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
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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
