Mayor, Vice Mayor, Councilors take oath

Ricardo M. Camacho and Mylvin T. Junio will be installed today in appropriate rites that will usher in their second term as mayor and vice mayor, respectively, of Bayambang.

Also to be inducted are the eight elected members of the Sangguniang Bayan.

They are the first set of elective officials of Bayambang who won in the first-ever automated elections in the Philippines. They will start carrying out their mandates on July 1. The Honorable Lily C. de Vera-Vallo, presiding judge of the Municipal Trial Court of Bayambang will administer the oaths of office.

Pangasinan Governor Amado T. Espino ,Jr. will be the guest of honor and speaker and 3rd District Rep. Rachel J. Arenas and STRADCOM Corporation President and CEO Cesar T. Quiambao will be special guests.

On the same occasion, the marker of the new municipal hall annex will be unveiled.

Thereafter, the edifice will be blessed.

Mayor Camacho garnered a total of 20,880 votes (10,407 more than the nearer of his two rivals) during the May 2010 political exercise.

Sangguniang Bayan members to be inducted are Crisostomo M. Bato (20,408 votes), Gerardo C. de Vera (20,106), Raul R. Sabangan (20,-051), Alan D. de Vera (18,248), Angelito C. de Vera (17,486), Levin N. Uy (15,336), Gerardo D. Flores (14,852), and Junie J. Angeles (14,-645).

In his statement following his proclamation by the Board of Canvassers headed by local COMELEC officer Carmen G. Claveria.

Mayor Camacho thanked the people of Bayambang and called for their full cooperation in making Bayambang a progressive town not only in Pangasinan but in northern Luzon. “Your mandate is my strength and inspiration to perform well,” he said.*

Why this Newsletter

In his meiotic eulogy for the murdered Julius Caesar, Marc Anthony said the good deeds that men do are oft interred with the bones while the evil they do lives on forever.

In the process, Caesar's greatness was emphasized and the people rose against the murderers.

Francis Wayland does away with meiosis. He says "It is by what we have done . . . that we shall be remembered".

Right to information on the goings-on in the government, save only those affecting national security, is assured the citizenry by the Constitution.

On the other end, transparency is buzz word in modern governance.

This Newsletter is a voluntary effort to purvey or help purvey information on what is being by the government for the people and of helping the public know about them.*

Bayambang municipal hall annex completed

A shining jewel in the crown of glory of Mayor Ricardo M. Camacho's first term, the municipal hall annex has just been completed. It is a munument to the close cooperation between his office and the Sangguniang Bayan.

Built at a total cost of P28-million, construction of the two-storey imposing edifice was started in August 2007.

Funds for the construction of the annex building came from municipal funds and loans. It will be the new home to the Sangguniang Bayan, the LGU departments, the Municipal Trial Court, the DILG, among others.

This is the first major improvement to the local government seat.

The main municipal building was constructed in 1937 during the administration of then Municipal President Enrique M. Roldan and Vice President Zacarias Junio.

Except for moving partition walls, it was untouched until the administration of Mayor Leocadio C. de Vera when a visitors' waiting area was constructed on the front part of the building.

The Mayor will continue to hold office in the main building which is planned to be refurbished. The public library will remain there too.*

New traffic scheme mulled

A new traffic scheme for the poblacion of Bayambang is now on the planning board.

This was learned during a meeting between Mayor Ricardo M. Camacho and P/Supt. Aligre L. Martinez, Chief of the Bayambang Police Station, also attended by Sangguniang Bayan member Angelito C. de Vera and some members of the Mayor's staff.

"The new plan will help make Bayambang more attractive to investors," the Mayor said.*

Two-storey RHU bldg. rising

The old squat building of the Rural Health Unit of Bayambang had been torn down and in its place a two-storey structure is now nearing completion.

"This is part of my administration's efforts to continually improve the delivery of health services to our townspeople," Mayor Ricardo M. Camacho said in an interview.

The edifice has a budget of P7-million the Municipal Engineer said*

Bayambang Museum soon a reality

In addition to its concern for economy, education, social welfare, peace and order, and health of the people, Mayor Ricardo M. Camacho's administration has set its sight on the preservation of Bayambang's historical and cultural heritage.

A Bayambang Museum will soon be established in the controversial Homeowners Bank on the eastern side of the town's plaza.

For this purpose, Emma M. Icu-Mula, a native Bayambanguena and formerly of the National Historical Institute, had been hired by Mayor Camacho as consultant.*

LGU pays workers' mid-year bonuses

The officials, department heads and the regular and casual employees of the local government of Bayambang received their mid-year bonuses first week of this month.

The windfall which totaled P1,760,900 is given to enhance efficiency of service delivery by government workers pursuant to existing law.

The other half of the bonuses will be given at the end of the year, along with other employees benefits mandated by law*