Sibonga receives financial assistance from governor

CEBU, Philippines - The Sibonga municipal government and the town’s League of Barangays recently received financial assistance from Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia. 

Garcia personally handed the P1.364 million worth of financial assistance to Mayor Lionel Bacaltos and P300,000 to League of Barangays president Retchie Fiel. 

Bacaltos and Fiel expressed their gratitude to Garcia.

According to Bacaltos, the P1.364 million will go to a reclamation project and for the enhancement of the senior citizen’s building. 

Also, 23 other barangays of the town received financial assistance, which Governor Gwen Garcia distributed.

These include checks for socio-cultural programs and some infrastructure projects such as road repairs, road concreting, construction of day care centers, and purchase of vehicles for emergency purposes.

Meanwhile, even in this age of modern technology, barangay captain Lydia Briones chooses to use typewriters instead of high-tech computers.

Without hesitation, Briones’s request for a typewriter was granted by the office of Provincial Board Member Julian ‘Teban’ Daan, which gave her the money last September 13 at the Sibonga Multi-Purpose Hall.

“Dako kaayo mi og pasalamat kay gihatagan gyud dayon mi,” said Briones, who added that she is more comfortable in using typewriters than computers.

Third district Rep. Pablo John ‘PJ’ Garcia and One Cebu’s vice gubernatorial candidate Boboy Durano attended the event.

Also present were Sam-Sam Gullas and provincial board members Serie Restuaro and Teban Daan. (FREEMAN)