Samar needs P 4.7 B for isolated community connectivity for peace and development

From the Philippine Information Agency (Aug 23): Samar needs P 4.7 B for isolated community connectivity for peace and development

Samar province needs some P4.7 B to fund proposed road projects for isolated community connectivity for peace and development.

In yesterday’s provincial peace and order council meeting, resolutions to connect Samar’s isolated and impoverished communities were drawn.

With Samar’s poverty incidence at 49.50044, the council believes that the national government would want to connect these areas and allow Samarnons to be on their way to peace and development.

The army presented by a brigade and two battalions confirmed that where the road ends, insurgency begins, thus the effort of the council to press the national government for the funding.

These communities are found in the hinterlands of Paranas, San Jose de Buan, Jiabong, Motiong, and Talalora.

Provincial Agriculturist Anita Taran said that the access of roads will inspire farmers to produce as access to and from the market will be assured and eventually reduce the poverty incidence which grips almost half of the Samarnons.

In the recent visit of Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol, he promised a project management team to study how to alleviate poverty in the area.

Imelda Bonifacio, OPAPP and Pamana manager in the region hopes that with the peace and development agenda of the Duterte administration, all efforts will lead to free Samar from being poor.

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