What has Councilor-aspirant Jomar Durdal done and accomplished in Tanudan?

Councilor-aspirant Jomar Durdal has always been a believer of utilizing what you have to help the community and to contribute to your hometown.

For the past years, Durdal, who is one of the youngest candidates for the Sangguniang Bayan in Tanudan for the May 2025 elections, has made friends with officials and people in positions, establishing connections with them.

While he was the Executive Assistant to Mayor Jaedicke Rhoss Dagadag for more than five years, Durdal utilized these connections to bring in services that benefited the communities in Tanudan.

Among these include social services like immediate food packs when there was a calamity in the town, free wheelchairs to those in need, bags and gifts to children, and medical assistance among others. He was also instrumental in the provision of three additional ambulances for Tanudan which have been accommodating patients not just from the municipality but Kalinga as a whole.

It was also him who invited notable people like undersecretaries and commissioners to Tanudan during events, saying, “ininvite tayo suda ta ipakita tayo ti ili tayo nga Tanudan ta kitan da met nu anya met maitulong da.”

Because of his efforts, Durdal earned international citations, which are testaments to his silent but impactful works. The awards include Asia’s Most Exceptional Executive Assistant and Dedicated Public Servant of the Year’ by the Asia Pacific Luminare Awards; Most Dedicated and Exemplary Executive Assistant in the Philippines by the Gintong Parangal; and ‘Exceptional Public Servant of the Year’ by the Southeast Asian Achievement Awards.

While he had already been working to provide services for the iTanudans, Durdal said he decided to run as councilor for him to get in a position where he could expand his works to benefit more people in the municipality.

“Nakitak met idi adda ak iti executive office iti Tanudan ket kailangan, nu kuma adda kabalinan na, ket mapanak kuma iti legislative tapnu napaspaspas dagitoy resolutions nga i-submit tayo idiay Manila ken dagitoy dadduma nga programa iti gobyerno nga it-ited da iti ili tayo nga Tanudan,” he said.