AgNor remote communities to benefit from
electrification program
By Johny S. Natad & Bernardo Llido
BUTUAN CITY, Aug 9 -- Some 7,000 households in
36 sitios of the remote barangays in Agusan del Norte including this city and
Cabadbaran are expected to have electricity connection with funding support
from Aboitiz Power.
During the 16th Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP)
regular session, the council approved the Provincial Resolution No. 011-2013
which was endorsed to Department of Energy (DOE) through the Aboitiz power to
fund the electricity connection to the remote areas of the province amounting
to P24,352,325.15.
Provincial Board Member Rey G. Jamboy, who
authored the resolution, said that the Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative
(ANECO) under its Sitio Electrification Project has already identified sitios
and barangays under the seven LGUs of the province which will benefit from the
electrification project.
Jamboy added that the province aims the total
development of the barangays through electrification project and providing
basic facilities, while believing that its full implementation to the communities
will provide the opportunity toward socio-economic development.
Establishing electricity to the remote areas in
the province is one of the priority projects of the provincial government under
its economic development strategy based on the Provincial Development
Investment Plan. (AgNor Bulletin/PIA-Caraga)
Pag-IBIG Butuan Branch bares its new housing
loan program
BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 9 -- Pag-IBIG Fund Butuan
Branch has its new housing loan program on retail financing offered a maximum
loan value of P 6 million with an interest rate of 7.985% per annum which shall
be repriced periodically depending on the chosen repricing period.
The loan is payable within 30 years but not to
exceed 70 years old at the time of loan maturity. The interest of our calamity
loan was also reduced from 10.75% to 5.95% per annum payable in two years.
Pag-IBIG Fund will require Membership
Identification (MID) Numbers for all transactions.
Pag-IBIG said in a statement that "this is
part of our transition to an enhanced system that will make our services even
faster and more efficient for employers and their employees alike. Hence, each
time the employers remit the contributions and loan payments of their
employees, the employees’ names and MID Numbers must be indicated on the
remittance forms. Without the MID, processing of transactions may have
delays."
MID Numbers of employees must be indicated when
submitting the following Pag-IBIG Fund forms: Members Contribution Remittance
Form, Short Term Loan/Multi-Purpose Loan Applications, Monthly Remittance
Schedule for Multi-Purpose Loans.
Employees without MID are advised to secure a
Registration Tracking Number (RTN) at our Pag-IBIG Branches or via internet
through our e-services found at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph The RTN can be used in
place of the MID.
Said office has also transferred to its new
leased office space located at Ong Building, J.C. Aquino Hi-way (across Butuan
Doctors Hospital), this city. The new building is accessible by Public Utility
Vehicle plying around the city.
Employers are required, for faster posting of
contributions and loan payments, to submit a softcopy (computer file) of their
remittance schedules. Our easy-to-use softcopy format can be secured at all
Pag-IBIG Branches or online at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph. (HDMF/PIA-Caraga)
