RoRo beneficiaries help PGMA explain Ubay port premiums
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SO many things to do, so little time.
Forty-eight hours away from walking out of the palace, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo still had her hands full.
In a brief visit to Bohol after leap-frogging from Manila to Ilo-ilo and then to Ubay, Bohol, the working president still needs to let people know that the government is not just coasting to a stop until the next administration picks up the speed.
With time running short and still instilling the government’s dream for Bohol, PGMA used two persons’ help.
Instead of speaking the benefits of the rehabilitated Ubay Roll-On Roll Off (RORO) Port in Bohol’s northeastern side, a construction worker and a businessman did it for her.
William Tadle, a heavy equipment operator of the construction company rehabilitating the P364M port said he had fed his family and found the work he needed to get through life decently.
Ubay port construction phase 1 was done when the country suffered from fiscal scrimp brought about by collapsing world economies in early 2009.
The project, contributed immensely to the government’s comprehensive livelihood and emergency employment program by allowing local employment, said Ubay town information Officer Virginia Dupa.
Tadle and many other workers constructed the port back up area, reinforced concrete pier, roll on roll off ramp, dredging and disposal, port mooring and fendering systems installation and port lighting facilities installation.
In fact, even after phase I, Tadle was still hired to lend heavy equipment support for the construction of additional back up area and thus make a 1.7 hectares more of port working area, according to Marra Builders, the winning bidder for the mega infrastructure project.
On the other hand, Ruben Hamili, a Cebu based agri food supplier said the port helped in getting their hog-lines and poultry feeds supply in time to their outlets in Bohol.
Then, the shipment of stocks from Cebu to their outlets in Bohol takes about four to five days, now its two days or even overnight, assuring their customers of the freshest products, he said in Cebuano in front of the President and some crowd of 3,000.
With the construction of a wider back-up cargo storage areas, businessmen like Ruben Hamili now have the option to transport goods right at their customers doorsteps or have them stocked at the port storage areas to cut on transport costs, says a project media briefer.
The Philippine Ports Authority funds Ubay Port, a component of the country’s Strong Republic Nautical Highways and makes travel by goods and people across the islands fast and affordable while allowing the growth of local tourism.
Ubay Port serves RoRo vessels plying the Ubay-Hilongos, Ubay-Maasin and Ubay-Bato routes, while it opens the possibility of Ubay-Dinagat, Ubay-Nasipit and Ubay-Baybay.
The President, who was not expected to speak in Ubay engagement, gamely took the microphone and asked the two guys to tell the people their stories.
Going out of the palace on Wednesday bearing a stain of criticism for corruption, records would show that the Arroyo Administration has built more that two pervious administrations combined, states Ganito Tayo Noon material printed in major national dailies late last year. (PIA-Bohol)
nganong wa man pa storyaha c art yap? kay d man kamao mag bisaya. gagu!
ser art yap congrats na daog ka manghinoot me sa candijay mabotangan nimo og suga ang mga poste kay daghan mga akyat bahay og mga tolisan aron sila makin an.labina ang sityo tumoran og tiwasa og cemento ang wala mahuman sa kalsada sa tumoran,mabuhay ka kong imong mapadayon og cemento pls.
The port in Baybayon (in Mabini, Bohol) is a better option for Bohol-Maasin/Surigao routes via RoRo as it is the closest point in Bohol to said provinces. Even Cebu and Nasipit (in Mindanao) are accessible in this port. Now that is almost finished, we are hoping that it won’t just serve as a mere fishport but also a commercial port so that Manila-Bohol via Maasin bound buses will be served by this port and RoRo vessels for Cebu, Leyte and Surigao will be available too.
Bitaw, I agree coz proximity of Baybayon to Maasin City in Leyte makes the place the nearest link between Leyte and Bohol. Even Surigao, CDO & Cebu can be served by this port should there be a passenger or cargo ship like RORO that will hopefully venture someday soon kay strategic kaayo ang port sa Baybayon. Historically, Baybayon was the Spanish town of Quilim and no wonder nga bibohon ni nga lugar, isdaanon pa jud. But sad to say nga nimahal ang isda didto after the LGU ceased the illegal liba2x fishing. Ang nakaparat kay rampant gihapon karon ang tiro (dynamite) fishing didto. Hopefully, the fishport will make the prices of the fish less expensive and will put an end to illegal fishing particulartly dynamite fishing!
Bitaw, I agree kay strategic kaayo ang port sa Baybayon. Historically, Baybayon was the Spanish town of Quilim and no wonder nga bibohon ni nga lugar, isdaanon pa jud. But sad to say nga nimahal ang isda didto after the LGU ceased the illegal liba2x fishing. Ang nakaparat kay rampant gihapon karon ang tiro (dynamite) fishing didto. Hopefully, the fishport will make the prices of fish less expensive and will put an end to illegal fishing particulartly dynamite fishing!