MAYOR LUCY BIDS FAREWELL TO RDC-8 CHAIRMANSHIP AFTER A THREE-YEAR TERM. City Mayor and RDC-8 Chairperson Lucy Torres Gomez led the Second Quarter 2025 RDC VIII Full Council Meeting at the Ormoc City Hall on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. The meeting also marked the mayor’s final RDC-VIII Full Council Meeting as Chairperson, concluding her three-year term of dedicated service.

The agenda included regional issues, such as the economic performance of Eastern Visayas, latest updates on the San Juanico Bridge crisis, strengthening of RDCs under Executive Order No. 82, s. 2025, and pressing matters raised by the Sectoral and Affiliate Committees.

In the latter part of the program, Mayor Lucy presented her End-of-Term Report (2022–2025), reflecting on her time in leadership. “It (RDC) reminded me of the quiet strength of service. It taught me to listen more deeply, decide more carefully, and serve more sincerely,” she added.

Present were Congressman Richard Gomez, RDC VIII Co-Chairperson and PSR for Special Concerns PSR Leo Christian Lauzon, RDC VIII Secretary and DEPDev VIII Assistant Regional Director Atty. Jam Colas-Villaber, RDC VIII Vice-Chairperson and DEPDev VIII Regional Director Meylene Rosales, PSA VIII Regional Director Wilma Perante, RDC VIII-EDC Chairperson and DOT VIII Regional Director Karina Rosa Tiopes, RDC VIII-SDC Chairperson and DSWD Regional Director Grace Subong, RDC VIII-IUDC Chairperson and DPWH VIII Regional Director Edgar Tabacon, RDC VIII-DAC Chairperson and DBM VIII Regional Director Imelda Laceras, RDC VIII- RRDIC Chairperson and DOST VIII Regional Director John Glenn Ocaña, and RDRRMC VIII Chairperson Dir. Lord Byron Torrecarion. (Grabbed from the City Government of Ormoc FB Page/EV Mail  JUNE 9-15, 2025 issue)