BAGUIO CITY, Benguet, Jan.12 (PIA) – Infrastructure, health, and social services are the priority programs of Governor Josel Baac for the province of Kalinga.
"Our province is a member of the club 20 and we are only dependent on our Internal Revenue Allotment but upon my assumption to office last June, I really intensified the implementation of infrastructure projects and even made an improvement in the management of our hospitals," said Baac who is also the newly appointed chairman of the Regional Development Council.
According to Baac, per their consultation with the constituents, the delivery of basic health services remains to be their primary concerns.
He also noted that there are still many people in Kalinga who are not Philhealth members. This is why they made it as a policy for indigent families, certified by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), to be given free health services in the provincial hospital.
For poverty reduction, Baac shared that their priority now is to create a ‘Pumiya-an’ council which will oversee that all poverty reduction and other social programs, from the national line-agencies and the provincial government, will go to the right beneficiaries.
"Through the council, we will also have a convergence of all the poverty reduction and social programs to be implemented in the municipalities. We already identified four pilot barangays in every municipalities. These are among the poorest barangays which we will enroll to Philhealth, so that they can avail of the government’s health programs," Baac said.
On peace and order situation, Baac stressed that they have already drafted a Comprehensive Peace and Order plan for the province for the next five years.
"We cannot also deny that among the provinces in the Cordillera, Kalinga was identified as among those which does not have a stable peace and order condition, but generally Kalinga is a peaceful place and that there are even municipalities like that of " Baac said.
On issues of tribal war, Baac lamented that once there is an incident of violence, it is often reported as tribal war -related but that is not always the case.
He is appealing to his constituents that when there is a misunderstanding, they should not get easily steamed up as there is a Bodong council that could initiate a proceeding for any bodong related cases.** Lito Dar/PIA)
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