BAGUIO CITY – Some one hundred five projects had been implemented under the government’s Support to Barangay Development (SBD) program as part of the ongoing thrust to free the rural communities from the influence of the Communist Party of the Philippines – National Democratic Front – New Peoples Army (CPP-NDF-NPA) and realize growth and progress in the future.
The Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) stated that the 49 projects that were programmed in 2022 were all completed that benefitted the recipients in the different parts of the region.
18 barangays in Mountain Province got 22 development projects; 11 barangays in Abra also got 11 projects; 10 barangays in Ifugao were able to get 10 projects; while 3 barangays in Kalinga got 6 projects.
The said projects had already undergone inspection and contractors are now complying with certain requirements for the release of their payments.
In 2023, 29 community-based development projects were also implemented by the government under the SBD program in remote villages in the different parts of the region that were previously rebel-infested where the same had been reported to have been completed.
11 barangays in Abra were recipients of some 18 community-based projects; 6 barangays in Mountain province got 7 projects and 3 barangays in Kalinga received 4 similar projects.
In 2024, some 27 barangay-based projects under the SBD program are now on the procurement stage and one has been reported to have been completed.
19 barangays in Kalinga will be receiving 19 projects where 3 are undergoing procurement; 12 barangays in Abra will be getting 12 projects where 9 are now undergoing procurement and 1 has been completed; 12 barangays in Mountain Province will be getting 12 projects where 6 are undergoing procurement and 4 are now ongoing implementation; 7 barangays in Apayao will be receiving 7 projects where 5 are now undergoing procurement and 4 barangays in Ifugao will be getting 5 projects where 4 are undergoing procurement. By Dexter A. See
