LOCAL ISSUES AND CONCERNS

DAVAO REGION
26 March 2018

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In an interview with media

practitioners based in Tagum City, del
Rosario told them that the Speaker
can do whatever he wants to do in
Congress and part of such privilege is
to add projects that he wanted in the
General Appropriations,

Del Rosario was referring to the multi-

Provincial Anthony Rafael G. del
Rosario has admitted that indeed
1 Davao del Norte
House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez
is indeed “powerful”.
bilion flyover project in Tagum City
that the Speaker had not made known
to anybody according to Del Rosario.
Del Rosario also told the media that Office of House Speaker,
Periodico Norte
the Speaker also has the power to Department of Budget and
March 22, 2018
scrap funding support of a Management
congressman “who does not like him
like Cong. Floirendo and Madam
Imelda Marcos, and here in the
province. He also remove the budget
for concreting of provincial roads.”

However, Del Rosario is grateful that

the administration of President
Rodrigo Duterte is giving more priority
on Infrastructure than the previous
administration.
 Periodico Norte reported that, in a
press conference on February 14
conducted after the ground-breaking
ceremony of a satellite Davao
Regional Medical Center, Alvarez
allegedly threatened to slap the
governor who would attempt to
oppose the flyover project.

It is only Governor Anthony G. Del

Rosario who questioned the
construction of the multi-billion flyover
project.
Governor Del Rosario expressed
his feeling of getting hurt over
As chair of the Regional Development
recorded statement of House
Council XI, Del Rosario pointed out Periodico Norte
2 Davao del Norte Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez who Congress, DILG
that the project failed to undergo March 22, 2018
allegedly said that he “wanted to
public consultation, and that it had not
slap the governor who will oppose
been included in the Annual
his projects”.
Investment Plan.

“Who said that and I will slap him.

Who is that governor? Tell him to
complain to me. Tell him to read
books before complaining,” Alvarez
was quoted by Periodico Norte based
in Tagum City.

Governor Del Rosario, however,

revealed that he was not slapped by
the Speaker. The two had a very
recent meeting in Congress.

P50 million is allegedly being given
to punong barangays in the
municipality of Kapalong in Davao
Davao del Norte
del Norte, allegedly from Davao del
Norte 1st District Congressman
Pantaleon Alvarez.,
(General Info)
Tighter Security imposed during
Davao City
the Holy Week Commemoration
Prepared by:
(SIGNED)
JEANEVIVE D. ABANGAN
ICM DavComval DavOr
Acting Operations Officer
This was revealed as quoted in
Periodico Norte, by former
Municipality of Kapalong Vice Mayor
Romeo Estrada who is now the
punong barangay of Kapalong
Poblacion.
Estrada allegedly revealed that
punong barangays were also given
generator sets aside from the 50
million pesos. (It is not clear however,
Congress, Periodico Norte
in the report whether the 50 Million
was in cash or project funding
commitment.)
In a separate interview with Periodico
Norte, Kapalong Mayor Maria Theresa
S. Timbol explained that the 50 million
pesos distributed to punong
barangays were assistance for
barangay official in their campaign for
the election.
Personnel from the Davao City Police Davao City Police Office,
Office and the Task Force Davao will
Task Force Davao, Public Source of Information: AFP-PNP
be deployed in various places of
convergence like the Church, ports Safety Command Center Press Corps
and terminals to allay fears of possible
attacks by the terror organizations
during the Holy Week.
:
Noted by:
(signed)
FRANCE MAE. G. MACAPAGAT
Officer-in-charge