BY: BY JENNIFER C. TILOS
ZAMBOANGUITA, Negros Oriental, April 3
(PIA) Governor Roel Degamo recently turned over three brand new equipment
worth P5 million to the municipality of Zamboanguita.
The equipment received by the town
mayor Kit Marc Adanza included a pay loader, one road roller and a mini-dump
truck.
“This is the second turn-over of
equipment in addition to the grader which was earlier donated by the provincial
government to Zamboanguita,” said capitol information officer Adrian Sedillo.
Gov. Degamo said the donation is part
of the provincial government’s goal to strengthen its cooperation with the
various cities and municipalities in the province.
The governor said he recognizes the
need of the local government units for heavy equipment as they are vital to
bring about developments in their respective areas of jurisdiction especially
in the hinterland barangays.
The provincial government itself has
acquired 11brand new heavy equipment in order to bolster its aim to establish
mobile engineering units throughout the province as well as its efforts on
disaster mitigation and preparedness activities.
Meanwhile starting this year, the
Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) throughout the province will get a P100 increase
in their monthly honorarium from the provincial government.
Gov. Degamo recently announced the
development during a series of distribution of the honorarium of the BHWs
province-wide.
This is the provincial government’s way
of recognizing the BHWs as partners in the delivery of basic health services to
the people.
“Without them, it would be very
difficult to bring the different programs of the government to the barangays,”
the governor said.
The governor, however, added that the
P100 monthly increase is very minimal as compared to the sacrifices and hard
work experience by the BHWs.
The provincial government continues to
find ways to remunerate the invaluable contributions of the health sector for
the welfare of the people in the barangay level.
“Not only that they are vehicles for health services but also to
other programs of the government which the people can readily avail of,” the
governor said. (mbcn/JCT/PIA7-Negros Oriental)