Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson and Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz led the turn over of barangay insurance benefits worth P830,000 to beneficiaries from the different districts of Negros Occidental at the Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City today, February 2.
The checks were received by the families of tanods, punong barangays, kagawads, and barangay employees, insured under the provincial government’s Barangay Insurance Program for Barangay Tanods and Barangay Officials and Employees, a press release from the Capitol said.
Lacson expressed his condolences to the families, and said he hopes it could help ease some of their financial burdens.
The governor also advised them to continue practicing health and safety protocols in their respective communities in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic.
The insurance program is under the Special Programs and Concerns Division headed by Engr. Jose Maria Amugod.*