COTABATO CITY — Residents of Tabuan Lasa island municipality in Basilan province are expected to benefit from a P15-million desalination facility project that will give them safe drinking water from the sea, the first ever in the province. 

In separate statements on Sunday, Tabuan Lasa Mayor Moner Sabbihi Manisan and Basilan Governor Jim Hataman Salliman said the project, funded by the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, was launched on Friday.  

Residents of Tabuan Lasa need to sail to seaside villages in Sumisip in mainland Basilan, about two nautical miles away, to fetch potable water. 

Mr. Salliman said Bangsamoro Local Government Minister Naguib G. Sinarimbo and the mayor of Tabuan Lasa would jointly oversee the construction of the desalination facility. — John Felix M. Unson

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