Constantino gears more on fiscal management, developments

A new beginning, for my last and final term   – Last termer Mayor Reynaldo F. Constantino announce Friday, his plan to quit from politics after his final day of office ends by 2016, amid a recently held oath taking ceremony for newly elected municipal officials in Malungon, Sarangani. (JoJo Gocotano – MALUNGON INFORMATION OFFICE).

For God and my people – Reelected Mayor Reynaldo F. Constantino swears to uphold a legacy of good governance as he took oath for his third and final term Friday in Malungon, Sarangani Province. With the chief executive on stage are (L-R) better half Roselyn, Mom Delia, and daughters Cristina Lapaz-Constantino and Atty. Ma. Tessa 'cute' Constantino. (Isagani Palma – MALUNGON INFORMATION OFFICE).

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MALUNGON, Sarangani – The reelected Mayor Reynaldo 'Bongbong' Constantino will focus his last and final term on fiscal management and other developmental schemes that will serve as a legacy of good housekeeping in Malungon, Sarangani Province.

                

Constantino, in his third inaugural speech Friday has presented before several thousand listeners,  what his administration did in the past six years for the good of the locals, that eventually transformed Malungon town into a leader of progress and development in Sarangani.

                

“We are now enjoying reality as identical to what we have envisioned in the yesteryears. An obtrusive certainty that you yourselves had became living witnesses on how Malungon was developed from a third class to first class municipality, since I took office in 2007. And here we are today. A holder of so many national and local awards including the prestigious seal of good housekeeping, which serve as a mirage of aspiration for every local chief executive in the over 1, 490 towns that comprises the entire country,” Constantino said.

                

Constantino delivered his message to highlight the oath taking ceremony of the newly elected municipal officials, graced by no less Sarangani Rep. Manny D. Pacquiao, outgoing Gov. Miguel A. Dominguez, then vice governor and recently elected Governor Steve C. Solon, members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, the judiciary headed by Justice on Wheels (JOW) and RTC executive Judge Oscar P. Noel, 1002nd Army Brigade commander Col. Marcos Norman Flores, Sarangani police director Sr. Supt. Edwin Minion, distinguished guests and over a thousand spectators in Malandag Gymnasium of the said municipality.

                

Constantino also stressed profound gratitude and acknowledgements for all the contributions, personal support, and efforts of the congressman which uplifted Malungon town into where it is today.

                

“The main person who contributed much for the betterment of this municipality is our unopposed Congressman Pacquiao. Through him, no infrastructure program has been ignored such as barangay gymnasiums, sunken arena and farm to market roads, including the ongoing 4-lane road construction here in Malandag and in Brgy. Poblacion.  And aside, I would also like to thank our honorable outgoing Governor Migs for all the assistance that the provincial government had given my town in the past nine years,” Constantino said.

                

Six years ago, the Constantino administration was fueled up with a ‘HEARTS’ battle cry, which was aimed at hastening the programs on Health and Nutrition, Education, Agriculture, Reforestation and reform governance, Tourism and Special Projects.

                

Today, as being the only land locked municipality among the seven towns of Sarangani, our Malungon, under its banner program in Agriculture, has been ranked as one of the top leading producers of various farm produce not only here in province, but particularly even to its neighboring towns, cities and provinces in the SOCSARGEN growth areas. It also leads in the delivery of ample health services due to the unwavering implementation of its weekly ‘Lingap sa Barangay’ program, and continuous distribution of LGU-paid Philhealth cards even at the utmost part of town.

                

It is also a consistent banner awardee in terms of addressing malnutrition, in both regional and national-held competitions.

                

The Municipal Social Welfare Office (MSWDO) has also been awarded, in two consecutive years, as the most outstanding MSWDO by the Association of Local Social Welfare Development Officers in the Philippines Inc (ALSWDOPI) in Davao City on April 27, 2012 and Legaspi, Albay on May 25, 2013.

                 

On its learning drive, from only 56 public primary and elementary schools in year 2007, Malungon now have already established 69 public schools, 7 integrated schools with 6 still in the making - and 10 national high schools.

                

Under its college education support programs, the local government has already produced 187 graduates and is presently supporting some 235 college students in various colleges and universities at the nearby cities of General Santos, Davao and even in Cebu.

                

The Constantino administration also have the most numbered locally-paid teachers at 74, and currently stretching for more in a bid to augment the need of educators in the higher valleys, and the newly opened schools as well.

                

“I am optimistic that this municipality will be gaining more success in the next three years, under the new leadership of Gov.  Solon and Vice Gov. Jinkee Jamora-Pacquiao, who are both with us in the People’s Champ Movement,” Constantino said. (Isagani Palma – MALUNGON INFORMATION OFFICE).