Mindanatoday.com | BFAR-10 bares coastal challenge winners
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – As winners of the “Challenge for Change Program: CDO Limpyo Dagat,” four of the city’s coastal barangays received prizes in support of their Coastal Resource Management (CSM) projects funded by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-10 (BFAR-10).
Barangay Gusa bagged 1st place in the category with cooperators receiving P50,000 worth of Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials on waste segregation and support of its clean-up drives.
Barangay Bayabas placed 2nd with P30,000 worth of funds for its rehabilitation of the MPA floating guard house.
Lastly, Barangay Bulua finished at 3rd place with P20,000 worth to support its IEC materials production and clean-up drives.
Martin Monico Gadrinas, Gusa village councilor, thanked the bureau and the rest of the stakeholders involved in this program.
“Dakong tabang kining mga gamit para ma-protektahan namo ang among dagat batok water pollution. Daghang salamat sa tanang suporta,” Gadrinas said.
Bugo, on the other hand, is the sole winner in the category without cooperators.
The barangay also received P50,000 worth of funds for its coastal area’s development and enhancement program and solid waste management.
“I would like to see you, the BLGU and MLGU, work together to manage your waters. Naa rami (BFAR-10) andam nga maghatag og assistance ninyo always,” assured Teodoro Bacolod Jr., BFAR-10 regional director.
The “Challenge for Change Program: CDO Limpyo Dagat” is in partnership with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Tourism (DOT), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army and the city government of Cagayan de Oro. (BFAR-10)
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