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==24 Armm towns to receive incentives== | |||
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2011/12/18/24-armm-towns-receive-incentives-196435 | |||
*Sunday, December 18, 2011 | |||
:By Bong Garcia | |||
THE top seven cities and one town in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) will receive an additional P1.5 million funding support from the Armm Social Fund Project (ASFP) following a careful and stringent selection process, officials said Sunday. | |||
The top local government units include Upi and Datu Paglas in Maguindanao, Jolo and Indanan in Sulu, Bongao and Sitangkai in Tawi-Tawi, Wao in Lanao del Sur, and the City of Lamitan in Basilan province. | |||
ASFP Institutional Strengthening and Governance (ISG) component head Irene Fernandez said the top towns and cities were selected based on their performance on local governance, implementations of ASFP-supported projects and fiscal handling. | |||
Fernandez said the local governments of the recipients are required to provide a specified counterpart, bringing the total amount of the project that will be implemented to around P2 million. | |||
Fernandez said a total of 24 towns, including the eight, in Armm will be granted by the ASFP with a P1.5-million grant through its newly established municipal block grant (MBG) scheme. | |||
ASFP project manager Nasser Sinarimbo said the MBG is ASFP's way of "recognizing the support and performance of local government units (LGUs) especially in the implementation of ASFP-supported projects in their area." | |||
Sinarimbo said the funding support is an incentive for local governments to undertake participatory and community-driven development projects. | |||
The MBG also scales up the impact of ASFP projects to the municipal level from individual communities, he said. | |||
A total of P36 million has been earmarked by ASFP for the MBG out of the rolled-out P1.4 billion additional financing it secured from the World Bank. | |||
Sinarimbo said the top eight will be the first batch to receive the grant while funds for the remaining 16 municipalities are scheduled for release next year. | |||
ASFP handles the largest and only foreign loan assisted project that is being directly supervised by the Armm government. | |||
It has been cited by the World Bank for its satisfactory performance, giving way to the approval of an additional financing. | |||
The additional loan would allow ASFP to cater to 596 more communities across Armm that were not previously covered by the project. | |||
Close to a thousand communities in the provinces of Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi have already benefitted from life-enhancing projects introduced by ASFP in its seven-year run. | |||
==Tawi-Tawi receives stimulus fund== | ==Tawi-Tawi receives stimulus fund== | ||
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2011/12/16/tawi-tawi-receives-stimulus-fund-196160 | *Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2011/12/16/tawi-tawi-receives-stimulus-fund-196160 | ||
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The implementation of development programs would also enable the Provincial Government to provide additional employment opportunities, Sahali added. | The implementation of development programs would also enable the Provincial Government to provide additional employment opportunities, Sahali added. | ||
==Tawi-Tawi gets P1B of P8.5B ARMM stimulus fund== | ==Tawi-Tawi gets P1B of P8.5B ARMM stimulus fund== | ||