DavOr LGU opens newly completed road project

MATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTAL, October 2, 2014—The Provincial Government of Davao Oriental led the opening of a newly completed road project in Barangay Central of this city on Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

With a project cost of P11-million, the funds were bankrolled by the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) under the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) channeled through the Department of Agriculture (DA),and a counterpart fund from the provincial government.

As one of the many projects identified by the Philippine Army in some priority areas in the province, the 900-meter, fully–concrete road that stretches from Sitio Sudlon to Sitio Banahaw intends to provide farmers from these areas ease in transporting farm goods down to the town center.

Barangay Captain, Daniel Macaubos, thanked the government’s intervention for the improvement of the road. He said this project would give great relief to farmers, who used to experience difficulty of transporting farm products due to the previous poor road condition. “We are indeed very thankful to have been chosen as a beneficiary for this project,” he said.

Col.  Victor Tan, Deputy Brigade Commander of the 701st Brigade of the Philippine Army, who represented Brigade Commander Col. Benjamin Madrigal, Jr.during the ceremonial turn over,  said this project only shows the government’s ‘genuine’ concern to the state of its people, especially the marginalized ones.

“We hope that this project would help you become more productive,” he told the beneficiaries.

“Having a great implication towards economic progress, this project would help make a dent in poverty incidence, which is among the many roots of insurgencies,” he said.

In time for the celebration of the Peace Month, Col. Tan hopes this project would help foster peace in the province.

Meanwhile, Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon, represented by Engr. Ma. Victoria Rodriguez, Special Assistant to the Governor, said this project proves that the concerted efforts of different government agencies can really make a difference in the lives of the people.

“This project is just one of the many carried out under the Peace and Development Outreach Program under the collaboration of the Philippine Army and provincial government, which are geared towards achieving  sustainable peace and order in our province by winning the hearts and minds of the people through constructive and peaceful means,” she said. (KLD DAVOR PIO)