Cebu governor to report seven-year achievement in Friday's SOPA

By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR.
July 14, 2011, 3:59pm

CARCAR CITY, Cebu, Philippines — Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will deliver Friday her State of the Province Address (SOPA) highlighting her administration's accomplishments last year and the summary of what she has done for the past seven years.

“We will come up with a state-of-the-province address that will answer each and every Cebuano’s question on what I have done for the province and more importantly, how I have conducted myself in fulfilling this great responsibility of pushing for the Province of Cebu’s phenomenal growth,” Garcia said.

Invited guests when she delivers her SOPA include congressmen, mayors and vice mayors of the Cebu province and Cebu City officials led by Mayor Michael Rama. Garcia said statistics and figures will be given serious consideration in her address.

Garcia told reporters that included in her address are reports coming from all departments under the provincial government on their projects and programs that continue to implement the 12-point agenda that has been her guide in governance and her platform of government.

The 12-point agenda aims to address the basic needs of the people at the barangay level. The program includes attending to the needs of children and the elderly, women, agriculture and food production, water, health, power, education, business, environment, infrastructure, information technology, tourism and peace and order.

The implementation of these programs has actually been continuing because it started during Garcia’s first term in 2004.

Garcia Thursday said she realized that beyond the 12-point agenda, she was able to achieve “remarkable inroads” in other aspects like international relations.

The Cebu governor said she will be inviting Cebu City officials to her SOPA delivery because she will also be talking about the present harmonious relationship between the province and the city, “a fact that I believe is warmly welcomed by all Cebuanos.

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