Accomplishment: Some 2,847 households in Region 6 have been provided housing assistance through slum upgrading, resettlement, sites and services, cooperative housing, Community Land Acquisition Program and other socialized housing programs from January 2001 – December 2003.

Accomplishment: A total of 2,558 households have been provided security of land tenure in the Region 6 through the community mortgage program.

Accomplishment: 4 DOH-retained hospitals, 5 provinces, 4 cities and 5 municipalities in Region 6 sold low-cost medicines under the GMA (Gamot Mabisa, Abot-kaya) Pharma 50 Program.

DOH-Retained Hospitals:

• Western Visayas Medical Center, Mandurriao, Iloilo City
• Western Visayas Regional Hospital (Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital), Bacolod City
• Western Visayas Sanitarium, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo
• Don Jose Monfort Medical Center Extension Hospital, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo

LGUs selling low-priced medicines:

• Province of Aklan
• Province of Capiz
• Province of Guimaras
• Province of Iloilo
• Province of Negros Occidental
• Bago City, Negros Occidental
• San Carlos City, Negros Occidental
• Silay City, Negros Occidental
• Sipalay City, Negros Occidental
• E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental
• Murcia, Negros Occidental
• Oton, Iloilo
• Tobosa, Negros Occidental
• Ajuy, Iloilo

Samples of low-priced medicines and their comparative prices in private drug stores:

Accomplishment: Under the Enhanced Greater Medicare Access (GMA) program, some 1,331,005 beneficiaries from 266,201 urban and rural poor families in Region 6 were given health insurance.

Among the services covered by the program include payment of room and board accommodation in hospitals from P200 to P400/day; medicine consumption from P1,500 to P16,000 (per single period of confinement); payment of professional fees of attending physician from P600 but not to exceed P2,500 per day.

Philhealth also provides maternity packages for normal delivery and health packages for tuberculosis patients.

Accomplishment: For CY 2001, P277.87 million was allocated for Region 6, of which P272.90 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, fisheries and DA-LGU Counterparting programs under AFMA.

For CY 2002, P155.10 million was allocated for Region 6, of which P155.92 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

For CY 2003, P157.19 million was allocated for Region 6, of which P112.43 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

For CY 2004, P71.72 million was allocated for Region 6, of which P24.90 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

Physical Accomplishments from January 2001- May 2004:

• Irrigation

• Post-harvest

• Constructed, rehabilitated and upgraded 12 multi-purpose drying pavements, one (1) trading post/center, 133 biogas digesters, 19 livestock auction markets, and three (3) abattoirs.
• Distributed nine (9) corn shellers regionwide.

• Other Infrastructure

• Completed 115 farm-to-market road projects in Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental.
• Repaired/rehabilitated the Iloilo Fish Port Complex (Tanza, Iloilo).
• Completed the construction of Oton Fish Landing (Iloilo).
• Established one (1) GET Excel Tilapia central hatchery in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.

• Credit

• Capability Building

• Marketing Assistance

• Conducted the Regional Agri-Food "CARES" (Iloilo City); Agro-Agri Fair (San Joaquin, Iloilo); Semana sang Iloilo (Iloilo City); Mangahan Festival (Guimaras); and CPU Agri-Fair (Iloilo City)
• Market encounter between KASAMNE (Region 3) and Onion traders of Iloilo
• Market linkage between mango producer Erwin Soriano of Balasan and Fruit Trader Henry Oberio of Mandurria, Iloilo City
• Market matched between tuna processors of Gen. Santos and Leo Ramos (distributor of processed products in Iloilo and Aklan) for tuna chorizo.

• Research and Development

- Supported the operationalization and strengthening of 2 Development R&D networks

• Salary Supplement

- Provided monthly incentive allowance to 1,617 LGU extension workers

Accomplishment: Maintained operations of 1 rolling store (Guimaras) and 175 stationary store in Region 6 which sold basic commodities at low prices such as rice, sugar and herbal and over-the-counter medicines.

8. Push for the resolution of the coconut levy issue in favor of coconut farmers (PCA)

Accomplishment: Following the decision of the Supreme Court declaring coconut levy funds as prima facie funds, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) implemented the Coconut Industry Investment Fund Safety-Net Program (CSNP) for Coconut Farmers, which includes access to micro-finance and credit and upgraded insurance coverage for coconut farmers.

The government enrolled 163,053 coconut farmer-beneficiaries in Region 6 in the upgraded insurance coverage program which increased their insurance coverage from P5,000 to P10,000.

A total of 12,541 families in Region 6 have been covered by the Coconut Farmers Food Access Program, which provided basic commodities at low prices.

Accomplishment: Land distribution in Region 6 covered 68,319.86 hectares – 50,327 hectares by DAR from January 2001 to June 2004, and 17,992.86 by DENR from January 2001 to April 2004:

Accomplishment: A total of 75 school buildings in unserved barangays in Region 6 were completed as of May 2004.

Accomplishment: From June 2001 to September 2003, a total of 8,472,775 textbooks were procured for Region 6 resulting in a 1:1 textbook-pupil ratio in Grades 1 to 6, and in the 1^st and 2^nd Year High School, except for English 3 (Grade 3) with a 1:6 ratio.

For 3^rd and 4^th Year High School, the textbook ratio ranges from 1:1.6 to 1:2.6, except for Mathematics 3 (3^rd Year High School) which has a 1:1 ratio. Distributed 84,042 Teachers Manuals to 3,623 school recipients in 201 school districts in the region.

Accomplishment: Some 52,659 public and private school teachers in Region 6 were trained on the new Basic Education Curriculum. Starting June 2003, time allotted for Science was increased to 84 minutes per period or 420 minutes per week.

Accomplishment: Under the Iskolar Para sa Mahirap na Pamilya, 5 million indigent families can each send one child to college or technical-vocational course through a grant of P20,000 for two years for a vocational course or P40,000 for a four-year college course to cover basic tuition, transportation and food allowance. As of June 2004, a total of 318 Certificates of Educational Assistance have been awarded to recipient-families in Region VI.

Under the Student’s Assistance Fund for Education for a Strong Republic (SAFE-4-SR), P15.74 million in loans were provided to 1,968 needy 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and graduating college students in 91 higher educational institutions in Region VI.

14. Barangay energization (DOE)

Accomplishment: From July 2001 to June 2004, 442 barangays in Region 6 were provided electricity.

Accomplishment: As of 30 September 2003, all the 10 electric cooperatives in Region 6 have secured approval for rate reduction ranging from P0.0407 to P0.2170 per kilowatt-hour.

The Antique Electric Cooperative, Iloilo Electric Cooperative I, and Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative improved their performance after meeting the medium-term target on four mandatory key performance indicators for prescribed level of efficiency under the Restructuring Program for ECs namely: settlement of restructured accounts with NPC; payment of loan amortization to NEA; reduction of system loss to 14% and below; and, reduction of average collection period to at least 45 days.

The Antique EC and Iloilo EC I posted net margins from operations as a result of cost efficiency (non-power cost per customer per year of below P1,300 and customer per employee ratio of more than 150:1).

Accomplishment: Through the Public Employment Service Offices in the Region, a total of 175,815 applicants were referred and 133,786 of them were placed for locally available jobs and overseas placement. Some 21,005 workers were assessed of whom 7,171 were given certification. Training and re-training in ICT and in-demand skills were also given to 131,634 workers.

Accomplishment: SME Market Centers in Negros Occidental and Iloilo were strengthened to serve as one-stop shop for SMEs providing information and business counseling on SME management and development strategies.

18. Tourism infrastructure projects (DOT, DOTC)

Accomplishment: The following infrastructure projects were completed to help boost tourism in Region 6:

• Boracay Environmental Infrastructure Project including the sewerage and water supply system
• Upgrading of San Pedro Port in Iloilo City

Accomplishments: Of the 4,050 barangays in Region 6, 4,050 barangays have established GMA Centers to disseminate quality information on national government programs and advocate services delivered by national government agencies to community residents, such as livelihood, job opportunities, peace and order, public safety, health and sanitation, educational and social welfare, agricultural support services, infrastructure development, environmental management and sports development.

Accomplishment: 26 cities/municipalities in 5 provinces in Region 6 have established one-stop shop processing center, installed customer complaint desk and simplified civil application system:

• Aklan (1)
• Antique (1)

Accomplishment: The Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) Program provides the poor and disadvantaged sectors of society with timely access to credit and development opportunities.

From January 2001 to March 2004, a total of P7,290,150 was provided as seed money to 220 micro enterprises benefiting 5,386 families in Region 6.

Accomplishment: As an anti-poverty strategy, KALAHI-CIDSS Program was implemented to fast track delivery of social services to urban and rural communities to address their immediate and long-term needs. Some 22,355 families in 6 provinces covering 150 barangays in Region 6 benefited from the program.

Among the benefits provided by KALAHI-CIDSS include medical missions, construction of potable water supply and provision of immediate relief and rehabilitation assistance to areas affected by natural calamities.

23. Improved access to health services and facilities (DOH)

• Upgrading of the Capiz-Basilan Hospital
• Covered 88% of target children for the two rounds of "Patak Polio" immunization campaign under the Garantisadong Pambata Program. The program involves key life saving interventions (i.e., vaccination, exclusive breastfeeding, salt iodization, Vitamin A supplementation and food fortification).

Accomplishment: The SRNH is an inter-modal transport system inter-connecting the islands of the archipelago.

The Manila-Batangas-Calapan-Roxas-Caticlan-Iloilo-Bacolod-Dumaguete-Dapitan route was opened to spur inter-island farm trade and improve the distribution system of food and agricultural products from Mindanao to Luzon.

Accomplishments: The government provided assistance and transferred technologies to different micro and small companies which resulted in the following:

• Generated 300 jobs in Barangay Bubog, Talisay City in Negros Occidental through the upgrading of production facilities of Far East Bamboo Exports Inc.
• Generated 260 jobs in Banica, Roxas City through the establishment of electroplating plant and waste water treatment facility
• Established furniture and fixture production facilities for Tribal Trends Inc. in Barangay Bagacay, Pototan, Iloilo