NAGTIPUNAN, QUIRINO | The series of project groundbreaking activities for the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) Projects in the province of Quirino was finally concluded in the Municipality of Nagtipunan on January 10, 2023.
DILG Regional Director Jonathan Paul M. Leusen, Jr., and Provincial Director Salvacion Z. Baccay, together with Hon. Noel T. Lim led the ceremonial activities which marks the start of the implementation of eight (8) SBDP projects, which include:
- Concreting of Farm to Market Road at Brgy. Anak;
- Concreting of Farm to Market Road at Brgy. Dissimungal;
- Concreting of Farm to Market Road at Brgy. Landingan;
- Concreting of Farm to Market Road at Purok 1, Sangbay;
- Concreting of Farm to Market Road at Purok 2, Sangbay;
- Opening with concreting of Road at Sitio Penippagan, Wasid;
- Opening with concreting of Road at Sitio Tapgak, Wasid; and
- Construction of Potable Water System, Level II at Brgy. San Ramos.
During the ceremony, PD Baccay expressed her appreciation to the LGU in undertaking and supporting the implementation of the program. She looks forward to the effective implementation of the project through inspection and validation of the Department with the support of the Local Project Monitoring Committee (LPMC).
The ceremony was celebrated with a site blessing and groundbreaking rites joined by Lt. Col. Joseph C. Flores, Commanding Officer of the 86IB, 5th ID Philippine Army, Vice Mayor Arnel R. Fiesta and SB Members, LGU Chief Executive Assistant Atty. Albert Laciste Jr., CH Michael E. Camacam, MLGOO Princess Joy R. Cardenas, RPDMU Engineer III Lucky B. Orlanes, PPDMU Personnel, MEO staff of LGU Nagtipunan, PNP representatives, Barangay Officials and beneficiaries.
The eight (8) projects are among the 20 projects in the province that received funding assistance from the National Government under the NTF-ELCAC for the realization of their priority development projects.
As a derivative of Executive Order No. 70, SBDP aspires to create inclusive and durable peace and development by putting a stop to local communist armed warfare on a national scale. The program started last 2019 when the Department adopted and retooled the Community Support Program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) encompassing the whole-of-nation approach by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). This paved way for the identification of the main issues in the 17 affected-barangays in the province eventually leading to the determination of projects which have the best potential solution and impact on the development.
All 20 SBDP projects in the province of Quirino are expected to be completed within the 1st Quarter of this year with an estimated total of 9,515 beneficiaries.
(SOURCE: DMO II ERIC D. BADUA)
