More and more municipalities has been awarded with project funds for their municipalities. In February 2016 alone, the Department of the Interior and Local Government 9 released a total of Php 41, 760, 000.00 project funds for various projects to 8 municipalities in the Region.
In February 1, the municipalities of Naga and Tigbao each received one check – Php 8, 220,000 and Php 7,500,000.00, respectively. The said checks are both first tranche releases for BuB 2015 Water and BuB 2014 Water, respectively. The municipalities of Sindangan and Tukuran also received their checks on the 12th of February. Php 1, 760, 000.00 was awarded to Sindangan as first tranche for their BuB 2015 Water project fund. On the other hand, the funds awarded to the Municipality of Tukuran amounts to Php 4, 500, 000.00 which is the 2nd tranche for their Salintubig 2014 Project. Margosatubig received the 1st tranche of their project fund under BuB 2015 Other Infra on the 15th amounting to 6 Million pesos and Aurora received the full tranche of their Salintubig 2015 Project Fund amounting to 12 Million pesos on the 16th. On the 18th, the Municipality of Payao was also awarded with Php 555,000 project fund under BuB Other Infra. The amount released for the Municipality of Payao is the full tranche release. The municipality Roseller T. Lim was the last municipality who claimed their check on February. They claimed two checks both second tranche release for projecs under BuB 2015 Others and BuB 2014 Others. The check amounts to Php 970, 000.00 and Php 255,000.00, respectively.
These project funds was released after the necessary requirements were complied.