“Dako atong pasalamat kay President Rodrigo Duterte kay na approved ang atong gipangayo na Multi-Purpose Tribal Hall para sa lungsod sa Santo Tomas. Pinaagi sa maong building, atong mahatagan og pagtagad ang pahilunang implementasyon sa mga progamang ipatuman sa atoang Municipal Tribal Council,” Evangelista said in a statement released on Wednesday (March 2).
He said the construction of Multi-Purpose Tribal Hall was among the identified infrastructure projects of the Evangelista administration that was sourced out from the Office of the President (OP) through Senator Bong Go.
Evangelista said he filed the request since 2020 since such infrastructure project cannot be financed with available local government funds.
The construction of this project was included in the 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA), according to Municipal Administrator Atty. Elisa Evangelista who received an official correspondence from the Office of Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go.
“Padayon ang administrasyon ni Tatay Erning na mapalapdan ang serbisyong mahatag sa katawhang Tomasino pinaagi sa pag-access sa mga proyekto gikan sa National Government. Nagpasalamat kita sa tabang na gihatag sa atua ni President Duterte ug Senator Bong Go para sa Santo Tomas,” he said.
Evangelista underscored the importance of having a Multi-Purpose Tribal Hall, saying the “Evangelista administration
has made some progress in crafting and implementing programs and projects intended for the indigenous peoples of Santo Tomas. Thus, a building is necessary to support the implementation of these undertakings.”
She added that the Evangelista administration has also made efforts to work with the IPs and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) here in Davao Region for the growth and development of the Ata-Manobo communities here.
Evangelista warned Tomasinos of a politician who was “politicizing” national government-funded multipurpose buildings and for lack of “delicadeza”— allegedly crediting these projects as his accomplished projects despite the fact that these projects were funded by a partylist and even funded by the Office of the President through the 2020-2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
She then urged the public to be wary when talking or listening to political bets or even to politicians to avoid falling prey to the so-called “budol-budol” misinformation operations whose goal is to malign and discredit the Evangelista administration.
“Sa katawhang Tomasino, make it a habit na ang impormasyon na inyong makuha kay tama ug base sa datus or records aron dili mo mabudol. Karong panahuna daghan bakakon, ug mubiya sa kamatuoran aron lang mangdaut. Sa Team Budol-budol, ayaw mo kabalaka kay ang tanan naay resibo paningkamot ramo na inyong mabarugan ang inyong gipanulti. There will be a day of reckoning, I’ll tell you,” Evangelista warned.