By Mortz C. Ortigoza
BAYAMBANG, Pangasinan – The incoming lady Mayor here has
daunting tasks loom before her three years’ term how she will improve the
social and economics stocks of her 129,011 constituents (2020 Census).
“I stand before you today knowing that I have a big shoe to fill because I am following the footsteps of the best mayor Bayambang has ever had,” Mayor-elect Mary Clare Judith Phyllis 'Nina' Jose-Quiambao described her predecessor-husband Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao who served this historic first town with chutzpah that amazed many people in and out of this flourishing high budget first class town.
The speech held at the Event Center here last June 28 coincided
with the oath taking into the office of the newly elected chief executive
attended by Pangasinan Governor-elect Ramon “Monmon” Guico, III, spouse’s Ma-an
and invited guests.
Quiambao pledged to continue the Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan - a brainchild by her business tycoon husband.
“Bibigyang halaga pa
rin natin ang Socio-cultural Development and Social Protection, Agricultural
Modernization, Good Governance, Economic and Infrastructure Development, at
Environmental Protection and Disaster Resiliency. At sa pagkakataon pang ito, muli
po akong nanawagan sa inyo magtulungan po tayo. Magkaisa po tayo. Napakarami ng
nagawa ang Team Quiambao-Sabangan (Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao and Vice Mayor Raul
R. Sabangan), at marami pa tayong gagawin sa pagpapatuloy ng ating Rebolusyon
Laban sa Kahirapan at pagsasakatuparan ng mga plano sa Bayambang Poverty
Reduction Plan,” an immaculate white Filipiniana gown garbed former actress
– turned- politician emphatically told the applauding crowd.
The programs of the Quiambaos to chop the rearing ugly
heads of poverty and boost the social and economics plights of the Pangasinan
and Ilocano speaking residents here are the 10,000 jobs from their family
funded vaunted bamboo industry, global city, protection against abuses to women and children, good governance, new
town's owned university, ongoing construction of a hospital, and boosting
agriculture through E-Agro Economics System.
10,000 Jobs from
the Quiambaos’ Bamboo Industry
Because of the family’s bamboo plantations in the four towns in Pangasinan, the Quiambaos need 10,000 workers to be part of them.
“Kailangan po namin ng sampung libong trabahante kasi pag
may trabaho na po iyon po ang pangarap ng Team Quiambao –Sabangan (the new
tandem of Quiambao and Vice Mayor-elect Ian Camille C. Sabangan) ang rebulusyon
sa kahirapan,” she told the crowd
in one of her campaign sorties several months ago.
She said that in year 2028 each of the families here should
be earning not less than P10,000 a month.
Global City
She added that the 67 hectares’ development projects in Barangay Bani of the historic town will be an employment generating endeavor. The gargantuan projects – she and the spouse brainchild - will host a town center, coliseum, super malls, villages, and government center.
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| Pangasinan Governor-elect Ramon V. Guico, III (2nd from left front row) and spouse's Maan Guico. Photo by Mortz C. Ortigoza |
“At sa pamamagitan po dito mas marami pong trabaho sa
ating mga Bayambanguenos, mas maraming magbubukas at opurtunidad pa sa ating
mga kababayan”.
Protection Against
Abuses to Women and Children
Jose-Quiambao declared too her pet project on the protection
of abused women and children.
“Abong na Aro (House of Love) na mag huhubog sa ating mga
kababayan na inaabuso. Ngunit sa tingin ko kulang pa tayo sa concrete na
programa na ganito”.
Good Governance
She crowed the good governance passionately advocated and
vigorously implemented by her exiting mayor husband where entrenched and
perennial corruption acts committed by the administration of his predecessors
have been eliminated in the last five years.
“Kitang kita ninyo naman po ang mga buwis ninyo. Di ba
lalong umunlad ang bayan ng Bayambang at lalo pa po nating papaunlarin patungo
sa mas magandang Bayambang".
New Town's Owned
University
This coming August the local government unit will open the
Bayambang Polytechnic University (BPU). Quiambao said the free education given
by the BPU to the youth here will be their pass for employment that can
eventually help their family.
Spiking
Agriculture thru E-Agro
She trumpeted about the online computer application
concocted by her husband and friends that can jack-up the stocks of the rice,
onion, and other farmers here.
“Ibig sabihin noon dapat po ginagamit po natin ang teknolohiya para maka innovate ng mga bagong paraan sa pagsaka. Kaya po ang aking asawa at si Tito George Yulo at iilang pang team ay gumawa po ng isang application ng apps sa phone”.
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| Mayor Nina and the newly elected members of the Sangguniang Bayan (Legislature). |
She called it e-arrow ecosystem embedded in the android
phones of the farm workers where its functions can be compared with those
offered by online stores’ Lazada and Shopee.
“Sa pamamagitan po ng e-arrow at system na puwede na pong
bumili ng (murang) binhi ang ating mga magsasaka at bumili ng fertilizer”.
She hoped the youth will have interest in farming after she
will implement her programs in agriculture.
“Dahil naniniwala po kami sa Team Quiambao-Sabangan No. 1
force ng ating ekonomiya ay agrikultura kaya mabuhay po ang ating magsasaka”.
Outgoing Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao said the system financially
backed by a venture of the public- private-partnership will lend money with
miniscule interest to P50,000 or more to a farmer who tends a hectare of the
corn, rice, or onion farm every four months from the time of planting and
harvesting.
The E-Agro Economic System has four components’
Activity/Labor & Service, Land Preparation, Planting, and Fertilization
(Labor) that could uplift the economics stocks of the downtrodden peasant.
Hospital
Jose-Quiambao cited the being constructed Julius K. Quiambao
Medical and Wellness Center that could treat the health problems of the people
here.
Quiambao said the medical center will be the first hospital
in Region-1 that has mental health facilities.
“Ito pong hospital na ito ay donasyon ng aming pamilya
para sa mga minamahal naming Bayambanguenos at Pangasinense”.
This 77 villages' town for this year has an annual
appropriation budget of P700 million.
READ MY OTHER BLOG:
Bayambang Mayor Launches Online Borrowing to Boost Farmers’ Plight
MORTZ C. ORTIGOZA
I am a twenty years seasoned Op-Ed Political Writer in various newspapers and Blogger exposing government corruptions, public officials's idiocy and hypocrisies, and analyzing local and international issues. I have a master’s degree in Public Administration and professional government eligibility. I taught for a decade Political Science and Economics in universities in Metro Manila and cities of Urdaneta, Pangasinan and Dagupan. Follow me on Twitter @totoMortz or email me at totomortz@yahoo.com.
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