29 Tarlac barangays get financing for 'barangay talipapa'

A total of 29 villages in Tarlac availed of the Barangay Microfinance Program to establish a talipapa.

 “This will ensure daily food supply for residents at affordable prices as set by Department of Trade and Industry,” Governor Susan Yap said.

 “It will also discourage residents from going to public markets therefore avoiding the further spread of coronavirus disease. Social distancing in the talipapa will have to be established by the barangays,” Yap added.

The modified Barangay Microfinance Program of the Provincial Government is an interest-free loan package for barangays in the creation of their barangay talipapa.

Barangays who have no existing loan under the program and no existing  talipapa are qualified to apply for the loan amounting to PhP20, 000 interest-free from April 1 until October 31, 2020.

Records of the Provincial Cooperative and Enterprise Development Office showed that barangays who availed of the loan package came from far-flung areas of the province.

It includes barangays Bora, Sta. Maria, Sapang Tagalog, and Sinait in Tarlac City; Sta. Ines Centro, Sta. Ines West, Pilpila, Timmaguab, Pinpinas and Taguiporo in Sta. Ignacia; and Villa Aglipay, Iba, Sula, Pao and Burgos in San Jose.

Also, barangays Kapanikian and Guevarra in La Paz; Bantog, San Gavino and Balbaloto in Victoria; Santiago, Singat, Mabini and San Jose in Gerona; Balite in Pura; Bobon Caarosipan in Camiling; Castillo in Concepcion; Bantog in Anao; and San Roque in Bamban. (Content reposted from Philippine Information Agency)

PHOTO: Barangay Balbaloto in Victoria receives from Provincial Cooperative and Enterprise Development Office loan grant for the establishment of barangay Talipapa. (Photo from PCEDO)

Cotabato barangay residents release tarsiers back into the wild

Villagers in the North Cotabato town of Aleosan on Tuesday released back into the wild two tarsiers (Tarsius Syrictha), one of the world’s smallest primates.

Local environment officials said the latest example of a citizen-led rescue of wildlife animals, which took place in Sitio Simsiman of Barangay Tomado in Aleosan, showed that communities are becoming aware of the importance of biodiversity.

“Two tarsiers, a mother, and an infant were rescued Sunday and released on Tuesday,” Community Environment and Natural Resources Officer Badjury Mustapha said in an interview on Wednesday.

Mustapha said forester Nor Hassan Batugan was immediately sent to the village to check and verify the tarsiers found by Reynaldo Puerto who posted the endangered species on social media.

In his report, Batugan said the tarsiers were released back into the wild by the residents and local officials of Aleosan after they were found to be in good health.

He described the mother tarsier as 10-cm. long and has a 22-cm. tail, while the infant was 8-cm. tall and had a 12-cm. tail.

Mustapha said Aleosan officials told him that the local government was planning to declare the town as a wildlife sanctuary through a resolution to be passed once the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic is over.

Since January, five tarsiers have been found, rescued, and later released back into their natural habitat in North Cotabato. (Content reposted from Philippine News Agency)

IN PHOTO. A mother (left) and infant tandem of tarsiers, one of the world's smallest primates, are rescued and later released back into the wild by residents of Aleosan, North Cotabato on Tuesday (May 5, 2020). Residents and village officials, in coordination with the provincial environment office, are pushing for Aleosan to be declared a protected habitat for tarsiers. (Photos courtesy of DENR-12)

Farmers group in Negros barangay produces face masks to support community health workers

In the middle of the fight against Coronavirus Disease (COVID) – 19, a crisis that affected the whole nation, an ordinary group of farmers gathered to take an extraordinary step, intervened, and undertakes support measures in aid of their fellows.

Jerusalem Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association (JARBA), a Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-assisted farmer-beneficiaries organization in Negros Occidental 1-North has designed, produced, and distributed face masks to health workers in their barangay.

JARBA Chairperson Rosavilla C. Fuentebella said the farmer-members pulled up their available resources then produced and distributed face masks to their barangay frontliners to help prevent, in their own little way, the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in their area.

“The face masks, an essential personal protective equipment (PPE), were delivered and turned-over to Barangay Captain Jimmy A. Diosana, in the presence of the barangay Midwife Soledad Magbanua and the rest of the health workers of the community,” Fuentabella said.

Fuentebella said despite the lack of resources of the farmer-members of the organization, they still recognized and prioritized the needs of others and initiated to give their shares in their fight against the global pandemic.

“Such a humble act of selflessness. That is what we all need in these hard and trying times,” Fuentabella noted.

Fuentabella emphasized that the farmers are also the unsung heroes and front-liners in the production and delivery of food, a very essential commodity especially in areas affected by the enhanced community quarantine.

JARBA is an agrarian reform cooperative, composed of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) who are holders of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOAs) from the four nearby haciendas in Barangay Jerusalem, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. (Content reposted from DAR webpage)

In photo: Some of the members of Jerusalem Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association (JARBA) at Barangay Jerusalem, Cadiz City producing the face masks (Right) which were distributed to the barangay health workers.


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