Panglao LGU gathers members of LGBTQIAP
Some members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Questioning Intersex Asexual Pansexual (LGBTQIAP) community, also known as the LGBTQIAP group of Panglao, attend the organizational meeting coordinated and organized by the Gender and Development (GAD) focal person and his staff.
The meeting, held on Thursday Oct. 2, 2020 at the Panglao Cultural Center, was presided over by Dr. Arthur Bagcat, Head of GAD.
Panglao Mayor Leonila P. Montero, through the GAD Office, intends to strongly organize all the LGBTQIAP members of Panglao town to identify and assess what livelihood programs would best suit their collective skills and talents.
In a recent radio interview, Dr. Bagcat declared that his office is being allocated 5% worth of financial assistance from the total Municipal Annual Budget. The amount is roughly about P 10 million for the projects and activities lined up for GAD’s target beneficiaries.
The administration of Mayor Montero has been ever supportive to this sector, according to a report from the Municipality of Panglao’s media bureau.
Several members of LGBTQIAP have been successful in their fields. Some have become skillful choreographers, events organizers, expert Hair and make-up artists, welders,among others. They have honed themselves in their respective skills because of the series of training and seminar-workshops which Mayor Montero sponsored for them a few years ago
The attendees of the LGBTQIAP meeting in Panglao show keen interest in the subject matter being discussed.
Rene Boy Hinampas Bongcaras (left) of Panglao and Analyn Utbo Sab (right) of Balilihan this province exchange “I Do’s” before the administering officer, Panglao Mayor Leonila Montero. The civil wedding ceremony took place on Oct. 3, 2020,at the Bohol Sunside Resort, Panglao. Parents, relatives, witnesses, well-wishers, and friends of the newly married couple graced the occasion and gave life to the post wedding reception also held in the same venue. Photo by: Mary Ann Lagnason
Panglao LGU members observe Rosary month
Mayor Leonila P. Montero is launching a daily prayer activity by way of reciting the Holy Rosary every 3:00 p.m at the Panglao Cultural Center, The activity, which started on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, is part of the Catholic Church’s observance of the month of the Holy Rosary, October. In this activity, every office and national agency of LGU Panglao will have its schedule in leading the prayer until the end of the month. Mayor Montero, during this time of great challenge due to the pandemic, is strongly encouraging everyone, especially the Roman Catholics, to join the prayer activity
Panglao (LGU) members gather to pray the Rosary. Photo by Dr. Arthur Bagcat
Members of the local government unit of Panglao celebrate the 100th day of the reopening of the local tourism industry. Photo by: Mary Ann Lagnason
Montero orders cemeteries in Panglao closed from Oct. 29 to Nov. 4
Panglao Mayor Leonila Montero issues Executive Order (EO) No. 26 ordering the closure of cemeteries and similar sites in the said town from Oct. 28 to Nov. 4, 2020.
The mayor said in her EO that was signed on Sept. 24, 2020 that places such as memorial parks, columbariums and other similar places are ordered closed to the public on the said dates.
The EO says that people may be allowed to enter cemeteries on the said dates only for burial purposes.
While inside the cemeteries, the mayor said, people are strictly told to observe the health and safety protocols such as social distancing and wearing of protective equipment as the LGU will also strictly enforce the same rules.