Balilihan mayor Pureza Chatto (right) hands a crucifix to Paulina Bacule (left) for the latter’s altar in her new house in barangay Cabad. The house was built through the Bayanihan spirit of the town led by the mayor with the municipal officials. The mayor also gave a new set of curtains to Bacule.  Contributed photo.

Balilihan mayor Pureza Chatto (center, seated and facing the two guests) talks to the new acting Chief of Police of Balilihan, Lt. Yolando Bagotchay (left) as Lt. Jefrin Eulogio (right) will go on study leave. The two paid the mayor a courtesy call on March 30, 2021. Contributed photo

Balilihan mayor Pureza Chatto (standing at the middle and facing camera) attends the blessing and Inauguration rites of the Bohol Provincial Plant Nursery  at sitio Campaque, barangay Del Carmen Sur, Balilihan. This project (the center) was materialized through a Memorandum of Agreement between the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Balilihan and the Bohol Provincial Government during the time when incumbent 1st District Congressman Edgar Chatto was  Governor of Bohol. The Provincial Plant Nursery occupies an area of  more than one hectare in the 7-hectare property of the LGU.  The property, was bought  by the LGU sometime in 2014 supposedly for a coconut hub of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA). The site is also the home of the Municipal Plant Nursery, the Municipal Slaughterhouse, and soon, the long- awaited coconut hub of the PCA which will be producing virgin coconut oil (VCO). It will also be in this area where the Coconut Integrated Processing Plant of the Bohol Provincial Government will be situated. The Processing Plant which will be producing cooking oil, vinegar and briquette (charcoal) among others. Contributed photo

Gov. Arthur Yap (standing at extreme right) delivers a speech during the blessing and inauguration of the Bohol Provincial Plant Nursery, the distribution of financial subsidy to day care workers and the distribution of aid to barangays of Balilihan town. The event took place on March 30, 2021. Contributed photo