Speech During Launch of CRDA

The President delivers a speech on 29 October 2016 at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex (SKCC), ARMM Compound, Cotabato City during the launch of the Comprehensive Reform and Development Agenda for Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Aside from ARMM, other beneficiaries of the initiative are:

• Region 9: Zamboanga City, Ipil (Zamboanga Sibugay), and Pagadian (Zamboanga del Sur);
• Region 10: Tubod (Lanao del Norte) and Lanao del Norte province;
• Region 12: Isulan (Sultan Kudarat) and the cities Kidapawan (North Cotabato), Koronadal (South Cotabato) and General Santos City.

Among the programs, projects, and services covered by CRDA are scholarships from TESDA and from the Commission on Higher Education; water projects from the Department of the Interior and Local Government; agricultural machinery, equipment and seedling from the Department of Agriculture; banca, fishing gear and gill nets from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources; supplemental feeding from the Department of Social Welfare and Development; opportunities under the Special Programs and Employment of Students beneficiaries of the Department of Labor and Employment; and distribution of PhilHealth cards. ●