Alvin Dizon
Alvin Dizon | |
|---|---|
| File:Alvin Dizon.jpg | |
| Member of the Cebu City Council from the 1st district | |
| Assumed office June 30, 2019 | |
| Member of the Cebu City Council from the 1st district | |
| In office June 30, 2013 – June 30, 2016 | |
| In office June 30, 2010 – June 30, 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Alvin Mañoza Dizon August 2, 1971 Ormoc City, Leyte, Philippines |
| Political party | Akbayan BO-PK (2010-present) |
| Spouse(s) | Teresa Carabuena Dizon |
| Alma mater | University of Cebu (B.S.) Cebu Normal University (M.P.A.) |
Alvin Mañoza Dizon (Tagalog: [alˈvɪn di'zon];born August 2, 1971) is a Filipino politician currently serving as a council member for the 1st District of the Cebu City Council. He is a member of Bando Osmeña - Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK) and Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, which he is its only elected official in Cebu City.[1][2][3]
Along with 7 other elected council members, his district covers 46 barangays of Cebu City.
Early life and career[edit]
Dizon was born in Ormoc City, Leyte to Rodolfo S. Dizon and Jesusa M. Dizon, both public school teachers. He completed his elementary education at Ormoc City Central School in 1984 and secondary education in 1988 at Ormoc City High School. He went on to University of Cebu and earned his bachelor's degree in customs administration in 1991. He then took up Masters in Public Administration at Cebu Normal University.[4]
He went on to become the youngest chairperson of Kaabag sa Sugbo, a network of Cebu-based non-government organizations engaged in the various aspects of social development work. As its co-founder, he served as executive director of the Center for Participatory Government (CPAG) and was a member of Akbayan's national executive committee. He also worked as a program officer for Fellowship for Organizing Endeavors (FORGE) and consultant for Asia of Olof Palme International Center.[1][4]
Cebu City Council[edit]
Dizon was invited by then Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña to join Bando Osmeña - Pundok Kauswagan (BOPK), his political party, and run in the 2010 elections as one of the eight council members representing the 1st District in the Cebu City Council. He garnered 82,274 votes and placed 6th in the official Commission on Elections (COMELEC) tally.[5]
Councilor, 2010–2013[edit]
Dizon served as chairman of the Cebu City Council's Committee on Housing. He also served as vice chairman of the Committee on Youth & Sports Development and Committee on Tourism, Local & International Relations and Arts & Culture.[4] He was tasked to oversee the concerns especially to projects and programs for Barangays Lahug, Cogon-Ramos, Cambinocot, and Lusaran.[6]
He proposed city ordinances adopting & approving a shelter plan framework for urban poor dwellers, loan restructuring for beneficiaries of the slum improvement & resettlement (SIR) program, increase private sector representation in the Cebu City Cultural and Historical Affairs Commission (CHAC), creating a Cebu City Housing Board,[7][8] and providing free parking space for senior citizens and persons with disability.[9]
He authored City Ordinance No. 2339 or the Cebu City Anti-Discrimination Ordinance which passed in 2012 making Cebu City the first local government unit in the Philippines to have an anti-discrimination measure.[10] The said ordinance prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability, age, health status, sexual orientation and gender identity, ethnicity, and religion within the city.[11][12][13]
Councilor, 2013–2016[edit]
Dizon went on to serve his second term after placing 6th in the 2013 elections obtaining 85,011 votes.[14]
He, along with city councilors Nestor Archival, Maria Nida Cabrera and Margarita Osmeña, signed the committee report recommending against the construction of a coal-fired power plant in Barangay Sawang Calero by Ludo Power Corporation citing the "lack of social acceptability" for the said proposal.[15] During the deliberations of the proposed ordinance on providing cash incentives for licensure examination topnotchers, he sought to include an amendment wherein all topnotchers who graduated from schools and university in the city to be eligible, but was thumbed down by the Cebu City Council as they required the recipients to be a registered voter in the city.[16] He resigned as chairman of the Committee on Housing after the city council failed to override the veto on the proposed ordinance imposing a one-year moratorium on demolitions lamenting that they have "failed" the urban poor community.[17]
He was one of the 12 councilors including then Mayor Michael Rama and Vice Mayor Edgardo Labella for "grave abuse of authority" in approving the distribution and receiving PHP 20,000 calamity fund even though they were not victims of super typhoon Yolanda and the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that hit Cebu in 2013.[18]
He sought for a third and last term as city councilor in the 2016 elections but fell short after placing 9th with 91,102 votes. Only eight seats were up for grabs.[19]
Councilor, 2019–present[edit]
Dizon placed 5th in the 2019 elections with 102,911 votes.[20] During his first few weeks as city councilor in the 15th Sangguniang Panlungsod, he proposed an ordinance to institutionalize holding quarterly offsite regular sessions for the Cebu City Council in different barangays of Cebu City to make its members "more grounded and aware of the issues and concerns of various barangays." Such practice was done during the 12th Sangguniang Panlungsod where offsite regular sessions were done in Barangays Bonbon, Guba, Talamban and Luz.[21]
He has also proposed city ordinances on designating gender-neutral bathrooms in business establishments,[22][23] reduction of food waste through food donation & recycling,[24][25] and free dementia screening for senior citizens.[26]
City consultant[edit]
A year after his unsuccessful re-election bid in the 2016 elections, he was appointed by Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña as a city consultant for the Cebu City Anti-Discrimination Commission where he led the formulation of the implementing rules and regulations of the Cebu City Anti-Discrimination Ordinance[27][28] and the Cebu City Sister Cities Commission.[29] He resigned from both positions prior to the filing of certificate of candidacies as he sought a return to the city council in the 2019 elections.[30]
Personal life[edit]
Dizon is married to Teresa Carabuena Dizon, a university teacher.[4] He hosted "Urban Poor in Action", a radio program in DYRC which was awarded as Best in Radio Development Communication during the Cebu Archdiocesan Mass Media Awards (CAMMA) in 2011.[31]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Our Local Candidates". akbayan.org.ph. Akbayan Party List. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ↑ Gerard Vincent Francisco (2018-10-15). "Akbayan Partylist supports Alvin Dizon". CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ "Press Release - Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros on the results of the 2019 elections". senate.gov.ph. Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "HON. ALVIN M. DIZON". cebucity.gov.ph. Cebu City Government. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ↑ "BOPK wins landslide in Cebu City". The Freeman. 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ↑ "City councilors divide barangays into districts for them to handle". SunStar Cebu. 2010-07-10. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ "One Year Report of Cebu City Councilor Alvin Dizon (July 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011)". cebudailynews.wordpress.com. CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ "New Cebu City councilor proposes shelter framework plan for squatters". balita.ph. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Doris C. Bongcac (2012-05-20). "Free parking for elderly, persons with disabilities". CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Odessa O. Leyson (2018-10-31). "Hontiveros: Replicate Cebu City's anti-discrimination ordinance". The Freeman. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "Empowered communities push for anti-discrimination laws". ph.undp.org. UNDP in the Philippines.
- ↑ "City Ordinance 2339". pages.upd.edu.ph. Eric Julian Manalastas. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Michael David dela Cruz Tan. "Queenly move: Cebu City acts for non-discrimination". outragemag.com. Outrage. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ↑ "2013 ELECTION RESULTS: CEBU CITY, CEBU". results.rappler.com. Rappler. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Jose Santino S. Bunachita (2016-04-07). "REJECTED". CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Princess Dawn H. Felicitas (2014-10-26). "Council OKs topnotchers' bonus". SunStar Cebu. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Marc Eric Cosep (2016-02-11). "Dizon resigns as council fails to override veto". CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ "Suspension order served vs Cebu mayor, 13 others". ABS-CBN News. 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ "Halalan 2016 Results: Cebu Cit". 2016halalanresults.abs-cbn.com. ABS-CBN Halalan 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Aven Piramide (2019-06-16). "A shaping City Council". The Freeman. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Jean Marvette A. Demecillo (2019-07-14). "Councilor wants council to hold outside sessions". The Freeman. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ↑ Delta Dyrecka Letigio (2019-08-21). "Cebu City Council to push for designated gender-neutral rooms in establishments". CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Jean Marvette A. Demecillo (2019-08-21). "Council wants PWD restrooms gender-neutral". The Freeman. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Cherry Piquero-Ballescas (2019-08-24). "Food waste and hunger". The Freeman. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Delta Dyrecka Letigio (2019-09-06). "Dad pushes for food waste management in Cebu City". CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ "Free dementia screening for the elderly proposed". SunStar Cebu. 2019-08-31. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ "Cebu City Public Information Office - June 6, 2018". facebook.com/CityofCebuOfficial. Alvin Dizon. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Jean Marvette A. Demecillo (2018-07-08). "Anti-discrimination ordinance: Brgy leaders tapped to inform, implement". The Freeman. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Inna Mejia (2017-05-25). "Osmeña appoints former officials as consultants". CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ↑ Morexette Marie B. Erram (2018-10-13). "Tomas introduces members of BOPK slate in Lahug sortie". CDN Digital. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ Cherry Piquero-Ballescas. "Alvin Dizon, then and now". The Freeman. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
This article "Alvin Dizon" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Alvin Dizon. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
