng 2015 resolution sa Sangguniang Panlalawigan?

MAYOR: Meron na, ginawa na.

MORTZ: Update po sa 100 na CCTVs (Closed Circuit TVs)?

MAYOR: Kung nakikita niyo naman ayan maski dito sa loob ng municipio kinakabit na nila. Next week ma monitor na nila.

MORTZ: Presently ilan ang nakakabit?

MAYOR: At the moment wala pa akong update . Mga next week ipapakita namin sa inyo kung ilang iyong.. Iba they are going to the public market. Alam ko 28 iyong last tapos sa public market sa high school sa loob ng municipio. So siguro next week malaman niyo kung ilang.


MINNIE: Magkano total (amount CCTVS) isang kuentahan iyan?

MAYOR: Wala pa gumagawa kasi next week pa iyong monitoring. Inaano pa kung saan allocate ang kailangan. We asked for the PNP to go around with para mag install kung makita kung saan puwede ilagay.

EDWIN TANDOC (Regional Examiner): Congrats as awardee for the best implementer of DepEd.

MAYOR: Natutuwa kami kasi na mabigyan kami ng award na suporta na isinagawa namin sa ALS (Alternative Learning System) dito sa Mangaldan.

MORTZ: Kung may ALS kayo maam, ito Als Tigulo na media man ito, pakilala ka Als.

(Media men laughed).

AL TIGULO (DWPR): Al Tigulo po ng DWPR.

MINNIE: Bakit hindi na fill-up ang office ng treasurer, Assistant Treasure, accountant?

MAYOR: Sa Civil Service and decision, sila ang magsasabi  sa amin.

EDWIN: Maam, iyong bangus processing center niyo, ano ang latest doon?

MAYOR: Update, DTI will be probably giving about one million pesos worth of equipment, training na makakatulong sa aming mga kababayan. They (DTI) approved lahat na mga equipments na hiniling sa kanila.


EDWIN: Hindi lang kayo known as world class bangus, but as world class mayor!

AL: Saan iyan maam?

MAYOR: Malapit sa meat processing magkatabi lang. Hindi puweding magsama sa isang place kasi the cross contamination of the fish. Kailangan there is a separate house.

MORTZ: Kailan ma-implement iyan maam?

MAYOR: This year. Meron kasi kaming river. The river is connected to Bonuan and ang taste ng bangus is the same as our bangus.

MORTZ: Hindi lang na media?

MAYOR: Oo, noong fiesta iyong inihanda diyan actually it came from (Brgy) Bateng (chuckle). Just to inform you, kung sino ang dumating sa kalutan namin merong bangus, natikman niyo? They came from Brgy Bateng. The taste is the same because they shared the same river with those in Bonuan (in Dagupan City).