DPWH allots P23-B infra in Caraga for 2017
By Jennifer P. Gaitano
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) – The Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Caraga has programmed its infrastructure
projects for 2017 worth P23-billion to be implemented in the region.
DPWH Caraga regional director Danilo Versola said
in terms of budget allotment, from the P16-billion budget this year, it has
increased to P23,161,792,000 or 44 percent for next year based on the
department’s National Expenditure Program (NEP).
“It means more projects and more areas for
development that will reap benefits for economic gains in the region. Of the
said total budget, the biggest chunk which is P15,867,249,000 comprising 68.5
percent is to be utilized for Roads and Bridges projects which is the top
priority of the department identified as its major final output one (MFO1),”
underscored Versola.
Versola added that they continuously implements
infra projects comprised of improvement of local roads and bridges, flood
control, water management systems, buildings like multi-purpose facilities and
school buildings, which fall under local infrastructure categories.
For its Various Infrastructure Including Local
Projects (VIILP), the programmed budget is P1,508,562,000 which is 6.5 percent,
while the Local Infra Program (LIP) comprising locally funded projects gets
P433,000 or two percent.
It was also learned that the department will also
implement infra projects in the region under its Unified Project Management
Office that will utilize about two percent of the total budget or P416,354,000,
and the budget under the Foreign Assisted Projects is P799,425,000 or 3.5
percent.
“The government is in serious business in its
investments to boost the economic developments especially in Caraga, by
providing public infrastructure facilities that address the needs of the people.
This is so far the biggest infra budget in DPWH Caraga since I assumed office
here,” stressed Versola.
Versola further clarified that said amount based on
NEP is not yet final as it still needs to pass budget hearing in Congress
before it will be approved. But based on experience over the past years, the
approved budget gets no big difference as compared to the proposed.
(JPG/DPWH-13/PIA-Caraga)
GACPA assembly set on Sept. 19
By Nora C.
Lanuza Molde
BUTUAN CITY, Sept. 16 (PIA) – The Government
Association of Certified Public Accountants (GACPA) Caraga chapter will hold a
general assembly on Monday, Sept. 19 at the Commission on Audit (COA) regional
office here.
According to GACPA acting president and Civil
Service Commission (CSC) Agusan del Norte director Christopher C. Mabale, the
assembly aims to reactivate and strengthen the organization whose members and
potential members play a vital role in public service and governance.
During the assembly, the members will be electing
new set of officers to replace the incumbents who were elected nearly a decade
ago, Mabale said.
The Philippine Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (PICPA) Agusan del Norte government sector director Cheryll P.
Elicano will also present and discuss the need and the process of updating the
membership in GACPA.
Proposed activities for the year 2016 will also be
discussed, Mabale said. (NCLM/PIA-Caraga)
Surigao Norte SP employees undergo customer service
seminar
By John Glenn A. Platil
SURIGAO CITY, Sept. 16, (PIA) – The employees of
the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Surigao del Norte underwent recently a
three-day Customer Service Excellence and Core Competencies Seminar-Orientation
Workshop held at the Provincial Convention Center, this city.
The three-day activity aims to capacitate and
enhance the skills of each employee on customer service and professional
standards in line with the civil service code of the Philippines.
Provincial administrator Atty. Premolito Plaza
representing Governor Sol F. Matugas conveyed his profound congratulations and
wholehearted felicitations to the rank-and-file personnel and legislative staff
who attended the activity.
“To be candid, we date-stamp a cardinal leg of our
journey toward values formation and character-building through harmonious
partnership and pure understanding. Indeed, the present administration
endeavors to inspire moral revolution from the inside,” he said.
“The courtyard of development will never be
complete if we do not apply the full force of the law in the discharge of our
official functions and in the performance of our duties. Proper etiquette and
right protocol mean desirable qualities which involve a caring touch for the
least of our brethren. It invites the best of our intentions, and the purest of
our longings,” Plaza added. (PGO-SdN/PIA-Surigao del Norte)
