THE City Government has honored six best employees who have shown dedication and commitment to the service during a Mayor's Ball, highlighting the 77th Charter Day celebration last August 25.
The best City Government employees for 2014 are Alfredo Villanueva, chief of the City Social Welfare and Development Office; Marilyn Dacudao, statistician of the City Planning and Development Office; Inigo Garingalao, executive director of the Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST); Ma. Odeta Villaruel of the City Health Office; Darwin Joemil Papa of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council; and Rose Marie Nicolas of the General Services Office.
The Pride of Iloilo are Leonor Abanilla, owner and founder of Punta Villa Resort, city venue of conferences and seminars; and Manuel Villa, chairman of the Iloilo Cultural Heritage Foundation Inc., the city’s private sector partner in the restoration of heritage buildings along the Calle Real, which was recently declared as a national historical and heritage zone.
Villa is also the chairman of the Iloilo Paraw Foundation that spearheads the annual staging of the Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival, considered the biggest sailboat race in the entire Asia.
Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said the City is recognizing people who have contributed to make Iloilo City great. (LCP)