La Carlota City’s famous Pasalamat Festival opens today with a star-studded ceremony featuring movie and TV celebrities.
La Carlota, also known as the “drumbeating city of beauty and dance” will hold today its Pasalamat Festival Grand Opening ceremonies, with the highlights on April 28, Sunday.
Celebrities from Metro Manila were invited and are expected to attend along with local officials, including  Governor Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. , Vice Governor Eugenio Lacson, Congresswoman Juliet Marie D. Ferrer, Former Congressman Jeffrey P. Ferrer, Provincial Board Member Jose Maria Alonso, PCL President Valentino Miguel Macho Alonso, 6th District of Negros Occidental, and other Provincial Board Members of Negros Occidental, Mayor Jose Benito Alonso, of Pontevedra, Mayor Jilson Tubillara of San Enrique, Mayor Nicolas Yulo and Vice-Mayor Ramon Torres of Bago City, Former Mayor Ricardo Cadoy Presbitero Jr. of Valladolid, Pulupandan Mayor Miguel Peña and Vice Mayors’ League of Negros Occidental, and some senatorial candidates.
Many others who were also invited by La Carlota City Mayor Luis Jacky Jalandoni III, Vice-Mayor Dr. Rex R. Jalando-on, and Sangguniang Panlungsod members to join and participate in the most exciting and thrilling, wholesome week-long activities of the 40th Pasalamat Festival, are coming.* (JUN DE LOS REYES, NDB)