A total of P48.7 million was distributed to 195 barangays of various towns and cities in Negros Occidental to fund their respective development projects.
Governor Bong Lacson, Board Members Jeffrey Tubola (6th District), Rita Gatuslao (5th District), Manuel Frederick Ko (3rd District), and Jose Benito Alonso (4th District) led the ceremonial turnover of checks to the Punong Barangays and their authorized representatives at the Capitol Social Hall on Friday, January 31.
Each beneficiary barangay received P250,000 for projects including the installation of solar streetlights, purchase of multi-purpose vehicles, acquisition of office equipment, construction of concrete bleachers and canopies, building perimeter fences, concreting barangay roads, constructing comfort rooms, improving multi-purpose covered courts, installing water pipelines, building multi-purpose buildings, purchasing DRRM supplies and equipment, constructing footbridges, acquiring CCTV cameras, establishing community centers, rehabilitating daycare centers, and improving water systems.*
