Friday, February 13, 2015

Malita fisherfolks received motorized boats project



MALITA, Davao Occidental, Feb. 13 (PIA) – Some 100 fisherfolks from the ten coastal areas in the municipality of Malita, Davao Occidental received Thursday motorized boats from the provincial government’s livelihood assistance project.

The project dubbed as Banca Loan Program has given each of the fisherfolk-beneficiaries in said town the chance to own a motorized boat (small fishing boat) or banca in the vernacular, which is worth P30,000 per unit.

Under this special loan window, a fisherfolk-recipient is required to pay for the unit at least PhP50 pesos a day, and to have it fully paid in 18 months.

Through the Banca Loan Program, the Davao del Sur provincial local government unit is also providing the beneficiaries in Malita the opportunities to avail of the Philhealth scholarship program and food processing technology.

The barangay captains and the fisherfolks have committed to take care of the livelihood project and abide by the rules and responsibilities given them as project recipients.

On the part of Malita LGU, Mayor Benjamin Bautista, Jr. has also vowed to ensure that the livelihood assistance will be sustained.

Bautista assured that 200 additional motorized banca will soon be awarded to another batch of beneficiaries in the municipality.

The Banca Loan Program is part of the provincial LGU’s agriculture and fishery program, one of Governor Claude Bautista’s major programs, aiming to upgrade the livelihood of the farmers and fisherfolks in Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental.

The program started implementation late 2013 with a total of 160 fisherfolks from Digos City, and municipalities of Sta. Cruz and Sta. Maria already benefiting from the project.

After Malita, 150 fisherfolks in Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental are also expected to receive motorized boats this year from the same program.

Gov. Bautista has announced last year that not less than 2,500 fishing boats will be distributed to coastal areas in the province until 2016. (CDIO-Malita/Alona Estrella/PIA-XI, CLC)

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