1. May this projects reach to the hand of Sulu people.
By NONOY E. LACSON
By NONOY E. LACSON
February 7, 2012, 6:09pm
JOLO, Sulu, Philippines – Multi-million-peso infrastructure projects and livelihood programs are being implemented in Sulu as part of the commitment of the provincial government to help its constituents improve their living conditions.
Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan said the provincial government has embarked on a massive implementation of support and livelihood projects to help the local residents.
Tan said the projects are vital for the people of the province to improve their income.
He said his administration will continue to provide the necessary development in the province, geared towards improving the lives of the people.
In another development, Mindanao Business Council (MBC) head Vic Lao said the business sector will step in to save the benefits from the proposed Tampakan project in the municipality of Tampakan in South Cotabato.
In a recent meeting with the members of the academe in Davao City, Lao said “the Mindanao business sector has decided to step in because we do not want the benefits of this project put to waste.”
Adding that the proposed Tampakan project can contribute a solid one-percent to the gross domestic product (GDP), “and it is of Mindanao’s interest that we all help protect this investment.”
Lao lamented that several laws and regulations are not friendly with the business community in Mindanao particularly in the mining industry.
“Mining is one of the biggest contributors to the Mindanao economy and we will not allow the national government to deny Mindanao of this industry and its benefits,” Lao said.
Also last week, the MBC sent an official communication to Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje expressing the Council’s disappointment over the DENR head’s decision on the Tampakan project’s application for an environmental compliance certificate (ECC).
The MBC letter signed by Lao himself stated that the DENR head’s action “was based on an unfounded basis undermines and threatens investor confidence and impacts on the stability of the local business environment in Mindanao.”
According to the feasibility studies conducted by the Sagittarius Mines, Inc. (SMI), the government contractor for the proposed Tampakan project, “the Tampakan mining project can contribute an additional 10.4 percent to the gross regional domestic product of regions 11 and 12 percent annually, throughout the mine life of the project.”
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