THE Office of the Building Official (OBO) in Bacolod City served a
notice of violation to village chieftain Bob Asan of Barangay 3 for the
construction of the barangay hall without a building permit and
certificate of occupancy.
Engineer Isidro Sun Jr., head of OBO,
said yesterday they served the notice of violation on July 27 and the
barangay officials were given three days to report at OBO at the Bacolod
Government Center.
Barangay 3 officials violated Sections 301 and 309 of the National Building Code (PD 1096).
Section
301 stated that no person, firm or corporation, including any agency or
instrumentality of the government, shall construct alter, repair,
convert, use, occupy, move, demolish and add any building/structure or
any portion thereof or cause the same to be done without obtaining a
building permit thereof from the OBO assigned in the place where the
subject building is located or to be done.
Section 309 also
stated that no building or structure shall be used or occupied and no
change in the existing use or occupancy classification of a building or
structure or portion thereof shall be made until the Building Official
has issued a certificate of occupancy therefore as provided in this
Code.
A certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Building
Official within 30 days if final inspection and submittal of a
certificate of completion referred to in the proceeding section, it is
found that the building or structure complies with the provision of this
Code.
Asan said they are willing to comply with their violations and he will communicate with OBO.
He
said the barangay hall was constructed in 1998 and he did not know that
the building has no building permit and occupancy permit.
On
July 30, Jose Max Ortiz, legal counsel of Ma. Gizela Palomares-Ablaña,
also sent a letter to Mayor Evelio Leonardia requesting for the removal
of the two-storey barangay hall and the day-care center which are all
constructed or standing on road lots owned by Capitol Subdivision Inc.
situated in Barangay 3.
Ortiz said the said structure which was
illegally constructed have caused great disturbance to their client for
years despite her regular complaint to the barangay of the noise
pollution as well as the inconvenience of having full access to her lot.
He said this matter has also been brought to the attention of the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
He
added they are hopeful that the City Government will heed to their
request that the said structures be removed or demolished within 30 days
from receipt of the letter. (Merlinda Pedrosa)
Source: SunStar Bacolod. Photo credit: Panay News.
The Provincial Environment
and Natural Resources Sub-Office in this province has recently conducted
an orientation to the newly-elected barangay officials of the
municipality of Quezon.
The orientation, which is a part of the agency's information,
education and communication program, was conducted by PENRO- Isabela
sub-office Head Enrique Pasion, (at the rostrum in photo) where he discussed various environment
laws being implemented by the environment department.
Among them were Presidential Decree 705 or the Revised Forest Reform
Code of the Philippines of 1975, Chain Saw Act and the Ecological Solid
Waste Management Act.
Pasion reminded barangay officials to be careful in signing Certifications or documents on Land Titling to avoid problems.
He said barangay officials are partners of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and barangay leaders have
important responsibilities in ensuring that environmental laws are
implemented being in the frontline and knew the real situation in their
respective areas.
The DENR official urged barangay leaders to report to the DENR or
other law enforcement agencies if there are violators of environmental
laws like illegal logging, illegal transporting of forest products, kaingin and several other violations.
“Our agency is sincere in protecting the remaining natural resources
in our area of jurisdiction and violators must stop their illegal
activities,” Pasion said during the orientation. (Merlito G. Edale)
Source: Philippine Information Agency
From 19 barangays, the Municipality of Tanay now has 20 barangays following last week’s plebiscite
creating Barangay Madilaydilay.
With ‘yes’ votes of 1,841 in favor of creation of Barangay
Madilaydilay as against 43 ‘no’ votes, the new village is now officially
separated from Barangay Sampaloc, one of the upland barangays of the
municipality.
Although there was very low turn-out of votes in the recently-held plebiscite, apparently due to heavy rains that affected Barangay
Sampaloc on July 28, the votes cast by the villagers officially sealed
and confirmed the desire of the residents of the then Sitio
Madilaydilay, to become a separate barangay.
Madilaydilay has a population of 2,595 whose main source of income is
agriculture since most of the residents are pineapple growers and
coconut farmers.
Out of the total population of Madilaydilay, only 491 voters were
able to vote with 489 in favor of the separation, and 1 ‘no’ vote and a
voter who abstained.
Barangay Sampaloc, one of the upland villages in Tanay, has more than 14,000 voters. (Nel Andrade)
Source: Manila Bulletin.
OVER 3,000 barangay watchers from the 182 barangays here in Davao City
attended the launching of the “Enhanced Oplan Fortress” on Friday, July
27, at the Davao City Recreation Center, otherwise known as Almendras
Gym.
Davao City Police Office (DCPO) spokesperson Senior
Inspector Ma Theresita Gaspan said the Oplan Fortress gathers the
Barangay Ronda Patrol System as one coordinating system, the launching
of which was graced by the mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and the other law
enforcer units.
Barangay Ronda Patrol is mainly an integration of
all watchers to the enhanced police, military/police auxiliary patrol
system with the main objective of revitalizing and reorganizing them as
extensions of law enforcement.
Gaspan said the barangay watchers
are tasked to assist the police in the intensified operation against
robbery, theft and other petty crimes prevalent in the barangays through
contact, intelligence monitoring, and as visible security.
At
present, each barangay has an existing 20 barangay watchers receiving an
allowance from the City Government of Davao but under the supervision
and control of their respective chairman.
“With this, the renewal
of membership will be undertaken following basic law enforcement
training and deployment. With a total 3,640 additional force, we will
generate 8,989 upgraded/enhanced patrol systems,” Gaspan said.
Gaspan
said the DCPO is of keen judgment that their presence would be geared to a
more effective deterrence against social deviants in every community. (Ivy C. Tejano)
Source: SunStar Davao. Photo Credit: Facebook/Brigada News Davao.
In its effort to enhance the law enforcement and disaster response
capability of its barangays, the local government of Polanco (a 3rd class municipality adjacent to Dipolog City) recently
distributed the second batch of brand new multicabs to 10 barangays of
this town.
In a simple ceremony held at the Polanco Municipal gymnasium on July
21, Mayor Evan Hope D. Olvis turned over the brand new multicabs to the
barangay chairmen of Bandera, Bethlehem, Sto. Niño, Isis, Deventa Perla,
New Sicayab, Pian, Poblacion South, Guinless and Dansullan.
Dansullan Barangay Chairman and Association of Barangay Chairmen
president Charito Ombalino expressed his gratitude to Mayor Olvis for
providing service vehicles to their barangays which they will use in
the performance of law enforcement functions, disaster response
operation and in times of emergency.
Olvis, who is also chairman of the Polanco Municipal Peace and Order
Council (MPOC), said the vehicles were purchased through the funds
provided by the Council as agreed by its members.
Last year, LGU-Polanc also gave multicabs to Barangays Poblacion
North, Villahermosa, Linabo, Dangi, San Miguel, Obay, Milad, Silawe,
Macleodes, and New Lebangon.
Next year, the remaining 10 barangays of Polanco can also expect their service vehicles from the municipal government.
The Mayor appealed to the barangay chairmen to take good care of the
vehicles and only use them accordingly.
Source: Philippine Information Agency. Photo credit: pia.gov.ph
