National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Around PHP500 million worth of Barangay Development Program (BDP) projects are now in the implementation stage in the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) Region which is scheduled to be visited by President Rodrigo R. Duterte on November 3. "Of the 822 barangay recipients for 2021, 25 are found in Mimaropa wherein a total of 109 BDP projects worth PHP500,000,000 are in the implementation stage," said National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. in a statement Tuesday. Esperon said the cleared barangays will be receiving a package of development programs worth PHP20 million per village through BDP alone. These consist of five BDP core projects which include farm-to-market roads, school buildings, water and sanitation systems, livelihood programs, and health stations, he added. "Other n