PUGO, La Union – The municipal government recently declared Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ Marapon dela Rosa as an adopted son of the municipality.
Senator dela Rosa was the guest of honor and speaker during the celebration of the town’s 111th founding anniversary and the opening of the 5th Tinungbo festival where he rallied parents to love their children and in return for children to reciprocate the same by loving their parents.
Under Resolution No. 2022-163, the municipal officials stated that the municipality is truly honored for having a staunch partner whose efforts deserve acknowledgement from the Pugoenians by being adopted as one of the sons of the locality and to consider him as one of them by supporting him in all his endeavors, advocacies and aspirations.
The resolution stated that Senator dela Rosa has continuously shown his heartfelt concern to the entire country as he sustained the provision of financial assistance or subsidy, particularly those on the lower-class municipalities, such as Pugo, with the municipal government as one of the lucky recipients of this program.
Further, the senator has proven himself to have shown a big heart to the country doing his job as legislator when he sponsored numerous significant bills that were passed into law, some of which are Republic Act (RA) 11589 or the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) Modernization Act and RA 11549 or the Philippine National Police (PNP), BFP, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and Bureau of Corrections (BUCOR) Height Equality Act, and likewise gave his utmost dedication to serve the country with impartiality even while still serving as the highest ranking official of the PNP.
Senator dela Rosa, popularly known as ‘Bato,’ is a retired police officer, and a public servant with more than 3 decades of experience in the executive department prior to joining the legislative branch after being elected as a senator in the May 2019 mid-term elections.
Municipal officials headed by Mayor Kurt Walter M. Martin formally handed over to Senator dela Rosa the adoption resolution for his information and guidance.
Among those who signed the unanimously approved resolution included Vice Mayor Bryan Balloguing and Councilors Juvenal Basallo, Jonnel Dacpano, Manuel Mapalo, Raul S. Ramirez, Rogelio Labayo, Romulo Tabares, Armand Malamion, Michelle Boadilla-Lales, Daniel Gamboa, Victor Lales, Sr. and Driesch Karl Tino.
