GOV. GENEROSO, Davao Oriental Sept. 03 (PIA): More than 4,000 people flocked to the poblacion of Governor Generoso turning the day into fiesta when the ARENA Serbisyo Caravan hauled on August 30 varied government services from more than 30 national line agencies.
Micro enterprises were earning as people spread around the venues of distribution of conditional cash, social pensions, medical and dental services, legal consultation, information and education sessions, and seedlings.
Vendors of ice cream, water and candies could be seen at the corners serving the immediate need for refreshment and quick bites for people coming from near or far to get their government benefits and to avail of services they otherwise would get at the regional center in Davao City, 175 kilometers from Gov. Generoso.
The turn-over of conditional cash grants by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) XI to 3,527 households was held at Sigaboy Elementary School while the social pension grants for 209 senior citizens were distributed at the Municipal Social Welfare Office.
A big crowd filled the municipal gym where the program was held, attended by local government officials and heads of 32 national line agencies which took part in the ARENA Serbisyo Caravan in Gov. Generoso.
Among the government agencies which brought along their services In Gov. Generoso were the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Civil Service Commission (CSC), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), National Statistics Office (NSO), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Commission on Human Rights (CHR).
Other government offices who joined included; Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Commission on Audit (COA), Philippine Information Agency (PIA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Commission on Population (PopCom), Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA), Public Attorney’s Office, Quedancor, Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) XI and the Department of Agriculture (DA) XI, Government Service and Insurance Services and the National Irrigation Administration.
Municipal Mayor Vicente D. Orencia said the ARENA Serbisyo Caravan drew quite a huge crowd which he viewed to have surpassed the number of target beneficiaries but he assured that those who had not been served would be given their desired service in a separate occasion.
ARENA President Achilles Gerard Bravo noted a remarkable improvement of the ARENA Serbisyo Caravan in Governor Generoso saying the list of local needs was sent quite early by the municipal government and that many government agencies joined the delivery of services.
Provincial Gov. Corazon Malanyaon was happy of the come-back of ARENA Serbisyo Caravan after its kick off trip in Davao Oriental towns of Cateel and Boston in August last year.
Malanyaon urged residents of Governor Generoso to show their hospitality while they were taking advantage of the services brought to the community.
She wished that the ARENA XI would be able to haul pooled government serviced through the Serbisyo Caravan to all towns of Davao Oriental.
After its stop-over in Governor Generoso, the ARENA Serbisyo Caravan went off the following day (Aug. 31) to Mati City, more than 57 kilometers away from the poblacion. (PIA-11/ Jeanevive D. Abangan)
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