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.

'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".