SAMAL, Bataan — “Dalaw Barangay” or visit to the villages started on Valentine’s Day Thursday in two of the 14 barangays in this town aimed at bringing government services and programs closer to the people.
First recipients of the project implemented by first termer Samal Mayor Alex Acuzar were residents of Barangay East Daan-Bago under chairman Federico Mena and Barangay West Daan-Bago led by chairman Reynaldo Lastimosa.
Acuzar described the first day a success and expressed the hope that “Dalaw Barangay” to the rest of the 14 villages will also be successful.
With the mayor in the visit under his program “Umaangat at Umaasensong Samal” were Vice Mayor Ronnie Ortiguerra, members of the sangguniang bayan and heads of various national and local offices.
Raphael Naty of the Samal public information office said that barangay tanods, barangay health workers and members of the lupon tagapamayapa need not go to the municipal hall but were given their quarterly payout right in the barangay.
A tanod has for his payout per quarter P2,500 as cash incentive, P2,000 for BHW and P500 for each member of the lupon. Senior citizens with February as their birth month received P500 each as gift.
Naty said that among the programs brought down to the villages through the “Dalaw Barangay” was the submission by municipal scholars right in the barangay of requirements for the college educational assistance for the first semester of school year 2022 – 2023.
Free medical and dental checkups and free haircuts, he said, were also offered in the visit to the villages. The Bureau of Fire Protection demonstrated the proper use of fire extinguishers.
Heads of various departments explained the functions as well as the accomplishments of their offices and the services they offer.
