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170 TAMPAKAN, SOCOT FAMILIES TO GET NEW HOUSES

More poor informal settler families in Tampakan, South Cotabato province are expected to benefit from the planned expansion of a flagship resettlement housing project in the area. Tampakan Mayor Leonard Escobillo said they are working on forging another financing agreement with the National Housing Authority (NHA) for the second phase of the Goldenville housing project […]

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NEW HOMES FOR 100 FAMILIES IN SURALLAH – BENDITA

Some 100 informal settler families in Surallah, South Cotabato will finally settle into their “dream homes” with the completion of a P25-million resettlement housing project in the area funded by the National Housing Authority (NHA). NHA officials formally turned over to the municipal government recently the 100 newly completed housing units that were built in […]

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SOUTH COTABATO TO EXPAND DAIRY PRODUCTION – TAMAYO

The provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the expansion of the thriving P47-million dairy production, processing, and marketing project in Polomolok town that is supported by the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP). South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. said they are currently assisting the project’s lead implementer, Unified Engineering Workers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (UEWMPC), […]

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S. COTABATO EYES ‘SISTERHOOD’ WITH N. KALIMANTAN

The provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the forging of a sisterhood agreement with North Kalimantan province in Indonesia as it moves to open up exchanges between the two areas. South Cotabato Governor Reynaldo Tamayo Jr. said they are set to embark on exploratory discussions with their counterparts in North Kalimantan for the […]

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100 TAMPAKAN POOR FAMILIES GET HOUSING – ESCOBILLO

At least 100 low-income families will benefit from a P25-million housing project supported by the National Housing Authority (NHA) that is expected to open next year in Tampakan town, South Cotabato province.Tampakan Mayor Leonard Escobillo said the preparatory works formally started recently for the low-cost housing project in a 2.5-hectare site in Purok Medalla Milagrosa, […]

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NEA MARKS NEW MILESTONE WITH OFF-GRID HOMESTEAD ELECTRIFICATION — MASONGSONG

Despite light rain and muddy terrain, officials of the National Electrification Administration (NEA) made it to the upland villages of Malungon town in Sarangani to mark the official energization of the 13 millionth household consumer connection of electric cooperatives (ECs) in the country. NEA Administrator Edgardo Masongsong went to one of the farthest off-grid communities […]

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MORE AREAS TO BE ENERGIZED IN SARANGANI AND SOUTH COTABATO UNDER SEP – MASONGSONG

More rural communities within the coverage area of the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Socoteco II) will be connected to the electricity grid this year under the Sitio Electrification Program (SEP). According to Engr. Crisanto Sotelo, general manager of Socoteco II, electrification work has started in February to power up 46 more sitios included […]

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Sub-Committee Tasked to Harmonize Bills on Proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law – ACHARON

The House committee on local government, in a joint meeting with the committee on Muslin affairs and committee on peace, reconciliation and unity, created a sub-committee that will harmonize all four bills proposing a basic law for the Bangsamoro. The sub-committee, to be chaired by Rep. Wilter Wee Palma II (1st District, Zamboanga Sibugay) and […]