MANILA - Japan has finished the construction of a water system and a learning center in two villages in South Cotabato, the Japanese Embassy in Manila said Thursday. The level II water supply system was formally given to Barangay Kablon in Tupi town, while a one-story building for technical vocational education and training was turned over to the municipality of Tampakan, both on July 20. The PHP4 million water system project is part of Japan's Official Development Assistance (ODA) through the Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP) and will benefit three sitios (sub-village) in Kablon. Japan Consul-General in Davao Yoshihisa Ishikawa, during his speech, expressed hope "that the residents of the sitios are now free from worries of contracting water-borne diseases as well as the physical burden and time consumed in fetching water from far away." According to the Embassy, Tupi had one of the lowest rates of access to safe potable water in South Cotaba
Tunnel boring activity of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at south portal of the twin tunnels of Davao City Bypass Construction Project has