Malabon City Mayor Jeannie Sandoval delivered her first State of the City Address (SOCA) on Monday, July 3, highlighting the city government's initiatives and achievements in her first year as its chief executive.
"Aaminin ko po sa inyo na hindi po naging madali ang nakalipas na isang taon ng ating panunungkulan - nariyan ang kawalan ng permanenteng tirahan, seguridad sa pagkain, bagsak na kabuhayan, at mapaminsalang kalamidad at sakuna na kailangang respondehan (I will admit that the past one year of our tenure was not easy - there's lack of permanent shelter, food security, livelihood failure, and disaster and calamities that needed to be responded to)," Sandoval said.
"Sa kabila ng mga desisyon - maliit man o malaki - ating pong tinitiyak na may puso itong tumitibok para sa bawat isang Malabueño na may pagmamahal sa
pamilya, puspusang nagsisikap, at puno ng pangarap. Dahil sa inyong pagmamahal at patuloy nating pagkakapit-bisig, tiwala ako na ang ating
mga pangarap at mga pangako ay magiging masayang ala-ala at matibay na kasaysayan ng ating lungsod (Despite those decisions - big or small - we make sure it has a heart beating for each Malabueño with love for family, hardworking, and full of dreams. Because of your love and our continuous cooperation, I am confident that our dreams and promises will become happy memories and strong history of our city)," she added.
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In her speech, Sandoval presented the local government's initiatives and achievements that helped in improving the lives of the "Malabueños" as well as the status of businesses in the city.
These include the provisions of affordable housing and jobs, quality education, and investment in infrastructure to improve the delivery of social and financial services.
Some of the key accomplishments she mentioned were the employment of 11,924 jobseekers in the city; granting of 1,380 affordable housing units to residents; implementation of the Malabon Ahon Blue Card program benefiting 57,000 families; and giving quality health care to 46,000 beneficiaries.
The first Malabon lady mayor said that they allotted P100,000,000 from the city's funds to implement the Land for the Landless program that already awarded lots to 160 residents.
A total of P350,000,000 was also set aside for different housing programs in the city.
On Friday, June 29, the city government broke ground for two five-story residential buildings that has over 120 housing units for Malabon families with four to six members.
Sandoval shared that 10 more vertical buildings for housing will be built in Malabon before 2024.
The city's four super health centers and 22 health centers have also served 200,000 patients, while the Ospital ng Malabon served 26,000 residents.
Sandoval also cited some programs for education like scholarships and an internship program for students.
She said that out of the P2 billion revenue generated from July 2022 to June 23, the city government has allocated a total P1.5 billion for different social services including programs for the general public, social, economic, health and nutrition, livelihood, housing community development, labor and employment.
The mayor thanked the residents as she stressed the need to “work together in order to build a better city for all Malabueños.”
"Matagal pa po ang panahon na ating pagsasamahan. Marami pa po tayong pagtutulungang mga proyekto at programa na nagsusulong ng ating mga adbokasiya para sa ating mga batayang sektor. Kayo po ang patunay na lahat ay kaya nating mapagtagumpayan kung tayo ay magtutulungan at patuloy na magmamalasakit sa isa’t isa (We still have a long time together. We are still going to collaborate for many projects and programs that promote our advocacies for our base sectors. You guys is the proof that we can overcome everything if we will work together and continue to care for each other)," she said.