Pasonanca euphoria high as Celso unveils P8M infra
The more than 30,000 residents of Pasonanca, this city virtually burst in jubilation yesterday morning as Mayor Celso Lobregat together with other city and barangay officials inaugurated one after the other six different projects amounting to P6.7 million.
First to be inaugurated were the three drainage systems at the Summer Hill Drive with 143 linear meters long at P909,446.32 undertaken by RRMEC Construction; Toriven Drive with 120 linear meters at P458,578.63 by D8 Construction and Lantawan, Upper Pasonanca with 87 linear meters at P499,162.30.
A short program followed with the synchronized feeding activity through the City Health Office, which was attended by over 200 mothers from different barangays: Canelar, Cabatangan, Camino Nuevo, Tetuan, Tugbungan, Sta. Catalina, Tumaga, Campo Islam, Putik, Sta. Maria, Sto. Niño, Guiwan, Baliwasan, Talon-Talon, Zone 2, San Jose Gusu and Pasonanca, among others.
The program was held at the grounds of the newly constructed two-storey barangay hall with health center of Pasonanca which Mayor Lobregat also unveiled. The barangay hall is 345,295 square meter-wide, costing P4.6 million and was undertaken by CGR Camille Construction.
Present during the inauguration and blessing rites were the barangay officials of Pasonanca headed by Chairman Jun Julian, Councilors Nonong Guingona, Rudy Lim, Gerky Valesco, Charlie Mariano, Noning Biel, Cesar Iturralde, Mel Sadain, City Engineer Luis Despalo, Zamcelco GM Rey Ramos, Asst. City Health Officer Dr. Carol Carabaña and Pasonanca parish priest Rev. Fr. Rey Francisco. Also in attended were the chairmen of the above-mentioned barangays.
Meanwhile, the city government’s infrastructure investment in Barangay Pasonanca alone is pegged at P76.9 million over the last two years since Mayor Lobregat assumed his second term of office in 2007.
In 2007, Pasonanca got P22.9 million worth of projects, mostly drainage systems, farm-to-market roads, bridges and development of parks and gardens; P10.8 million worth of projects were implemented in 2008, and; P19.4 million more were completed this year. Ongoing projects total to P3.095 million while the concreting of Lantawan Road for P943,000 was bidded out last Sept. 24. Up for bidding are P1.2 million worth of different projects.-
As this developed, Julian and his kagawad assured Lobregat of their full support in next year’s elections, stressing that only under Lobregat’s leadership the barangay of Pasonanca has received such a tremendous amount of projects, to the envy of some barangays.
But Lobregat quipped, “For as long as I am the mayor, all barangays will get more projects as the rest already did.” (Vic Larato)