My Barangay Daliao

Director Nestor S. Tabada of TESDA attended the Culmination Program of the second batch of the Technical Education Training in Barangay Daliao on December 11, 2011. PB Rodolfo B. Te thanked the graduates for their perseverance. He also recognized the support of TESDA for the success of the program. There are 29 graduates for welding and 15 for consumer electronics. Child Alert Foundation has sponsored the training of 10 students. The skills will be able to help the trainees in their employment prospects. Kgd. Ryan Maboloc and Treas. Bong Dumugho, together with instructors Teodoro Espera and Jerson Beduya are delighted that the year-long program has been positive. The enrolment for the third batch will be on January 2012. Training will begin in February. The program, which is free for all trainees, is part of the theme of the Barangay Council which is "realizing human development".

The City Government of Davao, through the Support for Tertiary Education Program (STEP), has alloted 10 college scholarships slots to Barangay Daliao. Punong Barangay Rodolfo Te wrote City Mayor Sara Duterte to help the ten scholars selected by Barangay Daliao. The scholars are enrolled at Davao Central College. They went through a selection process, including competitive exams. The Commission on Audit advised the Barangay to ask the City Government for assistance. It can be recalled that this Barangay College Scholarship program, the only one of its kind for any barangay, was initiated by the Barangay last June 2011. Kagawad Ryan Maboloc, Committee on Education chair, is happy with the development since he sees it as a game-changer in fighting poverty among the people. Treas. Bong Dumugho is assisting the scholars in processing the documents.

The Committee on Education of Barangay Daliao will implement the Adopt a Day Care Program next year. The program, according to Kgd. Ryan Maboloc, aims to provide Day Care centers with the resources necessary for the delivery of early childhood care and development. For 2011, the pilot projects include the improvement of the Lipadas Day Care and the Pantalan Day Care. Four Day Care centers also were repainted. The target next year is to provide new chairs and audio-visual equipment to some 600 children who are enrolled.

The Barangay Council has allocated an amount of 75T for the Technical Vocational Training in Barangay Daliao. A big part of the budget will be for the welding and consumer electronics courses. An amount is also allocated for the purchase of a welding machine. "Engr. Bong Dumugho is instrumental for the realization of the said program", says Kgd. Ryan Maboloc, Committee on Education Chair. The third batch of training will commence in January of 2012. So far, 84 students have availed of the program designed to equip barangay constituents will the competencies necessary for jobs here and abroad.

Forty two students will graduate from the second batch of the Technical Vocational Training Program sponsored by Barangay Daliao, in coordination with the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority. According to Kgd. Ryan Maboloc, Committee Chair, twenty will come from Ornamental Metal Arc Welding while twenty two will come from Consumer Electronics. The training, supervised by Engr. Bong Dumugho, is free of charge for Barangay Daliao constituents. The tentative graduation day is set on Dec. 10, 2011. The third batch will commence early next year.

One (1.08) million pesos worth of Barangay Development Fund projects are currently being implemented by the Barangay Council of Daliao. According to Kgd. Junex Oberez, Ifrastructure Committee Chair, the projects include the Dona Manuela Road (400,000), San Jose Road (200,000), FESA road, (180,000), Line Canal St. Jude (150,000), and Line canal DUHA (150,000). He adds that also in the pipeline are the Community Stage at Lipadas (150,000), Pantalan (100,000) and Drainage at Kanipaan (114,000). Barangay Captain Oping Te is thankful that the BDF is being implemented to respond to the needs of the people in the sitios. The Barangay is currently finalizing the list of projects for next year, the bulk of which will go to Sitio San Roque, Prudential, Pogi-Lawis, St. Jude, and DUHA.

Forty new students have enrolled in the Technical-Vocational Training Program of Barangay Daliao. The program, which is supported by TESDA, offers Consumer Electronics and Welding. Classes are held every weekend. Currently, Child Alert Foundation has signed a MOA with Barangay Daliao on the former's desire to donate supplies and materials, including equipment to the program. Kgd. Ryan Maboloc is in charge of the program, with the supervision of Engr. Bong Dumugho.