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In support of environmental preservation: Nueva Era holds 2nd Joseph Arzadon day

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NUEVA Era Mayor Aldrin Garvida and Vice Mayor Caroline Arzadon-Garvida lead the tree planting activity held at Brgy. Uguis in as part of the second Joseph B. Arzadon (JBA) Day celebration held June 19, 2024

By Dominic B. dela Cruz (Staff Reporter)

Nueva Era, Ilocos Norte—The municipal government of here has conducted the second Joseph Bala Arzadon day with a theme “Your Legacy Lives On’’ focusing on environmental preservation via tree-planting held at Brgy.  Uguis, this municipality on June 19, 2024.

Prior to the tree-planting, the municipal government conducted a whole day celebration with a wreath-laying at the Arzadon Mausoleum followed by the awarding of National Passers of the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) for barangays; table tennis and literary competition; bloodletting and medical mission; and a thanksgiving mass in the evening.

Nueva Era mayor Aldrin Garvida thanked all his constituents for their support in commemorating the third year death anniversary of former Nueva Era mayor Joseph Bala Arzadon.

“Very cooperative met amin dagiti tattao ket inpaawat tayo met kadagiti kakailian tayo nang-nangruna kadagiti ub-ubbing no apay a naideklarar daytoy nga aldaw a kas Joseph B. Arzadon Day gapu kadagiti nagapwanan daydi ama ti ili kangrunaan na iti pannakatagiben ti aglawlaw,” the mayor said.

Records show that this is the third death anniversary of the former mayor but this is only the second year that Nueva Era is celebrating the JBA Day after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved on the Municipal Ordinance No. 50 Series of 2022 declaring June 19 every year as JBA Day in the municipality of Nueva Era.

Nueva Era vice mayor Caroline Arzadon-Garvida and daughter of the former mayor, said the ordinance is in recognition of “the great and significant contributions” of her father on the conservation, protection and maintenance of environment within the municipality and the preservation and promotion of the Indigenous People’s cultural integrity being the tribal chieftain of the Tingguian in this municipality.

The former mayor rendered 22 years of service in the national government under the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) as forester spearheading reforestation and afforestation projects in various parts of Ilocos Norte.

Nueva Mayor Aldrin Garvida leads the wreath laying at the Arzadon Mausoleum in celebration of the second JBA Day.

The late Arzadon was a tribal chieftain of the Tingguian Tribe for over 30 years, who promoted the preservation of culture and the protection of ancestral domain in this municipality.

The former mayor served as mayor from 1988 to 1998; vice mayor from 2001 to 2010; Sangguniang Bayan member from 2010-2019; and one of his advocacies was the upliftment of the economic well-being of the Nueva Eranians.

Arzadon-Garvida added that “it is deemed necessary and appropriate to recognize” the former mayor based on his accomplishments, love, care and his significant contributions on the conservation, protection and maintenance of the environment, the people of Nueva Era and the entire municipality as a whole.

Section 4 of the Ordinance states that “The Municipal Officials, Employees, Barangay Officials, Sangguniang Kabataan, Barangay Volunteers , Katipunan ng Kabataan/Other Youth Organizations and other Stakeholders shall be responsible for the tree planting activities and its maintenance”.

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