OATHTAKING. Reelected Dumaguete City Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo (second from left) will lead other officials during the inauguration and oathtaking ceremonies on June 29, 2022. Remollo was proclaimed after the May 9, 2022 elections for a third term. (PNA file photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - The city government here is all set for the inauguration and oathtaking of newly elected and re-elected local officials at The Presidencia (old city hall) grounds on June 29. City information officer Catherine Aguilar on Thursday told the Philippine News Agency that re-elected Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo, newly elected Vice Mayor Maria Isabel "Maisa" Sagarbarria, and three councilors on the same ticket under Team Lupad Dumaguete, have already confirmed their attendance. The three councilors are incumbent Vice Mayor Karissa Faye Tolentino-Maxino, lawyer Franklin Esmena, Jr., and retired police general Rey Lyndon Lawas. Aguilar said they are awaiting the response to the inv
RE-ELECTION BID. Incumbent Dumaguete Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo (front) leads the launch of the Team Lupad Dumaguete coalition on Friday (Oct. 8, 2022). Remollo is seeking a third term in office in the May 9, 2022 elections. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Incumbent Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo on Friday led the launch of the Team Lupad Dumaguete coalition after he filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for a third and final term in office. In his message during the event held at the Negros Oriental State University gymnasium here, Remollo, who is running under the Liberal Party (LP), laid out his plans for the next three years if he is re-elected in the May 9, 2022 elections. He noted that six years since he was elected as mayor in 2016, are not enough for his administration to complete the plans, programs, and projects for the barangays. He cited some of the major projects, such as the construction of two new bridges, which replaced the old spillways that kept ove