Unveiling of Tulungatung projects highlights Celso’s 1st day campaign
Mayor Celso Lobregat, standard bearer of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino and Adelante Zamboanga Party and members of his team turn over a newly constructed covered court, one of the 5 projects amounting to total of P13 million unveiled in Tulungatung Friday, capping the first day of the campaign for the May 10 elections. (JOEY BAUTISTA)
Truly an administration of performance and accomplishments.
Mayor Celso Lobregat yesterday afternoon unveiled some P13 million worth of projects in the barangay of Tulungatung, highlighting the first day of the campaign for the May 10 elections.
The projects compose the latest batch of infrastructure projects lined up by the city government and forms part of the P2.2 billion projects accomplished by the Lobregat administration from 2007-2010.
The projects unveiled include the P4.5 million construction of two-storey 6 classroom building at the Tulungatung Elementary School; P794,914 rehabilition of 2-storey 6 classroom building also at the Tulungatung Elementary School; P3.059 million concreting of the Tulungatung Resettlement Area road covering 585 linear meters; P1.918 million road concreting project also at the Resettlement site covering 300 linear meters and the P3.063 million improvement of covered court.
“This (inauguration of projects) is the highlight of our first day of our campaign”, Lobregat, standard bearer of the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Adelante Zamboanga party said.
Tulungatung residents, led by barangay chairman Charlito Sumbrana warmly welcomed the Lobregat team to their barangay, as they thanked them for the multi-million peso projects implemented by the city government under the leadership of Mayor Lobregat.
Sumbrana said Lobregat’s administration is truly an administration of performance and accomplishments that is worthy of the trust and confidence of the local residents.
Over the last few weeks, Mayor Lobregat has been inaugurating and turning over projects to the barangays and other institutions including the Home for the Elderly earning the respect and admiration not only of the residents but of national officials such as Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno and lately Health Secretary Esperanza Cabral and Social Welfare Assistant Secretary Ruel Lucentales.
Accompanying the mayor during the turn over ceremony were his vice mayoralty candidate Councilor Cesar Iturralde, the council aspirants in District I Rudy Lim, Luis Biel III, Jaime Cabato, Gerky Valesco, Myra Paz Abubakar, Bong Atilano, Pinpin Pareja and Kaiser Olaso; City Schools Division Supt. Dolores Alcantara and her assistant Norma Vecina and barangay officials.
Lobregat and his team kicked off the first day of the campaign with religious activities—a mass at the St. Joseph Church at 5:30 a.m. and prayer and lighting of candles at the Fort Pilar Shrine. They had breakfast at the residence of the mayor in Nunez and at exactly 8 a.m. proceeded to the City Hall for their campaign sortie.
They later proceeded to the different offices and commercial establishments in the central area of the city and in the afternoon hit barangay Tulungatung. The party had its first rally in Tulungatung last night. (Sheila Covarrubias)