22/01/2026
๐ ๐๐ป ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
History was made during the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ (๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐) as Mayor Edreluisa "Lulu" Calonge formally launched the ๐ช๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ, positioning LGU Mabuhay, an ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ, as the ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ to fully adopt an ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ.
In her address, Mayor Caloรฑge highlighted the significance of the milestone, saying:
โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ.โ
This milestone SOMA formed part of the ๐ฑ๐ต๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐, making the launch not only a governance achievement but also a celebration of nearly six decades of progress, resilience, and forward-looking leadership for the Mabuhaynon community.
Beyond digital services and transparency, Mabuhay also strengthened its disaster preparedness through the implementation of the ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ข๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ, delivering real time intelligence, unified command, and smarter decision making before, during, and after emergencies. This capability is especially vital for island and geographically isolated municipalities.
The SOMA was held during the ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ด๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐, led by Vice Mayor Joval John Balbin Samonte, and was graced by Governor Ann K. Hofer, reflecting strong provincial and municipal support for innovation led governance.
The milestone launch was joined by Integrya Technologies, the GovTech partner behind WonderLocal and CrisisOps, represented by its Co-founder and COO James Gerald Dumbrique, highlighting the impact of purposeful public private collaboration in delivering real and working digital transformation even in island municipalities.
From transparent public service to intelligent disaster command, Mabuhay is proving that progress rooted in community, culture, and technology can shape a truly future-ready LGU.
Discover how ๐ช๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น is shaping transparent, AI and blockchain powered local governance at https://wonderlocal.ph and explore how ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ข๐ฝ๐ is enabling smarter disaster intelligence and command for LGUs at https://crisisisops.ai