"THE LGU VILLE" GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY, A NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT

Burying the time capsule in the ground breaking ceremony of The LGU Ville

"THE LGU VILLE" GROUND BREAKING CEREMONY,  A NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT

 By Chester Capua (Weekly Good News)

Bayambang - A momentous activity last March 25, 2019 happened in the municipality of Bayambang. The signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the distribution of Notice Approval for the Villa Magsaysay Housing Project, the awarding of Certificate of Occupancy for the Ancop Village beneficiaries, and the ground breaking of LGU Bayambang employee's housing project was held at Bical Sur, Bayambang.

Ground breaking ceremony of The LGU Ville

PAG-IBIG Fund Officers Homelending Operations-Luzon Group  Vice President Atty. Joseph Quiboloy, Business Development Sector Senior Vice President Fermin Sta Teresa Jr, Business Development Department- North Luzon Department Manager III Josephine Reyes and Bayambang's government officials, Mayor Cezar Quiambao and Municipal Administrator Atty. Raymundo Bautista together with Vice Mayor Raul Sabangan, the municipal councilors and LGUs marked the important event. In partnership with PAGIBIG FUND and the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Bayambang, "The LGU Ville" was established.

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Earlier, the LGU of Bayambang had commenced an awarding event prior to the ground breaking ceremony. They awarded a certificate and a donation worth one hundred thousand pesos (P100,000) to the Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, Queers and Intersex (LGBTQI) Association of Bayambang for their sustainable livelihood program. Certificate of Completion for the Basic Computer Literacy Training to the senior citizens for the 60th Public Library Day, certificate for the awarding of SINGKAPITAL 2019 to Bayambang National High School performers, and the awarding for the Most Oustanding Athletes of the Taekwondo team that participated in the national competitions.

[L-R, Back] Mayor Cezar Quiambao, VM Raul Sabangan, Coun. Martin Terrado II, Coun. Amory Junio, Coun. Rodelito Bautista Jr, Dr. Joel Cayabyab, Head Jocelyn Espejo, and Atty Raymundo Bautista [Front]LGBTQI representatives

Every employee dreamt of owning a house. That is why the local government of Bayambang established a "pabahay" project that prioritizes the housing need and welfare of its government employees. After the inauguration of the "ANCOP Village", the government didn't stop there. It was just the start of the government's commitment of helping the homeless Bayambangueños, and improving their lives. A commitment that is part of the 10-year BPRP Anti - Poverty project of Mayor Quiambao's administration. This time with the participation of PAG-IBIG, it aims to address the basic housing need of its constituents. Fermin in his speech, was grateful to the mayor for the trust in the project partnership. At the same time, he shared that Mayor Quiambao and PAG-IBIG shared the same vision and mission in providing decent home for every filipino families, and this will also serve as their support for the shelter program of the national government. "On top of that, we are also giving chances for the employees earning below twelve thousand pesos (P12,000) where PAG-IBIG Fund subsidize the interests rates and each member will only pay a minimum of three (3) percent interest rate for the first five (5) years. This program is to make sure that our lower income earners like security guards, salesladies, household helpers and other associations including drivers, association of the drivers, and other community organizations will also be given a chance to avail the housing for their families," Fermin added.

Mayor Quiambao arriving at the event.

Mayor Quiambao and the municipality hoping to sustain the budget, this project was decided to be included under the local government's Special Economic Enterprise because the government needs additional revenues by 2020 - 2021. "This will replace our expected income from the disposal of the assets in PAG-IBIG so that we will not go below the half billion mark of the budget of Bayambang," he quoted. "I hope that this will be successful being the first LGU project as a developer." 

After signing the Memorandum of Understanding. [L-R] Atty. Raymundo Bautista, Vice Mayor Raul Sabangan, Mayor Cezar Quiambao, PAG-IBIG Fund Mr Fermin Sta Teresa, Atty. Joseph Quiboloy, Ms. Josephine Reyes and Coun. Amory Junio

The signing of Memorandum of Understanding for the project and signatories of the officials and a photo opportunity together with the councilors, followed by the "time capsule" ground breaking ceremony and the awarding of certificate of occupancy for the CFC-ANCOP Housing Project beneficiaries was made official to the public. Meanwhile, the awarding of the Notice of Approval for the Villa Magsaysay beneficiaries, and the draw lots of the designated houses to be given away for the Ancop Village took place later that afternoon.

Awarding of Certificate of Occupancy to one of the Ancop beneficiary, Erlinda Valdez with Mayor Cezar Quiambao, Ms Lerma Padagas and Municipal councilors.