2 Sibugay LGU’s and 3 Coops Receive 4.9M SSF Projects

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its Shared Service Facilities (SSF) program released a P4.89 million worth of livelihood projects to two Local Government Units (LGU) and three farmer-cooperatives in the province.

The project-beneficiaries are the LGUs of Ipil and Naga, the Philippine Pioneer Rubber Products Corporation (PPRPC), Timbabauan Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Tarbemco), and Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative (Arbemco).

In a report, DTI revealed that the PPRPC received In-House Rubber Testing Laboratory facility worth P3 million, 1,210 units of rubberized plastic coagulating and aging tanks costing P447,700 for Ipil LGU, 12 units of weighing scales worth P106,560 for Naga LGU; concrete coagulating and aging tank with one unit of weighing scales for rubber quality improvement worth P728,963 for TARBEMCO, and an abaca drying shed project costing to P615,000 for Arbemco.

“We’re hoping to replicate the project next year should the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) approve the project proposal from DTI for 2017 SSF funding,” Dr. Sitti Amina Jain, DTI regional director said.

Jain said that the DTI has the option to take back the equipment and give to other cooperatives who need it should the facilities are not used properly or are non-operational.

“We have internal auditors to monitor and audit all of the given facilities to ensure the beneficiaries are using it properly,” She added. (KAVM)

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