Friday, September 13, 2019

Historic Barangay Krus na Ligas, no longer a “squatter in its own land”.



President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the law authorizing the University of the Philippines (UP) to sell land in Barangay Krus na Ligas to the Quezon City government.

The new law allows UP to sell land not exceeding 22.467 hectares at a fair market price acceptable to the university.

Under the law, “the authorization is deemed  automatically revoked” if UP  and the QC Government ‘fail to not agree on the terms and conditions of the sale within one year from the effectivity of the act  or when full payment was not received by the university.” Read full story.
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Barangay Hall Krus na Ligas

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DILG, local officials support postponing barangay, SK elections to 2023. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), along with barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials, support the proposal to push back the May 2020 elections following President Rodrigo Duterte's call for Congress to postpone the polls.

During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, September 10, government officials were in agreement that doing so would give barangay and SK officials more time to complete their tasks, including those delegated to them from central government agencies.

Interior Undersecretary Martin Diño said he supports postponing the May 2020 barangay and SK polls to May 2023. Proposed new dates for elections include October 2022 and May 2023. Read full story.

Drug, rape cases reported in Barangay U.P. Campus. The Philippine National Police (PNP) disclosed that it has recorded 186 illegal drug-related offenses and 12 rape cases in a barangay located within the Diliman campus.

The illegal drug-related and rape cases, according to the PNP, are part of the more than 1,600 crime incidents that occurred inside Barangay UP Campus since 2016.

The illegal drugs problem inside UP Diliman was disclosed by  CHEd chairman Prospero de Vera in a press briefing at the height of the insistence of security officials to deploy policemen and soldiers inside colleges and universities allegedly to prevent recruitment of the New People’s Army (NPA). Read full story.

Medical and health benefits for Nueva Viscaya barangay officials.  A provincial board member here has called on the Department of Health (DOH) to implement medical and health benefits for barangay officials through the state-run hospitals in the country.

Board Member Victor Gines ,Jr., SP committee chair on barangay affairs, said he was pushing for a proposed resolution to ask DOH Secretary Francisco Duque, Jr. to implement the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991, providing for the medical and health benefits and privileges for local officials. Read full story.

Board Member Victor Gines (right) with some local officials of Nueva Vizcaya province. (Photo from BM Victor Borja Gines' FB Post)

Additional package of benefits including Christmas bonus for barangay officials pushed.  Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Raneo Abu has breathed life into a measure seeking to increase the honoraria and Christmas bonus of barangay officials, including barangay tanods, and members of the lupon tagapamayapa.

He appealed to his colleagues to join him in pursuing the passage of House Bill 2089 that would amend Section 393 of Republic Act 7160, as amended or otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, to grant more benefits to the barangay officials.

HB 2089 seeks to grant monthly honorarium of P5,000 to barangay captain; P3,000 for sangguniang barangay members, barangay treasurer and secretary; and P2,000 for barangay tanods and members of the lupon ng tagapamayapa. Read full story.

Deputy Speaker and Batangas Rep. Raneo Abu

New health centers built in various barangays in Catanduanes. Ten rural health centers were constructed in various villages in Catanduanes to address the shortage of health facilities in the province.

They were built in Barangay Buenavista in the Municipality of Bato; Barangays Villa Aurora and Tambongon in the Municipality of Viga; Barangay Sicmil in Gigmoto; Barangay San Vicente in Bagamanoc; Barangay Dariao in Caramoran; and Barangay San Isidro in San Andres.

Each health station was built with persons-with-disability friendly ramps, a sufficiently ventilated and well-lit treatment room, sanitary area, midwife office, receiving area, pantry, porch, and separate toilet for male and female. Read full story.

Photo credit: DPWH Faceook page

Innovative Palawan barangay introduces point system to solid waste management.  Barangay Mandaragat in Puerto Princesa City will introduce an ID System to help manage the solid wastes generated from its households and to encourage the support and cooperation of the residents in maintaining the cleanliness and orderliness of the village.

The ID system will help officials of the barangay in recording and establishment of database in their solid waste management program through a point system -- to urge local residents to segregate their solid wastes and bring their recyclable materials in areas designated by the barangay, explains Barangay Captain Gerry Abad. Read full story. 

Bgy. Mandaragat barangay captain Gerry Abad informed his constituents that they will implement point system to manage their solid wastes. photo from the City ENRO.

Puerto Princesa barangays urged to set up HIV/AIDS teams.  The City council of Puerto Princesa has urged the city’s 66 barangays to set up Barangay HIV/AIDS Teams (BHAT) in accordance with the local AIDS Council’s guidelines.

Palawan News reported that under the proposed resolution sponsored by Councilor Roy Ventura on Monday, the creation of BHAT will help prevent and reduce the number of the HIV and AIDS cases in the city.

“Considering the increase in the recorded number of HIV and AIDS cases in the city, there is an urgent need to undertake preventive measures which is also pursuant to law,” Ventura said. Read full story.

  
10 barangays in Negros Oriental prioritized for inclusive development to insurgency.  At least 10 barangays in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental have been identified as priority areas for the implementation of various projects in line with the government’s campaign to end local Communist insurgency in the province.

Barangay Trinidad, Binobohan, Tacpao, Sandayao, Humayhumay, Poblacion, Imelda, Planas, Malusay, and Hinakpan were prioritized following consultations during the recently-held “Dagyawan sa Barangay: Talakayan sa Mamayan” held at the Guihulngan gymnasium.

The consultations were part of the two-day activities of the Negros Oriental Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NOTF-ELCAC). Read full story.

DAGYAWAN SA BARANGAY. Barangay officials in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental talk about issues and concerns during consultations on Tuesday (September 10, 2019). The Negros Oriental Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NOTF-ELCAC), in cooperation with the Office of the Presidential Adviser of the Visayas, is holding a two-day activity that will end on Wednesday. (Photo by Juancho Gallarde)

Distant barangays in Mindanao to receive solar-powered water supply system. The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) will jointly design a program, which aims to provide solar-power generated water supply systems in off-grid villages all over Mindanao and the island provinces of the region, to provide water for drinking and irrigation.

The project is aimed at providing potable drinking water to far-flung and off-grid villages of Mindanao, especially the remote Indigenous People's communities, and also irrigation water for the communities' agricultural activities.

DILG Secretary Eduardo Año and MinDA chairman and Secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol agreed in their last meeting in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Sept. 7 to start the program with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the two agencies, including the beneficiary-local government units. Read full story.

Photo of a solar powered water system was taken during the turn-over by DA of a Solar-Powered Irrigation System to a farmers' group in Abra in May this year. (Photo source: Abra provincial government)

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