TAGUM CITY, February 16, 2015 - In a bid to aid 16
couples reach their goal towards marital bliss, the City
Government of Tagum, has launched “Kasalan sa Palengke”, a civil mass wedding
held at the Bagsakan area of Tagum City Public Market on February 13, 2015.
The event, which was officiated by Hon. Allan L. Rellon, DPA, by
virtue of Section 444, Paragraph 18 of the Local Government Code, was sponsored
by the city, in partnership with the City Economic Enterprises Office, the City
Civil Registrar’s Office, select members of the 6th City Council, and
various associations of dealers, stallholders and vendors of the Tagum City
Public Market.
The 16 couples whose wedding rites were fully sponsored by the
above-mentioned groups were some of the laborers, vendors and matadors of the
public market who were already freely cohabiting with each other and have
children borne out of wedlock.
The celebration, and all the legal processes prior to its
holding, including the facilitation of the couples’ application for marriage at
the LCR, was part of the EAGLE WINGS program of the current administration
under Social Services.
The Local Chief Executive, in his message, stressed the strong
foundation of marriage as provided for in the pertinent laws of Philippines and
went on to state that the city government co-sponsored the wedding rites of a
select number of people who work in the public market as a measure of
acknowledging them as having contributed to the city’s economy.
Prior to the launching of the Kasalan sa Palengke, the City
Government, through the City Human Resource Management Office and the City
Civil Registrar’s Office, celebrated the second year of Kasalanan ng Bayan,
Para Sa Mga Kawani, a civil mass wedding involving employees of the city, a
total of 14 couples, on February 13, 2015, and also co-sponsored
with Pag-ibig Fund – Tagum Branch the fourth installment of a civil mass
wedding dubbed as “I Do. I Do. Araw ng Pag-ibig” with a total of 56
couples, on February 12, 2015. (Richi D. Gulle of CIO Tagum)
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