Investments in infrastructure
- From 2011 to 2016, total infrastructure allocation reached P5.27 billion, more than 9 times the allocation from 2005 to 2010 which was only at P565.00 million.
- 15 billion was allocated for roads and bridges, almost 22 times the P230.00 million allocation from 2005 to 2010.
- 00 million was allocated for flood control projects.
Investments in people
- As of January 2016, the Pantawid Pamilya Program has provided cash grants amounting to P839.09 million in exchange for school attendance and health check-ups to 94,242 poor households in the province, more than five (5) times the 17,143 households enrolled as of 30 June 2010.
- In 2015, 1,447 children of Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries in the province graduated from high school.
- 944,264 individuals are covered by PhilHealth in 2015. In 2010, PhilHealth coverage nationwide was only at 50.97%, much lower compared to the 92.11% nationwide coverage as of December 2015.
- From 2010 to 2014, a total of P201.78 million was obligated to improve existing health facilities in the province which include: 43 barangay health stations (BHS); 22 rural health units (RHUs); and 16 hospitals. Further, a total of P70.66 million was allocated to improve 18 RHUs, and 8 hospitals from 2015 to 2016.
- In 2015, 6,623 indigent senior citizens were provided with social pension in the amount of P23.36 million.
- 528 classrooms were completed in the province. 237 more are already funded for construction until 2016.
- 8,939 children have been fed in day care centers in the province in SY 2015-2016 under the Supplementary Feeding Program. Nationwide, the program was expanded to improve the nutrition not just of malnourished children but all children in day care centers through food supplementation for 120 feeding days.
- From AY 2011-2012 to AY 2014-2015, P3.35 million in scholarship grants was awarded by the government to college students in the province.
For 2016, the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for all LGUs in the province was P60 billion, 48.36% higher than the IRA for the province for 2010 which was only P1.75 billion.
—From the Presidential Management Staff
*Data from the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the Department of Health, the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, the Commission on Higher Education, and the Department of Budget and Management.
