Monday, January 13, 2014

A City Hall for the upland


To make government services available in the upland barangays, the local government of Ligao City, in partnership with Congressman Fernando V. Gonzalez, established the Ligao City Hall Annex at Paulba, Ligao City which opened on June 4, 2012.

With the establishment of the City Hall Annex, “people in the upland barangays don’t have to come down and do their businesses here in the City Hall,” said Ligao City Mayor Patricia Gonzalez-Alsua. Frontline services are now available in the City Hall Annex. People can now apply for and get copies of birth certificates, inquire on the requirements for civil wedding, or request a National Statistics Office (NSO) copy of documents-through batch processing- without having to spend more time and money going to the City Hall or regional offices such as the NSO.

The City Hall Annex has representatives of offices that offer frontline services, according to Mayor Patty Gonzalez-Alsua. These offices include the Local Civil Registrar (LCR), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), City Assessor’s Office, City Treasurer’s Office, and the Agriculture Office. There are representatives also assigned for burial, medical, and financial assistance. The representative office of the City Health Office (CHO), on the other hand, is located at the Paulba Infirmary just three meters away from the City Hall Annex.

The representatives of these offices travel every day from the City Hall to the City Hall Annex to cater the needs of the people in the upland barangays. Mayor Patty Gonzalez-Alsua stated the need for new employees that would take over in the service for the City Hall Annex. “We are now considering hiring people na taga-doon din sa Paulba. So we just have to train them at sila na magte-take over doon para hindi na tayo naghahatid-sundo ng mga employees doon. [We are now considering hiring people from Paulba. So we just have to train them so they can later take over and the representatives no longer have to travel back and forth.], ” said Mayor Alsua.

With the opportunities that came with the establishment of the City Hall Annex, the local government also looks forward to having Paulba as the business center for the upland barangays in Ligao City. 


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