IMUS, Cavite - The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will be providing a $3 million (approximately P136 million) grant for the construction of the Public Health Collaboration Center in Trece Martires City, Cavite. The move was made 21 months after officials inaugurated the KOICA-funded Philippines-Korea Friendship Hospital (PKFH)-Medical Arts Building also in Trece Martires. KOICA Vice President and Implementation Survey Team Leader Dongwon Ahn and Cavite Gov. Juanito Victor C. Remulla Jr. signed the Records of Discussion (RoD) for the health center project during a simple ceremony at the Provincial Capitol's Ceremonial Hall.
The proposed center, which will be built near the PKFH, will help improve and strengthen the disease prevention and control program of the public health sector. In a press conference, Ahn said the Korean government, through KOICA, would provide a 3.450 billion Korean won ($3 million) grant for the construction of the center. As this developed, Remulla thanked the Korean government and KOICA officials for their continuing assistance in providing various projects in Cavite and in many parts of the country. The Korean government, through KOICA, has been supporting the Philippines in the last two decades in terms of rural development, governance, education, health, infrastructure, energy, farm and fishery, environment, disaster relief and information and communications technology. (Anthony Giron)
