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| BATAC Mayor Albert D. Chua leads the ribbon cutting of the newly inaugurated Batac RTC building. Batac City prosecutor Valentin Pascua, Rev. Father Philip Anthony Dimagiba and members of the city council join the mayor for the said activity held in celebration of the city’s 12th Charter Day on June 23 2019. (Doms dela Cruz) |
By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff Reporter
Batac City—In celebration of the 12thanniversary of its cityhood, this city’s officials headed by Batac Mayor Albert D. Chua led the blessing and inauguration of government-owned buildings funded by the city government.
The celebration kicked off with a mass held at Immaculate Concepcion Parish Church and followed immediately by the blessing and inauguration of the P5-million City Prosecutors Office Building; Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Center (STAC) at Brgy. San Julian; and Bamboo Crop Center and Sweet Potato/Corn Processing Center at Brgy. Mabaleng, this city.
Mr. Chua announced that Batac is “very lucky” as it is only one of the five local government units in the province that has a STAC center.
STAC centers help persons with disabilities (PWDs) from ages 0-14 years and provides physical and behavioral therapy.
Batac also inaugurated the newly constructed community center at Brgy. Ricarte followed shortly by groundbreaking ceremonies for community centers at Brgys. Tabug, Camandingan, Parangopong, San Pedro and Baoa West.
The mayor said they plan to put up 10 mote barangay community centers with the groundbreaking scheduled for July, 2019.
He stressed that the election ban, which only ended in June, delayed the awarding of projects for the 10 community centers.
He added that funding for all the said projects came from the city government’s development fund and general fund.
“Adu pay iti sumarsaruno aprojects tayo ta adda met pay iti savings ket maaramidan to itisupplemental na tapnu maibanag metla amin dagitoy a kuarta babaen iti proyekto tapnu sagrapen met a dagus dagiti kalugaran tayo dagitoy nga opurtunidad,” Mr. Chua said.
The city government also blessed a brand new 33-seater coaster intended for the city government’s use.
A Hip-Hop Dance Competition in the evening open to all LGUs in the province concluded the celebration.
Meanwhile, the reelected Batac mayor thanked the “Almighty for giving another year with lots of blessings for the city of Batac and the Batacqueños as well, as they celebrated their 12th Charter Day”.
Batac officially became a city in 2007 during the term of the late former Batac mayor Jesus Nalupta Sr.