MAASIM, Sarangani (February 21, 2022) – Vice Governor Elmer De Peralta greets some locals during the groundbreaking ceremony of the P40M-worth National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) projects at Barangay Bales on February 16. De Peralta said the implementation of the said projects under ELCAC is now underway “because all the P20M intended for all the identified barangays have been downloaded.” He added, “this is the reason why our provincial government is never hesitant to pass a memorandum of agreement to download the fund to the municipality para mas mapabilis yung implementation ng program at magamit kaagad na ating constituents.” The projects are set to provide every identified barangay access to clean water and accessible roads through the concreting of farm-to-market roads. Earlier that day, a groundbreaking ceremony of ELCAC projects was also conducted at Barangay Lumasal. (Jake Narte-Joshua John Pantonial/SARANGANI PROVINCIAL INFORMATION OFFICE)