The Foundling of the City of La Carlota

Is it left to oblivion? The people of La Carlota seem to confuse when to celebrate it.

La Carlota is anciently known as Simantas or Mangkas. It's a barrio under the jurisdiction of Tinubagan, a neighboring town now known as San Enrique. It's formally established as a separate town in 1871 and named as Carlota in honor of the wife of a Spanish conquestador Enrique.

La Carlota City Hall

As it progresses in terms of sugarcane business and economy, the concerned town officials led by the late Mayor Jaime Mariño proposed that La Carlota be converted to a city. To this effect, the committee concerned had conducted a hearing on March 14, 1964. It was attended by various businessmen, civic and educational organizations, sugarcane planters and barrio officials. And it's unanimoisly endorsed.

Mayor Jacky's Celebration of Life

(Note: This is a repost of biography of Hon. Luis J. Jalandoni  lll from the leaflet "A Celebration of Life Mayor Jacky Jalandoni.")

Mayor Jacky 

On December 15, 1967, Luis De Jesus Jalandoni lll was born to Luis "Nonoy" Ginete Jalandoni, Jr., scion of notable Jalandoni family of La Carlota City and Corazon Calibo De Jesus of Butuan City. The bouncing baby boy was nicknamed "Lucky" which evolved to "Jucky" or "Jacky". He is the fourth-born child of six siblings, namely, Jeanne Louise, Jolanda Maria Angela, Jan Peter Vincent,  Julie Ann Catherine and Joseph Martin Anthony.

By 1968, Nonoy Jalandoni became the City Mayor and the family home in Hda. Cristina would always be filled with people. Jacky himself doing sports,  especially football where he excelled the most as a defense winger.

The passing away of Mayor Jacky: the Man of Commitment

The Mayor 

Some of the people of La Carlota City were shocked of receiving messages in their messenger that Mayor Jacky died.

I was shocked of receiving that message too. I would like to confirm it for it might be a fake news. I asked personally some of my friends even tricycle drivers. And they had known it known it too.

I went to the plaza in the afternoon. There I saw the Philippine flag is hoisted half-staff. It's only raised that way to show respect for a person who died especially a government officials like the mayor.

Then I was convinced. I felt sorry about it.

NIR IV Youth Summit 2016: The Making of a Hero Continues

Nation of Heroes 4, the DepEd NIR Youth Formation Summit sums up its 3-day gathering with the theme, "Batang Bayani: Bahagi Ako ng Pagbabago" at La Carlota City, Negros Occidental.

More than 4,000 elementary and high school students participated in this summit in providing them knowledge, skills to enhance their management and leadership capability. The officers of the supreme pupil government for the elementary and the supreme student government for the secondary are trained to come up with feasible programs and projects (PAPS) in consonance with the present government thrusts.

The Journey Continues to Salamanca ES as School Principal

From Cainaman Elementary School, I was transferred to Salamanca Elementary School. This is my second school assignment and it is my first school to handle as a school principal.

Well, I left Cainaman Elementary School with a broken heart. One of my old building was caught by fire due to a faulty wiring according to the report of the Fire Department officer. It started from our property room, near the classroom of Mrs. Teresita Montales, The property room was the safe storage of our condemnable books and some units of school equipment. Those that were kept inside the room including the 80 pieces of plywood to be used in the spot repair of the classroom and ceilings were all consumed by a night fire.

White Christmas in La Carlota City

City Hall Facade

Believe it or not. Everyone who happens to visit La Carlota City this year, particularly in December, may be in awe to see for himself that though Philippines belongs to a tropical zone, but there white Christmas in the small city of La Carlota.

White Christmas is the motif for this annual month-long celebration of La Carlota City, which has become now a tradition among the Mangkasanon, ancient native of La Carlota.

Yuletide seasons could bring so many worthwhile happenings in everyone's life especially the family, the kids, the parents and even those in-laws.

In our country Philippines, Filipino are used to observe Christmas with a lot of traditional practices like Simbang Gabi, caroling, party.

'Making Every Endeavor a Channel of Peace'

Let's give peace a chance by making every endeavor a channel of peace suggested La Carlota City Councilor Jacky Jalandoni in his message in a simple rites conducted recently by the city government of La Carlota to celebrate the 8th national peace month of September.

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The ceremony dubbed as "Lighting a candle for peace" is solemnly done to truthfully reveal how the Mangkasanon, the legendary inhabitants of La Carlota upheld peace, which eventually has made the city, "a peaceful place to live in."

This was one the activities of the city government of La Carlota to celebrate the peace month that reminds everyone the importance of peace especially there's ongoing "peace process" between the rebel group and the government. 

September is chosen by the PH government as the peace month for there were several significant milestone in the history of pursuing the peace process in the country as stated in Proclamation No. 675, declaring the month of September 2004 and every year thereafter as "National Peace Consciousness Month".

On Environment: Stop Finger Pointing. Do Your Share!

Unavoidably it is very alarming the effect of climate change to people's lives or anything that exists as pointed out in the environment forum held recently at La Carlota City, attended by the representatives of government agencies, the education sector,and others.

Seruelo, PEMO Info Officer

As a result of research paper writing skill by some environmentalists or scholars, reliable and dependable facts tell the real situation of the country and even the world.

The world is getting warmer, hotter, and dangerous for the people to live for climate change couldn't be stopped.

"50% of the Filipinos depend in agriculture. 50% of the Filipinos depend on seafood as their primary source of protein," the research showed.

Ms. Olive H. Seruelo, Provincial Environment Management Office (PEMO) information officer comprehensively deliberated all these things on her lecture on climate change.

"Climate change is here," she said and presented "life-threatening" impacts of climate change to major areas of people's existence. She also discussed the effect of green house gases (GHG) which contributed by the following factors such as Agriculture - 32%, Industry - 10%, Waste - 9%, and Energy - 49%.

Long Live PH Independence!

Mallorca

Freedom is not hindered by imperfection. This is true. This line of thought has set the tone of the national historical commemoration of the 114th PH Independence in the particular small city of La Carlota this morning.

"I'm not perfect. No one is. But I will not my imperfection hinders of what is good and what is right." served as the guiding maxim to everyone who is attending the separate 114th Philippine Independence celebration in La Carlota city.

This is the proverbial section of the last part of the introduction of Portia M. Mallorca, OIC-schools division superintendent of La Carlota as the speaker as read by Lady Florence B. Poblete who introduced her.

What's New in La Carlota Pasalamat Festival?

Let's Go La Carlota! The city of beauty and dance!

La Carlota Pasalamat is an annual thanksgiving festival of the Mangkasanon, the native of La Carlota for a bountiful harvest they have in the whole year. It was conceptualized by the late La Carlota City Mayor "Nonoy" Jalandoni who introduced his signature samba beat for the festival.

La Carlota is popularly known as the drum-beating city of beauty and dance, home of the oldest and most prominent sugar mills in the province, fierce fighting cocks, a dream for nature lover, and birthplace of the three world [boxing] champions.

La Carlota Guintubdan Visitor's Pavilion, a Place for Lovers Too

Inaugurated recently, the Guintubdan Visitor's Pavillon and Garden in Brgy. Ara-al, La Carlota City, is one of the tourist destinations of the Province [of Negros Occidental]. Overlooking its top are clean and green botanical garden, ornamental plants, hybrid flowers, waterfalls, spring water, among others.

It is furnished with tourist class amenities like rooms, beds, viewing center for meetings and conferences. It is also ideal for overnight stay with a cool, cozy atmosphere enhanced with clean, green landscape environs.

Delivering her message at the inauguration of GVP, La Carlota City Mayor Juliet Marie D. Ferrer relayed her personal attachment to the place, "This a place close to my heart, the place where Congressman Jeffrey P. Ferrer told me how he felt about me."