Municipal Profile

Location. The premier suburban municipality of Iloilo is strategically located at the centermost of the province. It lies within 122 29’ 15” and 122 36’ 35” East Longitude and within 10 35’ 15” and 10 35’ 10” North Latitude, with an elevation of 32.083 ft. above sea level. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of New Lucena, on the northeast by the municipality of Zarraga, on the southeast by the municipality of Leganes, on the south by the municipality of Pavia, on the southwest by the municipality of San Miguel and on the northwest by the municipality of Cabatuan.

It is 15.7 kilometers north or twenty-minute drive from the City of Iloilo, through a well-maintained asphalt/concrete national highway. It is accessible by any land transportation with the presence of a national highway, provincial, municipal and barangay road networks cutting and criss-crossing its environs.

Area. It has a land area of 13,196 hectares, ranks 29th among the 43 municipalities of the province and occupies 1.5% of all land in the Province of Iloilo. while only 25 % of the country and 62.5% of the province is under permanent cultivation, almost, 100% of Santa Barbara’s land is cultivated and alienable or disposable.

Administratively, the municipality of Santa Barbara comprises of 60 barangays, including the six (6) barangay zones situated in the poblacion created by the local legislative body in compliance with the provision of P.D. No. 86. These barangays possesses corporate powers and all corresponding names and numerical designation until changed or abolished by or ordinance.

The topography of Santa Barbara varies from slightly rolling hills to an almost flat or gradually inclined plains, sliced by Tigum River at its centermost, which flows from northwest to the southeast and the Aganan River in the southern section.

Slopes. Out of its 131.96 sq. kms. (13,196 has.) land area, at least 93.80 sq. kms. (9,380.57 has.) are almost flat plains with 0-3 % slope or 3 meters high while the rest are rolling hills which vary from 3-8 % or 3-8 meters high.

Water bodies. Stream and creeks traverse Santa Barbara from its watershed areas and higher grounds emptying to the coastal towns. The two major rivers serve as the principal drain canals of water from the mountain of the island, which does not only water and enrich its plains but also supplies its irrigational needs.

Type. There is only common distinct climate in this municipality, which is ideal for planting of multiple crops. It has a type “C” (moist) rain sufficiency distributed with almost 4 1/2 dry months or first-type climate with two distinct seasons of six months; wet from June to November and three month dry from January to April which favor harvesting of late varieties of rice. Heavy rains which begin to fall about mid-May enable rice farmers to prepares rice beds and plant upland rice.

Typhoon frequency. This municipality is not within the country’s typhoon belt although tropical storms and occasional typhoons passes thru this municipality. The worst typhoon to hit Santa Barbara in this century was on November 13, 1990. This supertyphoon “Ruping" brought about destructions which the residents have never experienced in their whole life. Houses, public buildings, trees, electrical lines and crops were devastated thousands were rendered homeless.

Frequency and extent of floods. Cyclones and tornados are occasional happenings. Earthquake are rare occurrences. The latest earthquake occur last June 21, 1990. It has an intensity of 6 in the Richter Scale. Its epicenter was plotted near Kalibo, Aklan. No damage was reported in the municipality.

There is no latest survey as to religion of the population. However in 1990, 97.70 % or 36,638 individuals are Roman Catholics.

Barangay	Population	Pop. density/ hectare
Agusipan	327	1
Agutayan	563	6
Bagumbayan	352	3
Balabag	1,204	3
Balibagan Este	1,523	5
Balibagan Oeste	617	2
Ban-ag	186	1
Bantay	236	2
Barasan Este	560	2
Barasan Oeste	388	2
Binangkilan	649	2
Bita-og Taytay	259	1
Bolong Este	1,173	6
Bolong Oeste	929	7
Buayahon	585	2
Buyo	1,000	7
Cabugao Norte	1,430	4
Cabugao Sur	737	3
Cadagmayan Norte	1,490	3
Cadagmayan Sur	473	5
Cafe	769	2
Calaboa Este	354	2
Calaboa Oeste	277	2
Camambugan	499	3
Canipayan	302	1
Conaynay	204	1
Daga	860	2
Dalid	382	2
Duyanduyan	929	3
Gen. M.T. Delgado	1,056	13
Guno	427	1
Inangayan	2,185	8
Jibao-an	414	3
Lacadon	484	2
Lanag	1,064	5
Lupa	493	2
Magancina	450	3
Malawog	372	2
Mambuyo	362	2
Manhayang	223	1
Miraga-Guibuangan	618	2
Nasugban	676	3
Omambug	116	1
Pal-agon	305	1
Pungsod	231	2
San Sebastian	884	3
Sangcate	248	2
Tagsing	720	2
Talanghauan	634	3
Talongadian	832	4
Tigtig	566	2
Tuburan	400	2
Tugas	289	1
Tungay	352	2
Zone I	927	77
Zone II	1,077	22
Zone III	683	56
Zone IV	1367	43
Zone V	1171	74
Zone VI	2,521	30

Ages	Population
Under 1	962
01-04	3,877
05-09	4,900
10-14	4,744
15-19	4,246
20-24	3,391
25-29	3,087
30-34	2,721
35-39	2,541
40-44	2,119
45-49	1,928
50-54	1,566
55-59	1,434
60-64	1,194
65-69	1,003
70-74	811
75-79	523
80-84	330
85 up	199

Santa Barbara has a total area of 13,196 has. and a slope ranging from 0-8 % category.

Land Use. Basically Santa Barbara is an agricultural town, 84.751 % or 11,183.193 has. is primarily devoted to farming. The rolling hills, unsuitable to farming are utilized as pasture and with open grassland total to 265.61 has. or 2.013 %. The built-up areas with the poblacion as the nucleus and the barangay areas total 1,156.11 or 8.761 %. Also included in this category are the areas utilized for Commercial, Institutional and parks and open space. Agro-industrial is 173.55 has. or 1.315 %, Industrial is .069 % or 9.07 has. , Utilities or road is 256.853 has. or 1.946 % . The area for the cemeteries is 8.04 has. or .061 % and Bodies of water is 1.084 % or 143.03 hectares.

Soil type of land terrain. Based on genetic and morphological characteristics, there are three (3) different types of soil in the municipality. Generally, Santa Barbara’s soil is thick, fertile and suitable for raising all kinds of Agricultural products. Predominantly of loam classification make it readily conducive to rice farming.

For maximum results in the productive yield, a minimum quantity of fertilizers is needed. There are few or small open grassland and swamp within the municipality. Ninety five (95 %) of its land area are cultivated, except those that are planted to permanent crops and non-agricultural areas.

Mineral Resources. Sand and gravel are the only mineral resources of the municipality. These are found in the river beds of Tigum and Aganan Rivers in the barangays traversed by these rivers in its course towards Guimaras Strait. These are utilized as construction materials in the construction project in Iloilo City and neighboring towns and by the DPWH in its construction and maintenance needs.

Uncontrolled and widespread extraction have depleted the river beds of these important mineral resources in some barangays of the municipality. To check this situation Mayor Jone P. Sabidong issued executive Order No. 32 on September 1, 1993. This Executive Order prohibits extraction of Sand and Gravel on the river beds of Buyo, Miraga Guibuangan, Agutayan, Cabugao Norte, Sangcate and Zone VI.

Fishery and Aquatic Resources. Data from the Municipal Agricultural Office showed that there are 10,980 square meters or 1.98 has. of probable inland freshwater aquaculture in Santa Barbara. These include creeks located at Calaboa Oeste with Small Water Impounding Project (SWIP), Bita-og Taytay with Small Diversion Dam (SSD), and the proposed areas for the construction SWIP which are Miraga-Guibuangan, Canipayan, Balibagan Este.

Fisheries Technology Involved. The common method used by farmers in Tilapia production is backyard fishpond. The latest technology introduced is Tilapia cage culture. This usually installed in creeks and rivers. African hito culture is also adopted in the locality.

IV. FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Local Government Finance. With the implementation of R.A. 7160, the income of the Municipality gradually increased from P14,873,848.70 in 1995 to P20,619,905.67 in 1997. The increase of 38.63% in income was primarily due to the increase in the share of the Municipal Government from the Internal Revenue Allotments which were P11,872,715.00 in 1995 and P16,212,225.59 in 1997. Tax revenues collected for 1997 totalled to P2,596,287.40 Operating Miscellaneous Revenues and receipts from Market and Cemetery was P1,811,392.68.

Total expenditures for the year 1997 amounted to P20,993,504.15 which is 64.18% from the previous year. The major cause of such big increase in expenditures was the salary adjustment of employees. Total Personal Services amounted to P 15,985,582.42. For Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses the total amount expended was P 4,270,116.10. P737,805.63 expended for the Capital Outlay and P2,691,677.67 for Non-Office Expenditures.

Area devoted to agriculture. Santa Barbara is basically an agricultural municipality. It has a total land area of 13,196 hectares. The total area devoted to Agriculture is 11,449.34 has. which represents 86.76 % of the total land area. The main livelihood of the people is farming. There is a total of 6,347 farmers or 15.56 % of the total population.

Crop land. The municipality has 3,961 has. utilized for rice production. This comprises approximately 58.907 % of its agricultural land area. Corn comes next to rice covering an area of 166 has. Mongo ranks third in crop production in the municipality, Crop rotation or multi-cropping is being practiced by most of the local farmers, thus after harvesting the rice crop, mongo and other leguminous crops are planted. The area utilized for mongo production is 465 has. or 6.915 % of the agricultural area.

Mango, jackfruit, avocado and bananas are also raised in the municipality. Cotton , raddish and tobacco are also raised by the farmers especially on the sandy loam soil near the river banks of Aganan and Tigum rivers.

The sides of the rolling hills are covered with bamboo plantations with a total of 813 has. or 12.09 % of the agricultural lands of the municipality. These bamboo plantation produced an average of 111 poles per has. annually.

Pasture or range land. Open grassland is being utilized for pasture by the farmers it comprises 265.05 has. approximately 2.32 % of the total agricultural land.

Irrigation. Out of 3,961 has. devoted for rice production 1,198 has. or 34.24 % is irrigated. The rainfed riceland is 69.75 % or 2,763 hectares.

Food crops. Corn has an annual production of 360.45 M. T., while mongo produces 0.86 M.T. annually. Reported data for mango production is 29 M.T., rice as the priority crop grown in all barangay produces 18,208.28 of palay.

Yield per hectare by type of crop. Irrigated riceland has an average annual production of 4.8 metric tons per hectare and 3.6 metric tons for rainfed riceland. In 1996, 18,208.28 M.T. of palay were produced which amounted to P104,018,320.00

Number and size of farms by type of crop. As per report submitted by the Municipal Agricultural Office, 2,500 farmers have an average farm lot of 2.25 hectares. The ideal lot size per farmer is at least 2 hectares. his means that more farmers are tilling their own land. Farmers with rice farms have an average income of P25,920/has annually or an average of P4,860.00/month. Corn farmer have an average income of P2,350.00/has. annually.

The program of the Department of Agrarian Reform has affected 557 farmer-beneficiaries of the leasehold system, with a total area of 937.7 hectares. 227 farmer-beneficiaries, involving 283 parcels of land with a total area of 332.75 has. have already received their Certificates of Land Transfer, 64 farmer-beneficiaries, involving 88 of land with a total area of 96.80 has. have their Emancipation Patents. Payment are being made either through the Land Bank or paid by the beneficiaries directly to the landowners.

Farming practices by type of crops. Most farmers have already adopted the technology extended by the agricultural technicians but there are still few farmers that rely on traditional method of farming. Farmers use high level of inorganic fertilizer and pesticides, however training conducted on sustainable agriculture and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Technology had created awareness of the effect of the excessive use of inorganic fertilizer and pesticide of our farmers thus the use of pesticide is minimized. Some installed on nearby creeks. They dry their harvest in concrete pavements and along roadsides.

Agricultural and other related services. Irrigated facilities are managed by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Water for irrigation comes from Tigum and Aganan rivers in Pavia, Iloilo. It has an effective area of coverage of 482 hectares during first crop but this reduces during the second cropping period.

Agricultural extension services. The Municipal Agriculture Office provides the following extension services : (1) Technical assistance on rice and corn production. This includes the use of improved seed variety, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), soil analysis, efficient post harvest technology to reduce post harvest losses; (2) facilitation of areas to other means of financing; (3) training of income generating projects; (4) technical assistance in livestock and poultry. This includes training on animal health management and disease prevention and control; (5) livestock dispersal and redispersal; (6) organization of Rural Improvement Club (RIC); (7) technical assistance on cooperative development.

Backyard. The total production of livestock for 1996 indicates that there 2,460 heads of cattle and 2,254 heads of carabao. Our total swine population is 4,312 heads, 272 heads of goats and 10,879 chickens.

Commercial. There are 103,000 heads of broilers and 405.000 heads of layers in poultry farms located in different barangays in this municipality.

	Number of Firms	Number of Persons Employed
Agro Industrial
Balut Making	1	5
Rice Strawboard Plant	1
Industrial
Blacksmithing	29	72
Sheet Metal Works	6	14
Farm Implements	2	12
Concrete Products	10	20
Cottage Industries
Bamboo Furniture Making	32	64
Garments	10	2
Bakery Products	6	18
Pinipig Making	5	15
Baye-baye Making	5	15
Candle Making	1	2
Wood Craft & Furniture	2	6
Rice Cracker Production	1	5
Banana Cracker Production	1	4

SOCIAL SERVICES

Teacher-student ratio. Based on the standard ratio of 1:teacher for every forty pupils, all the six (6) primary schools in the municipality is within the ideal standard.

Ratios for elementary public schools in Santa Barbara varied from the low of 1:15 for Bolong Elementary School to a high of 1:40 for Tugas Elementary School. Based on the standard of 1 teacher for every 24 students on a 5:3 plan, there are about twelve (12) elementary schools which exceed the desirable standard. This represents 52.17% of the total elementary schools in Santa Barbara.

For the secondary public schools, only the Santa Barbara National Comprehensive High School exceeded the standard student teacher ratio of 1:24 while the five (5) National High Schools achieved the ideal student teacher ration.

The Santa Barbara National Comprehensive High School, which is the only school in the municipality which offers tertiary education met the required standard of 1:50 student teacher ration with its 1:17 ratio.

Physical Facilities. Of the twenty nine (29) primary and elementary schools in the municipality, sixteen (16) has shops, nine (9) have libraries, two (2) have sports facilities, twenty two (22) have Administrative offices, twenty seven (27) have playgrounds and only two (2) schools have no comfort rooms.

At the secondary level, only the Santa Barbara National Comprehensive High School has laboratory, sports ground, and a clinic. The four (4) other national high schools have libraries, Administrative Office, comfort rooms and playgrounds. Only the Barasan National High School have no library and sports ground.

Housing as one of the basic needs of the population, must not be taken for granted by the local government. It may not be a serious problem in the municipality at present, but any growth in population in the future and expected consequences of any of its sectoral developments, is but logical that the municipal government should also prepare its municipal housing program.

Based on the Projected Population for 1995, furnished by the National Statistics Office, Santa Barbara has a total household population of 39,508, 7527 or 19.5% resides in the Poblacion or urban while 31,981 or urban area while 31,981 or 80.5% are in the rural area or barangays. The total household population is 7,691 but this does not include households in institutions like seminaries/nunneries, rehabilitation centers and the like.

There are 7,691 households in the municipality in 1995 and the average household size is 5.14 As per demographic data furnished by the local Census Office, in 1995 registered a total number of 7,498 dwelling units in this municipality. Out of this total 375 units or 5.0% are considered as unacceptable dwelling units. Unacceptable dwelling units are those which are improvised, makeshift/barong-barong or made of salvaged materials.

Out of the 7,691 households in the municipality, only 6,937 or 90.2% are owners of the houses they occupy, 754 or 9.8% are non-owners. Out of the 754 non-owners, 339 or 45% are renters, 377 or 50% are occupying the house for free with the consent of the owner while 5% are occupying the house without the owner’s consent.

There are 7,498 dwelling units in the municipality of Santa Barbara while the existing number of household is 7,691. Working on the premise of one (1) dwelling unit for every one (1) household, the municipality has an exercise of doubled-up households totalling to 193. Nonetheless, it could not be discounted that there is a presence of unacceptable dwelling units in the municipality. Unacceptable dwelling units in the municipality totalled to 375 units. But there are 754 households also who do not own any house.

Health Resources and Facilities. The Rural Health Unit has 18 personnel. One Municipal Health Officer, 2 Public Health Nurses, 10 Rural Health Midwives 3 Rural Sanitary Inspectors, 1 Public Health Dentist, 1 Dental Aide. One Rural Health Midwife is assigned at the main Health Center and 9 at their respective Barangay Health Stations located in Buayahon, Buyo, Cabugao Norte, Cadagmayan Sur, Café, Canipayan, Inangayan, Manhayang, and Talanghauan.

The Rural Health Unit personnel render the following services. Under the maternal and child care, the personnel given pre-natal care to pregnant women, tetanus toxoid immunization, attend to deliveries, give post natal care and advocates breast feeding. It also caters to the under five children by giving immunizations, BCG as protection against tuberculosis, DPT against diphtheria, pertusis and tetanus, oral polio against poliomyelitis and hepatitis vaccine. It also gives protection and treatment against infectious disease such as leprosy, tuberculosis, diarrheal disease of pneumonia. It has its family planning device. The staff also give micronutrient supplementation such as vitamin A, iron and iodine as protection against Vitamin A deficiency, anemia and goiter respectively. The rural sanitation inspectors are in-charge of the safe of the water and toilet improvements and construction.

The Public Health Dentist does oral examination and oral prophylaxis in pregnant mothers, and school children. She also conducts mouthriusing for school children. On its creative aspect, permanent fillings and gum treatment is done on pregnant mothers and school children. Temporary fillings for pre-schoolers and tooth extraction for adults.

The town is also the site of the only leprosarium in Western Visayas located in Barangay Bolong Este which caters in the diagnosis and treatment of Hansen’s patients.

The barangay health workers totalling 250 assist the midwives in their work. They are on volunteer basis. There are 25 trained hilots who deliver babies and help administer pre and post natal care.

There are five private medical clinics and 2 private dental clinics. There are 6 drugstores.

Based on the 1995 operation timbang, there are 72 (10.28%) severely malnourished children, 1220 (18.04%) moderately malnourished and 1,558 (23.02%) mildly malnourished.

The leading cause of mortality is Pneumonia. This is followed by hypertensive cardiovascular disease, Koch’s and cancer of all types in that order.

The common causes of morbidity are acute respiratory infection, followed by injuries and nutritional disorders. Causes of infant mortalities are congenital anomalies, asphyxia and renal disorders.

Major sports and recreation facilities are located in the poblacion. The Santa Barbara Central Elementary School Track and Field oval at the entrance of the poblacion provides facilities for sports activities and for cultural programs such as beauty pageants, concerts and vocal singing competitions at the Santa Barbara National Comprehensive High School Auditorium and Quadrangle. The same also serves as a venue for sports such as basketball, lawn tennis, badminton and chess. Located in front of Municipal Hall is the Bandstand were rallies, programs, singing competitions and concerts are being conducted. Adjacent across the National Highway is the football field where annual and invitational football tournament are held. The Don Herminio Maravilla Cultural Center and covered basketball court with two (2) public toilet in its side, besides is the children’s playground. Numerous multi-purpose pavements have been constructed in the barangays and these serves also as basketball courts. The public library at the Municipal Hall and the inland resorts of Barangay Talanghauan and Duyanduyan provides alternatives for recreation entertainment. The 18 hole golf course situated at Brgy. San Sebastian is one of the oldest golf in Asia were played by a few economically well-off residents. The on-going up-grading of Plaza Complex funded by the NCC will served as parks and playground for the populace and will be an attraction for the tourists.

For cock fighting aficionados, derbies are held at the Gallera de Santa Barbara located at Barangay Bolong Oeste.

The Municipal Social Welfare Development Office (MSWDO) in the Municipality of Santa Barbara spearheads the welfare services sector. The team of welfare services workers is composed of one (1) MSWDO, one (1) volunteer services officer, one (1) municipal paid day care worker, one (1) casual worker and forty seven (47) volunteer day care workers based on the different barangays.

The major programs implemented by MSWDO are family and child welfare program, youth welfare program rehabilitative program and assistance program. To carry out these major programs of MSWDO, different projects are implemented such as SEAP, Day Care Services, Emergency Assistance, Practical Skills and Development and Special Social Services. The following are the programs and projects implemented b the MSWDO:

Self-Employment Assistance Program (SEAP). The provision of capital assistance to the most disadvantaged persons to undertake income-producing projects and gain opportunities to develop positive work habits and attitudes, improve capacity to utilize labor occupational and business management skills and improve lifestyle. This includes mini-agri and food yielding projects and mini-home industries.

Practical Skills Development and Job Placement. A non-formal Vocational Training scheme on practical skills designed to prepare the following: needy out-of-school youths, unemployed family heads and other needy adults (FHONA), disabled person or with disability, and victims of disasters, for economic productivity either in self-employment, open employment in shelter work shop.

Day Care and Supplemental Feeding. A program whereby needy children between 3-6 years old are cared for in a Day Care Center during part of the day when mother is not able to attend to their care providing them with supplemental feeding and opportunities for physical development : creative group experience and learning skills in human relationship, communication and daily life activities.

Emergency Assistance. Assistance in a formal of food, clothing, transportation, medicines when necessary. This assistance ranges from P300.00 to P500.00 per individual. The total concept of emergency assistance includes the following services : rescue, evacuation and relief financial assistance, counselling, housing as well as food-for-work and food incentives.

Family Planning Motivation. Information and education on population/family planning to develop awareness of small family size and human sexuality and the motivation for responsible parenthood as a way of life. This include referral of potential acceptors to clinics and counselling services to individuals/couples with problems related to the acceptance of family planning.

Population Awareness and Sex Education. This provides the youth knowledge and awareness of the effects of rapid population growth and its implications to National Development, to enhance their self-awareness and responsibility through family life and sex education and to develop skills in planning and decision making.

Special Social Services. Social Welfare Services extended to children, youth and adults with special needs such as orphaned neglected, abandoned disabled and the like. Its includes counselling, adoption, legal guardianship, foster family care, residential, and diagnostic care.

There are forty seven (47) day care centers and supplemental feeding centers scattered among the different barangays. There are also barangay service points where family planning advice and information can be availed of.

The clientele system of welfare services is composed of family heads and other needy adults (FHONA), the needy preschoolers (NPS), the youth and the distressed, the disabled, the married couple of reproductive age (MCRA)s, mother and other special groups like couples who plan to get married.

Based on the 1995 MSWDO records, there are total of eight (8) barangays which have already availed of the SEAP livelihood project in the amount of P88,000.00. For emergency assistance program a total of P23,382.00 were extended to 61 families. In the capability building program, there are three (3) groups who undergoned practical skills training. For 1996 records on the nutritional status of children in the municipality shows that thre are total of 3,404 children who are considered malnourished or 45% of the total number of pre-schoolers that have undergoned operation timbang. This is broken down as follows : 48 children who belongs to the 3^rd degree malnourished, 959 for 2^nd degree, 2,397 for 1^st degree.

Local PNP Station. Santa Barbara PNP Station is composed of 26 policemen and policewoman under the supervision of a Chief of Police. Its headquarters is located besides the municipal building.

To augment the service of the local police at the barangay Civilian Volunteer Organization (CVO) were organize in every barangay with the cooperation of the Barangay Officials and the populace of the barangay.

At present, the police to population ratio is one (1) policeman for every 2,079 population.

Facilities and Equipments. The local police is provided with one (1) IZUZU patrol Jeep, one (1) Yamaha Motor Cycle, five (5) handheld radios (ICOM).

A municipal jail with two cells manned by three (3) BJMP personnel is located at the back portion of the police station at the ground floor of the municipal building.

The Iloilo Provincial Police Office is located at Camp Francisco Sumagaysay Sr., San Sebastian, Santa Barbara, Iloilo near/adjacent to the Iloilo Golf and Country Club which is 1.9 kilometer from the town proper.

Basing on the standard of one (10) policeman per 1,000 population, the existing police force still needs ten (10) personnel to augment the undermanned police force and will be needing 4 more by year 2006. At present, the general peace and order situation in the municipality is normal and under control. The growth of the municipality largely depend on the peace and order situation of the locality. Comaparison of incidence records indicate some cases of Murder, Homicide, Physical Injury, Robbery and Theft but were mostly solved by the local police force.

Civilian Volunteer Organizations (CVOs). Executive Order 309 as amended, led to the formation/organization of CVOs for the community self defense against criminals and other lawless elements. To date in sixty (60) barangays of the municipality, all have organized its own CVOs with a total of 850.

Bureau of Fire Protection. At present there are no personnel of the Fire Service assigned in this municipality. This municipality is planning to purchase/acquire a fire truck.

Bureau of Jail Management and Penology. At present, there are four (4) BJMP personnel assigned in this municipality to man the municipal jail, to include the jail warden. It is being recommended that additional BJMP personnel be given to the BJMP of Santa Barbara, Iloilo.

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