1st Tacurong City Photography Contest: Guidelines, Criteria & Entry Forms

Igpat sang Kamera 2011

1^st City of Tacurong Photography Contest

Theme: “Capturing the Beauty of Tacurong”

 Contest Guidelines:

1. The photo contest is open to all hobbyists, non- professional and professional photographers.


2. There are two categories which are the following:

1. Discover Tacurong Category

2. Talakudong Festival Category

For the Discover Tacurong Category, entries must have been taken within the City of Tacurong. Entries must depict the beauty of and what is uniquely Tacurong.

For the Talakudong Festival Category, entries must be taken during the festival celebrations – streetdancing & field demonstration and other festival highlights and must conform to the festival theme. Entries must have been taken during the 11^th Foundation Anniversary and Talakudong Festival on September 12-18, 2011.

3. Prizes are:        Discover Tacurong Category            Talakudong Festival Category                                 

First prize          P8, 000   & certificate           P8, 000 & certificate 

Second prize    P5, 000   & certificate                        P5, 000 & certificate 

Third prize       P3, 000   & certificate                        P3, 000   & certificate

           

4. For “Discover Tacurong Category”, there will be a one-day photo tour** on August 26, 2011.


5. Entries must be accompanied by the official entry form with the title and brief description of the picture, name and signature of the photographer, address, date the picture was taken and place where the picture was taken.


6. Entry forms are available at the Tri-Media Room (2^nd floor of city hall building) or download from this website.


7. Nudity, vulgar, obscene, scandalous, gruesome, and violent photos are automatically disqualified. Photos should focus on the theme.


8. Entries should be in 8” x 12”, in color prints, unmounted and taken in either film or digital format.


9. Photos must be in their original form, not super-imposed or retouched or edited in any photo editing software. Manipulated photos will NOT be accepted. Only basic enhancements like cropping, resizing, and minor adjustments in brightness and contrast will be allowed. Entries must be accompanied by negatives.  In the case of digital photos, they must be written to a CD which properties must contain the information about the camera used and settings for the photo. The original file must be submitted together with the enhanced file.


10. Printed photos must not have any identifying marks that would indicate its owner.


11. In each category, participants may submit as many entries but not less than three (3) in a category he or she wishes to join. Should an entry be less than three, it shall be disqualified.


12. One photographer can only win one prize in each category.


13. All entries for the Discover Tacurong Category must be submitted on or before September 6, 2011 with duly accomplished entry forms to the Tri-Media Room (2^nd floor, city hall building), City of Tacurong. Discover Tacurong Category entries will be displayed in a Photo Exhibit at the lobby of the city hall from September 12-18, 2011.


14. The city government of Tacurong reserves the right to cancel the contest in the event that an insufficient number of entries of suitable quality are submitted.


15. All entries maybe reproduced and/or reprinted into any size for exhibition and use by the city government. Proper credit shall be given to the photographer.


16. All entries shall be the property of the City Government of Tacurong after the competition. The city government reserves the rights to use winning photo entries for any printed materials and advertisements to further promote the city and the festival.


17. Judging for the Discover Tacurong Category will be during the duration of the festival. Deadline for the submission and judging of the Talakudong Festival Category will be announced during the awarding of prizes for the Discover Tacurong Category on September 18, 2011.


18. The decision of the Board of Judges is FINAL.


19. For more details please contact: Mobile phone nos. 09067315203; 09393562151.

Igpat sang Kamera 2011

1^st City of Tacurong Photography Contest,

Theme: “Capturing the Beauty of Tacurong”

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JUDGING CRITERIA

Discover Tacurong Category

Relevance to the Theme –                        40%

Does the photo show the beauty of the City of Tacurong? Does it speak of the theme ‘Capturing the Beauty of Tacurong’?

Composition/Arrangement -        20%

Is the object/s of photo neatly arranged and pleasant to the eyes? Is the angle or perspective used by the photographer interesting?

Focus/Sharpness/Lighting -          20%

Is the photograph sharp? Is the object of the photo in focus? Does it use proper lighting? 

Creativity-                                    20% 

Does the photographer show creative and original idea in the making of the photo?

                     

Talakudong Festival Category

           

            CRITERIA:

1.  VISUAL IMPACT             60%

                        a) Clarity                                                                 20%

                                                b) Spontaneity                                                                    20%

                                                c) Emotions evoked                                                20%

           

                        2.  THEME                             40%

a) Festival mood, vibrancy and ambience              20%

                                                b) Festival activities and highlights                        10%

                                                c) Essence and importance of the festival      

                                                    to the people of  the City of Tacurong                           10%

Igpat Sang Kamera 2011

1^st City of Tacurong Photography Contest

Theme: “Capturing the Beauty of Tacurong”

Official Entry Form

(This form may be reproduced)

                                                      

Title of the Photo_____________________________________________________

Brief Description of the Photo ___________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Date the Photo was taken _______________________________________________

Place the Photo was taken ______________________________________________

Name and signature of the photographer ____________________________________

Address of the photographer _____________________________________________

Mobile No.: _______________________________

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Igpat Sang Kamera 2011

1^st City of Tacurong Photography Contest

Theme: “Capturing the Beauty of Tacurong”

Official Entry Form

(This form may be reproduced)

                                                      

Title of the Photo_____________________________________________________

Brief Description of the Photo ___________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Date the Photo was taken _______________________________________________

Place the Photo was taken ______________________________________________

Name and signature of the photographer ____________________________________

Address of the photographer _____________________________________________

Mobile No.: _______________________________

Tacurong City receives DILG Seal of Good Housekeeping

The City of Tacurong was awarded a Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in recognition of the city’s excellent performance in local governance.

DILG XII Regional Director Buagas Sulaik officially informed City Mayor Lina Montilla of the award in a letter received by the latter on June 24, 2011.

Tacurong, which belongs to the second batch of SGH recipients this year, is one among the only five cities in the Philippines and the only one from Mindanao belonging to the 4^th to 6^th class to be conferred with the award. The other awardees for the cities category are Alaminos, Pangasinan; Candan, Ilocos Sur; Passi, Iloilo; and Vigan, Ilocos Sur. They are joined by municipalities belonging to the 4^th to 6^th class stamped also with SGH seal.

The Seal of Good Housekeeping is a mechanism comprising a set of criteria aimed at recognizing Local government Units (LGUs) with good performance in internal housekeeping particularly in the areas of Planning, Sound Fiscal Management, Transparency and Accountability, and Valuing Performance Management.

Among the key components of the SGH criteria are compliance to the mandates of the Anti-Red Tape Act as well as to the Full Disclosure Policy of the DILG. Further, LGUs stamped with Good Housekeeping Seal should have “no adverse” report from the Commission on Audit, which means that they should have complied with all the requirements of the government’s auditing agency. Emphasis is also given to the LGU’s compliance to the mandates of the Anti-Red Tape Act.

Tacurong was evaluated in March by the team from DILG Regional Office. Several data were gathered from offices concerned; interviews were conducted; and even the records of the local police station were checked as to the peace and order condition of the locality. After passing the regional evaluation, Tacurong made it through the National Table Assessment and Validation, and subsequently stamped with SGH Seal.

Director Sulaik also informed Mayor Montilla that by passing the national assessment on Good Housekeeping, Tacurong is now eligible to access the 2011 Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) amounting to three (3) million pesos. The PCF is an incentive fund to LGUs in the form of counterpart for projects to be financed from the 20% component of the LGU’s Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA).

Mayor Montilla is ecstatic at the recent accomplishment of LGU Tacurong. “I am very happy with the most recent award we received, but then again ,we only have to work harder; after all, this is what we, public servants, are expected to do”, Mayor Montilla said.

Less than a year since assuming office as the mayor of Tacurong, the LGU has already received two national awards, the first of which was the Seal of Excellence from the Civil Service Commission in December 2010. (Allan Freno, LGU-Tacurong City)

Mayor Montilla repeats last year’s memo: No facebook, computer games during office hours

            Stop or face disciplinary action. This is the marching order of Mayor Lina Montilla after getting reports that there are still some employees accessing social networking sites and playing computer games during office hours.

            Mayor Montilla’s directive is stated in Memorandum Order No. 11-172, issued on June 8, 2011, the subject of which is ‘Reiteration of Internal Policies’. The said memo is a stern reminder of what was provided in the first Administrative Order issued by the mayor last year.

            While other local government units had just recently ordered the prohibition of browsing social networking sites during office hours, employees of the city government of Tacurong had been told to do so in August 2010, a month after Mayor Montilla was sworn in as mayor of the city.

            Administrative Order No. 01 provides that ‘playing of computer games, internet surfing and social networking are strictly prohibited during office hours and those who will not abide by it shall be dealt with administratively’.

            During the Monday flag-raising ceremony on June 13, Mayor Montilla urged all employees to follow what is stated in the internal policies of the local government. She added that to be efficient and effective service providers, they must optimize their working hours doing what they are paid to do.

            In 2010, the city government of Tacurong was awarded the Seal of Excellence by the Civil Service Commission, a proof that the city was among the LGUs to carry out the provisions of the Anti-Red Tape Act. The city got the recognition as the one among the only six LGUs in the country to receive the said award. “We must always strive to be worthy of the award that we receive, and following our internal policies is one way of standing by it”, the mayor said.

Further, to guarantee that the new memo is effectively enforced, Mayor Montilla had instructed the Information Technology Section to disable in the main server of internet connection most common social networking sites such as facebook.

            The mayor also directed the IT personnel to inspect all computers of the city government and delete all computer games that are saved in the hard drives.

Likewise, Mayor Montilla stood firm on her previous directive that no employees goes out of the city hall building during office house except for those who have permission slips or authorization from the head of office. “I have already deployed persons to monitor the employees who transact personal business outside of their office during working hours, specifically those who are going to the department stores and other establishments’, she said.

On austerity measures

            The city government also continues to implement austerity measures especially on electrical consumption, office supplies and fuel utilization. The measure, embodied also in the Administrative Order No. 1 issued last year, is one vital way to cope with the rising cost of basic utilities and various supplies.

            On electrical use, all air conditioners are turned on at 8:30 a.m. and turned off at 11:30 a.m. In the afternoon, switching on is at 1:00 p.m. up to 4:00 p.m.

            Conservation and recycling of office supplies is also practiced such as using the back portion of used bond papers for inter-office communications.

            To minimize fuel consumption, employees should maximize sitting capacity of vehicles especially for large groups traveling in the same place in case of seminars.

            According to Mayor Montilla, these cost-effective measures among others are important initiatives to really optimize the local government resources. (Information)

231 na mga kabataan sa lungsod, lumahok sa isang buwan na Summer Sports Camp

Mahigit sa dalawandaang mga kabataan ang nakinabang sa isang buwan na summer sports camp na hatid ng City Physical Fitness and Sports Development Council ng Tacurong. Sa pagtatapos ng naturang Sports Camp noong Mayo a trenta, nagtipon ang 231 na mga kabataan sa city gym para tanggapin mula kay Mayor Lina Montilla ang kani-kanilang Certificates of Completion.

Sa kanyang mensahe, sinabi ni Mayor Montilla na ipagpapatuloy ng lokal na pamahalaan ang pagpapatupad ng sports development program sa lungsod para lalo pang mapag-ibayo ang paghubog sa mga kabataan sa ibat-ibang larangan ng palakasan. Pinasalamatan rin ng alkalde ang mga magulang ng nasabing mga kabataan sa pagbibigay ng kanilang tiwala sa city government.

Ayon kay City Sports Coordinator Designate Clarencio Cordero, pitong sports disciplines ang inilahok para sa mahigit isang buwan na sports camp na nagsimula noong Abril a 26. Ito ay ang arnis, dance sport, sepak takraw, soccer, table tennis, taekwondo at volleyball.

            Ang arnis at volleyball ang may pinakamaraming participants kung saan umabot sa tig-apatnaput-limang mga kabataan ang lumahok sa training. Sumunod sa pinakamarami ang taekwondo na umabot sa tatlumput-walo ang bilang ng mga sumailalim sa training; tatlumput-anim naman ang dance sport; dalawamput-pito ang table tennis; dalawamput-apat ang sepak takraw; at labing-anim naman para sa larangan ng arnis.

            Umaasa naman si Sports Development Council Vice Chairman Rodrigo Jamorabon na sa pamamagitan ng summer sports camp, mas maagang mahubog ng mga kabataan ang galling nila sa larangan ng palakasan na hilig nila. Idinagdag niya na ang maagang paghubog sa galling ng mga kabataan ay isa sa mga sikreto ng city government sa pamamayagpag nito hindi lamang sa mga pangrehiyon at pambansang palaro kundi pati na rin sa international competitions. (Information)

TACEA holds general assembly, election

Officers and members of the Tacurong City Employees Association (TACEA) gathered at the city gymnasium on May 27, 2011 for its general assembly and election.

Things started off with an opening program where City Mayor Lina Montilla, who graced the gathering, assured the members of her continued support to the association and the welfare of the membership. She also asked for the members’ continued commitment to serve the people of Tacurong.

Invited speaker Mr. Daniel Robles shared his wisdom based on his years of experience as a union leader. He also cited TACEA as one of the active associations in the region, a proof of which is Mr. Tomas Robles being the president of the Public Sector Alliance of SOCSKSARGEN.

During the assembly proper, outgoing TACEA President Robles presented his report which underscored the accomplishments of the association under his three year term. The treasurer also rendered the financial report of the association.

Part of the general assembly was the conduct of election for the next set of TACEA officers. Ms. Amelia Bochorno, who ran unopposed, was voted as the new President, while outgoing president Robles was elected as Vice President.

Jofrey Soria and Josephine Balino are the new Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Other results were the following: Yvonne Bautista, Auditor; Allan Freno, PIO; Hilda Mercado and Agustin Carvajal, Business Managers; and Eduardo Garcia and Marlow Buenacosa, Sergeant-At-Arms. (Information)

City Government pushes for safe circumcision in barangays

No Guts, No Glory.

This was proven to be true by 1059 boys from the 20 Barangays of Tacurong City who went on to avail the free “Operation Tuli” conducted on April 25- May 10, 2011, spearheaded by the city government of Tacurong. It was first organized by the former city mayor Hon. Lino Montilla  last 2008 and pushed through by his sister, our first lady mayor, Hon. Lina Montilla together with Hon. Joseph George Lechonsito, Dr. Felipe Laranjo, Sandig Medical Group and consenting volunteers.

This project of the city government does not focus only on satisfying our men’s ever-anticipated desire to finally become real men but it is also centered to offer Tacurongnons an alternative and modern way of circumcision aside from the traditional one which is believed to bring about infections and other untoward inconveniences. Aside from having it done in a more sanitary way, the men in-charge of the operation like Dr. Felipe Laranjo of Sandig Hospital are also trained for it and do have necessary knowledge and experience upon which the city officials can confide and assure that the patient would be safe. They also gave free medicines, syrup medicines for young boys’ ages 10 years and below and capsule medicines for 10 years and above, good for three days.

“Nami jud ni nga proyekto sa gobyerno kay imbes magasto pa kami pampatuli, parehas sa akoa duwa akong apo, ang ibayad namu sa hospital ibakal nalang namu og bugas”, said Mrs. Gumban a bonifide resident of Upper Katungal when I ask her about this project.

Truly, this is a great job of the city government, considering the cost of the same operation in private hospitals which amounts to P1, 500 covering the medications and all other necessities.

For this, the people of goodwill had already saved voughly P 1,588,500 for availing the ten-day “Operation Tuli”. [Elvie Jean Aniversario (SPES Grantee)]