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| Aris and Cong. EBA |
By Marlon Balmadrid
QUEZON CITY –Rep. Erico Aumentado (2nd District,
Bohol) may have passed on but his projects will still be implemented.
This after the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM) released a total of P26.6 million from the late solon’s
Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), says Erico Aristotle “Aris”
Aumentado, the lawmaker’s son and chief of staff.
The younger Aumentado said some of the funds
have already been allocated to their implementing agencies in the district,
while some were just released.
A total of P8.4 million was allocated for
financial assistance to livelihood, scholarship, electrification and feeding
programs, among others. A reverse osmosis machine was purchased for the
dialysis section of the Don Emilio Del Valle Memorial Hospital in Ubay,
counterpart funding for the acquisition of 100 KVA generating set under the
KALAHI – CIDDS program in Cabul-an West in Buenavista town, initial
distribution of pipes for waterworks systems districtwide, scholarship programs
for poor but deserving college students in various schools, purchase of sports
equipment, assistance to small and medium enterprise and financial assistance
for the livelihood and implementation of crops farmers urea fertilizer
assistance to support rice ratooning as 3rd cropping in 3,000 hectares of
irrigated lands devoted to hybrid and in-bred rice.
The bigger part is for infrastructure projects.
Aumentado said P18.2 million will be for the repair and rehabilitation of the
Mahanay Island causeway in Talibon, barangay roads, repair and completion of
the roofing of the Bugang public market in San Miguel, construction and
improvement of municipal/barangay waterworks systems, construction of
multi-purpose buildings and pavements, and improvement of a two-classroom
school building in the Clarin campus of the Bohol Island State University.
Faced with clamor for him to run for a seat in
Congress in lieu of his father, Aumentado stressed the importance of the funds
in continuing the vital projects formulated by the solon for the betterment of
his district and its constituents – and Bohol in general – thus ensuring that
the legacy of his father as a man of action, integrity, accountability and good
governance continues even after his death.
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