The municipality of Masantol received P1 Million on the Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig para sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) Program of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on March 10, 2014. DILG Provincial Director Myrvi Apostol-Fabia, assisted by Cluster Team Leader/LGOO VI Rufino M. Abalos and MLGOO Delilia De Leon awarded the check to Mayor Danilo S. Guintu during the municipality’s Flag Raising Ceremony.
PD Fabia, in her message, encouraged the LGU to continue its efforts towards the betterment of the lives of its constituents. She said that the municipality of Masantol is the second recipient of SALINTUBIG Program in the province of Pampanga.
Mayor Guintu, on the other hand, extended his appreciation to DILG for the grant they have received. He further stressed the importance of the program in providing adequate water supply facilities and services as well as in having a clean and safe water to the community particularly the constituents in the coastal area.
Meanwhile, LUWA has allocated 1.7M as counterpart fund to the program. The grant will benefit more or less 300 families from coastal barangays of Puti and San Agustin in the municipality.
