US-funded road opening

US-funded road opening. (Inset photo) Barira, Maguindanao Mayor Alexander D. Tomawis (3rd from left) leads the ribbon-cutting ceremony on the North-West road project that includes the spillway stretch across Ambal river inside the former Camp Abubakar of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on January 8. The road stretch has been funded with some P8-million by the US Government through the US Army. It consists of a 750-meter concrete span on the west of Nabalawag and 3.5- kilometer stretch on the east including spillway road. Shown assisting the mayor at the ceremonial turnover rite are US Army representative Captain You (right), 37th Infantry Battalion Commander, Lt. Col. Gavin Edjawan (2nd from right) and Nabalawag Barangay Chairman Datu Gani Dimasangkay (left). (Omar Mangorsi/BPI-ARMM)