Entrepreneurial Farmer

Ambrosio R. Villorente

Honoring Local Heroes

In the implementation as provided for in the Municipal Ordinance of Kalibo, honoring local heroes, several activities are being done. The Municipal Ordinance of Kalibo declared the month of March as "Local Heroes" month.

The preparation and implementation of activities for the month of March is being done by the Sangguniang Bayan Committee on Education, Culture, History and Arts being chaired by Hon. Mark Vega Quimpo. The detail of the activities will be announced during the Kapehan on Saturday morning, February 27. But the highlight will be the commemoration of the 19 Martyrs of Aklan.

There are several agencies involved in the preparation of the activities like the DepEd, LGU Kalibo, Aklan History Society, the veterans, civic clubs, and the media.

During the previous two meetings of the committee, Hon. Soviet Russia Dela Cruz appealed to the residents of Kalibo to display the Filipino Flag in our respective residences and or offices. This practice is geared to instill loyalty and love of country among the people.

Peace Covenant

To promote the holding of a clean, orderly, honest and credible election in the province of Aklan, a peace covenant is being readied for provincial candidates and municipal candidates of Kalibo.

In a recent meeting among the Comelec represented by Atty. Ian Lee Anunario, provincial PNP Director Epifanio E. Bragais, Jr. and Mr. Augusto C. Tolentino, chairman, KBP, it was agreed that the peace covenant signing be held at St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Kalibo in the morning of March 9. The peace covenant signing in other municipalities of Aklan will be scheduled after March 9. The details of the program are being finalized.

According to PNP Director Bragais, tension among candidates are developing in some towns such as in Malinao and New Washington which deserve watching.

Gas Station

It is now clear. It is a gasoline station. This is the construction located at Corner A. Mabini Street and Roxas Avenue, Poblacion, Kalibo. What is not known is who owns it.

At the start of the construction, only a small notice was placed in a less conspicuous location within the construction site. It told the Bldg. Permit Number and date of approval.

While this construction project is a good indication of progressive Kalibo, it might be a hazard to the pupils and teachers of Kalibo Pilot Elementary School. It is a danger zone for people living nearby.

One of the pre-conditions in locating a gasoline station is the distance from a school. Is the gasoline station more than 50 meters away from the Kalibo Pilot Elementary School?

Across the gas station is the school. Who measured that distance between the school and the gas station? Is it more than 50 meters away? Anyway, a mathematician once said, "figure does not lie". The project owners and the approving officials are responsible. /MP