QC fetes exemplary barangay leaders, workers

QUEZON CITY, Sept. 21 (PIA)-- The Quezon City government is set to recognize today the exemplary service of more than a hundred barangay leaders and workers during the city’s 21st celebration of Barangay Day.   QC Mayor Herbert M. Bautista will lead the distribution of awards and recognition to barangay officials who rendered meaningful and dedicated service to their respective communities on September  21 (Wednesday) , 6:00 p.m. at the Liwasang Aurora, Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC).   

Dubbed as “Partners for Change”, barangay officials and workers will be chosen based on their service record as public servants. They will be given plaques of appreciation and P5,000 cash.   QC Barangay Operations Center (BOC) chief Jorge Felipe said there are five awardees for longevity service award; five  for loyalty service award; forty three for lifetime service award; forty nine  for legacy merit award and one for lifetime achievement award.     

Felipe explained that each award category have corresponding years of service requirements. He said longevity service awards will be conferred to incumbent barangay officials who have accumulated 30 years and above barangay service in various capacities or positions which contributed in no small measure to the growth and development of the barangay.   

Loyalty service award will be given to incumbent barangay treasurers and secretaries who are in active service for 25 uninterrupted years and above in recognition  of their unrelenting efforts and dedicated service to the barangay since their first appointment to the said position up to present.   

The lifetime service award will be presented to incumbent  barangay officials (Punong Barangays and Barangay Kagawads) who have 20 accumulated years of service and  above in various capacities in the barangays, whether appointed and/or elected, while legacy merit award will be given to incumbent three termer Punong Barangays whose term will end supposedly on November 30, 2016 notwithstanding extension of their tenure of office.  

The city government’s recognition of the service record of barangay officials and workers is one way of acknowledging their vital role in nation-building, especially in their effort in complementing the city government’s continuing programs to improve the living condition of its residents.   

To date, QC has been unprecedented as a local government unit in giving full fiscal control to the city’s 142 barangays over their share of real property tax collections as well as providing them training in the proper management and accounting of these funds. (PAISO/RJB/SDL/PIA-NCR)