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==Davide: P446M for AIP projects==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2013/10/10/1243592/davide-p446m-aip-projects
*Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:00 am
:By Gregg M. Rubio/RHM (The Philippine Star)
CEBU, Philippines - After having said that a lesser budget of the Province of Cebu is expected for next year, Gov. Hilario Davide III announced yesterday that he would be proposing a P446-million allocation for development projects.
Davide said the amount represents the Capitol’s 20-percent Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) share as “development fund” that would be used to finance items in the Annual Investment Plan (AIP).
The Local Finance Committee also met yesterday to draw up the AIP to be approved by the Provincial Development Council tomorrow.
Utilization of the development fund forms part of the AIP, which the PDC must approve before the executive department submits the 2014 annual budget to the Provincial Board (PB) for ratification.
Davide said the development fund would be used in social and economic endeavors, as well as administrative and environmental governance and services.
He has yet to reveal the exact amount for next year’s annual budget that his office would submit to the PB.
He earlier said, though, that it would lesser than this year’s P3.26 billion, which is 11 percent lower than the P3.6 billion originally proposed by then governor and now Third District Rep. Gwendolyn Garcia.
In her proposed budget for the Capitol, Garcia set aside P520 million for development projects but the PB only approved P362 million.
Davide took over as governor after winning the elections last May. If his proposed appropriation for the AIP gets the PB’s nod, it would be 18.84 percent higher than this year’s P362 million.
Meanwhile, Davide said the active participation of different stakeholders during the recently concluded provincial summit was an eye opener for him as he reaches 100 days in office today.
He said the ideas shared by various sectors would help his young administration in doing more in the areas of health care, food security, business and tourism.
“Kini ato (Ours is a) work in progress ni, I don’t even call them accomplishments, I call this work in progress since day one sa atong panglingkod (when I sat as governor),” Davide told reporters.
He said there are various challenges to his administration’s thrust of promoting a culture of transparency and accountability in the Provincial Government, but he is not buckling.
“Ato ning atubangon gyud, di man ta molihay (We will face this, we are not shying away from this).  We are prepared to meet every challenge to come our way,” the neophyte governor said.
==‘PROTECT TREES’ : Green activists may sue gov’t agencies over tree-cutting permit ==
*Source:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/503315/green-activists-may-sue-govt-agencies-over-tree-cutting-permit
*Wednesday, October 9, 2013 12:28 pm
:By Christine Emily L. Pantaleon (Cebu Daily News)
A group of environment activists may take legal action against two government agencies over a tree-cutting permit to remove trees, including eight century-old trees, along the Naga-Carcar road widening project in south Cebu.
“We are considering filing a case against them,” said lawyer Rose Liza Eisma-Osorio of the Philippine Earth Justice Center (PJEC) in an interview.
She said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) should be held liable for allowing the road project to conitnue without exploring other options so as not to harm 154 trees along the 3.1 km highway from barangays Tinaan in Naga City to Langtad in Carcar City.
Work started in 2003 to build a four-lane highway to Carcar. The brainchild of then 1st district Rep. Eduardo Gullas is his legacy project, now continued by his grandson, Rep. Samsam Gullas.
Last month, the DENR central office issued a special tree-cutting permit for the DPWH to remove 42 trees, including eight century-old acacia trees which are standing in the way of the national road project.
This came despite objections raised since last year by heritage and environment lobbyists, including the Movement for a Liveable Cebu and former Cebu City Councilor Jack Jakosalem, whose father Dionisio Jakosalem was the Cebu governor who had many of the trees planted in 1915.
Earth-balling remains a costly option at P1.5 million per tree.
Because of the heritage value of the older trees, the DPWH had to request permission from the DENR Secretary under Presidential Decree 953 and Executive Order 23.
Not all century-old narra trees will be removed.
Sixteen of them will remain in place and should only be rehabilitated, said DENR information officer Eddie Llamedo. They can’t be earth-balled or transferred under conditions of the permit.
He said PEJC is welcome to join in monitoring conditions required before the tree-cutting. The monitoring activity will be attended by DENR, DPWH and local government units (LGUs).
Llamedo said that out of the 154 trees along the highway, only 42 of them can be cut.
Another 96 trees with a diameter of 25 cm should be earthballed or uprooted and replanted in a different location. These include narra and avocado trees.
DPWH is required to take care of these trees for three years and maintain 80 percent survival rate. If a tree would die, it has to be replaced with 100 trees.
Only seven of the 24 acacia trees along the road can be cut because of its advanced state of deterioration while 16 should be kept in place.
Trees which can be cut down have a diameter of 26 cm. They were identified as bagalonga, bread fruit, gemilina, jack fruit, dul-dul, lanite, mahogany, mango, mansanitas, star apple, neem tree, talisay, taloot, tamarind and tambis.
Llamedo said 16 century-old acacia trees have to be maintained. DPWH is required to present another road-widening project design that does not affect them.
DPWH can only cut down acacia trees marked last May 2012 with the numbers 82, 86 87, 88, 110, 111, 112, 113.
One of these eight marked trees, already rotted due to disease, collapsed two months ago and almost hit a passing Ceres bus. The acccident tied up traffic in south Cebu for eight to 10 hours.
Llamedo said these old acacia trees were already in an advance state of deterioration and posed serious danger to life and properties.
However, Osorio of PEJC said the group still has to verify if these trees were really contaminated with disease and rotting.
“They knew in the first place that those trees exist. They should have explored options before they plan for their road widening project,” Osorio said.
She said the DPWH also started the road project before securing an Environmental Compliance Certificate.
DPWH-7 Regional Director Ador Canlas said his agency considered other options for the road-widening but they all involve cutting down the trees.
“There are really trees that will be affected in the alignment of the road-widening project. That is why it took us for more than a year to pursue the project,” he said.
The roadwork is being carried out by Adlawan Construction.
Canlas said that the agency is strictly complying with the conditions set by DENR before they could cut trees.
“We are not here to fight anybody. We are only here to comply with the project that we are working for,” Canlas said.
DENR set three conditions in the tree-cutting permit:
First, DPWH should get endorsements from barangays Langtad, Tinaan, and Inoburan in Naga City.
Second, DPWH should conduct a thorough study and assessment of biodiversity concerns and the impact of cutting of trees.
Third, DPWH should plant 13,800 indigenous native trees such as narra and mabolo as replacements.
In a previous interview, then Congressman Gullas, said his road project was intended to speed up economic activity in south Cebu.
“This road has a regional influence and that is the reason why as early as 1992, I envisioned a four-laned highway going to Carcar because Carcar now has a bypass road going to the next town,” Gullas said.
He observed that traffic is no longer well served by the existing two-lane road in south Cebu.
Canlas said DPWH will add three to four more lanes in the highway but that it will narrow the road to two lanes where the 16 century-old acacia trees are located.
==5,000 join Alay Lakad in Mandaue==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/metro-cebu/2013/10/08/1242832/5000-join-alay-lakad-mandaue
*Tuesday, October 8, 2013 12:00 am
:(The Freeman)
CEBU, Philippines - Some 5,000 students, government employees, and members of civic groups participated in the annual “Alay Lakad” held Sunday at 6:30 a.m. in Mandaue City to raise funds for their scholarship program.
The event was a joint project of Junior Chamber International (JCI-Mandaue City), Alay Lakad Foundation, Inc –Mandaue and city government .
Vice Mayor Glenn Bercede led city officials while city schools division superintendent Virginia Zapanta led the academe.
Also present were officials of JCI-Mandaue led by its president Rodencio Vergara IV.
Also joining the activity were Dannish students who have immersed with the community (street) children as part of their 6-month internship program.  Godofredo Castanares, president of Alay Lakad Foundation, Inc-Mandaue, said that at present the foundation is supporting the needs of 57 scholars 24 of whom are in college and the rest are in elementary, high school, technical schools, and in Alternative Learning System (ALS).
Majority of the scholars are community (street) children.
One of the scholars, Nina Mae Calambo, 19, from barangay Mantuyong, thanked all those behind the project.
Calambo, a first year college student taking up IT in Ama Computer and Learning Center is a daughter of a trisikad driver and a sidewalk vendor.
“I know God gave me this program as an instrument in attaining my ambition of becoming a professional someday,” she said.
Also present during the event were five community children aged 16 to 19 who recalled how they graduated from being “rugby boys” to students of ALS and graduates of Automative Mechanic from the Mandaue City Technical, Entrepreneurial and Skills Training (MCCTEST) Center.
“Every year donations are sent to the foundation and we are thinking of expanding our program to support the sports program of the city,” Castanares said.
The city has allotted half a million pesos for this annual activity aside from donations from other sectors.
Mayor Jonas Cortes in his message read by his executive secretary lawyer Jamaal Calipayan said everyone is part of the problem and part of the solution.
According to the mayor, who is out of town, joining the walk is one’s own way of contributing to the city’s progress and in attaining its vision.
“I share, we are Mandaue, I am Mandaue,” he said.
Awarded during the program were Mandaue City Comprehensive National High School as the biggest delegation, Don Gerardo Ouano National High School as the most lively, and group 3 of city hall employees composed of the departments of DGS, HUDO, JASSU, City Planning, motor pool and DAR as most lively.
==CCTV surveillance training for businesses held in Cebu==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/cebu-business/2013/10/07/1242457/cctv-surveillance-training-businesses-held-cebu
*Monday, October  7, 2013 12:00 am
:By Grace Melanie I. Lacamiento/JMD (The Freeman)
CEBU, Philippines - Acknowledging the significance of a security program in a business, the SecurityMatters magazine has successfully held the Cebu leg of its first ever closed-circuit television (CCTV) video surveillance course training last September 17 to 20 at the Sacred Heart Convention Center in Cebu City.
This was in cooperation with the Accommodation Establishment Security and Safety Coordinating Council, Inc (AESSCCI)-Cebu Chapter and Philippine Society for Industrial Security Region 7 (PSIS7).
Cebu is considered to be the flagship province in the country to host the training courses, housing the most number of CCTV video surveillance operators, supervisors, and managers.
The three course batches of participants who attended the event included operators in the tourism and hospitality industry, representatives from the industrial sectors such as those in research and development facilities, export processing zones, big shopping malls, and manufacturing plants, as well as supervisors and managers from various companies.
SecurityMatters magazine editor-in-chief Ace Esmeralda who served as the lead instructor of the Cebu leg, discussed topics concerning the crucial privacy aspects of CCTV systems based on the legal provisions of applicable national laws, ordinances of several cities, and pending house and senate bills on CCTV.
Esmeralda is a certified protection professional, certified security professional and certified campus security manager.
He is also currently the Regional Vice President of ASIS International, Region 33 – Philippines and the managing director of Ace and Associates Risk Management, Inc.
Esmeralda pointed out during the training course that even the vendors and installers of CCTV system fail to teach their users the basic technical aspects of the equipment and operations.
In an earlier interview with The Freeman, Esmeralda considered a strong asset protection program as a foundation for businesses in terms of loss prevention, protection of lives and properties and increase on the value of the projects.
This is high time, he said, for existing and emerging companies to invest on asset protection with the fast-paced economic development in Cebu.
He further noted that companies with effective asset protection group are less exposed to unknown and known risks.
==Central Visayas coops set Congress in Mandaue Oct. 25-26==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=3&rid=573421
*Sunday, October 6, 2013
:(PNA), CTB/EB/PR
MANDAUE CITY, Cebu, Oct. 6 (PNA) -- Officials and members of the different cooperatives in the region will meet in Mandaue City from October 25 to 26 for the Central Visayas Cooperative Congress.
The Congress is one of the major activities of the celebration of October as “Cooperative Month” which carries the theme, “Cooperatives pave the way for inclusive growth.”
The Cooperative Month will culminate on October 29.
Felipe Deri, regional director of Cooperative Development Authority, said President Benigno S. Aquino III counts the cooperatives as important in the country’s economy.
Victor Comeros of the Visayas Cooperative Training Office said the Cooperative Congress is being organized by the Regional Cooperative Development Councils.
The cooperative congress is open to all cooperatives in the region.
==PB set to pass proposed Green Building ordinance==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2013/10/05/1241717/pb-set-pass-proposed-green-building-ordinance
*Saturday, October 5, 2013 12:00 am
:By AJ de la Torre/GMR (Freeman, The Philippine Star)
CEBU, Philippines - After a public hearing last Wednesday, the Provincial Board (PB) will be approving for the second hearing the proposed ordinance to implement the “green building program” in Cebu.
Authored by PB Member Thadeo Ouano, the chairman of the committee on environment and natural resources, the ordinance known as “Province of Cebu Green Building Program and promoting green building practices in private development projects,” aims to promote economic and environmental health for all cities and municipalities within the province.
The ordinance aims to accomplish this through the design, construction and operation of the buildings which the provincial government plans to start for all the buildings and projects under it.As for buildings and projects that are under component cities and municipalities and the national government as well as those owned by private entities, the ordinance, if approved, would be voluntary.
With the program, it plans to “enhance the long term public health and welfare by contributing to the overall reduction of greenhouse gas production and emission and improving the environment and economical health of the province.”
Based on the ordinance, this will be achieved by increasing energy efficiency in buildings and public works projects, encouraging water and resource conservation, reducing waste generated by construction  projects, reducing long-term building operating and maintenance costs, improving indoor air quality and occupant health and contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas production and emissions.
A Green Building Management Board will be created to supervise the program and will be chaired by Gov. Hilario Davide III and co-chaired by Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale.
Members of the board will include Ouano as the chair of the said PB committee, and representatives from the leagues of municipal or city mayors of the province, the Philippine Green Building Council or a green building accreditation body, from private building developers and from any relevant professional organization like the United Architects of the Philippines, Philippines Institute of Environmental Planners or the Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers.
The board will be using the Building for Ecologically Responsive Design Excellence (BERDE) rating system of the Philippines, which “measures how a building excels above and beyond the existing local environmental regulations and standards.”
If a certain building will pass the certification of the board, it will be categorized as a “green building” which according to the proposed ordinance is “a designation given to buildings that have achieved the requirements of the green building rating system defined in the green building program.”
Further, the provincial government will be conducting a training workshop every year to further educate participants about the program.
If the ordinance would be approved, the provincial government will be appropriating an initial P5 million budget for its implementation.
==Wanted: 80,000 jobs this year for Cebu==
*Source:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/500311/wanted-80000-jobs-this-year-for-cebu
*Friday, October 4, 2013
:By Fernando Fajardo
Last week, I said here that “Cebu’s labor force is growing at 40,000 a month.” That was yearly, not monthly. How did I arrive at this figure?
The population of the whole island of Cebu which consists of the province of Cebu and the three highly-urbanized cities of Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City and Mandaue City, was placed at 4.2 million in the May 2010 census with a computed 2.2 percent annual growth rate from 2000 to 2010. Using the same growth rate, the projected population of Cebu would have reached 4.5 million as of May this year.
About 65 percent of the national population is of the working age 15 years old and over. Normally, about 65 percent is the labor force participation rate (LFPR). The LFPR goes up with a fast-rising economy and down when the economy is slowing or reversing direction. With 65 percent LFPR, Cebu is estimated to have a total labor force of about 1.9 million this year. If the labor force were to grow also at the same annual rate as the total population (2.2 percent), Cebu’s labor force should have increased by at least 40,000 this year.
Do not think, however, that Cebu needs to create only 40,000 new jobs if we were to avoid more joblessness and poverty this year. In addition to the annual increase in our labor force we must also reckon the existing unemployed workers. The country’s unemployment rate is around 7 percent to 8 percent annually. By just applying 7.0 percent unemployment rate to our total labor force (National Statistics Office does not give unemployment rate data by province and cities), Cebu would have about 130,000 unemployed workers. If Cebu wants to cut down the unemployment rate to say 5 percent this year, it must create not just 40,000 but 80,000 new jobs. If Cebu creates only 50,000 new jobs this year, this will only cut down the number of the unemployed from 130,000 to 120,000.
Job creation is the first important step towards reducing poverty. I wonder therefore what our local government units (LGU), with 40 percent of the national internal revenue going to them annually, are doing to create jobs in their respective localities.
Is job creation the LGUs’ priority? Do they know how to create more jobs other than creating new positions for the supporters of the newly-elected local officials? Do they know what kind of jobs to create and in what sector in the economy? And more than this, do they know what jobs and what sectors are secure enough to last for many years to come and pay well?
A business process outsourcing (BPO) job pays well when compared to many other jobs in Cebu, but how long will BPO hiring last? In ranking, Cebu is in the global top 10 BPO cities but many more cities in the world are also aiming to attract more BPOs, including here in the Philippines such as Iloilo, Davao and Cagayan de Oro, for example. Is Cebu strong enough to maintain its global position?
Cebu has six operating special economic zones and a few other Peza-approved SEZs which are still hibernating like the South Road Properties (SRP) in Cebu City. In the six operating economic zones, the number of locators is not growing fast enough despite the reported rapid growth of the national economy. Meanwhile, the SRP which was originally intended as an industrial economic center is instead turning into a high end residential and commercial area. What kind of jobs will be created there, how many and how lasting? Will this kind of development give more benefits to Cebu in the long run than the original intended use of the SRP?
Admittedly, tourism creates a lot of jobs although not as high paying as the BPO industry. However, while Cebu is one of the priority tourism destination areas as far as the national tourism plan is concerned, we still have to see one major Tourism Enterprise Zone operating here. Moreover, I also wonder if Cebu has an integrated and coordinated plan to promote Cebu as an international tourist destination area. As I see it, most of the promotions made for Cebu are made more to direct the tourists to one particular resort or hotel rather than the whole of Cebu as such. And that is because most of the promotional activities are done separately by the individual tourism business establishment.
Now the 2015 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) is fast closing in. Cebu, through the effort of some concerned business groups, made a strong pitch to host some of the 13 ministerial and senior officials level meetings to be held prior to the final meeting of 21 heads of states that comprise the Apec. Many cities also made their pitch. I have not heard yet of the final decisions where to hold these meetings but considering Cebu’s good facilities, it is assured of bagging at least two or even more of these meetings aside from being the best alternative site for the Heads of States Meeting which will be held in Manila. Yet we still have to see actions in preparing Cebu for this momentous event
Going back to job creation, what are our LGUs doing to help generate more jobs in our micro, small and medium scale enterprises? They comprise up to 98 percent of the total number of business establishments in the country. How many of them are found in Cebu? How fast are they growing? How profitable are they? How many of them have graduated into the large scale level? Are not many of them just disappearing annually and replaced by new ones who are also likely to disappear soon?
My point is this: Unless our LGUs are mindful enough of the economic and employment situation in their respective areas and undertake promotional activities to attract new investments that generate jobs, there can be no immediate and lasting solution to the so-called exclusive growth that still characterized the nation today. There will still be growth but only for the benefit of the few.
==Cebuano developers pitch mobile app for taxi riders==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/cebu-business/2013/10/03/1240947/cebuano-developers-pitch-mobile-app-taxi-riders
*Thursday, October 3, 2013 12:00 am
:By Ehda M. Dagooc /JMD (The Philippine Star)
CEBU, Philippines - Cebuano developers have introduced the first-of-its-kind technology application, providing taxi commuters easier access to commercial cab transportation within the Metro Cebu area.
Kennet Baylosis, Keith Levi Lumanog, and Eddie Ybanez have introduced the MiCab app to the Cebuano riding public, giving commuters access to taxi service anytime and anywhere around the metropolis.
“We are commuters ourselves and we wanted a remedy for this problem,” the MiCab developers said. “So we pooled our talents together and came up with an app that works as a taxi-dispatching service.”
MiCab app is a cab-hailing smartphone application intended to give the Cebuano riding public hassle-free conveyance and never require them to wait in queues on taxi stands or even outsmart and outrun each other on the streets as they can simply hail a cab to their location by just tapping on their mobile phones.
The three young developers got full backing of award-winning ICT company, the Next IX, in their startup venture.
Next IX chief executive officer and founder Bobby Suson said he offered to support the young trio of developers as he has seen the potential in the MiCab startup.
“This kind of app is already in Manila, why not have this in Cebu?” Suson said.
“Since the use of new technology in almost everything is inevitable, common sense only dictates that we should also be able to use our mobile phones to hail a taxi,” he said.
The app is just easy as ABC to use, according to MiCab founders. They said people only need to download the app, key in some basic personal information and their self-description for recognition purposes.
With MiCab, a user can request for a taxi by just tapping on the app, which will then send a signal to available cabs within a two-kilometer radius.
Taxi drivers are also equipped with smartphones which they can use to either accept or decline the request for pick-up. MiCab is charging the drivers P30 a day for the smartphones and data load credits.
For using the app, the passenger will only pay a minimal P5 charge on top of the taxi fare.
MiCab decided to team up with Ken Taxi which now has 60 of its cabs equipped with smartphones for this pilot program. MiCab aims to have at least 200 taxi units under its fleet.
The MiCab app is only available for Android devices at the moment, but the three young developers said it will soon be available for iOS and Windows devices this month.
==PB gives go signal for third bridge study==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2013/10/02/1240507/pb-gives-go-signal-third-bridge-study
*Wednesday, October 2, 2013 12:00 am
:By Gregg M. Rubio (Banat)
CEBU, Philippines - The conduct of the feasibility study of the third access linking the Island of Mactan and mainland Cebu is underway as the Provincial Board gave go signal for the start of the project.
The PB has authorized Gov. Hilario Davide III to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. and Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy for the conduct of the feasibility study.
To be included in the study are the necessary pre-development, traffic, engineering and other technical studies to determine the feasibility of the project.
Davide told reporters that they will set the signing of the MOA with MPTC and Cordova after the PB has passed the resolution sponsored by Board Member Grecilda Sanchez last session.
“MPTC shall conduct its pre-development studies at no cost to the Province and Cordova,” read the proposed MOA.
Davide said he had an informal talk with some MPTC officials during their visit at the Capitol last month.
“It’s a huge project kung madayun,” said Davide adding that it would still take a long process.
As proposed by MPTC, the project includes the design, construction, implementation, operation and maintenance of a third access located south of the existing Osmeña Bridge linking the Island of Mactan to Cebu City.
It also includes the main bridge structure, viaduct, causeway, and support arterial roads.
MPTC is also considering looking at various alignments extending the third access connection up to the Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
The rise in business establishments locating within the Province and the increase in passenger vehicles and the ever-growing population that have contributed to the traffic congestion in major thoroughfares in Metro Cebu are the major considerations for having a third access in addition to the two existing bridges.   
Seeing the traffic problem on both bridges, the Metro Cebu Bridge Management Board (MCBMB) earlier passed a resolution appealing the authorities to hasten the opening of the third access.
The proposals under discussion at present include the opening of a tunnel from Cebu City to Cordova town which forms part of Mactan Island.
The second proposal was the construction of a third bridge from Cebu City passing through Shell Island to Cordova.
==Talisay SP okays P2M road project==
*Source:http://www.philstar.com/metro-cebu/2013/10/01/1240189/talisay-sp-okays-p2m-road-project
*Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:00 am
:By Garry B. Lao (The Freeman)
CEBU, Philippines - The Talisay City council has approved the P1.9-million asphalt overlay project intended for various roads in the city.
Vice Mayor Romeo Villarante said that prior to the implementation of the project, the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) needs to endorse it to the council for approval.
Villarante said the approval from the city council is needed in order ensure fairness and transparency in the bidding proces.
City Councilor Edward Alesna, chairman of the committee on budget and finance, has recommended that Gela Construction, the lowest calculated responsive bidder, has complied with all the requirements.
The council has given the green light to Mayor Johnny De los Reyes to enter into a contract with GELA construction.
At least 16 major roads in Talisay City are being rehabilitated.
Aside from the city government, first district Rep. Gerald Anthony “Samsam” Gullas said about P10 million of road-asphalting and rehabilitation projects are already being carried out by the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Undergoing rehabilitation are Biasong road, Burgos road, Bascon road, Fresco Deiparine road, Fidel Bas road, Linao-Mohon road, Linao to Maghaway road, P. del Rosario street, Poblacion to Cansojong road, Polong Deiparine road, Pooc road to Cong. A. Bacaltos street, Rabaya street, Ramona Street, and Rizal street.
Gullas said these road projects are part of his infrastructure program planned for his district, which includes Talisay.
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