Mrs Francisco (left) and her friend, Mrs Elvira P Hernandez, in front
of the unfinished building supposed to house the Larap Seniors' social center.
By ALFREDO P HERNANDEZ
MAMBULAO Mayor Dong Padilla has assured the Senior Citizens of Larap
that their social center building will be completed by January 2014.
He told Mrs Franciso that the center will have its roof by October.
Padilla personally relayed this to Josefina Francisco, Larap Seniors
president, during a visit at her residence in Larap recently.
The Francisco family tonight disclosed the mayor’s visit and his
promise to complete the Seniors’ social center project "as soon as
possible".
The social center building has remained just a shell structure since
its construction work halted in 2010 when the Seniors’ association ran out of
funds, which the members raised from public dances, raffle games and fund
solicitations.
Mrs Francisco ... December completion wish
However, Mrs Francisco said they hope to see the center finished before
Christmas.
The building project has received a P250,000 funding from
Vice-President Jejomar Binay, who looks after the welfare of senior citizens
through a specially created national office.
The money amounting to P500,000 was requested by Padilla from Binay
early last year.
The other half of the funds will be used to build another social center
for the Seniors at Luklukan Sur.
Meanwhile, the road cementing project has already reached Sparline,
past the concrete bridge.
Padilla had earlier promised to complete the Larap road concreting
project before the year ends.
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