Accomplishment: Some 8,674 households in Region 5 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.

2. Give security of tenure to 150,000 urban poor families (HUDCC)

Accomplishment: A total of 6,319 households have been provided security of land tenure through the Community Mortgage Program in Region 5.

Accomplishment: 4 DOH-retained hospitals and 16 outlets in local governments in Region 5 sold low-priced medicines under the GMA (Gamot Mabisa, Abot-kaya) Pharma 50 Program.

LGUs selling low-priced medicines:

• Province of Albay (5)
• Province of Catanduanes (6)
• Municipality of Gubat, Sorsogon (1)
• Municipality of Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon (1)
• Ligao City, Albay (1)
• Tabaco City, Albay (1)
• Sorsogon City, Sorsogon (1)

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

4. Health insurance for the poor (Philhealth)

Accomplishment: Under the Enhanced Greater Medicare Access (GMA) program, 2,831,875 beneficiaries from 566,375 urban and rural poor families in Region 5 have been given health insurance.

Among the services covered by the program include payment of room and board accommodation in hospitals from P200 to P400/day; medicine consumption from P1,500 to P16,000 (per single period of confinement); payment of professional fees of attending physician from P600 but not to exceed P2,500 per day.

Philhealth also provides maternity packages for normal delivery and health packages for tuberculosis patients.

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

Accomplishment: For CY 2001, P319.40 million was allocated for Region 10, of which P312.25 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, fisheries and DA-LGU Counterparting programs under AFMA.

For CY 2002, P177.82 million was allocated for Region 10, of which P177.67 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

For CY 2003, P148.94 million was allocated for Region 10, of which P125.37 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

For CY 2004, P54.78 million was allocated for Region 10, of which P19.07 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

• Generated 2,259 hectares of new areas and rehabilitated 9,581 hectares of national and communal irrigation systems with 9,434 beneficiaries:

• Post-harvest

• Constructed, rehabilitated and upgraded 84 multi-purpose drying pavements, one (1) biogas digester, one (1) livestock auction market, and one (1) abattoir.
• Distributed 21 mechanical dryers, 37 corn shellers and 9 village level processing equipment.

• Other Infrastructure

- Completed 65 farm-to-market road projects in Bukidnon, Misamis Occidental, Cagayan de Oro, Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, and Lanao del Norte.

• Established/constructed the Magsaysay ice plant and cold storage (Misamis Oriental).
• Constructed the Catarman municipal fish port in Catarman, Camiguin.
• Established one (1) GET Excel Tilapia central hatchery in Kisolon, Bukidnon.

• Credit and Guarantee

• Provided loans to 176,810 farmers amounting to P 5,634.76 million and guaranteed loans to 10,381 farmers amounting to P 81.45 million.

• Capability Building

• Conducted 530 trainings with 24,038 participants.

• Marketing Assistance

• Conducted the Mindanao Food Congress (Cagayan De Oro), and 1^st National Corn Congress (Bukidnon).
• Market matched the following:

• 43 vegetable growers in Lantapan and 44 in Impasugong with MAKRO Phils.

• Research and Development

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

• Salary Supplement

• Provided monthly incentive allowance to 1,025 LGU extension workers.

Accomplishment: Maintained operation of 175 stationary stores in Region 5 which sold basic commodities at low prices such as rice, sugar and herbal and over-the-counter medicines.

8. Push for the resolution of the coconut levy issue in favor of coconut farmers (PCA)

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 P5 M has been released from the President’s Social Fund as advance CSNP funding (to be repaid once levy funds are released) for Pasacao, Camarines Sur. A MOA with National Livelihood Support Fund was signed on October 15, 2002. The first batch of project beneficiaries, consisting of 19 farmers, had engaged in various livelihood projects which include livestock raising, sari-sari store operations, buy and sell business, and fish vending.

The government enrolled 63,543 coconut farmer-beneficiaries in Region 5 in the upgraded insurance coverage program which increased their insurance coverage from P5,000 to P10,000.

Accomplishment: Land distribution by DAR in Region 5 covered 50,302 hectares in Region 5 – 31,031 hectares by DAR from January 2001 to June 2004 and 19,153 hectares by DENR from January 2001 to April 2004:

Accomplishment: A total of 97 school buildings in unserved barangays in Region 5 were completed as of May 2004.

Accomplishment: From June 2001 to September 2003, a total of 6,829,323 textbooks were procured for Region 5 resulting in a 1:1 textbook-pupil ratio in Grades 1 to 6, and in the 1^st and 2^nd Year High School, except for Filipino 3 (Grade 3) and English 3 (Grade 3) with a ratio ranging from 1:6 to 1:7

For the 3^rd and 4^th Year High School, the textbook ratio ranges from 1:1.5 to 1:1.8, except for Mathematics 3 (3^rd Year High School), which has a 1:1 ratio. Distributed 31,144 Teachers Manuals to 3,049 recipient schools in 160 school districts in the region.

Accomplishment: Some 34,343 public and private school teachers in Region 5 were trained on the new Basic Education Curriculum and 652 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 or P40,000 for a four-year college course to cover basic tuition, transportation and food allowance. As of June 2004, a total of 50 Certificate of Educational Assistance have been awarded to recipient-families in Region 5.

Under the Student’s Assistance Fund for Education for a Strong Republic (SAFE-4-SR), P300 million in loans were provided to 2,532 needy 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and graduating college students in 73 higher educational institutions in Region 10.

Accomplishment: From July 2001 to June 2004, 542 barangays in Region 5 were provided electricity.

Accomplishment: Through the Public Employment Service Offices in the Region, a total of 41,056 applicants were referred and 26,405 were placed for locally available jobs and overseas placement. Some 23,361 workers were assessed and 4,497 of them were given certification. Training and re-training in ICT and in-demand skills were also given to 132,131 workers.

Accomplishment: The SME Market Center in Albay was strengthened to serve as one-stop shop for SMEs providing information and business counseling on SME management and development strategies.

Accomplishments: All 3,444 barangays in Region 5 have established GMA Centers to disseminate quality information on national government programs and advocate services delivered by national government agencies to community residents, such as livelihood, job opportunities, peace and order, public safety, health and sanitation, educational and social welfare, agricultural support services, infrastructure development, environmental management and sports development.

Accomplishments: 19 cities/municipalities in 6 provinces in Region 5 have installed customer complaint desks and established one-stop shops 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).

• Established Epidemologic Surveillance Units in Masbate, Camarines Norte and Naga City
• Initiated 2^nd dose of Filariasis Mass Treatment in Sorsogon

Accomplishments:

• Donsol Tourism Visitor Center
• Tabaco-Ligac Road leading to Mayon Volcano Park
• Rehabilitation of passenger terminal building in Matnog Port, Sorsogon

• Rehabilitation of the Naga City-Daraga-Matnog Section of the Calauag-Matnog Road in Camarines Sur and Albay
• Air navigation facility (DVOR/DME) at Naga Airport
• Social reform-related feeder port development projects in Camarines Sur (4 ports) and Masbate (2)

Accomplishments: The government provided assistance and transferred technologies to different micro and small companies which resulted in the following: