FRESNEDI ALLOTED MILLIONS FOR HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION

DESPITE suffering from budgetary constraints the administration of  Muntinlupa City Mayor Jaime R. Fresnedi managed to address the main concerns of the city by allotting the necessary budget for health and education.

Facing billions of pesos in debt inherited from the previous administration of losing mayoralty candidate Mayor Aldrin San Pedro, the new administration still find a way to address the basic necessity of the city.

Mayor Fresnedi has launched what he termed the “Tamang subsidy” to the Ospital ng Muntinlupa, giving P25,000 per family to the city run hospital benefitting some 1,762 patients.

The city government allotted the needed medicine assistance and health services that include the various health centers that has long been neglected to the constraint of the Muntinlupeno.

Fresnedi also established Senior Citizens’ Wellness Center at OsMun, re-established the Muntinlupa Blood Council, re-established City Nutrition Council along with the health insurance – Philhealth ng Masa – with 3,183 recommended families/households for enrollment amounting to PhP 2,546,400.00

Not to be left out is the increased assistance for education to PhP50 Million from PhP21.5 Million for Muntinlupa Scholarship Program and another PhP10 Million for Iskolar ng Bayan sa PLMun

To further boost the scholarship program that was also neglected by the past administration, Fresnedi’s administration launched the Educational Financial Assistance to 560 college students amounting to PhP 2,500 each

At present, with only a 100 days in his administration there are on-going scholarship assistance ( tuition fees, books, clothing and transportation allowances with maximum of PhP30,000/semester) to students of other colleges and universities

Fresnedi said there are 3,220 scholars (first year to fourth year) with free tuition fees in PLMun and he also re-established Muntinlupa Literacy Coordinating Council, organizing of 279 youth groups, career guidance and employment coaching for public high schools and repair of repair of dilapidated day care center.

The mayor likewise does not only focus his administration’s attention to the above mentioned program as he also put his sight to livelihood and employment programs.

With his livelihood and employement thrust, there are 455 MCTI trainees graduated, strengthened community-based training, onducted skills registry, identified employment facilitation (mega job fair, 2x a week mini job fair, community job fair  - Job Recruitment Facilitation).

To further improve the delivery of basic services, Fresnedi also implemented Performance-based planning and budgeting, orientation on ARTA towards ISO Certification,gaining the 1^st LGU to establish an in-house academy for executive development, conducted Strategic Planning and formulated the Vision-Mission-Goals for the City, Renewal of sister-city agreements with Takasaki (Exchange Program: OsMun, MunSci, MCTI, and Rescue).

As an incentive, the mayor also implemented a reward system for employees for them to do their job well, along with the review of the contract with Alabang Prime.

         

The mayor also saw to it that various offices of the city government are repaired, along with electrical facilities, de-clogging of canals at drainage system, concreting of roads and basketball courts.

               

Since the city is suffering from debt, the mayor saw to it that the payment for its obligation to Land Bank of the Philippines is okay and along with it is to re-establish the Muntinlupa Anti-Graft Board to prevent unnecessary expenses that are detrimental to the city government.

         

These are just a few of the innovative programs that the administration of Fresnedi is focusing to get the city government back on track and make it a more vibrant city in the coming years.