After garnering more than half of the votes, Katherine “KC” Robles emerged as the winner in the three-way mayoralty race, making a history of being the first woman local chief executive.
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Ever since Baras Rizal Online started, one of its advocacies is voter education. BRO believes that every politician’s promise during the campaign period should be documented and, in case they win, has to be checked every now and then to verify which have been fulfilled and which are not. Due to lack of debates that should have allowed Barasenians to be well informed of the platforms of the candidates, there is no agency or organization that lists the promises of the politicians (that is, if ever they have promises to begin with).
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Former mayor Robert Ferrera won the mayoralty post by a margin of one point over his rivals Ulysses Olaño and the incumbent’s daughter KC Robles.
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The campaign season for local elections officially started last March 29 but being a Good Friday, most candidates started their campaign today, Easter Sunday.
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The following are the schedule of activities on the feast of the town’s patron Saint Joseph and Holy Week.
The Municipality of Baras, Rizal has released a list of activities in celebration of the town’s 92nd founding anniversary on the last Sunday of January.
Back in 2009, a representative of Singapore Philatelic Museum contacted me and asked if they can put on exhibit a photo of simbang gabi that I posted on Flickr. The photo, which is shown below, was the 2008 Christmas Eve mass in Saint Joseph parish church.
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Baras Rizal Online is giving away prizes this holiday season. Just take a photo of your family or barkada in the Liwanag Park. The photo with the most Likes and judged for its creativity will win gift certificates.
One could really feel Christmas in Baras as the local government, in partnership with Meralco and the Department of Tourism, opened last night the Liwanag Park in the town’s municipal plaza.
Here is an article posted in Philippine Star’s website today, November 18.
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