COTABATO CITY: Farmers and fisher folk of Misamis Occidental which for so long carried the stigma as the heartland of the notorious criminal gang Kuratong Baleleng, received about P120-million worth of agriculture and fisheries projects and machineries from the government.

Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol said delivery of the projects and machineries, including 152 fiberglass fishing boats under the FB Pagbabago program of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) came five months after he visited Tangub City in June for the first Biyaheng Bukid sortie.

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