By Franklin P. Gumapon
PAGADIAN
CITY – A team from the
Regional Communications and Advocacy Program (RCAP) committee of the Regional
Development Council (RDC)-9 recently went to
the municipalities of Midsalip in
Zamboanga del Sur and Jose Dalman in Zamboanga del Norte to gather their needs
and problems requiring appropriate responses from the government line agencies.
National
Youth Commission (NYC)-9 Regional Director Raymond Domingo led the team in
meeting with the municipal action teams to get first hand specific needs of the
townsfolk prior to the conduct of the information caravan which is scheduled on
Oct. 17 and 24 in Midsalip and Jose Dalman, respectively.
Midsalip
Mayor Liwaya Angcap-Paras told Director Domingo that four barangays of her town
have no access roads and most of her constituents are “living below the poverty
threshold.” So, she is seeking the help of the national government through its
line agencies for the construction of roads and bridges, daycare centers and
classrooms, and for the provision of livelihood training and programs for the
unemployed.
In
Jose Dalman, Mayor Rachel Dalman-Ferrater also asks the Department of Education
(DepED) for additional teacher positions and school buildings to decongest
jam-packed classrooms.
The
municipality also needs six more health centers and additional health workers.