pdao – CITY OF NAGA

Naga has 7,000 PWDs

CEPPIO Naga — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:00:52 +0000

“The city’s database on PWDs reveals that the sector has a current total strength that runs to more than 7,000 since 2016,” Atty. Paul John Barrosa, head of Persons with Disability Affairs Office said.

Barrosa, however, clarified in a press briefing that the figure was achieved not because there was a dramatic increase in the number of disabled individuals. He said the figure was obtained after a series of surveys, allowing those unlisted PWDs to register or be counted.

Around 2,000 of that number were evaluated and found out to have mental health issues and need psychosocial intervention. Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual is able to realize his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to make a contribution to his or her community.

The series of registrations initiated by the LGU thru the PDAO was conducted for the PWDs to be able to benefit from the programs and privileges of the local government as provided under City Ordinance 2020-072 or the PWD Code of Naga City.

These programs and privileges include the distribution of the e-PWD ID to persons with disability for them to be able to avail of the PWD privileges as provided for by national laws and local ordinances.

Barrosa added that the ID provides PWDs access for privileges such as discount in transport fees, medicine and other basic services offered within the city.

“When I started to serve as the head of PDAO in 2016, the city has registered about 4,000 PWDs living in Naga” he said. Barrosa bared that there are certain qualifications that should be met in order for one to be able to register as a disabled person.

He said the person must first undergo medical check-up at the City Health Office for a physician’s evaluation.

He stressed that the doctor must consider the patient’s technical and medical condition to confirm his/her disability based on the guidelines of the Department of Health.

“You are not considered a disabled person for having a blurry eyesight. The doctor has to consider your technical and medical condition first in a thorough evaluation” Barrosa said.

Once the doctor confirmed that an applicant is indeed a person with disability, a medical certificate stating his/her disability shall be issued.

Barrosa said that a medical certificate is required by PDAO to register the applicant as PWD. Aside from the certificate, the applicant has to submit copies of his/her birth certificate from the Philippine Statistics Authority, voter’s certificate from the Commission on Election – Naga City office and the barangay certificate of residency.

(Jason Neola, CEPPIO. File Photo by Emmanuel Cleofe, CEPPIO)

City marks July as PWD month

CEPPIO Naga — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 02:03:09 +0000

WANTING to ensure that the disability rights of the PWD children are protected, the city government of Naga has formally created the Naga City PWD Youth Association, which will enable the LGU to devote special care to the young ones by including them in its various services and projects as beneficiaries.

City Councilor Antonio Beltran, chair of the committee on PWD at the Sangguniang Panlungsod, said the creation of the association would also allow the city government to provide the PWD youths with guidance as to what programs and projects they need for their own benefit.

“No one should be left behind,” the councilor said as he gave emphasis on the city government’s guiding principle on public service that embraces the idea: “Endeavor to reach the furthest behind first.”

Anchored on the theme, “Persons with disabilities, accessibility, and rights: towards a sustainable future where no one is left behind,” the Naga City Persons with Disability Month is being celebrated in the entire month of July. The celebration also marks the 45th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week.

Beltran said that among the concerns the city government wishes to address as part of its advocacy to espouse for the well-being of the PWD children include the issues on mental health, drug abuse, teenage pregnancy, and the spread of HIV and AIDS.

The LGU achieved as well the formation of the Naga City PWD Vendors Association whose members were entrusted to run the PWD Trade Fair that will begin to operate on July 17 until July 23, this year, at the Plaza Rizal Gazebo.

The trade fair, according to Beltran, will serve as a facility for business matching and networking among the entrepreneurs, and artisans who wish to expand their businesses and to promote and market their wares to other places.

(Jason B. Neola, CEPPIO. Photo by Emmanuel L. Cleofe, CEPPIO.)

Senior Citizens and Persons with Disability

Bob Ursua — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 04:45:01 +0000

Senior Citizens and Persons with Disability

2022-049
AN ORDINANCE CONSOLIDATING ALL AMENDMENTS TO AND INTO ORDINANCE NO. 2016-054, KNOWN AS THE 2022 REVISED CONSOLIDATED SENIOR CITIZENS ORDINANCE OF 2016
06/28/2022
Hon. Gregorio R. Abonal
City Youth Councilor Hon. Marie Flor V. Barde

2020-072
AN ORDINANCE CODIYFING THE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS OF THE CITY OF NAGA ON PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (PWDs)
Hon. Elmer S. Baldemoro
08/04/2020

2019-088
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2016-054, KNOWN AS THE REVISED CONSOLIDATED SENIOR CITIZENS ORDINANCES
11/12/2019
Hon. Gregorio R. Abonal / Hon. Jose C. Rañola, M.D.
AMENDED: 2016-054

2019-062
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2016-054, KNOWN AS THE REVISED CONSOLIDATED SENIOR CITIZENS ORDINANCES
08/20/2019
Hon. Gregorio R. Abonal / Hon. Jose C. Rañola, M.D. / Hon. Elmer S. Baldemoro / Hon. Salvador M. Del Castillo / Hon. Joselito SA. Del Rosario
AMENDED: 2016-054

2018-082
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2016-054, KNOWN AS THE REVISED CONSOLIDATED SENIOR CITIZENS ORDINANCES
10/23/2018
Hon. Gregorio Re Abonal / Hon. Jose C. Rañola, M.D. / Hon. Cecila Veluz-De Asis / Hon. Salvador M. Del Castillo / Hon. Julian C. Lavadia, Jr.
AMENDED: 2016-054

2018-081
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2016-054, KNOWN AS THE REVISED CONSOLIDATED SENIOR CITIZENS ORDINANCES
10/23/2018
Hon. Gregorio Re Abonal / Hon. Jose C. Rañola, M.D. / Hon. Cecila Veluz-De Asis / Hon. Salvador M. Del Castillo / Hon. Julian C. Lavadia, Jr.
AMENDED: 2016-054

2018-028
ORDINANCE DECLARING THE MONTH OF JULY AS PERSONS WITH DISABILITY MONTH IN THE CITY OF NAGA
06/19/2018
Hon. Elmer S. Baldemoro

2017-052
AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS FOR EACH FILIPINO RESIDENT OF NAGA CITY WHO HAS REACHED ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD OR OLDER
08/08/2017
Hon. Gregorio Re Abonal / Hon. Jose C. Rañola / Hon. Salvador M. del Castillo

2017-044
ORDINANCE MANDATING ACCESSIBILITY TO INFORMATION BY PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IN NAGA CITY, PROVIDING FOR MECHANISMS AND APPROPRIATING FUND FOR THE PURPOSE
07/04/2017
Hon. Elmer S. Baldemoro

2017-025
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR BURIAL EXPENSES TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CITY OF NAGA
05/09/2017
Hon. Elmer S. Baldemoro

2017-022
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE ENHANCED PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IDENTIFICATION CARD (ePWD-ID) PROGRAM AND ADOPTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY TO SAID CARD
04/25/2017
Hon. Elmer S. Baldemoro

2016-054
AN ORDINANCE REVISING ORDINANCE NO. 2014-085, KNOWN AS THE CONSOLIDATED SENIOR CITIZENS ORDINANCES
10/18/2016
Hon. Gregorio Re Abonal

2016-028
AN ORDINANCE FURTHER AMENDING THE EFFECTIVITY DATE AND FUNDING COVERAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. 2015-053 KNOWN AS THE “NEW SENIOR CITIZENS ID ORDINANCE”
06/21/2016
Hon. Gregorio Re Abonal
AMENDED:2015-053

2015-080
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE EFFECTIVITY DATE AND FUNDING COVERAGEOF ORDINANCE NO. 2015-053 KNOWN AS THE “NEW SENIOR CITIZENS ID ORDINANCE”
12/22/2015
Hon. Gregorio Re Abonal
AMENDED: 2015-053

2015-065
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2014-085, ENTITLED: “AN ORDINANCE CONSOLIDATING THE SENIOR CITIZENS ORDINANCE NOS. 1992-042, 1992-049, 2002-017, 2006-070, 2010-066, 2011-018, 2013-036, 2013-054 AND 2014-034, RESOLUTION NO. 2010-340 AND INTEGRATING THEREIN THE SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH EXECUTIVE ORDER 2006-016, AMENDING SOME SECTIONS IN THE PROCESS
10/27/2015
Hon. Elmer S. Baldemoro
AMENDED: 2014-085

2015-053
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING NEW SENIOR CITIZENS IDENTIFICATION CARDS
08/25/2015
Hon. Gregorio R. Abonal / Hon. Jose A. Tuason

2015-017
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING CASH ASSISTANCE FOR DEATH EXPENSES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OF THE CITY OF NAGA
05/05/2015
Joint and Collective Motion

2014-085
AN ORDINANCE CONSOLIDATING THE SENIOR CITIZENS ORDINANCES NOS. 1992-042, 1992-049, 2002-017, 2006-070, 2010-066, 2011-018, 2013-036, 2013-054, AND 2014-034, RESOLUTION NO. 2010-340 AND INTEGRATING THEREIN THE SENIOR CITIZENS MONTH EXECUTIVE ORDER 2006-016, AMENDING SOME SECTIONS IN THE PROCESS
12/19/14
Hon. Esteban Greg R. Abonal III / Hon. Jose A. Tuason

2012-031
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 AND SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2000-094, ENTITLED: “AN ORDINANCE GIVING HONOR AND TRIBUTE TO THE NAGUEÑO WORLD WAR II VETERANS BY MANDATING THE RAISING OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG AT HALF MAST AT THE CITY HALL AND OTHER CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS DURING THE WAKE OF A DECEASED MEMBER THEREOF, GRANTING HIS FAMILY THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS AS BURIAL ASSISTANCE, AND DECLARING APRIL 8 OF EVERY YEAR AS NAGA CITY WAR VETERANS’ DAY”, BY SPECIFYING THAT THE VETERANS HEREIN REFERRED TO ARE WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WAR VETERANS, AND BY INCREASING THE BURIAL ASSISTANCE FROM TEN THOUSAND (P10,000.00) TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND (P15,000.00) PESOS
06/05/2012
Hon. Ray-An Cydrick G. Rentoy / Hon. Dan Paolo R. Morales
City Youth Councilor Hon. Helton A. Nepomuceno / Hon. Vera Yvonne B. Tabuzo
AMENDED: 2000-094

2011-018
AN ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTING EXTRA PRIVILEGES TO SENIOR CITIZENS IN NAGA CITY
04/19/2011
Hon. Jose A. Tuason
Senior Citizen Hon. Rosendo O. Gonzales

2010-066
AN ORDINANCE MANDATING AN INCREASED BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITY (PWDS), ALLOCATING NO LESS THAN ONE PERCENT (1%) OF CITY AND BARANGAY BUDGETS FOR EACH SECTOR, AND REQUIRING IMPLEMENTATION BEGINNING YEAR2011
01/17/2010
Hon. David Casper Nathan A. Sergio / Hon. Esteban R. Abonal / Hon. Cecilia V. De Asis / Hon. Jose P. Tuason / Hon. Joaquin F. Perez, Jr.

2010-039
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITY AFFAIRS OFFICE (PDAO) IN THE CITY OF NAGA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
08/03/2010
Hon. David Casper Nathan A. Sergio

2010-038
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING CASURECO II AND MNWD AND ALL PUBLIC UTILITY PROVIDERS TO REGISTER THE WATER AND ELECTRIC METERS TO SENIOR CITIZENS WHO ARE ACTUALLY RESIDING IN THE HOUSEHOLD
08/03/2010
Hon. Esteban R. Abonal / Hon. Jose A. Tuason / Hon. Cecilia Veluz-De Asis

2006-070
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE FOR THE SENIOR CITIZENS AFFAIRS (OSCA) HEADED BY A SENIOR CITIZEN IN THE CITY OF NAGA AS MANDATED BY R.A. 9257
12/11/2006
Hon. Esteban R. Abonal / Hon. Salvador M. Del Castillo

2002-017
ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING THE AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND (P100,000.00) PESOS OUT OF THE UN-APPROPRIATED SURPLUS FOR THE YEAR 2001 TO COVER THE DEATH ASSISTANCE TO AFFILIATED SENIOR CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NAGA AT ONE THOUSAND (P1,000.00) PESOS PER BENEFICIARY
03/06/2002
Hon. Gabriel H. Bordado, Jr.

2000-094
AN ORDINANCE GIVING HONOR AND TRIBUTE TO THE NAGUEÑO WORLD WAR II VETERANS BY MANDATING THE RAISING OF THE PHILIPPINE FLAG AT HALF MAST AT THE CITY HALL AND OTHER CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS DURING THE WAKE OF A DECEASED MEMBER THEREOF, GRANTING HIS FAMILY THE AMOUNT OF TEN THOUSAND PESOS AS BURIAL ASSISTANCE, AND DECLARING APRIL 8 OF EVERY YEAR AS NAGA CITY WAR VETERANS’ DAY
Hon. Mila S.D. Raquid-Arroyo / Hon. Rodolfo Z. Fortuno

1992-049
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING DISCOUNTED FARES TO SENIOR CITIZENS IN COMMON CARRIERS OPERATING IN THE CITY OF NAGA
11/11/1992
Hon. Esteban R. Abonal

1992-042
AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE OFFICE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS AFFAIRS IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY MAYOR, CITY OF NAGA
10/07/1992
Hon. Esteban R. Abonal