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TAGBILARAN CITY — An environmentalist and a farmer had been amongst those that went to the Fee on Elections (Comelec) workplace on this metropolis to file their certificates of candidacy.
Santos Abella, a local of Dagohoy city in Bohol, submitted his COC for vice governor on Oct. 3
He mentioned he would have filed his COC earlier however was delayed by problem in shopping for documentary stamps and notarizing his paperwork.
Former city mayor Doloreich Dumaluan, a doctor by career and an atmosphere advocate, is operating for vice mayor of Panglao, the place he used to serve in numerous capacities.
“I need to serve extra the individuals of Panglao since there are lots of issues to do,” he mentioned.
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For Abella, it was New York Metropolis’s skywalk that impressed a 62-year-old farmer to hunt an elective put up to duplicate it in Bohol province.
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He mentioned the skywalk is a well-liked image of profitable and progressive city renewal initiatives.
“I’ll have it in-built Tagbilaran Metropolis to Panglao and Cebu Metropolis to spice up tourism,” he mentioned.
Different packages he wish to prioritize embrace decreasing the value of rice and gasoline. He additionally desires to buy an armored personnel provider to guard the province’s safety and sovereignty.
Abella expressed his want to run for senator however ended up operating for vice governor on account of lack of funds for a nationwide bid.
Abella had beforehand ran for the place of board member for Bohol’s second district within the 2016, 2019, and 2022 elections. Within the 2022 elections, he garnered 6,905 votes out of 275,219. Though he didn’t win in any of these years, he thought-about himself a “graduate” for 3 phrases.
He mentioned the provincial authorities “owed” him for these 9 years in “service.”
“In the event you actually love Bohol you’ll not simply hand over,” he mentioned.
Dumaluan, of Probinsya Muna Growth Initiative, abbreviated as Promdi (Abag-Promdi) mentioned he would concentrate on tourism promotion, shoreline rehabilitation on the eroded white sand of Panglao, and the institution of wastewater therapy facility.
“I’ll carry again small gamers for tourism sustainability.. and to inform our vacationers and locals that Panglao isn’t an costly place since there can be selections for all,” he mentioned.
Panglao, a well-liked vacationer vacation spot within the nation for its white sand seashores, has at the least 41,000 residents.
Earlier than Dumaluan turned mayor of Panglao from 2004 to 2007, he was appointed Officer-in-Cost-councilor of Tagbilaran Metropolis from 1986 to 1988 and was elected metropolis councilor, serving from 1988 to 1991. He turned vice mayor of Panglao in 2001 – 2004.
Through the COVID-19 pandemic, he began “The Physician Is In” on Fb as a public well being service. He turned controversial when he appealed to the federal government to permit using the anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin for the therapy and prevention of COVID-19.
As an atmosphere advocate and board of the Panglao Chamber of Commerce and Trade, he proposed to the federal government to set a cap on the variety of vacationers allowed to go to Panglao — consisting of Dauis and Panglao cities — to maintain this premier vacationer vacation spot.
Dumaluan mentioned vacationer arrivals in Panglao needs to be regulated for sustainability.
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