CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – This province received a total of P585-million worth of programs and services on Saturday, March 9, during the launching of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair, the country’s biggest service caravan which aims to cover all 82 provinces nationwide, in Oriental Mindoro.
OCCIDENTAL Mindoro Rep. Leody F. Tarriela, Oriental Mindoro Reps. Arnan C. Panaligan and Alfonso V. Umali, and Oriental Mindoro Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor (second from right) welcomed House Speaker Martin G. Romualdez during the launching of the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair in Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro on March 9. (Photo via Jerry Alcayde)
The BPSF in Oriental Mindoro is the 13th leg in the nationwide caravan and was attended by at least 21 congressmen from Southern Luzon following successful events in Ilocos Norte, Leyte, Davao de Oro, and Camarines Sur.
Ponyong Gabonada, deputy secretary general of the Office of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, said over 265 services will be offered for 50,000 people of this province during the two-day event on March 9 and 10.
Gabonada said cash assistance amounting to P278 million will be distributed to beneficiaries, mostly individuals from marginalized families, farmers, fisherfolks, and victims of the 2023 oil spill in this province.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development will distribute P62 million to 28,000 poor and disadvantaged people under the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program.
The Department of Agriculture will turn over agricultural machineries amounting to P145 million which will benefit 52 farmers’ cooperative and associations.
Oriental Mindoro Rep. Arnan C. Panaligan and Gov. Humerlito A. Dolor, who hosted the event, welcomed House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and fellow congressmen during the opening ceremony on Saturday morning at the Oriental Mindoro National High School in Calapan City.
Panaligan said the BPSF is also a good venue for them in Congress to actually observe and assess the actual implementation or disbursement of the public funds which passed though the legislative body during the budgeting process.