by: Alex Sanchez
Pagadian City - Sammy Co,the city’s
hizzoner and chief executive for 9 consecutive years has transformed Pagadian
into a booming commercial center, aside from being the regional government
center of the Zamboanga peninsula.
An icon of good governance,
dedication and hard work, Mayor Co celebrated his 47th natal day last March 10,
2013. As in previous years, Co held separate parties for city hall officials
and employees, his political supporters and friends; only 3-day celebration was
a little more pompous being his last birthday while in city hall.
To provide entertainment to guests,
Gisselle Sanchez, the celebrity comedian was invited to host a program. She left the audience still laughing to their
hearts content after watching her dished out her antics and wares, which have
made her famous and one of the top female comedians in the country.
The three day celebration of Mayor
Co’s last birthday generated fun and gladness to many of his constituents,
friends and political party mates, who attended in hordes and which kept Co
beaming during the celebrations.
Co
took the opportunity to quip in his short message during the program that he is
running for Congressman of the first district of Zamboanga del Sur as official
candidate of the Liberal Party of which he is the provincial chairman and if
the Almighty God wills it that he will make it to Congress, 100 % he will not
be a member of the silent committee but will participate in the debates of
Congress, as well as initiate and support legislations beneficial to his
district and Pagadian City.