by: Gabrielle Allyson Dela Torre, Nikki Gatchalian, Jullia Therese Minas
Bañamos festival ends its 2nd day of the weeklong celebration with “Barangay Night” at the Municipal Hall along with the participation of all the barangays of Los Baños.
Bañamos festival ends its 2nd day of the weeklong celebration with “Barangay Night” at the Municipal Hall along with the participation of all the barangays of Los Baños.
The Barangay Night has been a long-term program for every celebration of Bañamos festival wherein the 14 barangays of Los Baños gather to celebrate, have activities and showcase their talents. The 2019 Barangay Night is scheduled on September 17 and to start at 6 PM. The program officially proceeded at 7:30 PM and began with the convocation. Following the convocation are the opening speeches from important guests such as ABC President Kapitana Arlene Delos Santos, Konsehal Janus Lapis, Konsehal Mark Lester Dizon, Konsehala Josephine Evangelista, Konsehal Marlou Alipon and Congresswoman Ruth Hernandez.
2nd District of Laguna Representative Ruth Hernandez included in her speech several important bits of future plans for the town of Los Baños. She explained the possible plans to solve the problem of traffic in Los Baños such that by building a road that would route from Calamba circling the shorline to Bae. She also adds information about the plan for the national sports training center.
“Nandun palang sa initial stage ng pagpupulong, kausap na po naten ang chancellor ng UPLB ano po, si Sir Sanchez, kasi finofloat naten ang idea na dito po ilagay sa UPLB ang National Sports Training Center” Congresswoman Hernandez says.
The highlight of the night is the competition where each of the 14 barangays showcase their talents and their unity. Presentations include dancing, singing and even acting. In between the dinner and program proper, there were raffle draws for the participants. Prizes are also expected by the end of the night which are to be rewarded to the winners. 10,000 for the 3rd place, 15,000 for the second place and 25,000 for the 1st place. The barangays who would not land a place will still leave with 5,000 each as consolation plus additional 10,000 each coming from the sponsorhips.
The hosts mentioned the primary sponsors for making the program possible whom were Rodel Pabalate who donated with 100,000, Mayor Caesar Perez with 40,000, Gov. Ramil Hernandez who sponsored the raffle giveaways and Ruth Hernandez with 20,000.
Undersecretatry Martin Diño was also present and gave his personal greetings and speech for the barangay. His speech included important news and announcements relevant to barangay governance.
“Inilabas na ng Senado ang kanilang desisyon sa extension ng barangay official, kaya ngayon hindi na kayo mangangampanya next year. Extended kayo hanggang 2023, yan ay ayon sa desisyon ng Senado” Diño says.
He also mentioned the proposal of salary increase and benefits for barangay level officials. “the barangay official shall consider as regular government employee with big salary, insurance, dental and medical coverage, and retirement benefits” he adds.
He ends his speech by emphasizing the importance and role of the barangay unit in helping national governance. “Tandaan niyo ang barangay ang first line of defense ng gobyerno na to. Lahat ng utos ibinababa sa barangay. Magmula sa kampanya ng illegal drugs. Ang gobyerno na to ay umaasa sa barangay, kaya napaka laki ng tulong ng ating mga barangay officials when it comes to peace and order.”
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