Antique barangays receive Smart TVs from DILG as community peace and development tools

 

Two barangays received Smart TVs through the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) of the DILG in Antique during the launching of the RCSP TV Aralan Series at Adelaide Tourist and Traveler’s Inn, San Jose, Antique on November 25, 2020.

The RCSP is one of the strategies employed by the government in ending insurgency by strengthening the government’s role in establishing peace and development in every community.

The TV Aralan Series, which forms part of the RCSP, is an initiative by the DILG Region 6 in partnership with the Regional Task Force (RTF) to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC). Along with Smart TVs, three modules were also provided for the learning and development of key barangay stakeholders.

“It is a mechanism to keep the target audience in the target barangays abreast and well-informed of the various programs, projects, and activities of DILG and other concerned national government agencies,” said DILG Region 6 OIC-Regional Director (RD) Juan Jovian Ingeniero during the launching.

The RTF-ELCAC has been active in its duty to bring peace and development in the region through its sub-clusters.? Various efforts have been advanced and maintained to realize its aspirations for the region.

DILG Antique Provincial Director Cherryl Tacda said that the DILG Antique Province has been assisting the recipient barangays in the implementation of the RCSP by strengthening their barangay based institutions, empowering their communities, and revisiting their barangay development plans to ensure that the programs and projects are shovel-ready when the appropriate budget comes in 2021.

“Of the 74 RCSP recipient barangays in Region 6, two are from the Province of Antique: Brgy. Bulan-Bulan, San Remigio, and Brgy. Cabladan, Sibalom,” said RCSP Provincial Focal Person Whel Frank Santias.

The Municipal Mayors of Sibalom and San Remigio -- Gian Carlo Occena and Margarito Mission Jr. -- and the Punong Barangays (PBs) of the RCSP recipient barangays -- PBs Pedro Raymundo and Porficio Cabigunda -- expressed their gratitude to DILG Region 6 during the turn-over of the knowledge materials.

RD Ingeniero hopes that the program will strengthen the partnership between the local government units, beneficiaries, and stakeholders in advancing peace and development in the communities. (Contents reposted from DILG website)

 

 

Baguio barangays to do own disinfection

The city government through the Sanitation Division of the City Health Services Office had been capacitating barangays to undertake their own disinfection measures as a preventive strategy to prevent the spread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Sanitation Division Chief Engr. Charles Carame said they conducted a series of in-house decontamination seminars for barangays and have so far commissioned 32 of them.

Mayor Benjamin Magalong asked Carame to continue the trainings to empower all of the 128 barangays in the city on said aspect.

The 32 barangays now undertaking their own decontamination procedures are Middle Quezon Hill, Upper Quezon Hill, Lualhati, Outlook, Pucsusan, Gibraltar, AZCKO, North Sanitary Camp, South Sanitary Camp, P. Burgos

East Bayan Park, Middle Quirino Hill, Imelda Village, New Lucban, Kias, Fort del Pilar, Country Club Village, South Drive, Malcolm Square, Victoria Village,

Trancoville Barangay, Magsaysay Private Road Holyghost Extension, Alfonso Tabora, Brookspoint, San Luis, Mines View Park, Quezon Hill Proper, Upper Magsaysay, Pacdal, St. Joseph and Lucnab.

Carame said disinfection requirements of their constituents may now be coursed through the barangay officials and the Barangay Health Emergency Teams (BHERTs) of said barangays.

He encouraged households and establishments to also undertake their own disinfection regularly using this tip circulated by the Cordillera Disaster Risk Reduction Management:

1. Open windows to let air flow in the house;
2. Mix one part of bleach and nine parts water. Mix it well and do not expose solution to direct sunlight.
3. Clean the areas with detergent soap first then disinfect the area using sprayer with the bleach solution.
4. Apply to areas and objects that are frequently touched. Let dry for 15-30 minutes before dry wiping. – Aileen P. Refuerzo (Content reposted from Herald Express)
   

Negros Occidental barangay shifts to organic farming

A senior official from the Office of the Presidential Assistant for the Visayas (OPAV) on Wednesday said the Department of Agriculture special project is making waves in the marginalized sectors in agriculture, challenging more Filipino farmers to help address food security and poverty in the countryside.

In his report, OPAV Assistant Secretary Jonji Gonzales said the DA-Special Area For Agriculture Development (SAAD) Program helped the Pandanon Integrated Upland Small Farmers Association in the remote barangay of Pandanon in Negros Occidental become organic vegetable cultivators.

The farmers’ group is a recipient of the program since 2019 and have already received agricultural assistance amounting to more than PHP1.8 million.

The assistance included 1,800 grams of ampalaya seeds, 300 grams of eggplant seeds, and 300 grams of squash seeds. They also received farm tools, such as spades, spading forks, trowels, rakes, and rolls of water hose.

Natural attractants were provided to induce beneficial insects to come to and stay in crops to enhance pollination or provide natural pest protection to safeguard crops from infestation.

“Because of the assistance provided by SAAD, the association was able to increase the vegetable production and was able to sell to the local market. Dati ang vegetable produce nila para lang sa pagkain ng kanilang pamilya (Before, their vegetable produce were meant for their family’s consumption only),” he said during the Network Briefing News with host Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar.

Through the said program, the farmers are set to receive additional assistance totaling more than PHP366,000. This will be in the form of vegetable seeds and additional tools.

“Layunin ng famers group na maging sustainable producer ng organically grown, chemical-free vegetables sa Negros Occidental (The farmers group aims to be a sustainable producer of organically grown, chemical-free vegetables in Negros Occidental),” Gonzales said. “They hope to achieve this goal through all the interventions they obtained and by practicing the technologies conveyed by the SAAD Program.”

SAAD is a special project under the Department of Agriculture focusing on providing better livelihood opportunities in the list of priority provinces in the country. (Content reposted from Philippine News Agency)

Photo: Screenshot from The Presidential Communications Operations Office

Flood-resilient barangay hall design

 Sketch of flood-resilient barangay hall drawn after Tropical Storm Ondoy 11 years ago by Architect Paulo Alcazaren.(Reposted from Reddit)

 

VP Robredo visits Barangay Punta Tarawal whose chief swore her into office

Vice President Leni Robredo visited last Thursday the remote barangay in Camarines Sur headed by the chairman before whom she took her oath as the second highest official of the country in 2016.

“Remember the barangay captain before whom I took my oath into office as VP? He is Rolando Coner of Punta Tarawal, a small, far away barangay along the coast of San Miguel Bay which can be reached only by boat,” she wrote on her Facebook account on Friday night.

“We visited his barangay to check how everyone was doing after the typhoon,” she added.

The barangay was one of those heavily affected by Super Typhoon Rolly when it made landfall in Bicol last weekend.

Coner, the Vice President said, was apologetic as he did not know they were coming. Her office provided relief goods for the residents, which they distributed with the help of the barangay chairman.

“He is that man in green, all covered in mud, because he was cleaning the muck out of the barangay hall brought about by the floods,” said Robredo, referring to Coner.

The Vice President said the residents “were profuse with gratitude that they already had a sea wall,” making it safer for them whenever there are typhoons.

The building that her office helped build through the support of private partners also survived Rolly and was undamaged.

“They said that had they known it would be that sturdy, they would not have evacuated to the mainland anymore. They were recounting their horrors when the evacuation center they were in suffered damages during the onslaught,” the Vice President said in her post.

Swearing in before barangay captains was first allowed for winners of the 2016 elections following the approval of Republic Act 10755 earlier that year.

Two barangay captains administered the oath of Robredo in 2016: Coner and Regina Celeste San Miguel of Barangay Mariana in Quezon City, where her office was located.

At the time, Punta Tarawal was described as the “smallest, farthest and poorest” barangay of the third district of Camarines Sur that Robredo represented at the House of Representatives prior to her election as Vice President.

Over the past week, Robredo visited various areas in Bicol heavily affected by Rolly, including Catanduanes, Albay and her home province of Camarines Sur. (Photo and content reposted from Philstar)

 

 

 

 

‘Ugnayan sa Barangay’ benefits 382 households in Sta. Rita, Samar

 

A total of 382 beneficiaries received hygiene kits while their barangays received emergency generator sets from various government and volunteer groups during the Ugnayan sa Barangay held in Barangay Utap, Sta. Rita, Samar on November 4, 2020.

The “poorest of the poor” as certified by the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Officer (MSWDO) likewise received toys for their children, courtesy of the Office of Civil Defense, Office of the Presidential Assistant, DSWD through Director Marie Angela Gopalan, Fraternity of Eagles, Philippine Army, United Coconut Planters’ Bank, and Senator Bong Go, among others.

In all, there were 11 beneficiaries from Barangay Hinangutdan, 48 from Old Manunca, 98 from San Agustin, 110 from Binanalan, and 109 from Tagacay.

Brigadier General Wilbur C. Mamawag, assistant chief of the 8th Infantry Division, together with Office of Civil Defense Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion, turned over the six generator sets for use during emergencies. The portable generators are a symbol of hope, noted Mr. Torrecarion as the presence of light exudes optimism among people.

Sta. Rita Mayor Joven Tiu, Vice Mayor Engr. Tiu, members of the Sanggunian, and department heads were present during the event, which served to support the implementation of the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP). The National Intelligence Coordination Agency (NICA) showed a briefer intended for parents warning against the deceptive recruitment of youths by the New People’s Army.

For Punong Barangays Anacleto Canete Jr. of Hinangutdan and Geronimo Igso of Binanalan, the generator sets are timely and appreciated as these will extend a better quality of life to their residents. This was echoed by Arturo Mamaril, a senior citizen farmer from Barangay Tagacay, who said the hygiene kits are welcome assistance that were unexpected.

Regional Director Karl Caesar R. Rimando of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) who initiated the activity together with other agency heads, recognized the Office of the President, Office of Civil Defense, Philippine Army, the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine National Police, NICA, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, Department of Agriculture, UCPB, DSWD, LGU Sta. Rita, members of the media, and many others for their invaluable contribution to the activity. The event was organized as part of efforts for the Retooled Community Support Program (RCSP) to promote a just and lasting peace in the region by 2022. (Content reposted from Philippine Information Agency)

 IN PHOTO: Sta. Rita, Samar welcome marker. Photo from Google.

The Pinoy Big Brother-inspired design of new Iligan City barangay hall

A barangay hall with a Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) house design is now almost finished in Iligan City.

The said building is located in Brgy. San Miguel and has a project budget of over P4 million. It is around 2 hours away from Cagayan de Oro. (Content reposted from ACADEO)