National Economic and
Development Authority Regional Director Bonifacio Uy, the region’s RDC vice
chair, confirmed that the list of proposed projects and activities with funding
requests have already been forwarded to Cabinet secretaries.
“We hope that
secretaries will support by including the project in the budget proposal of
their departments because these are the needs of the region to attain
development,” Uy told PNA in a mobile phone interview Friday.
Of the PHP193.7
billion funds endorsed by the region’s highest policy-making body, PHP94.8
billion will be for social services, PHP89.5 for infrastructure and utilities
projects, PHP8.8 billion for economic development sector, , and PHP667 million
for development administration sector.
“These priority
programs and projects support the development thrusts along economic,
infrastructure, social, and development administration advancement
as proposed by different stakeholders,” Uy added.
They are aligned with
the Eastern Visayas Regional Development Plan (RDP) 2017-2022, the Philippine
Development Plan 2017-2022, as well as the 0 to 10 Socioeconomic Agenda of
President Rodrigo Duterte.
The early review of
priority PPAs seeks to strengthen the link between the regional plan and the
plans of the line agencies and state universities, and improve their respective
operational plans.
The RDC, the region’s
highest policymaking body approved the new RDP during its full council meeting
late last year.
Eastern Visayas or
Region 8 is the third poorest among 18 regions in the country. As of 2015, the region’s
poverty incidence among families is pegged at 30.7 percent, which means that
three out of every 10 families in the region are poor.
However, in 2016, its
Gross Regional Domestic Product grew by 12.4 percent, the fastest growing
region in the country, offsetting economic losses incurred from super typhoon
Yolanda in 2013.
For 2018 to 2022, the
average target economic growth is 5.8 percent to 7 percent. (SQM/PNA)
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