DILG, DBM to release P170.6-M to 35 East Visayas LGSF recipients

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
January 30, 2012

TACLOBAN CITY  –  The Department of Interior and Local Government and the Department of Budget and Management will release the amount of P170.6 million to 35 local government units in Eastern Visayas that are recipients of the Local Government Support Fund.

DILG Region 8 Director Pedro Noval Jr. informed that the Local Government Support Fund is intended to defray part of the decrease in the local government’s Internal Revenue Allotment for the year 2012.

This would be released only to provinces, cities and municipalities which have passed the DILG’s Seal of Good Housekeeping, Director Noval said.

In Eastern Visayas four provinces, three cities and 28 municipalities have been stamped the Seal of Good Housekeeping. They are the recipients of the P170.6 LGS fund.

These are the provinces of Leyte which will receive P25 million, Biliran which will receive P5 million, Eastern Samar which will receive P15 million and Northern Samar which will receive P15 million.

The cities are Ormoc City which will receive P45 million, Tacloban which will receive P25 million and Maasin City in Southern Leyte which will receive P20 million.

The 28 municipalities include six from the province of Biliran namely, Almeria with P500,000, Biliran with P500,000, Naval with P900,000, Cabucgayan with P500,000, Kawayan with P500,000 and Maripipi which will receive P400,000.

From the province of Eastern Samar, seven municipalities are included namely, Guiuan with P1 million, Balangiga with P600,000, Dolores with P1 million, Hernani with P400,000, Maydolong with P900,000, San Julian with P600,000 and Sulat with P700,000.

The eight recipient municipalities from the province of Leyte include Alangalang with P900,000, Burauen with P1million, Jaro with P900,000, Babatngon with P700,000, Calubian with P700,000, Dagami with P800,000, Palo with P1 million and Tanauan with P900,000.

The three recipients from Southern Leyte are Hinunangan which will receive P800,000, Hinundayan with P500,00 and Macrohon with P700,000.

From Northern Samar, the two recipients are Laoang with P1 million and San Isidro with P800, 000.

Finally, the two recipients from Samar province are the municipalities of Calbiga with P800,000 and Marabut with P600, 000.

Meanwhile, Mr. Myles Colasito, DILG-8 information officer, said that the recipients LGUs would be granted not more than 50% of their corresponding decrease in IRA after DILG has reviewed and approved their one-page project proposals which should be submitted along the projects to be funded by the LGSF.

Once the Regional Office has determined the soundness of the project, it shall endorse the same to the DBM for funding, Colasito said.