Accomplishment: Some 17,100 households in Region 4 have been provided housing assistance through resettlement, Land Tenurial Assistance Program, Community Land Acquisition Program and other socialized housing programs from January 2001 – December 2003.

• Batangas (337 households)
• Cavite (453)
• Laguna (7,649)
• Quezon (995)
• Rizal (7,045)
• Mindoro Oriental (100)
• Palawan (521)

Accomplishment: A total of 64,613 households in Region 4 have been provided security of land tenure through the asset reform program.

Accomplishment: 3 DOH-retained hospitals and 32 outlets in local governments in Region 4 sold low-priced medicines under the GMA (Gamot Mabisa, Abot-kaya) Pharma 50 Program.

• Province of Batangas (1)
• Province of Cavite (12)
• Province of Laguna (2)
• Province of Marinduque (1)
• Province of Quezon (5)
• Province of Romblon (1)
• Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro (1)
• Tagaytay City, Cavite (2)
• Municiaplity of Gasan, Marinduque (1)
• Municipality of Imus, Cavite (2)
• Mauban, Quezon (1)
• Municipality of Pitogo, Quezon (1)
• Municipality of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro (1)
• Municipality of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro (1)

Samples of low-priced medicines and their comparative prices in private drug stores:

Accomplishment: 146,415 jobs were generated in agriculture in Region 4.

6. Implementation of Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization or AFMA (DA)

Accomplishment: For CY 2001, P404.90 million was allocated for Region4, of which P403.96 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, fisheries and DA-LGU Counterparting programs under AFMA.

For CY 2002, P388.57 million was allocated for Region4, of which P360.44 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

For CY 2003, P280.65 million was allocated for Region4, of which P197.57 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

For CY 2004, P154.11 million was allocated for Region4, of which P53.54 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

Physical Accomplishments from January 2001- May 2004:

• Irrigation

• Post-harvest

• Completed 148 farm-to-market road projects in Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, Rizal, Marinduque, Occidental Mindoro, Oriental Mindoro, Palawan, and Romblon.
• Established one (1) GET Excel Tilapia central hatchery in Sto. Domingo, Bay, Laguna and one (1) satellite milkfish hatchery in Puerto Princesa, Palawan.
• Constructed the Puerto Princesa (Palawan) and Guinayangan (Quezon) municipal fishports.
• Improvement of Infanta (Quezon) municipal fishport.
• Established/constructed the Pitogo (Quezon), Casiguran (Quezon), and Boac (Marinduque) ice plant and cold storages.

• Credit

- Provided loans to 193,353 farmers amounting to P 8.84 billion and guaranteed loans of 30,063 farmers amounting to P 336.73 million.

• Capability Building

- Conducted 347 trainings with 11,419 participants.

• Marketing Assistance

• Conducted the KASAGANAAN 2001 Agri-Fair (Trece Martirez City, Cavite); Agri-Aqua Fair (Lipa City, Batangas); and KASAGANAN 2002 Fair (Lucena City).
• Conducted market linkage/tie up between buyers and producers of ginger, banana (saba), vegetables, ubi, cassava and various fruits in different areas of the region.
• Market matched Sta. Maria Farmers’ Association with Dalisay Sweets Int’l. for Ubi and Nagcarlan Farmers Coop with Walter Mart for vegetables

• Research and Development

- Supported the operationalization and strengthening of 2 Development R&D networks

• Salary Supplement

• Quezon (3)
• Laguna (4)
• Oriental Mindoro (1)
• Palawan (2)
• Romblon (3)

Accomplishment: Following the decision of the Supreme Court declaring coconut levy funds as prima facie funds, the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) implemented the Coconut Industry Investment Fund Safety-Net Program (CSNP) for Coconut Farmers, which includes access to micro-finance and credit and upgraded insurance coverage for coconut farmers.

The amount of P10 M has been approved as advance CSNP funding for Tagkawayan, Quezon. Out of the 1,200 beneficiaries identified by PCA, a total of 145 farmers benefited from the loan package of the conduit bank to finance short-gestation livelihood projects.

The government enrolled 255,874 coconut farmer-beneficiaries in Region 4 in the upgraded insurance coverage program which increased their insurance coverage from P5,000 to P10,000.

Accomplishment: : Land distribution in Region 4 covered 64,521 hectares – 29,103 hectares by DAR from January 2001 to June 2004 and 35,418 hectares by DENR from January 2001 to April 2004

Almost 6,731 indigenous peoples were benefited by the 4 CADTs issued by the government in Romblon, Palawan and Oriental Mindoro:

• Cajidiocan and San Fernando, Sibuyan, Romblon: 7,718.83 hectares to benefit 1,846 individuals from the Mangyan-Tagabukid tribes
• Coron, Palawan: 24,520.76 hectares to benefit 1,358 individuals from the Tagbanua tribes
• Sta. Cruz, Occidental Mindoro: 5,365.11 hectares to benefit 639 individuals from the Iraya-Mangyan tribes
• Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro: 5,700.82 hectares to benefit 2,888 individuals from the Iraya-Mangyan tribes

Accomplishment: A total of 126 school buildings in unserved barangays in Region 4 were completed as of May 2004.

Accomplishment: From June 2001 to September 2003, a total of 12,966,002 textbooks were procured for Region 4 resulting in a 1:1 textbook-pupil ratio in Grades 1 to 6, and in 1^st and 2^nd Year High School, except for Filipino 3 (grade 3) with a 1:17 ratio and English 3 (Grade 3) with a 1:14 ratio.

For the 3^rd and 4^th Year High School, the textbook ratio ranges from 1:1.7 to 1:2.2, except for Mathematics 3 (3^rd Year High School), which has a 1:1 ratio. Distributed 90,679 Teachers Manuals in 4,363 school recipients in 248 school districts in the region.

Accomplishment: Some 60,480 public and private school teachers in Region 4 were trained on the new Basic Education Curriculum and 856 were trained on linear, sequential approach in teaching Math. Starting June 2003, time allotted for Science was increased to 84 minutes per period or 420 minutes per week.

Accomplishment: Under the Iskolar Para sa Mahirap na Pamilya, 5 million indigent families can each send one child to college or technical-vocational course through a grant of P20,000 for two years for a vocational course of P40,000 for a four-year college course to cover basic tuition, transportation and food allowance. As of June 2004, a total of 1,098 Certificate of Educational Assistance have been awarded to recipient-families in Region 4.

Under the Student’s Assistance Fund for Education for a Strong Republic (SAFE-4-SR), P300 million in loans were provided to 1,800 needy 3^rd,4^th, 5^th and graduating college students in 219 higher educational institutions in Region 4.

Accomplishment: From July 2001 to June 2004, 326 barangays in Region 4 were provided electricity.

Accomplishment: : As of 30 September 2003, 12 electric cooperatives in Region 4 have secured approval for rate reduction ranging from 5 to 7 centavos per kilowatt-hour.

16. Provision of job opportunities (DOLE)

Accomplishment: Through the Public Employment Service Offices in the Region, a total of 708,047 applicants were referred and 664,099 were placed for locally available jobs and overseas placement. Some 30,182 workers were assessed and 12,192 of them were given certification. Training and re-training in ICT and in-demand skills were also given to 268,092 workers.

Accomplishment: The SME Market Centers in Cavite, Laguna and Palawan were strengthened to serve as one-stop shop for SMEs providing information and business counseling on SME management and development strategies.

Accomplishment: From January 2001 to December 2003, a total of 17 ecozones were proclaimed in Region 4 to respond to demands for ready-to-occupy locations for investments. The operating ecozones employed a total of 191,883 workers.

Accomplishment: 131 cities/municipalities in 5 provinces in Region 4-A and 53 cities/municipalities in 5 provinces in Region 4-B have installed customer complaint desk and established one-stop shop processing and issuing business and building permits, certificates of occupancy and real property documents (i.e., real property tax, capital gains tax and inheritance property tax).

Accomplishment: The Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) Program provides the poor and disadvantaged sectors of society with timely access to credit and development opportunities.

From January 2001 to March 2004, a total of 37,164,007 was provided as seed money to 356 micro enterprises benefiting a total of 8,065 beneficiaries in Region 4.

Accomplishment: As an anti-poverty strategy, KALAHI-CIDSS Program was implemented to fast track delivery of social services to urban and rural communities to address their immediate and long-term needs. Some 20,524 families in 11 provinces covering 303 barangays in Region 4 benefited from the program.

Among the benefits provided by KALAHI-CIDSS include medical missions, construction of potable water supply and provision of immediate relief and rehabilitation assistance to areas affected by natural calamities.

Accomplishment: The SRNH is an inter-modal transport system inter-connecting the islands of the archipelago.

The Manila-Batangas-Calapan-Roxas-Caticlan-Iloilo-Bacolod-Dumaguete-Dapitan route was opened to spur inter-island farm trade and improve the distribution system of food and agricultural products from Mindanao to Luzon.

The Manila-Batangas-Dumaguete-Cagayan de Oro route decreased travel time by 10 hours.

Accomplishment: The following infrastructure projects were completed in Region 4:

• Lucban Village Inn Renovation including the Bahay Kubo and Bahay na Bato Cottages

• Tagaytay-Palico Road in Batangas
• Nasugbu-Palico-Batangas City Road in Batangas
• Infanta-Gen. Nakar Road in Quezon
• Mulanay-San Narciso Road in Quezon
• Rural Road Network Development project in Rizal
• Air navigation facilities in Jomalig (DVOR/DME) and Tagaytay (RCAG)
• Three social reform related feeder port development projects in Quezon
• Three-storey Bureau of Customs Building with Main and Annex Building in Batangas City
• Four courtrooms in San Pedro, Laguna

Region 4-B

• Tabon Caves development in Palawan including the viewdeck at Tabon and Manunggul Cave, and painting of railings and concrete stairs/pathwalk

• Palawan North Road from Longogan to Roxas
• Puerto Princesa-Langogan Road in Palawan
• Air navigation facilities in Palawan (RCAG)
• Social reform-related feeder port development projects in Romblon (3 ports), and Palawan (5)
• Bansud Hall of Justice in Oriental Mindoro
• Construction/rehabiliation of depwells, shallow wells, and spring development in various locations in Romblon

Accomplishment: The government assisted different micro and small enterprises develop their products by adopting new technologies: