Unless ang nasa isip talaga ay pambili pa rin ng boto sa eleksiyon 2016, the corrupt and the corrupted may never listen and just push their luck that far?
"In view of the above, may we respectfully suggest/reiterate our request for the provincial government not to pursue the loan and or for the DBP to defer any action on the loan application as there are plenty of unspent funds at the provincial coffers including other sources of funds, re: the former PDAF which is now concentrated in Malacanan Palace and can always be tapped for development projects."
- Pedrito 'Toto' Nepomuceno, former mayor of Boac, former board member.
LIST: 74 provinces qualify for P. 6.5-billion budget on road rehab
Seventy-four provinces are eligible to propose provincial
road projects for rehabilitation, improvement, and upgrading in 2016 through
the KALSADA program.
KALSADA, or Konkreto at Ayos na Lansangan at Daan Tungo sa
Pangkalahatang Kaunlaran, is the performance-based devolution program recently
launched by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to institutionalize
good governance practices for local government units with respect to local road
management.
The program will rehabilitate and upgrade provincial road
networks and transfer these assets permanently to provincial governments for
maintenance.
Under the program, which was approved as part of the the
2016 General Appropriations Act, the national government will spend P6.5
billion ($138.71 million), the DBM said. Funds will be downloaded through the
Local Government Support Fund. (READ: DBM allots P6.5B for road projects in
2016)
Of the 81 provinces, only Misamis Oriental, Davao
Occidental, and provinces within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM) were not qualified to join the KALSADA program, according to a list
obtained from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).
Budget chief Florencio Abad said qualified provinces have
not only met good governance standards and social development benchmarks, but
have also established monitoring and evaluation mechanisms. (READ: PH gov't to
spend P6.5B to upgrade provincial roads in 2016)
Of the 216,016-kilometer road network in the Philippines,
provincial governments maintain about 32,000 km of roads. See the list below to
know which provinces are eligible to propose road projects through the KALSADA
program:
74 PROVINCES ELIGIBLE FOR THE KALSADA PROGRAM
(Source: Office of Project Development Services, DILG)
REGION PROVINCE REGION PROVINCE
1 CAR ABRA 38 V SORSOGON
2 CAR APAYAO 39 VI AKLAN
3 CAR BENGUET 40 VI ANTIQUE
4 CAR IFUGAO 41 VI CAPIZ
5 CAR KALINGA 42 VI GUIMARAS
6 CAR MT PROVINCE 43 VI ILOILO
7 I ILOCOS NORTE 44 NIR NEGROS OCC
8 I ILOCOS SUR 45 VII BOHOL
9 I LA UNION 46 VII SIQUIJOR
10 I PANGASINAN 47 VII CEBU
11 II BATANES 48 NIR NEGROS ORIENTAL
2 II CAGAYAN 49 VIII BILIRAN
13 II ISABELA 50 VIII EASTERN SAMAR
14 II NUEVA VIZCAYA 51 VIII LEYTE
15 II QUIRINO 52 VIII NORTHERN SAMAR
16 III AURORA 53 VIII SOUTHERN LEYTE
17 III BATAAN 54 VIII WESTERN SAMAR/SAMAR
18 III BULACAN 55 IX ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
19 III NUEVA ECIJA 56 IX ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
20 III PAMPANGA 57 IX ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY
21 III TARLAC 58 X BUKIDNON
22 III ZAMBALES 59 X CAMIGUIN ISLAND
23 IV-A BATANGAS 60 X LANAO
DEL NORTE
24 IV-A CAVITE 61 X MISAMIS
OCCIDENTAL
25 IV-A LAGUNA 62 XI COMPOSTELA
VALLEY
26 IV-A QUEZON 63 XI DAVAO
DEL NORTE
27 IV-A RIZAL 64 XI DAVAO
DEL SUR
28 IV-B MARINDUQUE 65 XI DAVAO ORIENTAL
29 IV-B MINDORO OCC 66 XII NORTH COTABATO
30 IV-B MINDORO OR 67 XII SARANGANI
31 IV-B PALAWAN 68 XII SOUTH
COTABATO
32 IV-B ROMBLON 69 XII SULTAN
KUDARAT
33 V ALBAY 70 CARAGA AGUSAN DEL NORTE
34 V CAMARINES NORTE 71 CARAGA AGUSAN DEL SUR
35 V CAMARINES SUR 72 CARAGA DINAGAT ISLAND
36 V CATANDUANES 73 CARAGA SURIGAO DEL NORTE
37 V MASBATE 74 CARAGA SURIGAO DEL SUR
Abad said the program will also develop the Provincial Road
Network Development Plan (PRNDP) for each province and promote the use of an
online open data portal as a mechanism for monitoring and evaluating provincial
roads.
In partnership with the World Bank and the Australian
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the government has created a system
that uses geo-tagging for reporting on the status of the projects.
Through the Open Roads Portal, the public can check online
which roads have been selected for rehabilitation or upgrading and track the
progress of the road project from start to completion.
The Open Roads Portal will contain the uploaded provincial
road network maps, as well as videos of the conditions of priority roads
before, during, and after the implementation of KALSADA. – Rappler
