Forty-one senior high school students of the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod City led about 175 participants from various sectors in the mangrove-planting and coastal cleanup activities at the Tomongtong Mangrove Eco-Trail in Barangay Tomongtong E. B. Magalona Saturday [Nov. 25].

Forty-one senior high school students and 13 faculty members of the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod City led about 175 participants from various sectors in the mangrove-planting and coastal cleanup activities at the Tomongtong Mangrove Eco-Trail in Barangay Tomongtong E. B. Magalona Saturday [Nov. 25].*/EBM PIO

More than 1,000 preschoolers, accompanied by their parents, from various barangays of E. B. Magalona participated in the National Children’s Month celebration, Friday [Nov. 17].

The Municipality of E.B. Magalona has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) for the construction, management, and operations of the proposed Saravia Municipal Port in Barangay Tuburan, at rites at the Asenso Hall at the Public Plaza today [Nov. 17].

MOA SIGNING. Mayor Marvin Malacon, representing the Municipal Government of E. B. Magalona, and Engr. Rodel Lagmay, acting port manager of the PPA Port Management Office- Negros Occidental, representing the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA), signed a memorandum of agreement for the construction, management, and operations of the proposed Saravia Municipal Port in Barangay Tuburan E. B. Magalona, at rites at the Asenso Hall at the EBM Public Plaza today [Nov. 17].*/EBM PIO

The Municipality of E. B. Magalona is vying for a third major consecutive win at the 2023 Abanse Negrense Good Environmental Governance Award (ANGEGA) and become a Hall of Fame awardee this year.

The 2023 E. B. Magalona finalists, led by MENRO-designate Jojo Vargas, present their best practices for their respective categories during an evaluation by a team of validators from PEMO, led by Technical Support Services Division head Ma. Elena San Jose, at the Tomongtong Mangrove Eco-Trail in Barangay Tomongtong Thursday [Oct. 12].

Another batch of 436 indigent residents of E. B. Magalona have availed of medical, burial, and educational assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), facilitated by the Office of 3rd District Rep. Jose Francisco "Kiko" Benitez, at the payout at the Public Plaza last Oct. 6.

E. B. Magalona native Herlan Gomez (11-1, 8 KOs) now has two Asian boxing championship belts.

Saraviahanon boxer Herlan Gomez with his two championship belts - WBC Asia silver bantamweight and ABF bantamweight - after winning the WBC Asia match in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday night [Sept. 28].*/Spaceplus Bangkok Photo

A total of 337 mothers and youth from the Municipality of E. B. Magalona attended a symposium on family planning and availed of various medical services at the Public Plaza Wednesday [August 16].

In strong support of the Department of Education (DepEd), Mayor Marvin Malacon announced the incoming projects for the improvement of E. B. Magalona Elementary School (EBMES) and E. B. Magalona National High School (EBMNHS). Speaking at separate launching ceremonies for the weeklong Brigada Eskwela 2023 in the two main schools Monday [August 14], Malacon said the Municipal Government and the DepEd are gearing up for the construction works for these various development projects.

Reigning Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) bantamweight champion Herlan Gomez of the Philippines will see action in a non-title fight in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on August 26 [or August 27, Sunday, starting 1:00 AM, Philippine time].