Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Cavite barangay launches “Plastic Palit Bigas” Project




Barangay Tartaria in Silang, Cavite recently started its “Isang kilong plastic, isang kilong bigas” project to encourage their residents to properly dispose of their waste. With the project, residents get a kilo of rice for every kilo of plastic brought into the barangay.  The goal of the project is to make  “ecobricks” out of the plastics collected. The plastics will be shredded and placed inside plastic bottles in order to make construction materials such as building blocks. Read the full story

Tabuk City in Kalinga province automates barangay transaction system. The city has initiated the installation of an “auto-generated” barangay system that is said to be the first of its kind in the province and probably in the entire Cordillera region.

According to Tabuc City ICT manager Nathaniel G. Dalanao, the program aims to speed up government transactions at the barangay level to include fees collection and bookkeeping, acquisition of community tax certificate or cédula and other permits and certificates being issued by the barangay.

The city government is targeting to equip its 42 barangays with the system to provide transparency and automation of information. Read the full story

Tarlac barangay officials urged to promote children’s rights and welfare. In a recent gathering in Barangay Anao in Tarlac, Regional Director Gemma Gabuya of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) urged barangay officials to strengthen and uphold children’s rights, protection and empowerment.  She reminded them on the goal of the local government when it comes to children protection and empowerment of children.

In consultation with representatives of national agencies concerned with child and youth welfare, barangay councils have the authority under the law to enact the necessary ordinances and resolutions consistent with laws or city/municipal ordinances that provide for the proper development and welfare of the children in the community.  Read the full story

Can barangay chiefs carry firearms?  The police raided the house of a Zambales barangay captain suspected of illegally possessing firearms. The chairman of Barangay Aglao in San Marcelino, Zambales, Eduardo G. Lopez Sr. was arrested during a raid in his house early in the morning of February 5, 2019. Confiscated from him were two long firearms, two pistols, assorted ammunitions and explosives. A search warrant issued last January 28 was served by the San Marcelino police during the raid.  The law allows barangay chiefs to possess firearms provided they are licensed, are carried within barangay limits and there are no election bans. Read the full story

Camarines Norte lady barangay chief turns over P5.4 Million worth of cocaine fished out of the sea.  Barangay Chairperson Rosemarie Abogado of Barangay Sula in Vinsons, Camarines Norte last week helped in turning over to the police a package wrapped in plastic containing more than a kilo of cocaine worth P5.4 million. Two fishermen who are both residents of the barangay, Alfredo Vega, 61, and his son Junior, both residents of the barangay were fishing when they recovered a package wrapped in plastic and floating on the coastal waters of Quinamnucan Island. They later surrendered the package after Barangay Chair Abogado reported the incident to the Vinsons police.

Anti-narcotics operatives are now tracking down the drug group that could be using the province’s shorelines as a drop off site for illegal drug shipment. Read the full story

More Iloilo City barangays to be declared drug-free. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are looking forward to declare 50 percent of Iloilo City’s slightly affected barangays as drug-cleared at the end of the first quarter. The city has 69 slightly-affected barangays out of 180. Meanwhile, PDEA and PNP officials said that they will continue to conduct anti-drug operations in barangays despite being declared drug-free. The anti-drug operations will continue because they want to maintain the status of the barangay. Read the full story

Barangays included in the Seal of Good Governance Award. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said that starting this year, barangays will be included in its “Seal of Good Local Governance” (SGLG) award alongside other local government units. “This time around, we will compel our barangays to perform well in accordance with the programs of the department and all other agencies of the government,” says DILG-Iloilo City Director Ferdinand Panes.

The programs that are being mandated in barangays will compose the criteria for the barangay category of the award. These include environment, disaster and social protection.

He added that those who pass the criteria can expect some incentives from the department. The main aim of Seal of Good Local Governance Award is incentivizing best performing LGUs. Barangays are also included so they can try their best and prove to their constituents that they are worthy of their mandate. Read the full story

QC official recommends measures to barangay health workers in the fight against measles breakout. In a recent Manila Bulletin news release, Quezon City councilor Victor Ferrer stressed the importance of health workers in dealing with the breakout since they are in the front lines and they are directly in contact with residents in their respective areas. He said that they can provide the first hand information whenever there is an increase of incidence of any particular disease.  He called on them to always check the supply of needed medicines for common ailments to prevent the spread of contagious diseases. He also suggested ideas to barangay officials on how to effectively help prevent the spread of communicable diseases. Read the full story

61 Barangays in North Cotabato now part of BARMM.  Sixty one barangays in seven towns in North Cotabato are now under the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao as a result of Wednesday’s plebiscite in the province. Voters in six out of the 67 barangays in the province that were subjected to the exercise opposed their inclusion in BARMM’s coverage. Those who voted negatively will remain under the control of the municipal government in the Administrative Region 12. Read the full story  

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