by Franklin P.
Gumapon
DIPOLOG CITY, Aug. 2
(PIA) - - President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III has allocated P850 million for
the implementation of the city’s various infrastructure projects.
In her recent
meeting with President Aquino at Malacañang, Mayor Evelyn T. Uy said the
President assured her of the release of P850 million of which P150 million
would be used for the completion of the Corazon C. Aquino Memorial Hospital now
being built at Barangay Biasong this city.
Uy also disclosed
that one of the infrastructure projects to be funded by the said amount is the
expansion/upgrading of the Dipolog City Airport.
It can be recalled
that in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week, President Aquino enumerated
the airports to be upgraded and one of these was the Dipolog airport.
In a related
development, City Planning and Development Coordinator Albert Alimpulos bared
that the coffers of the city government have remained liquid. It has fully paid
its loans for its five projects such as the Dipolog Public Market and the
implementation of solid waste management amounting to P19.7 million, small and
medium scale livelihood projects worth P1 million, computerization program amounting
to P10 million, Dipolog Feeder port worth P27 million, and a water supply
project with a total cost of P10.2 million.
As of 2011, the
city’s total income and actual IRA were P519,990,002.04 and P372,399,735.00,
respectively.
Presently, the
city’s total borrowings against its IRA only account for eight percent.
(FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)