Cagayan's 6 cleared brgys from CPP-NPA influence get P20M each

Posted to the Philippine Information Agency (Mar 31, 2021): Cagayan's 6 cleared brgys from CPP-NPA influence get P20M each (By Gene V. Baquiran)

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, March 30 (PIA) – Residents from the six cleared barangays which were cleared from the influence of the CPP-NPA-NDF (Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army-National Democratic Front) will soon enjoy various peace and development projects intended to make their life easier under the whole-of-nation approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) program of the government.

According to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), P20 million each was allotted to barangays Apayao and Villa Reyno in Piat town, barangays Liwan, Annurtutu, and Minanga in Rizal town, and barangay Balanni in Sto. Nino, all in Cagayan, under the support to Barangay Development Program (BDP).

The barangay beneficiaries have been cleared of communist influence from 2016-2019 and are now ripe for the package of development projects.

DILG Cagayan Provincial Director Rupert Maribbay said the budget is expected for release this year as documents required were already submitted to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

Among the specific projects indentified for the program are improvement and expansion of farm-to-market roads, provision of water systems, solar dryers, farm sheds, livelihood projects, additional electric posts, and construction of health stations and schools, among others.

The projects under the BDP were determined through multi-stakeholder, multi sectoral consultations, needs assessment studies and close cooperation with the local government units. The BDP were vetted through stringent measures and the implementation of the BDP will be through the LGUs and the regional offices of national government offices.

The DILG assured that they will monitor the implementation of the said projects.

Aside from the six mentioned, 21 other barangays from the towns of Allacapan, Baggao, Gonzaga, Lal-lo, Lasam, Rizal, Sto. Nino, and Santa Ana will soon receive funding support for peace and development-related projects once assessed by concerned agencies.

“We have already prepared the community. They have finished trainings and they are done with their Barangay Development Plans (BDP),” Maribbay said as the BDPs will serve as basis in identifying projects for funding by the DBM. (MDCT/JCK/GVB/PIA 2-Cagayan)

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