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Mayor Lobregat defends Zamboanga's legal existence against the eternal tyranny of the Philippine government & Zamboanga del Sur! Zamboangueños must join our Mayor in defending Zamboanga's legal charter and rally against ALL offending entities, for our right to be free! |
Zamboanga City (26 March) -- City Mayor Celso L. Lobregat reiterated the city's position supporting Regional Development Council (RDC) Resolution Number IX-030-06 of Zamboanga Peninsula dated December 18, 2006 "requesting the National Statistics Office (NSO) and the National Statistics Coordination Board (NCSB) Central Offices to categorize Zamboanga City as a separate and distinct entity from the Province of Zamboanga Del Sur in all its future censuses, surveys and data sets considering that it is a highly urbanized city.
The said RDC resolution asks for Zamboanga City to be treated as distinct and separate in the official censuses and surveys conducted by the NSO and NSCB.
The resolution further states that there has been an increasing demand from various sectors for disaggregated information/data for Zamboanga City in order to come up with more relevant, timely and accurate basis for planning, budgeting and investment for a highly urbanized city.
Mayor Lobregat said he believes, Zamboanga City being the third largest city in the country in terms of land area, and the sixth largest in population deserves to have its own disaggregated data in all reports.
He said even the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, which has a smaller population than Zamboanga City enjoys disaggregated data. (PIA Z.C.)
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
LDP bets firm on exclusion of city from
ARMM
By Ulysses E. Israel - Sun-Star Zamboanga
THE candidates of the Laban ng Demokratikong
Pilipino (LDP) in Zamboanga City stood firmly for the exclusion of the city from
the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) and to oppose vigorously any
proposal that would include it or make it the capital of the Armm.
The platform of government of LDP bets was enshrined in what was dubbed as "A
Contract of Unity and Continuity towards a more developed, peaceful and
progressive Zamboanga City," which was signed by all the candidates of LDP in
the coming May elections.
The LDP lineup has vowed to protect and preserve the territorial integrity of
the city, which would mean it would "strongly oppose any attempt to divide and
disintegrate the territorial integrity of Zamboanga City into various political
units."
Mayor Celso L. Lobregat had openly declared that he would not allow the break-up
of the city.
Crisanto de la Cruz, mayoralty aspirant, and also other aspirants for local
positions under the Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino (Kampi) have taken a
different stand. They are open to discuss the proposal with the various sectors
to know what the people really want.
The LDP bets would like also to work for the retention of Zamboanga City as the
regional center of Western Mindanao.
They are batting for a more transparent, accountable and participatory local
government.
Specific measures needed include eliminating red tape, expanded use of
information technology, and computerization.
LDP candidates would like to maintain the special barangay affairs office to
attend exclusively to the transactions and activities of the city's barangays
with the local government.
They also vowed to make the city safe and secure under the regime of peace, law
and order including maximum support to the city's police forces, and barangay's
law enforcement units.
Another important development agenda is to decongest the city's commercial and
business area and develop its outward expansion by improving and opening roads,
establishing new growth areas and relocation and construction of vital
government installations.