Aklan guv to deliver his SOPA
BY BOY RYAN B. ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan - Governor Carlito Marquez will deliver his State of the Province Address (SOPA) at the session hall during the 5th regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan on February 8.
The State of the Province Address is the 8th annual address of Marquez in his three-term incumbency as governor of Aklan.
Marquez is expected to mention the future thrusts of the provincial government and the modest achievements that his administration had achieved for the past 12 months in tourism, agriculture and food production, social development and services, public health delivery, sports, sourcing of funds, disaster and public safety management, youth, education, infrastructure, peace and order and livelihood.
The 5th regular session of the Provincial Board will start at 9 a.m. to be presided by Vice Governor Gabrielle Calizo-Quimpo.
Invited to grace the SOPA are officials and representatives of various local, regional and national offices and line agencies, local government officials and employees, elected officials, academe, non-government organizations, tri-media and other sectoral leaders.
For the eighth time, the address will be broadcast live on several Aklan-based radio stations and cable television companies.
Marquez, who plans to run for the congressional post in 2013, has declared Aklan as a ‘billionaire province’ with an annual budget of P1.115-billion for this year, of which P611.422 million is appropriated to the General Fund and P428.165 million to the Economic Enterprise Development Department.
Aklan was recently awarded by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as 2nd Runner-Up Best Performing in Region 6 in last year’s Search for Excellence in Local Governance or the EXCELL Awards.
1 comments:
and pray tell me, what has our provincial govt. doing about renewable energy or we will just continue to depend and held hostage to exorbitant high priced electricity for generations to come? our next door neighbour, Iliolo has on it's program and coming soon faster than a speeding light a PhP 11 Billion project, the Jalaur Hydropower Plant! compared to the mighty Akean river the Jalaur river is like a "maisut nga suba"! what i am driving at is if we have a similar project built into reality the whole province can benefit a lot and do away with the mafia controlled/run electricity business! and least we forget it was the "VISION OF PROGRESS" by the late Godofredo P. Ramos we revered as the Father of Aklan! well???
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