The Municipality of E. B. Magalona is strengthening its partnership with the City of Victorias through “knowledge sharing” of best practices.

Fifteen key personnel of the Municipality of E. B. Magalona attended a three-day workshop conducted by the Commission on Population and Development (POPCOM)- Regional Office VI, at Ciano’s Seafood Grill and Bar in the town on July 11 to 13.

MENRO-designate Jojo Vargas, Dr. Froilan Juntilla, Ariel Marcasote and Rosendo Lopez of DENR- CENRO Bago City and Philippine Coast Guard personnel getting ready to release the sea turtle back to the sea

The E. B. Magalona Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) rescued a juvenile hawksbill sea turtle (pawikan) that accidentally swallowed a large fishing hook about a month ago, took care of it every day, and released it back to the sea Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

Mayor Marvin Malacon addresses the rice farmers and livestock raisers of E. B. Magalona during the distribution of indemnity checks from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation, Wednesday [July 5].

A total of 204 rice farmers and livestock raisers of the Municipality of E. B. Magalona have received their indemnity assistance for damaged crops and livestock, from the Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) at the payout at the Public Plaza Wednesday, July 5, 2023.

July 3, 2023

P/Major Kenneth Jay Gratones, chief of police of the E. B. Magalona Municipal Police Station (MPS), presents to Mayor Marvin Malacon today, July 3, 2023, the three certificates of recognition for EBM MPS as the “Top Performing Municipal Police Station” for the months of March (96.04), April (95.62), and May (94.68) in the provincewide Unit Performance Rating (UPeR) of the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOcPPO).

June 27, 2023

Tomongtong Mangrove Eco-Trail in Barangay Tomongtong

The six tourism destinations and attractions in the Municipality of E. B. Magalona have posted a total of 79,590 visitors for the whole year of 2022—an increase by 198 percent from 2021 arrivals of 26,718 visitors, records of the Municipal Tourism Office show.

June 23, 2023

#READ | Mayor Marvin Malacon signs Ordinance No. 8 series of 2023 prohibiting the transportation, distribution, storing and/or selling of double-dead (pork) meat in all markets within the territorial jurisdiction of the Municipality of E. B. Magalona and providing penalties for violators.

Here are SALIENT PROVISIONS of the ordinance.

June 20, 2023

The observance of the Municipal Environment Week in E. B. Magalona opened with an Environmental Symposium at the Public Plaza on Monday, June 19, 2023.

June 16, 2023

Mayor Marvin Malacon meets with Major Kenneth Jay Gratones, chief of police, Punong Barangays Rio Jemella of Consing and Jovy Escala of Poblacion I, and their barangay secretaries right after the online deliberation of the 48th Regional Oversight Committee, chaired by PDEA-6, on the Barangay Drug-Clearing Program, today [June 16], where two more barangays of E. B. Magalona have been declared free from the influence of illegal drugs, bringing to 21 of the 23 total barangays of the municipality that are now drug-cleared.*/EBM PNP PHOTO

The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency- Regional Office (PDEA-6) has cleared today, June 16, 2023 two more barangays of E. B. Magalona from the influence of illegal drugs.

June 12, 2023

E. B. MAGALONA PIO

#READ | Message of Mayor Marvin Malacon for the commemoration of the 125th anniversary of Philippine Independence and Nationhood.