Balilihan Mayor Pureza Veloso-Chatto (4th from right) poses with the guests from the National Library of the Philippines (NLP) after the activity on April 24, 2024 where the NLP Director Cesar Gilbert Adriano handed over the Plaque of Recognition to the 1st Congressional Library in Balilihan as one of the Top 10 Performing Libraries of the Philippines for the second time! Congratulations! This 1st District Congressional Library was established in 2008 – an initiative of Congressman Edgar Chatto during his first set of terms as House Representative of the district. “The underserved areas should have ready access to library services”, the congressman, then, said. Through House Bill No. 2666 filed by Cong. Edgar Chatto, the library is now fully national attached to the National Library of the Philippines with budget allocation in the GAA. Contributed photo
Balilihan Mayor Pureza Chatto-Veloso (in photo) said on April 19, 2024: “Gihimo nato ang groundbreaking breaking ceremony sa concreting project sa Road leading to Nature’s Gem sa Barangay Cogon, Balilihan – a project under the Tourism Infrastructure Program funded through the General Appropriations Act (GAA) in the amount of P50M. Thank you, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)! Thank you, Congressman Edgar Chatto! Contributed photo