ILOILO – A total of 14,018 barangay service volunteers in this province are set to receive a cash allowance of P4,000 each by the first week of December.
According to Provincial Administrator Raul Banias yesterday, the Provincial Treasurer’s Office (PTO) has been instructed to release a total of P56,072,000 for the allowance.
“The Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved the allocation for these volunteers. They help deliver government frontline services to the barangays,” said Banias.
These barangay service volunteers are Barangay Health Workers (8,356), Daycare Workers (1,819), Barangay Service Point Officers (2,232), and Barangay Nutrition Scholars (1,611) serving 1,721 barangays.
The allowance covers the period from Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec. 31, 2018 as recognition of the volunteers’ efforts and for their contribution to the continued and sustained implementation of the provincial government’s programs on health, population and social welfare, said Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr.
Barangay service volunteers have no fixed salaries. They only receive honoraria from the barangays where they are assigned.
To facilitate the release of the allowance, the PTO would be deploying personnel to six payment centers in the following dates:
* Dec. 3 (in Ajuy) — for barangay service volunteers in the municipalities of Batad, Carles, Balasan, Estancia, San Dionisio, Sara, Concepcion, Lemery, and Ajuy
* Dec. 3 (in Barotac Viejo) – for barangay service volunteers in the municipalities of Barotac Viejo and San Rafael
* Dec. 4 (in Banate) – for barangay service volunteers in the municipalities of Barotac Nuevo, Dumangas, Anilao, and Banate
* Dec. 4 (in Passi City) – for barangay service volunteers in the municipalities of Dueñas, Dingle and San Enrique, and the component city of Passi
* Dec. 5 (in Cabatuan) – for barangay service volunteers in the municipalities of Janiuay, Lambunao, Cabatuan, Maasin, Bingawan, Badiangan, and Calinog
* Dec. 5 (in Pototan) – for barangay service volunteers in the municipalities of Pototan and Mina
* Dec. 6 (in San Joaquin) – for barangay service volunteers in the municipalities of San Joaquin, Oton, Tigbauan, Miag-ao, Guimbal, Igbaras, and Tubungan; and
* Dec. 6 – in San Miguel in the morning for barangay service volunteers in the municipalities of San Miguel, Leon, and Alimodian; and in Santa Barbara in the afternoon for those in the municipalities of Leganes, Pavia, Santa Barbara, New Lucena, and Zarraga./PN
