P139.5M PAMANA projects underway in Camarines Norte

From the Philippine Information Agency (Feb 20): P139.5M PAMANA projects underway in Camarines Norte

DAET, Camarines Norte -- A total of P139.5 million worth of infrastructure projects for the PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA) under the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) are in progress here through the partnership of the provincial government, Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

DILG poured out a P69.6 million fund while DA allocated P70 million.

PAMANA project is a national government program that extends development interventions to isolated, hard to reach and conflict-affected communities, ensuring that they are not left behind.

Among the projects under the DILG-PAMANA are concreting of Exciban Road amounting to P15M, concreting of Calabasa to Maot Road – P15 M, concreting of Submakin Road – P15M, concreting of Patag Ilaya to Maulawin Road – P10M, concreting of Tabugon to Maulawin Road – P10M, Guisican Water System – P2.5, Malangcao-Basud Water System – P1M and Masalong Water System – P1M all in the towns of Labo and Sta. Elena.

On the other hand DA-PAMANA projects includes the concreting of Bagong Silang II Road amounting to P10M, concreting of Bagong Silang Road – P10M, concreting of Manguisoc to Gaboc to Angas Road – P15M, concreting of Mambungalon Road – P5M, concreting of Cayucyucan Road – P10M, concreting of Poblacion Road to Mampili Road– P10M, and concreting of Mocong to San Jose Road – P10M, all in the towns of Labo, Mercedes and Basud.

During the Provincial Peace and Order Council Meeting held
Wednesday, Feb. 18, Area Manager for Bicol-Quezon-Mindoro Paul E. Escober said that those projects which were unfunded in the previous year will be included in the 2016 list of priority.

He said that the PAMANA projects are in the term of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and will end on 2016.

Meanwhile Governor Edgardo A. Tallado urged agencies to submit list and accomplishment reports to the provincial government to avoid overlapping of projects.

The PAMANA started in this province in 2011 with the projects amounting to P140M and was funded by the OPAPP. These were implemented in the towns of Mercedes, Jose Panganiban and Labo. In 2012, DILG also funded similar projects amounting to P20M in the towns of Labo, Jose Panganiban and Capalonga.

Some P106M for 2013 PAMANA projects was funded by the DILG, DA, and National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in the towns of Basud, Capalonga, San Lorenzo Ruiz and Sta. Elena.

Last year’s PAMANA under DILG allocated some P81M covering five municipalities namely Basud, Capalonga, Labo, Mercedes and Sta. Elena. Only Camarines Norte received an allocation from the DILG for the PAMANA projects in the Bicol Region. The projects in 2014 are 30% to 90% completed.

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