Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) acting Governor Ansaruddin Alonto-Adiong has inaugurated two (2) office buildings that would house the ARM

January 17, 2010
COTABATO CITY – Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) acting Governor Ansaruddin Alonto-Adiong has inaugurated two (2) office buildings that would house the ARMM’s Human Resources Information System (HRIS), and Intelligence and Security Services (ISS).

At the brief inaugural rites last Friday here, Adiong and some members of his cabinet expressed joy over the completion of the facilities that would provide the personnel of the two vital offices more comfortable environment and enable them to deliver better services.

The new buildings were constructed during the reign of detained ARMM Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan but completed after the recent office assumption of Adiong, according to Engr. Titingalangit Sumagayan, new public works and highways regional secretary.

The construction of the two buildings inside the ARMM compound here cost the regional government P1-million each as a counterpart to its memorandum of agreement with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Under the agreement signed on March 5, 2008 by JICA representative Norio Matsuda and Ampatuan, the Japanese agency funded the series of capability-building trainings of HRIS and ISS personnel to upgrade their operations.

ARMM and JICA officials have started carrying out joint projects since Dec. 2004, the first episode of which had sent 440 ARMM senior executives and middle management officials for professional training at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) in Makati City to improve their capabilities.

For the HRIS, JICA provided 20 computer sets and trained its operators on database management.

ARMM Attorney-General Baratucal Caudang said the continued assistance of JICA has provided improvements in the regional government’s infrastructural and manpower development. (johenry/BPI-ARMM)