CITY GRANTS FAVORABLE REVIEW TO MORE SK, BARANGAY BUDGETS FOR 2023

December 2, 2023 Metro BLISTT

BAGUIO CITY

Mayor Benjamin Magalong ratified city council resolution no. 669, series of 2023, granting favorable review of several Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) barangay budgets for this year pursuant to pertinent provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991, as amended. These are the SK budgets
of Bakakeng Norte/Sur, bagay din kung may nakikita ang mga bata na maaaring basahin sa kanilang bahay gaya ng dyaryo.

Kung walang mabasa na libro o dyaryo, maaari aniyang gamitin ng mga bata ang kanilang gadget pero kailangang gabayan sila ng kanilang mga magulang. “Maximize ang gamit ng gadget sa reading pero dapat guided. We can make use of the cellphone for reading purposes basta guided. If we do it in a guided manner, I think it would help,” aniya.

Inihayag naman nito ang kanyang pasasalamat sa mga magulang na pumupunta sa mga paaralan at nagboboluntaryo na magpabasa sa mga learners. Mayroon ding mga magulang Cordillera sa pahina 8 Gibraltar, South Central Aurora Hill, and Santo Tomas Proper barangays. The City Budget Officer
forwarded for review of the august body the mentioned preliminary reviewed annual and supplemental SK barangay budgets.

In its 2nd Indorsement dated Nov. 6, this year, the local legislature’s committee on youth welfare and sports development recommended favorable review of said SK barangay budgets for fiscal year 2023. The approved measure directs the return of the SK barangay budgets to the City Budget Office for implementation.

Meanwhile, the Mayor also signed city council resolution no. 655, series of 2023, granting favorable review to the preliminary reviewed supplemental budget of South Drive barangay for this year as recommended in the 2nd indorsement dated Oct. 26, 2023, of the august body’s committee barangay affairs.

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