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GENERAL INFORMATION / SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE The town is basically agricultural with abundant supply of palay, corn, root crops, sugarcane, coconut, citrus, vegetables, fish and other marine products. Livestock & poultry products are also available. Formerly world-renowned because of its high quality of abaca fiber, Tigaon's supply of abaca is now depleted due to massive land conversion. Vast areas of formerly forest covered areas, a viable environment for abaca was cleared and transformed into a field for rice, corn and sugarcane. However, the local government pushing some efforts to implement reforestation programs that will lead to the rehabilitation of abaca industry in Tigaon and to augment the diminishing supply of raw abaca in response for the increasing need of said materials both in local and foreign market.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transportation The mode of transportation is mainly by land. There are 71.456 kilometers of road classified as National, Provincial, Municipal and Barangay roads which are way below the national standards set by the national government, thus rendering a deficiency of at least 28.544 kilometers of road. Some of these roads (mainly barangay roads) are not passable especially when heavy rains and calamities come which isolate other barangays from urban and commercial areas. There is a bus terminal where air-conditioned as well as ordinary buses have regular trips to Manila and other provincial key cities. Passengers and goods for local trips or destinations like Naga City and other neighboring towns are regularly ferried by ordinary buses, air-conditioned vans, local jeepneys and rented cars. The newly concreted road linking Albay to Partido will be opened soon. By then, buses and other public and private vehicles will be expected to mass in this area being the shortest and direct route from Tabaco to Naga City and vice-versa thus, cutting the travel time and avoiding the heavy traffic of Rinconada area and at the same time enjoy the scenery of coastal road overlooking Caramoan Peninsula and the vast sea of the Pacific.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Communication Long Distance and domestic calls are now being provided by the RCPI-Bayantel with its latest communication technology, fax machine, Internet and VHF radios. Telephone service brought by the BayanTel is currently available in every offices and homes. SMART Communication, Inc. and Globe; the country's giants in cellular phone services recently put up their Cell towers and currently in active status and servicing their respective clients. This town also has an established road links to information superhighways keeping its people abreast of modern communications and technologies; we have lot of windows to see the outside world. Cyber cafés and similar businesses are presently available at our doorsteps Wants to get updated with latest news via radio or television both locally and abroad? Well, broadcast and cable television are also at hand. Broadcast signal of Radio and television from Naga City are clearly received in some part of the town. While Cable TV was being offered by a local provider (COCA-tv) and the other by a DREAM Cable – a direct to satellite channels.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Power Supply Tigaon has a much stable supply of electricity being the host town of Camarines Sur Electric Cooperative, District 4 (CASURECO IV) with its Main office in located at Barangay Talojongon and the only power source in Partido Area. Commencing the present administration assumed its office, the barangay electrification program was given an absolute priority, aimed to uplift the economic status of life on far-distant, mostly mountainous barangays of this town. At present, all the 23 barangays are now being served.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Water Supply Many water sources are found in Tigaon. Plenty of natural springs are freely flowing in the area and being tapped for potable water supply, irrigation and recreational purposes. In fact, neighboring town such as Sagñay uses portions of these water sources for irrigation purposes. With the aid from the Local Government Unit, several barangays established their own Small Water Impounding Projects (SWIPS), which serve to their domestic needs. The newly installed Partido Water Supply System (PWSS), a project of Partido Development Authority funded by foreign government takes over the previously installed Tigaon-Sagñay Water District and is now fully functional and servicing the town and other towns within the Partido Area, enhancing the former system with much better quality of services.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Commercial Center One (1) bank is presently operating and the other one is temporarily closed, five (5) pawnshops, six (6) hardware stores, a number of self service supermarkets, four (4) drug stores, food chains, restaurants, pension house proposed Postal Bank and Central Business District, completed fish and meat stall, New Slaughterhouse, and others.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Government Centers The Partido Development Administration (PDA) and its center for Human Resources Development (CHRD), CASURECO IV, the office of the 3rd Engineering District-DPWH, and new Municipal Government House are all located in Barangay Caraycayon. While the Department of Agrarian Reform (Municipal Office) and the Fiber Industry Development Authority (FIDA) District Office are situated at Poblacion.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Livelihood Center Handlooms and materials and other equipment are provided for training and production that produces novelty items for local and foreign market.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sports & Recreation Centers Three (3) tennis courts, a sports plaza, billiard houses and number of Videoke Bars are present in the area.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Educational Institutions There are five (5) secondary schools, one (1) private and four (4) public schools. The Local Government Unit of Tigaon has a Computer Learning Center for Free Education. School of Chess , School of Arts , and School of Music are some of the special projects that the LGU is undertaking.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Real Estate Development Subdivision for socialized and economic housing
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Housing The municipality of Tigaon has an existing Rural BLISS I in Caraycayon with an area of 2.5 hectares and DAR Settlement Project in San Rafael . There are non-going and proposed socialized housing projects in the municipality to cater the housing requirements in the area, we have Urban Poor Housing Project for low cost housing of slum dwellers and blighted areas.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Religious Groups There are seven (7) dominant religious groups in the locality, namely: Roman Catholic, Seventh Day Adventist, Church of Christ of the latter Day Saints, Jehovah's Witnesses, Pentecostals, Iglesia Ni Cristo, and the United Church of Christ in the Philippines.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Potential Economic Zone The LGU has identified its economic zone where industrial projects could be established to generate employment opportunity in the locality and neighboring towns in Partido Area. The area awaits development for local & foreign investments. With all of the existing and untapped natural resources, Tigaon is still below par the standards of development especially on the road network requirements. The present administration has set its priority projects on the development of infrastructure and support services to improve the municipality. Proposed projects have been identified for local, national and foreign funding assistance. Come and Visit Tigaon with its business, Tourism and Vast investment opportunities.
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