Monday, February 16, 2015

86 Tagumenyo couples tie the knot in 3 separate civil weddings



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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