BARANGAY PROFILE
Barangay Official:
Barangay Captain: | Esteban B. Capuz |
Councilors: | Jesusa A. Bongon |
Salvador P. Azores | |
Florencia R. Colima | |
Felix D. Morillo | |
Frederick C. Quililan | |
Jocely T. Sabaulan | |
Rosemarie Q. Azores | |
SK Chairman: | Adrian Jones C. Dela Torre |
Secretary: | Marife A. Azores |
Treasurer: | Rosemarie C. Pedrajeta |
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Herrera is one of the original barangays of Ligao in existence during the Cadastral Survey conducted on March 4, 1932.
The original settlers of the barangay were the “Aetas” or “Agtas” in the local dialect. The head of these “Agtas” was a certain person called “Herrera”. The place was known then as “Herrera” or “the land of Herrera”.
The first houses built in the locality belong to the families of Patasin and Peralta. The first Teniente del Barrio was Nicomedes Pinpin.
A fiesta is celebrated every 30th day of August in honor of their patron saint, San Ramon Nonato.
GEOGRAPHY/TOPOGRAPHY
Herrera has a total land area of 416.40 hectares (ha). 41.46 ha is residential land, 91.79 ha is agricultural land, 249.84 ha is mountainous land, 12.49 ha is idle land and 20.82 ha are aquatic resources. It is part of the Mayon Unit Cluster of barangays. Its terrain is generally flat to rolling. It is bounded on the East by Barangay Nasisi; on the West by Barangay Barayong; on the North by Barangays Basag; and on the South by Barangay Batang.
It has a tropical climate. Heavy rainfall occurs during the months of June to November and the dry season is from the month of January to May.
Demography
According to the 2012 Community Based Monitoring System (CBMS) Survey, the total number of households is 493 with a population of 2,559 where 1,280 are male and 1,278 are female. It has an average household size of 5. The number of members according to their age group and sex is the following:
Age Year | Sex | Total | |
Male | Female | ||
0 to less than 5 | 172 | 146 | 318 |
5 to less than 10 | 163 | 157 | 320 |
10 to less than 15 | 152 | 159 | 311 |
15 to less than 20 | 138 | 157 | 295 |
20 to less than 25 | 125 | 118 | 243 |
25 to less than 30 | 88 | 89 | 177 |
30 to less than 35 | 65 | 66 | 131 |
35 to less than 40 | 67 | 69 | 136 |
40 to less than 45 | 66 | 49 | 115 |
45 to less than 50 | 42 | 49 | 91 |
50 to less than 55 | 54 | 67 | 121 |
55 to less than 60 | 53 | 41 | 94 |
60 to less than 65 | 33 | 33 | 66 |
65 to less than 70 | 26 | 28 | 54 |
70 to less than 75 | 14 | 26 | 40 |
75 to less than 80 | 12 | 15 | 27 |
80 to less than 85 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
85 to less than 90 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
90 to less than 95 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Total | 1280 | 1278 | 2558 |
During the survey, the number of members who are 17 years old and above is 1,479, yet the number of the registered voters is 1,191, garnering 80.53% of the actual voters in the barangay.
Health and Nutrition
There are 23 children who are classified as malnourished in the barangay, 10 of whom are male and 13 are female. The following table shows the nutritional status of children:
Nutritional Status | Number of children 0-5 years old | Nutrition status of children 0-5 years old | |||||
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
373 | 199 | 174 | |||||
Above Normal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Normal | 336 | 182 | 154 | ||||
Below Normal (moderate) | 22 | 10 | 12 | ||||
Below Normal (severe) | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
There are 2 incidences that children under 5 years old died and no incidence where a woman died due to pregnancy related-causes death.
Housing
There are 4 households in the barangay that lives in makeshift housing or an improvised housing built of waste materials which are usually from burned or condemned structures, which are being used as living quarters at the time of the census. Most of these households can be found in Purok 6 (2 households). There are 5 households who is informal settlers or where the housing units have been constructed on land that the occupants have no legal claim to, or occupy illegally. Purok 7 has the most households who are informal settlers with 3. The table below shows the tenure status in the barangay:
Tenure Status | Magnitude | Proportion | |
Owner, owner-like possession of house and lot | 422 | 85.60 | |
Rent house/room including lot | 2 | 0.41 | |
Own house, rent lot | 1 | 0.20 | |
Own house, rent-free lot with consent of owner | 25 | 5.07 | |
Own house, rent-free lot without consent of owner | 2 | 0.41 | |
Rent-free house and lot with consent of owner | 18 | 3.65 | |
Rent-free house and lot without consent of owner | 1 | 0.20 | |
Living in a public space with rent | 0 | 0.00 | |
Living in a public space without rent | 2 | 0.41 | |
Other tenure status | 20 | 4.06 |
Water and Sanitation
78 or 15.8% of households have no access to sanitary toilet facilities. Purok 4 has the most number of households with no access with 26. The table below shows the toilet facility in the barangay:
Type of Toilet Facility | Magnitude | Proportion | |
Water-sealed flush to sewerage/septic tank-own | 301 | 61.05 | |
Water-sealed flush to sewerage/septic tank-shared | 15 | 3.04 | |
Closed pit | 99 | 20.08 | |
Open pit | 4 | 0.81 | |
No toilet | 74 | 15.01 | |
Others | 0 | 0.00 |
Meanwhile, there are no households from the barangay that have no access to safe water. The source of the drinking water can be shown below:
Source of Drinking Water | Magnitude | Proportion | |
Own faucet water inside the household | 302 | 61.26 | |
Own faucet water inside the yard | 11 | 2.23 | |
Public tap/stand pipe | 155 | 31.44 | |
Tube well or borehole | 6 | 1.22 | |
Protected dug well | 19 | 3.85 | |
Unprotected dug well | 0 | 0.00 | |
Bottled/Mineral water | 0 | 0.00 |
Basic Education
In elementary participation, 54 children (26 male and 28 female) who are aged 6-12 years old are not in elementary education. One every 8 children in this age range is not attending elementary school.
In high school participation, a total of 83 children who are aged 13-16 are not in high school. There are more males (49) than females (34) who are not attending high school. Purok 7 has the most members not in high school with 20.
Here is the overall school participation in the barangay:
Purok | Number of children 6-16 years old | Children 6-16 years old not attending school | ||||||||
Magnitude | Proportion | |||||||||
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
706 | 348 | 358 | 45 | 25 | 21 | 6.52 | 7.18 | 5.87 | ||
Purok 01 | 72 | 36 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8.33 | 5.56 | 11.11 | |
Purok 02 | 132 | 60 | 72 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4.55 | 3.33 | 5.56 | |
Purok 03 | 72 | 35 | 37 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5.56 | 5.71 | 5.41 | |
Purok 04 | 155 | 66 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3.23 | 6.06 | 1.12 | |
Purok 05 | 57 | 25 | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3.51 | 8.00 | 0.00 | |
Purok 06 | 95 | 56 | 39 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 11.58 | 12.50 | 10.26 | |
Purok 07 | 123 | 70 | 53 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 9.76 | 8.57 | 11.32 |
Of the total 1,920 who are aged 10 and above, 28 are illiterate with 12 male and 16 female as shown below:
Purok | Number of persons 10 years old and above | Illiterate persons 10 years old and above | ||||||||
Magnitude | Proportion | |||||||||
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
1920 | 945 | 975 | 28 | 12 | 16 | 1.46 | 1.27 | 1.64 | ||
Purok 01 | 209 | 107 | 102 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.48 | 0.93 | 0.00 | |
Purok 02 | 317 | 145 | 172 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1.26 | 2.07 | 0.58 | |
Purok 03 | 189 | 91 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.53 | 1.10 | 0.00 | |
Purok 04 | 396 | 184 | 212 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1.26 | 1.09 | 1.42 | |
Purok 05 | 190 | 99 | 91 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.53 | 0.00 | 1.10 | |
Purok 06 | 315 | 158 | 157 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 3.81 | 2.53 | 5.10 | |
Purok 07 | 304 | 161 | 143 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1.32 | 0.62 | 2.10 |
Income and Livelihood
There are 853 members (786 male and 570 female) who are members of the labor force, there are 54 households have reported having members who are unemployed. There are 36 male and 31 female who are considered unemployed.
Of the 493 households, there are no households that have experienced food shortage. 259 households lie below the poverty threshold, roughly 52.5% of the household in the barangay. Poverty threshold or poverty line is the minimum income deemed adequate in a household. The currently used poverty threshold is: 19,069 (Rural) and 20,315 (Urban). Purok 2 has the most number of households living below the poverty threshold with 52.
192 households or 38.9% live below the food threshold; it refers to the basic food requirements which meet 100% adequacy of the RDA for energy (2000 calories) and 80% adequacy of other nutrients as recommended by the FNRI. The currently used food threshold is: 13,319 (Rural) and 14,189 (Urban). Most of this household can be found in Purok 6 and 7 (40 households each).
Here is the type of business/industry and class of worker in the barangay:
Type of business/industry | |||||||
Magnitude | Proportion | ||||||
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing | 312 | 293 | 19 | 39.69 | 51.40 | 8.80 | |
Mining and Quarrying | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.76 | 1.05 | 0.00 | |
Manufacturing | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2.67 | 2.81 | 2.31 | |
Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0.64 | 0.53 | 0.93 | |
Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.00 | |
Construction | 86 | 84 | 2 | 10.94 | 14.74 | 0.93 | |
Wholesale and Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles and Motorcycles | 134 | 59 | 75 | 17.05 | 10.35 | 34.72 | |
Transportation and Storage | 53 | 52 | 1 | 6.74 | 9.12 | 0.46 | |
Accommodation and Food Service Activities | 19 | 11 | 8 | 2.42 | 1.93 | 3.70 | |
Information and Communication | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.38 | 0.18 | 0.93 | |
Financial and Insurance Activities | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0.51 | 0.35 | 0.93 | |
Real Estate Activities | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.64 | 0.35 | 1.39 | |
Administrative and Support Service Activities | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0.64 | 0.35 | 1.39 | |
Public Administration and Defense; Compulsory Social Security | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2.29 | 2.11 | 2.78 | |
Education | 23 | 4 | 19 | 2.93 | 0.70 | 8.80 | |
Human Health & Social Work Activities | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1.40 | 0.00 | 5.09 | |
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0.89 | 0.70 | 1.39 | |
Other Service Activities | 59 | 31 | 28 | 7.51 | 5.44 | 12.96 | |
Activities of Households as Employers; Undifferentiated Goods-and-Services | 57 | 6 | 51 | 7.25 | 1.05 | 23.61 | |
Activities of Extra-Territorial Organizations and Bodies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Class of worker | |||||||
Magnitude | Proportion | ||||||
Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | ||
Worked for a household | 134 | 71 | 63 | 17.05 | 12.46 | 29.17 | |
Worked for a private establishment | 257 | 188 | 69 | 32.70 | 32.98 | 31.94 | |
Worked for government/ government corporation | 57 | 21 | 36 | 7.25 | 3.68 | 16.67 | |
Self employed without employees | 222 | 165 | 57 | 28.24 | 28.95 | 26.39 | |
Employer in own family-operated farm or business | 29 | 24 | 5 | 3.69 | 4.21 | 2.31 | |
Worked with pay on own family operated farm or business | 64 | 59 | 5 | 8.14 | 10.35 | 2.31 | |
Worked without pay on own family operated farm or business | 66 | 61 | 5 | 8.40 | 10.70 | 2.31 | |
Working for government of another country | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Peace and Order
Crime is an act or offense from a public law which makes the offender liable to punishment by the state. It can be categorized as crimes against person and against property. There are 5 persons victimized by a crime in the barangay. The crimes committed were Theft (4 incidences) and Murder/Homicide (1 incidence).
Service Institutions and Infrastructure
The barangay has 1 health facility which is the Barangay Health Center. The nearest Hospitals and Private Drugstores are 7 kilometers from the barangay. Herrera Covered Court is the service facility in the barangay. Educational facilities can also be found with two Day Care Center, Pre-School and Elementary School. The nearest High School and College or Vocational School is 7 kilometers away from the barangay proper.
The public transportation present in the barangay is Tricycle. The road is concrete and in good condition, it is maintained by the City Government.
Garbage collection is the most common garbage or waste disposal system in the community. Open dump site and sanitary landfill is 8 kilometers away from the barangay.
The source of electricity in the barangay is provided and maintained by Albay Power and Energy Corporation (APEC).
Source: CBMS 2012