BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Published on The Visayan Daily Star
August 12, 2017
BRGY.CANLUSONG, EB Magalona – For residents of this mountainous barangay, that is about 35 kilometers away from the town proper, the days when local armed insurgents where roaming freely are gone.
Focusing on the other “H” in his METRO 3RD ASENSO –IHELP (infrastructure-health & housing-education & environment-livelihood-policy) PROGRAM, Congressman Alfredo Benitez initiated an inventory of informal settler families (ISF) and a review of the various housing programs of local government units in the Third District.
EB Magalona Mayor Marvin Malacon and Marie June Castro in an informal huddle with Barangay Poblacion 3 punong barangay Alan Alejandrino and his kagawads Jason Derla. Faustino Villarosa, Ronnel Mogul, Leah Esponilla and Roberto Segura. Around 1.2 hectares in Purok Tondo in Poblacion 3 have been identified for titling for ISFs as they now work to organize a homeowners association to comply with the conversion requirements.
BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Published on The Visayan Daily Star
July 5, 2017
Neophyte politician Marvin Malacon yesterday said there is still a lot to be
done for EB Magalona, a year after being in office as the town mayor.
But Malacon said they have accomplished a lot, especially in the delivery of efficient basic social services, collection of taxes, as well as modest gains in the aspect of education, infrastructure, environment, health, among others.
Due to the efficient collection of business and real property taxes, fees and charges as well as economic enterprise, they collected P21,317, 386.32 in taxes, which exceeded their target of collection of P15 million, he added.
In terms of infrastructure, Malacon said they were able to secure the town public plaza by enclosing it with a perimeter fence, concreting of roads within the poblacion, construction of covered court, crisis center, mini rice mill, day care center and video board, communal toilet, hand washing facilities, terminal for tricycle , putting up of potable water system and ATM in front of the municipal hall.
Under social services, the municipal government provided medical and burial assistance to indigent families of the town, and provided vehicles for teachers as well as vendors in the upland areas to transport their products to the poblacion.
The municipal government also facilitated the availment of residential patent program to 97 residents of Brgy. Tomongtong, EB Magalona, which was conferred with a Gold Seal of Good Local Environmental Governance, Malacon said.
June 27, 2017
The Visayan Daily Star
http://www.visayandailystar.com/2017/June/27/businessnews2.htm
Rostata said the distribution of the original land titles is under the HandogTitulo program of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, through the administrative titling of the agency funded through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program.
June 21, 2017
The Visayan Daily Star
Team Talisay remains a force to reckon with as they dominate the basketball and men’s volleyball, while the E.B. Magalona women’s volleyball teams surged to the top during the 4th weekend of the 3rd Albee Cup Inter-LGU Tournament hosted by E.B. Magalona.
EB Magalona team with Mayor Marvin Malacon and Dr. Francisco Benitez (3rd and
4th from left).*
Silay men’s spikers suffered twin losses to EBM and Talisay in volleyball games held at the Barangay Tabigue Covered Court. In the women’s category, EBM beat Victorias but the latter bounced back with a win against Silay.
Negros Daily Bulletin
Tue, 06/13/2017
http://www.ndb-online.com/june1317/handog-titulo-eb-magalona-negros-occidental
Courtesy of Jojo Garcia Vargas
The Municipality of EB Magalona opened its 9th Provincial Environment Month Celebration by the Distribution of 97 Residential and 8 Special Patents to the residents of Brgy. Tumuntong, EB Magalona for the Handog Titulo Program of DENR. Spearheaded by Municipal Mayor Marvin Malacon, ENRO Jojo Garcia Vargas, PENRO Edgardo M. Rostata, CENR Officer of Bago City Concordio Remoroza and Pemo Negros Occidental represented by Luisa Tutor.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Visayan Daily Star
BY GILBERT P.
BAYORAN
Source: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2017/May/09/businessnews4.htm
The municipality of EB Magalona got P6.4 million worth of projects from the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Mayor Marvin Malacon announced yesterday.
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Photo: Visayan Daily Star/Gilbert Bayoran. Click here to see more photos.
Malacon said the DA, assisted by the municipal government officials, distributed P3.5 million worth of palay and corn drier to farmers in Brgy. San Isidro, EB Magalona, that he expects to boost their production and help uplift their lives.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Sunstar Bacolod
By Erwin P. Nicavera
Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/bacolod/business/2017/04/26/eb-magalona-farmers-get-boost-through-agri-aqua-fair-538581
E.B. MAGALONA – Farmers, fisherfolk, and producers in this northern Negros Occidental town are getting boost through the Agro-Aqua Festival Village which opened at the public plaza on Tuesday.
The activity, part of the week-long celebration of the 28th Ugyonan Festival, brings together products from the seven coastal and four upland barangays of the town.
April 26, 2017
By BY GILBERT BAYORAN
Visayan Daily Star
Source: http://www.visayandailystar.com/2017/April/26/topstory2.htm
The Coca-Cola beverage company may have signed a contract to be among the sponsors of the ongoing Ugyonan Festival of EB Magalona in Negros Occidental, but Mayor Marvin Malacon said he is supporting the move of other local government units to ban its products in the town.
Malacon, who opened the weeklong Ugyonan Festival celebrations yesterday, said “I am with the banning of Coke products”, adding that the use of high-fructose corn syrup affects the sugar farmers in Negros Occidental.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
Negros Daily Bulletin
By Eugene Y. Adiong
Source: http://www.ndb-online.com/april2617/malacon-bares-town-s-gains
E. B. Magalona town Mayor Marvin Malacon yesterday bared the gains made by the municipal government 10 months after he assumed office.
Malacon said that he has improved the social welfare and health of the residents by releasing P30,000 a day for medicines, hospitalization, and burials.
The town receives an Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of around P6 million for this year.
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