CITY OF SAN FERNANDO—The Pampanga provincial government’s “Barangayan 2018” kicked off on Wednesday, visiting the five villages of Floridablanca to bring the programs and services of the Capitol closer and attuned to the needs of the people.
The Barangayan was led by Gov. Lilia Pineda and Second District Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo with the department heads of the Capitol together with the personnel of the Provincial Health Office, Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office and General Services Office who converged their resources for the benefit of the target beneficiaries.
The Barangayan team visited the Barangays of San Ramon, Palmayo, Carmencita, Bodega and Dampe in Floridablanca.
Barangayan was realized to discuss the programs of the government with the people in the grassroots, hear their suggestions, identify their needs in their respective villages and inspect the ongoing projects.
Part of the Barangayan is the conduct of a medical mission and distribution of food packs to identified poor households.
Another component of the Barangayan is the Nanay Community Workers and the “Narses sa Nayon,” who were tasked to assist the indigent people in need of medical attention.
During the activity, Pineda announced the plan of the provincial government to construct new barangay halls in the province before her term ended.
She told the people here that the first recipients of this project this year are the said villages of Floridablanca.
“I want to leave a legacy to build identical barangay halls in all 505 barangays of Pampanga,” she said.
Arroyo said the national government has allotted P30-million for road projects in the town. She said P100 million has been set aside for flood-control projects for Gumain River to lessen the incidence of floodings in the Second District.
“We are fortunate President Duterte granted my requests for funding. This year many projects will be realized,” she said.
Officers from the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) were also present in the Barangayan.
These government agencies vowed to provide water pumps and shallow tube wells to the farmers of this town.