My Hometown Will Soon Become a City
Posted by Ayel | Posted in Current Events, Features, Sarangani | Posted on 01-11-2008
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I HAVE been contemplating to write a post about this two weeks ago but I had been very busy (an understatement) so I’m writing about it only now.
It’s true, our municipal officials, led by our Vice-Mayor Vic Paul Salarda, are preparing the necessary documents for our town’s cityhood. Two weeks ago, it was officially announced at the municipal hall. They are seeing to it that before the the congress opens this November, all the documents shall have been submitted.
There is no question about Alabel being qualified as a city. Even the Mayor of the nearby General Santos City agrees with it. On TV, he said that in terms of income, land area, and population, Alabel is ready to become a city.
So am I excited about it? Amused is more apt, I guess.
I roamed around to see if the place is really ready to become a city. The public market, a mega-market according to the signboard, is still under construction.
1. A hospital – we all have to run to GenSan to find a hospital
2. A drainage system — you know, it always floods here
3. A unified public transport terminal — all the jeepneys and multicabs in our town all goes to GenSan, the only one route, but there exists several terminals that move from one place to another
4. A wharf — we have a power plant here that runs on oil but there is nowhere for the tanker to dock
Probably, there’s more that our town has to have. Maybe when it becomes a city and receives a bigger allocation from the government, it can afford to put up such installations.
I’m still studying the pros and cons of our town’s becoming a city.
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…its good to hear the news.
at last Alabel, magiging city na..
good news from the south:)
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wow! tagasyudad ka na nyan sir ayel…
congrats sa alabel!
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Hmmm, I don’t know. Murag mingaw man kaayo diha para maging city. And as you have mentioned too, kulang pa sa mga facilities. Opinions ko lang ha?
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hi, ark! ganyan din tanng ng karamihan. Kahit kami, we could only compare our quaint little town to GenSan. But who knows, all these progress will pour in once it bcomes a city?
Thanks for dropping by!
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cguro abot na ng alabel ung mga requirements para maging city (income, etc.)
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Ey,tanchi! Yeah, abot n. Tnx 4 dr0ppin by.
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Mo approve gani ko sir Ayel sa comment ni sir Ark…… It’s too early yet Alabel to become a City….. Pero boto ako kung sa ining paagiha mas molambo ang Alabel, then lets hope and pray for this move by our local officials led by vice Salarda to succeed…….afterall kita ra man pod nga taga Alabel ang maka benepisyo ani di ba?
(Sir, this is my first time to visit your site….I was actually visiting Sir Avel’s Bariles Republic when I glanced your site………actually, i’m proud that somebody from my hometown-Alabel like you is making a site such as this, this makes me able to have a bit of information about my hometown even if i’m working here abroad—– CONGRATULATIONS and more POWER TO YOU !!!)
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Thanks, Ram! Welcome to my blog! I’m glad you’re looking forward to read about our hometown. Now that means I have to be posting more often about our town. I’m contemplating on building a site for Alabel…hmmm…
Have fun, there!
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That will be too good if you make it a reality !!! Invite me Sir ha kung naka build ka na ng site for Alabel……….
Good Luck and God Bless you………
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alabel deserves to be a component city in sarangani province
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ayel Reply:
December 4th, 2008 at 4:48 am
@sydney257 -
I have fervent hope that our town will one day become a city.
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My parents are from Alabel, and many of my relatives are mostly in the agri business, my cousin was once a #1 councilor of Alabel…I spent many summers there as a kid kasi my parents have a farm there. So I am proud to see how it has grown from what it was 20 years ago…
Amie s last blog post..Who Can We Turn To?
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ayel Reply:
February 25th, 2009 at 10:54 am
@Amie, hi! Cn0ng councilor yun? Thanks for ur c0mment. The mega market is alm0st c0mplete n0w. There are other signs of pr0gress here, t0o. I wish i cud blog about them, t0o!
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