DILG cites P28-B barangay infra investment under Marcos admin

More than 13 million Filipinos in insurgency-cleared villages have benefited from over P28 billion worth of development projects implemented between 2022 and 2026, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) reported Wednesday.

This infrastructure push was carried out under the Local Government Support Fund-Support to the Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP), a core component of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s rural development and anti-insurgency initiative.

The program operates under Executive Order 70, which institutionalized a whole-of-nation framework aimed at ending long-standing armed conflicts by expanding public services in former rebel strongholds.

Since the start of the Marcos administration in 2022, the government has undertaken 6,900 infrastructure projects across the country, serving approximately 13.06 million residents.

Completed projects to date total 4,831, delivering 858 kilometers of farm-to-market roads, 689 school classrooms, 689 water and sanitation systems, 405 barangay health stations, nearly 8,000 household electrical connections, and over 20,000 streetlights.

Of the remaining initiatives, 411 projects are actively under construction, 242 are undergoing procurement, and 1,401 remain in the pre-procurement phase.