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Governor Amado T. Espino, Jr. along with Vice Gov. Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. and Board Member and Provincial Liga ng mga Barangay President Amado “Pogi” I. Espino, III flash the number one sign with the livelihood beneficiaries of P2.3-million cash assistance. /MVSadim

Lingayen- – -Gov. Amado T. Espino, Jr. awarded anew a total of P2,310,000 worth of checks to some 15 groups/cooperatives and four micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) coming from various parts of the province on February 24 under the Livelihood Assistance Program (LAP) of the provincial government.

The event, which was held at the Urduja Reception Hall, was the 42nd LAP distribution since the program was launched by the Espino administration in 2008.

To date, the total release since it was launched is now P63,972,650 which has already benefitted some 454 groups or approximately 15,995 individual members.

It can be recalled that the Espino administration has conceptualized the project to address unemployment or underemployment and to empower every household especially the housewives.

“Pangasinense especially the women should be transformed as empowered members of society,” the governor earlier stressed as he said that one effective way of achieving the goal is by providing them access or opportunity to engage in livelihood activities right at the grassroots level.

Meanwhile, Vice Governor Jose Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr., who joined the governor in the distribution rites along with Liga ng mga Barangay president and Board Member Amado “Pogi” I. Espino III, disclosed that the project is just among the many endeavors that the provincial government strategized in uplifting the lives of every Pangasinense family by making them ‘self-sufficient.’

The latest recipients of the program included the following: Pogo Women’s Club (Bautista), Nanbagatan KALIPI Women’s Association (Laoac), Flores Multi-Purpose Cooperative (San Manuel), Lucky Rooster Consumers Cooperative (Tayug), Bantay Bayan Association (Natividad), Bigay Biyaya MPC (Rosales), Karayan MPC (Natividad), Rangtay Ti Panagdur-As MPC (Natividad), Palma Agrarian Reform Cooperative (Basista), Sanlibo People’s Association (Bayambang), Pinalapa Farmers Irrigators Association (Sual), Patar FLS-IGM Association (Mabini), Farmers Agriculture Development Association (Bolinao), Asingan Sheep and Goat Raisers Association (Asingan), and Dasol Livestock Raisers Association (Dasol).

Out of the total amount released since 2008, an amount of P2,250,000 was awarded for goat production project undertaken by 15 groups which consist of 242 members. (Ruby R. Bernardino/ Chigozie Joan Uzu)

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