Four
years ago, barangay officials of Barangay Buhatan in Sorsogon City had nothing
but dreams to build on, writes Inquirer columnist and former Socio-Economic
Planning Secretary Cielito F. Habito. The barangay’s heavily trash-polluted river had
reduced the fish and prawns from which the income of the fisher folks depend. The livelihood which most of the people in the village rely on was placed at risk. But now, life in the
barangay is so much different. The dying river
then is now free of pollution and the level of income of the community has
increased beyond their dreams. The place even become a tourist destination.
Habito tells in detail how the people of Barangay Buhatan managed to get out of their predicament. Read More
Photo credit: Manila Bulletin
Police
rogues’ gallery key to arresting prime suspects in QC barangay captain’s
killing. The
suspects in the ambush slaying of Barangay Bagong Silangan Chairperson and
would-be candidate for Congress Crisell “Beng” Beltran fell one by one in a
series of arrests conducted by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and
Detection Unit.
What turned the table
against them was when an eyewitness positively identified one of the suspects Teofilo
Formanes, a market inspector at Commonwealth Market, in a police rogues’ gallery
of persons with previous criminal records.
His picture matched with the facial illustration in the artist’s
composite picture maker. Read more
Antique
barangay kagawad put his life in harm’s way by meddling in barangay trouble. Barangay Kagawad Edgardo
Montañez of Barangay Bombongan in Hamtic town of this province risked his life
and lost it when he responded to a trouble at the barangay plaza. He succumbed
to stab and gunshot wounds during the commotion that happened after midnight of
Sunday, January 5, according to police report. Read more
Bacolod
officials validating information provided by a drug suspect on eight drug-infected
barangays in the city. The Bacolod City Police and the Negros
Occidental PDEA unit are now confirming a report given by a drug suspect that eight
barangays in the city are drug infected. Except one, the suspect did not
mention in a radio interview the names of the barangay captains of the said
barangays affected. But their families
are still worried about their safety. Read more
Army
soldiers bring lamps instead of guns in remote Maguindanao barangay. A
company of soldiers "attacked" a remote village in southern Liguasan
Marsh to save them from total darkness, reported ABS-CBN News.
“Armed” with solar lights,
the soldiers went to Barangay Tugal to install the solar lamp posts. A total of six solar lamp posts were installed
in public places in the barangay.
The soldiers also handed
over free lamps to each household as part of the "Light a Barangay"
Project of
the 33rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.
People in the barangay welcomed
the project which is part of the socio-economic activities of the soldiers to
help solve the problem of illegal drugs and prevent the possible intrusion of
extremists groups in Barangay Tugal and other nearby villages. Read more
Palawan
barangay chairwoman facing charges of illegal cutting of trees. The
chairwoman of Barangay Tagabinet is facing administrative charges for illegal
cutting of trees to open an unauthorized access road leading to the Puerto
Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP) in Barangay Cabayugan.
Allen Fernandez of the City
Planning and Development Office (CPDO) said that Tagabinet chairwoman Juvylyl
C. Bonda will be facing sanctions for allowing the illegal cutting of trees
valued at P2.895 million to open the 2.1-kilometer access road in Sitio Bayatao
to Cabayugan.
In defense, Bonda argued
that the road construction project was for the community’s access and
convenience.
She said that this is necessary
to transport sick people to the hospital. She denied though that she was the
one who initiated the project but two of his barangay council members or
kagawads. Read more
MMDA
trains Bacolod City barangays. At their own expense, 45
Bacolod City barangay and some city officials flew to Manila recently to
undergo a 2-day training seminar from February 3 to 4, 2019 on solid waste
management at the MMDA head office in Makati City.
Initiated
by Vice Mayor El
Cid Familiaran with the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, he
said the seminar is a big help to their barangay officials in the
implementation of
the Republic Act (RA) 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act
of
2000.
He pointed out that this
seminar is also aimed at preparing the city for the implementation of waste
segregation policy this year. Read more
P21.1M
farm to market road in Agusan del Sur barangay completed. The
Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rural Development Project (DA-PRDP) has
recently turned-over the completed construction of a 2.7-kilometer farm to
market road amounting to P21.1M to the farmers and residents of Barangay Algon
in the Municipality of Trento of this province.
The concrete road does not
only support the rubber and palm oil industries in the municipality but also
boost the production of other high-value crops like mangosteen, banana, and
cacao in the area.
Barangay Chairperson Doreen
Penaloga said that it was a struggle to encourage some of the landowners to
donate a part of their area for the road right of way, but with the help of DA-PRDP’s
processes in dealing with concerns like this, the issue was eventually
resolved. Read more
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