2006 Res No 32 - rebuilding of olongapo lighthouse

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF OLONGAPO, HELD ON MARCH 01, 2006, AT THE CITY HALL.

PRESENT:

Hon. Rolen C. Paulino- - - - - - - - - - - - - - City Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer
Hon. Noel Y. Atienza- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -City Councilor
Hon. Cynthia G. Cajudo - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Bella P. Asuncion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Marey Beth D. Marzan- - - - - - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Angelina B. Andrada - - - - - - - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Brian Patrick H. Gordon - - - - - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Anselmo A. Aquino - - - - - - - - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Edwin J. Piano- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Gina G. Perez - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Robine Rose C. Buenafe - - - - - - - - - - SK Federation President
Hon. Napoleon F. Capistrano- - - - - - - - - - - President, Liga ng mga Barangay

ABSENT:

None
RESOLUTION NO. 32
(Series of 2006)

A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY (SBMA) TO REBUILD THE OLONGAPO CITY LIGHTHOUSE (PAROLA) AT BARANGAY KALAKLAN


WHEREAS, the Olongapo Lighthouse (Parola) at Barangay Kalaklan had long stood as a historical landmark and as a silent witness of the City’s developments;

WHEREAS, during the U.S. Naval Base times, the said lighthouse provided light for ships, aircraft carriers and other sea vessels for them to stay their courses and as such mitigated them from the perils of the sea;

WHEREAS, the City endeavors that this permanent structure be rebuilt to restore its historicity and be part of the tourism “come-ons” of both the Subic Bay Freeport Zone as host to the former U.S. Naval Base and the City as well;

WHEREAS, in the spate that the SBMA also pursues earnest developments as home to a bustling seaport, a rebuilt lighthouse at Kalaklan will serve as the best reference point since it existed and is recognized in international navigational maps and nautical charts long before;

WHEREAS, with the steadfast partnership between the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) and the City had shared in various undertakings, the leadership of Olongapo deems it best to request the SBMA to rebuild the said lighthouse for further eco-tourism endeavors ;

NOW, THEREFORE, with the unanimous accord of the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod present;
Con’t. of Resolution No. 32, Series of 2006.

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RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session assembled, to request, as it hereby requests the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) to rebuild the Olongapo City Lighthouse (Parola) at Barangay Kalaklan.

Let copies of this Resolution be furnished Hon. Feliciano Salonga, Chairman and Hon. Armand C. Arreza, Administrator of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority, for their information and appropriate action.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, March 01, 2006.


ROLEN C. PAULINO
City Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer


NOEL Y. ATIENZA CYNTHIA G. CAJUDO
City Councilor City Councilor


BELLA P. ASUNCION MAREY BETH D. MARZAN
City Councilor City Councilor


ANGELINA B. ANDRADA BRIAN PATRICK H. GORDON
City Councilor City Councilor

ANSELMO A. AQUINO EDWIN J. PIANO
City Councilor City Councilor


GINA G. PEREZ NAPOLEON F. CAPISTRANO
City Councilor President, Liga ng mga Barangay


ROBINE ROSE C. BUENAFE
SK Federation President
ATTEST:

JOCELYN P. NIÑONUEVO
Temporary Council Secretary

APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE CITY MAYOR ON______________________.


JAMES GORDON, JR.
City Mayor
ATTEST:

DELFIN A. JUICO, JR.
Secretary to the City Mayor

Tree Planting with the scouts and OCNHS students

Lets teach our young to care for the environment, to plant and to nurture

Saving our bay

ENVIRONMENT - Shoreline & River Clean-up December 2004

Volunteer cleaners from Hanjin Shipyard who are mostly graduates of Olongapo Skills Training Center seen here at Kalaklan cleaning the river bank

Councilor Piano coordinates and leads the shoreline clean-up and other parts of the city. In photo above, workers are encourage to give volunteer work to keep the city clean.

SAVING A DYING RIVER

"A journey of a thousand mile begins with a single step," Olongapo City Mayor James J. Gordon Jr. borrowed the famous phrase to emphasize the enormous task of reviving the rivers in the city during the launching last Friday of the an environmental preservation project.

Gordon said city government employees and officials including members of the city council, barangay and community leaders fully support this worthy project

Both the Olongapo City government and the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) vowed to continuously implement the project that includes an educational program involving outlying communities and the passage of city ordinances that would impose stiffer penalties to violators.

"Let’s all help to preserve and save mother earth." This was the message SBMA Administrator Alfredo C. Antonio delivered during the launching of an environmental preservation campaign to clean the stinking and polluted rivers separating the Olongapo City and the Freeport zone.

"Kalaklan river is being used as a demarcation line to identify the boundaries separating the Freeport zone and Olongapo City but with this river clean-up project it is now a symbol of cooperation and teamwork aiming at a common cause in environmental preservation," Antonio added.

Antonio said the Kalaklan River clean-up project is just the start of a more vibrant mutual collaboration between the SBMA and Olongapo City particularly in tourism-related projects, investments generation and more importantly, in the creation of more employment opportunities through job fairs.

SBMA labor department manager Severo Pastor, project coordinator, said the project "aims to bring a hero in all of us" through Bayanihan, a famous Filipino tradition that depicts the spirit of cooperation.

"Bayanihan can easily solve problems or crisis that will arise in our society and this river clean-up project would serve as a model in this Filipino concept for the new generation," Pastor explained.

Dubbed "Tulong-tulong Sa Kalinisan ng Ilog Kalaklan", the project is also being supported by various investors inside the Freeport zone, civic organizations and non-government organizations

Cubi Port opposition

RESOLUTION NO.187
TITLE: A RESOLUTION BESEECHING HER EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO TO LISTEN TO THE PLEA OF THE PEOPLE OF OLONGAPO CITY WITH REGARD TO THE PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE SUBIC FREEPORT ZONE
Date Passed: Nov. 04,2003

RESOLUTION NO.188
TITLE: A RESOLUTION DENOUNCING THE ACTS OF MR. RUFO COLAYCO, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPEARTING OFFICER, BASES CONVERSION DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (BCDA) DURING THE MEETING SPEARHEADED BY THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (NEDA) ON NOVEMBER 3, 2003

Cubi Port opposition

RESOLUTION NO.191
TITLE: A RESOLUTION DEFINING THE STAND OF OLONGAPO CITY REGARDING THE PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE SUBIC FREEPORT ZONE

Bantay Kalikasan

RESOLUTION NO.184
TITLE: A RESOLUTION ASKING ABS-CBN'S BANTAY BATA AND BANTAY KALIKASAN FOUNDATIONS AND ITS CABLE NETWORK CAN TO LEND HELP TO THE CITY OF OLONGAPO REGARDING ITS OPPOSITION TO THE SUBIC BAY METROPOLITAN AUTHORITY'S PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT