Atty. Julio T. Uy (left), the patriarch of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental political clan who has been instrumental in leading the town’s robust growth for the last two decades and counting, and wife, Juliette T. Uy, the province’s outgoing three-termer second district representative, were presented with wooden sculpture of their selves as a special token from the municipal government headed by their daughter and reelected Mayor Jennie Rosalie Uy-Mendez during the 60th Araw ng Villanueva on July 16, 2022.
The couple had been mayor of Villanueva, touted as northern Mindanao’s most industrialized town, one after another with the patriarch getting his foray into the province as vice governor for one term and wife Juliette having elected as congresswoman of the second district for 3 terms. – Photos by Gerry Lee Gorit
