CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga—Gov. Lilia Pineda, together with Vice Gov. Dennis Pineda, cited on Wednesday the efforts of 5,679 Bantay Bayan members for curbing illegal drugs and reducing the crime rate in the province.
“With your help, Pampanga is now one of the peaceful provinces in Central Luzon,” the lady governor told the Bantay Bayan members from the Second District (2,796) and Third District (2,883) during the Year-End Assessment on Managing Man-Made Disasters held separately at the Lubao Gymnasium and Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center.
During the event, Pineda recognized at least 66 senior members of the Bantay Bayan aged 70 years old and older for rendering voluntary services to their communities
despite their age.
The senior Bantay Bayan members received P2,000 each, or a total of P132,000 from the
provincial government.
The lady governor said a separate recognition will be organized for Bantay Bayan members of the province who have been in service for years.
She enumerated several benefits for Bantay Bayan members, such as free hospitalization through PhilHealth and free tuition fees to state universities and colleges for their children.
In a brief speech, Third District Board Member Rosve Henson applauded the senior Bantay Bayan members, noting old age is not an excuse or barrier in serving the community.
Members of Bantay Bayan individually received two whole chickens, one pack of hotdogs and P500 each amounting to P2,839,500.
Also present during the program were Board Members Cherry Manalo, Jun Canlas, Jerome Tubig, PCL President Olga Frances-David Dizon and Provincial Police Director Joel Consulta.
Image credits: Jun Jaso/PIO