Gov’t. services, assistance rain down on Kapalong

Over 4,000 constituents benefitted from the widest array of government services in one setting when the ARENA 11 Serbisyo Caravan joined forces with the local convergence program of the province in the municipality of Kapalong.
Hordes of beneficiaries crowded the Kapalong Town Square and nearby facilities last Friday to avail of the millions worth of services and assistance brought by the Association of Regional Executives of National Agencies in Region 11 (ARENA 11).
Budget and Management Regional Director Achilles Gerard Bravo, who is President of ARENA 11, led about 250 officials and personnel from the 36 participating NGAs in serving constituents at the 10th and last leg of the serbisyo caravan.
The whole contingent of the Davao del Norte Convergence for Peace and Development, led by Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario, further augmented the massive display of government services.
The governor expressed his satisfaction to see for the first time all the regional directors in one setting personally attending to the needs of the constituents.
“This is really a big boost to the convergence program of the province,” he said.
Bravo lauded the province for initiating its own convergence activities that shares the same purpose of bringing the government closer to the people, in coordination with the army, the police and other agencies.
He bared ARENA 11’s one-stop-shop of services and the convergence program are the only one of its kind in the whole country, where the various national and local line agencies banded together to haul essential services directly to the communities.
“It is a pleasure to work with the convergence program of the province, as we have long been hearing about its numerous accomplishments,” he said.
According to him, the recipients were able to save a lot of time and money by directly availing the vital services at their doorsteps instead of going to capital cities or towns.
Services during the caravan include medical, dental and surgical services, legal services, livelihood and capital assistance, supplemental feeding, OTC payment for 4Ps and social pensioners, agri-services and animal care, issuance of ICC stickers, mobile licensing, dialogue, among others.