Mayoyao gives aid to b’gay execs,workers

By Dan Codamon

MAYOYAO, Ifugao -- Recognizing that barangay officials and workers are front-liners of government service in the grassroots but are given small amount of honorarium and other incentives, the municipal government here started implementing an ordinance called “Municipal assistance program for barangay officials and workers of Mayoyao.

The municipal government made it a policy to provide financial assistance to those who lose their lives during their term of office in the amount of P5,000 and appropriated from the annual budget of the municipality the amount of P30,000.

Any amount not utilized within the year shall revert to the General Fund. In case the appropriated amount is not sufficient, supplemental appropriation shall be included in any succeeding annual or supplemental budget.

The ordinance stated barangay officials are insured with the Government Service Insurance System now transferred to the Department of Interior and Local Government in case of death in the amount of P20,000 for barangay captains and P10,000 for barangay kagawads and burial assistance of P2,000 but for barangay workers they serve at their own risk with very low incentives.

The financial assistance program is supervised and administered by the municipal government in coordination with the office of the municipal president of the Association of Barangay Captains.

To avail of the assistance, beneficiaries should submit the death certificate of the barangay official or worker from the local civil registrar, oath of office for the elective barangay official or appointment paper for the appointive offices, certification of incumbency from the DILG, endorsement of the municipal president of ABC as to legitimacy of the claim and marriage contract if claimant is the spouse or birth certificate if claimant is the child.