Aumentado P14.2 M pork for town, barangay waterworks

AT LAST, WATER! Rep. Erico Aumentado (2nd District, Bohol) lead local officials in inaugurating the 20,000-liter capacity reservoir for the Tubog Waterworks System in Brgy. Tubog,  Ubay town -- built with a P500,000-allocation from his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). Foto: TAMIE DABALOS 

  By JUNE S. BLANCO

 

REP. Erico Aumentado (2nd District, Bohol) has allocated for implementation from his pork barrel, officially known as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), the amount of P14,219,250 for the waterworks systems of 10 towns and 38 barangays under Phase 3 of his waterworks project.

The 10 towns provided by the solon with P500,000 each as counterpart for Pres. Aquino’s Waterless Municipalities program are Inabanga, Trinidad, Talibon, Buenavista, Getafe, Bien Unido, Ubay, President Garcia, San Miguel and San Isidro for a total of P5 million.

Sagbayan town has been allocated P1 million for the expansion of its waterworks system.

Records of the Bohol 2nd Engineering District show that the completed barangay waterworks projects are in Sinandigan, P168,250; Cagting, P37,000; Guintaboan, P110,000; Ilijan, P138,000; Tubog, P500,000; and Tubog Integrated School, P37,000, all in Ubay, and Soom in Trinidad, P90,000.

Other barangays in the process of implementation are Sta. Cruz, P200,000; La Esperanza, P270,000 and Can-oling, P500,000 -- all in Dagohoy.

The others lined up for implementation are Bonbon, P500,000; Tubod, P500,000, Katipunan, P500,000, Lahog, P33,000 and Comang, P25,000 all in Clarin.

Lined up for Inabanga barangays are Dagohoy, P365,000; Ma. Rosario, P365,000; and Lomboy, P100,000. In Talibon, the barangay waterworks systems are in Rizal, P430,000; Burgos, P585,000; Magsaysay, P135,000; San Roque Elementary School, P35,000, Mahanay Island, P635,000, Sag Island, P160,000 and Sikatuna, P250,000.

For San Isidro, the recipient barangays are Cansague Sur, P80,000; Baryong Daan, P400,000, Baunos, P68,000; Cabanugan, P66,000 and Cambansag, P66,000.

For President Garcia, the recipients are Poblacion Central Elementary School, Tugas ES and Villa Milagrosa ES at P100,000 each or a total of P300,000. For Buenavista, the recipients are Montaña, P171,400; Puting Bato, P50,000; and Daet Norte, P50,000.

The solon is determined to provide water to the barangays in the Second District of Bohol with the barangay master plan as the road map therein.