Categories
Politics

BARMM SOLONS FILE RESO SUPPORTING ‘BALIK PROBINSYA’ PROGRAM

Members of the minority bloc of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) filed a resolution recently expressing the full support of the regional law-making body for the national government’s “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa” (BP2) program.The BTA minority bloc expressed its support for BP2 before the resumption of the Bangsamoro parliament session on June 16. The legislative […]

Categories
Politics

HOUSE APPROVES CURES STIMULUS BILL TO BOOST INFRA DEVELOPMENT, BALIK PROBINSYA PROGRAMS – VILLAFUERTE

The House of Representatives has passed on second reading a measure designed to be a three-year stimulus to set the stalled economy back on its high-growth path  and an initial booster as well for President Duterte’s new initiative to decongest Metro Manila by creating a lot more infrastructure jobs in the countryside.  The chamber passed House Bill […]

Categories
Government

BUSINESSMEN SHOULD SUPPORT ‘BALIK PROBINSYA’ PROGRAM – DELA PEÑA

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is encouraging businessmen to support the government’s “Balik Probinsya” program by putting up technology-related businesses in the provinces.DOST Secretary Fortunato dela Peña said the agency plans to launch soon the Expanded Opportunities for Development through the Use of Science and Technology (EXODUS) program. Through the program, dela Peña […]

Categories
Government

GOV’T TO SEND OFF 2ND ‘BALIK PROBINSYA’ BATCH ON JUNE 11 – ESCALADA

The government is ramping up efforts for a simultaneous rollout of the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa (BP2) program on June 11, this time for the second batch of qualified beneficiaries who want to return to their provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao, BP2 Council Executive Director Marcelino Escalada Jr. said. Escalada, who is also the […]

Categories
Politics

INSTITUTIONALIZE ‘BALIK PROBINSYA’ IN EVERY PROVINCE – CUA

Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) President and Quirino Governor Dax Cua urged fellow governors to institutionalize the government’s “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-Asa Program” (BP2) at the provincial level, stressing on Thursday that the support and cooperation of local government units (LGUs) would be crucial in the Duterte Administration’s efforts to promote economic […]

Categories
Government

BALIK PROBINSYA ROLLOUT TO START IN 13 PROVINCES – PCOO

The rollout of the national government’s ambitious “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pagasa” (BP2) program is scheduled to commence in 13 provinces nationwide in the next few weeks, the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) said. During the Laging Handa network briefing, PCOO Assistant Secretary Ramon Cualoping III said the BP2 program will be implemented in Misamis Occidental, […]

Categories
Government

DAR TO GIVE ‘BALIK PROBINSYA’ BENEFICIARIES LAND FOR AGRICULTURE – CASTRICIONES

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) will give for free land owned by the government to landless Filipinos who will venture into agriculture on their return to the provinces. DAR Undersecretary Emily Padilla said the move is in support of the government’s Balik Probinsya program. DAR Secretary John Castriciones recently led the distribution of food […]

Categories
Politics

BALIK PROBINSYA TO HELP ADDRESS INSURGENCY – MALALUAN

The municipal government of Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro is now laying down its plans to guarantee that the “Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pag-asa” program or BP2 will be effective and give returning locals a good livelihood. Mayor Elgin Malaluan said he is fully supporting the program, which could help end the insurgency problem by encouraging rebels to […]

Categories
Government

TESDA OFFERS SKILLS TRAINING TO ‘BALIK PROBINSYA’ BENEFICIARIES – BANARIO

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will offer skills training to beneficiaries of the “Balik Probinsya, Balik Pag-asa” program of the government. TESDA-Leyte Director Loreta Banario said the “returnees” would be given priority in their scholarship programs to provide them employment opportunities in the province amid the health crisis. “We will offer a […]

Categories
Politics

LANAO DEL NORTE SUPPORTS BALIK PROBINSYA PROGRAM – DIMAPORO

Lanao del Norte Governor Imelda Dimaporo supports the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pagasa (BPBPP) Program and has even offered more resettlement areas for her province’s returning informal urban settlers, Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said.In a Facebook post, Piñol said the BPBPP team has already met with Dimaporo and several town mayors in the […]