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Visayan Business Post
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August 2014
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Developing governAnCe
Mayor receives praise for building stalls for the poor
Tourism Visayas
The VBP BusiNess Team North Leyte
ALBUERA LEYTE –– Local citizens including the fortunate recipients of the first 18 small business stalls set up by Albuera Mayor Ramon “Juny” Dela Cerna, Jr. near the town’s public market are all praise to the effective- ness of this simple start- up kit to help the poor.
“All we wanted to show was that a little kindness can mean a great difference for poor people who truly want to help themselves”, explained Dela Cerna who spent at least a hundred thousand pesos of his own money for the project.
Mayor Dela Cerna fur- ther said that the gesture encouraged some undecid- ed but business-oriented citizens of the town to take advantage of the opportuni-
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come dependent of the In- ternal Revenue Allotment given these statistics”, stressed Casas.
Mayor Daisy Abuyabor Lleve earlier told the Visay- an Business Post that Ma- haplag Inland Resort is an essential staging point for her administration’s tour- ism driven programs.
“Tourists staying in the
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CARIGARA LEYTE – Carigara Leyte Mayor Ed- uardo Cañega Ong is posi- tive that the development of the municipality’s boule- vard facing the Carigara Bay area into a baywalk will promote the town’s famous nightly barbecue stalls as a local tourism destination.
In a recent interview with the Visayan Business Post news team, Mayor Ong disclosed that his ad- ministration is trying to locally source at least P2 million for the develop- ment project which he hopes to finish soon. The
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stArt-up kit. A happy customer checks out one of the stalls built by mayor Ramon Dela Cerna, Jr. of Albuera, Leyte to help poor residents of his town start up small businesses. Mayor Dela Cerna, (RIGHT) reading the Visayan Business Post, funded the livelihood project through his own salary as a public servant. (Photo by JnGrey)
tytostartasmallbusiness. Dela Cerna who spoke to the VBP News Team disclosed that he still plans to add more of these stalls to help interested
resort should soon have the option to explore the town’s other places of in- terest”, Mayor Lleve said. The mayor started this ini- tiative with an allocation to build an access road to a cathedral cave in Barangay Paril.
“Development will be slow to come for these tour sites if they remain hidden from the news and tourism map and we need to help in this matter”, said Lleve.
mayor said that the LGU will also accept dona- tions for some portions of the project, referring to seats and other struc- tures for the promenade.
“Our plan is to transfer all barbecue stalls pres- ently operating in the town’s sidewalks to a more appropriate space in a Manila-style baywalk complete with lights here in Carigara”, Ong said. At present, there are at least fourteen barbecue stalls operating at various side streets of this coastal town.
“The intention is to make the stalls more beautiful, organized and presentable, with the necessary sanitary conditions. Uniform stalls
residents obtain liveli- hood. “There is a need to intervene so that pov- erty alleviation programs that people really need and can directly gain ben-
efitsfromwillbedelivered. The municipal mayor ear- lier dispersed chickens and ducks to farmer-recipients who wanted to start a small poultry or fowl business.
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Carigara baywalk to promote local barbecue and tourism
Development ConstruCtion. Carigara’s baywalk, a local government tourism and industry project, will accommodate the town’s famous roadside barbecue stalls. (Photo by JnGrey)
will be made for all the lo- fortable”, the mayor added. pality’s many attractions. blades locally known as cators so that the visiting Carigara’s barbecue in- The town is also known ‘sundang’ that are crafted public will feel more com- dustry is one of the munici- for its knives and farm by resident blacksmiths.
Hindang Caves.