PGMA's Speech during the 46th Founding Anniversary of the Province of Aklan

Legaspi Memorial Sports Complex Kalibo, Aklan (25 April 2002)

DAMO GID NGA SALAMAT KAN SECRETARY MAR ROXAS, UG KAG IPAABOT KO NAMAN ANG AKON PAG-ABI-ABI SA IMO TUNGOD KAY IKAW SUBONG ANG CABINET OFFICER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SA KABILUGANG REGION VI. 

ATON MGA  HALANGDON NGA OPISYALES DIRI SA AKLAN LABI NA GID SI GOVERNOR JOVEN MIRAFLORES;  SI CONGRESSWOMAN BILLY CALIZO; SI VICE GOVERNOR JEAN RODRIGUEZ     KAG TANAN MGA BOARD MEMBERS DIRI SA PROBINSYA SANG AKLAN;   MGA LAING-LAING OPISYALES DIRI SA KALIBO; ANG ATONG HOST NGA BANWA LABI NA SI KALIBO MAYOR BOYET REBALDO;  SINING ATONG MGA LAING-LAING GOBERNADORES SA MGA LAING-LAING MGA PROBINSYA SA REGION VI NGA ARI SUBONG TANAN -- SI GOVERNOR SALLY PEREZ,     SI GOVERNOR VIC BERMEJO,   SI GOVERNOR NEIL TUPAS,    KAG SI GOVERNOR NAVA;    KAG SI CITY MAYOR TRE„AS HALIN SA ILOILO CITY;   KAG ANG ATON NGA CONGRESSMAN ANAY, SI CONGRESSMAN ALLEN QUIMPO;  ANG ATONG LEADER SA ATONG CATHOLIC CHURCH DIRI, SI BISHOP GABBY REYES;   

KASAMA KO RIN NGAYON ANG DALAWA PANG CABINET MEMBER NA TUMUTULONG KAY SECRETARY MAR ROXAS SA PAG-UNLAD NG REGION VI, SI ENVIRONMENT SECRETARY SONNY ALVAREZ  AT SI ANTI-POVERTY SECRETARY GING DELES;  TANAN ATONG MGA LAING-LAING OPISYALES HALIN SA MGA LAING-LAING BANWA SANG PROBINSYA SANG AKLAN -- HINDI KO NA MA-MENTION SILANG TANAN; KAG GUSTO KO NAMAN IPAABOT ANG AKON NGA ESPESYAL NGA PAG-ABI-ABI SA MGA FAMILIA NI LATE CONGRESSMAN GODOFREDO RAMOS KAY SIYA ANG AMAY SANG AKLAN;  DIIN SI VICKY KAG ANG IYA MGA KAUTURAN?  KAG SA INYONG TANAN MGA KAUTURAN DIRI SA AKLAN, MAYAD-AYAD NGA AGAHON -- AGAHON PA -- KINYONG TANAN. 

THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO JOIN YOU IN CELEBRATING YOUR 46th ANNIVERSARY. IT IS REFRESHING TO BE HERE WITH YOU IN THE LAND OF BORACAY AND THE LAND OF ATI-ATIHAN, THE LAND OF PINYA. SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS CAN BE FOUND IN  THE PROVINCE OF AKLAN.  INDEED, WE STILL HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT BORACAY IS IN AKLAN, BECAUSE BORACAY IS A WORLD RENOWNED AND AKLAN IS NOW THE PROVINCE WHERE THE WORLD RENOWNED BORACAY ISLAND CAN BE FOUND.  

I AM HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO GREET YOU ON THE OCCASION OF THIS CREATION OF AKLAN.   AND I AM HAPPY THAT THE FATHER OF AKLAN WAS NONE OTHER THAN GODOFREDO RAMOS, WHO WAS ONE OF THE BEST FRIENDS OF MY FATHER, THE LATE PRESIDENT DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL WHEN THEY WERE BOTH IN CONGRESS. LATER ON, THEY ALSO BECAME COLLEAGUES IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION OF 1971 AND WHEN MY FATHER WAS PRESIDENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, GODOFREDO RAMOS WAS ONE OF HIS CLOSEST STALWARTS.  AND LATER ON, WHEN MY FATHER NAMED THE MOST OUTSTANDING CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES, ONE OF THE FOREMOST OUTSTANDING WAS NONE OTHER THAN THE SON OF AKLAN AND THE FATHER OF AKLAN, GODOFREDO RAMOS. INCIDENTALLY, ONE OF THE TEN BEST DELEGATES, ACCORDING TO MY FATHER, WAS THE VERY YOUNG DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, SONNY ALVAREZ -- NOW MY SECRETARY OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. 

IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE IN AKLAN, YOUR PROVINCE, WHICH IS JUST A 45-MINUTE PLANE RIDE FROM MANILA, IS ONE OF THE BEST TOURIST DESTINATIONS WE HAVE.  IT IS ONE OF -- MAYBE THE BEST -- BECAUSE IT IS ONE OF THE BEST WORLD-CLASS BEACHES IN THE WHOLE WORLD, MAYBE THE BEST BEACH IN THE WHOLE WORLD. AND NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE -- MAYBE THE BEST BEACH IN THE WORLD -- WE HAVE EXCITING CAVES AND WE HAVE COLORFUL FESTIVALS. THE TOURISM OF AKLAN IS INDEED AN ANCHOR AND A LEADING EDGE TO SPUR DEVELOPMENT AND TO FIGHT POVERTY NOT ONLY IN THE PHILIPPINES BUT IN THE ENTIRE PHILIPPINES.

TODAY, I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE SECRETARY MAR ROXAS AS THE CABINET OFFICIAL FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT.  KAG SA IYA NGA INTRODUCTION SA AKON, NAG-ISTORYA SIYA, NAGHAMBAL SIYA NA AKO NANGIN ANG ISA SA MGA ARCHITECTS SANG CALABARZON.  KAG AKO NANGIN ISA SA MGA ARCHITECTS SANG CALABARZON TUNGOD KAY SA TIYEMPO NI PRESIDENT CORAZON AQUINO NAGSUGOD ANG SYSTEM NG CABINET OFFICER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT KAG GIN-APPOINT NIYA SA CABINET OFFICER FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT SA REGION IV ANG SECRETARY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY, SI SECRETARY JOE CONCEPCION.  KAG TUNGOD ANG DTI SECRETARY ANG CORD SA REGION IV, DIRA NAGSUGOD ANG CALABARZON. SUBONG NGA SI SECRETARY MAR ROXAS AMO ANG ATONG REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT CABINET OFFICER SA REGION VI, SUBONG MASUGOD SA LIWAT ANG BAG-O NGA CALABARZON NGA AMO GID ANG PANAY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PLAN.  (APPLAUSE)  GANI SA LIDERATO NI MAR ROXAS DAKU ANG ATONG MAHULAT NGA SIGURO ANG PANAY ANG MANGIN BAG-O NGA CALABARZON SA 21st CENTURY. 

SA SINING ATONG BAG-O NGA CALABARZON, ANG PANAY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, DUHA ANG ATONG PRIORITY -- UNA, TUNGOD SA BORACAY, ANG ATONG ANCHOR, ANG TOURISM;  KAG DUHA,  DIIN NAHALIN ANG DAKU SA MGA INCOME SANG ATON MGA PUMULUYO DIRI SA REGION VI  AMO ANG ATING PANGUNGUMA O AGRIKULTURA.  GANI ANG PANAY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ANG IYANG ANCHOR DEVELOPMENT MAKADTO SA TOURISM  DEVELOPMENT KAG AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION.  AND I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING EFFORTS, PEOPLE OF AKLAN. FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO DEVELOP TOURISM AS IF BORACAY AS AN ANCHOR BUT PROVIDING FOR OTHER SATELLITE DEVELOPMENT AREAS FOR DESTINATIONS FOR BORACAY TOURISTS. FOR INSTANCE, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR PLAN TO SET UP A CORAL GARDEN IN JAWILI, TANGALAN, WHICH IS KNOWN FOR ITS EXPANSIVE BIODIVERSITY.   I AM SURE NGA TUNGOD KAY SUBONG MAY-ARA NA KITA ANG PANAY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MAKABULIG ANG MGA AHENSIYA, ALL CONCERNED AGENCIES SUCH AS THE DA-BFAR, THE DOST-PCAMRD, THE DOT, THE DENR AND THE DILG TO POOL THEIR EXPERTISE AND RESOURCES, AND WORK WITH THE PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CONCERNED TO PROMOTE ITS TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL VIABILITY.

DIRI NAMAN MAY-ARA KITA SUBONG ISA NGA BAG-O NGA PROCLAMATION NGA AKON NGA GINAPIRMA SA ANTIQUE KAGANINA SA PANDAN.  AND I WOULD LIKE TO READ TO YOU -- THIS IS PROCLAMATION NUMBER... THIS PROCLAMATION DECLARES THE MOUNTAIN RANGES OF NORTHWEST PANAY PENINSULA SITUATED IN THE MUNICIPALITIES O F NABAS, MALAY, BURUANGA IN THE PROVINCE OF AKLAN AS A NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREA SYSTEM. AMO NGA MATAPOS SA PAG-SWIMMING KAG PAG-DIVING  SA BORACAY MAKADTO ANG ATONG MGA TURISTA NGA MAG-TREKKING SA MGA BUKID DIRA SA NABAS, SA BURUANGA SA MGA LAING-LAING NGA MGA KABOS NGA MGA BANWA DIRI SA AKLAN KAG MAKABULIG NGA MAKATAAS ANG INCOME SA MGA LAING-LAING BANWA INDI LANG ANG MALAY O ANG BORACAY.  

KAG GUSTO KO NAMAN IPAABOT ANG AKONG DAKO NGA PAGPASALAMAT KAN GOVERNOR MIRAFLORES TUNGOD KAY INDI LANG ANG TOURISM SA AKLAN ANG NA-DEVELOP HALIN SA IYA NGA MAAYO NGA STATESMANSHIP O REGIONAL THINKING KAY MAY ARA NAMAN ANG PARTNERSHIP SA AKLAN, PROBINSYA SANG AKLAN KAG PROBINSYA SANG ANTIQUE NGA MAY ARA TWINNING PROJECT GANI SADTONG MGA TURISTA SA BORACAY INDI LANG MAKADTO SA MGA BUKID SANG BURUANGA O SA NABAS MAKADTO PA SILA SA MGA BUKID SA PANDAN, MAKAKADTO PA SA MGA LAING-LAING LUGAR SA ANTIQUE KAY ANG ANTIQUE ISA SA ATON MGA LABI NA KABOS NGA PROBINSYA SA KABILUGANG PILIPINAS.  GANI HALIN SA TURISMO SA BORACAY ANG KABILUGANG REGION VI MANGIN ISA SA MGA PROGRESIBO NGA REGION SA KABILUGANG PILIPINAS SA 21st CENTURY. 

ASIDE FROM YOUR WORLD-CLASS TOURISM RESOURCES, AKLAN HAS AN ABUNDANT OF EXCELLENT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS RICE, COPRA AND CORN, AS WELL AS HIGHLY-COMPETITIVE MARINE PRODUCTS SUCH AS FISH, OYSTERS AND SEAWEEDS. THUS, AKLAN IS NOT JUST THE PRIMUS INTERPARES OF OUR TOURISM AS THE PHILIPPINE GROWTH CENTER FOR THE 21st CENTURY, IT IS ALSO A SHOWCASE OF OUR  AGRICULTURAL PROGRAM FOR MODERNIZATION.  AMO NGA SA ATONG PROGRAMA SA PANAY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT, SA LEADERSHIP NI CORD SECRETARY ROXAS ANG TOURISM KAG ANG AGRIKULTURA AMO ANG FLAGSHIP SA KABILUGANG REGION VI, AMO NAMAN MGA FLAGSHIP PROTOTYPES DIRI MISMO SA PROBINSYA SANG AKLAN.  NAKITA NATON DIRA SA ATONG BOOTH ANG MGA LAING-LAING NGA MGA GWAPO NGA PRODUKTO HALIN SA AGRIKULTURA SANG AKLAN.  INDI LANG ANG ATON MGA TRADITIONAL NGA RICE KAG CORN, WE ALSO HAVE HERE THE ABACA FIBER, THE PI„A FIBER WHICH IS NOW SO FASHIONABLE EVEN AMONG THE SOCIETY LADIES OF MANILA AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.  SO THEREFORE, BISAN ANG ATONG AGRICULTURE DIRI SA AKLAN MANGIN ISA KA AGRICULTURE THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO TOURISM, AGRICULTURE THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO AGRO-PROCESSING AND THEREFORE AGRO-INDUSTRIALIZATION.  

NEVERTHELESS, I KNOW THAT BISAN DIRI SA AKLAN DAKO NA ANG INCOME NGA MAHALIN SA TOURISM.  I KNOW THAT WE STILL HAVE FARMERS ENCOUNTERING PROBLEMS IN GETTING ADEQUATE CAPITAL FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD.   THE QUEDANCOR AND THE LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES PRESENTLY PROVIDE CREDIT FACILITIES TO OUR FISHERFOLK.  BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE SUSTAINABLE WAY TO INCREASE THE INCOME OF OUR FISHERFOLK HERE IN AKLAN IS TO DEVELOP TOURISM EVEN MORE, SO THAT THE CHILDREN OF OUR FISHERFOLK WILL HAVE BETTER, BIGGER INCOME COMING FROM TOURISM.  THAT IS THE KEY TO DEVELOPMENT HERE IN AKLAN.  THIS WAY TINGALI SIGURO MA-AVOID NATON ANG OVERFISHING SA ATON MGA DAGAT DIRI SA AKLAN.  AND THIS WAY WE PROTECT OUR TREASURED AQUATIC RESOURCES, A TASK WHICH ALL OF US MUST BE INVOLVED IN.

GINA-MENTION NI GOVERNOR MIRAFLORES ANG AKLAN RIVER IRRIGATION SYSTEM REHABILITATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT KAG SILING GID NI GOVERNOR MIRAFLORES AKO NAGAHATAG NA, GINAHATAG KO NA UG SANG INSTRUCTION SA DBM NA MA-RELEASE ANG KANTIDAD NGA 177 MILLION PARA SA SINING PROJECT  SA SUNOD SA SINING BANWA, APAN MAGSUGOD KITA SA INITIAL AMOUNT SANG 82 MILLION PESOS SINING BULAN.

DIRA NAMAN SA BORACAY DIIN MAHALIN ANG DAKO SA MGA INCOME INDI LANG SA MGA TAGA-BORACAY O TAGA-MALAY KUNGDI SA KABILUGANG AKLAN KAG KABILUGANG PANAY NAKA-SUGOD NA KITA, NAKA-RESOLBAR NA KITA SA DUGAY N'YO NA NGA PROBLEMA SANG TUBIG KAG SEWERAGE DIRA SA BORACAY.  SIGURO INDI PA NATON NAKALIMOT, NALIPATAN SADTONG NGA EXPERIENCE NGA NAGAWAS SA PERYODIKO ANG COLLIFORM CONTENT SA DAGAT SA BORACAY DAMO SA MGA TURISTA NAGA-CANCEL SILA, APAN SUBONG SA MAY ARA NA ANG ATONG SEWERAGE SYSTEM, ANG ATONG WATER SYSTEM NAKAABOT DIRI SA BORACAY SA SULOD SA ADMINISTRATION NI PRESIDENT GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO  NATAPOS NA ANG ATONG PROBLEMA SINING SEWERAGE KAG WATER SYSTEM MAKAABOT SA 800 MILLION PESOS ALANG SA ISLAND SANG BORACAY KAG SA PUMULUYO DIRI SA KABILUGANG AKLAN.  

KAG DIRA SA BORACAY, I KNOW THAT THE POWER PROBLEM MIGHT BE DISCOURAGING TO TOURISTS.  THE POWER PROBLEM THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING.  I KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM OF AKELCO BECAUSE I WAS A SENATOR AND I CAME HERE ON MY FIRST VISIT AS SENATOR, I WAS ALREADY CONFRONTED WITH THE PROBLEM OF AKELCO. THAT IS WHY AS PRESIDENT, IT WAS VERY EASY FOR ME TO MAKE A DECISION TO ACT IMMEDIATELY  ON THIS AND BITE THE BULLET NOW AND DO WHAT MUST BE DONE NOW TO SUSTAIN POWER AVAILABILITY IN THE LONG RUN. 

GANI, ANG ATON NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION KAG ARI SUBONG ANG ATONG CHAIRMAN SA NEA, ANG ATONG ADMINISTRATOR SA NEA, SI FATHER FRANCISCO SILVA. FATHER SILVA HAS TAKEN OVER THE OPERATION OF AKELCO TO BRING BACK STABLE POWER SUPPLY IN THE PROVINCE. 

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS ADVERSELY AFFECTING THE VIABILITY OF AKELCO HAS BEEN THE CONSUMER ARREARS. THEREFORE, THE FIRST ORDER OF THE DAY IS TO COLLECT THESE ARREARS AND THE CURRENT BILLINGS ALSO  EFFICIENTLY.

I HAVE ALSO INSTRUCTED THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY TO RESOLVE THE INSUFFICIENT TRANSMISSION CAPACITY AND OVERLOADING OF THE NABAS-CATICLAN SUBMARINE CABLE. THE EXISTING SYSTEM OF BORACAY IS OUTDATED JUST LIKE THE OLD SEWERAGE AND WATER SYSTEM  RESULTING IN THE PRESENT LOSSES, SYSTEM LOSS OF ABOUT 24 PERCENT AND FREQUENT OUTAGES.  AND SO, THAT IS WHY, WE WILL ADDRESS DECISIVELY THE PROBLEM OF POWER, IT WILL HELP BORACAY BUT IT WILL ALSO HELP THE ENTIRE PROVINCE OF AKLAN. 

WHEN I MADE MY STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS LAST YEAR, I SAID -- AND CONGRESSWOMAN CALIZO WAS THERE -- I SAID THAT ONE OF OUR GROWTH SECTORS OF THE 21st CENTURY IS TOURISM. I SAID, THAT WE HAVE THE COMPETITIVE EDGE IN TOURISM IN THE NATURAL WONDERS OF OUR COUNTRY AND THE NATURAL WARMTH OF OUR PEOPLE. WHEN I WAS SAYING THIS THERE IN CONGRESS, BORACAY WAS FOREMOST ON MY MIND. 

IN THAT SAME MAJOR POLICY STATEMENT IN THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS, WHICH GUIDES OUR MEDIUM-TERM PHILIPPINE  DEVELOPMENT PLAN, I SAID, THAT WE WILL PROVIDE THE ROADS TO THOSE WONDERS AND THE MEANS TO TAKE THE TOURISTS THERE. THUS, I AM REMINDING THE DPWH THAT THEY MUST ALWAYS PRIORITIZE THE ROADS LEADING TO BORACAY. 

I ASKED DICK GORDON BEFORE I CAME HERE, WHAT HIS PLANS ARE FOR THE AIRPORT. HE SAID, THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO UPGRADE THE CATICLAN AIRPORT BECAUSE THAT IS THE TOURIST AIRPORT.  I TOLD GOVERNOR MIRAFLORES ABOUT THIS WHEN I ARRIVED, AND HE SAID, YES.  AND HE WILL SUBMIT A PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR THE UPGRADING OF THE CATICLAN AIRPORT. BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, I AM CONTRIBUTING 40 MILLION PESOS FROM MY PRESIDENT'S SOCIAL FUND FOR THE UPGRADE OF THE CATICLAN AIRPORT.  AND SINCE THE BULK OF THE CONTRIBUTION WILL BE COMING FROM ME, MAYBE I HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THE NAME OF THE CATICLAN AIRPORT.  VICKY, I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED IT TO BE THE KALIBO, BUT IN THE 21st CENTURY THAT IS WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL TOURIST WILL ALL GO TO CATICLAN AIRPORT.  MAY I ASK THAT YOU NAME THE CATICLAN AIRPORT GODOFREDO RAMOS TOURISM AIRPORT. 

I SAID IN THE STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS, THAT WE MUST BUILD THE ROADS TO THOSE NATURAL WONDERS.  AND I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE KALIBO-NABAS HIGHWAY WILL COMMENCE THIS AUGUST.  BIDDING FOR THE PROJECT IS SCHEDULED THIS  JUNE.

AND AS TO THE KALIBO BRIDGE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DPWH WILL CONDUCT ITS DETAILED ENGINEERING DESIGN FOR FUNDING UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RURAL RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM OF THE WORLD BANK, AND THE PROJECT WILL START  IN TWO YEARS, IN THE YEAR 2004. 

LATER ON, AFTER MY SPEECH, THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE DISTRIBUTING CHECKS, CERTIFICATES AND FARM EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES TO SEVERAL BENEFICIARIES. WE WILL BE RELEASING CHECKS AMOUNTING TO 243,888 PESOS TO FAMILY CONTRACTORS OF FOREST PLANTATION PROJECTS IN NABAS AND MALAY. DIIN KAMO ATON MGA..OKEY, HALIN SA MALAY KAG NABAS.  AND THIS WILL REALLY CONTRIBUTE SA IN THIS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF NABAS AND MALAY MOUNTAINS BEING PART OF THE INTEGRATED PROTECTION SYSTEM THAT I JUST PROCLAIMED TODAY. 

MAY ARA NAMAN 100 FISHPOND AND FISHPORT OPERATORS, AND 200 FAMILIES FROM THE TOWN OF BALETE --OH, THAT'S YOUR TOWN, 'NO VICE GOVERNOR?  BALETE? IMONG HOMETOWN KAY IKAW ANG MAYOR ANAY SA BALETE -- FROM THE TOWN OF KALIBO, NEW WASHINGTON --  THE TOWN OF CARDINAL SIN -- NUMANCIA KAG LIBACAO SADTONG LAYO LAYO GID NGA BANWA -- LIBACAO. KAY SADTONG AKO SENADOR, SADTONG NAGKADTO AKO SA LIBACAO TANAN NAGHAMBAL SA AKON, "YOU WENT TO LIBACAO?"  "YES, I WENT TO LIBACAO."  APAN SUBONG DILI AKO MAKAADTO APAN MAKADAWAT ANG LIBACAO SA -- AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES I MENTIONED -- SA 100,000 PIECES OF BANGUS FINGERLINGS AND 50 BAGS OF CATFISH FINGERLINGS, ALL WORTH 400,000 PESOS PARA SA ATON MGA KABOS NGA FISHERMEN SA MGA KABOS NGA BANWA SANG AKLAN.  

ETO, WHAT'S THIS IN FRONT?  THOSE ARE FISHNETS. THOSE ARE 130 BUNDLES, THEY ARE WORTH 100,000 PESOS KAG MAY ARA TWO SACKS OF SEAWEEDS -- DIIN NA ANG ATONG SEAWEEDS PLANTING MATERIALS? SAAN BA ANG PMS? ANG ATONG SEAWEEDS PLANTING MATERIALS, DIIN? -- AH, OKEY. NAHATAG NA GANINA, OKEY. SO, GINAHATAG NA ANG SEAWEEDS PLANTING MATERIALS SA MGA FISHERMEN HALIN SA MGA BANWA NG ALTAVAS, BATAN KAG NEW WASHINGTON.  ALL OF THESE ARE UNDER THE PROJECT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BUREAU OF AGRICULTURAL FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES.

HALIN NAMAN SA DENR, MAY ARA KITA SUBONG 50 FREE PATENTS UNDER THE  'HANDOG TITULO' PROGRAM NGA MAHATAG SA 48 FAMILIES FROM THE TOWN OF ALTAVAS, LIBACAO AND NABAS -- DIIN NA ANG ATON MGA MAKADAWAT SANG TITULO SA LAND PATENT? -- CONGRATULATIONS SA ATONG MGA BAG-ONG LANDOWNERS. 

KAG ANG DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM, WILL BE AWARDING 334 CERTIFICATES OF LAND OWNERSHIP TO 465 AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES COVERING  472 HECTARES.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILL BE AWARDING A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR THE FARM LEVEL GRAINS CENTER AMOUNTING TO 4 MILLION PESOS. THIS WILL BE AWARDED TO GOVERNOR JOVEN  MIRAFLORES,  AND THIS IS COMING FROM THE PHILIPPINE-JAPAN INCREASED FOOD PRODUCTION PROGRAM.

LATER TODAY, MAKADTO SI GING DELES SA BURUANGA,  SADTONG ISA PA KA LAYO NGA BANWA. KON ANG LIBACAO SA SULOD SANG PANAY ANG BURUANGA NAMAN SA CORNER SA PANAY. AND SHE WILL BE  BRINGING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO THE POOREST OF THE POOR OF THE PROVINCE OF AKLAN.

GANI, LET THIS ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION BE THE START OF OUR RENEWED EFFORT TO BROADEN THE HORIZONS OF PEACE, PROGRESS AND UNITY.  MAGKAISA KITA SUBONG AND FOR ALWAYS.  LET US THANK THE LORD THAT HE GAVE BORACAY TO AKLAN.  AND WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, THANK AKLAN BECAUSE YOU HAVE GIVEN BORACAY TO THE ENTIRE PHILIPPINES. 

SA AKONG MGA KASIMANWA, KASIMANWA SANG AKON BANA, NGA ISA MAN NGA ILONGGO, DAMO GID NGA SALAMAT SA LIWAT SA INYONG IMBITASYON SA AKON SUBONG SA SINING ATONG SELEBRASYON KAG TANI, WE WILL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER FOR THE PROGRESS OF AKLAN AND FOR THE WHOLE PHILIPPINES IN THE 21st CENTURY.  DAMO GID NGA SALAMAT SA INYO NGA TANAN. 

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