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SHAPING CHANGE: THE ALABAT EXPERIENCE
The Alabat Development Framework
Health
Comprehensive Approach:
PreventiveCurative
Rehabilitative
Annual Surgical Missions in partnership with UP-Pahinungod
Health
Regular Medical and Dental Missions
Health
Improvement of Water SystemHealth
EducationImprove the level of literacy and spirituality:
1. Strengthen family values, encourage bible studies and spread the Words of GOD.
2. Kasal Misyon to legitimize the couples and their children.
3. Regular YOUTH LEADERSHIP SUMMITS to help make the
youth responsible citizens and to encourage them to become
leaders in their respective communities.
Education
4. Sports Development
5. Regular support to schools
Education
6. Grade 7 offering at far-flung barangays.
7. Support SLSU-Alabat Campus in its Aqua-Silvi Program
Education
Improve the Economic Condition through:
Agriculture and Tourism
Livelihood
Livelihood (Agriculture)
1. Assist the farmers and fishermen to become AGRIPRENEURS and
avail technologies and equipment to become more efficient, reduce
production costs, become competitive and earn a respectable
income through agribusiness activities (processing of raw materials
in-situ to add value).
b. Alabat will soon be a supplier of high quality CERTIFIED ORGANIC
coconut sugar to the world.
Livelihood (Agriculture)
Cacao: 240,000 seedlings
have been planted and
grown. We aim to
distribute and grow 1M
cacao trees. A post-
harvest facility will be built
this year to process
tablea.
Livelihood (Agriculture)
The Department of Science and Technology IV-A, Philippine Coconut
Authority IV-A, together with the Philippine Coconut Research and
Development Foundation aims to plant Makapuno in Alabat.
Livelihood (Agriculture)
Expand the “Lease-to-Own Fishing Boat Program” of BFAR and Rotary
Club worth PhP 1.3M and PhP 1.7M respectively. The boats will be payable in
3 years interest free
Livelihood (Agriculture)
Construction of Eco-Tourism roads and develop tourist
destinationS.
Livelihood (Tourism)
Protect and develop caves, fish and
turtle sanctuary, infinity pool in
Tumiis, hiking routes, camping sites,
sites for scuba and snorkelling.
Livelihood (Tourism)
Encourage establishment of lodging houses, home stays,
resorts, rentals of bikes and boats for sports and recreation.
Livelihood (Tourism)
Livelihood (Tourism)
Livelihood (Tourism)Tourism Packages: Floating Cottages, Banana Boat Ride,
Lamon Bay Cruise,
Livelihood (Agri-tourism)
Stingless Bee Farm
Livelihood (Agri-tourism)
Coco Sugar Production Site
Peace and Order
Campaigns against illegal drugs, criminality and illegal
logging and fishing. We have declared 13 barangays as
drug free.
Love, Integrity, and Excellence in Public
Service
LANDBANK Easy Access Facility, GSIS Kiosk, PhilHealth and
SSS remittance, Philippine Statistics Authority BREQS,
•Civil Service Commission
- LGU personnel capacity development
•FOCIG
- Values formation
•Barangay Ko, Pananagutan Ko
- Philippine Information Agency, PTV-4, Radyo ng Bayan for
information dissemination about developments in Alabat.
Tie-ups and Linkages with
Government Institutions
Best Practices in Crisis and Disaster
Management
1. Strengthen Brgy. Disaster Preparedness and
radio Communication (Brgy. ICS)
2. Enhance the Automated Weather Station
Forecast
3. Put up footbridges, path walks and lighting in
the barangays
4. Activate a full time MDRRMO with a plantilla
position
Advocacy for an Ecologically
Sound Environment
Strengthen Environmental Task Force – Bantay Dagat and
Bantay Gubat
AWARDS GARNERED BY ALABAT
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
1. LIMITED LIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR
COCONUT FARMERS
•A farmer earns Php1,500/month/hectare for copra
•This is BELOW the poverty threshold of Php8,900 in Alabat
•One cause of poverty among the farmers is the incomplete
support of government in the supply chain:
PRODUCTION PROCESSING MARKETING
With strong
Government
support
Controlled by traders, manufacturers,
and big businessmen so the LGU has to enter
to protect the farmers.
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
Prospects to Alleviate Poverty: Coco Sugar ProductionOne hectare of coconuts can potentially employ:
Six (6) Sap Harvesters – Average of Php10,000/month
Three (3) Cooks – Php9,000/month
Owner-manager - ~Php21,000/month
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
The Alabat Coco Hub Project
LGU-ALABAT
INTEGRATED COCONUT-BASED
ECONOMIC ENTERPRISE
INCOME FROM
ENTERPRISE
SOCIO-ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
(50%)
ENTERPRISE
RESERVES/SINKING FUND
(50%)
KAANIB
FREE SOCIAL
SERVICES &
SCHOLARSHIPS
MAINTENANCE &
EVENTUAL BUSINESS
EXPANSION
2. POOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Patriotism
Spirituality
ExcellenceIntegrity
The words of God is the foundation
of the Morality of Man.
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
Prospects to Address Poor Government Service • Partnerships with the Civil Service Commission to conduct seminars (Lingkod
Bayani Program)
• Partnerships with FOCIG and CCF for values formation within the local government
system.
Daily bible study before going to work
Declared Alabat as “Bayan ng Diyos.”
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
3. There is too much POLITICS
That’s why I remained independent.
There is always a massive political shift favouring those
who are in power (i.e., 2013 and 2016 National Elections)
There are too many political parties in the Philippines – You
cannot distinguish the ideologies being pursued by the
political parties.
Prospects:
FEDERALISM?National Agencies - Centralized
allocation of resources
Local Government Units –
bigger responsibilities and
accountabilities; direct and
immediate impact on the lives of
the people
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
4. Security
PNP: politically controlled; need to revisit “single police”
policy; incapable in handling insurgency;
AFP: No police power but tasked to handle insurgency;
training is to kill, search and destroy vs. foreign aggressors
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
5. Overlapping Programs of Agencies and no agency is focused
in integration at the local level
The local government unit does the integration but we are
not fully aware of what programs are available that can be
awarded and availed of.
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
6. The Local Government Code
The LGU Code gave more authority and responsibilities to the
local governments but it is not accompanied with enough
resources to actually implement programs.
One example is the devolution of Agriculture and Health. The
support is only for salaries and wages of these devolved
agencies.
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
7. There are good concept programs like the Bottom-upBudgeting, but it is VERY SLOW in implementation.
Programs are well-processed; a series of consultations to concernedproponents are conducted before creating a proposal.
Failure in implementation:>Agencies are too cautious and very slow (2015 BuB Programs are not
yet fully implemented)>Lack of trust to the LGUs – the agencies themselves want to
implement>Some programs in the BuB Menu are not suitable to the
city/municipality or they cannot be implemented completely.>Now, Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities (ADM) is being
implemented, downloading funds directly to the local government.
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
8. Lack of capable LGU PersonnelMost projects are slow to implement and new projects
from government agencies cannot be availed by theLGU due to incapable staff (i.e., having difficulty in thecreation of well-made project proposals, lack ofmanagement and leadership skills)Trained and capable LGU staff search for greener
pastures that leads to brain drain which is a very commonoccurrence.
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
9. In terms of food production:
The average age of our farmers today is 57 years old while our
youth are steering away from jobs that are agricultural in nature.
This trend can ultimately affect our food production and wil
pose a threat to food security in our country.
PROBLEMS FACED BY LGU-ALABAT
IN SHAPING CHANGE
There is a STRONG AND URGENT NEED
to empower the Local Government Units
to address the issues and challenges
hindering inclusive growth in the
grassroots. The LGU – being very close to
the people – can easily make its actions
and programs felt by the populace.
APPEAL TO FELLOW PUBLIC
SERVANTS:
Let us SPARK THE FIRE OF CHANGE
in our respective families, communities,
offices, and agencies to become more
relevant to God, to country, and people.