ALL IN THE FAMILY

[Bingawanon]

According to a local daily, this is qualified for Ripley's "Believe It or Not". Members of the Plagata Clan in Bingawan wants to occupy the two top positions in the Municipality.. Matt Plagata Palabrica, son of Provincial Agriculturist and Former Bingawan and San Enrique Mayor Zaf Palabrica, is running for Mayor. Matt is a former Board Member being the first Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation President of Iloilo. After his term ended, he worked with the National Youth Commission in Malacañang and the Department of Agriculture. He resigned from the DA and run for Mayor last 2004 elections but lost to incumbent Mayor Ted Peter Plagata. His younger brother, incumbent Sangguniang Bayan Member Mark Plagata Palabrica is also running for vice mayor under the same ticket - Ugyon. Prior to being elected as regular SB member, Mark was also the SK President of Bingawan after his brother Matt's term of office as SK Prexy ended. Mark was SB Member of Bingawan for almost 9 years already. He finished his Bachelor of Laws and AB Political Science Degrees in CPU.. On the other side, Matt's opponent for Mayor is no other than his uncle Butch Pfleider who just arrived from the US. Butch is married to Perla Plagata, the 1st cousin of Matt's and Mark's mother. His running mate for Vice Mayor is no other than his 1st cousin-in-law and Last-termer Mayor Ted Peter Plagata, also the 1st cousin of Matt's and Mark's mother. Both Mayor Ted Plagata and SB Member Mark Palabrica were never defeated since they joined politics. Let's see who will taste the first defeat this coming elections.. I don't know if family ties will be a big issue to each of them for the reason that all of them who are running for the 2 top posts in the municipality belong to the same clan, not just ordinary relatives.. but all of them belong to the same and very near blood line..

[taga Bingawan]

Palabrica's Party wins landslide victory in Bingawan elections. The Palabrica family is always making history in Iloilo politics. Former Iloilo Board Member and now Mayor-Elect Matt Palabrica was the first Iloilo Sangguniang Kabataan Provincial Federation President after the approval of the Local Government Code of 1991. His father-former Mayor Zafiro S. Palabrica was the first in the history of Iloilo to become Mayor of two (2) towns-Bingawan and San Enrique. Now it was the first time in the history of Iloilo politics that brothers are occupying the position of Mayor and Vice Mayor in a single municipality. Bingawan Election Results: Mayor-Matt Palabrica of Kampi; Vice Mayor-Mark Palabrica of Kampi; SB Members-(1) Wennie Javellana of Kampi, (2) Ret. Maj. Roger Genturo of Kampi, (3) incumbent SB Member Ronelo Compas of Kampi, (4) incumbent Vice Mayor Rosalie Plaga of Lakas, (5) Incumbent SB Member Leovie Simora of Kampi, (6) incumbent SB Member Edwin Faldas of Lakas, (7) Tapacon Brgy. Capt. Eleuterio Patriarca, Jr. of Kampi, and (8) Pastor Essie Palmejar of Kampi. It was also the first time that incumbent Mayor Ted Peter Plagata was defeated in his almost twenty (20) years of public service in Bingawan starting as SB member, Vice Mayor and three-termer (graduating) Mayor. He ran as Vice Mayor and lost to SB Member Mark Palabrica last May 14, 2007 elections.