Riverside communities in Palimbang and Esperanza, Sultan Kudarat are now better protected against flooding with the completion of two flood control structures by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The completed projects identified by DPWH Region 12 Director Basir Ibrahim are the construction of a 400-meter riverbank protection structure in Barangay Baranayan, Municipality […]
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Two preventive road maintenance projects by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) now provide seamless and more convenient travel in the province of Sultan Kudarat. Completed in Tacurong City is a 3.25-lane kilometer asphalt overlay along Kidapawan-Allah Junction Road and another 2.97-kilometer asphalt overlay along Marbel-Allah Valley-Cotabato Road in Barangay Dansuli, Isulan. “The […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is currently undertaking final finishing works for the 16.4-kilometer Koronadal-Lutayan-Columbio-Matanao Road in Sultan Kudarat which is already 99.06 percent completed. Secretary Mark Villar, based on a report by Regional Director Basir Ibrahim of the project’s implementing office DPWH Regional Office 12, said that the road network extends […]
Farmers and local officials of two upland farming communities in Sultan Kudarat province lauded the government for providing them a 7.48-kilometer farm-to-market road (FMR) through the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). About 5,000 residents, almost 2,000 of whom were agrarian reform beneficiaries, are enjoying the benefits of the P37-million concrete FMR project that connects Barangays […]
The local government of Lebak and the Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) lauded the locals for helping save marine wildlife. Four residents of Barangay Tibpuan, a coastal village of Lebak, Sultan Kudarat were given citations and food packs by the local government and MENRO for their contribution to the campaign to protect marine […]
The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) is now investigating the attack on a radio journalist in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat who was left in critical condition after being shot by unidentified gunmen. PTFoMS co-chairperson, Undersecretary Joel Sy Egco said his office strongly condemns the “cowardly” ambush on Benjie Caballero, acting station manager of […]
The decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to push through with the ceremonial decommissioning of guns and combatants in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao—just hours after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in front of a public market in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, injuring seven—”reflects the government’s commitment to end decades of conflict in Mindanao in order to bring […]