P24-M anti-insurgency projects set in Ifugao
>> Friday, April 7, 2023
LAGAWE, Ifugao
-- Six anti-insurgency projects worth P24 million are set to be implemented
in this province.
These include projects on health, education, transportation and delivery of farm produce to market centers and boosting economic development in villages influenced by communist rebels.
"The implementation of the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) is a game-changer in our fight for justice, long lasting peace and inclusive and sustainable development in the country," according to Araceli San Jose, regional director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, during the turnover of the projects.
She said the people living in the villages covered by the projects and geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (Gidas) are gradually realizing the true meaning of change and government care, which they have never had before.
"Because of the SBDP and serbisyo (service) caravans implemented by the government, we were able to let the affected barangay feel how the government cares for them to have long-lasting peace and order and safety and to bring the services of the government closer to them. We understand the true meaning of change. It is also important for us to continue to make them feel how the government cares for them," San Jose said in English and Filipino.
"When roads are insufficient, we, the government, must step up to help upgrade, repair, and rehabilitate these vital links that serve as the primary drivers of tourism and local economic growth required to support economic and social development, particularly in neglected and Gida barangay," she added.
The DILG-Cordillera together with the municipal government of Asipulo, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, village officials, volunteers, and community members inaugurated farm-to-market roads worth P24 million in the villages of Binablayan, Danggo, Gumhang, Luhong and Tokucan in Tinoc, and Pula in Asipulo.
In a statement, the municipality of Tinoc said Danggo, Tokucan, Gumhang, Luzong and Binablayan villages can now reap benefits from the infrastructure projects.
Billy, a farmer and resident of Barangay Danggo, Tinoc, said after many years of having difficulty transporting his farm produce to market centers, he can now enjoy easy transportation.
"I thank the government because we will no longer be afraid to bring our products to the market. We won't have any trouble transporting our harvests because the road has already been improved. It is guaranteed that our farm produce will not be damaged when we transport them," he said also in English and Filipino.
Barangay Tukucan village chief Eduardo Ngo-oy expressed his gratitude for the provision of government services through the SBDP in their barangay.
"We will be able to import vegetables more quickly now. And we are confident that the lives of the people in our barangay will improve," he said also in English and Filipino.
The SBDP is a hallmark program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict with the end goal of bringing development to former conflict-prone communities.
It forms part of the government's whole-of-nation approach in fighting the communist armed rebellion in the countryside.
The program aims to eradicate the root causes of insurgency, poverty and social injustice in remote communities across the country identified to have been influenced by communist ideology.
These include projects on health, education, transportation and delivery of farm produce to market centers and boosting economic development in villages influenced by communist rebels.
"The implementation of the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) is a game-changer in our fight for justice, long lasting peace and inclusive and sustainable development in the country," according to Araceli San Jose, regional director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, during the turnover of the projects.
She said the people living in the villages covered by the projects and geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (Gidas) are gradually realizing the true meaning of change and government care, which they have never had before.
"Because of the SBDP and serbisyo (service) caravans implemented by the government, we were able to let the affected barangay feel how the government cares for them to have long-lasting peace and order and safety and to bring the services of the government closer to them. We understand the true meaning of change. It is also important for us to continue to make them feel how the government cares for them," San Jose said in English and Filipino.
"When roads are insufficient, we, the government, must step up to help upgrade, repair, and rehabilitate these vital links that serve as the primary drivers of tourism and local economic growth required to support economic and social development, particularly in neglected and Gida barangay," she added.
The DILG-Cordillera together with the municipal government of Asipulo, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, village officials, volunteers, and community members inaugurated farm-to-market roads worth P24 million in the villages of Binablayan, Danggo, Gumhang, Luhong and Tokucan in Tinoc, and Pula in Asipulo.
In a statement, the municipality of Tinoc said Danggo, Tokucan, Gumhang, Luzong and Binablayan villages can now reap benefits from the infrastructure projects.
Billy, a farmer and resident of Barangay Danggo, Tinoc, said after many years of having difficulty transporting his farm produce to market centers, he can now enjoy easy transportation.
"I thank the government because we will no longer be afraid to bring our products to the market. We won't have any trouble transporting our harvests because the road has already been improved. It is guaranteed that our farm produce will not be damaged when we transport them," he said also in English and Filipino.
Barangay Tukucan village chief Eduardo Ngo-oy expressed his gratitude for the provision of government services through the SBDP in their barangay.
"We will be able to import vegetables more quickly now. And we are confident that the lives of the people in our barangay will improve," he said also in English and Filipino.
The SBDP is a hallmark program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict with the end goal of bringing development to former conflict-prone communities.
It forms part of the government's whole-of-nation approach in fighting the communist armed rebellion in the countryside.
The program aims to eradicate the root causes of insurgency, poverty and social injustice in remote communities across the country identified to have been influenced by communist ideology.
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