Mandaluyong City, Philippines [Official Website]

On the other hand, elective officials comprise the city council, each one heading a different committee.

To ensure integrity among employees and officials, the city government in coordination with the Mandaluyong Pastors’ Association, an NGO, from time to time conduct Orientation/Re-orientation seminars on Value Formation (Norms of Conduct), Civil Service Law and Rules, and Office Rules and Regulations, an affair that lasts 4 months and requires mandatory attendance of each and every official and employee of the city government. In addition, key personnels occasionally undergo seminars on Moral Recovery Program and Anti-Graft and Corruption conducted by the Office of the Ombudsman.

On professional development, officials and employees are allowed to attend trainings and seminars relevant to their office functions upon invitation of the host agencies, both foreign and domestic.

In the City Hall Compound, the city government and its offices are temporarily housed in different buildings with the pending construction of a proposed multi-storey City Hall Building Complex.

For sports development and other multi-purpose functions, there are the City Gymnasium and the Tennis Court and Clubhouse.

To provide for the needs of students, researchers and interested individuals for reference books, specialty books, and Filipiniana Articles, a public library was opened at Kaban ng Hiyas which also houses a museum and function halls.

Elsewhere in the city, public buildings are composed of barangay halls and multi-purpose structures, local health centers and public schools, either locally funded or aided by national and other funding agencies.

C. Financial Resources

For the last five years, the city’s income has been continuously increasing. Income generated from traditional sources get a considerable boost from an increased Internal Revenue Allotment since the city entered cityhood in 1994. Operating and Miscellaneous Revenues had a steady increase mostly due to increasing business activities except in 1999 when alarming economic crisis befell the entire Asian region.

With the power to generate income through non-traditional sources as per 1991 Local Government Code, the city’s income rose further, with year 2000 almost reaching the billion peso mark. The same year generated more than 30 million pesos through sale of fixed assets, borrowings, and receipts of special grants and aids from the national government.

Budget Allocation

For a more efficient fiscal management, the city’s income is divided into the following areas of service:

1. General Services

These involve offices undertaking administrative and business regulatory functions and other general services.

2. Social Service

These involve delivering of basic services in the areas of health, education, social welfare, environmental management, cultural affairs, employment and skills development, and basic sectors.

3. Economic Services

These services to improve the local economy are focused on Cooperative development, operation of public enterprises, building regulations, infrastructure support services, and livelihood.

4. Other Service

These are non-office and special activities necessary to maintain local operations running. These involves emergency funds, community and barangay development funds, contributions and other financial obligations.

The amount indicated are total allocations for Personnel Services, Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses, and Capital Outlays. Although not shown in detail, it is important to note that Capital Outlays have been considerably reduced to allow for increasing demands on salaries and wages and MOOEs.

Although the city’s income has been increasing as mentioned earlier, it is just enough to meet the expenditures required of an efficient governance, leaving almost no savings for the next fiscal year.

Summary of Receipts and Expenditures
1996 - 2000

Fiscal Year	Receipts	Expenditures
1996	781,138,998.89	780,023,647.73
1997	774,742,425.30	747,855,121.76
1998	856,928,296.57	856,928,296.57
1999	901,857,470.58	901,857,470.58
2000	998,121,834.56	-

Public Enterprises

The city government was able to develop three (3) public enterprises, all of which are currently in operation. It is important to note, however, that while these enterprises generate income, its purpose is to provide subsidized services such that expenditures for its maintenance and operations far exceeds its income.

1. Mandaluyong Public Market

The public market is house within the Market Square, a six (6) storey commercial complex with movie houses, bowling lanes, department stores, two levels of parking spaces. The whole structure replaced the old public market that was destroyed by fire. It costs $14.15 Million[1] and is known as the first government project in the nation implemented under the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Scheme.

2. Mandaluyong Public Cemetery

The city Cemetery is located along Gregorio Aglipay St., Brgy. Vergara. It has a total land area of 21, 262.08 sq. meters and features an 80 sq.m. chapel, three-layer apartment type vaults available thru 5-years non-renewable lease contracts, and a series of smaller vaults called the Remain Deposit cubicles where remains of those whose lease contracts have expired are permanently deposited.

Up Aglipay St. and Brgy. Old Zaniga is another 4,000 sq. meter public cemetery called the Mandaluyong Memorial Park. It features 3-level vaults in separate burial plots for children and adults, an ossuary or bone crypt as permanent depository of exhumed remains from the burial plots, and a cinerarium to receive the ashes of those who were cremated. In contrast to the City Cemetery, all burial structures are constructed underground in order to preserve the open space character of the area except for the cinerarium which is above ground along one section of the perimeter wall.

3. Mandaluyong Public Hospital

Known as the Mandaluyong City Medical Center, this five-storey structure situated along Boni Avenue, Brgy. Plainview provides curative health care to local constituents. It is presently a secondary level hospital facility having 110-bed capacity, and is undergoing physical expansion that will eventually provide tertiary level medical services.

[1] This figure is the 1998 dollar equivalent of the actual cost in 1991 as presented in the City Data Book 2000. Actual cost in pesos is not available at the time this is written.
[2] Expropriated public lands for road widening and development

[3] Local Government Special Equalization Fund

[4] Housing Mortgages

Technological Profile

Adapting to the prevailing trends in computerization, the city is gradually building up the required computer technology that will improve both internal management and delivery of frontline services. At present a City Management and Information System (CMIS) has been developed under a Fox-based System that includes both Revenue Generating Systems and Administrative Support Systems.

Revenue-Generating Systems

1. Real Property Tax Administration System

The system includes automated records tracking, tax order of payment, billing, recording, auditing, and reports generation, and is already integrated with the CMIS. Data entry for real property tax payments for Barangay Wack-Wack, being the pilot area for the purpose, is 5% done.

To facilitate identification of real property locations, a Geographic Information System (GIS) with base map was prepared using aerial photograph from the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA). This system however is not yet linked to the CMIS.

2. Business Permits and License Tax Administration System (BPLTAS)

This fully functional system, developed under Visual Fox, includes: billing; records, delinquencies and payments tracking; and financial and listing reports generation.

A single document on Tax Order of Payment (TOP) and actual Business Permit is prepared using chemically treated computer forms. Payment posting is done by computer operators once the BPLO copy of business permits is validated and returned from the Treasury Department.

3. Administrative Support Systems

4. Payroll System

With this system, payroll of city employees is fully automated and integrated into the CMIS together with Personnel Management Information System. The payroll is prepared in pre-printed, chemically treated computer forms. Since August 2001, regular employees have been enjoying the benefits of Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) in claiming their salaries, as the city government has tied its payroll system with the Land Bank.

5. Financial Management Information System

In the area of general finance, a Budget Preparation and Monitoring System has been fully developed together with a Financial Management Information System covering the Accounting and Treasury Departments. However, this system is not yet implemented.

ON-LINE Data Base, Socio-Economic and Physical Profile

As Mandaluyong finally joins the cyberworld, doing researches about the city is made more accessible through the city website www.mandaluyong.gov.ph. Entering this site, the researcher will find himself presented with profiles of the city, important land marks and places of interest, and local current news and affairs.

Network Approaches and Schemes

The systems described previously are being readied in anticipation to the upcoming establishment of a local networking facility which upon completion, will enable each office to set-up one-stop workstations and thus facilitate access and exchange of information among the offices. The proposed network linkages are the following:

Linkaging of an updated GIS and parceling of land with real property tax records and the proposed Engineering System to be used as tool to improve collection of taxes, demographic monitoring, mapping of business establishments as well as existing buildings, drainage systems, and other infrastructure projects.

Collection of payments for Housing and Residence Certificates, statutory fees and other operating and miscellaneous revenue fees will be integrated to the Financial Management Information System.

Interlinking of the Business Permits and License Tax Administration System (BPLTAS) of the Business Permits and License Office with the Financial Management Information System and POS entry (entry point of sales which automatically updates as payments are made) at the Treasury Department.

Interlinking Budget, Accounting and Treasury System with a monitoring unit at the mayor’s Office.

Integration of the Payroll System with Personnel Management Information System wherein swipe identification cards for attendances and salary computation will be used.

Special Services

Endeavoring to promote the general welfare of its people, the city government has also taken into assisting specific individuals in areas of employment, livelihood and skills development, and in pursuing higher education through scholarships and grants.

1. Summer Program for the Employment of Students

In coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), the city government employs college students of legal age every summer, providing them early exposure to real office work with full compensation on a 60%-40% basis, the former coming from the city government while the latter is shouldered by DOLE. Students not accommodated in the City Hall are referred to private firms in the city, with the same compensation arrangements jointly shouldered by DOLE and the employer.

2. City of Mandaluyong Collegiate Scholarship Program

While the city provides educational opportunities to its constituents from primary to secondary level through public elementary and high school facilities, its services are extended to deserving students wanting to pursue higher education. Since the program began in 1996 and having tied up with Rizal Technological University, it has produced 57 graduates from the pioneering batch, five of whom graduated CUM LAUDE.

To support the program, the city allocates annually a combined budget from the Special Education Fund and the General Funds.

3. Public Employment Services/Job Placement

As part of the promotional effort on employment, the city government in coordination with the Department of Labor and Employment has set up a Public Employment and Service Office (PESO) whose primary function is to assist local constituents seeking employment. This is facilitated by the city government’s offer of incentives to local firms and establishments accepting PESO referrals and its tie up with private firms abroad. The PESO occasionally holds job fairs separately for local and overseas employment as a form of information campaign and provide meeting venue for employers and prospective job seekers.

4. Livelihood and Skills Development

To develop and enhance capability and competencies of the unemployed, under employed and those tending to be entrepreneurial, the city government established the Manpower and Youth Development Training Center (MYDTC) with satellite training centers at the barangay level. The center is supported by budget allocations from the General Fund, with the year 2001 allocated with P7,496,347.00 for its personnel services, MOOEs, and Capital Outlays.

For the past three years, the center has placed 730 of its graduates from various courses in different jobs and has earned awards and recognition for both the center and its exemplary students which include the following:

1. Certificate of Recognition for the Center for achieving 130% of its target on Basic Skills and Livelihood Training Program
2. Outstanding Training Center Achievement Award from TESDA
3. Most Outstanding Training Administrator in Metro Manila
4. First Place, Pres. Ramon Magsaysay Working Man Award for the NCR Level
5. Silver Medalist, Metro Manila 1997 Youth Skills Olympics
6. First Place, 1999 Regional Skills Olympic Welding competition
7. Silver Medalist, Welding Competition, Philippine National Skills Competition
8. 2000 National Awardee of “TESDA KABALIKAT AWARD” for the City Government

To promote specific trade areas and occupations relevant to present economic trends and gain active participation of the industry in advocating skills excellence, the Center launched its First Mandaluyong Open Skills Competition on July 15, 1999.

Five-Year Comparative Report
CMCS Program 1996-2001

Particulars	No. of Scholars/Budget Allocation by School Year
	1996-1997		1997-1998		1998-1999		1999-2000		2000-2001
	No.	Amount.	No.	Amount.	No.	Amount.	No.	Amount.	No.	Amount.
Year Level
1^st Year	92	-	71	-	78	-	47	-	108	-
2^nd Year	-	-	85	-	69	-	79	-	58	-
3^rd Year	-	-	-	-	78	-	66	-	72	-
4^th Year	-	-	-	-	-	-	72	-	51	-
5^th Year	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	13	-
TOTAL	92	-	156	-	225	-	264	-	302	-
Source of Funds	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
SEF	-	1M	-	1.5M	-	1.5M	-	1.5M	-	1.5M
General Fund	-	1M	-	1.5M	-	2.0M	-	2.5M	-	2.5M
TOTAL	-	2M	-	3.0M	-	3.5M	-	4.0M	-	4.0M

MYDTC Four-Year Comparative Report
1997-2000

Courses	Enrollment				Terminal				Placement
Courses	1997	1998	1999	2000	1997	1998	1999	2000	1997	1998	1999	2000
Hard Courses
Auto-Gas Mechanic	64	70	54	59	63	54	38	46	-	8	4	33
Auto-Diesel Mechanic	81	78	88	102	71	67	76	76	-	15	15	46
Dom. RAC	45	56	65	71	42	46	48	50	-	6	15	42
Practrical Electricity	71	45	66	74	70	32	52	57	-	4	22	8
Radio/TV Servicing	183	151	153	167	177	109	96	110	-	21	21	76
Soft Courses
Advance Computer	-	106	206	228	-	88	180	176	-	-	1	3
Arc Welding	59	50	36	45	49	39	28	44	-	2	-	-
Basic Computer	224	250	258	241	204	199	234	205	-	1	-	-
Cosmetology	189	70	79	79	162	50	56	64	-	22	13	20
Dressmaking	86	83	78	97	56	61	62	82	-	-	-	-
Handicraft	87	23	4	13	87	17	2	13	-	-	-	-
HRS	264	202	238	227	197	152	188	173	-	2	32	74
ISMO	114	110	104	138	99	98	96	121	-	44	66	64
Reflexology	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-
Tailoring	49	24	18	9	41	20	18	9	-	-	-	-
Typing	83	85	179	228	70	69	146	176	-	5	8	11
Barangay Based
Basic Computer	-	-	73	47	-	-	63	43	-	-	-	-
Dressmaking	-	-	-	37	-	-	-	27	-	-	-	-
Food Trades	-	79	75	87	-	53	62	60	-	26	-	-
Hair Science	-	-	-	57	-	-	-	41	-	-	-	-
Handicraft	12	-	12	15	12	-	9	13	-	-	-	-
Reflexology	184	-	-	32	184	-	-	32	-	-	-	-
RTVS	-	-	34	55	-	-	25	48	-	-	-	-
Tailoring	-	-	39	18	-	-	35	15	-	-	-	-
TOTAL	1,795	1,482	1,859	2,146	1,584	1,154	1,454	1,698	-	156	197	377