ISABELA CITY, Basilan – An infirmary and a cultural heritage center will soon rise in Lamitan City as
officials from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) led the
ground-breaking ceremony recently.
Felipe Fernando, city information
officer-designate reported that the two projects funded by the Transition
Investment Support Plan (TISP) for ARMM will be constructed soon that will
enhance health service delivery and promote cultural preservation.
City Mayor Roderick H. Furigay
together with ARMM OIC Regional Gov. Mujiv Hataman led the ground breaking
ceremony of the projects for Lamitan City last Feb. 6.
The projects include the
construction of Lamitan Kong Mahal Infirmary and the Yakan Cultural
Heritage building.
Mayor Furigay had earlier announced
during his State of the City Address (SOCA that the projects will be finished
in four or three months.
City Health Officer Dr. Vicente P.
Yu III said that the infirmary will have limited bed capacity as the structure
is for out-patients only.
The cultural center, meanwhile, will
house the Yakan hand weaving industry with facilities to be supported by the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
In a news report, Amir Mawallil,
chief of the ARMM’s communications office, said the ARMM governor spearheaded
the ground-breaking ceremonies for the construction of P7.8 million of projects
in Lamitan City.
The projects include a P4.8 million
worth of building that would house the Infirmary Hospital of Lamitan City and a
P3-million building for the Yakan hand weaving center, Mawallil said.
Present during the groundbreaking ceremony were Regional
Governor Mujiv S. Hataman, Regional Vice Governor Bainong G. Karon, Jr.,
Congressman Jim S. Hataman, Provincial Governor Jum Akbar, Regional Secretary
of DILG Atty. Makmod D. Mending, Jr., Regional Secretary of Health Kadil M.
Sinolinding, Jr., Regional Secretary of Education Jamal M. Kulayan, Secretary
of DOLE Muslimin A. Jakilan, Omar Jaafar, ARMM Social Fund, Secretaries of
DENR, DAR and Director of DTI Del Mar D. Halipa. (PIA9)