BARMM breaks ground for new South Upi town hall

The Bangsamoro Ministry of Interior and Local Government (MILG) led the groundbreaking ceremony on Thursday for the new South Upi Municipal Hall at Barangay Timanan in Maguindanao.

In a statement, it said the project is under the ministry's comprehensive intervention and support to local governments through its Local Government Facilities Development Program and the Support to Local Government Unit Infrastructure Development Project.

MILG Minister Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo said the two-story building is designed to have a session hall of Sanggunian, office of the vice mayor and counselors, and all of the mandatory departments under the Local Government Code.

South Upi Municipal Mayor Reynalbert Insular thanked the Bangsamoro government and the MILG for the project.

Meanwhile, Sinarimbo also said the construction of eight municipal halls already started in the provinces of Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao under the MILG projects.

The MILG and the local government units of BARMM Island provinces have already signed memoranda of agreements for the construction of their respective municipal halls.

The schedule for the groundbreaking ceremonies will start after the month of Ramadan, the BARMM added.—Ma. Angelica Garcia/LDF, GMA News