Caloocan City

PRESS RELEASE                                                         

October 21, 2008

Office of Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri

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Caloocan City Mayor Enrico “Recom” Echiverri said he would provide additional infrastructure projects and continue the benefits being given to barangay officials in order to promote the 188 barangays in the city.

Echiverri, who spoke before a gathering of barangay officials and residents in Barangay 14

Dagat-dagatan during their Barangay Assembly Day over the weekend, said come January of next year, the city government will be constructing additional infrastructure projects and utilities intended for the barangays.

The mayor also made the same pronouncement as he, together with National Liga ng mga Barangay president Ricojudge RJ Echiverri and City Administrator Russel Ramirez paid a visit to the other villages involved in the synchronized assembly.

“We are just re-examining the details and waiting for the other utility companies like Meralco to finish installing their services.  Once everything is in its proper order, it will be all systems go for the infra projects,” the mayor pointed out.

Echiverri said he started launching infrastructure projects for the communities during the second year of his first term and hoped to continue the program for the benefit of the residents.

Among the projects built by the mayor for the barangay were the multi-purpose covered courts; socialized housing projects for the city’s urban poor; clean water projects for residents of Caloocan North; concreting of roads and pathways; and lighting projects to illuminate alleys and other passageways.  

Moreover, Echiverri said he will continue to provide the financial benefits for barangay officials including death benefit assistance as mandated by his Executive Order 115.

Meanwhile, the city’s 188 barangays held their respective barangay assembly to tackle current issues, including the presentation of their State-of-the-Barangay Address (SoBA), in order to encourage citizen participation in barangay governance.