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| PHOTOS RENEE BAUTISTA |
Interior and Local
Government Secretary Mar Roxas personally handed over the checks from the
Recovery Assistance on Yolanda (RAY-II) Fund to local government units in Aklan
on June 13.
| Aklan will receive P80.175 million out of P238.6 million funded for Panay Island for the post-Yolanda rehabilitation efforts of 202 facilities in 186 barangays across 16 municipalities. |
The RAY funds are
allocated for the construction of barangay facilities such as barangay halls,
daycare centers and civic centers in Aklan.
Initially, Roxas
distributed checks to LGUs with complete documents in the amount of P37.823
million.
Roxas, who is also the
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council's vice chairman for
Disaster Preparedness, has reminded the town mayors in Aklan to submit all the
required documents to avail the remaining P42.229-million RAY funds second
release.
“Buligan naton ang atong
mga kapitan para makumpleto ang ila nga dokumentasyon, indi kaguwa ang tseke
kun indi pa kumpleto ang mga papeles. We have one-stop shop for the remaining
P42 million para ang iban nga barangays mabaton naman nila ang mga tseke, para
dungan ang pag-construct sang mga istraktura,” said Roxas.
Also present during
the distribution of checks were Aklan top officials led by Aklan Governor
Florencio Miraflores, Vice Governor Gabrielle Calizo-Quimpo and Aklan Rep.
Teodorico Haresco, Jr. and the local chief executives.
“Malayu na ang naabot naton, wala sang
ginpili, pararehas tanan, yan ang tatak sang gina-agyan subong na daang
matuwid. Pantay ang laban para sa lahat, waay chaleco, waay partido, waay
pulitika, parehas tanan. Nagasalig ako diri sa Aklan that we will continue to
lead the battle against hunger and poverty,” Roxas said.
Last year, Aklan province
received roughly P27.006-million funded from RAY-Batch 1 out P1.74-billion for
the rehabilitation and reconstruction of facilities in Yolanda-affected
areas.
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