Trivia: MPDO 2

 

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Alam niyo ba na may mga mandatong plano na dapat icomply ang LGU, at ang Opisina ng MPDC ang lead office na gumagawa ng karamihan sa mga ito?

Ang Seksyong 106 ng Republic Act No. 7160 o Local Government Code of 1991 ay naglalayon sa lahat ng lokal na pamahalaan na magkaroon ng multi-sektor na plano sa pag unlad.

 

Ang Comprehensive Land Use Plan - (CLUP) ay siyam na taong plano na nagtatakda ng mga alituntunin para sa paggamit at pamamahala ng lupa. Layunin nito na masiguro ang wastong paggamit ng mga lupain alinsunod sa mga pangangailangan at layunin ng komunidad, kasama na ang pag-unlad ng mga lugar at mga patakarang pangkapaligiran.

 

Ito ay iba pa sa CDP o ang Comprehensive Development Plan – (CDP). Ang CDP ay anim na taong plano na naglalaman ng mga estratehiya, layunin, at patakaran para sa pangkalahatang pag-unlad ng isang lungsod o munisipalidad. Nakatuon ito sa mga aspeto tulad ng ekonomiya, imprastruktura, at serbisyong panlipunan sa loob ng isang tiyak na panahon.

 

Ang Executive-Legislative Agenda (ELA) naman ay tatlong taong plano na nag-uugnay sa mga layunin ng ehekutibo at lehislatibo sa isang lokal na gobyerno. Binubuo ito ng mga lokal na halal na opisyal at naglalayong isulong ang mga proyekto at programa na sumusuporta sa mga layunin ng pamahalaan. Pinapadali nito ang koordinasyon sa pagitan ng dalawang sangay ng LGU.

 

Ang Local Development Investment Plan (LDIP) ay ang pangunahing dokumento para sa pagpapatupad ng CDP at ELA. Isinasalin nito ang mga layunin ng CDP at ELA sa mga konkretong proyekto at aktibidad na may kasamang badyet. Nakatuon ito sa mga prayoridad na proyekto na dapat pondohan ng LGU.

 

Ang Annual Investment Program (AIP) ay isang bahagi ng plano na naglalarawan ng mga taunang kinakailangan sa yaman para sa lahat ng proyekto at programa ng lokal na pamahalaan. Naglalaman ito ng mga alokasyon para sa mga gastusin at pagpapatupad ng mga proyekto sa loob ng isang taon.

 

Ang CDP ay mas malawak at nakatuon sa pangkalahatang pag-unlad, habang CLUP ay partikular sa paggamit ng lupa.

Ang ELA ay nakatuon sa pagkakaisa ng mga layunin ng ehekutibo at lehislatibo, samantalang ang LDIP ay tumututok sa mga kongkretong proyekto para sa pagpapatupad ng CDP at ELA.

Ang AIP ay isang taunang plano na naglalaman ng mga pondo para sa mga proyekto na nakapaloob sa LDIP.

 

Tulad din ng nakasaad sa Seksyon 305 (h) ng LGC at Artikulo 410 ng Implementing Rules and Regulation (IRR) ng parehong batas, ang mga nabanggit na plano at mga programang pamumuhunan ay dapat na nakahanay sa mga plano at mga programang pamumuhunan ng mas mataas na antas ng LGUs, probinsiya, rehiyon, pati na rin ng pambansang gobyerno (NG), upang mapabuti ang paggamit ng mga yaman at maiwasan ang pag-uulit sa paggamit ng mga piskal at pisikal na yaman.

Bilang karagdagan dito, narito ang listahan ng iba pang mga plano sa pag-unlad at ang mga responsableng opisina sa paggawa ng mga ito.

[NOTE TO MIKE: SCROLL DOWN NA LANG instead of reading it.]

OTHER MANDATED PLANS AND SECTORAL/THEMATIC PLANS	LEAD OFFICE/S
1. Action Plan for the Protection of Children	MSWDO
2. Agri-Fishery Mechanization Plan	MAO
3. Annual Culture and the Arts Plan	MTICAO
4. Anti-Poverty Reduction Plan	BPRAT
5. Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Plan	MDRRMO
6. Gender and Development Plan	MSWDO
7. Local Tourism Development Plan	MTICAO
8. Solid Waste Management Plan	ESWMO
9. Plan for PWDs	MSWDO
10.Local Climate Change Action Plan	MDRRMO
11. Peace and Order Public Safety Plan	DILG
12. Devolution Transition Plan	MPDO
13. Local Roads Network Development Plan	MEO
14.Public Service Continuity Plan	MDRRMO/ICT
15. Municipal Water Supply and Sanitation Master Plan	MPDO
16. Nutrition Action Plan	MNAO
17. ICT Plan	ICT
18. Local Shelter Plan	MPDO
19. Plan for the Elderly	MSWDO
20. Plan for Health and Family Planning	RHU
21. Capacity Development Agenda/HRMD Plan	HRMO
22. Local Public Transportation Route Plan	MPDO
23. Tricycle Route Plan	MPDO
24. Workforce Development Plan	PESO

 

 

Journey to SVFP Shrine

 Note behind the Scenes

When Ma'am Clarita Jimenez first told me about her wish to have our parish church be declared officially as a shrine, we were about to finish her coffee table book on local Catholic church history. That was years ago. I was incredulous at the mere thought, for I grew up hearing local elders who claimed that the church had long been considered a "national shrine" of St. Vincent Ferrer. One surviving resident in her 90s attests that this has been so since the 1930s.

But apparently, being a people who don't keep archives of paperworks (understandable -- no one wants to attract mildew, mold, termite, and silverfish), we couldn't prove with authenticized documents that the once-popular acclamation was true, so I guess new work had to be done. But did the hard work of having the parish church declared officially as shrine have to be placed on our poor shoulders?

But you don't say no if you are asked to serve God or the church -- not in this special way.

The next thing I and the rest of her willing-unwilling 'victims' know, we were part of the St. Vincent Ferrer Parish Church's Ministry on Culture and Heritage, which was later renamed to Ministry on Shrine, Culture, and Heritage.

It was quite an unusual set-up in the sense that the members included the same people we know either as municipal consultants or members of the Bayambang Municipal Culture and Arts Council, thus blurring the lines between church (parish) and state (LGU). The move, after all, is not just religious in nature; a part of it is also about culture, history, and heritage. After all, stories about parishioners' devotion to the patron saint, for instance, are part and parcel of the town's lore.

In no time, we were holding a series of informal meetings for this purpose, until the main proponent finally asked the parish priest at the moment to lend his support to the idea of formally requesting the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan (a very familiar figure back in Metro Manila where I was based) to give his official blessing.

Due to my condition (I've been suffering from agoraphobia and hyperacusis), I couldn't attend other activities that required going out in the heat of the sun and other physically strenuous activities, but I handled other tasks like what else but writing and editing and the like when needed.

We knew the project was an uphill battle because we didn't know the archbishop personally and we knew that he was no pushover. And besides, there was a set of challenging conditions that must be met. These include a petition letter signed by all living Bayambangueño priests and the current parish priest and a historical sketch of the church and parish. The latter was alredy mission accomplished some years before, thanks to Ma'am Clarita's book. From the guidelines that we read, we added the reestablishment of a museum, a brochure, a visible tarp in front of the church announcing the church's services, and we even threw in a compilation of local townsfolk's testimonies about their St. Vincent Ferrer devotion and improvement works on the church and church offices.

Furthermore, meetings were quite hard to pull off because of constant mismatch in members' schedules. Then there was the matter of finding sponsors and additional hands to overcome these challenges and meet the conditions.

But apparently, we were able to prove that it can be done. Early this March, we finally received the good news.

There must have been some powerful prayer warriors at work all along. Not being an active churchgoer and church worker lately (thank God for live masses online), I am not privy to the other efforts being done by other church workers with this same aim, so this is the only side I am able to write about.

I am glad that in my very limited capacity, I can say I was a part of it.

(Not in photo is Fr. Rowell Rocaberte, who assisted us on the process of application for a parish to become officially a shrine.)

Leovigildo 'Leo' Miguel Giron: "the father of largo mano in America"

 (𝘜𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 to 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘖𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 (𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦). 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘣, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯, 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.)

LEOVIGILDO 'LEO' MIGUEL GIRON
Local escrima grandmaster (traditional martial arts practitioner); "the father of largo mano in America"

An escrima master from Bayambang has been recognized as a legend in the United States. His name is Leovigildo 'Leo' Miguel Giron.

Eskrima or escrima is a general term for “the traditional martial arts of the Philippines, which emphasize the use of sticks, knives, and various improvised weapons.”

Born on August 20, 1911, and a native of Brgy. Hermoza, this town, Giron is recognized as a grandmaster by no less than the well-known Hollywood martial arts instructor Dan Inosanto of Stockton, California who was among his proteges.

Fil-Am historian Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, in her book, "Little Manila is in the Heart" (Duke University Press, 2013), wrote that Giron had already settled in the United States when he came back to the Philippines during World War II as part of US-Filipino defense forces. He was assigned, among a select few, in a “top-secret counterintelligence unit” of the First Filipino Infantry Regiment in 1942.

It was during his time as guerrilla back in his home country that Giron met his wife.

As a guerrilla, he further learned native Filipino martial arts from his superior in the military.

However, he grew up training at it from an early age in the Philippines until murder and crime incidents in his community in California pressed him to improve on his skills and acquire more knowledge. Mabalon noted that Giron was prompted to revive his interest in escrima as a form of self-defense when eight student nurses, two of them Filipina, were brutally raped, beaten, tortured, and murdered in Chicago in 1966. In September 1968, Giron opened his own escrima school in Tracy, south of Stockton, to teach his largo mano system. (Literally "long hand" in Spanish, largo mano is a "long-range fighting technique that uses a 30-inch stick or blade to keep an opponent at bay.") He moved the school to South Stockton in 1973, and the club was formally named the Bahala Na Filipino Martial Arts Club in 1979.

He would eventually be recognized as the "Father of Largo Mano in America." He would rise to become the guro (mentor) of "martial arts luminaries" such as Ted Lucaylucay, Dentoy Revillar, Richard Bustillo, and especially the aforementioned Dan Inosanto.

Giron was also noted by Mabalon as a member of a labor activist group headed by Larry Itliong, who hailed from San Nicolas, Pangasinan. Their efforts and sacrifices, recently officially recognized by San Nicolas LGU, would eventually pave the way for Filipinos and other immigrants in the States to enjoy the same labor rights as native-born Americans.

Other recorded escrima masters from this town are Benito Junio, a fellow Bayambangueño from Brgy. Inirangan, who was recognized by Giron as being among his mentors; Julian Bundoc of Brgy. Carungay; and Fructuoso Junio of Brgy. Telbang.

On April 2, 2025, the Local Government Unit of Bayambang led by Mayor Mary Clare Judith Phyllis 'Niña' Jose-Quiambao (represented by her husband, Dr. Cezar T. Quiambao), and the whole Sangguniang Bayan led by Vice-Mayor Ian Camille C, Sabangan) officially recognized Giron's accomplishments during the Matalunggaring Awards 2025 ceremony held at Pavilion II, St. Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park as part of the 411th year celebration of the town.

References:

- inosanto. com - inosanto. com/leo-m-giron/

- Dr. Nicolas Miguel, a cousin of Giron

- Dawn Bohulano Mabalon's "Little Manila is in the Heart" (Duke University Press, 2013), pp. 84, 249, 312, quoting Leo Giron's memoir, "Giron Escrima: Memories of a Bladed Warrior" (Los Angeles: Empire, 2006)

- ww2f. com/threads/philippine-guerilla-leaders.13781/

- Acknowledgment for originally tipping us about Giron and for donating the book "Little Manila is in the Heart" to the Museum: Joey Ferrer of Pittsburg, California, USA and Roxas St., Bayambang, Pangasinan