By President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday turned over a total of P453.8 million in financial assistance to barangays in Sulu, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, and Zamboanga Sibugay to expand access to essential services and strengthen local development.
In Sulu, P82 million was distributed to 410 barangays. Each barangay received P200,000, half of which is allotted for their scholars while the other half is for their respective projects.
“The remaining P100,000 is up to you where you will use it because I strongly believe, and I know it to be true, that no one knows the problems in a barangay other than the barangay officials,” Marcos said in Filipino in his speech at Sultan Jamalul Kiram Central School in Barangay Lawm, Maimbung, Sulu.
