Congratulations to the beloved daughter of Chao Dai Township Xian Guo Jian for becoming the first female mayor and the first Chinese mayor in the Philippines!
Chaodai Village, Jinjing Town 2022-05-14 17:41 Fujian
The town of Bamban Tarlac in Tarlac Province elected its first female mayor, Alice Leal Guo . She defeated her opponent in the local election by a narrow margin of more than 400 votes.
Guo, a businesswoman and a novice politician, was elected as the first female mayor and the first Chinese-disendant mayor in the history of the town with 16,503 votes. Bamban Town is located in Dara Province and connects Pampanga Province. It is a small town between New Clark City and Clark Freeport. It has jurisdiction over 15 Barangays. According to 2020 data, the population 78,260 people.
Her running mate, former Bamban Mayor Leonardo “Ding” Annanciacion, was also announced as deputy mayor.