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Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Governor among Caloy’s victims, downed by fever
Typhoon Caloy failed to stop the governor from holding the Suroy-Suroy sa Sugbo and dancing in the rain with tourists in Bantayan town, but the activity also gave Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia her first ever illness since she assumed governor in 2004.
Garcia defied aching muscles and the advice of people around her and proceeded with her hectic schedule last Monday, the day after the three-day Suroy-Suroy that brought her and tourists to Cebu’s northernmost tip.
The governor, though, went down with fever yesterday, and was forced to miss a visit to a northwestern town and three other meetings.
17-town sked
She went home at around 10 p.m. last Sunday after capping the 17-town tourism activity with a program in Liloan, and yet was scheduled to arrive at 8 a.m. in the western town of Balamban Monday.
After her appointment in Balamban, she proceeded to the southeast towns of Boljoon and the mountain barangay of Mantalongon, Dalaguete where she gave financial assistance checks and insurance for members of the place’s Lupong Tagapamayapa.
Balamban is 69.9 kilometers west of Cebu City, while Boljoon is 103 kilometers.
From there, she still went to the other end of Cebu, the western seaboard town of Moalboal for the distribution of financial assistance and coronation of Miss Moalboal that had her going home to Cebu City at midnight.
Yesterday was the first time she missed a scheduled trip to the towns. Before going with the Suroy-Suroy, she also had a full day’s schedule of appointments in the northwestern town of Tabuelan, which is 87 kilometers from the city.
“This is really very frustrating! What a waste of time. Bantay lag makabarog nako (Wait until I get back on my feet),” she said of her rest yesterday.
She was supposed to go to Tubigagmanok, Asturias yesterday morning for a medical mission and to turn over a vehicle.
She also was not able to preside over yesterday afternoon’s meeting of the Local School Board and the Economic Enterprise Council, which tackled the questions raised against the financial capability of the company that won the bidding for a province-owned lot in Banilad at P1.8 billion.
The Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority, of which she is a member of the board, also had a special meeting yesterday. The authority is facing a Civil Service Commission order that wants Airport Manager Adelberto Yap out.
Garcia is also likely to miss her scheduled visit to Malabuyoc, Barili and Dumanjug today. (JPM)
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