PARR is ahead of schedule, official says

By: Erlinda Olivia P. Tiu

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, February 9 (PIA) - Gen. Vic Batac the Assistant Secretary to the Presidential Assistant on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction said PARR is ahead of schedule.

“We were able to gather corporate, business leaders in one gathering and secured their commitment to help in the rehabilitation and recovery of the Yolanda Avenue,” General Batac said.

General Batac made the pronouncement during the recently-held consultative assembly conducted by the Province of Leyte with PARR at the Governors Hall of the Provincial Capitol.

According to General Batac, PARR has divided the Yolanda Avenue into 24 cuts that would include all the provinces affected including Leyte, Samar, Cebu, Negros, Capiz, Aklan, Iloilo and Palawan.

So far, Batac said, 80 have already commitments to include international NGOs. He said that the “entire world is here helping out and PARR is starting the coordination at its level.”

He emphasized that the role of PARR is really to coordinate with the national agencies , local government units and the international aid agencies.

Batac who represented Secretary Panfilo Lacson during the Leyte consultation, said the Secretary wanted to impart that message to all those who were gathered at the Governors Hall that “We have to be patient.”

Secretary Lacson was appointed last December 10, Batac said. There were many holidays that month of December. It was only in January that he started as PARR secretary, Batac said.

Meanwhile, it was learned that Engr. Robert Castanares of Southern Leyte and the Eastern Visayas Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been designated as the PARR regional coordinator for Eastern Visayas. (PIA 8)

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