By Mortz C. Ortigoza
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – The newly assumed mayor here will
continue the twin programs of his immediate predecessor, his plan to reduce
the number of employees, and the construction of infrastructures like a new
abattoir and livestock facility.
Mayor Kevin Roy Macanlalay cited how neat the material recovery facility (MRF) and the tidiness of town as legacies left by Mayor Mamilyn Caramat who passed away in January 6 this year.
NEWLY MINTED Calasiao Mayor Mayor Kevin Q. Roy Macanlalay (right, photo) and his older sister and Municipal Administrator Roma Q. Macanlalay. |
“Sa ngayon nagiikot
ako sa ibat ibang mga government departments natin medyo okay naman. Nagpaplano
tayo ng kaunting adjustment para mbawasan iyong mga problema sa opisina,” he
told Northern Watch Newspaper for his
first media interview since becoming a mayor by operation of law when Caramat
died in January 6. Macanlalay was elected as vice mayor in May 9 election last year as tandem of Caramat.
The decision to downsize the number of workers was based on
the reduction by P41 million of the national tax allotment (NTA) – the precursor
of the internal revenue allotment (IRA) - from the national government this
year to this first class town’s 2023 budget.
This thriving municipality – one of the richest towns in the
province of Pangasinan – contented itself with a budget of P380 million this
year.
After the first slaughterhouse was converted to the offices
of the agriculture and municipal environment and the construction of the second
abattoir in Barangay Nagsaing was stopped by then Mayor Joseph Bauzon because
of the opposition of the residence of the village, Macanlalay said his
administration will construct another slaughter house and a livestock facility to the still undisclosed location.
The Bauzon Administration borrowed P35 million in the bank for
the slaughter house in Brgy. Nagsaing.
“Iyon ang papalitan
natin. Ililipat natin gagawin natin iyong slaughter house. Kailangan iyan. Ang
gagawin sa slaughter house ang nakita ko ay property ng municipyo. Slaughter
house ang kalahati katabi livestock”.
Macanlalay was lukewarm on the plan of the previous
administration particularly its agriculture chief to convert the abattoir in
Brgy. Nagsaing as home for the propagation of piglets.
“Iyang babuyan na iyan
pinagaaralan namin dahil hindi ko alam kung feasible siya. Paanakan ang LGU ang
may ari. Ang hirap niyan negosyo iyan magbubuhay ka ng baboy”.
The venture on piglets’ propagation would be funded by the
Department of Agriculture.
Macanlalay said he will lobby for funds in the offices of
the national government in Manila for the construction of another slaughter
house.
“Oo sa susunod na
weeks may mga nakausap na rin tayong kaibigan. Alam po naman ninyo iyong naging
kaibigan ng pamilya natin diyan sa itaas na puede nating lapitan. Ipakita lang
naman natin iyan e. Talagang kailangan ng Calasiao ang slaughter house”.
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