Top priority projects
named after IRA increase
By
MYRA M. TAMBOR
January
26, 2008
CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar
– Roads, flooding, and health services will be among of the first
priorities of the city government of Catbalogan now that it has much
larger IRA. This was stressed by Mayor Coefredo ‘Tekwa’ Uy in an
exclusive interview.
The mayor said that
considering the perennial problem on flooding at the Catbalogan III
area, he will be prioritizing the said project. Flooding problem
within the City’s downtown area will also be addressed soon.
Access to health
services of the residents of
Sierra Islands
and nearby coastal barangays will also be acted upon. Health
personnel including a medical doctor and a nurse will be assigned in a
health facility that will be constructed there, though it was not
learned where in particular the facility will be located.
Farm to market roads
will be constructed under a special project for the upland barangays
of the City.
With the farm to
market road project now in place, the mayor is expecting to address
poverty incidence in the upland barangays of the City which later will
translate into a better economy for Catbalogan as well as the whole
province in general.
Though the IRA has
already increased and the proposed budget pending now at the
Sangguniang Panlungsod, the mayor still stressed that the cooperation
and support of the public is highly enjoined.
