SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — Rep. Doris Maniquiz of the second district of Zambales led the inauguration of two infrastructure projects inside the Naval Education Training and Doctrine Command (NETDC) in this town on Friday morning.
The projects are for the barracks of the military students worth P60 million and a transient facility for the Armed Forces of the Philippines worth P35 million.
The barracks is a two-story building with 20 rooms while the transient facility is also a two-story building with eight clusters of family rooms.
NEW FACILITIES Rep. Doris Maniquiz (right) and Rear Admiral Joe Anthony Orbe, commander of the Naval Education Training and Doctrine Command, led the ribbon cutting ceremony for the two infrastructure projects inside the naval academy in the town San Antonio, Zambales, on Aug. 16, 2024. Also in photo is Department of Public Works and Highways First District Engineer Hermon Ines. PHOTO BY MAHATMA RANDY DATU
During the inauguration ceremony, Maniquiz was joined by Department of Public Works and Highways First District Engineer Hermon Ines, Philippine Navy Commander of the NETDC Rear Admiral Joe Anthony Orbe and Naval Installations and Facilities commander Col. Fidel Macatangay.
Orbe expressed his gratitude to the support given to the NETDC by the lawmaker.
Maniquiz cited this as a good example of how the national government and the local government should support each other.
She also thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., National Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro, House Speaker Martin Romualdez and Rep. Yeddah Marie of Tingog Partylist for their contributions.
Maniquiz said her office received additional funding for other proposed projects inside the NETDC including the construction of the headquarters for the naval education training worth P50 million, a three-story barracks worth P50 million, and a boot camp worth P60 million.
Maniquiz also led the inauguration of the farm-to-market road (FMR) that spans from Barangay Bangan to Barangay Capayawan in Botolan on Friday.
The 964-meter long road will give the residents an easier way to transport their agricultural products to the market, she said.
She also led the inauguration of a 364-meter FMR road in Sitio Canian in the town of Cabangan and another 854-meter concrete road in the town of San Felipe.