Technology does ‘wonders’ for City Hall

ILOILO City’s P12-million computerization project is finally giving the City Government dividends, particularly in its effort to validate businesses and real properties here.

Half of the P12-million budget came from the World Bank in the form of a grant. The other half is in the form of a loan which will be shard equally by the City Government and the Department of Finance (DOF).

With the wonders of computer technology, which has been in use for many years in Cebu and other highly-urbanized cities in the country, the City Government was able to validate at least 20,000 businesses and 145,000 real properties in just five months.

HIGH TECH - Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and Maryse Gautier (4th from left) of World Bank inspect the LOGOFIND project, which computerizes business and real estate tax information of the Iloilo City government. (Photo by Tara Yap)

By Jeehan V. Fernandez
The Daily Guardian

The City Tourism Office is closely coordinating with the Department of Tourism (DoT) in coming up with tourism calendar of events for Iloilo City for the whole year round aside from its present two festival events.

City Tourism Officer Benito Jimena said they want to come up with tourism calendar of events in promoting Iloilo City. The Dinagyang Festival and Paraw Regatta are only seasonal attractions.

The century old houses and churches in the city are among the tourist attractions currently available to the visiting tourists. However, such attraction could not be called as “distinctively” Ilonggo. Century old and historic churches and houses can also be found in other places in the country, said Jimena. Read more »