The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process’ PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNan (PAMANA) program launches its road project in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.
In a grounbreaking ceremony in Brgy. Bagonbon, PAMANA- National Program Management Office (NPMO) Head, Director Sherwin Vizconde emphasizes how the program bridges communities and provide progress and development to conflict-affected and vulnerable areas of the country-side.
“We don’t just build and connect roads and pathways; we build and connect lives,” Dir. Vizconde says.
The road concreting project in Brgy. Bagonbon Proper connecting Sitio Pagbatangan Road to Sitio Nangka has been appropriated with Php 60,000,000.00.
Negros Occidental First District Representative Melecio “Beboy” J. Yap, Jr. meanwhile expresses his commitment to support the peace process in the region.
“I’m willing to help in the peace negotiations. I’m willing to help in the peace process,” he proclaims.
District Engineer Jaime SJ. Javellana of DPWH-Neg Occ 1st District Engineering Office, on the other hand, promises that the road concreting will help reduce conflict in the region, saying that they “will make not just a physical road but a road towards peace and harmony.”
The PAMANA was implemented by the government since 2012 to reduce vulnerabilities, improve governance, and empower fragile communities. This involves socio-economic interventions to isolated and conflict-affected areas not only to foster sustainable development but also to avoid recurrence of sources of conflict.
