At least 17 communities in Region XII will now have access to potable water after water system projects funded under the 2019 SALINTUBIG Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) have been completed, the DILG XII- Project Development and Management Unit (PDMU) confirmed.
All 17 projects were implemented by LGU recipients from the Province of Cotabato: three in Carmen, nine in Midsayap, three in Pikit, and two in President Roxas.
Local Government Units (LGUs) of Cotabato Province dominated the latest ranking of the Regional SubayBAYAN updating, the DILG XII-Project Development Management Unit (PDMU) revealed recently.
As of June 9, 2020, six LGUs from Cotabato made it to the Top 10 with the highest updating rate in the Department’s SubayBAYAN platform. The Municipality of Libungan topped the said list with an updating rate of 92.75%.
Other Cotabato LGUs include Magpet (in third place) with a completion rate of 83.50%, Mlang (fifth) with 79.10%, Matalam (seventh) with 75.38%, Pikit (eighth) with 71.92%, and Pigkawayan (ninth) with 70.72%.
DILG XII Regional Director Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III has issued an urgent call to both residents and LGU officials of the Region as new Covid—19 cases was recorded just a few days after locally-stranded individuals have come home.
In a statement, Director Leysa urged LGUs to maintain the strict observation of the minimum health standards prescribed by the DOH, together with the stringent implementation of protocols for residents who are coming from infected regions like Metro Manila area. Earlier, Region XII’s boundaries had been placed on high alert to prevent people, especially from neighbouring regions with high Covid cases, who try to sneak in.
As of May 27, additional 6 local government units (LGUs) in the region passed the Public Financial Management (PFM) assessment by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), this is according to the official letter sent by DBM Regional Director Akmad J. Usman to the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Included in the latest list of PFM compliant LGUs in the region are Midsayap of the Province of Cotabato, Alabel, Maitum, and Malapatan of Sarangani Province, Tacurong City and Sultan Kudarat Province. To date, Region XII has a total of 24 PFM compliant LGUs.
FILE PHOTO: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez
Waiting time is over for the whole of Region XII as the prospect of having its own Covid-19 Testing Facility has become more of a reality.
This development came during the most recent visit to General Santos City of Secretary Carlito P. Galvez, Jr, Chief Implementer of the National Task Force against Covid 19, together with Undersecretary Vince Dizon, Deputy Chief Implementer, in a meeting with the Regional Inter-Agency Task Force on May 26.
