This was revealed
today by Regional Director Francisco C. Jose of the Department of the
Interior and Local Government (DILG), which was mandated under
Executive Order 32 of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III to
facilitate the distribution of the one-time assistance of 150 pesos
per tricycle unit in light of the prevailing high fuel prices.
Dir. Jose said DILG
has released through its provincial and city offices, checks to 62
LGUs starting May 26, while waiting for the complete documents from 16
other LGUs which also signified the presence of MCHs in their
localities.
Among the LGUs which
have started releasing the PTAP are: Naval, Biliran; Abuyog,
Alang-alang, Carigara, Hindang, Jaro, Matalom, Tanauan, Tolosa, Tunga,
and Ormoc City, all in Leyte; Catbalogan City, Gandara and San Jorge
in Samar.
Meanwhile Dir. Jose
bared that the region has received from DILG Central Office the second
tranche of 301,800 pesos for an additional 2,012 MCH units, in light
of requests / corrected information from LGUs. Most of this is
intended for MCHs in
Tacloban
City which has 1,615 MCH units, up from its earlier submitted number
of 950 certified tricycles in the city.
The release of the
second tranche brings the regional total received by DILG, to 2.092
Million pesos for 13,947 MCH units. The breakdown of MCH units per
province (cities included): Biliran - 310; Eastern Samar - 2,928;
Leyte - 5,353; Northern Samar - 700; Southern Leyte - 2,010; and Samar
- 2,289. Nationwide, government has allotted 150 million pesos on the
Pantawid Pasada for about 900,000 tricycles.
Under the DILG
implementing guidelines, regional offices shall forge a MOA with
concerned local chief executives who shall prepare and certify the
list of tricycle franchisees in their localities, including their
addresses and the number of operating tricycles.
The list shall be the
basis of DILG regional and field offices in the computation of the
subsidy by the DILG regional and field offices. Likewise, under the
guidelines, mayors are directed to set-up a PTAP Assistance and
Complaint Desk to receive feedback and address the complaints of the
beneficiaries.
