No barangay left behind at Bagong Pilipinas Rice Program distribution in San Jose, Dinagat Islands
By Renelle L. Escuadro
BUTUAN CITY (PIA) — All 12 barangays of San Jose, Dinagat Islands, received their rice allocation under the Bagong Pilipinas Rice Program of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., ensuring that no barangay is left behind.
Funded under this year’s Local Government Support Fund-Growth Equity Fund, the rice distribution was conducted simultaneously on August 18 in all 12 barangays of the town, allowing beneficiaries to conveniently receive the rice assistance from the national government through the local government unit (LGU) of San Jose under the leadership of Mayor Ruben J D. Zuniega.
According to the LGU, the qualified beneficiaries, each of whom received 15 kilos of rice, were not recipients at the distribution event facilitated by the provincial government of Dinagat Islands on July 27.
Beneficiaries of the DSWD’s Walang Gutom Program and those who are single in civil status and are living together with their parents in one household were also excluded from the qualified beneficiary list.
Mayor Zuniega said in his Facebook video post that the LGU was proactive in collaborating with the national government so that more people in San Jose would have rice on their tables, especially with the ongoing economic crisis.
Also, Municipal Information Officer Jurie S. Mancia shared that the LGU distributed the well-milled rice to 7,413 beneficiaries with the following breakdown:
1. Barangay Aurelio with 952 beneficiaries;
2. Barangay Cuarinta with 555 beneficiaries;
3. Barangay Don Ruben Ecleo with 727 beneficiaries;
4. Barangay Jacquez with 240 beneficiaries;
5. Barangay Justiniana Edera with 387 beneficiaries;
6. Barangay Luna with 558 beneficiaries;
7. Barangay Mahayahay with 738 beneficiaries;
8. Barangay Matingbe with 231 beneficiaries;
9. Barangay Poblacion with 1,141 beneficiaries;
10. Barangay Sta. Cruz with 874 beneficiaries;
11. Barangay San Juan with 515 beneficiaries; and
12. Barangay Wilson with 495 beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, the Bagong Pilipinas Rice Program aims to empower LGUs to deliver services faster and closer to their constituents, making government assistance more accessible and responsive to communities’ needs.
It enables the LGUs to handle beneficiary listing, local grain procurement by buying directly from farmers and cooperatives, and rice distribution within their jurisdictions. (RLE, PIA Dinagat Islands with a report from DTI Dinagat Islands)
