Mangaldan bags cleanest river, Limgas title and volleyball crown
PISTA’Y DAYAT BIG WINNER
ENVIRONMENT, beauty and sports.
Mangaldan has plenty to celebrate after winning the grand slam for the cleanest inland body of water, the town’s candidate crowned as Limgas na Pangasinan, and the women’s volleyball team bringing home the championship trophy.
An elated Mayor Herminio Romero said bagging the cleanest river award for the Angalacan River for the third year, which is equivalent to a grand slam, “puts his town in the map of Pangasinan”.
Mangaldan’s Angalacan River was adjudged the cleanest inland river in Pangasinan in the search conducted in 2009 and 2010. No award was held in 2011.
Meanwhile, the reigning Miss Mangaldan, Rosalyn Suratos, was crowned Limgas na Pangasinan, province-wide the beauty, brains and talent competition held every year during the Pista’y Dayat.
Suratos, who was also adjudged Miss Talent from among the 21 finalists, is the first representative from Mangaldan to win the Limgas crown.
In sports, the Mangaldan beach volleyball team also won in the Beach Volleyball Competition on May 1.
GRAND SLAM
Romero received the grand slam trophy and a cash prize of P100,000 from Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo last Tuesday, assisted by Governor Amado T. Espino Jr. and Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Calimlim.
The award entitles Mangaldan to P1 million worth of development projects from the provincial government.
Romero said the previous P1 million prizes of the town, each for 2009 and 2010, went to the construction of a big canal on Visperas Street where run off water passes through during the rainy season.
This eased the flooding in Mangaldan, the worst of which was in 2009 during the onslaught of Typhoon “Pepeng” when a few residents lost their lives.
Rosario said the Angalacan River, a favourite swimming area of children especially in the summer, impressed search evaluators anew with its crystal clear water where one can see the fishes swimming at the bottom.
The river banks have also been planted with shade trees, including ipil-ipil, and these have attracted birds as well protects the embankment from erosion.
To preserve the beauty of the river, residents have taken upon themselves the duty of enforcing the environmental laws, said Romero.
Barangays traversed by the river have ordinances that impose heavy fines to river spoilers and polluters.
The upstream of the Angalacan River originates from the town of Mapandan in the southeast before it connects to the Cayanga River that empties into the Lingayen Gulf.
The Angalacan River is considered still relatively deep at seven feet in most areas and the deepest point is 12 feet.
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