Accomplishment: Some 3,486 households in Region 9 have been provided housing assistance through slum upgrading, resettlement, sites and services, cooperative housing 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 613 households have been provided security of land tenure in Region 9, through the community mortgage program.

Accomplishment: 5 DOH-retained hospitals, 1 province and 1 city in Region 9 sold low-cost medicines under the GMA (Gamot Mabisa, Abot-kaya) Pharma 50 Program.

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

Accomplishment: Under the Greater Medicare Access (GMA) program, a total of 1,831,405 beneficiaries or 366,281 urban and rural poor families in Region 9 were given health insurance.

Among the services covered by the NHIP 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.

Accomplishment: 53,745 jobs were generated in agriculture in Region 9

Accomplishment: For CY 2001, P249.14 million was allocated for Region 9, of which P248.44 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, fisheries and DA-LGU Counterparting programs under AFMA.

For CY 2002, P181.12 million was allocated for Region 9, of which P180.97 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

For CY 2003, P107.10 million was allocated for Region 9, of which P78.98 million has been utilized for the rice and corn, high value crops, livestock, and fisheries programs under AFMA.

For CY 2004, P64.87 million was allocated for Region 9, of which P12.01 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 824 hectares of new areas and rehabilitated 5,439 hectares of national and communal irrigation systems with 5,069 beneficiaries:

• Post-harvest

• Constructed, rehabilitated and upgraded 49 multi-purpose drying pavements, one (1) seed drum/storage, one (1) trading post/center, 52 biogas digester, two (2) abattoir, and three (3) meat laboratory/processing centers.
• Distributed five (5) corn shellers.

• Other Infrastructure

- Completed 31 farm-to-market road projects in Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay.

• Rehabilitated/improved the Zamboanga Fish Port Complex (Zamboanga City).
• Constructed the Tukuran municipal fish port (Zamboanga del Norte).
• Established one (1) satellite milkfish hatchery in Sindangan, Zamboanga Del Norte.

• Credit

- Provided loans to 55,563 farmers amounting to P 1,458.34 million.

• Capability Building

• Marketing Assistance

• Conducted the 3^rd Mindanao Seaweed Congress (Zamboanga City), PESCAO Festival Year 2 (Zamboanga City), JARDIN DE FLORES (Zamboanga City), Zamboanga Hermosa Agri-Aqua Trade and Tourism Fair (Zamboanga City), and Provincial Agri-Aqua Fair (Sibugay Province).
• Facilitated the conduct of market matching during the 1^st Anniversary celebration of Sibugay as a province.
• Conducted "producers-users" forum and business matching with 13 corn cluster heads/representatives livestock raisers, feedmillers and other industry stakeholders.
• Conducted business matching arrangement between areas of San Miguel and Mahayag in Zamboanga del Sur involving expected volume of production of 378 MT yellow corn.
• Coordinated with Quedancor re: credit facilitation and releases of inputs with market arrangement involving 300 has. Covering part of Zamboanga del Sur and Sibugay cluster areas.
• Research and Development

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

• Salary Supplement

- Provided monthly incentive allowance to 844 LGU extension workers.

A total of 19,239 families in Region 9 have been covered by the Coconut Farmers Food Access Program, which provided basic commodities at low prices.

Accomplishment: Land distribution in Region 9 covered 28,730.96 hectares – 9,757 hectares by DAR from January 2001 to June 2004, and 18,973.97 hectares by DENR from January 2001 to April 2004:

The government also issued in July 2003 a Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title covering 12,743.58 hectares benefiting 4,305 indigenous peoples:

Accomplishment: A total of 94 school buildings in unserved regions in Region 9 were completed as of May 2004.

Accomplishment: From June 2001 to September 2003, a total of 4,869,348 textbooks were procured for Region 9 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 English 3 (Grade 3) and Filipino 3 (Grade 3) with a 1:3 ratio and Science 2 (2nd year High School) with a ratio of 1:1.9.

For 3^rd and 4^th Year High School, the textbook ratio ranges from 1:1.2 to 1:3, except for Mathematics 3 (3^rd Year High School) which has a 1:1 ratio. Distributed 45,549 Teachers Manuals benefiting 2,236 recipient schools in 127 school districts in the region.

Accomplishment: Some 21,277 public and private school teachers in Region 9 were trained on the new Basic Education Curriculum and 169 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 Student’s Assistance Fund for Education for a Strong Republic (SAFE-4-SR), P11.1 million in loans were provided to 2,346 needy 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th and graduating college students in 49 higher educational institutions in Region IX.

14. Barangay energization (DOE)

Accomplishment: From July 2001 to June 2004, 292 barangays in Region 9 were provided electricity.

Accomplishment: As of 30 September 2003, all the 4 electric cooperatives in Region 9 have secured approval for rate reduction ranging from P0.0377 to P0.1601 per kilowatt-hour.

The Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative II improved its performance after meeting the medium-term target on four mandatory key performance indicators for prescribed level of efficiency under the Restructuring Program for ECs namely: settlement of restructured accounts with NPC; payment of loan amortization to NEA; reduction of system loss to 14% and below; and, reduction of average collection period to at least 45 days. Being cost efficient (non-power cost per customer per year of below P1,300 and customer per employee ratio of more than 150:1), the cooperative posted net margins from operations.

Accomplishments: The government provided relief augmentation and shelter assistance amounting to P1.04 million, and 1,000 bags of NFA rice from May-June 2003 benefiting some 1,604 families.

Accomplishments: Some P45.9 million was provided for 49 subprojects covering health and educational facilities, timber port, irrigation, water sanitation projects, and training & capability building activities.

Province No. of Project

Projects cost

• Zamboanga del Norte 9 P 6.5M
• Zamboanga del Sur 8 8.0M
• Zamboanga Sibugay 17 19.0M
• Zamboanga City 10 9.7M
• Pagadian City 2 1.2M
• Isabela City 3 1.5M

Accomplishments: Of the 1,903 barangays in Region 9, 1,839 barangays 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.

Accomplishment: 14 cities/municipalities in 3 provinces in Region 9 have established one-stop shop processing centers, installed customer complaint desks and simplified civil application systems:

• Zamboanga del Norte (8)
• Zamboanga Sibugay (1)

• Isabela City (1)
• Zamboanga del Sur (4)

20. Provision of job opportunities (DOLE)

Accomplishment: Through the Public Employment Service Offices in the Region, a total of 53,399 applicants were referred and 51,521 of them were placed for locally available jobs and overseas placement. Some 12,859 workers were assessed of whom 2,395 were given certification. Training and re-training in ICT and in-demand skills were also given to 60,591 workers.

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

Accomplishment: The resurfacing of existing runway pavement and rehabilitation of existing terminal building of Zamboanga International airport were completed to help boost tourism in Region 9.

23. Self-Employment Assistance-Kaunlaran (SEA-K) Program

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 P18,559,696 was provided as seed money to micro enterprises benefiting 3,883 families in Region 9.

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 70,990 families in 4 provinces covering 114 barangays in Region 9 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.

• Covered 96.2% of target children for the two rounds of "Patak Polio" immunization campaign under the Garantisadong Pambata Program. The program involves key life saving interventions (i.e., vaccination, exclusive breastfeeding, salt iodization, Vitamin A supplementation and food fortification).

• Launched the Community Based Malnutrition Rehabilitation Program in Zamboanga del Sur
• Provided medical assistance to 12,018 deportees from Malaysia
• Provided 26 LGUs with Iodized Salt Livelihood Project Grant

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.

Program accomplishments include the following:

- Decreased transport cost by 37%-43% for passengers and 24%-34% for cargoes

- Decreased travel time by 17%-26%

• Bagting Bridge and approaches in Dapitan City
• Dipolog Bypass Bridge along Bypass Road in Dipolog City
• Jct. Polo-Dapitan Park National Rd in Dapitan City, Zamboanga del Norte
• Preventive maintenance of Dipolog-Polanco-Pinan Jct. Oroquieta Rd. in Zamboanga del Norte; and Lanao-Pagadian City Rd (Pagadian-Tukuran Section) in Zamboanga del Sur
• Air navigation facility (DVOR/DME) in Zamboanga
• Construction of passenger terminal, berthing facilities, and administrative building at Ozamis Port in Zamboanga del Norte

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