Gensan Summer Youth Fest pits Bula vs San Isidro

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (27 May 2015) – Barangay Bula and Barangay San Isidro play the championship game of the Gensan Summer Youth Fest Summerlympics at Oval Covered Court on May 20.  The game ended 109- 98 in favor of Barangay Bula. (Gensan CPIO/ Jan Rey Libunao)

CDRRMC trains barangays for disaster response

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (24 March 2015) – The Integrated Barangay Affairs and the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) have conducted a Rapid Community Response Program (RCRP) to train barangay volunteers for calamity preparedness. 

The RCRP was a two-day training-workshop implemented by the city government to equip residents of different barangays with the basics of disaster preparedness and mitigation skills. 

The participating barangays were Baluan, Fatima, Lagao, San Isidro, San Jose and Sinawal. 

CDRRMC action officer Bong Dacera handled the seminar and introduced the volunteers to the plausible hazards their respective barangays are prone to. 

He also taught them how the CDRRMO analyzes community risk assessment and tools for hazard assessment.

A simulation drill was set on March 21 after the one-week planning.

“After the two-day classroom seminar, they will go down to the purok level and facilitate community organizing,” said Dacera.

“We give them one week to plan, and then the following week is the drill simulation of the first batch,” he added.

The RCRP is also part of the advocacy of City Mayor Ronnel Rivera to attain environmental security and rehabilitation through disaster risk resilience.

The city mayor plans to make the activity regular in order to empower barangays in times of disaster or emergency. (Gensan CPIO/ Sharmagne Villacastin)

Barangays learn disaster preparedness

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (12 March 2015) - Volunteer residents from the barangays of Fatima, San Isidro, San Jose, Sinawal, Baluan, and Bawing participate in the Rapid Community Response Program (RCRP) of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) and Integrated Barangay Affairs (IBA) of the city government Wednesday, March 11. This program is crafted by City Mayor Ronnel Rivera to equip the constituents of the city on disaster preparedness and mitigation. (Gensan CPIO/ Russell Delvo)

More PhilHealth MDRs to barangays

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (22 May 2014) - Five more barangays receive their PhilHealth Member Data Records (MDR) on Tuesday, May 20, with the coordination of City Mayor Ronnel Rivera and the City Social Welfare and Development Office. These barangays are Mabuhay (1,180), Conel (782), Olympog (476), City Heights (883), and San Isidro (1,102). The giving of MDRs is part of Mayor Rivera's thrust to provide accessible health services to all the constituents of the city. It is under the mayor’s flagship CLEAN GenSan (Creating a Livable Environment for All Generals towards Nation-building) agenda. (GENSAN CPIO/Russell Delvo)

SM SaveMore market opens in GenSan

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (12 February 2014) - The first SM SaveMore market opens in GenSan at Purok Malakas, Barangay San Isidro Tuesday, February 11.  A ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Herdbert Sy (2^nd from right, in long sleeves and necktie), scion of SM Investments Corporation owner Henry Sy, signaled the opening of another business in the city. Other SM stakeholders who participated in the ribbon cutting are (from left) Kira Masyn, Atty. Jason Joyce, Joemary Lim, Ma. Gina Vel Lim, and Ronaldo Tagbo, president of SaveMore. Prior to the opening, some SM executives led by Allan Flores, SM operations manager, met with City Mayor Ronnel Rivera on January 9 and commended the latter for the smooth entry of SM SaveMore in the GenSan. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)

Purok officials sworn in

GENERAL SANTOS CITY  (31 January 2014) – Newly-elected purok officials of the 31 puroks of Barangay San Isidro take their oath of office before City Mayor Ronnel Rivera Wednesday, January 29. Mayor Rivera told them their task is to be the frontline of the city government in delivering its services to the public. In doing so, Mayor Rivera assured that the city government will synergize with them to ensure they can be efficient and timely to their actions. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)

Mayor Rivera orients village officials on CLEAN GenSan

GENERAL SANTOS CITY  (31 January 2014) - During the oath taking of the newly-elected purok officials of Barangay San Isidro Wednesday, January 29, City Mayor Ronnel Rivera orients the public on his flagship program setting direction to all subsidiary projects of the local officials. Mayor Rivera introduced the "CLEAN GenSan" (Creating a Livable Environment for All Generals towards Nation Building) which integrates comprehensive programs on priority areas of education, health and modified social services. He also disclosed the on-going and on the pipeline projects of the local government such as the lighting of the main streets of the city and the re-entry of Early Childhood Care and Development (EECD) in day care centers. (GENSAN INFO OFFICE/Russell Delvo)