Volume VII
KALIBO, Aklan, (PIA) -- The Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO), in partnership with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) here, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) conducted a Unity Walk and Peace Covenant Signing for Secured and Fair Elections (SAFE) 2019 on Sunday, January 13 in Kalibo, Aklan. APPO Provincial Director PSSupt. Lope M. Manlapaz said the activity was aimed to drumbeat the significance of the May 2019 elections and herald the start of the election period. Manlapaz added the Unity Walk and Peace Covenant Signing is part of the advocacy to promote awareness and invoke the intervention of the Almighty
KALIBO, Aklan, (PIA) -- All the 17 towns in Aklan province have already a Negosyo Center (NC). Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Aklan OIC-Provincial Director Ma. Carmen Iturralde, during the recent agency’s monthly press conference dubbed ‘DTI Meets the Media', said the last three Negosyo Centers launched were in Balete, Batan and Madalag towns. The establishments of NCs all over the province is a partnership between the DTI and the respective local government units (LGUs) to assist the towns’ micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in enhancing or developing
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God for safe elections this May 2019. The walk, attended by prominent election stakeholders composed of leaders, personnel and members of concerned government agencies, religious groups, academe, students, civic and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), started at Magsaysay Park at 6:35 a.m., converging at the St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Kalibo. Prior to the walk, a short program was held at the Magsaysay Park where DILG-Aklan Provincial Director Roy Defino represented by MLGOO-Kalibo Valerie Briones, gave the welcome message while COMELEC-Kalibo Election Officer Atty. Rommel Benliro recognized participants. Lawyer Elizabeth D. Doronila, COMELEC-Aklan’s newly-assigned Provincial Election Supervisor, gave the
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Peace Covenant Signing for Secured and Fair Elections in Aklan. Aklanon aspirants in the May 2019 National and Local Elections take turns in signing the Peace Covenant in front of the altar of St. John the Baptist Cathedral on January 13, after the Unity Walk, initiated by the Aklan Police Provincial Office, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the Dept. of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV). (VGVillanueva/PIA)
rationale of the activity while ecumenical prayers from leaders of various religious communities in Aklan were offered. Upon the group’s arrival at the cathedral, a Holy Mass was held, followed by the Peace Covenant Signing. Aspirants for the positions of Congressional Representatives for the Eastern and Western Districts of Aklan, Governor, Vice Governor, Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) Eastern and Western Districts, and the Municipality of Kalibo joined the Peace Covenant Signing. The election period for the May 2019 their local products to be competitive in elections started on January 13 and will the markets. end on June 12, 2019, with correspondThese centers provide training, busi- ing prohibited acts as specified by the ness counseling, and referrals for other COMELEC. (JBG/VGV/PIA6 Aklan) assistance. To sustain and institutionalize the project, a signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) regularly highlighted each launching. Malay town’s Negosyo Center is located in Boracay Island as DTI-Aklan OIC-PD Iturralde said this is due to a big number of business establishments in the area, but she did not discount the possibility that another Negosyo Center will be put up in the mainland of Malay depending on the availability of funds. (JBG/VGV/PIA6 Aklan)