Ako daku na pagtahod sa ato gwapo sanan abtik na Congressman Robert

Ace Barbers. Sa ato pinayangga na Gobernador, na nagpabilin gihapon na

lig-on sanan maalagaron sa tanan mga Surigaonon bisan pa man sa
kadaghan hagit na ija tag-agihan recently, Gov. Lyndon Barbers. Sa
Abante Surigao og Team Batang Surigaonon led by our very hardworking
Vice Mayor Alfonso S. Casurra and our supportive City Councilors. Vice
Governor Geed Gokiangkee and the Provincial Board Members present
here today, the City Department Heads, National Line Agencies, members
of the City Development Council from both the public and private sectors,
our men in uniform headed by BGen George Banson of the 901 st Brigade
Philippine Army, Lt Col Jerold Jale of the 30IB, PCol Renato Mercado of
the SDN PPO and our very own PLtCol Diomedes Cuadra, Jr. of the
Surigao City Police, the Batang Surigaonon Youth, our Barangay Captains
and barangay officials, sanan sa tanan mga Batang Surigaonon na jaon diri
kuman, maradjaw na adlaw sa ijo hurot.

Kapaspas gajud sa panahon. The last time I was here I was on a literal
“first day high”. The mandate given to me by all the people of Surigao City
was so overwhelming that even until today I still feel the pressure of making
every waking day count.

But 100 days passed by so quickly and yet even with an unforgiving
schedule, most of the time I still feel like there’s still a million things I
haven’t done. So I am here today to report not only the significant numbers
and figures that define my first one hundred days in office, but also to tell
you the stories of how the synergy between all Batang Surigaonons
resulted into tangible achievements that we all can really feel and see.
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I have told this story before that as a neophyte politician and the only one in
our immediate family to venture into politics, I had to work harder by visiting
all 54 Barangays of the City with the Team Batang Surigaonon to
understand what it is that the people truly needed. What we learned on the
ground was translated into our campaign platform dubbed as the
Progresibong Dakbayan Masterplan 2031 or the PD Masterplan 2031. We
deemed in necessary to define a timeframe for us to accomplish our plans
because only when we do things with a sense of urgency, will we learn to
proactively maximize what we have in order to produce the best results for
all concerned stakeholders.
The priorities then were:

1. To ensure safe, clean and potable water was distributed efficiently to all
households and that it is used efficiently in support of agriculture.
2. To create livelihood projects.
3. Pursue Socialized Housing projects to help those affected by Odette
4. To improve the delivery of basic social services with a focus on health,
inclusivity and equality, youth empowerment and programs for the senior
citizens.
5. Bridge Communities through Infrastructure Development
6. Harness the potential tourism as an economic driver and to bring about
industrial progress
7. Achieve progress through Modern Technology

Things however, changed when we were finally given the reins of

government. To put it bluntly, the City was in a more challenging situation
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than we originally anticipated. But we decided to remain optimistic and see
things as a glass that is half full instead of half empty. We redefined our
positioning in order to see problems as opportunities to innovate and do
better. That is why instead of just calling it a 7-point agenda, we have now
expanded our vision and turned it into the 7 Areas of Opportunities to
enhance the framework from which we will rebuild the city into a truly
Progresibong Dakbayan by year 2031.

7 Areas of Opportunities:

1. Instead of just creating livelihood programs we now aim to usher in

urban development through economic dynamism with emphasis on tourism
and industry as main economic drivers
2. Improved delivery of basic social services mean the pursuit of a better
quality of life through social development
3. Emphasis on Improved access to universal health care to build a healthy
city
4. Bridging communities through responsive, relevant and resilient
infrastructure programs which includes finding water sources for Barangays
not yet serviced by our current water utility; and pursuing a township project
for socialized and equitable housing
5. Institutional development geared towards transparent, accountable and
data-driven governance
6. Disaster resiliency and sustainable environmental management
7. Use of modern technology to create a digital city of the future

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These plans are truly very ambitious to say the least but if we are going to
chart the direction for our City’s recovery and rehabilitation, edi i-todo na
natin because personally, I believe that life is either a daring adventure or
nothing at all. But before we get to fulfilling this vision, we started with a
very important mission and that is to uplift the morale of the city by
removing the remnants of the devastation brought about by Super Typhoon
Odette.

So city housekeeping became our MISSION NUMBER 1 starting with the

very building we are in right now. It took our team together with the City
Engineering Office approximately 13 days to complete the repairs needed
so we can use an airconditioned gym for our oathtaking ceremony last
June 28. 13 days ra, natindog na an mga aircon na higda pa pagkari namo
adton June 15. Narepair an mga atop, napinturahan and kuman gamit na
karajaw as venue for sporting, meetings and entertainment events which
also means additional revenue for the city.

We also organized numerous clean up task force; and they have been
keeping the city streets clean since we assumed office. I believe this facelift
is necessary to give people the ability to dream big once again. Kun
dugyom sanan dugyot imo palibot, di kaw ma-inspire na mu-aim pa nan
taas. And sad people are not productive people. We need to remind people
of their resiliency NOT THEIR STRUGGLE.

I would like to congratulate Vice Mayor Pons Casurra who led the task
force in doing daily clean ups starting with the City Hall Grounds and
working even during weekends with our volunteer forces from the BFP,
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BJMP, PNP, AFP, CDRRMO and our general services office. Then we
have our task force Clean-up Canal and Boulevard headed by City
Councilor Boyet Bonite. This is the team you see everywhere. All these
task force went all out to clean up even the Public Cemetery. We have also
assigned permanent job order personnel for its upkeep.

And of course, the ANTI-SPAGHETTI WIRE Team of City Councilor

Batang Abian. We released an executive order for the strict implementation
of the anti-spaghetti wire ordinance and we are grateful for the cooperation
of the electric and telecommunications companies in the city. We applaud
the hard work of the men and women who first cleaned up the city and
whose hard labor has given us the chance to start with a fresh, clean slate
which is what we need in order to build back better.

Together with the newly instituted City Traffic Management Office, we also
cleared stalled vehicles left to deteriorate on the streets. In the first few
weeks of this administration, the CTMO was already hard at work tagging
vehicles that have been abandoned on sidewalks. Vehicles unclaimed by
owners were then sent to be permanently disposed at the City Landfill in
Barangay Silop.

Illegal construction and sidewalk obstructions were also cleared during our
first weeks in office and is continuously being done all over the city even
until today. We can finally utilize our sidewalks for walking; and the
atmosphere all over the city changed tremendously that we are finally able
to teach discipline to our people. Kaya man baja nan Surigaonon basta kay
sugdan ra lamang.
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Then we began the work to foster economic dynamism in order to improve
the Quality of Life of every Batang Surigaonon. We started stirring
economic activities by investing in LIVE EVENTS. First we invested in our
Trade Fair Fiesta Caravan and 137 entrepreneurs took a risk with us, as
we launched the Tyanggihan sa Surigao Boulevard Fiesta Edition. With the
right branding and promotions, our team surveyed vendors and found out
that while not everyone was successful, most food vendors earned a
nightly revenue of somewhere between P3,000 up to P24,000.00.

This resulted into jobs and tourist arrivals for the city. The general
sentiment was that nibalik nasab an kabibo sa Surigao and our Tyanggihan
was featured heavily in social and even mainstream media. The
Tyanggihan also brought in an additional revenue of P2,835,900.00 for the
city.

We also transferred the other night market activities and lit up Kaimo Street
for that purpose. At the same time we brought back our Carnival in
Barangay Luna. This resulted into a total revenue of P3,081,040.00 for all
fiesta activities. This we earned in only 45 days, 11 of which with nightly
entertainment from the City Nightly Affairs participated in by government,
private and civic organizations.

Business atmosphere is so optimistic that our business taxes collection

reached up to a collection efficiency of 107% which is truly unprecedented.
We have doubled our tax collection efforts this year and the overwhelming

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response from the business community is a signal that we are on the right
track.

Aside from the Tyanggihan we also organized the biggest Music Festival
Surigao has known - the Bundak Surigao Music Fest which brought in a
crowd of 7,000 local youth and tourists alike. Resulta, negosyo nasab. Our
City Engineering and City General Services team repaired the Boulevard in
less than a month so we will have a venue for the different fiesta activities.
We are so grateful for the help extended by our beloved Governor; first by
issuing a special permit for sand and gravel so we can begin the
rehabilitation of our City Boulevard; and for also donating cash for our
Bundak Music Fest. Daghan man hubog sa kada nightly activity but kalooy
sa Ginoo wayay nahuyog kay sakto na gajud an mga tambak.

Our other fiesta activities like the Bonok - Bonok Maradjaw Karadjaw
Festival, the Charter Day Celebration, and the Tilaw Food Festival raked in
a record number of tourist arrivals with Tourism Related Enterprises
reaping the rewards. Tourist Arrivals for July to September is at 37, 670.
For the first time since the pandemic, puno - puno an mga restaurants
sanan an mga hotels sa Surigao. And we are only just beginning. And I can
guarantee that in the days to come magpadajon na gajud an kabibo sa
Surigao.

We have also started to harness the potential of the MICE (Meetings,

Incentives, Conventions and Exhibits) Industry by exhausting all efforts to
repair government facilities, buildings, roads and transport systems. In fact
2 days ago, we just concluded the JCI Philippines National Convention with
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1,400 delegates coming to Surigao City from all over the country. Feedback
was positive and the coordination among the City and the provincial
government with the men and women of the Jaycees resulted into one of
the most lauded NatCons ever organized. Social media sentiment is
positive and we are only just beginning to see the potential of this industry
to also become one of the drivers of our local economy.
Aside from live events we also organized job fairs to generate additional
employment for the people. A two-day Batang Surigaonon Job Fair was
organized last September 5-6 and was participated in by 16 private
companies from within and outside Surigao City that posted 1735 Job
Vacancies. 715 applicants came and 23 were hired on the spot. Another
special job fair was also organized in partnership with POEA last
September 22, this time giving our fellow Batang Surigaonons more
opportunities to seek greener pastures from outside our national borders.

It is my dream however, to foster industrial growth and give more support to

Micro, Small and Medium Scale industries by instituting policies that would
support and encourage entrepreneurship. The Tyanggihan was just the
start. Soon we plan on institutionalizing business incentives for our MSMEs
and give the necessary backing in terms of marketing, promotion and skills
training.

And of course, this administration remains committed to supporting the

backbone of our economy -- Agriculture. I always emphasized that the
richest first world economies have invested heavily in agriculture. When
you go to Europe, you seldom see poor farmers. It is my goal to empower

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our farmers and give them opportunities to be self-sufficient so that our City
will also meet its food security goals.

In the last 3 months we distributed 8 units of knapsack pest sprayers to 8 of

our local vegetable growers. We also distributed 300 bags of complete
fertilizer to 300 rice farmers, 109 bags of complete fertilizer to 33 banana
(lakatan) planters, and we gave out fertilizer vouchers amounting to
P1,815,763.95 to 1,902 rice farmers. 30,000 coconut seeds were also
distributed to ST Odette-damaged areas.

12 irrigation system projects worth Php14,000.00 are also underway for the
rehabilitation of the Surigao Community Irrigation Project (CIP).

We are far from bringing down the price of rice to Php20.00 per kilo but we
are currently completing the construction of 19 Farm to Market roads with a
total of 40.8 kilometers in length. This will hopefully lower down the cost of
production which will hopefully result into lower market prices.

The potential of MARICULTURE is something that remains untapped for

economic potentials here in the city. This has always been truly puzzling for
me since I grew up eating the best seafood here. Hambugero bitaw an mga
Surigaonon kay di gajud mukaon nan isda gikan sa iban lugar kay mas lami
ra gajud sanan mas presko an sa Surigao. I will even go as far as saying
that our bangus is of the best quality when compared to the rest of the
country and the export potential is there. In fact, we have discovered a
variety of bottled Bangus products during our 19 th Tilaw Food Festival. The

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City will soon partner with some of the winners to explore the potential of
exploring processed marine food products.

That is why I am truly excited that a Multispecies Marine Hatchery worth

Php25,000,000.00 in Barangay Punta Bilar is currently in development.

Exploring the potentials of food tourism is also something that this

administration is committed to fulfil in the next two years.

We also distributed assorted fishing paraphernalia amounting to

Php350,000.00 to 22 fishermen from eight city barangays to help them
recover from the losses they incurred due to the super typhoon.

To protect farmers from shocks resulting from natural disasters, Crop

Insurance that amounted to Php4,633,519.00 was released to 1,117
farmers in the city. 1,629 farmers also received a cash assistance
amounting to Php5,000.00 each for a total disbursement of Php8M.

Our City Agriculture Office also facilitated the implementation of TUPAD or

Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers by
hiring people to clear the irrigation systems along the Surigao CIP.

Hog farmers who were victims of the Asian Swine Flu was also able to
claim insurance from the Department of Agriculture. A total of
Php721,500.00 was distributed to 14 hog farmers.

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There is still so much left to be explored in terms of hog raising and like
what I always tell our farming community, hog raising is something they can
do on the side as source of additional income. Our slaughterhouse is
already operational and has brought in an income of Php 6,496,423.50,
15% higher than last year’s Php 5,647,484.00

A better quality of life means equal opportunities for all. Executive Order
No. MPD - 040 was signed in order to create the Persons with Disabilities
Affairs Office which currently employs 10 persons with disabilities as part of
the City’s job order personnel. They are assigned with specific and
specialized tasks in order to maximize their skills and abilities and give
them a safe working environment.

Our commitment to promote inclusivity remains high. With the leadership of

our Vice Mayor, we organized a task force that would pick-up and take care
of people with mental disabilities who were once living on the streets. While
the construction of a mental health facility is still underway, our patients are
currently housed at a halfway house facility inside the City Motor pool. We
are grateful to all the kind individuals, organizations and volunteers who
continuously donate food, clothes, water and other household items to
make our patients’ stay convenient and comfortable. We also thank Dr.
Manny Bauson and his team of volunteers for constantly doing a weekly
check up with our patients.

Repairs for Bahay Pag-asa and the Center for Street Children are also
underway. We will soon be developing programs that will institutionalize
support for this marginalized sector of society.
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Speaking of inclusivity, today we renew our support to the LGBTQIA+
Community. The staging of the Miss Surigay beauty pageant and so many
other programs that the Rainbow Connection started are some of the things
we will continue to support. This will hopefully lead into the legislation of an
anti-discrimination and safe spaces bill. Rainbow Connection is currently
being organized in many schools in the city with one formally
institutionalized at Caraga Regional Science High School. It has become a
safe space for the youth are on their way to discovering their true identities.
We hope that more initiatives like this will come out in the future.

Youth empowerment remains one of the top priorities of this administration.

Nagsugod na an ato programa para sa City Scholarship na available para
sa tanan. Dili pa perpekto an sistema pero sigurado ako na kuman, an
scholarship program nato waya na magkinahanglan nan reseta. Basta
pasado sa exam, sanan qualified sanan makasuyod sa cut off, bisan sin-o
pa kaw pwede kaw ma-scholar nan siyudad. We hope to bring more
budgetary appropriation for our City Scholarship Program so we can help
support the wholistic growth of our youth and help them become the best
people they can be.

The Batang Surigaonon Youth Movement has continued to grow. BSY is

now an institutionalized, independent youth development and leadership
training organization. Our BSY volunteers are visible in various city
activities and in their own community action programs. They are especially
in charge with training our city scholars into becoming leaders in their own
right. Plans on building the City Local Youth Development Office is also
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underway and we hope to continue to empower the youth so they can take
their place as a crucial part of nation-building.

We also believe in sports development as one way to empower the youth.

Various sporting events were organized last fiesta. To name a few we had
an uphill MTB Bike Challenge in Sitio Brazil, a downhill MTB Bike Race at
Ipil Peak and a Night Steet Bike Race around the main city streets. We also
supported badminton, volleyball and chess competitions during fiesta week.
We even formally turned over the Luneta Chess Plaza to the Suriao City
Chess Club. Living chess legend Grandmaster Eugene Torre, who was
recently inducted in the World Chess Hall of Flame, graced the event. I
even had the privilege to go against him. But the highlight of all sporting
events last fiesta season was the first Batang Surigaonon Skateboard and
BMX Bike competition. We have a big skating community here and you will
find these kids hanging out at the Luneta Park every afternoon. We are fully
committed to supporting different sports activity. I believe that sports
teaches the young invaluable lessons on discipline, resilience and
sportsmanship. This coming October 23, we will be hosting the first Battle
of Surigao Strait (BOSS) Batang Surigaonon Triathlon. We also believe
that our City has a huge potential in sports and adventure eco-tourism and
the triathlon is just the start.

Our new masterplan is also designed to make sure that no one gets left
behind. That is why in partnership with the Rainbow Connection, we also
supported the staging of the Duyom nan Kinaraan - a gala night for our
Senior Citizens. Amidst the merry making of the fiesta celebrations, more
often than not, our senior citizens are left behind. But not this year. They
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got to enjoy one night of ballroom dancing, raffle and so many other perks
given by our generous partners and donors.

But of course our support to our seniors does not end there. We are still
committed to building a senior citizen center and expand medical
assistance for all our seniors. We also aim to institutionalize health and
well-being programs for our beloved seniors.
Speaking of health care, our aim has always been to build a healthy city by
improving people’s access to universal health care.

The construction of Rural Health Centers in Barangay Capalayan, Mabua,

Mat-I and Barangay Trinidad are all underway. We are also working on the
improvement and rehabilitation of the health center in Barangay Mapawa,
and the rehabilitation and expansion in Barangay Mabini. Completion of a
one-story barangay health center in Barangay Quezon is also underway as
well as the Barangay health center in Barangay Silop.

Through DOH, we are also planning to build Super RHU in Barangay Luna
in the 1000sqm property donated by Engr. Inocencio R. Cortes.

The Quick Action and Response Team was also recently institutionalized.
A fully-equipped paramedic ambulance was donated by DOH Caraga to
our QART/ERS Team. The QART/ERS and the City Health Office have
been deployed to numerous emergency calls all over the city.

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We also continue to give free medical and dental services to far flung
barangays in the city. A medical mission was recently conducted at Sitio
Tagbasingan in Barangay Mat-i.

We will soon be building primary health care facilities in our island

barangays and the procurement of a sea ambulance is also underway.

Our commitment to health is not only limited to emergency response and

disease prevention but also to ensuring the health and well-being of all. We
will be sponsoring Zumba activities at the Luneta Park and in the area of I
LOVE SURIGAO at the City Boulevard. I am personally committing to also
transform Surigao City into a walking city just like the city’s in Europe.

We have also achieved our vaccination goals by implementing incentive

programs to encourage vaccination especially among senior citizens in
support of the Sa Bakuna, PinasLakas program of the DOH.

Investing in infrastructure in order to bridge communities is also at the

forefront of our 7 areas of opportunities for growth and development. We
have already secured funding for our Cagniog Township Project and are
currently working on house designs that are disaster-resilient. Here is the
map of the project which is currently starting Phase 1.

Water scarcity and inefficient water delivery remain to be the biggest

problems in our city. Right now, what the City Government can do is very
limited especially after SMWD signed that Joint Venture Agreement with
Primewater. The only thing we can do is to compel Primewater to make do
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with their investment commitments so we can have better water treatment
facilities and improve water distribution. But that is about to change soon as
there have been changes to the composition of the board of directors and
utmost cooperation from the JV Partners.

While waiting on the resolution of all our issues with Primewater, we never
wavered in our commitment to giving mainland and island barangays that
are outside the coverage area of Primewater, access to safe, clean and
potable water. Construction of Level II and Level III Barangay Water
Systems are underway for the following barangays (insert barangays), and
completed in the barangays (insert barangays). We hope to connect all
these barangays into the main water grid and hopefully build large water
tanks so we can store more water and deploy this to areas with low water
pressure.

Restoration of Roads and Graveling

1. Mabini to Bedrock to Chlorine Box Road
2. File to Pinaypayan and Pinaypayan to Brazil in Mat-i
3. Sitio Tunga-Tunga to Silop
4. Bioborjan Settlers Main Road
5. Togbongon to Sitio Balibayon, Rizal
6. Underway will be Silop to Mapawa Road and Luna Sitio Pangpang
Road

Meanwhile, these are the road networks, bridges and transportation road
networks that we will be pursuing in the future as part of our goals to bridge
communities:
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Mainland Roads
Concreting of Silop-Luna Road and Sitio Tunga-tunga Road
Arterial road, New roads opening Danao-Mat-i Road
Arterial road, New roads opening Cagniog-Bernadette Village Bypass Road
and Cagniog(memorial Park)-Toril-Looc Bypass Road
Establishment of transport system Mabini-Anomar
Establishment of transport system Mabini-Trinidad

Mainland Bridge/Transport Systems

Establishment of transport system Gonzales-San Juan Road
Establishment of transport system Kaningag-PACEMCO

Island Road Networks

Proposed Hikdop Island Circumferential road
Proposed Bayagnan Circumferential road
Eventually connecting them to Nonoc

The Boulevard Development Plan is also in the works. On our first week of
office, we have moved the docking of small marine vessels plying the route
of Siargao and Dinagat Islands to the City Boulevard.

Our old public market will be cleared for repair and we are exploring the
viability of building more public markets in urban barangay centers so they
become more accessible for people which will then lead to decongesting
the city center. Rest assured that the central public market will remain in
government control.

All these plans will mean nothing if we do not have a local government unit
that is able to efficiently execute all plans. Institutional development

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 therefore is geared towards transparent, accountable and data-driven
governance.

While not perfect and definitely one of this administration’s most

controversial moves is to streamline the hiring process of job order
personnel. In the last three months we hired a total of only 1,843 Job
Orders and Contract of Service personnel. This is a far cry from the 5000+
job order employees from the previous administration. I refuse to use this
as a political tool and I believe that an LGU Rationalization Program is long
overdue. We encountered problems with personnel salaries and there were
delays which I will not gloss over. However, we are slowly finding our
groove while maintaining a stringent hiring process.

We have ambitious plans to streamline and improve the efficiency of

government services which include:
a. Digitalization of Government Processes and Services
b. Creation of New City Departments/Offices Responsive to the needs of the
people:
1. City Urban Development and Housing Office
2. Office of Building Official (OBO) as separate unit from CEO
3. Creation of ICT Office
4. Creation of SGLG Compliance Unit (preparatory for application of ISO
Certification)
c. Improve Property Management System

As a sign of this government’s commitment to transparency, I am proud to

announce that the remittance for traffic violation tickets from July -
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September this year, totaled to Php 1,045,290.00 which is 4 times higher
than the collection from January to June this year. I personally applaud our
CTMO team kay way gajud pillion. Tanan tagaan nan ticket. Amo ini an
marka nan Serbisyong Batang Surigaonon.

With everything we went through during the onslaught of Super Typhoon

Odetter and its aftermath, disaster resiliency and sustainable environmental
management are also areas of opportunities we can introduce innovation
in.

In order to create a greener city, our City General Services Office have
begun the repair of the 100-watt LED street lamps and converted them into
solar lamps along the, City Streets, the City Boulevard, National Highway
and San Juan-Lipata Coastal Road.

We have also increased the green foot print of our Luneta Park by reducing
concreted areas and planting more trees.

Garbage collection has also been stabilized with 10 garbage trucks

conducting daily collections from 5:00 a.m. daily. A total of 9,667 cu.m. of
garbage have been collected and disposed at the Sanitary Landfill for the
period.

Other environmental projects we are planning to pursue is to develop Sitio

Brazil as an Eco-park and Barangay Cagniog as a Forest Part. We will also
begin the development of the Surigao River Linear Park.

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Our CENRO has continued Barangay Reward System for plastic
collection. I believe however that we have a long way to go in implementing
the no to single use plastic ordinance.

And finally, we aim to use of modern technology to create a digital city. Our
command center at the CDRRMO Office is finally functional with most of
the CCTV Cameras Working. I am also excited to show you today one of
our biggest technological investments to date. Ladies and gentlemen, here
is Project AIDE. (Video presentation for Project AIDE and Digital City).

Daghan daghan pa gajud ato problema. Ako lamang i-mention an

SURNECO kay isa gajud ini sa ato daku na problema na waya pay
kahayag hangtod kuman. Pero since May 15 waya gajud kita muundang sa
paghanap nan solution para ini masolbad. In fact we met with ERC
commissioners to petition our cause but this is a problem that is
nationwide. Rest assured that together with our Provincial Government we
are leaving no stone unturned. In fact our legal and research team assisted
the Surigao Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) in filing their
petition before the PRC to look into SURNECO’s high rates. Bisan man kun
naglisod kita sa SURNECO, nitabang gihapon an siyudad sa pagtransport
nan mga gamit para mabalik nan an kuryente sa ka-islahan. Unta
paspasan na nila.

So that was how the first 100 days was spent. Lajo-lajo pa gajud an ato
tungason pero kun padajon an ato pakiglambigit sa matag-isa, maabot nato
an tanan nato pangandoy. BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE. Be
reminded of what you can do for your city kay dili gajud kaya nan gobyerno
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na mag-inusara. Kay kun dili kita, siman pa may mutabang sa ato? Kita -
kita ra gajud gihapon an mag-iban. Mas lajo sanan mas taas ato maabtan,
kun kita an mag-iban. And remember, we are doing this not only for
ourselves and our city, but for the greater glory of the Great Architect of the
Universe. He declared, that greater things are yet to come and greater
things are still to be done in this city. To God be the greatest glory.
Maradjaw na hapon sa ijo tanan!

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