The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
has released a PhP22.8-million grant for the implementation of various peace
and development projects in Sarangani
Province
Reynaldo Bungubung, DILG Region 12 director, said on
Wednesday the grant was part of the region’s allocation for 2014 under its
flagship Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) program.
He said the funds will be utilized for the implementation of
five community-based infrastructure projects in Barangays Daliao and Lumatil in
Maasim, Sarangani.
The two villages were among the areas in Sarangani that were
affected by past conflicts between government forces and Moro rebels.
The agency specifically allocated PhP1.6 million for the
construction of community peace centers in Barangays Lumatil and Daliao, PhP1.6
million for a multipurpose building in Daliao, PhP2.8 million for the expansion
of a water system project in Daliao and PhP16 million for the concreting of an
access road in Lumatil.
“Through these projects, we’re hoping that residents would
eventually embrace the government’s sincerity and efforts in promoting peace
and development, especially in the most isolated parts of the country,”
Bungubung said in a statement.
PAMANA is the government’s program and framework for peace
and development in areas affected by conflict and communities covered by
existing peace agreements.
The program intends to provide communities with projects
funded under the government’s stimulus fund to bring genuine peace and
development.
The DILG central office had approved a total grant of
PhP258.5 million for Region 12 this year under the PAMANA program.
It allotted PhP187.2 million for the second congressional
district of South Cotabato, PhP58.8 million for the lone district of Sarangani
Province and PhP12.5 million for the first, second and third districts of
Cotabato Province.
Among its major components are the concreting of barangays
roads in Maasim town in Sarangani as well as Lake
Sebu and T’boli in South
Cotabato .
The other projects are the construction of community peace
centers, day care centers, trading centers and multipurpose buildings.
Aside from the release of the PAMANA grants, Bungubung said
they recently turned over a newly-completed potable water system project worth
PhP3.4 million in Barangay Kiayap in Maium, Sarangani.
He said the project was constructed under its Sagana at
Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat or Salintubig program.
The potable water system is now serving around 380
households of Barangay Kiayap and the neighboring areas.
The Salintubig program, which is supported by the Department
of Health and the National Anti-Poverty Commission, mainly intends to provide
water supply systems for the identified “waterless” municipalities, barangays
and rural health units in the region.
It covers two thematic areas: poorest/waterless barangays
with high incidence of water-borne diseases and rural health centers without
access to safe water.
The program was launched three years ago in response to the
national government’s goal of providing potable water to the entire country
based on the targets defined in the Philippine Development Plan for 2011-2016,
Millennium Development Goals, the Philippine Water Supply Sector Roadmap and
the Philippine Sustainable Sanitation Roadmap.
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