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Tigbauan Health Center services are temporarily being transferred to the new Public Market to give way for the construction of the new Tigbauan Health Center. Please bear with us.
Ten additional barangays availed Botika ng Barangay Project of Mayor James Excelsior M. Torres in cooperation of the Department of Health. This is to ensure the accessibility and affordability of quality medicines of baragays.
Last May 12, 2010, the RHU received assorted Medical Supplies from Filipino Nurses Association in California, USA. This is thru the effort of Marrietta Tumasis Garcia and Maricor Tendero both TIGBAUANON working abroad.
A new rescue boat had been acquired for the use of Tigbauan Emergency Responders (TIGERS). The same boat will also be utilized by our Bantay-Dagat team.
Massive vote-buying questions the integrity of the recent local election.
Construction of hanging bridge connecting Brgy. Dorong-an to the town proper is on its half-way mark.
The new Tigbauan Public Market is now ready for occupancy. Kindly visit the Office of the Mayor for Details.
Our town plaza is now a "wi-fi" area where all tigbauanons can browse the web for free.
Our town has acquired new vehicles: a double cab truck for the office of engineering & a brand new heavy duty garbage compactor.
A brand new fully-equipped Ambulance was also solicited by our Hon. Mayor from the PCSO. Likewise, a brand new pick up patrol for our police force was also solicited from the PNP courtesy of Gen. Versoza.
21 sets of brand new computers were turned over by the Office of the President to the Barosong National High School. The same number of computers were given to Dapdap National High School thru the efforts of the Office of the Mayor led by Mayor James Excelsior Torres, Mrs. Lizza Torres and Mr. Wendell Tamorite with assistance from Mrs. Florinda Osorio, Phd.
Our town is now a 2nd Class Municipality.
Watch out for the opening of Tigbauan e-center, a free for all internet browsing intended for research.

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EXECUTIVE MEETS EXECUTIVE

Former Makati Mayor Jejomar C. Binay is shown in this photo when he visited the Municipality of Tigbauan in the province of Iloilo last May 27, 2009.

During his visit the Hon. Mayor of Makati had a dialogue with our beloved Mayor James Excelsior M. Torres, Vice Mayor Roel Jarina and the SB Members. They discussed about a possible sisterhood between the Municipality of Tigbauan and the City of Makati. The said agreement might be formalized on the 15th-16th of June during the visit of Mayor Torres in Makati City.

Mayor Jejomar Binay in currently the frontrunner in the race for the Vice Presidency of the Republic of the Philippines.

THE NEW TIGBAUAN PUBLIC MARKET

Phase 1 of the new Tigbauan Public Market have been finished and are ready for occupancy. Final rates for the lease of the available spaces are being ironed out so that stall holders can transfer to the new building as soon as bidding is over.

Ten additional barangays availed Botika ng Barangay Project of Mayor James Excelsior M. Torres in cooperation of the Department of Health. This is to ensure the accessibility and affordability of quality medicines of baragays. The following ten barangays :
1.    Brgy. Barroc
2.    Brgy. Buyu-an
3.    Brgy. Lubog
4.    Brgy. Dorong-an
5.    Brgy. Namocon
6.    Brgy. San Rafael
7.    Brgy. Bitas
8.    Brgy. Bantud
9.    Brgy. Nagba
10.    Brgy. 3

The New Senior Citizens Building

The newly constructed Senior Citizen's Building. One of the projects of Mayor Excel aimed in giving importance to the rights and needs of our elderly kasimanwas.

ASSORTED MEDICAL SUPPLIES DONATED TO RHU BY KIND HEARTED TIGBAUANON

Last May 12, 2010, the RHU received assorted Medical Supplies from Filipino Nurses Association in California, USA. This is thru the effort of Marrietta Tumasis Garcia and Maricor Tendero both TIGBAUANON working abroad. This is the second time the group donated Medical Supplies to the Rural Health Unit for the benefit of fellow Tigbauanon.

RS2 Software Group (Brgy.Tanpael)

was established in 1989 by two senior international banking executives. Their vision was that technological advances would reduce dependence on large mainframes. Consequently, they developed a retail banking system emphasizing a Card Management Solution by utilizing industry standard client-server- based technology. Their first installation was for a commercial bank in southern Europe, the same year as the group was established. For nearly 20 years, RS2 Software Group focused on the development and implementation of client/server Card Management Systems under the trade name "Bankworks'. During this period, RS2 Software Group's clients have benefited by having access to broad-based software solutions incorporated in "bankworks" covering all aspects of open architecture information technology. The quality and market acceptance of " bankwoprks" has resulted in a rapid increase in the number of sytems installations worldwide. Concurently, the group's position as a leading and reliable global supplier of card management syetems software has been established. Over 80 banks and service providers dotting more than 30 countries worldwide currently utilize "bankworks".

TWO INDUSTRIAL TRACTORS AND A 6-WHEELER DUMP TRUCK WERE ACQUIRED BY OUR MUNICIPALITY THRU MAYOR JAMES EXCELSIOR M. TORRES. THESE TRACTORS CAN BE RENTED BY OUR FARMERS THRU THEIR COOPERATIVES TO MAXIMIZE THE PRODUCTION CAPABILITY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FARMS.

Rare Megamouth Shark #26 Stranded In Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines

A female megamouth shark 504 cm long and about 1 ton in weight was stranded on the beach of Barangay Namocon, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines around 5 pm on 4 November 2004. SEAFDEC FishWorld was informed of the stranding the next morning. I immediately recognized the very rare megamouth, and my heart skipped a beat. The megamouth is a recent scientific discovery, the first one having been caught off Hawaii in 1976 and described as Megachasma pelagios by L. Taylor, L. Compagno, and Struhsaker in 1983. The one stranded in Namocon is the third recorded in the Philippines, and only the 26th specimen recorded from around the world, according to Dr. George H. Burgess, Director of the Florida Program for Shark Research, Florida Museum of Natural History (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu). The formalin-preserved carcass is now specimen AQDM2004 of the fish collection of FishWorld at the Tigbauan Main Station of the SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department.

NAKAHIBALO BALA KAMO?

Ni Mr. Wendell T. Tamorite

NAKAHIBALO BALA KAMO NGA ANG TIGBAUAN NAKILALA SANG UNA NGA MAY PINAKAMAYO KAG DYURABLI NGA TELA? INI AMO ANG LOMPOTES NGA GINAHABOL SANG MGA KABABAIHAN SANG TIGBAUAN. SANG 1500 - 1700 INI NGA TELA NAGING BANTUG KAG NAKILALA SA ACAPULCO FAIR SA MEXICO. SI FR. CHIRINO NAGPAHAYAG NGA MAY YARA ISA KA ENCOMIENDERO, POSIBLE NGA SI CAPT. ESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ DE FIGUEROSA, NAGA KITA SANG P150,000.00 SA MALIP OT NGA TION NGA IYA INI GINABALIGYA SA LUWAS SANG PUNGSOD PAAGI SA "MANILA GALLEONS".
NAKAHIBALO BALA KAMO NGA ANG APELYEDO SANG MGA TUMANDOK SANG TIGBAUAN SANG UNA NAGASUGOD SA NAGAKALAIN LAIN NGA LETRA? TION SADTO NI KAPITAN BASILIO TEODORO SANG 1851 GIN PROMULGAR NGA ANG TANAN NGA APELYEDO SANG TUMANDOK SANG TIGBAUAN MAGASUGOD SA LETRA NGA "T". GANI HASTA SUBONG GINAPATIHAN NGA KUNG IMO APELYEDO NAGASUGOD SA LETRA NGA "T", IKAW ISA KA TUMANDOK SANG TIGBAUAN.
KAHIBALO BALA KAMO NGA SANG 1904, ANG GRUPO SANG MGA INTELEHENTE NGA MGA AMERIKANO NAGKARI SA BRGY. NAMOCON AGUD MAGPATINDUG SANG ISA KA ESKWELAHAN? BANGUD SANG PAGKAPANATIKO SA RELIHIYON NGA KATOLIKO SANG MGA PUMULUYO, ILA GINABATO KUN GAB E ANG MGA PROTESTANTE NGA MGA DUMULUONG. INI ANG NAG TULOD SA ILA SA PAGSAYLO SSA DUMAGUETE, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL. DIDTO NILA GIN TUKOD AND ISA KA ESKWELAHAN NGA KILALA SA SUBONG BILANG SILIMAN UNIVERSITY.
KAHIBALO BALA KAMO NGA ANG BANWA SANG TIGBAUAN ANG NAGING LUGAR SANG PINAKAUNA NGA ESKWELAHAN KAG DORMITORYO SA PILIPINAS NGA GIN TUKOD NI PADRE PEDRO CHIRINO, S.J. SANG TUIG 1592?

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A SYMBOL OF PEACE NOW RISES AT TIGBAUAN

A Day Care Center and a school building, two structures built in Barangay Cansilayan, Tigbauan, Iloilo now epitomizes the symbol of peace.

These infrastructure projects were the result of the consultations made from the people themselves who identified what their priority needs were to uplift their condition.

Barangay Cansilayan was identified under the RPA-ABB peace agreement as a peace and development area. It has a population of 338 and agriculture is the only means of livelihood.

The barangay folks were grateful because while the building could only cater for Grade one pupils as of now, the children were saved from a long walk to attend school. They hope that another building for Grade 2 will soon be put up.

Presidential Assistant for Western Visayas, Raul Banias said during the inauguration that the two structures which symbolize peace in the said barangay, will help serve as a step to educate “our children and build the culture of peace in the community”.

PA Banias said that under the Kalayaan Barangay Program of the government, more than 80 projects in 36 barangays in Western Visayas are implemented and “this is a commitment of the government under the peace process with the RPA-ABB”.

He also acknowledged the support of the United Nations Development fund Program and the engineering brigade of the 3rdInfantry Division of the Philippine Army.

Ms. Carmel Pami-Ulanday, director of the Official Development Assistance Support Unit said that other projects undertaken by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace process are loated in Badiangan- a water system, San Joaquin- school building, Leon- formation of the Barangay Peace Development Councils.

Present during the inauguration of the day care center and school building were local officials of Tigbauan, Iloilo headed by Mayor James Excelsior M. Torres.

BAGS FOR EXCELLENT EDUCATION

Education is one of the main thrusts of the administration of Mayor Excel Torres.

The students of Tigbauan Central Elementary School and Tigbauan National High School were surprised by the said mayor during his visit together with his wife and Executive Assistant Mrs. Ma. Lizza Fajardo Torres, Community Affairs Officer, Mrs. Linda Fe T. Camiña, Information officer, Mr. Kenny Arias, and Private Secretary, Mr. Wendell T. Tamorite, to distribute school bags. The administration of Mayor Excel Torres will be giving out 4,675 pcs to cover the entire Municipality of Tigbauan.

"Sugod lang kita anay sa bag kag akon tinguhaon nga sa sunod nga tuig maysulode na ini nga mga school supplies" delivered by Mayor Torres during his speeches in both schools. He added "Limited ang aton LSB Fund to accomodate sang aton gusto nga mga proyekto para sa aton mga eskwelahan gani bag lang anay ang aton masarangan."

Hope that this project of Mayor Excel Torres will be valued by our students as he valued education placing it as one of his major thrusts in his administration.