WATER PROJECT. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (left, with scissor) and Mayor Florenito Gonzaga (right) lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the PHP5-million water system in Barangay Mahongkog, Magpet, North Cotabato, on Tuesday (Aug. 25, 2020). The project is expected to benefit some 1,000 households in Mahongkog and its neighboring villages of Balite and Temporal in the municipality. (Photo courtesy of Magpet LGU)
MAGPET, North Cotabato –The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP), in partnership with the local government unit here, inaugurated a PHP5-million water system project on Tuesday in Barangay Mahongkog that would benefit some 1,000 households.
OPAPP Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and Mayor Florenito Gonzaga led the ribbon cutting and ceremonial turnover of the project.
Municipal administrator Jupiter Rubino said the project included the establishment of a water reservoir and pipes from the water source in Sitio Tagaytay of the village.
“The new village water system would be managed by the Magpet Water Works and Services, an LGU-run water utility,” Rubino said.
OPAPP has allotted some PHP3.5 million for the project under Executive Order No. 70 or ”The Whole of Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC)”, while the LGU has appropriated PHP1.5 million as a counterpart.
“The household service pipes of the project have been completed last year, under the Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig para sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) of the Department of Interior and Local Government,” Rubino said.
He added the water project will also benefit the villages of Balite and Temporan.
In his message, Galvez vowed to fund the concreting of the estimated two-kilometer road connecting Balite and Mahongkog next year.
Meanwhile, Gonzaga hopes the new water system would convince communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to return to the folds of the law and fully support the government’s efforts to uplift the lives of the people in the countryside.
Barangay Mahongkog has been identified as a flashpoint for NPA activities, where clashes sporadically occurred between government forces and the rebels for the past several years.
The NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines.
https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1113394
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