Regional Director’s Message We offer you the testament of our unwavering commitment in helping the government improve the living standards of the Filipinos nationwide, the DILG XII Performance Challenge Fund Compendium covering the 2011-2017 projects. It features the best success stories and highlights how the projects brought significant changes in the lives of the people in SOCCSKSARGEN Region especially to those who are living in the far-flung areas. I am proud to say that PCF is a result of our LGUs’ good local governance performance as recognized through the conferment of the SGLG Award which is a requisite in the granting of fund. For many years the Department and the local government units continuously work hand in hand towards the attainment of Excellence in Local Governance, thereby reaping the gains. May the stories highlighted in this material inspire communities and will motivate other LGUs to perform well and become SGLG awardees every year. On the part of the DILG, rest assured we will continue to strengthen our efforts in fulfilling our mandate of improving the capabilities of local government units to ensure that the basic services extended to the public are effectively and efficiently delivered. On behalf of the Regional Office, I express my deepest appreciation to the DILG XII Project Development Management Unit (PDMU) in extending necessary technical assistance to the LGUs in the implementation of PCF projects. To the beneficiary LGUs, I commend you for a job well done. Your exemplary performance contributed much in making year 2011-2017 fruitful and fulfilling for all of us. Together, let us look forward to a more productive and successful PCF Project implementation in the days ahead. God bless and Mabuhay! REYNALDO M. BUNGUBUNG, CESO IV Regional Director Table of Contents Installation of City Plaza Lights 5 Kidapawan City Concreting of Barangay Roads 6 Alabel, Sarangani Province Commercial Booths 7 Sto. Niño, South, Cotabato Concreting of Barangay Road 8 Midsayap, Cotabato Province Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Terminal 9 Columbio, Sultan Kudarat 10 2016 Performance Challenge Fund Projects 10-11 2015 Performance Challenge Fund Projects 12-16 2014 Performance Challenge Fund Projects 17-19 2013 Performance Challenge Fund Projects 20-24 2012 Performance Challenge Fund Projects 24-25 2011 Performance Challenge Fund Projects 26-27 Other Completed PCF Projects 27 On-going and Under Procurement PCF Projects Living Up for a Peace ful, Accountable and Dynamic Region XII Commercial Booths in Sto.Niño, South Cotabato Sto.Niño is a 3rd class municipality in the province of South Cotabato. It has a population of 40,947 (2015 census). The Municipality is an awardee of Seal of Good Local Governance in 2015 and was granted Three million (3,000,000.00) pesos. The Municipality utilized the incentive in the Construction of 10 stalls at Public Market. The beneficiaries of this project recalled they knew nothing better to do to provide for how they earned their living on the streets as their families, they had to take risks wandering food vendors as they sell under the heat of the streets to find their customers. the sun or getting drenched by the rain. Since Meet Josephine Togonon. She is a 49 year-old widow who used to be a street vendor with three children to support. As a beneficiary of the PCF Project, she now sells 15-peso budget meals at her fast food stall as early as 6 o’clock in the morning. She identifies sanitation and safety as the main benefits of the project both for the vendors and costumers as well. As a food vendor, she now enjoys having an appropriate and sanitary place to organize and display her food items. Eventually, it increased her daily income. Josephine Togonon, Market Vendor “Para sa amon useful gid, nakabulig gid sa amon nga mga may small business. “The project is indeed beneficial to small Kay kung sa amon, di kami kasarang business owners because we could not afford magpatindog sang amo sini nga stall.” to put up this kind of stall.” “Thank you gid kaayo nga isa ako sa “I am thankful that I am one of the naka-avail sang proyekto. Blessed gid beneficiaries of this project. I feel blessed ako kaayo kay although nga ang amon because students, drivers and my fellow baligya pangmasa sya, damo gid ang vendors enjoy the benefits.” nakabenefit, mga students, drivers, pati ang mga kapwa namon nga negosyante.” 5 Inspiring Success Story in SOCCSKSARGEN Concreting of a Barangay Road in Cotabato Province For the farmers of from the farm to the market. Bagumba, Midsayap, transporting If however the drivers agree to their produce from their farm take them, they would have to to the market was tedious and pay extra. time-consuming task. They had to hire a “dagit-dagit” or a Other residents like the “habal-habal” just to traverse office workers and students had a rough road to and from their to bring extra slippers to wear farm. That is, if they get lucky. on the muddy road and water to On most days, especially when wash the mud off their feet after rain makes the road muddy and their difficult journey to reach the sticky, the drivers refuse to take town center. It is only then can them so they are forced to pay they change their uniform and the laborers extra amount to shoes. carry the produce on their back Meet Fely Dominice, a Cotabato covers a total area senior citizen, a retired private of 9, 008.9 square kilometers school teacher and a mother of occupying the northeastern tip of five children who already have Region XII and centrally located families of their own. Farming in Mindanao. It is bounded on the is their family’s main source north by the provinces of Lanao del of livelihood. They have been Sur and Bukidnon, on the east by Davao City and Davao del Norte, residents of Bagumba for ten on the west by Maguindanao (10) years. and on the southeast by Sultan Kudarat and Davao del Sur. In According to her, all these difficulties vanished away after the 2014, the province received PCF project has been completed. To her, the best benefit (among many amounting to Seven Million pesos others connected to their livelihood in farming) out of the paved road (7,000,000.00) for being a Seal is to have been given the chance to take early morning walks as an of Good Financial Housekeeping exercise and the cheaper fare from and to the town. passer. The Province utilized the incentive in the Concreting of Brgy. Roads in Brgy. Lower “We just want to say thank you very much for having this kind of Katinggawan, Bagumba and Nes project kay ini sya beneficial gid kaayo sa amon na mga farmers. in Midsayap and Brgy. Cabpangi in Accessible na ang kalsada going in and out, kag bringing in and Libungan. out ka mga products namon tungod sang kalsada.” “We just want to say thank you very much for this kind of project because it is truly beneficial to us farmers. The road is now accessible and it is easier for us to transport our produce.” 6 Living Up for a Peace ful, Accountable and Dynamic Region XII Public Utility Vehicle (PUV) Terminal in Columbio Columbio is a 1st Class Municipality in the province of Sultan Kudarat. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 33, 258. The Municipality is a Seal of Good Local Governance awardee and received a PCF incentive of Three Million pesos (3,000,000.00). The incentive was utilized in the Construction of 16.5m x 21m dimension PUV Terminal. Public Utility Vehicles (PUVs) in Columbio used to proliferate and had no terminal to fetch and unload their passengers. The commuters also had a hard time finding them because the PUVs either park in disarray near a bridge or in a waiting shed. Commuting was a struggle to most because they either had to hurry so they could catch a ride or work their way toward a crowd of other commuters who are also eager to catch a ride. All these, they do under the heat of the sun or while getting drenched in the rain. Meet Flor Limba, a 61 year-old market vendor and the Since the construction of the PUV terminal, all these President of Columbio Maket were merely part of history. There was a complete change Vendors Association (COMAVA). from struggle to comfort on the part of the PUV drivers, barkers According to her, the biggest and commuters. The construction of the terminal also allowed impact of the project is that while other businesses to flourish as shops and market stalls were problems on the public transport also put up near the terminal. were addressed, it also paved the way for the organization of street and market vendors. The Meet Saguira Enlolilang, local government enacted an a 42 year-old Community ordinance organizing the market Peace Officer for a Non- vendors, thus the benefits Government Organization transcended beyond what was (NGO). According to her, originally expected. security, comfort and “Nakakabigay benepisyo convenience brought by sa mga negosyante dahil the terminal are what she nakakapaghanap buhay na sila appreciates the most as a at dahil may ordinance na, ang commuter. PUVs take turn in mga sidewalk vendors po ay na- “Maraming maraming salamat po sa DILG dahil nabigyan po kami accommodating passengers organize na pati ang market.” while passengers fall in line “Maganda talaga ang proyekto. ng pagkakataon na magkaroon Malaki ang naitulong sa amin na ng terminal.” to be accommodated.