The Mariculture Park of the Island Garden City of Samal (Igacos) was named as one of the three awardees of the Urban Good Governance Innovation Facility in Asia. At the same time, The Urban Governance Initiative (TUGI) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), also gave a grant aid of $50,000 for the city's capability-building of the project. The local government was informed of the award only on Jan. 3 and has sent the project proposal to be funded by the grant on Jan. 10, Noel Daquioag, Igacos information officer, said.

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