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123 RESOUNDING APPLAUSE FOR MAYOR MIGUEL’S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS


City Mayor Peter Miguel received 123 resounding applause during his State of the City Address (SOCA) last July 9, making this year’s SOCA his most applauded speech.
Mayor Miguel held his audience captive at the South Cotabato Gymnasium and Cultural Center for a speech which ran 2 hours long including adlibs. Thousands of spectators and guest officials coming from the provincial government and the neighboring municipalities, heads and employees of the regional offices, academe, business sector and civil society graced the occasion.
In his speech, the Mayor painted a full picture of the current development of the city using the model of Productivity and Ecological Balance Towards Economic-social Recovery (PETER) agenda which follows a set of strategies for the attainment of each development thrust. The mayor said that he was compelled to introduce changes and innovations to the city’s current development framework to provide a clearer, doable and sustainable climate change responsive development direction for the city. It is where the Green Economy was introduced to create a sustainable development approach leading towards economic-social recovery. 
“This is the development that we want for Koronadal, a socio-economic development that does not compromise the needs of the  future generation”, Mayor Miguel said.
The Mayor presented a long list of accomplishments in which he highlighted the city’s intensified local revenue collection with highest efficiency attained in both real property tax and local revenue collection and was duly recognized by the Bureau of the Local Government Finance Region XII of the Department of Finance. “I am happy to inform you that our efforts have brought  a huge 62% increase in our income  from local revenues; from only about P90.5M in 2010 to more than P146M in 2011”,Mayor Miguel emphasized. “We wanted to increase  local revenues by more efficient tax collection campaign in order to give back more social services and infrastructure to our people, and we did”, he added.
With the present population of 166,465 in 2011, the Mayor explained that the city government was able to spend about P4,228 per person last year, which is higher than the national average expenditure per capita of P3,387.96. Further he called for all Koronadaleños to work even harder to gradually free the city from too much IRA dependency.
Mayor Miguel acknowledged the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod led by City Vice Mayor Eliordo U.Ogena for their full legislative support through the appropriation of financial and technical resources to facilitate the implementation of programs and projects. He cited with gratefulness the full support as well of his department heads and all the personnel of the City government. He also recognized the well-performing barangay government units who excelled in the Dangal ng Barangay evaluation.
Towards the end of his speech, the Mayor enumerated the various citations  that the city garnered  for its excellent performance  and innovations in governance in 2011 and in early 2012 which included among others as BEST PREPARED  LOCAL RISK REDUCTION MANAGEMENT COUNCIL  IN REGION XII, qualifying  the city for the national GAWAD KALASAG AWARD;  Silver Recipient of the Seal of Good Housekeeping in the country qualifying the city as a contender for the regional “GAWAD PAMANA NG LAHI”, an award for excellence in local governance; BEST PRACTICE IN PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PARTNERSHIP (PPPP), having implemented  the first successful BOT project on ICT; LGU with the HIGHEST EFFICIENCY IN BOTH  REAL PROPERTY TAX AND BUSINESS TAX COLLECTIONS IN REGION XII; HALL OF FAMER for NUTRITION HONOR AWARD AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.
Being the son of Former City Mayor Fernando Q. Miguel, the longest-serving mayor in the province, Mayor Peter Miguel also revealed his feelings of apprehension that he could be merely performing as a shadow of the many good things his father did after he accepted the challenge of  leading the city. Yet, after his 2 years in service he said he too had set a unique imprint in shaping Koronadal.
City Mayor Miguel also outlined his priorities for the rest of 2012 and for 2013 offering a glimpse into the future by highlighting some upcoming projects. To a great applause and awe of the audience, he cited the construction of the city’s Integrated Transport Terminal at Purok Yellow Bell, Brgy.Sta.Cruz and the transformation of Rizal Park into a wholesome theme park among others, all viewed in virtual presentation.
In conclusion, the Mayor said, “We will continue to work the hardest, and we will not rest, not for a second, until we have fulfilled  the promise and possibility of this great city for every Koronadaleño”.
The speech, delivered mostly in Ilonggo as the common dialect in the city and supported with an audio-visual presentation, was met with a standing ovation.
In a radio interview, Miguel said that during his speech, there was a streak of stirred emotion in him when he said that the greatest accolade for all the accomplishments should go to all the constituents being his inspiration for all his hard work.
Meanwhile, Mayor Miguel speech received positive comments and appreciation from spectators coming from the different sectors. Father Ricardo Pajarillo, Jr. from the local Catholic parish of the City commended the administration’s accomplishments which focused on the integral development of the people giving emphasis on his capability as a leader able to respond to the demands and challenges of today. Likewise, Mr. Carlito Uy of the business sector gave the Mayor a good deal of credit for meeting the expectations of the business sector by establishing good public-private partnership.
PRIORITY THRUSTS: MOVING FORWARD TO 2012-2013
Ø  The construction of the city’s first ever Integrated Transport  Terminal  at Purok Yellow Bell, B/Sta.Cruz  tops the City of Koronadal’s agenda with significant features of green architecture and facilities, use of natural ventilation, use of natural lighting (skylight)and LED lights, provision of adequate green open spaces, preservation and integration in the design of the land’s  existing natural water bodies and natural features.
Ø  Conduct  of 3rd Tree Growing Festival on June 29,2013 with bolder goals and bigger targets of 500,000 forest and fruit trees on 2,000 hectares of upland forest along Roxas and Quezon Mountain Ranges
Ø  Urban Greening and Redevelopment Program
Ø  Enhancement of Rizal Park with environment and child-friendly facilities and family-oriented spaces
Ø  Improvement of the public market including our Satellite Market or the “Chinatown” to make them competitive with the big malls
Ø  Development of Old City Hall into  a Prime Cultural Center
Ø  Procurement of  2 lots for the proposed Establishment of Sanitary Landfill and Relocation of Public Cemetery











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