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Mayor Vico Sotto has ordered
barangay captains in the city to open all public roads to traffic as part of
clearing operations mandated by the Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG).
In a memorandum dated July
30, 2019, Sotto said roads “previously limited by their respective barangays to
residents, business locators and similar inhabitants” must be open to traffic.
The mayor also ordered
barangay officials to remove road obstructions in their communities
immediately. READ MORE
Photo from the Faceook page of Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto
MORE BARANGAY NEWS & EVENTS NATIONWIDE
QC barangay officials many now declare suspension of classes. With unpredictable weather conditions, school heads and barangay chairpersons in Quezon City are now allowed to suspend classes in their respective turfs if public safety will be compromised.
This was explained to the
representatives of Quezon City’s School Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Councils (SDRRMC) who attended an orientation on localized class or work
suspensions called by Quezon City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (QCDRRMO).
The QCDRRMO discussed the
city’s protocols in declaring class or work suspensions due to inclement
weather or other reasons. READ MORE
Pasay
City police probers looking at shooting of barangay chief as drug-related. The victim, Jojo Balais, 37,
chairman of Barangay 37, Zone 3 was riding his Yamaha motorcycle along Buendia
Avenue heading towards F.B. Harrison
Avenue when two motorcycle-riding men came from behind and shot him repeatedly
in the body and then fled upon seeing him fall on the pavement.
The victim was rushed by
members of the city’s rescue team to the Manila Adventist Medical Center for
treatment but he was declared dead on arrival.
Six
Isabela barangays identified as priority areas of DTI business development program.
In a bid to bring government
assistance closer to the countryside and encourage more barangay-based
businesses and entrepreneurial activities, the Department of Trade and Industry
(DTI) in Isabela launched its Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay program in the town
of Benito Soliven recently.
During the first day of the
NSB, the identified priority barangays were District 1, District 2 and New
Magsaysay while Andabuen, Sevillana and Sta. Cruz were identified during the
second day.
Through the program, the participants
from the six barangays were engaged on Consumer and Business Education
Information, Entrepreneurial Development Training and Google Business Group. READ MORE
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| DTI - Isabela launches the Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay program in Benito Soliven town, Isabela where MSMEs from its six barangays attended the said program held at the municipal gymnasium of the locality. (photo from DTI - Isabela) |
Residents of a Bataan barangay plant 1,500 trees. Residents of an upland barangay in the
province began planting trees as a way of caring for the environment and in
line with the "one million trees" program of the provincial
government.
Barangay chairman
Marcialito Balan of Alion led the tree planting in a two-hectare flat land
adjacent to a forested area.
The
village head said 1,500 seedlings of the mahogany tree species were planted and
more will be planted in the coming days. READ MORE
A reading
center in every Cebu City barangay.
Students in the city would no longer have to spend money to
go to coffee shops to study once the city government constructs the barangay
reading centers.
City hall will put
up barangay reading centers in strategic areas near the universities in
Barangays Talamban, Mabolo and Pardo, and one mountain barangay.
Cebu City Mayor Edgardo
Labella said it is his administration’s goal to build numerous reading centers
and if possible, build one in each of the city’s 80 barangays. READ MORE
Remote
Capiz barangay receives grains dryer for its farmers association. Intended to benefit the
growing eighty-five (85) members of Putian Farmers Association (PFA), the
project was a result of concerted efforts of LGU, stakeholders, and Community
Support Program (CSP) Teams of the Philippine Army who were deployed at Barangay
Putian.
PFA Officials and members
requested the said project supported by a barangay resolution from the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). The request was later approved by the
DOLE-Capiz with a project costs amounting to Eight hundred thousand pesos
(P800,000.000). READ MORE
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| Photo: Kalinaw News |
Youth
groups to help develop SK officials into effective leaders. Two
youth organizations are helping develop Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials
into becoming more effective leaders through a series of in-depth talks and
activities in a program called “SK Younified”.
SK Younified is a nationwide
good governance development program that is a collaboration of two initiatives
-- the Sangguniang Kabataan Academy Initiative (SKAI) run by the Hirayang
Kabataan, a non-government organization, and the UpSKilled program run by the
US Government Alumni Association of Negros Occidental.
They hold youth camps that
aim to help SK leaders reflect on their personal leadership journey, learn more
about the values of self-awareness, social awareness, and heroic leadership,
deepen their understanding of their roles and responsibilities under the law,
and teach them project management skills to help them implement their ideas in
their respective barangays. READ MORE
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| ‘YOUNIFIED’. Two youth organizations are helping develop Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials into becoming more effective leaders through a series of in-depth talks and activities in a program called ‘SK Younified.’ (Photo: Manila Standard) |
Davao
Oriental barangay power associations activated to help resolve power
interruptions. The Davao Oriental Provincial Government has
ordered all 183 barangays of the province to activate their Barangay Power
Associations (Bapa) to help ensure that power interruptions would be resolved.
A resolution sponsored by
Board Member Louis Rabat urged the creation of Bapas to help the Davao Oriental
Electric Cooperative in the cleaning and clearing of power lines.
Rabat said in his official
Facebook account that the creation of the Bapa is in response to complaints
from residents about unannounced power interruptions. READ MORE
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| Board Member Louis Rabat (BM Louie Rabat FACEBOOK PAGE/Manila Bulletin) |
Zamboanga
City barangay officials sharpens financial management skills in budgeting forum.
Mayor Maria Isabelle
Climaco-Salazar has advised barangay officials to ensure all the
needed documents are submitted to the concerned offices before making a request
to implement projects in their respective villages.
Salazar issued the advice
during the recently-held three-day Barangay Budget Administration Forum for
2020 on the expenditure directions of her administration for Fiscal Year 2020.
The budget forum initiated
by the City Budget Office gives greater focus on ensuring the implementation of
projects and programs to be funded, considering that the barangays are expected
to request funding for projects that can be implemented within the year. READ MORE
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