PUGO, La Union – The municipal government expressed its heartfelt and profound gratitude to Senator Ronald ‘Bato’ M. dela Rosa for extending financial assistance to the municipality amounting to P1 million intended for the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program of the municipal government.
Under Resolution No. 2022-153, the people and officialdom of Pugo are so grateful for the generosity of Senator dela Rosa in extending financial assistance to the municipality which will greatly help augment the funds of the municipal government in supporting the continuous operation of the AICS program being implemented by the concerned government agencies and the local government.
Pugo is a fifth-class municipality with limited financial resources and capability to finance and support significant programs, particularly the implementation of its AICS program.
The resolution stated that AICS is part of the national and local government’s strategy, through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), specifically designed to provide immediate relief assistance to individuals and families who are affected by families and other emergency and crisis situations, especially those belonging to the informal sectors and other poor, marginalized, vulnerable and disadvantaged persons.
The said resolution was personally handed over to Senator dela Rosa by the municipal officials headed by Mayor Kurt Walter M. Martin during the celebration of the town’s 111th founding anniversary and the formal opening of the 5th Tinungbo festival which was held at the municipal plaza here.
Among those who signed the unanimously approved resolution included Vice Mayor Bryan Balloguing and Councilors Juvenal Basallo, Jonnel Dacpano, Manuel Mapalo, Raul S. Ramirez, Rogelio Labayo, Romulo Tabares, Armand Malamion, Michelle Boadilla-Lales, Daniel Gamboa, Victor Lales, Sr. and Driesch Karl Tino.
Mayor Martin pointed out the municipal government will continue establishing the appropriate network with concerned government agencies and national leaders to ensure there will be sustained provision of support to the lower class municipalities for them to be able to further enhance the implementation of programs, projects and activities beneficial in uplifting the status of the members of the venerable and marginalized sectors of the municipality.
