Gingoog City – The implementation of a P65-million farm-to- market road (FMR) of the
Department of Agriculture’s Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) in Gingoog
City will be a fulfillment of the city government’s Peace Road Program, its top official say.
The 5.56-kilometer San Miguel-Kalagonoy FMR is funded under PRDP’s Intensified
Building Up of Infrastructure and Logistics for Development (I-BUILD) or infrastructure
component.

During the groundbreaking ceremony last month, Gingoog City Mayor Stella Marie
Guingona said she formulated the Peace Road Program when she assumed City Mayor,
“which has been a dream of the people in the rural barangays of Gingoog City for the longest
time.”

“Now this is happening, we are inaugurating the groundbreaking of five FMR concreting
projects,” she announced.

Along, with the FMR of PRDP, LGU Gingoog also implements two other road projects from
DA worth P10.6 million each, and two from Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH) with a total cost of more than P60 million.

Guingona promises “to continue until all the roads in the Gingoog are concreted.”
DA-RFO 10 OIC-Regional Director Carlene Collado urged the contractor to speed up
implementation of the FMR since the fund is ready, and the 15% mobilization fund is now
available at the Program Support Office in Davao City.

“We request the contractor to speed up implementation of the project. I also ask the support
of the LGU of Gingoog and the barangay to closely monitor the implementation process as
we don’t allow this to be terminated if not properly implemented,” Collado said.
He reminded them the policy in I-BUILD Operations Manual that if a project incurs more
than 15% negative slippage it can be considered for termination. If this happens, the total
amount released from PRDP shall be fully refunded by the LGU.

Director Collado also said that Gingoog City should be able to perform well, having almost
25% out of the P738 million current I-BUILD portfolio for Misamis Oriental.
“Aside from FMRs, the DA has more programs to implement such as rice, corn, high value
crops, livestock, and organic program which you can avail to increase your productivity and
income,” Collado said.

Meanwhile, Mayor Guingona said that along with the construction of FMRs, they are also
giving farm inputs to the farmers to boost their production and harvest.
Guingona also thanked the DA, DPWH, and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace
Process for helping them in bringing the government more closer to the people. (Rosie
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