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Itbayat IN FOCUS Its all about Itbayat Town, the last populated territory up north in the Batanes group of Islands.

14/09/2021

MINI - CLEAN UP --- A mini front end loader gathers up "vuchid" debris scattered by typhoon Kiko last Saturday, September 11, 2021 and loads it up to a mini-dump truck Tuesday noontime at the municipal auditorium grounds... Driven by strong-hearted service employees of the local government, these mini-heavy equipment have been doing long hours and giant workloads starting Sunday right after the storm... *** (video footage courtesy of Glaiza Malupa/MSWDO-Itbayat)

ITBAYAT, BATANES -- Tropical Storm Kiko devastated this island town Saturday, September 11, 2021 virtually defoliatin...
14/09/2021

ITBAYAT, BATANES -- Tropical Storm Kiko devastated this island town Saturday, September 11, 2021 virtually defoliating various vegetation, rendering farm crops almost useless and wrecking various farm structures amounting to an initial estimated of ₱12 million in damages for the agriculture sector.
Itbayat Municipal Agriculturist Donabelle V. Gulaga said the estimates were based on a per area field assessment of various agriculture sector damages in conjunction with actual farm owners and the five Barangay Captains of this town as of Tuesday morning, September 14, 2021. The initial aggregate damage consists of Upland Rice – 5,000,000; corn – 760,000; assorted vegetables – 1,500,000; other crops – 450,000; livestock 700,000; fisheries – 650,000 and agriculture related infrastructure and materials – 3,000,000 amounted to a total of ₱12,060,000.
Municipal Engineer Clifford Benarao meanwhile, reported that partial initial damages to public infrastructure amounted ₱2.815 million consisting of some schools, some roads and the roof and trusses of the Municipal Covered Court and the municipal airport in barangay Raele. Other structures are still to be inspected and up for inventory.
Officials of the 5 barangays are still collating damages to private households and residential structures. An initial report from Barangay Sta Rosa reported initial damages to households amounted to ₱2 million and ₱2.5 million for barangay San Rafael.
Itbayat PAGASA Observation Station Chief Meteorological Officer Alex V. Antas said Typhoon Kiko or storm Chantu hit Itbayat with a peak gustiness of 215 kilometers per hour recorded 9:40 a.m. and dumping a 24-hour rainfall of 510 millimeters and additional 107.7 mm for Sunday, September 12. This, he said is a rare and unusually large volume of rain which could have caused massive flooding in mainland urban areas.
There were no storm related casualties nor major injuries during the typhoon. Power was cut off as the storm was raging Saturday continuing the following day even as power has been restored in some areas thru sectionalizers in portions of the town with minimal power system structure damages. **

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON ITBAYAT HRTC - With the fading brightness of the sunset of August 9, 2021, workers of contra...
10/08/2021

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON ITBAYAT HRTC - With the fading brightness of the sunset of August 9, 2021, workers of contractor RD Mandanas Construction who were hired from Raele and other Itbayat barangays operate a gen-set powered lift to raise a bucket of pre-mixed cement to be poured on form woodworks for the concrete slab roof of the Itbayat Human Resource Training Center (HRTC) building. The percentage of accomplishment of the project has been assessed at 90 % and is already subject for extension as the July 12, 2021 targeted date of completion has already lapsed -- as per records of the Municipal Engineer Clifford E. Benarao. More construction activity will be undertaken as a week of sunny weather is expected ahead.**

HAVAYAT DU ITBAYAT ---The southwesterly Habagat or “Havayat” blew in mid-July; the sea has been frothy with large...
09/08/2021

HAVAYAT DU ITBAYAT ---The southwesterly Habagat or “Havayat” blew in mid-July; the sea has been frothy with large waves then the thunderstorms, massive but momentary cloudbursts and cloudy spells settled for a week or so.
From then on, it has been 21 days since there was a trip from capital town Basco. There is promise of more sunny days ahead but considering the needs of the island, the intrepid and daring crew of Ocean Spirit, one of the “faluwa” (motorbanca) plying the Basco-Itbayat sealane route braved the waves today,
August 9, 2021, to bring in a small truckload of 200 bags of rice in 25 kilo bags plus some passengers – a squad of eight Marine troopers coming in for their tour of duty..
They disembarked at the still-to-be-developed mountainside port of Tachimus on the calmer Pacific Ocean eastern side of Itbayat.. not at Valanga, the regular port of entry.
From the boat, the passengers and those unloading the precious cargo had to cling close to the mountain, make sure of toeholds and latch on to a rope line and helping hands before getting to a level rock landing where the cargo was piled up. “Yaru” or bayanihan participants which included marine troopers, local government employees, barangay folks and other helpful hands then carried the sacks up to a road still under construction and on to a government truck for hauling to town.** -- with info support from PCG-Itbayat SN1 Mark Jun P. Rubio; Jerald Manzo and Dyan Gutierrez

04/07/2021

LADY DRAFTSMAN: The first day of July, 2021, Itbayat Mayor Ronald V. Gutierrez inducts into office new employee Kathleen Valiente Garcia as Draftsman 1 of the Municipal Engineering Office. Kathleen is an electronics and communications engineering course graduate. She will be putting her skills to work in their office which is saddled with various drafting and preparations for public works as well as efforts to build new and better water projects. **

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of All Itbayat Barangays for the year 2020 have been given an "... unmodified opinion..." b...
30/06/2021

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS of All Itbayat Barangays for the year 2020 have been given an "... unmodified opinion..." by COA Audit team Leader/Supervising Auditor Shirley Augusta G. Tolledo who holds office at the Commission on Audit Basco, Batanes Field Office.
This means that the "... financial reports (of each barangay) present fairly in all material respects the (true) financial position..." of each barangay. Aside from his office, Municipal Accountant Llloyd P. Castillejos says "...credit goes to our barangay treasurers and other officers in the barangay..." for their good record keeping and fund monitoring.. Castillejos noted that this is the third year year in a row since 2018, 2019 and the immediate past year 2020 that all Itbayat Barangay were given an "Unmodified Opinion.." A well-deserved Salute and Congratulations to LnB President Jonathan Intervalo, Joel Velayo, Reveriano Labrador, Felicisimo Garcia and Juvenal Intervalo..*

DROUGHT ASSISTANCE LISTING part 2 ---- Following is a listing of Family Heads for Barangays San Rafael, Sitio Yawran and...
16/06/2021

DROUGHT ASSISTANCE LISTING part 2 ---- Following is a listing of Family Heads for Barangays San Rafael, Sitio Yawran and Raele as of June 2021...
As per agreements and per classification of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) "One Pot, One Family" was used as basis to categorize and identify family heads. It could be that there may be two households or houses but they are considered as one family as they a share the pot for cooking or have a common kitchen and cooking is for all members. It could also be that a household member or members live somewhere but could not cook anymore due to old age or disability and is supplied with food which still falls under the definition of ONE family. Residents who have concerns are advised to get in touch with their respective Punong Barangay -- Jonathan Intervalo for San Rafael; Barangay Kagawad Sotero Robillos for sitio Yawran; and Juvenal Intervalo for Raele...***

DROUGHT ASSISTANCE LISTING ---- Following is a listing of Family Heads for Barangays Sta Rosa, Sta Maria and ...
16/06/2021

DROUGHT ASSISTANCE LISTING ---- Following is a listing of Family Heads for Barangays Sta Rosa, Sta Maria and Sta Lucia as of June 2021...
As per agreements and per classification of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office (MSWDO) "One Pot, One Family"
was used as basis to categorize and identify family heads. It could be that there may be two households or houses but they are considered as one family as they a share the pot for cooking or have a common kitchen and cooking is for all members. It could also be that a household member or members live somewhere but could not cook anymore due to old age or disability and is supplied with food which still falls under the definition of ONE family. Residents who have concerns are advised to get in touch with their respective Punong Barangay -- Felicisimo Garcia for Sta Rosa; Joel Velayo for Sta Maria and Reveriano Labrador for Sta Lucia...***

DROUGHT SITUATION ASSISTANCE -- The Sangguniang Bayan of Itbayat passed on June 145, 2021 Resolution 21-0292 "... A...
16/06/2021

DROUGHT SITUATION ASSISTANCE -- The Sangguniang Bayan of Itbayat passed on June 145, 2021 Resolution 21-0292 "... Authorizing the disbursement of Three Million Pesos in Balances from the 2019 Earthquake Donations to be given as cash assistance ..." to the quake victims who are now also affected by the on-going drought... The measure was proposed by Kagawad Ernesto Castillo duly seconded by Sangguniang Kabataaan federation head Kagawad John Morrison V. Valiente and Kagawad Jonel Villa.. this was Attested and certified by Presiding Officer Vice-Mayor Sabas De Sagon and approved on the following day by Mayor Ronald Gutierrez ... A total of 928 Family Heads will stand as beneficiaries broken down as follows:
Brgy. Sta. Rosa = 258
Brgy. Sta. Maria = 163
Brgy. Sta. Lucia = 140
Brgy. San Rafael (Pob) = 198
Sitio Yawran = 62 and
Brgy. Raele = 107 for a total listing of 928 family heads. **

10/06/2021

RHYTHMS OF LIFE -- The steady and alternating pleasant thud with American country music on the background was quite a treat... Been quite some time since we saw such activity and so it was that we caught a footage on June 3, 2021 of Ma. Ellen Gutierrez and Marivic Horlina hand pounding millet (Rawut) with a mortar (Ah xo) in a carved out tree-trunk wooden pestle (Xusung)... Malen said they were waiting for "the boys" to crack some coconuts (matuha niyuy) and who will grind the meat in a scraper (kudkud)... but , alas, none came by .. she lamented they may be in a session with some bottles..**

NEW FACES of newly hired employees and also familiar faces of those who have been promoted took their Oath o...
03/06/2021

NEW FACES of newly hired employees and also familiar faces of those who have been promoted took their Oath of Office before Mayor Ronald V. Gutierrez first hour of the morning on June 01, 2021 at the Itbayat Mayor's Office. With Mayor Gutierrez swearing them in are (R to L) - Pedro Asa- Mechanic III; Harriette G. Antas- Budgeting Aide; Eluterio Manzo-Driver 1; Elsa Gonzales-Legislative Staff Assistant II; Keio Gutierrez-Plumber I; Jerald Manzo Fajardo-Mechanic I; Randy R. Dierra-Warehouse Inspector and Clive Jed Villa-Admins assistant II/Accounting Clerk III. **

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Itbayat
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