The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) granted the Municipality of San Marcelino, Zambales with Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand Pesos (P9, 600,000.00) under the 2015 Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) Program on December 15, 2016 at Vista Marina Hotel and Resort, Subic Freeport Zone, Subic, Zambales.
DILG Region III Assistant Regional Director Araceli A. San Jose, CESO V together with DILG Zambales Provincial Director Armi V. Bactad, CESO V awarded the check to Municipal Mayor Elvis R. Soria, with his department heads, during the Seminar-Workshop on the Formulation of Peace and Order Public Safety (POPS) Plan for Local Government Units (LGUs) of Zambales.
The check is the 80% of the total 2015 SALINTUBIG fund allocation amounting to Twelve Million Pesos (P12, 000,000.00) for the “Expansion of the Level III Water Supply System at Barangay San Rafael” project. To date, the opening of bids for the project was conducted on December 12, 2016 and is now at the post qualification process.
The SALINTUBIG Program provides financial grant to increase water access and sanitation services to reduce the incidence of water borne diseases in the community.