Skip to main content

Infra development in DavNor, scaled up



DAVAO DEL NORTE, 25 March (PIA) --Roads and other support Infrastructure development in Davao del Norte are noted to have scaled up as both the national and the provincial governments have poured substantial funds.


Guesting during the latest edition of radio program Pakigsayod Serbisyo Alang sa Katawhang Pilipino,  Regional Information Officer Dean Ortiz of the Department of Public  Works and Highways (DPWH) and Provincial Engineering Officer, Engr Glen Olandria shared some details of this  infrastructure development.


Ortiz revealed that over the last five years including this year, the province of Davao del Norte alone has been  given an accumulated budget of P22.35 billion from the national government for the implementation of 1,487 infrastructure projects.


Tracking the budget, Ortiz said that Davao del Norte was given a DPWH budget of P4.8 billion in 2017; PP3.6 billion in 2018; 2.6 billion in 2019; P3 billion in 2020; P3.5 billion in 2021; P4.6 billion in 2022.


However, he said the Davao del Norte budget allocation of P4.6 billion for 192 projects this year, “can still go up”.


“Sa una, naa lang sa less than P1B ang atoang budget diri prior to this administration,” Dean said referring to the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.


Meanwhile, the provincial administration of Governor Edwin I. Jubahib has also been giving a parallel attention on infrastructure development. Engr. Olandria made mention about infra funding support for tourism development, access to far-flung communities, and road infrastructure for  the 223 barangays in  the province. 


“Sugod sa paglingkod ni Governor Edwin Jubahib, iyaha jud ning gipangusgan nga kining mga infrastrurture  projects nga mosuspport sa kinahanglan sa probinysa, iyang ginapadali. ( Since Governor Edwin Jubahib taking office, he made an effort the  infrastructure projects supporting the needs of the province be completed immediately),” he said. 


From year 2019 to 2021,  Engr. Olandria said  the provincial government implemented more or less P1.3 billion worth of infrastructure projects which were already completed. “Kini gikan sa panudlanan sa  of probinsya sa (This came from the coffers of the province of ) Davao del Norte,” he said.


Olandria revealed that for 2022,  the provincial government  is allocating P318 million  for infrastructure projects, on top of  the P200 million already budgeted for infrastructure support for the tourism industry, and the P1.5 million infrastructure budget earmarked for the 223 barangays in the province.


The provincial government has also provided a unit of heavy equipment in support to  the “Panpan” road project, to open and widen access roads connecting far-flung villages in the Municipality of Talaingod. 


On top of the in-house funds for infrastructure, the provincial government has also received grants from some national line agencies. 


Olandria said OPAPP PAMANA (Office of the Presidential Assistant on the Peace Process- Payapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn) program extended P45 million to the province of Davao del Norte; the Conditional Matching Grant to the Provinces thru the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG),  P265 million;  the  Philippine Rural Dev’t Program (PRDP) , P682 million; Local Government Support Funds, P150 million; National Housing Authority (NHA), more than P60 million;  and from the Department of Agriculture linked thru  the KAAGAPAY Program.


“Kana siya tanan (All these) that’s multi million pesos, nga gitabang gikan sa national government  and part sa  ginatawag nato nga (assistance from  the national government that is part of the)  Build, Build, Build sa atong (of the) national government thru the administration of President Duterte,” Olandria said.  (PIA XI/ Jeanevive Duron-Abangan) 


Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

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...
Post a Comment
Read more

DOH XI hires more nurses, doctors

DAVAO CITY, September 6 (PIA) – The Department of Health XI bared its emergency hiring for nurses and doctors following the need to augment the personnel requirement of COVID19 hospitals from all over the region. The head of the DOH XI Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit Dr. Rachel Pasion, in today’s DOH Virtual Presser reported that in Davao City alone combining both the COVID19 hospitals and the private hospitals have utilized 674 COVID19 beds out of the 830 beds or 79.4 utilization rate. This brings the region’s critical care utilization at a high risk level. The Southern Philippine Medical Center, in the past few days, released an advisory informing the public that it has been experiencing an unusually high volume of patients needing admission for COVID19. As of September 5, the facility has utilized 85 ICU beds out of the 92 total number of beds; utilized 490 ward beds out of 496 total number of beds.   In the Province of Davao Oriental which is experiencing a surge in COVID19 ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Mati City releases new tricycle fare guidelines

DAVAO ORIENTAL, Apr. 6 (PIA) -- The City Government of Mati has issued a new set of tricycle fare guidelines due to the increase in gasoline prices over the past weeks.   Under the City Ordinance No. 527 Series of 2022 or the "Ordinance Imposing the Regulation of Fare and Motorized  Tricycle-for-Hire in the City of Mati," the minimum fares are peg on the prevailing fuel prices. If the gasoline prices would hover at P40.00 to P49.99 per liter the minimum fare would be pegged at P9.00. If fuel prices are at P50.00 to P69.99/liter, minimum fare would be at P12.00 The current minimum fare is now P14.00 as the price of gasoline is between P70.00 to P89.99 per liter.   If the gasoline increase would go from P90.00 to P99.00/liter, the minimum fare will be P15.00. The price of gasoline is not the only indicator of the passenger's fare. The destination also matters and the mutual agreement of both the driver and the commuter, as detailed in Section 3 of the said ordinance. The st...
Post a Comment
Read more