Aquino is committed to observing transparency and accountability for the benefit of Filipinos -- Coloma
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True to its commitment to the Filipino people, the Aquino government is serious in observing transparency and accountability resulting to massive economic benefits that will be distributed to the citizenry.
True to its commitment to the Filipino people, the Aquino government is serious in observing transparency and accountability resulting to massive economic benefits that will be distributed to the citizenry.
In his message during the Countryside Development Summit at the Gawad Kalinga (GK) Enchanted Farm at Barangay Engkanto in Angat, Bulacan on Sunday, Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio “Sonny” B. Coloma Jr. said that the government has been gaining from its developmental efforts in leadership that is based on righteousness and moral values.
“A government that is based on transparency, integrity and accountability of the leaders is now reaping massive economic benefits that will be distributed equitably among the millions of Filipinos especially those from the bottom of the pyramid,” Coloma said.
He noted that President Aquino’s program of “Daang Matuwid” that calls for moral ascendancy and honest leadership that consequently results to higher economic value that benefits the people.“Ang programa po ng ating Pangulo na daang matuwid, hindi lang po ito tungkol sa paggawa ng tama sapagkat ayon sa kanyang vision of the Philippines, ang atin pong bansa ay isang bansa kung saan doing what is right does not only makes sense morally but also translates into higher economic value,” Coloma said.The PCOO chief also said that part of the government’s programs is “Pilipinas Natin, which aims to uplift the standard of living in the country by providing universal access to basic needs especially of underprivileged Filipinos. Coloma expressed gratitude to the leaders of Gawad Kalinga, whom he said, are one of the government’s active partners from the private sector.
“Napakarami po sa ating mga kababayan ay nasa hanay ng maralita, paano po tayo uunlad kung hindi po kasama ang karamihan kaya po inclusive growth, kasama ang lahat kaya hindi lang po Pilipinas para sa iilan… hindi lang Pilipinas para sa mayayaman… ito po ay Pilipinas para sa lahat ng mamamayan... kaya po Pilipinas Natin. At nagagalak po kami na ka-partner ang Gawad Kalinga dito sa Pilipinas Natin,” Coloma noted.
“Mabuhay po ang Gawad Kalinga, mabuhay ang diwa ng Pilipinas Natin,” he stressed.
The event, which coincides with Gawad Kalinga'’s 8th Anniversary celebration, was also attended by other government officials led by Vice President Jejomar Binay, Senator Francis Pangilinan, and Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo.
Also in attendance was Presidential Sister Victoria Eliza “Viel” Aquino-Dee who, along with public officials present, witnessed the blessing of the Cory Garden, named and dedicated to her mother and former President, the late Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.
Other activities during the event include the declaration of the Gawad Kalinga Enchanted Farm as open for business, blessing of the Shell Road, Shell Center for Social Innovation and the Injap-Mang Inasal Pavillion Bed and Breakfast.
Named after the place of its origin, Bulacan’s Barangay Encanto — which connotes images of the supernatural and magical in Filipino — the Enchanted Farm is the canvas for Gawad Kalinga’s second phase of the 2024 road map to end poverty in the Philippines. Once idle and unproductive, the area is being transformed into a landscape of vast potential that will sustain communities for generations to come. (PCOO)
