Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin Jr. with Adriana Gabrielle Romero during her courtesy visit at the Office of the City Mayor on Nov. 24, 2021 to hand over the certificate of appreciation. Romero is with her mother Dr. Kathleen Hipolito. Photos by Jomes Sugui
ANGELES CITY — An eight-year-old girl personally sent Mayor Carmelo “Pogi” Lazatin, Jr. a certificate of appreciation for prioritizing health programs for the Angeleño community particularly the intensive vaccination program and the construction of additional rooms at the Rafael Lazatin Memorial Medical Center.
Adriana Gabrielle Romero of Barangay Pulungbulu wrote on a certificate of appreciation that the effort of Mayor Lazatin to add more rooms at the RLMMC, formerly known as Ospital Ning Angeles, will “definitely help the community by not letting badly hurt people to wait a long time for service.”
“It makes the people in the community healthier,” Romero said.
She also mentioned the vaccination program of the city government, citing the significant contribution of Mayor Lazatin in “telling companies to vaccinate all of their workers to make them healthy and lower the chance of getting Covid-19.”
Mayor Lazatin was moved by the small act of appreciation of Romero, considering it an inspiration to continue efforts in putting first the health and welfare of his kababayans.
“It is priceless,” Lazatin said.
“Kaya naman po makakaasa po ang mga Angeleños na mas lalo tayong magpupursigi sa pagseserbisyo,” Lazatin added.
Romero’s mother, Kathleen Hipolito, a doctor herself, also thanked the city government for looking out for the welfare of medical frontliners battling Covid-19.
“I salute the constant effort of the local government to make this a better world for our children,” Hipolito said.
Aside from the health programs, Romero also wrote her appreciation for the livelihood projects and peace and order programs of Mayor Lazatin.
Romero is a grade 3 student of Immacon Academy in Greenhills.
