With a cup of coffee we talk about today’s Barangay election related
violence, it’s a history without solution, more severe than the national
election.
Before the Barangay Election and until it was done. The violence related to
barangay election happened in many provinces, even here in the city, like,
killing, extortion, vote buying and snatching of ballot boxes and various illegal
activities related to this election.
Because of this violence, 6,195 barangays or 14.74 percent of the 42,028
barangays nationwide were declared by the Philippine National Police (PNP) as
election watch list areas (EWAs) in the barangay polls.
(http://philstar.com/)
My question is, why several candidate are so eager to put themselves in the
position, they make everything to be sure that they will sit in the barangay
position, why? They want to help others, they want a benefit, or they want power?
What is the benefits’ of Barangay Official?
As I say, there are 42,028 Barangay in the country; each has a Barangay
Captain, seven (7) Councillors and Youth Council Chairman, election held every
three years (3) on the last Monday in October. Under Republic Act Number 8524
or the Local Government Code of 1991 created, they received a honorarium
allowance for Barangay Chair at least 1000 pesos and 600 pesos for Barangay
council and member, it may be increased under E.O no. 332. As I know, today, their
salary ranges up to 8,000 pesos for barangay captain. Payments however, are
subject to the availability of funds.
Aside from that honorarium they are also entitle for;
1. Christmas bonus in the form of cash gift at the rate authorized by law.
2. Insurance covered under RA 6942.
3. Medical care consisting of free hospitalization in government hospital,
but in extreme emergency, the same official may be confine in Private
Hospitals with expenses fund at not more than 5,000 pesos per officials.
4. Free tuition and matriculation fee for legitimate dependent children in
their area during their term only.
5. Conferment of civil service eligibility based on the number of years of
services in the Barangay
6. Preference in appointment to any government position after the term.
Umm! Good benefits.
What is the POWERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTION of Barangay?
1. Agricultural support services (e.g., the distribution of planting
materials, and the establishment and operation of collection and buying
stations for farm produce);
2. Health and social welfare services (the maintenance of barangay health
centers and day care centers);
3. Services and facilities related to general hygiene and sanitation,
beautification and solid waste management;
4. Maintenance of barangay roads and bridges and water supply systems
5. Infrastructure facilities such as multipurpose halls, plazas, sports
centers and other similar facilities;
6. Information and reading centers; and
7. Satellite or public markets, wherever viable.
Barangay Chair:
1. Negotiate, enter into and sign contracts for and in behalf of the
barangay
2. Approve vouchers relating to the disbursement of barangay funds
3. Carry firearm in the performance of his peace and order functions
4. Prepare the annual executive and supplemental budgets of the barangay in
coordination with the barangay development council
5. Administer the operation of the “katarungang pambarangay”
Barangay Council:
1. Enact annual and supplemental budgets
2. Provide compensation, reasonable allowances or per diems as well as
travel expenses for barangay council members and other barangay officials,
subject to the budgetary limitations prescribed under the Local Government Code
3. Solicit or accept monies; monies or properties donated by private
agencies and individuals belong to the barangay’s trust fund
4. Hold fund-raising activities for projects without the need of securing
permits from any national or local office or agency. Proceeds from such
activities are tax-exempt.
Many works...benefits are not enough compared to duties and
responsibilities.
Public official hold a big responsibilities, if we look in salary of barangay official, it’s too
low compared to other public official salary, despite of this they still want
to be a barangay official, they say, they want serve the people, well, it’s up
to them, people are the power compared to their position, with God who put them
in the position will also put them down if they do wrong against the people.
Remember this Quote of Franklin D Roosevelt for Public Official.
"Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien
power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and
senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this
country."
Sorry for inconvenient? so, this is the reason why I got late in my
work, a road re-blocking conducted by Metro Manila Development Authority, in
the stretch of EDSA second lane, north and south bound. According to MMDA it
will last until Tuesday Oct. 29, 2013. It’s good for a better improvement of
our street.
Just one eye shot of the past, I remember the last time,
they conduct road repair at night, and in the morning you’ll be surprised there
is a new platform in the street. There is no traffic in the day. But now they
work at the day, also in the day where you are expecting a free traffic day
because it’s Saturday or Sunday. Sound like they don’t want to pay overtime for
the workers?
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| Edsa from Pasay Rotonda |
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| EDSA going to Magallanes |
A little patience my fellowmen, If you will go out within the day of
re-blocking, take extra time to reach your destination on time or Take alternative
route to avoid EDSA.
Every time there is an event of Church of Christ like what happened last Oct. 14, 2013, Evangelical Mission and Gift Giving activity of the Church, held at several area of Metro Manila.
This event causes a chaos, traffic jam and criticism from the people
and from social media, and I also received criticism in my twitter saying, no system and selfishness act. not all people but those who criticized this event, I think, they did not know what they are saying, this is just one day event, why didn't we let is fast without criticizing it, we just giving our-self a stress, in fact, we can do nothing about it, but creating a bad impression from the words of God.
In the Bible, God said, "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put
darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet
for bitter. (Isa 5:20) ....Yes, and from ancient days I am He. No one can
deliver out of my hand. When I act, who can reverse it?” (Isa 43:13)
By His word, He said, they are the people who put evil in good, good to evil
and put darkness to light, light to darkness and sweet to bitter, bitter to
sweet, they can do nothing but criticizing, expressing that they are against God will, if they only knew the word of God
they will know what is God trying to show by this event.
Because, it is God will, He shows that He really love His people, He use
this Event to bring salvation for all people and to give their need. He wanted
all people to come with Him, to be with Him in Holy City, lead by His Son Jesus
Christ, the head of the Church.
God is Gracious, He is not a man who changed His mind, from the beginning He
already calling all men to be with His Son, until today He still calling us to
accept and enter to his kingdom.
Our friend use to stay in our home, she is from the province, she come here
in the city to do business, at the end of the day after dinner we talked about
our experience, or what happen to us in the whole day, of course, our friend
dined with us so she joined in our conversation, she narrated about their topic
in their seminar, one is about the system of job hiring in our country against
other country.
According to her what they talked
about is, in other country, some company hired people who didn’t have much
higher educational attainment, they accept even its not graduate as long
as he know his job and the company trained them in the job they give to them,
but here in our country the company prioritize those who are graduate, they
turn down the undergraduate, in personalities, they want good looking with pleasing
personality, well, maybe not all company are not like this but most of them
practice this system.
Also, in other country, even you have disability problem as long as you can
do the job that they will assigned to you, they will hire you, like the country
where she work, she told about the one of the well-known fast food change there, she said, almost of their worker has a disability problem, they work as a food server. I told her because there is no discrimination in that country.
Well, their seminar topic are true, the system in our country in term of job
requirement are not good, if you have no enough education, you can’t get a
proper job, this is the reason why some of my fellowmen goes to foreign country
to look for their pasture there, that, they didn’t found here because of that
system. Like my friend who is former overseas worker and a victim of that
system, she uses her savings from working abroad for her own business as a Network Marketer, she joined at Alliance in motion Global Marketing, she bought seven account (seven heads) worth of 54,000, by recruiting and buying Aim Global food and beauty Product, now, after a year, she already earning her effort, last week she earned 8,000 pesos.
There is a lot of job here; the problem is some company looking for Graduate
and with pleasing personality. How about the undergraduate and not as pleasing personality? ah! They have job too but the salary is not enough even
in their daily transportation allowances.
This is the system that the person who has no enough education or those who
are not graduate or under Graduate has no win.
President Benigno Aquino of the Philippines, signed Republic Act 10627
or the “Anti-Bullying Act of 2013” last Sept. 6, 2013
The act\law requiring all elementary and secondary schools to adopt policies
to prevent and address bullying in their institutions.
The law defines bullying as any severe or repeated use by one or more
students of a written, verbal or electronic expression, or a physical act or
gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another student that has the
effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical
or emotional harm or damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at
school for the other students.
The act of bullying also involves infringing on the rights of other students
at school or materially and substantially disrupting the education process or
the orderly preparation of a school.
The school superintendents should come up with their respective policies to
address bullying within six months after the law becomes effective.
The secretary of education shall prescribe the appropriate administrative
sanctions on school administrators who shall fail to comply with the
requirements under the Act.
By Helen Flores
About 2.5 million kids has been a victim of bullying, verbally or physically
bullied, Based on the report.
I been very aware of bullying because I am too was a victim of bullying by
my Teacher and by my classmate.
On my time, we look our teacher as a mother in school that’s why we didn’t
report their cruelty in us, even to our parents, there’s a time that my teacher
hit me with eraser in the head, not only that, our teacher is really a cruel
teacher.
Hopefully this bill will help to stop the old and long cases of bullying in
the school, several kids has already stopped studying, the others had been
traumatized because of bullying, with this bill the parents will have a peace
of mind as well as their kids.
My blog on bullying:
