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Ilocos Norte Vice Governor Angelo Marcos Barba leads the ribbon cutting ceremony on Wednesday, September 3 during the inauguration of Ilocos Norte's newest green building and latest tourism landmark. Also in photo are: Piddig Mayor Eddie Guillen, Father Lorenzo Torreflores of St. Anne Parish, Piddig Vice Mayor Generoso Aquino, ABC president Gina Guillen (also the mayor's wife), and members of the municipal council.
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| Shows the before and after transformation of the old and new municipal hall of Piddig. |
By Leilanie G. Adriano
Staff reporter
Piddig, Ilocos Norte—A two-storey multi-functional building on
a hill side surrounded by tall trees overlooking the Dingras river and
sprawling rice fields and majestic mountains became the latest addition to
Ilocos Norte’s tourism landmark, this time located in the eastern portion of
Ilocos Norte.
Attended by local officials
and heads of national agencies, the new and modern municipal hall building of
Piddig was inaugurated on September 3. It features a one-stop shop gallery of
various offices including sub-offices of national agencies such as the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, Commission on Audit, and postal office including a museum,
eco-library, an FM station with a 40-kilometer radius and a coffee shop to open
soon at the second floor of the old building, the municipal government rehabilitated
to preserve its original structure and parts of the old flooring.
“This is a dream come true
for the people of Piddig. It took us a hard time to realize this green
building,” Piddig Mayor Eduardo “Eddie” Guillen quipped, citing the chimney-type
municipal hall naturally catches the breeze and let the light in through its
white roofing and dome was inspired by Ilocos Norte Governor Ma. Imelda “Imee”
R. Marcos who envisions that all municipal and city buildings in the province
becomes a tourist spot.
Funded by the Department of
Finance, the project was worth more than P40 million and was acquired through a
borrowing agreement payable for a period of 10 years, the newly-inaugurated
municipal hall building is expected to become a tourist destination
particularly when the 10-hectare initial coffee plantation here will become fully
operational.
Inside an open quadrangle at
the municipal hall lobby leading a stairway to the mayor’s office is a water
fountain using clay jars pouring water into the basin.
“We are happy that we have a
new work place with a good ambiance. So, it is expected for us also that we
become more productive in our respective functions and responsibilities,” said
Mario Tejada, municipal secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan of Piddig.
In 1922, the first municipal
building was erected on the same site but it has become dilapidated over time.
During the rainy season, some
employees said they could hardly concentrate on their work as water drips from
the ceiling.
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