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| NEWLY elected officers of the Ilocos Norte Vice Mayors’ League take their oath right after the election held at the Laoag City Auditorium on August 22. (Doms dela Cruz) |
By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter
Laoag City—With fresh mandates, the vice mayors group in Ilocos Norte elected their new set of officers.
Elected president of the Vice Mayors’ League (VML) of Ilocos Norte is Burgos vice mayor Crisente Garcia.
Other elected officers are Nueva Era’s Atty. Aldrin Garvida, executive vice president; Carasi’s Villamor Julian, vice president for the first district; Dingras’ Joeffrey Saguid, vice president for the second district; San Nicolas’ Edistio Valdez, secretary general; Piddig’s Generoso Aquino, assistant secretary; Currimao’s Gladys Cue, treasurer; Bacarra’s Jose Pilar, assistant treasurer; Pinili’s Rommel Labasan, auditor; Vintar’s Amado Victor Rasimo, business manager; and Pasuquin’s Pedro Rex Aguinaldo, public relations officer.
Elected as board directors are: for the first district, Dumalneg’s Francisco Espiritu Jr., Adams’ Eric Baoingan and Bangui’s Denton Garvida; for the second district, Marcos’ Jessie Ermitanio, Badoc’s Alwyn Rubio and Solsona’s Joseph De Lara.
Mr. Garcia takes over from former Badoc vice mayor Thomas Torralba.
In his speech, Mr. Garcia thanked his colleagues for choosing him to lead the group for the next three years. He vowed to do his best to serve, lead and create programs to better the league.
He also sought the support of all the vice mayors to succeed in achieving the league’s vision and mission.
Mr. Garcia also thanked outgoing executive vice president, Laoag vice mayor Michael V. Fariñas for saying he will continue to support the league.
The league president also said he will also seek the support of the provincial government led by Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos for the league’s plans, projects and programs geared towards the further improvement of the province.
Meanwhile, Mr. Fariñas, who oversaw the election, said his office is open to everybody who wishes to look into the measures approved by the city council, more so since the Laoag council is already using a paperless system.
The election was conducted through viva voce, with all nominated officers immediately moved without opponents. All former officers retained their old positions with only those vacant filled up. Additional posts were also created.
The election was held at the Laoag City Hall Auditorium on August 22 at exactly 2:30 in afternoon. It was supervised by representatives from the Dept. of the Interior and Local Government.