San Jose Del Monte City Celebrates A Bully-Free Christmas

Christmas is officially lit in the city of San Jose Del Monte with the Tree Lighting Ceremony led by Mayor Arthur Robes and Congresswoman Rida Robes. Held at the City Hall in barangay Poblacion I, the awaited event brings together local officials, indigenous communities, citizens, and visitors to probably the most vibrant tree lighting event in the province.

With a string of achievements made by the couple public servants, they do have reason to look forward to the holidays as thanksgiving for a fruitful year. Congresswoman Rida Robes expressed excitement for the coming days as they will also give back to their kababayans with gifts for around eight thousand residents.

Congresswoman Rida Robes Advocates Mental Health- Named Ambassador Against Cyber-bullying

Depression and mental health is a rising global concern to humanity and many of us have faced or know people who are going through it. This what Lone district of San Jose Del Monte congresswoman Rida Robes wants to address to congress and to the public. She admits that she went through depression and cyber-bullying because of her looks before.

She also shared that there was reports of suicides from a public school in the city, all teenagers and died within a year. This was alarming for her and knew that there is a need to provide help to those who are experiencing depression and cyber-bullying. In one of her recent privilege speech titled “Changing Faces,” she discussed the “changed faces” of the Filipino youth citing that suicidal teenagers usually ranges from 13 to 25 years old.

Tanglawan Festival Exhibit Launched

The City of San Jose Del Monte is one of the merging places that the province of Bulacan is proud of. It has quickly becoming a place of investment and potential with a lot of projects coming its way. And as it prospers by the day, the city and congressional government wants to make its citizens feel that their city is truly on the road to progress.

And recently the city launched its own festival, The Tanglawan festival to celebrate the bright and colorful sights, sounds, flavors, and people to the public. The festival was the idea of the couple public officials Congreswoman Florida Robes and Mayor Arthur Robes. Together along with the vision of the future of the city and lone district, they have set up many activities that include contest, a concert and recently an art exhibit.