NEW LEGAZPI MAYOR. The Legazpi City Board of Canvassers proclaims the new mayor, Geraldine Rosal (in white), at the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation inside the City Hall compound on Tuesday (May 10, 2022). Rosal garnered 57,687 votes against her rival Lawyer Alfredo Garbin who got 57,137 votes, showing a slim margin of 550 votes. (Photo by Emmanuel Solis) LEGAZPI CITY - The Legazpi City Board of Canvassers (LCBOC) proclaimed the newly elected mayor and re-elected vice mayor here on Tuesday. Geraldine Rosal, wife of incumbent mayor Noel Rosal, and current Vice Mayor Bobby Cristobal, were proclaimed winners in Monday's local elections by LCBOC chairman Lawyer Fatima Gados Pani-Agua and vice chairman Lawyer Brian Baleda at the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation (ICR) inside the City Hall compound. Rosal garnered 57,687 total cast votes against her rival, Lawyer Alfredo Garbin, who got 57,137 votes a slim lead of 550 votes. On the other hand, Vice Mayor Bobby Cristobal garnered 56,380 agai
CAPACITY-BUILDING. Officers and members of the Legazpi City Women's Federation (LCWF) were trained to make liniment oil and balm at the covered court of Barangay East Washington Drive on Thursday (March 3, 2022). LCWF president Geraldine Rosal said the activity was part of their observance of Women's Month this March. (Photo by Emmanuel Solis) LEGAZPI CITY - At least 100 officers and members of the Legazpi City Women's Federation (LCWF) from 17 villages located in Albay District were trained on making liniment oil and balm at the covered court of Barangay East Washington Drive here on Thursday. In an interview, LCWF president Geraldine Rosal, wife of Mayor Noel Rosal, said the women comprised the second batch of trainees on various forms of livelihood packages as part of the Women's Month celebration this March. "We trained already the first batch participated by 118 LCWF members from the northern portion of the city last March 1 at Rawis Covered court," she s
JUST MARRIED. A total of 68 live-in partners got married in simple rites led by Mayor Noel E. Rosal during the Valentine's Day celebration at the Legazpi City Convention Center on Monday (Feb. 14, 2022). The civil mass wedding was a project of the Legazpi City Women's Federation. (Photo by Emmanuel Solis) LEGAZPI CITY - To legalize the union of common-law couples, a total of 68 live-in partners were wed for free by Mayor Noel E. Rosal in time for Valentine's Day on Monday at the Legazpi City Convention Center (LCCC) here. The civil mass wedding was spearheaded by the Legazpi City Women's Federation (LCWF) to benefit those who have been living together but said they lack the money needed for a wedding. LCWF president and the mayor's wife, Geraldine Rosal, said in an interview the couples were pre-identified by the Barangay San Roque Women's Organization, adding that most of them had been live-in partners for almost 10 years and with children. "Most of the co
DOLE PROGRAM. Diosdado Raneses, (left) Legazpi City Public Employment Services Office (PESO) chief, on Monday (Jan. 24, 2022) says some P12 million has been downloaded by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to the city government used as salaries of TUPAD program beneficiaries. He also said all the workers under TUPAD are entitled to work for four hours a day for 10 days in their respective villages. (Photo courtesy of Jun Arganda) LEGAZPI CITY - At least 3,258 displaced workers and underemployed residents of this city have become beneficiaries of the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) since the program was started in 2019 by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). In an interview on Monday, Diosdado Raneses, Legazpi City Public Employment Services Office (PESO) chief, said some PHP12 million has been downloaded by the DOLE to the city government of Legazpi used as salaries of the TUPAD beneficiaries. He said that in 2021, his office