THE Ayuda para sa Kapos Ang kita Program (AKAP) has been launched in Talibon town, benefiting some 353 farmers of said town and the towns of Trinidad, San Miguel and Danao, Congresswoman Vanvan C. Aumentado, who helped facilitate the activity, said.
“This is actually a Nationwide Launching. Mao dire sa Bohol, ang 3 ka Distrito nagpay-out based sa unsay napili nga unang sector tagaan,” she said in fb post.
Each beneficiary received P3,000 apiece from the total fund P1,059,000.00 pay-out today, she added. The activity is implemented by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Aumentado thanked Pres. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., Speaker Martin Romualdez, Sec. Rex Gatchalian, Luz Fegarido and others for the financial aid for the farmers. The fund assistance may help farmers to cope with the lingering drought.
There’ll be another disbursements and this is just the beginning, she said.
Meanwhile, water desalination projects worth millions of pesos were blessed and turned over in island barangays of Talibon and Bien-Unido, Congresswoman Vanvan C. Aumentado said in her faebook post.
“Desalination means the process of removing salt especially from sea water so that it can be used for drinking. Daghang stages or processes ang agi-an usa kini mahimong potable water or safe to drink,” she said.
Recipients of the desalination projects worth P12.7 million are the island barangays of Cataban, Sag and Nocnocan, all in Talibon town and island barangays of Hingotanan East and West, to the tune of P12.7 million in the town of Bien-Unido.
The congresswoman expressed thanks to Philippine Rural Development Program and the World Bank who bankrolled the projects with counterpart from Department of Agriculture and the provincial government of Bohol.
Governor Aris Aumentado urged the islanders to take care of the projects like taking care of their children.
He said the sustainability of the project largely depends on them, reminding them that there may not be funds for the project considering that a lot of islands needs the same.
The Aumentados were accompanied by Vice-Gov Victor Balite, Board Member Atty Jamie Villamor, Roni Bunado, Engr Namoc, Engr. Camilo Gasatan, Talibon Mayor Janette Garcia, B-Unido MPDC Jane Zerda and barangay officials and Next Level construction representatives. (rvo)
