Kalinga SP authorizes use of PFC fund for road concreting

By Geraldine G. Dumallig

TABUK CITY, Kalinga, May 14(PIA)- – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan in this province has recently authorized the executive department to utilize the Performance Challenge Fund (PFC) of P7 million received by the province recently.

Identified project to be funded is the concreting of the provincial road along the Bulanao to Balong, Tabuk City converting the two-lane road into a four-lane street.

Said project is foreseen to help unclog the traffic along the busy street of the provincial road in Bulanao and Dagupan.

Through a motion made by Board Member Eduardo Sarol, it was resolved that Kalinga Governor Jocel Baac being the province’s representative is authorized to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Interior and Local Government Cordillera Administrative Region relative to the implementation of the PCF for the concreting of said street. 

The PCF is a subsidy given to the local government units that passed the assessment on good housekeeping and conferred the Seal of Good Housekeeping (SGH) giving priority to the less able LGUs belonging to the 4th and 6th class category. This aims to encourage the convergence of local development projects towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), tourism, and economic development. (GGD, PIA-CAR, Kalinga)