By Dominic B. Dela Cruz
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—Following its approval as a separate
department, the Laoag Mayor Chevylle V. Fariñas has appointed Bernardino
Rodillas as the new community affairs officer.
The Community Affairs Office
(CAO) used to be a division under the City Mayor’s Office. Former division
chief Mylene Pascual moved to the Mariano Marcos Memorial Hospital and Medical
Center in Batac City.
Mr. Rodillas, who was next in
rank to Ms. Pascual, thanked the mayor for her trust and confidence in him to
lead the newly converted department.
Mr. Rodillas promised to do
his best in implementing the functions of the said office. Among its functions
include formulating plans and strategies for community development.
The CAO also coordinates,
integrates and promotes all programs and services of the national and local
government agencies, non-government organizations, people’s organizations and
other civic sectors in the community.
They also assist the mayor in
the exercise of her power of general supervision of all the barangays in the
city.
Mr. Rodillas said that his
office is also in charge of promotion and facilitation of employment
services.
His office is also in charge
in the scheduling of the Agserbi 24/7 where the city government go directly to
the barangay and render different services to the people.
Mr. Rodillas started serving
the city government in 1992 as clerk at the Laoag City General Hospital. He
later became a staff at the Community Affairs Division.
As a new department, Mr.
Rodillas said he will be requesting additional personnel. He said they have
many activities inside and outside the city hall that they need more personnel.
He added that the vacant positions for community affairs officer II and IV
should also be filled.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod,
through a resolution has concurred with Mr. Rodillas’ appointment.
The conversion and eventual
separation of the CAO has long been being pushed by Ms. Fariñas. She said CAO
has so many functions and responsibilities that it needed to become an office
by itself and not under any office. The CAO also oversees Laoag’s 80 barangays.
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