A total of 114 barangay officials from nine LGUs in the province of Bataan joined the 2nd Batch Skills Training cum DILG Programs, Projects and Activities and GAD Orientation seminar on February 25-27, 2015 at Subic Peninsular Hotel, SBMA, Subic, Zambales.
DILG Region 3 awarded Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) worth three (3) Million pesos to the City of Balanga, Bataan. The LGU was given the incentive for being recipient of the highly coveted 2012 scaled-up Seal of Good Housekeeping Silver level.
Balanga City, Bataan – Over 200 Punong Barangays from all municipalities of this province united last January 29, 2014 at Bulwagan II, Capitol Compound, Balanga City for the Orientation on the Role and Function of Barangay Officials on Child Protection Laws. DILG Provincial and Municipal field offices assisted the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), Secretariat of Provincial Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC), in bringing together said participants to the event. Ms. Marilyn Tigas said that this collaborative effort was initiated to equip barangay officials to combat child related problems.
Gilbert Gonzales, resource person from the Department of Justice, explained various laws in line with child welfare including the creation of a barangay council for the protection of children. Provincial Legal Office, Bataan PNP and members of provincial CWC discussed the program and the specific guidelines on child protection, participation, development and survival. The Punong Barangays and Sangguniang Barangay Members engaged in an open forum with Mr. Gonzales, PNP, SP Member and PD Myra Moral of DILG Bataan.
The DILG Region 3 awarded Performance Challenge Fund worth one (1) Million pesos each to the Municipalities of Pilar and Bagac, Bataan. Both LGUs were rewarded for being recipients of the highly coveted 2012 scaled-up Seal of Good Housekeeping Silver level.
The incentive was given on March 12, 2014 by CDD Chief Martin Porres B. Moral on behalf of RD Florida M. Dijan to the Local Chief Executives of both LGUs, namely: 1) Hon. Mayor Alicia D. Pizarro, Pilar, Bataan and 2) Hon. Mayor Rommel V. Del Rosario.
The Department is optimistic that the PCF is will entice eligible LGUs in the form of a counterpart fund to finance high impact local development projects identified as priority by the LGU. The Municipality of Pilar proposed for concreting the Alauli Farm to Market Road Project which aims to facilitate the delivery of government services to the target beneficiaries of 145 families and 30 farmers in the area; while Bagac proposed for the construction project of Slaughterhouse building which will increase revenues and address the pollution of the environment benefiting more than 27,000 population consuming meat of the LGU.
To combat the province’s growing problem on Solid Waste Management, the municipal government of Limay, Bataan thru the Office of the Mayor in coordination with the Department of the Interior and Local Government of Limay conducted an activity entitled “Orientation-Briefing on Ecological Solid Waste Management”. The activity was held on May 21, 2013 at Duale Elementary School, Brgy. Duale, Limay, Bataan. It was attended by Punong Barangays, Barangay Kagawads, Tanods and members of the Indigenous community of Barangay Duale as pilot barangay. The Municipal Mayor, SB Member (Comm. Chairman on Environment), Municipal Engineer, Municipal Agriculture Office, Liga ng mga Barangay, and Office of the Municipal Administrator were also present during the activity.