Every day we saw the hardships felt by our fellow constituents as they hike the almost 1.3-km difficult trail from the “sitio” up to the highway, making us feel guilty and our hearts crumpled.  These constituents from the “sitios” strives the condition everyday of their lives, while we at the barangay proper who live in a comfortable place even sometimes feel unsatisfied.

Barangay Tugbong proper is located along the national … Click here to read more...

Eastern Visayas – After the much-talked about 2010 elections, residents in some towns of Leyte and in the city of Catbalogan were bound to again heat-up the local scene as validation and enrolment to Land Bank of the Philippines of the potential beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) have commenced in Set 3 areas.

It was agreed during the consultation dialogue with the Local Chief Executives (LCEs) of … Click here to read more...

“If my husband can see me now, he would be bursting with pride. He would tell me that I made the right choice committing the municipality to the KALAHI-CIDSS Project and making the most of our limited financial resources.”

Strategies for Counterparting

Since I sit as the Municipal Mayor of Tarangan, the town has been the beneficiary of several development programs. The signs are there. Tarangnan has benefited from the … Click here to read more...

The Regional Committee on Disability Affairs (RCDA) this year, is on towards advocating the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), an international covenant that follows after the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations.

Regional Coordinator Evelyn Dolencia of the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), who was recently in the region, said that the U.N. Charter “recognizes the inherent dignity and worth and … Click here to read more...

Kananga, Leyte – Our community folks are satisfactorily benefiting the gains we are receiving from the government through the Kapit-Bisig Laban Sa Kahirapan- Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services: Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KALAHI-CIDSS:KKB) project. We are satisfied with the results of our hard work and our enthusiasm in bringing changes to our community. We are not only enjoying the benefits from the three sub-projects we availed from … Click here to read more...