𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇 ‘𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐆 𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐔𝐋𝐎’
In celebration of the 𝟲𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗼𝘀 𝗝𝗿., more than 𝟳,𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 at the Cebu Provincial Capitol on September 14 through the nationwide “Handog ng Pangulo: Serbisyong Sapat Para sa Lahat.”
Gov. Pamela Baricuatro welcomed beneficiaries, national government officials, regional directors, local officials, and partner institutions during the main program and ceremonial turnover of assistance at the Capitol Social Hall.
Representing President Marcos during the Cebu gathering was Secretary Philip Lo of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas. Also present were Vice Governor Glenn Anthony Soco, Provincial Board members, Atty. Jarred Alexander C. Gullas of the Presidential Management Staff, regional directors, mayors, Capitol department heads, and representatives of participating government agencies.
For Gov. Pam, the gathering showed what public service should look like when different levels of government work together to make assistance easier for people to reach.
“𝙈𝙖𝙤 𝙜𝙮𝙪𝙙 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙞 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙨𝙮𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙤: 𝙣𝙜𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙤𝙗𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙪𝙤𝙡, 𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚, 𝙪𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙖 𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙣 𝙨𝙖 𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙣,” she said.
The service caravan brought a wide range of government programs directly to Cebuanos, including 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗙𝗪𝘀, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗗 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀, among others.
Participating agencies and institutions included the 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗜𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆’𝘀 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀–𝗖𝗲𝗯𝘂 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿, among others.
To accommodate thousands of beneficiaries, service areas were established at the Capitol Grounds, Capitol Parking Lot I, and the rear portion of the Capitol.
The Cebu program was also linked via teleconference with selected gatherings of local government units around the country, with President Marcos joining the nationwide activities and receiving greetings and well-wishes from Cebuanos.
During the brief interaction, Gov. Pam greeted the President on behalf of the Province of Cebu and thanked him for the national government’s assistance following the earthquake and Bagyong Tino that struck Cebu last year.
“𝗠𝗿. 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗱 𝗸𝗮𝗮𝘆𝗼𝗴 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗲𝗯𝘂 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗮𝗴𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗻𝗼,” Gov. Pam said.
She likewise wished President Marcos good health and strength as he continues to serve the country.
More than a one-day caravan, the activity reflected a shared goal between the national and provincial governments: to make public service closer, easier to access, and more responsive to the actual needs of the people.
As Gov. Pam reminded the Cebuanos gathered at the Capitol:
“Kini para sa katawhan, ug kini para kaninyo.”
