Daycare and Senior Citizens
July 4th, 2008
There are day care centers in almost all barangays. Pinugay has the highest number of day care centers located in Sitios Paenaan, Cinco and Pader. All the rest have one day care center except for San Salvador and San Jose. The concentration of these is in the lowland. Continue reading this entry »
Delivery of Services
July 4th, 2008
The Municipality of Baras through the MSWDO conducted a thorough Minimum Basic Needs Survey and became the basis of prioritizing the delivery of services. The survey was also helpful as to what services should be delivered or what should be further extended. In 1999, the MSWDO was able to serve 1,464 families or a total of 7,327 persons through the implementation of CIDSS, PAF II, FWAP and MSWD’s regular programs and services and special social services. Details are shown below. The municipality also tapped other resources such as Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office and non-governmental organizations to achieve its programs. Continue reading this entry »
Protective Services
July 4th, 2008
Given the present population level of Baras and using a desirable ratio of 1 policemen for 500 persons, the municipality needs a total of 49 policemen. Assuming the same 1995 population distribution per barangay, Barangay Pinugay requires about 22% of the demand. Continue reading this entry »
Secondary and Tertiary Education
July 4th, 2008
Secondary Level
There is one public high school in Baras that started in 1997. The school was temporarily housed in the new municipal building and was transferred to Sitio Malalim. The present enrollment is far below the 2,071 population of persons aged 13-16 years old. Though there are also three other private secondary schools as mentioned above. It should also be noted that neighboring Tanay town also offers a viable alternative for secondary education. Before the establishment of Baras NHS in 1997, most students go to Tanay for their secondary education. Continue reading this entry »
Education-Primary Level
July 4th, 2008
Assuming the same 1995 age-sex distribution for census year 2000, about 40.79% of the total population falls within the schooling age (6 to 24 years old). 17.20% is considered within the elementary level, 8.68% in the secondary level and 14.91% in the tertiary level. Continue reading this entry »
Unmet Health Needs
July 4th, 2008
The inadequacy of personnel and facilities contribute to the unmet needs of the people of Baras especially those who can not afford the services of available private practitioners. For instance, the recorded deliveries done by untrained personnel is 9.23% and 7.24 % in 1998 and 1999 respectively. This means more dangerous exposure to the mothers. A survey among 4445 houses in 1997 showed that 8.59% of the respondents have deliveries not attended by trained personnel, with Barangay Pinugay registering the highest contribution. This can be related to the inaccessibility of services and the incapacity of some respondents to shoulder the expenses. Continue reading this entry »
Facilities and Personnel
July 4th, 2008
It can be observed that health personnel actually remained practically the same for the past three years. This is despite the fact that population has been growing at 4.32% annually. The need will be tremendous especially when population doubles by 2016. The situation of inadequate personnel is further worsened by the inadequacy of facilities. There is a relatively high ratio of people served per rural health station. If we have to consider the distribution of these facilities, the situation is deemed worst. Most of these facilities are located in the poblacion which is hardly accessible to populations living in the midland, lower upland and upper upland. This has something to do with the horizontal stripping’ of the municipality into barangays, as well as the relative concentration of the population in the poblacion area. Continue reading this entry »
Nutrition
July 4th, 2008
Among surveyed households in 1997, 16.14% of respondents indicated that their new born child was less than 2.5 kilograms. Of the total 16.14%, 6.84% can be found in Barangay Pinugay, 1.92% in San Miguel, 1.54% in San Jose, 1.72% in Santiago and 1.10% in Rizal. An astounding 13.97% of respondents indicated that they have children in their household who are moderately or severely malnourished. Barangays Pinugay, Evangelista, Mabini, San Jose and Santiago contribute 4.37%, 1.19%, 2.64%, 1.975 & 2.13% respectively.
These numbers however do not indicate the actual figure but are indicative of the presence of underweight and malnourished children among households. In January to June 1997, a total of 4,590 children were weighed. The results show a relatively lower incidence of child malnutrition (shown in Table 3). This shows that the incidence of first degree and second degree malnutrition is spread out among the barangays and households in Baras.
Mortality and Morbidity
July 4th, 2008
Vascular disease has been the leading cause of mortality in Year 1999 and even in the period 1994-98 as shown in Table 1. The disease victimized people mostly aging 65 years old and above representing 63.64% of cases recorded. Most of these elders are male. The trend is also true for pneumonia. Continue reading this entry »
Language
July 4th, 2008
Majority of the people in Baras speak Tagalog. It is estimated that 88.04% of population in Baras speaks the language based on the 1990 census. This percentage decreased to 84.85% in the 1995 census. Surprisingly, almost all dialects are spoken in Baras. Among the major ones spoken are Bikolano (3.93%), Waray (2.22%), Ilokano (2.00%), Cebuano (2.25%) and Hiligaynon/Ilonggo (1.19%). In 1995, Ilokano, Hiligaynon/Ilonggo, Cebuano and Waray were only 0.73%, 0.46%, 0.85% and 1.62%.