Editing Alabel (section)

===Sibugan Administration (1986–1998)===
In 1986 EDSA Revolution, Mayor Alaba was replaced by Hernando L. Sibugan, the appointed mayor of the Ministry of Local Government and was elected to the same office in 1988 and 1992. Finally, Alabel was chosen the capital town of the newly created Sarangani Province by virtue of Republic Act No. 7228 on March 16, 1992, through the representation of James L. Chiongbian.

President [[Corazon Aquino]] landed in Barangay Spring in 1988 during her visit in [[South Cotabato]]. The President together with her team visited [[Mindanao]] to watch the solar eclipse. Astronomers and other tourists watched the said celestial phenomena.

President Corazon Aquino and Defense Secretary [[Fidel Ramos]] were among the estimated 20,000 sight-seers and scientists who jammed the cities of Davao and General Santos for the event, seen as a total eclipse only in the nation's extreme southern tip and parts of Indonesia. It was the first total eclipse seen in the Philippines since 1955. Another is not expected until the year 2042.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dogs howl, cocks crow at eclipse darkened daytime sky |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/03/18/Dogs-howl-cocks-crow-at-eclipse-darkened-daytime-sky/2542574664400/ |website=upi.com |publisher=United Press International, Inc. |access-date=March 11, 2020 |date=March 18, 1988}}</ref>