147 Balik Probinsiya beneficiaries ready for dispatch to provinces in R-XI

DAVAO CITY- An estimated 147 beneficiaries has been assessed by the Balik Probinsiya Bagong Pag-asa (BP2P) for their eventual return to different localities in Davao Region (Region XI).

“As of February 15, 2022 we have an eligible 147 beneficiaries, we have already assessed them. They are qualified under the program and are ready for dispatch operations, “this according to Atty Sonny Paul Cirunay, legal officer of the National Housing Association.

Cirunay said they would be needing help from the local government units who will be accepting the BP2P beneficiaries.

Guesting at the inaugural One Davao at Aeon Club Media Forum held on March 25, Cirunay bared that they have assisted 19 families consisting of 51 individuals coming from the National Capital Region into resettling in Davao del Norte.

The BP2P is an ongoing program of the national government that seeks to ensure balance regional development and equitable distribution of wealth income, opportunities and resources through program and policies that boost countryside development and inclusive growth.

“We see that our countrymen specifically in the provinces they all go to the national capital region and other highly-urbanized cities in Luzon in the hopes of bettering their lives unfortunately it resulted in congestion of these cities,” Cirunay said.

During the pandemic the program has helped people who had lost their sources of income in the cities, to return to their places of origins and start life anew.

“We understand in the provinces meron naman talagang opportunities waiting for them, the quality of life in the provinces is getting better,” Cirunay said.

He said that the program is not a one-time thing as it employs a whole of government approach to help the return of the beneficiaries become a successful endeavor.

Among the services given to the beneficiaries include capacity building seminars, transitory shelter provisions and other benefits from the different government agencies.

And recently it has also partnered with the private sector. Cirunay cited that NHA has partnered with the Jaime Ongpin foundation where children of beneficiaries were given tablets courtesy of the foundation to help them in their online classes. (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