By Cyrus A. Natividad

Local and provincial officials together with the delegates during the Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 6 Barangay Summit on Good Governance for Iloilo City and the Province at the Rose Memorial Auditorium.

The Department of the Interior and Local Government Region 6 held its Barangay Summit on Good Governance for Iloilo City and the Province at the Rose Memorial Auditorium, Central Philippine University on Tuesday, January 22, 2019. The convergence of barangay captains (Punong Barangay) was intended to make an assessment of the lowest units of government and to give Barangay executives updates and new guidelines on local governance.

City Mayor Jose S. Espinosa III and Province of Iloilo Governor Arthur D. Defensor, Sr. took turns in delivering their messages to the barangay captains, giving them assurance of support towards the future. OIC- Regional Director Engr. Ariel O. Iglesia, CESO V, DILG Region 6, was the keynote speaker.

Among the topics delivered to the participants were the barangays’ role on the prevention of illegal drugs, on the campaign against criminality, and on the prevention of violent extremism. The duties and functions of barangay captains were also discussed.