LEGAZPI CITY, March 16 (PIA) – The Department of Interior and Lo-cal Government (DILG) urges the public to participate in this year's barangay assembly for the first se-mester to be conducted in their re-spective communities on March 26, 2016. DILG Bicol assistant regional di-rector Danton Vibar said since March 26 falls on a Black Saturday,

barangays in the region can have it rescheduled on or after that date so long as they conduct at least two as-semblies in a year as required in the Local Government Code (LGC). Under Section 397 of the LGC of 1991, every barangay in the country is enjoined to deliver their State of Barangay Address (SOBA) at least wtice in a year for the barangay administration to present updates,

programs, achievement and other concerns in the barangays and their constituents. For this year, DILG enjoins baran-gay to present to the public their ac-complishments and financial reports as well as their priority projects un-der the recently launched Barangay Bottom-Up Budgeting (BBUB) program.

DILG URGES RESIDENTS TO JOIN BARAN-GAY ASSEMBLY ON MARCH 26, 2016