Even words earnestly grateful for his aids as the then First District congressman have still found stairs to the capitol door of now Gov. Edgar Chatto.
Recent sentiments of gratitude came from the Girl Scouts of the Philippines (GSP) – Bohol Council and barangay council of Booy in Tagbilaran City for the construction of their conference hall and covered court, respectively.
The GSP, headed by its council president, lawyer Roselima Abapo, thanked Chatto for granting P750,000 for the hall and its facilities at the GSP-Bohol Headquarters here.
The barangay council of Booy led by captain Eutorgio Telmo, Jr. appreciated Chatto’s “unselfish continuing support for the completion of the barangay covered court.”
The barangay officials said the covered court would not have taken form had it not been for Chatto’s willingness to assist the barangay.
Then congressman Chatto funded the two projects as respectively requested by the GSP leaders and Booy officials.
In separate resolutions, the scouting movement and barangay officialdom formally thanked Chatto, although he is already a governor, for his congressional fund support
GSP heads said their provincial office has long needed expansion for the convenience of the volunteer workers.
The girl scouting in Bohol has, since 1948, pursued its mission, helping girls and young women realize the ideals of womanhood.
The movement has prepared them for their responsibilities in the home, nation and world through its programs on citizenship training and character building.
The governor and his wife, Bohol”s First Lady Pureza Veloso-Chatto, have themselves been top scout executives in the province and exceptionally active in the cause of developing the young people thru scouting. (JONA ICOT/EDCom)
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Clarin gets new life-saving car
Clarin town has a new essential ambulance unit from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) thru then congressman and now Gov. Edgar Chatto.
Leaders of the grateful Second District municipality thanked in a Sangguniang Bayan (SB) resolution the governor for “patiently and religiously facilitated the release” of the vital emergency facility.
“Clarin is very lucky enough to have one (ambulance unit) thru the help of ever dynamic, project-oriented, supportive and dedicated servant Edgar Chatto, governor of the Province of Bohol,” the resolution said.
Clarin is headed by new Mayor Allen Ray Piezas and Vice Mayor Hermogenes Diezon, respectively the then vice mayor and mayor when the municipality asked the PCSO for ambulance.
Chatto was then the congressman of the First District, to where the town otherwise does not belong, but still he worked out for the release of the ambulance on request of the town leaders for his support.
The municipal council had long requested, in fact way back 2006, the PCSO thru Chairman Sergio Valencia and General Manager Rosario Uriate for the ambulance but it was not granted until Chatto intervened for the town.
The emergency life-saving vehicle is so vital considering that Clarin is five-town far from Tagbilaran City, where Bohol’s biggest and only tertiary government hospital, the Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital, is located. The hospital is under the Department of Health (DOH).
Clarin has one of the devolved hospitals run by the provincial government , though.
In the SB resolution town leaders deemed it “proper to express our sincere feeling of gratefulness…for this answered prayer of the municipality.” (JONA/EdCom)
Leaders of the grateful Second District municipality thanked in a Sangguniang Bayan (SB) resolution the governor for “patiently and religiously facilitated the release” of the vital emergency facility.
“Clarin is very lucky enough to have one (ambulance unit) thru the help of ever dynamic, project-oriented, supportive and dedicated servant Edgar Chatto, governor of the Province of Bohol,” the resolution said.
Clarin is headed by new Mayor Allen Ray Piezas and Vice Mayor Hermogenes Diezon, respectively the then vice mayor and mayor when the municipality asked the PCSO for ambulance.
Chatto was then the congressman of the First District, to where the town otherwise does not belong, but still he worked out for the release of the ambulance on request of the town leaders for his support.
The municipal council had long requested, in fact way back 2006, the PCSO thru Chairman Sergio Valencia and General Manager Rosario Uriate for the ambulance but it was not granted until Chatto intervened for the town.
The emergency life-saving vehicle is so vital considering that Clarin is five-town far from Tagbilaran City, where Bohol’s biggest and only tertiary government hospital, the Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital, is located. The hospital is under the Department of Health (DOH).
Clarin has one of the devolved hospitals run by the provincial government , though.
In the SB resolution town leaders deemed it “proper to express our sincere feeling of gratefulness…for this answered prayer of the municipality.” (JONA/EdCom)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
LIFE HELPS emphasized for Bohol
Gov. Edgar Chatto has highly emphasized LIFE HELPS, his service mission slogan that defined his accomplished nine years in Congress, for its more pronounced and first-ever Bohol-wide application in the next three years.
It took a central theme in the three-day executive-legislative planning workshop strategizing the major thrusts that will guide the new administration of the unprecedented man-woman tandem of Chatto and Vice Gov. Concpecion Lim, the first woman to hold Bohol’s second most powerful elective post.
LIFE HELPS stands for Livelihood, Infrastructure, Food, Education, Health, Environment, Leadership development, Peace and Order, and Sports and youth development.
The directional development mapping led by the top capitol duo fully emphasized the generation of sustainable livelihoods and enterprises, building and upgrading of infrastructures, ensured food sufficiency, and promotion of access to all-level quality education that upholds cultural heritage and Boholano values.
It widened approaches to improve access to quality integrated health services and facilities, ensure sound environmental management, promote efficient, transparent and responsive bureaucracy, maintain peace and order with citizen participation, and integrate sports, youth and the vulnerable sectors like the elderly and differently-abled in relevant development programs.
The provincial board members, heads of departments and satellite offices, key personnel and other stakeholders participated in the strategic planning, which was surprised by the presence of Sen. Francis Pangilinan, at Bohol Plaza in Dauis.
Touted as the strongest administration bet for Senate president, Pangilinan assured to assist the 25th Bohol governor in materializing the ambitious Panglao island international airport project in his time.
In his first convocation program address on the capitol ground, Chatto vowed to succeed in programs that will propel the province to its desired prosperity with man himself as the core recipient of welfare.
In the Sangguniang P[anlalawigan (SP) inaugural session, the governor declared, “We are ready. The best for Bohol is yet to come.”
The capitol legislature presided by the vice governor committed support to the administration thru what Board Member Abeleon damalerio called responsive legislations and prudent policies.
The legislator rallied his SP fellows to make the province’s highest policy-making body a sangguniang that is “truly of the people.”
Board Member Godofreda Tirol said cooperation is not optional but a necessity while Board Member Dionisio Balite made clear his position to be “not an opposition to development.”
Board Member Ariel Lungay, new provincial federation president of the Philippine Councilors’ League, will “tap the potential strength of the league” in helping “better the people’s lives.”
In the executive-legislative planning workshop, the provincial leaders also made the vision for Bohol keener.
Chatto stressed that Bohol should truly be a prime eco-cultural tourism destination and a strong, balanced agro-industrial province with a well-educated, God-loving and law-abiding citizenry.
The governor desired the Boholanos to be supremely proud of their cultural heritage, enjoying a state of well-being and committed to a sound environmental management.
He rallied his fellow leaders to the mission of enriching Bohol’s social, economic, cultural, political and environmental resources through good governance and effective partnerships with the stakeholders for increased global competitiveness.
Chatto demanded a steel conviction to the goals of the province for ecological protection and management, social equity, local/regional economic development and strategic wealth generation, upholding of the cultural heritage and values, and responsive, transparent and accountable governance.
The Chatto administration has identified programs and strategies which will generate “flame of actions” for what the governor also calls HEAT---health, education, agriculture, tourism---the set of priorities of his first 100 days at capitol.
The governor is obvious to generate a team spirit, commitment and support to his administration development agenda.
His administration has drawn timelines and identified key responsible centers for the accomplishment of the first 100 days plans, projects and activities. (Ven rebo Arigo)
It took a central theme in the three-day executive-legislative planning workshop strategizing the major thrusts that will guide the new administration of the unprecedented man-woman tandem of Chatto and Vice Gov. Concpecion Lim, the first woman to hold Bohol’s second most powerful elective post.
LIFE HELPS stands for Livelihood, Infrastructure, Food, Education, Health, Environment, Leadership development, Peace and Order, and Sports and youth development.
The directional development mapping led by the top capitol duo fully emphasized the generation of sustainable livelihoods and enterprises, building and upgrading of infrastructures, ensured food sufficiency, and promotion of access to all-level quality education that upholds cultural heritage and Boholano values.
It widened approaches to improve access to quality integrated health services and facilities, ensure sound environmental management, promote efficient, transparent and responsive bureaucracy, maintain peace and order with citizen participation, and integrate sports, youth and the vulnerable sectors like the elderly and differently-abled in relevant development programs.
The provincial board members, heads of departments and satellite offices, key personnel and other stakeholders participated in the strategic planning, which was surprised by the presence of Sen. Francis Pangilinan, at Bohol Plaza in Dauis.
Touted as the strongest administration bet for Senate president, Pangilinan assured to assist the 25th Bohol governor in materializing the ambitious Panglao island international airport project in his time.
In his first convocation program address on the capitol ground, Chatto vowed to succeed in programs that will propel the province to its desired prosperity with man himself as the core recipient of welfare.
In the Sangguniang P[anlalawigan (SP) inaugural session, the governor declared, “We are ready. The best for Bohol is yet to come.”
The capitol legislature presided by the vice governor committed support to the administration thru what Board Member Abeleon damalerio called responsive legislations and prudent policies.
The legislator rallied his SP fellows to make the province’s highest policy-making body a sangguniang that is “truly of the people.”
Board Member Godofreda Tirol said cooperation is not optional but a necessity while Board Member Dionisio Balite made clear his position to be “not an opposition to development.”
Board Member Ariel Lungay, new provincial federation president of the Philippine Councilors’ League, will “tap the potential strength of the league” in helping “better the people’s lives.”
In the executive-legislative planning workshop, the provincial leaders also made the vision for Bohol keener.
Chatto stressed that Bohol should truly be a prime eco-cultural tourism destination and a strong, balanced agro-industrial province with a well-educated, God-loving and law-abiding citizenry.
The governor desired the Boholanos to be supremely proud of their cultural heritage, enjoying a state of well-being and committed to a sound environmental management.
He rallied his fellow leaders to the mission of enriching Bohol’s social, economic, cultural, political and environmental resources through good governance and effective partnerships with the stakeholders for increased global competitiveness.
Chatto demanded a steel conviction to the goals of the province for ecological protection and management, social equity, local/regional economic development and strategic wealth generation, upholding of the cultural heritage and values, and responsive, transparent and accountable governance.
The Chatto administration has identified programs and strategies which will generate “flame of actions” for what the governor also calls HEAT---health, education, agriculture, tourism---the set of priorities of his first 100 days at capitol.
The governor is obvious to generate a team spirit, commitment and support to his administration development agenda.
His administration has drawn timelines and identified key responsible centers for the accomplishment of the first 100 days plans, projects and activities. (Ven rebo Arigo)
Chatto sets each Monday as People’s Day
Boholanos from all walks of life can talk to and touch their new governor, Edgar Chatto, right on every first office day of the week, Monday, which he has declared the People’s Day at the provincial capitol.
He is effectively bringing to the provincial seat of government his customary interaction with not just even his First District constituents at his Tagbilaran City residence every Saturday during his “endearing” nine years in Congress then.
If possible, no one should leave capitol unattended, declared Chatto during his first weekly capitol convocation program as Bohol’s 25th governor.
The regular convocation program, which immediately follows the weekly flag-raising on the capitol ground, happens to have since been done every Monday morning.
The governor will have pointmen attending to the people if he cannot personally face them at his office for important meeting or trip.
Together with Chatto leading the convocation program were Vice Gov. Concepcion Lim and the board members composing the new set of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
On the same occasion, the governor swore in the new (interim) president of the Philippine Councilors’ League (PCL) in Bohol, Councilor Ariel Lungay of Catigbian, who automatically earned an ex-officio seat in the provincial board.
It was Chatto’s first official act on the opening office day of his first full week as governor.
The governor said the People’s Day will last until evening, thereby demanding what he calls “an extra mile of patience” from both the officials and employees.
Echoing Pres. Noynoy Aquino’s regard for the Filipino masses, Chatto reminded his fellows in the provincial government that “they (the people) are our bosses.”
Chatto, whose natural kindness toward the needy and helpless is, to many, already a gift to the Boholanos, said his heart bleeds to the ordinary people.
The governor cited the case of people from the uplands and islands who go to government offices on concerns that often obviously, or ultimately, matter to the enhancement of their quality of life.
It is no even small amount for them to hire habal-habal in getting to the government offices and transact or raise their concerns there, Chatto said.
But to make the provincial government employees motivated to do their jobs, the governor will ensure that every capitol worker is inspired.
He said inspired people can work better, and they are an essential element to a clearer vision and a more guided direction of the province.
Also, the governor believed that in working hard a government worker can earn respect for himself. But while he is firm on this, Chatto urged for “respect for each other.”
“We work together and reap together the gain of our oneness,” the governor added. By this, he is confident that the capitol under his watch cannot become a strange place to the lowliest and most ordinary among the Boholanos.
Chatto said the people must feel the government their own and this is never improbable because “I have done it all these years of my service.”
More louder this time, Chatto enjoined the entire provincial government family to crusade with him in making the people “truly feel the capitol their home.” (Ven rebo Arigo)
He is effectively bringing to the provincial seat of government his customary interaction with not just even his First District constituents at his Tagbilaran City residence every Saturday during his “endearing” nine years in Congress then.
If possible, no one should leave capitol unattended, declared Chatto during his first weekly capitol convocation program as Bohol’s 25th governor.
The regular convocation program, which immediately follows the weekly flag-raising on the capitol ground, happens to have since been done every Monday morning.
The governor will have pointmen attending to the people if he cannot personally face them at his office for important meeting or trip.
Together with Chatto leading the convocation program were Vice Gov. Concepcion Lim and the board members composing the new set of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
On the same occasion, the governor swore in the new (interim) president of the Philippine Councilors’ League (PCL) in Bohol, Councilor Ariel Lungay of Catigbian, who automatically earned an ex-officio seat in the provincial board.
It was Chatto’s first official act on the opening office day of his first full week as governor.
The governor said the People’s Day will last until evening, thereby demanding what he calls “an extra mile of patience” from both the officials and employees.
Echoing Pres. Noynoy Aquino’s regard for the Filipino masses, Chatto reminded his fellows in the provincial government that “they (the people) are our bosses.”
Chatto, whose natural kindness toward the needy and helpless is, to many, already a gift to the Boholanos, said his heart bleeds to the ordinary people.
The governor cited the case of people from the uplands and islands who go to government offices on concerns that often obviously, or ultimately, matter to the enhancement of their quality of life.
It is no even small amount for them to hire habal-habal in getting to the government offices and transact or raise their concerns there, Chatto said.
But to make the provincial government employees motivated to do their jobs, the governor will ensure that every capitol worker is inspired.
He said inspired people can work better, and they are an essential element to a clearer vision and a more guided direction of the province.
Also, the governor believed that in working hard a government worker can earn respect for himself. But while he is firm on this, Chatto urged for “respect for each other.”
“We work together and reap together the gain of our oneness,” the governor added. By this, he is confident that the capitol under his watch cannot become a strange place to the lowliest and most ordinary among the Boholanos.
Chatto said the people must feel the government their own and this is never improbable because “I have done it all these years of my service.”
More louder this time, Chatto enjoined the entire provincial government family to crusade with him in making the people “truly feel the capitol their home.” (Ven rebo Arigo)
Chatto assumes as 25th governor; starts busier honeymoon days
Bohol’s 25th Gov. Edgar Chatto has buckled down to work and begun his “very busy honeymoon” days of an unprecedented provincial administration with the first woman ever elected to capitol’s next most powerful post, Vice Gov. Concepcion Lim.
His first 100 days are expected to focus on health, education, agriculture and tourism, the latter as a generator of employment and livelihood.
In his inaugural address, the province’s second and only other governor this century vowed a leadership that can proximate to the people’s expectation for a transparent and participatory government. He intends to add moral element to capitol rule.
Chatto cannot fault the people for expecting him to make his best, what with the Boholanos granting him the widest winning margin in the history of Bohol’s “bloody” gubernatorial clash---and against a grand alliance so obsessed but which failed to mutilate his bid.
He is also the only governor in this part of the country who had then held the elective posts of provincial president of the Kabataang Barangay, provincial board member, mayor, vice governor and congressman.
Sharing his idea of public service and responsible citizenry, Chatto said governance is not a one-man job but a collective task.
Chatto assumed as the new provincial chief executive succeeding former Gov. Erico Aumentado, now the Second District congressman, as soon as he took his oath before Executive Presiding Judge Fernando Fuentes at the Bohol Cultural Center on Wednesday, June 30.
Respective administering officers also swore in the vice governor, Reps. Rene Relampagos (First District), Aumentado and Arthur Yap (Third District), and Board Members Cesar Tomas Lopez, Abeleon Damalerio, Vinzencio Arcamo, Josephine Socorro Jumamoy, Gerardo Garcia, Romulo Cepedoza, Dionisio Balite, Bienvenido Molina, Jr., Brigido Imboy and Godofreda Tirol.
He gave base statements of what he intends to do for Bohol and the Boholanos in the supreme aspect of sustainable development.
Chatto intends to fine tune eco-cultural tourism while ensuring sufficient food, affordable health care, quality education for all, sufficient power and water, more jobs and means of living, and sustained peace and order initiatives.
He will call for summits on health and agriculture for a wider and more participatory assessment of the prevailing conditions and setting of clearer direction.
Since people’s health cannot be compromised, Chatto batted for responsive hospitals, reactivated district health zones and strong primary health care system.
Chatto will also wage an “honest-to-goodness” zero rabies drive, recalling that big allocations from his congressional assistance fund were consumed by dog bite patients.
His administration is set to enhance and strengthen the friendly relation with the sector of commerce and industry. He is now working out to establish in Bohol a Central Bank cash unit. He encouraged investments right from inside the province.
Chatto would have a closer tie between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Bohol Employment and Placement Office (BEPO), which he wants to be a dynamic tool for job generation.
The new provincial administration will work with the education sector for an appropriate system of allocating and assigning teachers and allocating school buildings.
Also topping his educational agenda is granting more poor but deserving students access to quality education thru scholarship expansion, study subsidy and other innovations.
He will review the Special Education Fund (SEF), which is one percent of the real property tax collection, and Sangguniang Kabataan fund for priority uses.
Chatto declared in his inaugural speech that he would unburden the teachers of usual contributions to various athletic meets.
DEV’T HOLLOW IF PEOPLE HUNGRY
While HEAT (Health, Education, Agriculture, Tourism) concerns “heat up” his first three months at capitol, Chatto encompassing service mission slogan is LIFE HELPS---Livelihood and tourism, Infrastructure, Food, Education, Health, Environment, Leadership development, Peace and order, Sports and youth development.
But all development efforts and gains can seem empty and meaningless if the people are hungry, Chatto declared.
He will establish a strong collaboration with food agencies such as the Department of Agriculture (DA) and National Food Authority (NFA). This will be complemented by the presence of Yap, former DA secretary, in Congress.
Chatto regretted to observe that a still large bulk of the agriculture sector still depends on the traditional methods when there are effective technologies and innovations.
The governor amplified his core advocacy dubbed the FAITH, which means Food Always In The Home.
He urged the mayors and other concerned rural leaders to put more men to farm field programs.
In tie-up with the agriculture sector, Chatto will tap the Bohol Island State University (BISU) as one potent training ground for food producers. He himself principally authored in Congress the BISU Law.
The governor, who advocated a “selfless servant leadership” in his gubernatorial bid, desires his administration to be a conviction that truly touches base with life.
He paraphrased inquiringly the most famous policy line of the late Boholano Pres. Carlos P. Garcia: “If the Boholanos cannot be first in Bohol, where can they be?”
Chatto would even have tourism, which he wants to complement with agriculture and vice versa, responsive to the needs of the poor. But he clarified in his “clarion call” that what Bohol wants is a tourism that cannot sacrifice the environment.
GIVE WORKERS THEIR DUES
In his inaugural speech, Chatto assured to give the provincial employees all that they deserve to receive. His commitment was greeted with elation.
But the governor, a known diligent public official, demanded them to be faithful to their works because good performance will always be acknowledged.
To be able to give the workers all their dues, Chatto wants the province’s revenue generation gets more efficient. He will have the collection system leakages plugged.
GREAT PRIVILEGE
Chatto’s vice governor, who is also the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, considered it a great privilege on her part to work with the “best” in Bohol.
Lim not just vowed full support to the Chatto leadership. As a doctor by profession, she would “make sure that he (Chatto) is healthy enough to lead us to sustainable development.”
Aumentado urged the capitol workers to double their support to the new provincial management.
The oath-taking of Chatto and all other provincial officials, including the three new congressmen, was witnessed by former Govs. Rolando Butalid, David Tirol and Victor dela Serna, as well as leaders from various faith denominations and public and private sectors.
TOUCHING CLIMAX
The inaugural rites for Bohol’s new leaders came to a sentimental climax when Chatto thanked “all those who wished that Edgar could become a governor someday.”
He acknowledged his capitol predecessors, who included his late uncle Gov. Lino Chatto, Butalid, Dela Serna, ex-Gov. Constancio Torralba, Tirol, Relampagos and Aumentado. “I am building from the gains of the past,” Chatto said.
Chatto specifically thanked his ever-supportive wife Pureza and only child Trisha, his Balilihan family, in-laws and others who have been close to his heart and touched his life.
Almost coming to tears, the governor fondly mentioned a Grade I teacher and a high school principal who motivated him to reach whatever his goal.
In utter gratitude, he also recalled a priest who spiritually intervened by his side when he once struggled between life and death resulting from a near-fatal car accident. It happened when Chatto was then the provincial president of KB.
Friends said no one could indeed believe that Chatto would ever recover from that near-tragic crash to become several years latter one of Bohol’s ablest leaders, the very governor of his province, and safely the most adored Bohol leader in his generation. (Ven rebo Arigo)
His first 100 days are expected to focus on health, education, agriculture and tourism, the latter as a generator of employment and livelihood.
In his inaugural address, the province’s second and only other governor this century vowed a leadership that can proximate to the people’s expectation for a transparent and participatory government. He intends to add moral element to capitol rule.
Chatto cannot fault the people for expecting him to make his best, what with the Boholanos granting him the widest winning margin in the history of Bohol’s “bloody” gubernatorial clash---and against a grand alliance so obsessed but which failed to mutilate his bid.
He is also the only governor in this part of the country who had then held the elective posts of provincial president of the Kabataang Barangay, provincial board member, mayor, vice governor and congressman.
Sharing his idea of public service and responsible citizenry, Chatto said governance is not a one-man job but a collective task.
Chatto assumed as the new provincial chief executive succeeding former Gov. Erico Aumentado, now the Second District congressman, as soon as he took his oath before Executive Presiding Judge Fernando Fuentes at the Bohol Cultural Center on Wednesday, June 30.
Respective administering officers also swore in the vice governor, Reps. Rene Relampagos (First District), Aumentado and Arthur Yap (Third District), and Board Members Cesar Tomas Lopez, Abeleon Damalerio, Vinzencio Arcamo, Josephine Socorro Jumamoy, Gerardo Garcia, Romulo Cepedoza, Dionisio Balite, Bienvenido Molina, Jr., Brigido Imboy and Godofreda Tirol.
He gave base statements of what he intends to do for Bohol and the Boholanos in the supreme aspect of sustainable development.
Chatto intends to fine tune eco-cultural tourism while ensuring sufficient food, affordable health care, quality education for all, sufficient power and water, more jobs and means of living, and sustained peace and order initiatives.
He will call for summits on health and agriculture for a wider and more participatory assessment of the prevailing conditions and setting of clearer direction.
Since people’s health cannot be compromised, Chatto batted for responsive hospitals, reactivated district health zones and strong primary health care system.
Chatto will also wage an “honest-to-goodness” zero rabies drive, recalling that big allocations from his congressional assistance fund were consumed by dog bite patients.
His administration is set to enhance and strengthen the friendly relation with the sector of commerce and industry. He is now working out to establish in Bohol a Central Bank cash unit. He encouraged investments right from inside the province.
Chatto would have a closer tie between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Bohol Employment and Placement Office (BEPO), which he wants to be a dynamic tool for job generation.
The new provincial administration will work with the education sector for an appropriate system of allocating and assigning teachers and allocating school buildings.
Also topping his educational agenda is granting more poor but deserving students access to quality education thru scholarship expansion, study subsidy and other innovations.
He will review the Special Education Fund (SEF), which is one percent of the real property tax collection, and Sangguniang Kabataan fund for priority uses.
Chatto declared in his inaugural speech that he would unburden the teachers of usual contributions to various athletic meets.
DEV’T HOLLOW IF PEOPLE HUNGRY
While HEAT (Health, Education, Agriculture, Tourism) concerns “heat up” his first three months at capitol, Chatto encompassing service mission slogan is LIFE HELPS---Livelihood and tourism, Infrastructure, Food, Education, Health, Environment, Leadership development, Peace and order, Sports and youth development.
But all development efforts and gains can seem empty and meaningless if the people are hungry, Chatto declared.
He will establish a strong collaboration with food agencies such as the Department of Agriculture (DA) and National Food Authority (NFA). This will be complemented by the presence of Yap, former DA secretary, in Congress.
Chatto regretted to observe that a still large bulk of the agriculture sector still depends on the traditional methods when there are effective technologies and innovations.
The governor amplified his core advocacy dubbed the FAITH, which means Food Always In The Home.
He urged the mayors and other concerned rural leaders to put more men to farm field programs.
In tie-up with the agriculture sector, Chatto will tap the Bohol Island State University (BISU) as one potent training ground for food producers. He himself principally authored in Congress the BISU Law.
The governor, who advocated a “selfless servant leadership” in his gubernatorial bid, desires his administration to be a conviction that truly touches base with life.
He paraphrased inquiringly the most famous policy line of the late Boholano Pres. Carlos P. Garcia: “If the Boholanos cannot be first in Bohol, where can they be?”
Chatto would even have tourism, which he wants to complement with agriculture and vice versa, responsive to the needs of the poor. But he clarified in his “clarion call” that what Bohol wants is a tourism that cannot sacrifice the environment.
GIVE WORKERS THEIR DUES
In his inaugural speech, Chatto assured to give the provincial employees all that they deserve to receive. His commitment was greeted with elation.
But the governor, a known diligent public official, demanded them to be faithful to their works because good performance will always be acknowledged.
To be able to give the workers all their dues, Chatto wants the province’s revenue generation gets more efficient. He will have the collection system leakages plugged.
GREAT PRIVILEGE
Chatto’s vice governor, who is also the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, considered it a great privilege on her part to work with the “best” in Bohol.
Lim not just vowed full support to the Chatto leadership. As a doctor by profession, she would “make sure that he (Chatto) is healthy enough to lead us to sustainable development.”
Aumentado urged the capitol workers to double their support to the new provincial management.
The oath-taking of Chatto and all other provincial officials, including the three new congressmen, was witnessed by former Govs. Rolando Butalid, David Tirol and Victor dela Serna, as well as leaders from various faith denominations and public and private sectors.
TOUCHING CLIMAX
The inaugural rites for Bohol’s new leaders came to a sentimental climax when Chatto thanked “all those who wished that Edgar could become a governor someday.”
He acknowledged his capitol predecessors, who included his late uncle Gov. Lino Chatto, Butalid, Dela Serna, ex-Gov. Constancio Torralba, Tirol, Relampagos and Aumentado. “I am building from the gains of the past,” Chatto said.
Chatto specifically thanked his ever-supportive wife Pureza and only child Trisha, his Balilihan family, in-laws and others who have been close to his heart and touched his life.
Almost coming to tears, the governor fondly mentioned a Grade I teacher and a high school principal who motivated him to reach whatever his goal.
In utter gratitude, he also recalled a priest who spiritually intervened by his side when he once struggled between life and death resulting from a near-fatal car accident. It happened when Chatto was then the provincial president of KB.
Friends said no one could indeed believe that Chatto would ever recover from that near-tragic crash to become several years latter one of Bohol’s ablest leaders, the very governor of his province, and safely the most adored Bohol leader in his generation. (Ven rebo Arigo)
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