PRC Testing Center soon to rise in Koronadal
The City Government of Koronadal and the Professional Regulatory Commission (PRC-12) signed a Deed of Donation and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on July 25 at the City Hall Lobby.
This is in relation to the construction of a 7-story building in the Regional Center, with the goal of quickly meeting thousands of clients in the city and nearby areas.
“We thank the Local Government Unit of Koronadal, especially City Mayor Eliordo Ogena for the generous donation. This is a timely acquisition and another milestone for development,” expressed PRC Commissioner II Honorable Erwin Enad.
Within 320 days, the Department of Public Works and Highways XII (DPWH 12) will begin construction on the P100-million project funded by the General Appropriations Act of 2022.
The donated land will strengthen the presence of the LGU-Koronadal and PRCXII.
In his speech, City Mayor Eliordo U. Ogena said that the city government is all out in supporting the project “𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘗𝘙𝘊 Chairman Honorable Pilandro, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘙𝘊 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘭. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘒𝘰𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢𝘭”, the Mayor said.
The PRC’s first testing center in the region will be built on a 1,000 square meter plot of land in the Regional Center. The property is in Barangay Carpenter Hill, City of Koronadal, near the Regional Center.
Several PRC officials as well as national line agencies were present at the ceremony.
Hon. Teofilo Pilandro Jr., Chairman of PRC said that this is the beginning of the era of Koronadal and PRC“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐑𝐂 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞”, Hon. Pilandro Jr., said.
As a result, the secretariat recognized the importance of securing the building’s water and electricity, and the Socoteco I and Water District will serve as the partner agencies.
Finally, Ms. Raquel R. Abrantes, former Regional Director of PRC XII and now Regional Director of PRC XI, believes that the participation of various offices and the mayor will be extremely beneficial in achieving this goal. “These are visions, but visions that are now with in our grounds, we recognized that this event is a start into motion of the realization of this vision. To Mayor Ogena, madamo gid nga salamat sa imo nga suporta” Regional Director Abrantes said.
The deed of donation was signed by Mayor Atty. Eliordo Ogena, Hon. Teofilo Pilandro Jr., Chairman of PRC, Mr. Rotelo Cabugsa, OIC Regional Director of PRC XII, PRC Commissioner II Hon. Erwin Enad, also with Hon. John Rey P. Rodriguez (Chairman of Committee of Infrastructure, Public Works and Highway), and Ms. Raquel Abrantes, Regional Director of PRC XI.