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MANILA, Philippines — The government has started rolling out P563 million worth of government services and financial aid to more than 60,000 residents of Batangas through the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair (BPSF).
In a statement on Saturday, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez said the BPSF visited Batangas where 50 participating agencies offered over 20o types of services to Batangueños.
The BPSF’s Batanags leg will run from August 24 to 25, 2024.
The visit was also the 22nd installment of the BPSF, which targets reaching all 82 provinces nationwide to bring “Mabilis, Maayos, Maginhawa at Masayang serbisyo publiko.”
The Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of Labor and Employment extended assistance to some 34,000 beneficiaries across the province.
Romualdez thanked Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, who is a Batangueño, for hosting the event.
“Natutuwa tayo at kahit Secretary of Finance na si dating Congressman Ralph Recto ay siya pa rin ang tumayong local host ng ating BPSF sa Batangas at ang pagbabalik natin sa BPSF mula sa pahayag ng mas pinatinding interes ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa service caravan na nagbigay ng ibayong motivation sa ating organizers,” Romualdez said.
(We are pleased that even as the Secretary of Finance, former Congressman Ralph Recto continues to serve as the local host of our BPSF in Batangas. Our return to BPSF has been met with renewed enthusiasm, particularly from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., whose heightened interest in the service caravan has provided our organizers with additional motivation.)
The opening program was held at the Aboitiz Pitch – Lima Park in Lipa City.