• GILBERT P. BAYORAN
Negros Occidental re-elected congressmen Emilio Bernardino Yulo of the Fifth District and Alfredo Marañon III of the Second District are working to link former rebel affected barangays through infrastructure projects and opening of common corridors between Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental.
With the establishment of the Negros Island Region, Yulo said that tourism promotion is among his development agenda, noting the region’s huge tourism potentials.
Isabela, La Castellana, Moises Padilla, Binalbagan and Himamaylan City in the Fifth District have borders with six towns of Negros Oriental First District.
Except for Hinigaran, the hinterlands of Moises Padilla, Isabela, Binalbagan, La Castellana and Himamaylan City are former insurgency affected areas, some of which were then considered as strongholds of the New People’s Army in central Negros.
Before the start of the campaign period, Yulo said he and Negros Oriental First District congressman-elect Emmanuel Iway vowed to work together for the opening of common corridors in the hinterlands of La Libertad and Jimalalud as well as in Binalbagan, Isabela, and Himamaylan City.
Meanwhile, Marañon said he already started to link up all the mountain barangays of the Second District, from Divina Colonia to V.F. Gustilo and Puey in Sagay City to Celestino Villacin in Cadiz City, with road concreting projects.
This will make the transport of goods and products from the hinterlands to the poblacion, fast and efficient, he added.
In his first term as congressman, Marañon said he was able to facilitate more than P500 million worth of infrastructure projects.
The construction of Sagay-Cadiz-Manapla access road is also ongoing, he added. | GB
