City workers cited/ Baguio lass Phl rep to ASEAN

CITY HALL BEAT

Aileen P. Refuerzo

BAGUIO CITY - The city government on Monday recognized three offices and six employees who displayed exemplary behavior and work ethics in discharging their functions.

Cited and bestowed the On-The-Spot (OTS) Awards of the Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) Committee were the Baguio City Fire Department under Chief Insp. Nestor Gorio, the Permits and Licensing Division under Supervising Administrative Officer Allan Abayao and the Real Property Tax Division of the City Treasury Office under Local Treasury Operations Officer IV Rowena Gaviola. 

Administrative Aide III Sylvester Masgay of the Local Civil Registry, Administrative Aide IV Cecilia Aspiras and Local Assessment Operations Officer II Marlon Sayan of the City Assessor’s Office, LTOO I Kathleen Louis Joy Domingo, Revenue Collection Clerk II Remedios Cardeno and Local Revenue Collection Officer I Sherwin Mole also received OTS certificates from city officials led by Mayor Mauricio Domogan, Rep. Mark Go, Vice Mayor Edison Bilog and PRAISE committee member Coun. Joel Alangsab.

Alangsab said the commendations were based on the feedback received from satisfied clients.

The three offices were praised for their “wonderful” services by a client who resides in Manila who appreciated the fast processing of her business permit.

“Nagulat ako.  Ang bilis.  Nandito ako 11:30 a.m. then natapos agad,” the client wrote in her feedback form which was verified on the same date by the PRAISE committee.

Masgay and the LCR office were commended by Remedios Inay for the smooth and fast processing of her application for marriage registration.

“Maganda ang pagtanggap ng clients at mabilis ang pag-transact hindi katulad ng ibang municipalities na ang daming questions and requirements,” she was quoted as saying.

               Aspiras and Sayan were also cited for being kind and efficient by Kathleen Dilem who related that she was entertained by the employees despite being there at 7:30 a.m.

“I was able to get my documents in less than 10 minutes.  Kapag sinabi nilang within the day makukuha, talagang on the day na, hindi kailangang bumalik,” Dilem said.

Domingo, Cardeno and Mole were praised for their pleasant demeanor and professionalism.

The OTS is a regular awards program to acknowledge employees who demonstrated courtesy, honesty, promptness and efficiency and their daily efforts such as reporting for duty on time, using government office hours diligently and retiring from work only after office hours.

The selection of awardees is based on the letters of commendation or appreciation from the clients, private companies or public institutions citing the employee that they have directly transacted business with and the latter’s demonstration of exemplary behavior. 

The letters must come from the PACD-suggestion box located in the city hall lobby or addressed to the city mayor/city vice mayor or department/office heads. 

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A Baguio girl was one of the nine Philippine representatives to the 2nd ASEA-India Youth Summit held Feb. 3-7 at Guwahati, Assam, India.

Sheridan Athena Gajete of Upper Pinget barangay who is currently the cluster head of the National Youth Commission Office for Visayas and Mindanao was chosen from among the almost 10,000 applicants screened by the India Foundation, Ministry of External Affairs.

A doctorate graduate where she studied the behavior of adolescent and young people in Baguio City and the region, Gajete was considered for her advocacies while with the NYC.

Her advocacies were focused on the nine centers for Filipino youth participation as embodied in the Philippine Youth Development Plan: health, education, economic empowerment, environment, governance, active citizenship, global mobility, social inclusion and equity and peace building and security.

Gajete along with other co-delegates from the Philippines and nine other member countries took part in presentations, classroom sessions, peer learning activities and experiential site visits during the summit which focused on the theme “Connectivity: Pathway to Shared Prosperity.”

Panel discussions focused on topics of “Physical Connectivity,” ”Economic Connectivity,” “Governance and Polity,” Cultural and Historical Linkages,” “Entrepreneurship and Skill Development,” Youth and Socio-Cultural Connectivity” among others.  

The summit aims to serve as a “confluence of youth leaders from India and the ten ASEAN countries - Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam (to) lead to a shared understanding of the challenges we face and the actions that we need to take to restore and nourish connectivity in all dimensions within the region.”

“Promising young leaders from India and ASEAN will get an opportunity to participate in brainstorming events over the course of five days and they will be mentored by thought leaders from the region.”