A diminution from 2020’s P3.78 billion, the local legislators on Monday passed on its third and final reading the local appropriations bill, SDO No. 171-2020, which prioritized “economic services” at P1.306 billion yielding to 35 percent of the total local government spending.
The farm located in Barangay Bacungan hosted some ten students for a day of farming, ang got them to try their hands at milking carabaos to learning the principles of agriculture from the farm's capable staff.
The event on Thursday morning was led by the Palawan Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF ELCAC) and the 3rd Marine Brigade (3MBde) of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC).
Hope Alas, Yamang Bukid vice president for tourism affairs, said Friday that the opening of the extension farm on June 12 is also to celebrate Philippine Independence Day with farmers and the community that provide and secure food supply sufficiency.
It was an emerging tourism destination in the city before the virus hit the country and eventually the world, and agro-tourism was its banner program in its farm located at the city outskirts of Barangay Bacungan.
Under the project, the organization will grow the seedlings and the beneficiary residents will take care of them in their home gardens, to supplement their food requirements during the COVID-19 health crisis.
Dubbed "Pamana Agri-Tourism Project", the Municipal Tourism Office (MTO) and Gender and Development (GAD-MSWD) have allocated approximately P1.5 million for the project.
Ang nasabing tulong ay kinapapalooban ng 100 sako ng bigas, mga de-lata tulad ng sardinas, at mga used clothes mula sa Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Palawan.
