Negros Oriental Gov. Manuel Sagarbarria outlined his priority projects for his first 100 days during his oathtaking on Monday.
Speaking to reporters after his inaugural, Sagarbarria said some of the projects are the transfer of a drive-through flea market; sports complex renovation; continuation of improvements at the Ninoy Aquino Freedom Park, including an exercise space for senior citizens; and the relocation of the Tabo sa PAO (Provincial Agriculture Office).
“The biggest program, but I don’t think we could do it within 100 days, is the transfer of the taboan (market). I will be making a new concept here in Dumaguete, somewhere in Barangay Batinguel,” Sagarbarria said.
The Province will look for a property at the diversion road in Batinguel where a drive-through market will be established, he added.
Sagarbarria said sellers from the current tabo in barangay Piapi will be relocated, as they will be displaced by the multi-million Medical City project.
Once operational, the new drive-through flea market will reduce traffic in the City, and generate more income for the farmers who sell their produce directly to the public.
It will also benefit residents in outskirt villages as they will no longer have to go to the City to buy their needs, the Governor pointed out.
Sagarbarria took his oath before Executive Judge Rose Marie Paras at the Negros Oriental Convention Center, together with other officials of the Province and its capital, Dumaguete City.
The other officials who took their oaths were Vice Gov. Cezanne Fritz Diaz, 2nd District Rep. Ma. Isabel Sagarbarria, 3rd District Rep. Janice Vallega-Degamo, 10 Provincial Board Members, Dumaguete Mayor Manuel Sagarbarria, Vice Mayor Estanislao Alviola, and 10 City Councilors. (Judy F. Partlow)
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Photo Caption: Representatives of national agencies in Negros Oriental have a photo with Gov. Chaco Sagarbarria and Vice Gov. Fritz Diaz Monday, after their inauguration at the Negros Oriental Convention Center. (photo by Melissa Pal)
