House tackles proposal to create Angara town

WOW. How soon before they start proposing to change the name of the province from AURORA to Angara? (Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.) I’ve been hearing from different sources since last May 2008 that about 65-70% of the province has already been bought by the family. Are those just rumors? Or are they in fact the disgusting reality? And if what I’ve been hearing is indeed the truth, how did they get around the laws of the land? . . . Wait. Was that a stupid question? They are, after all, lawyers. Hmmm . . . .

Just a thought. Since most of the municipalities start with “Di-,” why don’t just “respect the culture,” follow suit, and call it “Diangara.?” . . . or perhaps calling it Quezon would be better. Maria Aurora might be feeling too lonely with her husband far, far away (Quezon province).

Aurora province municipalities: Dilasag, Dinalungan, Dingalan, Dipaculao, Casiguran, Maria Aurora, San Luis, Baler.

Personally, I think it would be a nobler thing to just focus on getting all the major roads all across the province of Aurora up to par (at the very least) with those in other provinces first. Then, when they’re all cemented (or at least not the Marlboro Country type they are now), perhaps they could, with dignity intact, propose to name something in honor of their dead relative.

From the Manila Standard Today:

House tackles proposal to create Angara town

The father-and-son tandem of Senator Edgardo Angara and Rep. Juan Eduardo is pushing for the passage of a bill that will create a ninth municipality in Aurora province and jumpstart its development.

House Bill 3255, creating a municipality to be named after Lt. Gov. Juan C. Angara from nine remote towns, is now pending before the House committee on local government chaired by Negros Oriental Rep. George Arnaiz.

The measure stated that establishing the municipality will enable residents of the barangays to chart their own destiny.

Critics have slammed the proposal, claiming it will just perpetuate the Angaras as a political dynasty and it would divide this town which is not an Angara bailiwick.

Senator Angara said the new municipality is named in honor of his father’s service to the province as the longest serving mayor of Baler under the Commonwealth and lieutenant governor of the sub-province of Aurora. “If you will not name the new town after him, after whom will you have it named?” he asked.

He also said the barangays covered by the measure have long been neglected. The current Aurora governor is the senator’s sister, Bellaflor Angara-Castillo. Ferdie G. Domingo

Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=politics5_sept11_2008