DREAM COME TRUE. Mayor Suraida Muksin (left)of the island municipality of Mapun in Tawi-Tawi receives part of the PHP30 million fund from BARMM Interior Minister Naguib Sinarimbo for the construction of a modern town hall in her area on Thursday (Nov. 30, 2023) in Cotabato City. The mayor says she has long been dreaming for her town to be a recipient of town hall (inset) building projects. (Photo courtesy of MILG-BARMM)
COTABATO CITY – The most isolated municipality in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will soon have a new municipal hall building.
On Thursday, Mayor Suraida Muksin of the island town of Mapun in Tawi-Tawi received part of the PHP30 million worth of checks from BARMM Interior Minister Naguib Sinarimbo for the construction of the municipal building.
Mapun is the most isolated island municipality in BARMM, as it lies in the middle of the Sulu Sea between Palawan, the Tawi-Tawi cluster of islands, and Sabah, Malaysia.
According to Mayor Muksin, it takes around 40 hours to travel from Zamboanga to Mapun island by boat.
Sinarimbo said the municipal hall has long been a request of town leaders.
“The mayor (Muksin) told me that this is a dream come true as she only sees the groundbreaking and turnover of municipal halls across the BARMM on social media,” Sinarimbo said. “And so she was overjoyed to receive the call last week that her dream will finally be fulfilled." (PNA)
