Dauis mayor Marietta Sumaylo had a meeting on Nov. 3, 2021, with key people to discuss new projects including a tourist attraction that is going to host majority of Badjao members, a report sent to The Bohol Tribune says.

In attendance during the said meeting were the Imam Mario Coham of the Badjao tribe, representatives of the National Housing Authority, the Department of Justice, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

The proposed project is eyed to be located in Totolan, Dauis. More details about the plan are going to be revealed in the coming days, according to the report.

The Dauis mayor also inaugurated the Dauis Birthing Center located just beside the new Dauis Municipal Hall. The occasion coincided with the birth of a baby boy inside the center named Baby Bullanday.The birthing center’s services are going to be free for Dauis residents. The center has complete equipment and personnel and will officially open to the public as soon as it receives its license from the Department of Health which is currently pending. The center will cater to normal deliveries, the report adds.

In a comment, Dauis businessman Cylwin Bomediano wishes the town will have its own hospital to which, the mayor agrees and hopes the dream for a Dauis-based hospital will materialize.

Mayor Sumaylo and Liga ng mga Barangay-Dauis chapter President Josever Sumaylo also held a meeting last week with residents of Purok 7 Bingag, Dauis to begin the construction of a new cemented barangay road in the area which shares a boundary with Tangnan, Panglao.

The meeting was also attended by Bingag Barangay Captain Rey Bomediano, and other Bingag barangay officials, Dauis Sangguniang Bayan members Violee Dano, Vieto Racho, Ian Joel Bomediano, Rhea Marie Pon, and Eric Aranjuez.

Liga ng mga Barangay Dauis chapter president Josever Sumaylo (inset at upper left corner and encircled at extreme right) joins the residents of Purok 7, barangay Bingag discussing a road project following the donation of lots to the local government unit of Dauis. The road is located at the boundary of Tangnan in Panglao town. Contributed photo

Dauis mayor Marietta Sumaylo (inset at lower left corner and encircled 6th from left) poses with attendees of a meeting that discussed the establishment of a tourism area at the Badjao community of Dauis town. Contributed photo

Dauis mayor Marietta Sumaylo (right) carries a newborn baby who is the first infant delivered in the local government unit (LGU)-owned birthing center as the baby’s mother (left) looks on. The baby boy is named Baby Bullanday. The birthing center will be officially operational soon once it obtains its license from the Department of Health.  Contributed photo