Kalinaw News: The Government had successfully launched Ground Breaking Ceremonies of SBDP to 7 barangays of North Cotabato

Posted to Kalinaw News (Oct 1, 2021): The Government had successfully launched Ground Breaking Ceremonies of SBDP to 7 barangays of North Cotabato



Magpet, North Cotabato – The Provincial Government Unit of North Cotabato in collaboration with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), National Task Force in Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Local Government Units of President Roxas, Magpet, Makilala, Tulunan, and Arakan in partnership with 1002nd Infantry (Bagwis) Brigade, 72nd Infantry (Gabay) Battalion and 39th Infantry (Smash ‘Em) Battalion, successfully launched Ground Breaking Ceremonies of Concreting of Farm-to-Market Roads (FMRs) to seven (7) barangays of the different municipalities of North Cotabato.

Among the provinces covered by Region 12, the Province of North Cotabato is the first to fulfill the implementation of Support to Barangay Development Programs (SBDP) of ELCAC through Ground Breaking Ceremonies. The first seven (7) barangay beneficiaries of the SBDP are: Barangay La Esperanza and New Cebu of President Roxas, Barangay Don Panaca and Bantac of Magpet, Barangay Luayon of Makilala, Batang of Tulunan, and Barangay Datu Ladayon of Arakan, all of North Cotabato. These barangays were allocated with an amount of PhP20,000,000.00 each to be used for the concreting of farm-to-market roads and other projects such as water and sanitation systems, health stations, electrification, and livelihood projects. These were funded by the Local Government Support Fund – Support to the Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) initiated by the National Government.

Further, these projects are the government’s response to the issues and developmental gaps being exploited by the Communist Terrorist Groups (CTGs) in those previously affected communities.

Hon Nancy A Catamco, Governor, Province of North Cotabato, lauded the efforts of the government agencies involved in the realization of the ELCAC Projects. She said, “My utmost gratitude to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, for the implementation of Executive Order No 70, the Whole-of-Nation approach in Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC). This Ground Breaking Ceremony is a manifestation that the government is sincere in bringing the government closer to the people.”

In response, Brigadier General Potenciano C Camba, Commander, 1002nd Brigade, expressed his gratitude for the support of partner LGUs and the DILG for the launching of ELCAC projects. He said, “This is the fulfillment of your long-awaited farm-to-market road and this is an early Christmas gift of the government. Now, you are more motivated to plant more in your respective farms. I hope that you would help the Philippine Army in maintaining peace and order here in your community. Let us all unite and work together to end this decades-long insurgency because it really hampered and continuously disrupting our developmental agenda.”

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