Tboli gets P93.8 M worth of PAMANA projects

From the Philippine Information Agency (Dec 17): Tboli gets P93.8 M worth of PAMANA projects

The national  government  is implementing  P93.8 million  worth of  peace and  development  projects   in  Tboli, South Cotabato.

Interior and local government   OIC Regional Director  Reynaldo Bungubong  handed  the check  intended for  PAMANA-DILG projects   to Tboli  Mayor  Dibu  Tuan in a ceremony at  the municipal  gymnasium   on December  8.

According to  information from the  office of  Mayor Tuan, the  amount  will be  used   for infrastructure projects  in  conflict-affected  villages,  namely:  Maan, Lamsalome, Lambuling, and Talufo.

Projects  include  road concreting,  water  system, peace centers and others.

Josephine  Leysa,  DILG 12 assistant  regional   director, explained  that the  funding  comprises  first  tranche  of the initial  PhP117.35  M   worth of projects   approved  for  LGU Tboli under the  PAyapa at MAsaganang pamayaNAn (PAMANA) program.

Leysa  added that DILG has  endorsed P187.2 M  PAMANA projects  for the municipality in 2014  but the LGU has  only completed documentary requirements   for P117.3 M  worth of projects.

“We’re currently following up the requirements for the other projects as the funds have already been downloaded to the regional office and are now ready for release,” she said.

Leysa  revealed that DILG has  approved P258.5  M  worth  of  PAMANA projects  for SOCCSKSARGEN Region  and that the municipality of Tboli is the only  LGU  in South Cotabato that received an allotment.

Other  beneficiaries   are  Sarangani  Province  with P58.8 M approved peace and order  projects and North Cotabato  with P12.5 M.

PAMANA is a  flagship  program  of the Aquino administration that extends  development interventions  to  isolated, hard-to-remote, and  conflict-affected  communities.

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