The town fiesta of Boac, Marinduque was marked this year with the
inauguration of two buildings, a project of the administration of Mayor Roberto
M. Madla. The first was the Fire Station Building in Brgy. Santol and the
second, the new and fully air-conditioned Boac Municipal Building.
Bishop of Boac, Most Rev. Reynaldo G. Evangelista and Mayor Bert Madla
Based on remarks conveyed during the event attended by several
hundred guests from barangays and various local government offices, the
occasion served as an opportunity to look back at the time when even the idea
of building a bigger government house for this growing municipality was met
with skepticism. Madla, previously elected for three consecutive terms until his
term expired explained that annual
allocation for the construction of a new building was undertaken by the municipal government, yet even with funds sufficient to start construction nothing was done. Upon election for a new
term as mayor, he prioritized the project, debunking arguments like “aanhin mo
ang magandang bahay kung kumakalam naman ang sikmura mo”, which he argues is
not applicable as development concerns are more effectively addressed in convenient and better-equipped facilities.
Mayor Madla
“Boac is a first class municipality, so as soon as we have moved to this new building, the full computerization of our system will come
next to fast-track processes. The city government of Tayabas, our future ‘sister
city’, and our municipal government has, in fact, recently entered into a MOA
in this regard.”, Madla said. “Next we will pursue the full realization of the
Dr. Pablo Marquez Health and Diagnostic Center in Boac, eventually being the only
municipality in the country with such a facility complete with dialysis
machines.”
DILG MIMAROPA Regional Director James Fadrilan
DILG Regional Director James Fadrilan, who graced the occasion,
remarked that he was amused to hear the public exchange between the two candidates
for mayor of the town, namely Madla and board member Allan Nepomuceno, who both
made statements to the effect that they would not allow their long-time
friendship to be affected by local politics. In jest, Madla expressed his
willingness to support an idea apparently hatched by board member Melecio Go, for
both mayoralty candidates to go out of town, preferably to a foreign country, a
month before the election provided Go would fully shoulder their expenses.
Upon hearing this, Nepomuceno, rushed to the mayor’s side who was delivering his
speech and raised the mayor’s hand with the victory sign as if in surrender to
the delight of the audience.
Cong. Lord Allan Velasco
Congressman Lord Allan Velasco also graced the occasion to convey
his congratulations and continued support to the mayor and members of the
Sangguniang Bayan.Vice-Governor Antonio Uy, Jr. also conveyed his remarks. The Most Reverend Bishop of Boac, Reynaldo G. Evangelista
came to bless the inauguration of the two impressive buildings, Boac’s newest landmarks.
One of the municipio's stunning staircases
View of the Boac Cathedral from the third floor
Also inaugurated was the new Boac Fire Station in Brgy. Santol
