Barangay officials and personnel in Paranaque City will get 20 percent in incentives from the fines paid by violators of health and safety protocols, as the city government rolled out several financial assistance measures that will benefit the frontliners.
Mayor Edwin Olivarez has prioritized the granting of incentives to barangay enforcers as they continue to risk their lives in implementing and enforcing the provisions of COVID 19-related measures to ensure the safety of residents.
“It is high time that the hard work and efforts of barangay officials and enforcers during this pandemic are recognized,” Olivarez said.
Olivarez signed the approved city council ordinance 2020-33 after learning that a number of individuals continue violating health protocols being enforced in the city.
The city chief executive claimed that residents “should strictly comply with health protocols to prevent COVID-19 cases from soaring if general community quarantine is extended until the end of the month.
Olivarez said it is now simple for the barangay officials and enforcers to apprehend violators. He said the city council also passed an ordinance requiring everyone to wear face mask and shields when outside their home during community quarantine.
Under the ordinance, violators will be slapped with P1,000 fine and eight hours of community service for first-time offenders or a six-hour detention.
Second offenders face a fine P3,000 plus eleven hours community service or nine hours detention, while third-time offenders will be charged with P5,000 fine and 14 hours of community service or 12 hours of detention.
Should the violator be found to be a minor, the penalties shall be imposed to the parent of the child, but no detention shall be imposed under the given circumstance.
Failure to pay the fine or serve the corresponding community services within 15 days shall be warrant the filing of legal action in the court.
Olivarez said that when a barangay enforcer can apprehend at least five first-time offenders in a day in his territorial jurisdiction will be receiving a total of P1,000, an additional amount for his monthly allowance.
Fines and penalties paid will be collected by the city treasurer’s office from which fines, 20 percent shall be distributed to authorized apprehending barangay officials or enforcers, stated under the ordinance.
To receive the incentive, the name of the apprehending official must be stated in the official violation receipts, citation tickets or any other official notice of violation.
Olivarez said they also considering of giving a daily allowance to the members of the “Barangay Disiplina Brigades,” formed last week to ensure that the minimum health standards are implemented in the barangays.
Brigade members who volunteered for the job should monitor their respective communities, but they will not be paid for their public service and will be under the supervision of barangay chairmen.
Presently, city health workers, public safety and other frontliners are receiving their respective daily hazard pay since the pandemic started March this year.
