PIA chief cites three pillars of PRRD’s legacy

DAVAO CITY, Sept. 23 (PIA)- Infrastructure, ending local communist armed conflict and war on drugs/peace and order are deemed to be the backbone of President Duterte’s administration and is considered as its legacy says Philippine Information Agency head Undersecretary Mon Cualoping.

Usec. Cualoping was in Nabunturan, Davao de Oro on Tuesday (Sept. 21) to grace Pamana ng Pagbabago Information Forum.

In terms of infrastructure build-up under the Build, Build Build (BBB) program, the government had a record 5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) allocated for infrastructure Development.

"Over the past 5 years daghan tang makit-an tibuok pilipinas dagko kaayo agn mga highways. Daghang bag-ong seaports, airports,bag-ong train. The golden age of PH infrastructure, nahimo na sa atong President Duterte (We saw across the Philippines very large highways, many new seaports, airports, new trains, the golden age of Philippine infrastructure done by our President Duterte)," Cualoping said.

Second of the backbone is ending local communist armed conflict (ELCAC) which through the government’s whole of nation approach it has began to solve the longest running insurgency.

“Thru the barangay development program niabot ang gobyerno sa pinakalayo nga lugar. Katong sauna walay suga ang isa a sitio, karon naa nay suga… naka adto ko sa Isa ka lugar sa lake sebu naka estorya nako IP sila.. imagine first nila makita ang ilang sud-an sa gabii. Sa tibuok kinabuhi ngitngit ang ilang gabii, karon nay suga (the government has reached the farthest locality, those sitios without electricity, now has lighting, I was able to go a place in Lake Sebu I was able to talk to their IP. Imagine it was their first time to see a light bulb at night. In all their lives their nights were dark now it has light), Cualoping said.

On war on drugs and peace and order, the government was able to attain a 64% reduction in crime volume over the past five years.

Usec Cualoping said that perhaps the greatest legacy would be COVID-19 response which sadly he said is being politicize.

“Ang kalaban sa president and kalaban sa gobyerno moingon nga pangit ang atong response, but we say nga atong response may not be perfect pero okay siya (The critics of the President and the nation they say our response was bad. But we say our response may not be perfect but its okay.)," the PIA director-general said.

He said by looking at the numbers the long feared situation of what had happened in India did not happen. The vaccination program has inoculated more than 40 million people with different brands of COVID-19 vaccines. (PIA/RG Alama)

Comments

Davao del Sur State College first president formally proclaimed

DIGOS CITY, Mar. 31 (PIA) – Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Commissioner Aldrin A. Darilag has formally proclaimed Dr. Augie E. Fuentes as the first president of the Davao del Sur State College (DSSC) in the investiture rites held recently at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City. Dr. Fuentes has been appointed as DSSC president in 2020, but her appointment was made formal only last March 17 due to the restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The formal proclamation highlighted the institute’s accomplishments ever since they started as a state college, and not anymore as a sister campus of the Southern Philippines Agri-Business and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology (SPAMAST) of Malita in Davao Occidental. “Actually I would say that we are fortunate. Though we are young, though we are still around two-years old from the time we were launched, I say we are fortunate because we did not start from zero. We were a campus of SPAMAST such that there wer...

LTO to public: Do not patronize colorum vehicles

NABUNTURAN, Davao de Oro (PIA) - An official of the Land Transportation Office enjoined the public for the eradication of colorum vehicles plying the streets in Davao region. During the second episode of Kapihan sa Bagong Pilipinas in Davao City, LTO XI Regional Director Eleanor Calderon urged the public not to patronize colorum vehicles to avoid any road safety risk and to also complement their enforcement operations against these violators. “If we stop patronizing these (colorum vehicles), they will just die a natural death; mawala ra na sila sa kalsad a (they will just vanish in our roads),” Calderon said. The traffic official emphasized that LTO XI has apprehended a total of 115 colorum vehicles from January to April 2024. Calderon also provided tips to identify colorum vehicles. She said that UV express vehicles should have yellow plates; other than that, the public should not board not yellow-plated vehicles whose drivers or operators are offering rides for a fee. “Dapat ...

Pilipinas Shell to build import facility in Sta. Cruz, DavSur

DAVAO CITY, April 22- Petroleum giant Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation will be constructing its Darong Import Facility in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. When completed it will be the third largest import facility in the country after the Shell Import Facility Tabangao in Batangas and the North Mindanao Import Facility in Cagayan de Oro. The Darong Import Facility has a rated capacity of 67-million liters of petroleum products. The import facility will help and promote business continuity and stability in the area by providing needed fuel resources for mobility during storms, floods and other calamities. A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Darong, Sta Cruz on April 22. The event was attended by Engr. Jaime G. Lao, Municipal Mayor of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur; DMCI Holdings Inc. President Sid Consunji; Santa Cruz Storage Corporation President Das Consunji Reyes; and Juan Miguel Delgado, COO of Northern Star; Sta Cruz Storage Corporation and Stephen Tion...

PIA Davao Region

Search This Blog