Maribojoc Mayor Romulo Manuta (inset, upper right corner) expresses his hopes and aspirations, including his joys over the success of projects in his town. On Dec. 21, 2023, he dubbed the day’s activity as: “Celebrating community champions”. This was a day of honoring the barangays that surpassed expectations, reaching the 1% target in blood donors for the year 2022 and blood donor galloners. The mayor said: “Together, we make a life-saving impact! Thank you and Congratulations to the Blood Excellence Awardees: Barangay Anislag and Barangay Toril; to the Blood Donor Galloners: Mr. Sandeep Maskey, and Mr. Nelson Borcelas. Contributed photo