SEN. Bong Go lauded the opening of the Panguil Bay Bridge which connects Misamis Occidental through Tangub City and Lanao del Norte through Tubod.
The 3.17 kilometer-bridge is the longest sea-crossing bridge in Mindanao. It will reduce travel time from two hours to just seven minutes.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. officially opened the project on Sept. 27, 2024. He was joined by the South Korean Ambassador to the Philippines Lee Sang-Hwa and Philippine officials.
The project was approved by the National Economic Development Authority in 2015. During the final months of the Aquino administration, a loan agreement for the project's funding was inked between the government of the Philippines and South Korea's Korean Export-Import Bank.
During the previous administration, recognizing the local people's clamor and accelerating economic growth through improved infrastructure, the Panguil Bay Bridge Project was made one of the flagship projects under the Build, Build, Build program.
As an ex-officio member representing the Senate of the Board of Directors of the Mindanao Development Authority, Go has consistently supported various development projects and initiatives benefitting Mindanao.
These include various projects under the Build, Build, Build program of the Duterte administration as well as the construction of the Center for the Advancement of Research in the University of the Philippines Mindanao; multipurpose buildings, sports complex and centers, parks, public markets, public terminals in various local government units; construction of the National Commission of Senior Citizens building in General Santos City, Balay Dangupan and Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office building in Davao City, the Cooperative Development Authority building, Department of Justice National Prosecution Office Regional Office building, both in Marawi City, among others.
In Lanao del Norte, Go supported the funding of new tourism plaza in Baroy town; installation of solar-powered street lights in Baroy, Lala, and Kapatagan; farm-to-market roads in Bacolod, Lala and Magsaysay; bypass and diversion roads in Iligan City and Munai; flood control and drainage structures in Iligan; and multipurpose buildings in Baroy, Pantao Ragat and Salvador.
As the chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, he principally sponsored and was one of the authors of Republic Act (RA) 11959, also known as the Regional Specialty Centers.
Go, also known as the Father of the Malasakit Centers Program, was the principal author and sponsor of RA 11463, which was signed by then-president Rodrigo Duterte in 2019 which institutionalized the program he initiated.
About 166 Malasakit Centers had been established nationwide, including 43 in Mindanao — with nine each in Northern Mindanao and Zamboanga Peninsula regions.
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