RESIDENTS of Buenavista town in Bohol and nearby towns better learn welding now.
This, after Rep. Erico Aristotle Aumentado (Bohol, Second District) met with the top executive of a company planning to establish a shipyard in Buenavista town.
The company executive, Aumentado and Buenavista Mayor Ronald Lowell Tirol have discussed possibilities and scouted around the district for the ideal location until the former settled for Buenavista.
The executive and the company he represented were not named by the two public officials.
The company executive’s decision to build a shipyard in Buenavista means jobs for local residents, Aumentado said.
The shipyard, he said, is expected to attract other investors to the town.
On top of skilled welders, the shipyard will also need workers for parallel industries and businesses, like food service, for the workers.
He vowed to continue looking for similar opportunities for his constituents to increase their employment opportunities.
Aumentado earlier announced Buenavista and Inabanga towns stand to have their ports improved this year. He said a new and bigger P50-million port will be built in Barnagay Uog, Inabanga town. This will replace the existing one located behind the public market in Barangay Tungod.
The seawater off Uog is deeper. He said this augurs well for larger pump boats and motorized bancas, which will henceforth make regular trips to Cebu and back. Many residents and storeowners buy provisions and stocks from Cebu rather than go on land trips to the capital Tagbilaran City.
Aumentado, however, vowed to secure additional funds for this port as this is a new construction, not just an improvement.
Also in the General Appropriations Act is P40 million for the improvement of the Buenavista fishport.
Of the three congressional districts in Bohol, the Second District has the most islands and islets. This means islanders travel a lot by sea to buy from the mainland or from Cebu, or to bring patients to hospitals.
Aumentado said the improved ports will also improve traveling conditions for the islanders and their cargoes.