Jaro mayor commends ICOT Caravan’s services

By Provincial Media Relations Center (PMRC Leyte)
February 12, 2008

JARO, Leyte  –  The local chief executive of this town has lauded the relevance of the services being delivered by the provincial government of Leyte to its municipalities through the Inter-Community Operation Tambulig or ICOT-Caravan program.

Jaro Mayor Rolando Celebre said the ICOT Caravan that visited his town last Friday (February 8) was just timely in that many of his residents, especially those underprivileged ones, are in dire need of the sought after services it brings.

The ICOT Caravan is posing as an extended health program of the provincial government of Leyte which is primarily aimed towards providing preventive medicine or medical care to the province’s underprivileged folks.

Among the services being provided by the ICOT Caravan are medical, dental, veterinary, Philhealth coverage for the indigents, personal grooming, and other services including the nutritional feeding program.

More than 2,000 residents of Jaro town benefited from these services last Friday prompting Mayor Celebre to personally thank Gov. Carlos Jericho “Icot” Petilla for bringing the caravan to his town.

“The holding of ICOT Caravan in our town has proven to be a big help as we can see that this is one of the most needed programs of my people,” Celebre said.

Celebre said he is glad that Gov. Petilla brought complete line of services especially the free medicines that most of his people needed.

“We the people of Jaro sincerely extend our gratitude to Gov. Petilla because of this,” Mayor Celebre said.

He assured that he will support whatever development programs that Gov. Petilla would push and implement in the province of Leyte.