Dagupan City: Pilot area for Brgy Migration Information Center

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/994354
• Sunday, June 11, 2017

(lvmicua/PNA)

DAGUPAN CITY -- Dagupan City was chosen by the Population Commission as a pilot area, not only in Region 1 but also in the entire country, for the establishment of the Barangay Migration Information Center (BMIC).

This was bared by City Population Officer Leah Aquino following an orientation seminar at the City's Women Center on Wednesday attended by barangay secretaries and Barangay Service Point Offices (BSPOs).

Mayor Belen T. Fernandez endorsed the program as this would not just be about demographics and population but also for the safety of the people in the city by knowing everyone’s neighbors and those who were strangers.

“Our city will be the first LGU (local government unit) to implement this program not just in the region but the entire country. We will serve as a pilot area and if this succeeds, other LGUs will replicate what we have established,” said Aquino.

Before this, all barangay chairmen and barangay councilors attened the same seminar.

The participants were oriented on the objectives and phases of establishing the information migration center, the staffing pattern and duties and responsibilities of migration information officers, which will be the sole responsibility of all BSPOs.

“Very soon we will start with the establishment of the center in the barangays which will be manned by our BSPOs,” said Aquino.

After the seminar, all BSPOs and barangay secretaries will start going around the barangays to establish a list of all residents with all the data needed in the implementation of the program.

“The role of our barangay secretaries here is very important as the alter ego of their barangay chairmen because they are the ones who issue barangay clearance and other certificates consistent with their role as barangay secretaries,” said Aquino.