As I wrote the piece on Lugus, Sulu, and the role of roads to peace-building, I remembered Dr. Eddie Dorotan, the multi-awarded mayor of Irosin, Sorsogon. Through his visionary Integrated Area Development Program, Dok Eddie initiated a series of developmental projects that have had a lasting impact on the municipality and its people. https://polevu.com/2023/11/23/from-gun-slingers-to-motorcycle-drivers-and-the-opening-of-roads-to-peace-in-lugus-sulu/?page_id=2823 A … Continue reading Roads to peace
Category: local governance
Casiguran operates “Libreng Sakay” buses
"If you cannot beat them, let them ride the bus." This is the approach of the local government unit of Casiguran, Sorsogon headed by Mayor Edwin "Boboy" Hamor to regulate the influx of market-goers. The LGU deployed a bus from Barangay Boton to Casiguran Public Market and from Barangay Casay to Casiguran Public Market. Passenger … Continue reading Casiguran operates “Libreng Sakay” buses
A taste of Limay, nata wara sa Albay?
A few days ago, I visited Bataan upon an invitation of a friend. One of the areas he brought me to was the Municipality of Limay, a First Class municipality with a population of 68,071. It was, at first impression, an ordinary town somehow similar to Polangui or even Daraga both in Albay and I … Continue reading A taste of Limay, nata wara sa Albay?

