NSSDEO, Brgy. Burabud, Laoang, N. Samar– The Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar Second District Engineering Office (DPWH-NSSDEO) recently completed the third phase of its P19, 590, 332.62 evacuation center project in Mapanas, Northern Samar.

In line with this, Christfer Construction & Supply took the responsibility to build the project according to the contract documentation, with a contract ID of 22II0065.

The General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2022 is the source of fund of the project. It was directly supervised by Project Engineer Arturo C. Corocoto, Jr. to ensure that work is completed in accordance with the plan, with him is Resident Engineer/Project Inspector Geric C. Yu while Engr. Justino E. Serafin, Jr. is the designated Materials Engineer.

The scope of the project includes the removal of damaged/obstructed structures caused by the recent landslide. The replacement of damaged structures which includes reinforced concrete works, masonry works, and finishing works, fabricated material works, and painting works. Concrete painting includes the facade and exterior walls of the building while interior walls were partially painted and electrical and plumbing works were fully installed. The scope of work was completed on April 05, 2023.

The 2-storey evacuation center was built with an accommodation building, rooms, and other necessary facilities and equipment. This evacuation center project was implemented to improve preparedness and provide services to the people of Mapanas during disasters.(ZYRA JOY J. CHING,PIO STAFF/PR)

NSSDEO, Brgy. Burabud, Laoang, N. Samar-The coastal town of Mapanas now has an added protection against storm surges for the reason that Department of Public Works and Highways – Northern Samar Second District Engineering Office (DPWH-NSSDEO) completed the improvement of Mapanas Boulevard with Seawall in Mapanas, Northern Samar.

The improvement of this project includes the constructed 217 meters Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP) with a 0.434-km lane roadway. Alongside with this is a 217-meter seawall structure. The installation of 16 sets of solar street lights is also a component of the development which gave adequate lighting and improves visibility and safety to the roadway. This scope of work was completed on February 13, 2023.

The shore protection project became visible through the General Appropriations Act (GAA) funds of 2022. Furthermore, JD PARTUZA CONSTRUCTION & SUPPLY manages the construction work with a Contract ID No. 22II0050 and contract amount of P19,207,047.88.

To ensure that the construction of the project is in adherence with the DPWH quality standard, NSSDEO OIC-District Engineer Charlito S. Carlobos tasked Project Engineer Arturo C. Corocoto, Jr. with Resident Engineer/Project Inspector Geric C. Yu to supervise and monitor the said project.

The DPWH-NSSDEO optimisms that this improvement project will benefit the community through both protection and promote tourism in the area. The impact of seawall protection is to reduce coastal hazards such as storm surge during the occurrence of natural disasters while the roadway is for easy access to tourists so they can enjoy the pristine beauty of Mapanas coastal area.
(ZYRA JOY J. CHING/PR)

SAN JORGE, Samar – Forty agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from this town now savor the feeling of a landowner after they received their respective individual land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) last month.

Armando Fabillar, 53, one of the recipients of the electronically generated Certificates of Land Ownership Award (e-CLOAs), shared “We are grateful to our president, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., and to the DAR for making our dreams to own a land come true.”
Fabillar, a father of two children and a recipient of a 2.5-hectare lot, was among those awarded with a collective CLOA in 1992.

To strengthen property rights of the ARBs to the lands they are tilling, DAR subdivides the lands covered by collective CLOAs and issues individual land titles under the Support to Parcelization of Lands for Individual Titling (SPLIT) project.

On May 11 this year, Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II (PARPO II) Alfonso Catorce led the distribution of 40 e-titles generated under the SPLIT at this town’s municipal covered court.

During the said occasion, Catorce urged the ARBs not to sell their awarded lots acquired under the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

To be able to avail of the various assistance extended to ARBs, PARPO I Segundino Pagliawan advised them to join agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) in their area.

Municipal Agrarian Reform Program Officer (MARPO) Ricardo Flor shared that the 40 e-CLOAs cover an aggregate area of 70.5 hectares situated in six barangays – Lapaz, Rosalim, Sinibaran, Sapinit, Bulao, and Mabuhay.

Earlier, the president ordered agrarian reform secretary, Conrado Estrella III, to fast track the distribution of individual titles to the ARBs under the World Bank-funded SPLIT project.
Meanwhile, Vice Mayor Jay Bisnar, who graced the said affair, expressed gratitude to the DAR for the various assistance it has been providing to the farmers, not just in San Jorge but throughout the province.

Catorce stressed that land distribution is DAR’s contribution to the End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC), a whole-of-nation approach in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace in the country.

(GABRIEL MARK OCENAR/DAR-Samar)