Calumpang gets compost machine

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (3 February 2015) – A compost machine amounting to P700,000 was officially handed by the Villar Foundation to Barangay Calumpang Monday (February 2) during the local government employees’ flag ceremony at the Oval Stadium.

This is a project originally sourced by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera from Senators Manny and Cythia Villar as part of the cleanliness drive for the community and to provide necessary livelihood for its constituents as well.

Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Committee Agriculture and Food, and Mayor Rivera have constant talks regarding possible livelihood projects that can be given to the city. The compost machine is the first one to be given.

                            

According to the mayor, this compost machine will be managed by a women’s cooperative. He already tasked Councilor Dominador Lagare III, the Committee on Cooperatives, Economic Enterprises and Livelihood chair, to keep a close eye on project.

Barangay Calumpang has three public markets and  generates a fair amount of waste every day. This compost machine will be efficient in converting these wastes into fertilizers that farmers could also use.

The machine also has a faster mechanism for decomposing waste products.

The mayor is hopeful that the Villar Foundation has more livelihood projects that Gensan can tap. (Gensan CPIO/ Ian John M. Lagare)

20 new classrooms to open in GSCNHS

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (26 November 2014) - In behalf of City Mayor Ronnel Rivera, Councilor Rosalita Nunez  partners with PAGCOR in donating a four-story building with 20 classrooms to General Santos City National High School (GSCNHS) in Barangay Calumpang on November 20. Targeted to be finished in July 2015, this donation is one of fulfillment of the promise of Mayor Rivera in his State of the City Address last August to address the inadequacy of classrooms in the city. (Gensan CPIO/ Russell Delvo)

Calumpang High School gets donation from Mayor Rivera

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (20 November 2014) – City Mayor Ronnel Rivera lets his junior counterpart, Abigail L. Huang, to join him in the donation of P20,000 to support the needy but deserving students in  Calumpang High School, Opringville Subdivision, Barangay Calumpang Tuesday, November 18. One of the thrusts of the mayor is to equip the youth in public service and enable them to become participative in various civic activities. (Gensan CPIO/ Russell Delvo)

Calumpang High School receives armchairs

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (20 November 2014) – City Mayor Ronnel Rivera signs the Deed of Donation for the 100 armchairs that he gave to Calumpang High School, Opringville Subdivision in Barangay Calumpang Tuesday, November 18. (Gensan CPIO/ Russell Delvo)

Mayor Rivera delivers 100 armchairs to Calumpang High School

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (20 November 2014) – City Mayor Ronnel Rivera  donates 100 armchairs to Calumpang High School, Opringville Subdivision in Barangay Calumpang Tuesday, November 18. Mayor Rivera also gave P20,000 to support the needy but deserving students in the school. (Gensan CPIO/ Russell Delvo)

Women’s coop gets livelihood program

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (12 November 2014) - A women’s cooperative has received help from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), in partnership with the Social Security System and the local government unit of General Santos City (LGU-GSC).

The RD Tuna Ventures Inc., South Sea Fishing Ventures Inc., Asia Pacific Ventures Inc. Fishermen/ Dependent Multi-Purpose Cooperative (RSAFDMPC), the name of the organization, was granted by DTI a sewing livelihood package on November 7.

Amounting to around P865,000, the grant includes 20 sewing machines (P29,000 each), three round cutting machines (P5,000 each), three steam presses (P5,000 each), three zigzagger machines (P30,650 each), three edging machines (P30,650 each), and three piping machines (55,995 each).

According to Engr. Arnel Zayco, DTI Gensan Office head, the original project cost for the machines is P980,000 but with the support from City Mayor Ronnel Rivera, the cost was reduced.

The cooperative office, located at First Road, Barangay Calumpang is composed of the 136 fishermen wives and dependents working at different fishing industries such as RD Fishing Corporation. (Gensan CPIO/Ian John M. Lagare)

Mayor Rivera joins Elderly Week Celebration

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (10 October 2014) - In the Elderly Week Celebration of Barangay Calumpang, City Mayor Ronnel Rivera conveys to the senior citizens that the local government is working hard to give more services to them. He also told them that Vice President Jejomar Binay has pushed for PHILHEATH membership for all senior citizens, especially here in the city. (Gensan CPIO/ Russell Delvo)

P10 contribution builds classroom

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (05 October 2014) - With the help of P10 from every regular employee of City Hall, a makeshift classroom was successfully constructed in the new Calumpang High School. This initiative is under the program "Sampung Piso Mo, Klasrum Ko" of City Mayor Ronnel Rivera in which LGU employees donate P10 every month to help DepEd in building additional classrooms. (Gensan CPIO/ Russell Delvo)

Mayor Rivera joins Nutrition Month celebration

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (23 July 2014) - City Mayor Ronnel Rivera takes part in Barangay Calumpang's Nutrition Month celebration Tuesday, July 22, which was attended by different day care center contingents. The city mayor told the parents and teachers that it is important to keep their kids nourished and healthy. (GENSAN CPIO/Russell Delvo)

New high school forms PTA & SSG

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (12 July 2014) - City Mayor Ronnel Rivera speaks before the first set of officers of the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) and the Supreme Student Government (SSG) of the new Calumpang High School in Barangay Calumpang on Friday, July 11. The Calumpang High School was opened last March through the effort of Mayor Rivera and the Department of Education. (GENSAN CPIO/Russell Delvo)

Mayor Rivera, DepEd execs visit new high school

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (12 July 2014) - The Calumpang High School, an annex of the General Santos City National High School (GSCNHS), is the newest secondary school of the city. It was formally founded on March 12 through a ground-breaking ceremony by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera, Schools Division Superintendent Gildo Mosqueda and DepEd Assistant SDS Mario Bermudez. It has two buildings with four classrooms that cater to 186 students from Barangay Calumpang. (GENSAN CPIO/Russell Delvo)

Community Teach helps kid read

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (15 May 2014) - Rommel, an incoming Grade 3 pupil of Romana Acharon Elementary School in Barangay Calumpang learns how to write and pronounce the letter "M" through the program Community Teach of the city government and Department of Education  with the participation of Smart Communications. The Community Teach is an initiative of City Mayor Ronnel Rivera to help kids like Rommel attain quality public school education. (GENSAN CPIO/Russell Delvo)

New public high school to rise in GenSan

By Ian John M. Lagare

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (20 March 2014) - A new government-funded high school is set to rise in General Santos City.

This is after the city government donated a 1.3-hectare land at Barangay Calumpang to the Department of Education (DepEd) -GenSan to be the site for a new public high school in the city. 

City Mayor Ronnel Rivera signed the deed of donation on March 12.

Witnessing the event were DepEd Schools Division Superintendent Gildo Mosqueda, Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Mario Bermudez, DepEd GenSan division supervisors and City Housing and Land Management Office head Mary Ann Bacar

Also present to witness the signing were Barangay Calumpang Chairman Reynaldo Salubre and students, faculty and staff of General Santos City National High School (GSCNHS).

The new school will be constructed at Opring Village, Barangay Calumpang in a land formerly owned by the Cahilsot family and has been purchased by the city government for P4.9 million.

The new school will be named as the Calumpang National High School, an annex of GSCNHS

ASDS Bermudez disclosed that the DepEd  has allocated P9.5 million for the construction of  two- storey building in the said area. One building will be consisting of four classrooms.

Bermudez said that the DepEd GenSan is just waiting for a resolution coming from the Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) that authorizes Mayor Rivera to donate the land before they begin the immediate construction of the school buildings.

Bermudez said that the new school’s target is to accommodate as much as 1,000 students. 

During the event, Mayor Rivera bared his educational programs such as the implementation of Early Childhood Care and Development Initiative (ECCDI) to daycare centers; the Community Teach of Alay sa Kabataang Generals Lahat ng Alaga at Talino (AKLAT) Office; the incoming Project 100 which will aim to erect 152 classrooms in the city; the launching of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) Jobs Fair in partnership with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE); the collaboration with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Council for the Entrepreneurship Program for high school students; and his own PTA and Armchair Donation programs. 

SDS Gildo Mosqueda said "it will be great help for the DepEd GenSan in investing in quality learning system in the public schools of the city." (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Ian John M. Lagare)

New high school breaks ground in Calumpang

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (15 March 2014) - City Mayor Ronnel Rivera and newly-installed Schools Division Superintendent Gildo Mosqueda (in gray barong with sunglasses) lay the time capsule at the ground breaking for a new public high school in Opring Village, Barangay Calumpang Wednesday, March 12. The 1.3-hectare site, which was formerly owned by the Cahilsot family, was bought by the city government for P4.9 million. The capsule laying ceremony also signified the turnover of the site from the city government to DepEd Gensan. The new academe will then be named as Calumpang National High School, an annex of General Santos City National High School. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)

Mayor Rivera pays tribute to elderly

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (23 December 2013) – City Mayor Ronnel Rivera joins the elderly during the Christmas party of Federation of Senior Citizens of Barangay Calumpang on December 20. Rivera commended the senior citizens for shaping the current generation of General Santos City residents with good values and responsibility. He also vowed that the current administration will take care of the social welfare and health of all the senior citizens in the city. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)

Rivera's administration to eradicate armchairs shortage

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (13 December 2013) - These yellow armchairs donated by Ronnel C. Rivera Foundation and RD Foundation to Romana C. Acharon Elementary School in Barangay Calumpang Wednesday, December 11, signify a breakthrough in the educational system of the city. 150 of these chairs were given to the school to improve the learning condition of the students. The donation, entitled as "Edukasyon Mo, Kabuhayan Ko", is an effort by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera to eradicate the shortage of 7,000 armchairs while helping certain groups of Persons with Disabilities by hiring them as the manufacturers of armchairs. As of now, there are 851 chairs already distributed to five different elementary schools in the city. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)

Displaced workers to be employed in barangays

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (9 November 2013) - The Department of Labor and Employment Region 12 (DOLE XII) through  City Mayor Ronnel Rivera granted an emergency employment to some 35 displaced employees from the Citra Mina Group of Companies, November 6. They will be employed for 10 days in their respective barangay local government units, specifically, in Barangay Calumpang, Barangay Tambler and Barangay Fatima to which they will receive their appropriate salaries. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)

Village hall inaugurated

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (23 October 2013) – City Mayor Ronnel Rivera attends the blessing of the newly-furnished Barangay Hall of Calumpang recently. In his speech, Rivera expressed the bliss of spending time as city mayor with the constituents and public servants of his home barangay. He also challenged the local leaders that the new barangay hall must also complement the efficient and effective service they must render. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)

Rivera dares local leaders to get acts together

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (23 September 2013) - Local leaders of Barangay Calumpang were challenged by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera during the “Barangayan” Friday, September 20, to devise tangible programs for the local government of GenSan to augment. Rivera admitted that he “cannot do it alone," thus he encouraged everyone to consolidate local government efforts for better outputs to be implemented in the city. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)

City gov’t. gives free meds to Calumpang residents

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (23 September 2013) - Residents of Barangay Calumpang avail of free medicines for common ailments like cough and colds in the "Barangayan" launched by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera in the village Friday, September 20. The free medical service was delivered by Rivera through the City Health Office in partnership with the General Santos City District Hospital. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo