Agusan Sur women's groups tapped in road network project
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur — An Australia-assisted program for the development of local road network tapped village women’s groups in the town for the maintenance and rehabilitation of access roads destroyed by recent floods.
At least 300 women representing three organizations from Barangays Pisaan, Tagapua and Borbon had participated in a workshop to map out barangay road maintenance and rehabilitation program.
The one day activity, held recently in Tagapua, one of San Francisco’s rice producing barangays, was initiated by the Philippines Provincial Road Management Facility (PPRMF), a five-year development initiative of the Philippine government and Australia which started on 2009.
Oibone Enobio, PPRMF communications officer, said the PPRMF’s P24.6-million rehabilitation of the Pisaan-Bonbon road project in the town was completed in January last year.
She said the project is a 6.10-kilometer provincial gravel road that connects barangays Pisaan, Tagapua and Borbon.
According to Enobio, the PRMF aims to spur local economic activities by improving a road network in the area.
The newly-completed road network was destroyed by flash flood caused by continuous heavy rain that hit Agusan del Sur in December last year. Low-lying road that connects Pisaan, Tagapua and Borbon was washed out by flood waters.
Tagapua barangay Chairman Jerry Parcon said the provincial engineering office (PEO) would soon implement road repair and concreting project in areas destroyed by flood. He said the road concreting would start from Pisaan to Tagapua.
Ever Abosolo, Agusan del Sur’s PPRMF coordinator, said the provincial government under Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza’s leadership is very supportive in their rehabilitation project in the locality.
Abosolo pointed out that the PPRMF has initiated to tap local women organizations in order to empower them for the road rehabilitation project.
He said the community has been linking up with PEO because its road project is within the PPRMF’s road program.
“We are happy that the local government units in the area have organized women groups to help in planning, maintaining and monitoring of the road project,” he said.
The outcome of the workshop, Abosolo said, would be submitted to the PEO and project contractor that is willing to employ local residents specially women for the project.
In an interview with GMA News Onlie, the Tagapua barangay chairman Jerry Parcon said good access road would help reduce their transportation cost especially during harvest time, adding it would also improve the barangays’ transport services.
At present, Parcon said the only available transportation facility is passenger motorcycle with P30 fare per passenger.
He added that fare for one sack of palay is also P30.
“No other vehicles would enter our barangay due to bad road condition, except for passenger-motorcycle that ferry passengers and farm products but it’s costly”, he said
Parcon said Barangay Tagapua is 9-kilometer from San Francisco town and it produces an estimated 14,000 sacks of palay (700 metric ton) per cropping. — Alden Pantaleon Jr /LBG, GMA News
At least 300 women representing three organizations from Barangays Pisaan, Tagapua and Borbon had participated in a workshop to map out barangay road maintenance and rehabilitation program.
The one day activity, held recently in Tagapua, one of San Francisco’s rice producing barangays, was initiated by the Philippines Provincial Road Management Facility (PPRMF), a five-year development initiative of the Philippine government and Australia which started on 2009.
Oibone Enobio, PPRMF communications officer, said the PPRMF’s P24.6-million rehabilitation of the Pisaan-Bonbon road project in the town was completed in January last year.
She said the project is a 6.10-kilometer provincial gravel road that connects barangays Pisaan, Tagapua and Borbon.
According to Enobio, the PRMF aims to spur local economic activities by improving a road network in the area.
The newly-completed road network was destroyed by flash flood caused by continuous heavy rain that hit Agusan del Sur in December last year. Low-lying road that connects Pisaan, Tagapua and Borbon was washed out by flood waters.
Tagapua barangay Chairman Jerry Parcon said the provincial engineering office (PEO) would soon implement road repair and concreting project in areas destroyed by flood. He said the road concreting would start from Pisaan to Tagapua.
Ever Abosolo, Agusan del Sur’s PPRMF coordinator, said the provincial government under Gov. Adolph Edward Plaza’s leadership is very supportive in their rehabilitation project in the locality.
Abosolo pointed out that the PPRMF has initiated to tap local women organizations in order to empower them for the road rehabilitation project.
He said the community has been linking up with PEO because its road project is within the PPRMF’s road program.
“We are happy that the local government units in the area have organized women groups to help in planning, maintaining and monitoring of the road project,” he said.
The outcome of the workshop, Abosolo said, would be submitted to the PEO and project contractor that is willing to employ local residents specially women for the project.
In an interview with GMA News Onlie, the Tagapua barangay chairman Jerry Parcon said good access road would help reduce their transportation cost especially during harvest time, adding it would also improve the barangays’ transport services.
At present, Parcon said the only available transportation facility is passenger motorcycle with P30 fare per passenger.
He added that fare for one sack of palay is also P30.
“No other vehicles would enter our barangay due to bad road condition, except for passenger-motorcycle that ferry passengers and farm products but it’s costly”, he said
Parcon said Barangay Tagapua is 9-kilometer from San Francisco town and it produces an estimated 14,000 sacks of palay (700 metric ton) per cropping. — Alden Pantaleon Jr /LBG, GMA News
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