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==US-funded bridge project to link Tawi-Tawi islands== | |||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=1&t=1&id=52675 | |||
*Tuesday, September 06, 2011 | |||
: by Julmunir I. Jannaral | |||
ISABELA CITY, Basilan, Sept 6 (PIA) -– A United States-funded road and bridge project will soon connect the two major islands of Tawi-Tawi and is expected to spur development and significantly boost the province’s economy. | |||
The bridge-road project is being completed here by national and regional agencies, with assistance from the U.S. government, and will directly link Sanga-Sanga Island, where the local airport is located, with the mainland of Tawi-Tawi. | |||
The project is a partnership involving the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the Tawi-Tawi Provincial Government, and the Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). | |||
Tawi-Tawi Gov. Sadikul Sahali said the bridge-road connection will enable local growers to transport their crops and other products more efficiently and at lower cost to the capital town of Bongao, which is located on Sanga-Sanga Island and is the center of commercial activity in the province. | |||
“This will greatly improve the livelihood of farmers, particularly in the municipalities on Tawi-Tawi Island, such as Panglima Sugala, Sapa-Sapa and Languyan,” Governor Sahali said. | |||
“Upland growers will have an easier time getting their harvests to markets,” he added. | |||
“This has been a longtime dream here, to have a land connection between the two largest islands,” said Nazrullah Masahud, vice president of the Tawi-Tawi Chamber of Commerce and Industry. | |||
Masahud said he expected growers to begin expanding production and diversifying their crops, following the infrastructure improvements. | |||
“Previously, farmers had told me that they hesitated to engage in new ventures because transport was undependable,” Masahud also said. | |||
He added that the bridge-road connections would also facilitate the installation of water pipelines and electric power connections to serve rapidly growing communities between the town of Bongao and Panglima Sugala municipality. | |||
Through the GEM Program, USAID has helped to improve the island-province’s economy through 51 barangay infrastructure projects, including the construction of 26 boat landings. | |||
Six larger infrastructure projects completed by GEM in Tawi-Tawi include the extension and widening of the Bongao airport runway, which enabled Airphil Express to establish a Zamboanga-Bongao route, now plying four times weekly by a 77-seater Bombardier Q400. (BPI-ARMM/ALT/RVC-PIA9 BaSulTa) | |||
==Navy rescues vessel in distress off Tawi-Tawi== | ==Navy rescues vessel in distress off Tawi-Tawi== | ||
*Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/08/31/navy-rescues-vessel-in-distress-off-tawi-tawi/ | *Source: http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2011/08/31/navy-rescues-vessel-in-distress-off-tawi-tawi/ | ||