LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – More projects are expected to benefit the poor of this province, Governor Ramon V. Guico III vowed during his oath taking last Monday at the Sison Auditorium here.
The governor said that thru the provincial government’s ‘Ipagpatuloy Ang Galing, Community Outreach Program” they will be able to reach out to the more than 3.1 million Pangasinan residents in the 1,364 villages.
Launched last June 11 in Brgy. Doyong, Calasiao, the project is an integrated multi-agency program that provides services to disadvantaged rural or urban households and individuals in Pangasinan.
The project provides various services like free medical and dental. Medical services cover preventive care including examinations, consultations, and prescription medications. Dental, on the other hand, encompasses oral examinations and extractions.
Barangay residents can avail of free laboratory services like ECG and X-ray. Health packs containing medicines and vitamins are distributed as well as food packs consisting of rice, salt (from Pangasinan Salt Center), canned goods and eggs.
“Sa taong ito, sinimulan natin ang ‘Ipagpatuloy Ang Galing, Community Outreach Program’ upang paglingkuran ang 1,364 na barangays ng ating lalawigan,” said Gov. Guico.
[This year, we have started ‘Ipagpatuloy Ang Galing, Community Outreach Program’ to serve the 1,364 villages in our province.]
Aside from health and social services, infrastructure projects such as asphalting and concreting of farm-to-market roads or community thoroughfares are continuously undertaken. The province will also establish barangay facilities like multi-purpose buildings and halls and child development centers.
Solar streetlights will be installed also in various barangays to ensure a safer, conducive environment for villagers.
Provincial government offices recently joined in supporting the project by adopting a barangay as recipient for their outreach projects.
“Mas marami pang barangay ang gusto nating maabot sa aking pangalawang termino sa pamamagitan ng all-of-province approach sa outreach program nating ito. Samahan po ninyo ako sa layuning ito para ipagpatuloy Ang Galing ng Pangasinan,” Gov. Guico said.
[We want to reach more barangays in my second term through an all-of-province approach for our outreach program. Join me in our quest to continue how good Pangasinan is.]
Barangay folks are also urged to participate in greening the environment thru the Pangasinan Green Canopy project.
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