Judys G. Cogo
Each payao’s produces 10 tons of different kind of fish more or less and it will benefit 32 families.
LAMITAN, BASILAN – Mayor Roderick
Furigay here was surprised upon receiving the 6 payaos from Bureau of Fisheries
last week, March 10 in the mid-water of Lamitan territory through the
MV-DA-BFAR with Director Asis Perez of Manila with the 6 regional directors
from different regions in Mindanao.
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| Mayor Roderick
Furigay of Lamitan, Basilan (left) with RD Perez |
Furigay said it’s like a “hulog
ng langit” program from national government.
“Imagine in 1 snap of my finger
there are 6 payaos on the water. I am amazed and surprised because I didn’t submit
any proposals nor request to have payaos or projects from BFAR but here they
are, they deliver it door to door,” the mayor said.
“I am very thankful to our government
especially the BFAR, through Director Perez in giving always the priority to
the neediest small-fishermen.”
Each payao’s produces 10 tons of different kind of fish more or less and it will benefit 32 families.
“It is a big helps to our local
fishers that cannot afford to put-up payao’s for their livelihood because it is
very expensive to the small fisher-folks. Lamitan also produced thousand of
kilos of high-valued fish and sardines daily,” said the agency.
BFAR-ARMM Director Janice Musali
also said that the agri-pinoy of ARMM is also the priority projects of Governor
Mujiv Hataman especially on war-torn areas in the place.
She expressed appreciation over
the initiated of the national government in giving the 6 payaos to Lamitan
government as an initial release from the national government out of 120 payaos
intended for the autonomous region.
