CEBU, Philippines - Governor Gwendolyn Garcia will limit her speech to the implementation of her 12-point agenda and her administration’s plans and programs within the next three years when she address the members of the Cebu Provincial Board this afternoon during its inaugural session. Capitol spokesman Rory Jon Sepulveda said the governor will report to the members of the provincial board the direction that she wants the province to take within the next three years. According to Sepulveda, the implementation of these programs is actually going on because it started during Garcia’s first term yet in 2004.
The 12-point agenda aims to address the basic needs of the people at the barangay level. The program includes attending the needs of children and the elderly, women, agriculture and food production, water, health, power, education, business, environment, infrastructure, information technology, tourism and peace and order.
Within the past six years under the Garcia administration, the Provincial Government was able to finish the construction of more [COLOR=blue ! important][COLOR=blue ! important]school[/color][/color] buildings as one of the priority programs under education.
The Capitol also undertook the construction of new classrooms for public elementary and high schools even if this is a responsibility of the national government. More than 600 classrooms were constructed by the Provincial Government and are now being used by the public elementary and high schools in the province.


The Capitol also implemented massive road asphalting projects to address the road problems in the different barangays. Vice Governor Gregorio Sanchez Jr. however questioned the asphalting program claiming it to be substandard.
Sanchez, who will also deliver his inaugural address this afternoon, is expected to receive Garcia, his former ally, in the session hall. They are expected to share the same podium as they both address the members of the board.
Sanchez would have wanted Garcia to address the board during its first regular session. But, Garcia’s allies in the board persuaded Sanchez to allow the governor to address them this afternoon.
Sanchez gave in but demanded that Garcia limits her speech to only reporting her plans and programs of government otherwise she will be declared out of order. Sepulveda however described the demand as an insult. – THE FREEMAN