Tabuk City gives livelihood aid to batch of beneficiaries

By Larry Lopez 

TABUK CITY, Kalinga -– The city government has released P300,000 to the third batch of beneficiaries under its Livelihood Support Fund for this year.

Mayor Ferdinand B. Tubban awarded the checks to officers of eight accredited barangay-based women organizations of Tabuk today during the regular flag raising ceremony at the city hall.

Recipients of the third batch include Rural Improvement Clubs (RIC) of Sitio Soto, Hilltop and Agbannawag Centro of Barangay Agbannawag; SitioMatucnang, Maledda and Sunflower of Barangay Ipil; SitioLacnog of Barangay Lacnog and SitioEleb-Nambaran of Barangay Nambaran.

Tubban said the aid is intended to make marginalized women become productive by providing them start-up capital to open small income-generating projects in their communities.

As requirement, beneficiaries must have to be organized groups operating in the barangays of Tabuk duly accredited by the City Livelihood Support Fund Program Committee.

This year, the city government released the same aid in February and July to the first and second batches of beneficiaries, respectively.

Another twelve applicant-groups are being processed by the livelihood committee to be the last recipients of the program in 2012.