Over half billion worth infra projects to roll out in ARMM

COTABATO CITY – Over P636 million worth of infrastructure projects “are expected to roll out immediately” within the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) after two memorandums of agreement were signed on Friday.

ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, who led the signing of the agreements, said the infrastructure projects “will roll out immediately after a series of simultaneous preparations were conducted.”

One hundred barangays located in 82 towns across the ARMM will benefit from the 2015 ARMM Health, Education, Livelihood, Peace and Governance and Synergy (HELPS) support infrastructure projects.

The ARMM’s Integrated Project Management Office (IPMO) oversees the implementation of the 2015 HELPS projects. It also serves as the fund manager and lead agency in monitoring and evaluation of district engineering offices to ensure high quality, on-time delivery, and consistency with respect to the program of work.

Noor Saada, regional director of IPMO-ARMM, said 506 HELPS infrastructure projects will be built, amounting to about P512 million. The projects include the construction of barangay halls; multi-purpose buildings; children’s parks; barangay health stations; water, waste and sanitation facilities; botika ng barangay; community learning centers; and support to livelihood activities.

“The projects were identified by residents and stakeholders of target communities,” Saada said. Details of the projects were communicated with partner line agencies to ensure propriety and complementation, to avoid duplication, and to promote synergy.

Saada noted that ARMM HELPS projects in 2013-2014 have a completion rate of about 80 to 90%.

Meanwhile, a memorandum of agreement for the concreting of three roads in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur was also signed on Friday between the region’s Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH-ARMM) and three municipal government units.

Don Mustapha Loong, regional secretary of DPWH-ARMM, said the concreting of three roads is worth P124 million. The projects in Maguindanao include the concreting of the four-kilometer Parang-Buldon Road in the towns of Parang and Buldon worth P72 million and the two-kilometer Macabiso-Namuken Taraken Road in Sultan Mastura worth P40 million.

The one-kilometer, P12 million, Tubok Municipal Road in Tamparen, Lanao del Sur will also be built.
The regional government has chosen the three towns as partners in the implementation for their capability to undertake such infrastructure projects.

“These projects are part of the continuing legacy of the reform agenda of Governor Mujiv Hataman and DPWH-ARMM to close the gap in terms of unpaved national, provincial and municipal roads in the ARMM,” Loong said. (Bureau of Public Information)

Source:

• ARMM Regional Website: http://www.armm.gov.ph/over-p636-million-worth-infra-projects-to-roll-out-in-armm/
• Mindanao Examiner: http://mindanaoexaminer.com/over-p636-million-worth-infra-projects-to-roll-out-in-armm/
• Zamboanga Today: http://www.zamboangatoday.ph/index.php/top-stories/21005-over-p636-million-worth-infra-projects-to-roll-out-in-armm.html
• Philippine Information Agency: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1521441534601/over-p636-million-worth-infra-projects-to-roll-out-in-armm

PhilStar: ARMM gov’t inks deal to help poor communities

Officials affix their signatures to an agreement involving the eight District Engineering Offices in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in the Health, Education, Livelihood, Peace and Governance Synergy (HELPS) Program of the executive department of ARMM. Philstar.com/John Unson

By John Unson (philstar.com) | Updated September 4, 2015 - 2:14pm

COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Officials on Friday expanded the service network of the Health, Education, Livelihood, Peace and Governance Synergy (HELPS) program of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The HELPS program, launched in 2013, is meant to hasten the restoration of normalcy in impoverished peasant and fishing communities.

ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman, Regional Public Works Secretary Don Mustapha Loong and the chiefs of the region’s eight district engineering offices (DEOs) signed here an agreement binding them to cooperate in the implementation of HELPS infrastructure projects.

The project involves 100 barangays located in Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, both in mainland Mindanao, and the islands of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

Hataman said the DEOs will implement this time HELPS infrastructure thrusts, to be bankrolled by the ARMM government.

He said the infrastructure interventions are needed to expedite the socio-economic growth of barangays that are still reeling from the adverse effects of armed conflicts and natural calamities in decades past.

The ARMM will supervise and fund HELPS infrastructure initiatives through its Integrated Project Management Office (IPMO) in Cotabato City.

Besides its economic agenda, HELPS is also aimed at decreasing infant and maternal mortality and malnutrition among school children, provide children access to public schools, extend livelihood interventions to villagers and to foster peace through efficient community governance.

The ARMM launched the HELPS program in 2013 in selected barangays, mostly in far-flung areas, where presence of government is virtually unfelt.

“So far we have 80 to 90 percent accomplishment of the initial HELPS projects in the region,” Hataman said.

Hataman said more HELPS projects will be implemented soon with the help of the DPWH-ARMM and its component DEOs in the region’s five component provinces.

Nor Saada, chief of the IPMO, said the 100 HELPS beneficiary-barangays are scattered across 82 of the region’s more than a hundred municipalities.

Saada also affixed his signature to the agreements signed on Friday by Hataman, Loong and the ARMM’s district engineers at the Office of the Regional Governor in Cotabato City.

The HELPS program aims to construct 506 infrastructure facilities needed in the promotion of ARMM’s education, security and public administration interventions for target barangays.

“This is delivering services right at the doorstep of these recipient-barangays,” Saada said.

The infrastructure projects will include facilities needed to boost productivity of peasant and fishing communities.

ARMM recruits Community Facilitators

The Autonomous Regional Government under ORG-IPMO is looking for Community Facilitators to be at the forefront of ARMM Reform interventions in target barangays.

The minimum qualifications are as follows:

• Education - Bachelor's degree holder
• Experience - At least one year relevant experience
• Training - At least 4 hours relevant training

Community Facilitators will be assigned in clustered area and should be native or resident of the place, in good health, able to work under pressure, and multi-tasked, sound understanding of community development especially in the areas of poverty reduction and people empowerment, and with good character and able to travel independently to project sites.

Interested applicants are advised to email their letter of intent (application letter) specifying the position applied for and preferred province; and Curriculum Vitae (CV) addressed to: Hon. Mujiv S. Hataman, ARMM Regional Governor, ORG Complex, Cotabato City and specify in the heading the Position Code based on the targeted areas (please see below).

The application letter and CV should be emailed to ipmo.armm@gmail.com on or before the close of business hour on September 11, 2015. Those who have submitted hard copy of their application earlier to the ORG need to email their application.

Where there is doubt as to the authenticity of credentials submitted or veracity of contents in the credentials, the IPMO reserved the right to conduct further background investigation. Any person proven to have submitted fake or forged document shall be automatically delisted, and blacklisted from present and future recruitment of the IPMO.

Only those who meet the minimum qualifications shall receive a callback from the IPMO for the written assessment and in turn for the panel interview.

Permanent government employees are welcome to apply on re-assignment/detail basis.

Basilan
Code	Barangay	Municipality
B1	Sengal	Lamitan City
	Bohe Sapa
B2	Lahi-Lahi	Tuburan
	Calut
B3	Lower Bato-Bato	Akbar
	Basakan	Hadji Mohammad Ajul
	Pintasan
B4	Upper Manggas	Lantawan
	Switch Yakal
B5	Taberlongan	Maluso
	Tamuk
B6	Guiong	Sumisip
	Basak
B7	Bohe Pahu	Ungkaya Pukan
	Badja	Tipo-Tipo
B8	Sangkahan	Al-Barka
	Ginanta
B9	Lubucan	Hadji Muhtamad
B10	Bukot Umos	Tabuan-Lasa
	Suligan

Lanao Del Sur
Code	Barangay	Municipality
L1	Daguan	Kapatagan
	Bara-as	Picong(Sultan Gumander)
L2	Pantaon	Calanogas
L3	Ngir-Ngir Kabasaran	Pagayawan
	Tambo Pob.	Pualas
L4	Pagayunan	Madamba
L5	Dandamun	Madalum
	Lumbaca-Ingud	Bacolod-Kalawi
L6	Radapan Pob.	Piagapo
	Bubong	Saguiaran
L7	Laila Lumbac Bangon	Masiu
L8	Kabasaran Pob.	Lumbayanague
L9	Dalama	Lumbatan
	Bangon	Lumbaca Unayan
L10	Maliwanag	Bayang
	Poblacion	Binidayan
L11	Marogong Prop.	Marogong
	Pindulunan	Kapai
L12	Katutungan	Wao
	Sumugot	Bumbaran

Maguindanao
Code	Barangay	Municipality
M1	Cabayuan	Buldon
	Tagudtungan	Parang
M2	Dalomangcob	Sultan Kudarat
M3	Romangaob	South Upi
M4	Baka(Datu Pinguiaman)	Datu Odin Sinsuat
M5	Adaon	Datu Anggal Midtimbang
M6	Tamar	Talayan
	Tambunan II	Guindulungan
M7	Duaminanga	Datu Piang
	Sambolawan	Datu Salibo
M8	Elian	Datu Saudi Ampatuan
	Lapuk	Shariff Aguak
M9	Tukanalipao	Mamasapano
M10	Sapakan	Rajah Buayan
M11	Mao	Datu Abdullah Sangki
M12	Damakling	Paglat
	Kayaga	Pandag
	Maslabeng	Buluan
M13	Poblacion	Pagalungan
	Talitay	Datu Montawal(Pagagawan)

Sulu
Code	Barangay	Municipality
S1	San Raymundo	Jolo
	Walled City
	Anuling	Patikul
S2	Kan Islam	Indanan
	Alu Layag-Layag	Parang
S3	Bunay Poblacion	Maimbung
	Bilaan Poblacion	Talipao
S4	Punay Poblacion	Panglima Estino
	Pitogo	Kalingalan Caluang
	Kan-Dayok	Old Panamao
S5	Lianutan	Luuk
	Angilan	Omar
S6	Bubuan	Hadji Panglima Tahil
S7	Kehi Niog	Pangutaran
S7	Saimbongan	Pata
S9	Kaumanggi	Tapul
	Lugus Proper	Lugus
S10	Puukan Laminusa	Siasi
	Hambilan	Pandami
S11	Dungon	Tongkil/Banguingui

Tawi-Tawi
Code	Barangay	Municipality
T1	Irok-Irok	Mapun
	Pawan
T2	Panglima Mastul	Simunul
	Mongkay
T3	Barangay Poblacion	Sitangkai
	Imam Sapie
T4	Tong Tampakan	South Ubian
	Unas-Unas
T5	Kepeng	Tandubas
	Sapa
T6	Taganak Poblacion	Turtle Islands
	Likud Bakkao
T7	Marang-Marang	Languyan
T8	Gadjaminah	Sapa-Sapa
T9	Tandubanak	Sibutu
	Nunukan
T10	Buan	Panglima Sugala
	Balimbing
T11	Barangay Poblacion	Bongao
	Pagasinan