Newly-created Laguna barangay holds Strategic Planning Workshop

Barangay Maharlika, one of the 7 newly-created barangays in San Pedro City in Laguna Province, held a whole-day workshop last Saturday, October 19, 2019 from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. to form several sectoral clusters among its constituents that will oversee the economic, social, peace and order, environmental, infrastructure and other key aspects of barangay development and governance.

Top barangay officials headed by its young and decisive Punong Barangay Jesse James Ting and Council Members who  welcome citizens participation in barangay governance, actively participated in the workshop. 

As expected, also present to provide their inputs to the deliberation are representatives from the various sectors of the community such as officials of subdivision homeowners associations, TODA, business clubs and environmental groups among others.

The workshop was facilitated by Barangay Administrator and former DILG community development officer Bien Cena, who led the participants in forming committee groups to deliberate on their specific agendas. The leaders representing each group later presented their working plans and programs.

Barangay Maharlika, together with the 7 other newly-created barangays in the city, was carved out following a plebiscite from Barangay San Vicente -- one of the larger villages in the city of San Pedro.   

Included in the seven are Pacita 1 and 2, Chrysanthemum, Rosario, Fatima and San Lorenzo Ruiz which brings the total number of barangays in the city from 20 to 27, based on an Inquirer news report dated July 12, 2015. (Story reported by Jun Miranda. Photo credit: Facebook Page of Kgd. Leonida Magboo Lojo). 

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