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COTABATO CITY — Atty. Naguib G. Sinarimbo, Minister of the Interior and Local Government, is pleased to announce that the Pigkawayan Cluster of the Special Geographic Area’s (SGA) Public Market is about to be completed.

The new public market will house booths and spaces for business owners from the Pigkawayan Cluster’s 12 barangays. Farmers and fishermen will be able to easily market their catch, he said, adding that he believes the project will provide many of the constituents with business prospects while also making it easy for them and other adjacent barangays to access goods and services.
Padian, or market, has been the locality’s growth engine. It has also served as a gathering place for people to congregate and speak, fostering a sense of community.

We have always enjoyed market days and Padian. “In my younger days,” Minister Sinarimbo reminisces, “we always looked forward to market days in Pigkawayan where we could eat “grilled pastil” and the all-time favorite halo-halo during summer.”

The new public market will provide amenities and spaces for both existing and new vendors. This will open up new prospects for locals, particularly those in the business sector, as well as generate more revenue for the community. Profits will continue to flow in the local community. The Pigcawayan cluster will have a memorable experience as well as a sense of pride and hope as a result of the establishment of this type of public market.

The market, worth ₱25 million and funded by the Bangsamoro Appropriations Act (BAA) 2020 Contingency Fund, is one of MILG’s grassroots community infrastructure projects, aimed to stimulate regional economic growth and activity while also providing opportunities for local residents.

The Bangsamoro region, established in 2018 by the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) to implement the 2014 Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), is made up of the provinces of Basilan, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Sur, Maguindanao del Norte, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi, the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan, and Marawi, as well as the Special Geographic Area’s (SGA) 63 barangays or villages that voted “Yes” in a plebiscite in February 2019 to be under the BARMM jurisdiction.

According to the Philippine Atlas BARMM has 4,404,288 people. It has 116 municipalities: Basilan, 11 municipalities; Lanao del Sur, 39; undivided Maguindanao, 36; Sulu, 19; and Tawi-Tawi, 11. Its component cities are Cotabato (the regional center and capital) in Maguindanao; Lamitan in Basilan; and Marawi in Lanao del Sur. (✓)