ROXAS CITY

INFRASTRUCTURES

Major infrastructures in the City are the National Port, the Airport, the Libas Fishing Port, the Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center (TATC), the Dinggoy Roxas Civic Center, the Hall of Justice, the Jumbo Bridge, and the Roxas City Convention Hall.  It has 145.7241 kilometers (kms.) of road in which 24.30 kms. is national, 38.870 kms. is city and 82.5541 kms. is barangays.  Its bridges total to 459.25 meters (m.) of which 232.15 m. are national, 171.60 m. are city and 55.5 m. are barangay.The City gets its power from the Capiz Electric Cooperative (CAPELCO).  The number of connection for CY-2004 is 29,419 while the total number of houses served is 25,340.  The Metro Roxas Water District (MRWD) supplies potable drinking water to the populace.  The number of existing connection by classification as of June 22, 2010 is seventeen thousand four hundred forty-two (17,442).  The average water demand is twelve thousand four hundred fifteen pesos and 79/100 (12,415.79) cu.m./day with a   monthly water consumption of three hundred sevety-three thousand two hundred thirty-seven and 34/100 (373,237.34) cu.m.  The average domestic consumption is twenty-two point thirty-three (22.33) capita per day.  Supplementing the water supplied by Metro Roxas Water District (MRWD) are wells with hand pumps and artesian wells which are constructed through the Barangay Water Program (BWP) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). Transportation The major mode of transportation in the city is the tricycle.  The total number of units to legitimately serve the needs of the riding public is three-thousand five hundred (3500) but only three thousand four hundred seventy-seven (3,477) units were renewed under the Tricyle Franchising & Regulatory Unit.  Inter and provincial mobility of residents and their cargo are serviced by vans, buses and jeepneys.  Mid of October, 2008  five (5) "Capiz Cabs" started to operate in the city and there’s still five (5) units coming out this year. Sea transportation is served by one (1) shipping company, the Moreta Lines plying the route of Roxas to Manila. Roro buses are also available to cater passengers bound for Manila plying the route of Roxas-Caticlan-Calapan Mindoro-Batangas-Manila and vice-versa. Passengers and cargoes transported by air are catered by Philippine Airlines B-737 aircraft, Cebu Pacific, Aboitiz Air Cargo and other chartered cargo planes. Information and Communications Technology Communication facilities are catered by the Philippine Long Distance and Telephone Company (PLDT), Bureau of Telecommunications (BUTEL), PT&T, RCPI-Bayantel, Globelines-Islacom and cellular phone companies: Smart, Talk n Text, Globe, Touch Mobile & Sun Cellular.  Internet services are also available like PLDT My DSL, PLDT Vibe, Globe Broadband and Smart Bro.  Printing needs of the populace are served by eleven printing companies while broadcast media is catered by   4   radio stations   namely:    AM – DYJJ, DYOW – Bombo Radyo, DYVR – Radio Agong / RMN – FM.-Star FM. We have two (2) cable television stations operating in the City.  The Wesfardell Cable Services and the Filvision, Inc. (Altocable) wherein more than 3,000 subscribers and their families are being served.  An ABS-CBN Television relay station is now operating in the city. The city residents have access to various type of reading materials such as newspapers and magazines, both foreign and local.  There is one locally published weekly newspaper in the city, the Capiz Times.  Regional and national dailies are also available daily.  To cater the needs of the students, a Provincial Library at Capitol Building and two (2) bookstores: Jade & Libro are also available. Educational Institutions Educational institutions abound in the city proper as students come from the other municipalities and nearby provinces to avail of a relatively low cost of tuition and fees. With a high quality of basic, tertiary, and post-graduate education, students from these schools often earn national and even international honors, bringing pride to Roxas City. Following is a list of the major schools in the city: Pres. Manuel Roxas Memorial School (North and South) Banica Elementary School Cong. Ramon A. Arnaldo High School (formerly City of Roxas High School) Capiz Commercial School Capiz National High School Roxas City School for Philippine Craftsmen (RCSPC) Capiz State University (formerly Capiz Institute of Technology) Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion St. Mary's Academy of Capiz Filamer Christian College St. John College St. Pius X Seminary Saint Anthony College of Roxas City ACLC Roxas Branch Hercor College Our Lady Of Grace Academy Hospitals The city is also home to a public hospital and three (3) private hospitals. In year 2001 from government & private hospitals & the City Health Office Roxas City has 216 doctors, 1,616 nurses, 55 midwives, 11 dentist, 13 pharmacist, 37 medical technologist, 15 rural sanitary inspector, 5 dental aides, 70 administrative personnel, 4 laboratory aide, 2 health educators, 10 utility workers, 4 drivers, 18 x-ray technicians, 6 pharmacy aides, 30 nursing aides, 1 social workers, 5 dietician, 2 nutritionist, 10 cooks, 3 food service workers, 9 institutional workers, 3 laundry workers, 1 clinic aide & 1,282 community volunteer health workers. Roxas Memorial General Hospital Capiz Emmanuel Hospital Saint Anthony's Hospital Capiz Doctors Hospital