Candavid hosts Bohol’s 

First Dagyawan dialogs 

CANDAVID, MARIBOJOC, Bohol, Nov 6 (PIA) – Over 600 residents of this mountain-top barangay some seven kilometers uphill from the town center had their first experience of Dagyawan sa Barangay, when over 15 national government agencies and local government units trooped to the village in the tri-boundaries of Maribojoc, Antequeta and Loon to deliver government services in this far flung barangay. 

Dagyawan sa Barangay, also better understood as “Tinabangay sa Barangay,” is an venue for his platform serves as a venue for active engagement between the government and the people at the grassroots level, bringing government closer to the grassroots and opening up real time communication and feedback system on the efficiency and effectiveness of government programs, projects and activities, explains Bohol Department of Interior and Local Government Provincial Director Jerome Gonzales. 

A mechanism for bringing to action the whole-of-nation approach in ending local communist armed conflicts (ELCAC), the Dagyawan facilitates the multi-stakeholder and community based peace and development in conflict-affected communities, as this the retooled community support program (RCSP) is shared by the military and the community. 

An offshoot of the Community Support Program, the RCSP identifies issues of the communities and introduces developmental interventions to resolve these issues. 

Then with the CSP under the military, issues which can not be resolved due to lack of funds can now be untangled with stakeholders and with the local government units driving the interventions, and the government agencies in the task force filling in the gap in the problem of lack of resources. 

Army’s 1Lt. Neil Anderson Espinosa, who spoke from 47th Infantry Battalion’s commanding officer Colonel Allan Tabudlo highlighted community participation as he said insurgency can not be resolved by armed confrontations alone. 

“Our Special Operations Teams have no capabilities to address issues in the communities, causing the people to stray,” he hinted. 

Maribojoc Mayor Romulo Manuta, chair of the Municipal Task Force (MTF) on ELCAC before the oath taking of the MTF reported that he has issued an executive order creating the MTF ELCAC and the establishment of a group to look into the development and peace and order issues to make the government focus on these for sustainability. 

That same day, administering the oath taking of the MTF ELCAC, for Governor Arthur Yap who could not come, and for Board member Ricky Masamayor who sits as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Peace and Order Committee chair was BM Aldner Damalerio. 

Government and community stakeholders also signed the Pledge of Commitment to support the RCSP Dagyawan sa Barangay and the community also renewed their commitment to the country and represented by its flag. 

The day was also marked with Serbisyo Caravan where at least 15 national government agencies rendered frontline services to the community. 

Other than the local government units, also present were the Departments of Health, Education, Social Welfare and Development, Public Works and Highways, Labor and Employment, Justice, Trade and Industry, National Defense, Environment and Natural Resources, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, National Housing Authority, Philippine Information Agency, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG Fund. 

In the afternoon, Candavid Barangay Officials held the Talakayan ng Mamamayan, where a dialog between government agencies and the community happened as facilitated and moderated by the DILG. (rahchiu/PIA-7/Bohol) 

MTF ELCAC OATH TAKING. With BM Aldner Damalerio, Maribojoc MTF ELCAC took their oaths of commitment to help resolve the insurgency related issues in the town through helping the community stakeholders in putting up interventions and government solutions to their issues and concerns. (rahchiu/PIA-7/Bohol) 

DAGYAWAN DIALOGS. PIA in Bohol joins the 15 national government agencies in delivering frontline services to the community of Candavid Maribojoc with its Mobile phone based news reporting and microblogging as another initiative to generate local issues for interventions by government or other stakeholders. (rahchiu/PIA-7/Bohol)

DTI hands over P6K livelihood 

kits in Candavid’s Dagyawan 

CANDAVID, MARIBOJOC, Bohol, Nov 6 (PIA) – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) through its “Negosyo Serbisyo sa Barangay – Livelihood Seedling Program” (NSB-LSP), handed over to five entrepreneurs engaged in micro, small and medium businesses here in this mountain top barangay some P6,000 worth of livelihood vouchers to prop up their small sari-sari store display counters as the government bleeds its help to rural areas affected by the pinch of the pandemic. 

Given during the first Dagyawan sa barangay held here, DTI’s John Jerome Gabin representing Provincial Director Maria Soledad Balistoy explained that the five beneficiaries were identified by the Barangay Development Council and was approved by Barangay Chairman Lemuel Barbarona. 

The approval also necessitates that the beneficiaries have already an existing business since March 2020, and that they have suffered losses due to the community restrictions caused by the measures against the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), he added, while taking the stage during the Serbisyo Caravan participated in by 15 national government agencies and government owned and controlled corporations as well as provincial and local governments. 

Gabin, along with Maribojoc officails handed over the P6K vouchers for their livelihood kits to Angelia, Cecilia Rebayla, Melitona Refogio, Teodula Angelia and Maria Erica Angelia. 

For her part, Maria Erica Angelia, who is also a Sangguniang Kabataan officer here could not hide her excitement with the support fund that would help her and her family expand her business, which is also serving the consumers of this barangay some 7 kilometers and about 300 meters overlooking the town. 

The DTI was just among the government agencies who were there for the Dagyawan sa Barangay’s Serbisyo Caravan in this barangay which was then identified as a passage way for the armed rebels who patrolled these tall mountains. 

Dagyawan, according to Municipal Local Government Operations Officer Sofronio Abing Jr., is a localized attempt of the government to set the tables for dialogs in communities where the government and the community stakeholders discuss issues and concerns that could be kindling points that can be manipulated by the armed groups to agitate communities to rally against the government. 

A crucial part of the Dagyawan was the Talakayan ng Mamamayan, where the community stakeholders themselves underwent a process of visioning and revisiting their barangay plans to come up with solutions to their issues, and for the government to get a better appreciation of the need and act on these. 

A barangay where most of the people weave baskets and buri mats, Candavid has seen a tightening of its economic prospects in weaving and mats after the pandemic restricted trips to Cebu, which is the main market for their goods. 

Now forced to sell their products cheap, stakeholders have asked the government for more funding support for their re-envisioned local economic activities they hope would help the people here gain better economic positions. 

Residents have hailed the DTIs livelihood kit assistance here, saying that the help not only helps the beneficiary entrepreneurs but also makes more products available to this mountain-top community. (rahchiu/PIA-7/Bohol) 

STIRRING THE RURAL ECONOMY. The Department of Trade and Industry through Jerome Gabin handed to 5 resident MSM entrepreneurs of Candavid Maribojoc livelihood vouchers worth P6,000.00 to expand their sarisari stores counter displays and make more products available for the local residents. These beneficiaries have been identified by the Barangay Development Council as affected by the COVID-19. (jrt/PIA-7/Bohol) 

DELIGHTED FOR THE ASSISTANCE. DTI Livelihood Kit beneficiary Maria Erica Angelia said she is grateful to the government, the DTI and for giving her another shot at being a true entrepreneur after her investments were affected by the pandemic. Angelia is also an SK official here in Candavid. (jrt/PIA_7/Bohol)