From the municipal hall of Dolores, Eastern Samar, to the halls of power in Malacañang, the name Carpeso is increasingly becoming associated with public service, leadership and results.

A recent visit to Malacañang Palace, alongside Executive Secretary Ralph Recto, DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla, former Eastern Samar Governor Ben Evardone, NBI Regional Director Isaac R. Carpeso Jr., and DILG Executive Assistant Atty. Kevin R. Carpeso, was more than a photo opportunity.

It was a reminder that local government leadership matters—and that the voice of a municipality can reach the highest levels of government when its leaders know how to make themselves heard.

At the center of that story are the Carpeso siblings—three brothers serving in three different but equally critical arenas of government.

MAYOR ZALDY CARPESO: THE INNOVATOR IN DOLORES

Leading the Municipality of Dolores is Mayor Dr. Zaldy R. Carpeso, whose approach to local governance goes beyond traditional ribbon-cutting politics.

His leadership has increasingly focused on innovation, accessibility of government services, digitalization, disaster preparedness, health and social services, infrastructure development, and bringing government closer to ordinary residents.

The challenge for a municipal mayor is brutally simple: people don’t measure government by speeches—they measure it by what changes in their daily lives.

That is where Mayor Carpeso’s leadership faces the real test.

Whether it is improving frontline services, modernizing municipal operations, strengthening disaster-response mechanisms, supporting health programs, developing local infrastructure or finding practical solutions to the needs of remote communities, the objective is clear:

Make government work faster, smarter and closer to the people.
And Dolores needs exactly that kind of leadership.

ISAAC CARPESO: LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH A BIGGER MANDATE

Then there is NBI Regional Director Isaac R. Carpeso Jr.
While his brother battles the challenges of local governance, Isaac carries a different responsibility—the enforcement of the law and the protection of the public through the National Bureau of Investigation.

That is no small assignment.

The NBI is expected to stand where ordinary citizens cannot: against organized crime, corruption, fraud and other threats to public order and justice.

His position places another Carpeso on the frontline of government—but this time, on the investigative and law-enforcement battlefield.

ATTY. KEVIN CARPESO: INSIDE THE ENGINE ROOM OF DILG

And completing the trio is Atty. Kevin R. Carpeso, Head Executive Assistant to DILG Secretary Jonvic Remulla.

His work is closer to the engine room of national-local government coordination, where decisions, programs and administrative priorities have to move from policy to implementation.

That means dealing with the machinery of government—not merely watching it operate.

Three brothers.

Three government battlegrounds.

One in the municipality.

One in national law enforcement.
One in the Department of the Interior and Local Government.

THE CARPESO FORMULA

What makes the Carpeso story interesting is not simply that three siblings are serving government.

The bigger question is what they do with the responsibility.

In a country where public officials are constantly challenged to prove that government can still deliver, the Carpesos represent a family whose members have chosen different paths but remain connected by one fundamental principle:

Public office is not a family trophy. It is a public trust.

And that trust has to be earned every single day.

The Malacañang visit therefore carried a bigger message.

Dolores is not just a dot on the map of Eastern Samar.

Its local leadership has a voice.
Its people have representation.

And its mayor is pushing the municipality toward a more innovative and responsive model of governance.

The Carpeso siblings may occupy different offices, but the standard should remain the same:

Performance over politics. Service over self. Results over rhetoric.

Because when the doors of Malacañang open to local leaders, the real question is not who gets the photograph.

The real question is what they bring home for their people.

And for Mayor Zaldy, Isaac and Kevin Carpeso, the answer should be unmistakable:

Bring home progress. Bring home opportunities. Bring home stronger government.

Because Dolores deserves nothing less.

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