For services rendered Checks worth P12,000 each to 19 dependents and survivors of barangay officials. Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno assisted by Bohol provincial director Rustica Mascarinas handed the checks to each dependents and survivors of barangay officials who died in performing their duties. Sec. Puno during the turn-over of the government’s financial assistance said that the “small contribution [is] in recognition for the public service rendered by [their] loved ones”. The government has set aside a fund for the payment of death benefits of barangay officials who died during the term of office, one aptly called Barangay Officials Death Benefits Fund. The benefit funds thru the Department of Budget and Management are allocated for Barangay Officials such as the Punong Barangay, Seven Barangay Kagawads, SK President as Ex-officio Barangay Kagawad, Secretary and Treasurer who died in their term of office. The funds are released to and administered by the DILG in accordance with its rules and regulations.
Secretary Puno came to Bohol to witness the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the government of the Philippines through Bohol Governor Erico Aumentado and Canadian International Development Agency for project assistance in Local Government Support Project Local Economic Development.
