PHILEX DELIVERS P14-M INFRA PROJECTS IN ITOGON
TUBA, Benguet - Philex Mining Corp. is set to turn over by the end of the year almost P14 million worth of infrastructure projects-ranging from concrete road and retaining wall to drainage canal and grouted riprap with parapet wall to health center and science laboratory-to its host town of Itogon in this province.
Covering the company's social-program accomplishments for the second and third quarters, the 33 projects were implemented in the town's host barangay of Ampucao and the neighboring barangay of Dalupirip, Roy Mangali, AVP at Philex Mining and assistant resident manager at Padcal mine, said.
"Community development is our way of telling our host and neighboring communities that Philex Mining really cares for them," he added, stressing that a report on the projects to be turned over to another of the two host towns-Tuba-is still being finalized. "And we're just talking about public infrastructure here. Of course, we have other community projects, such as health, education, livelihood, and environmental protection."
In a report prepared by Jamal Agustin, coordinator for public infrastructure at Padcal mine, Philex Mining's goldand-copper operations in Benguet, the construction of the Barangay Disaster Risk Management Center, in Brgy. Ampucao's Sitio Ampucao Proper, was the biggest project at P1.5 million, followed by the renovation of the science laboratory building at the Laurencio Fianza National High School, in Brgy. Dalupirip, to the tune of P1.2 million.
Last August, Philex Mining turned over P6 million worth of (five) infrastructure projectsunder its 2016 annual budget allocation-to Brgy. Ampucao in formal ceremonies graced by Benguet Gov. Crescencio Pacalso, Itogon Mayor Victorio Palangdan, and other government officials.