IPIL, Zamboanga Sibugay, October 29 - The Tri-People Agrarian
Reform Community (ARC) in Tungawan town and Lower Sibuguey ARC in the
municipality of Siay are provided with monetary incentives to hasten the
implementation of the approved rural infrastructure projects under the
Department of Agrarian Reform’s Agrarian Reform Communities Project II (ARCP2)
and by the national government’s fiscal transfer mechanism Performance-Based
Grant System (PBGS).
In a conference held recently at
Roderic’s Resort this town, the National Project Coordination Office (NPCO)
Procurement Unit, headed by Romeo C. Maningas encouraged the LGUs concerned to
comply with the required documents the soonest possible so as to avail of the
maximum 20% of the approved rural infrastructure sub-project’s contract cost
but not to exceed a certain amount depending on the LGU’s income class, to
mobilize the completion of the sub-project in their respective ARCs.
For Tungawan, the sub-project
targeted for implementation is the concreting of Libertad farm-to-market road
(FMR) with a total length of .84 km and approved budget cost of approximately
P4.2 million pesos.
For Siay town, the sub-project
approved is the construction of flood control dike cum farm-to-market road with
physical target of 7.35 kilometers and approved budget cost of approximately
P25.4 million pesos.
Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer II
Rizzel B. Villanueva lauded the objectives of the PBGS since this will likewise
redound to ARB empowerment through social development.
In addition, with the present administration
of Governor Rommel A. Jalosjos and Congressman Romeo Jalosjos, Jr., social
development and economic progress not
just in the ARCs but in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, will definitely
manifest with their joint effort and active partnership with the Department of
Agrarian Reform and other line agencies to effect projects and programs.
To date, the above-mentioned
sub-projects are on the process of being published in newspapers of national
and regional circulation to invite prospective bidders.
Other members of the NPCO Procurement
Unit who shed light on PBGS were Rene Naces, Ian Joseph Yasoña, Beth
Rolusta and Eugenio Antonio Dig. (JPA/ALT/BCJ/DAR/PIA9)