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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In the end, RMMC is hopeful that through this SDMP, it will uplift the quality of life of
the people living in the host barangay even after the end of the Company’s
operation.
II. INTRODUCTION
In consonance with the policies of Republic Act 7942, the Philippine Mining Act of
1995, Rosario Manobo Mining Corporation for the first time will implement the
Social Development and Management Program (SDMP). This SDMP is a strategic
development partnership between the Company and its host and community and
other stakeholders.
In this 1st 5-year SDMP Implementation, the Company shall build community
partnership and hoping for volunteerism particularly at the community in the
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Through participatory processes like planning workshop and consultations with the
Program stakeholders, proposed programs, projects and activities were identified
based on the result of the Community Consultation made by the Company with
regards to the current needs of the barangay beneficiaries.
With the guidance of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region XIII, the
commitment of RMMC and the cooperation of the residents who comprise the host
barangay of the Company, it is certain that this One (1)-Year SDMP will push further
the development of the RMMC community.
Annual Production :
Mine : 60,000 MT
Mill : 60,000 MT
Corporation
(Formerly Bernster Mining Exploration and
Agro-Industrial Corporation)
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BERNSTER which was then a mineral exploration venture agreement with Alcorn
Petroleum and Mineral Corporation (ALCORN) entered into a joint Operating
Agreement with PHSMED Mining Corporation (PHSMED) in November 14, 2005.
The agreement granting the latter to the exclusive right to occupy, possess, explore,
develop, utilize the mineral deposits within the mining claim of BERNSTER
denominated as APSA No. 00039-XII. In November 16, 2013, the agreement was
terminated wherein ALCORN assigned its rights and obligation from BERNSTER
now represented by Col. Samuel G. Afdal (Ret.) as Chairman.
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The mill plant and facilities are sited in a 19-hectare acquired land area at 4.0-kilometers road distance away
from APSA 0039-XIII. The major surface structures are the building hosting the crusher, ball mill and classifier,
leach tanks, thickener, carbon adsorption columns, Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), Assay laboratory and Mill
Plant Office.
The project site is characterized by rolling to moderately sloping terrain with locally rugged topography at the
eastern boundary. Elevation ranges from 90 to 440 meters above mean sea level. The site is dissected by
Land upstream tributaries of the Solibao River exhibiting typical dendritic drainage pattern.
Based on the soil map of Caraga Region generated by the Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM),
the project site is practically underlain by the Malalag soil series classified as Typic Hapludults. Malalag series
are upland primary soils developed from a mixture of metamorphic, igneous and shale parent rocks. It is
described as well-drained soil but because of the hilly and mountainous relief where it developed, it is best
suited for forestry than agriculture.
The project site is about 24.5 kilometers to the east of the nearest trace of the Philippine Fault Zone and is thus
not prone to ground rupture hazard. It could however experience ground tremor during a major earthquake
event particularly from movement along the Philippine Fault Zone. Assuming a 7.5 magnitude earthquake to
occur at the nearest fault trace, the expected ground shaking using the attenuation equation of Fukushima and
Tanaka will be in the range of from 0.19, 0.32 to 0.45 g for rock, medium, and soft soil, respectively.
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Tenurial instruments in the municipality of Rosario includes Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA)
issued by DAR in the Alienable and disposable land areas and NDC, CADC 153 issued to the Manobo Tribe
comprising the timberland areas, free patent and homestead patent title in the A & D areas.
Based on the Forest Land Use of the Municipality, the project site is classified as "mineral land". The project
Site has been long subject to small scale gold mining operations as it is categorized to be within the
mineralized area. The land cover is evidence with open cultivation with various Agro-forestry practices.
The project site based on the geographical location, straddles within the Latay Nyholm – Panganan – Maputi -
Sumugbong sub-watershed covering 22,897.75 hectares and Masabong - Anas - Tandawan - Tapo sub-
watershed. On the listed drainage of the municipality shown in only Anoling Creek is traversing the project area
with a length of 1.76 kilometers.
The Project Area is mainly drained to the northwest thru Tapo River, Kagumay River and Kumagingking River
which empties its load to Solibao River. Rose and Jacky creeks are perennial creeks that traverse the central
portion of the Project Area flowing in a northwesterly direction which drains the Kumagingking River.
Water
During the months of the rainy season, particularly during nearby rains, the waters in the major drainage swell
and sometimes developed into minor floods. All the waters of the rivers and its tributaries are drained to Solibao
River and finally to Agusan River.
The water quality of Jacky Creek shows significant levels of mercury (Hg) while excessive levels of total
suspended solids (TSS) is noted in Sumogbong, Tapo and Jacky Creeks.
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Three (3) monitoring stations were established at the mine site, Sitio Loring and Mill Plant. Ambient
concentration of particulate matter (PM10), total suspended solids (TSP), sulfur dioxide (S02) and nitrogen
dioxide (NO2)
Including ambient noise measurement were All within DENR Standards.
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3.1 Rationale
Republic Act (RA) No. 7942, otherwise known as the Philippine Mining Act of
1995 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) including
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Administrative Order
No. 2010-21 (Sec. 136-A), mandates all mining and mineral processing
companies to "prepare an SDMP, in consultation and in partnership with the host
and neighboring communities”. The SDMP shall be actively promoted and shall
cover and include all P/P/As towards enhancing the development of the host and
neighboring communities. Host community refers to the barangay (s) where the
mining area is located, and neighboring community refers to the barangay(s)
adjacent to the host community.
Based on Section 134-D of the above stated DAO, the required minimum
allocation of the mining company should be 1.5% of its operating cost for the
following: 75% (of the 1.5%) for the implementation of the Development of Host &
Neighboring Communities; 10% (of the 1.5%) for the implementation of the
Program for the Development of Mining Technology and Geosciences; and 15 %
(of the 1.5%) for the implementation of the Promotion of Public Awareness &
Education on Mining Technology & Geosciences.
The DENR DAO 2010-21 further stipulates that the SDMP shall be prepared and
submitted to the MGB Regional Office for approval as provided for in Section
136-B. In Section 135 (DENR-DAO 2010-21), the PPAs under the following
areas of concern are considered creditable activities and expenditures of SDMP:
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The SDMP as described in the MGB Primer is "a tool for the development and
implementation of community Programs / Projects / Activities (PPAS) in
consultation and in partnership with the host and neighboring communities".
The law defines the SDMP "as a comprehensive five-year plan towards the
sustained improvement in the living standards of the host and neighboring
communities by creating responsible, self-reliant and source-based communities
capable of developing, implementing, and managing community development
programs, projects and activities in a manner consistent with principle of people
empowerment
All SDMPs should therefore be designed to align with mandated goals and
objectives, namely:
1. Meet minimum basic needs of the mining communities and promote sound
society and enhance human welfare.
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3.3 Phasing
All identified PPAs included in the SDMP follow a program for implementation
presented in a table format; each PPA has a corresponding budget and a
timetable of execution within the SDMP Five-Year implementation timeframe.
As provided by the lRR of R.A. 7942, the Company together with the community
representatives, LGU and MGB XIII will conduct monitoring and evaluation.
The formulation of the SDMP undergoes a series of activities with the aid of the
different methodology, tools and processes. Since the Company is on its first
SDMP formulation and implementation, a Public Scoping was conducted to
inform the community of the mining project operation. Going to the formulation of
the SDMP, the Company conducted a community consultation to determine the
needs of the mining community. The application of these methods is to fill the
gaps in the implementation and will boosts the efforts of the Company to allocate
resources financial, technical or material, push for a more democratic approach
where the mining communities can fully participate in planning and identifying
community programs that will result to improvement of their socioeconomic
statures.
After the finalization of the Program, Projects and Activities, the document will
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Based on Section 136-C of DAO 2010-21, RMMC created and incorporated into
its organizational structure a Community Relations Office (CRO) to implement the
Social Development and Management Program of the company.
Primarily the CRO is tasked to arrange, coordinate and facilitate all resources
needed for the successful implementation of the SDMP and the programs on
Development of Mining Technology and Geosciences and on PPAEMTG/IEC.
The CRO is headed by a Community Relations Officer (ComRel).
President
In 1958, Sta. Cruz, was originally named Sitio Anoling which used to be
Barangay Cabawan, under the Municipality of San Francisco. Anoling was
derived from a local dialect OLING" coming from a wood specie which is noted
for its charcoal characteristic. The National Highway was constructed in 1950
through the Department of Public Works and Highway and the officer in charge of
that time, TENIENTE DEL BARRIO was FLORENCIO PEREZ in 1956-58.
In 1962 Anoling became a regular Barangay through the Barangay council which
was then headed by "JUAN ATUPAN" a barangay captain elect. Infrastructure
like school, Barangay Hall, churches, barangay road among others were put-up
during his term.
The barangay became progressive even its infancy stage due to the presence of
investors who were involved in gold mining (GOMOCO MINING Corp.) AND
LOGGING OPERATION (CONSUELO V. CALO)
Among the barangay officials who administered the barangay includes the
following: FLORENCIO PEREZ (1956-58), JUAN ATUPAN (1958-62) THOMAS
CALUMA SR. (1962-65) DOMINADOR SARATE SR. (1965-67) VEVENCIOP.
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The entry of ALSAMASA in 1983 had neutralized the activities of the different
groups that made troubles in the barangay. The forming of the ALSAMASA was
facilitated after the elections of the Punong Barangay elect MELBINO P. OCITE.
This approach getting rid of subversive and other lawless elements was
materialized with assistance of the National Government. At present, the
barangay is a pleasant place to live in.
Due to the stable Peace and Order condition of the place it was able to build
Public Market, a community High School and Elementary School, Health Center,
Barangay Information Center, BNS Station, Nutrition Post in different puroks,
Solar dryer at Purok Padigusan, waiting shed in all puroks, Primary school,
Daycare Center, Covered Court, Barangay Road Network, Material Recovery
Facility, Barangay Evacuation Center, Ongoing project of Barangay Health
Station and Pavement. Also present in the barangay are different religious sector.
Barangay Sta. Cruz then was the model barangay for education; thus, putting up
high school main campus with two (2) annexes to other barangays located at
Barangay Bayugan 3 and Novele.
Barangay Sta. Cruz has been a recipient of various National, Provincial and
Municipal program and projects i.e., farm to market road, National Greening
Program (NGP) and yellow corn, rice seed subsidy, coconut, rubber production
and reforestation projects. For the daily subsistence needs of the people, small
scale mining is commonly done as source of alternative livelihood.
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Barangay Sta. Cruz is located along the National Highway; it is bounded in the north
By Barangay Poblacion, south by Barangay Wasian, West by Barangay
Cabawan and East by Tagbina, Surigao del Sur. It is 95 km. and 178 kilometers
away from cities of Butuan and Davao, respectively.
4.2.2 Accessibility
Some Puroks of the barangay are accessible for transportation especiall- those
that are being strategically located along the National Highway. Remote areas or
interior Purok commonly used single motor vehicles as way of transportation
which commonly known as "Habal Habal".
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The topography and slope of the barangay ranges from gently sloping to rolling
terrain in eastern part and generally flat in western part mostly planted with rice.
Barangay Sta. Cruz including the other barangays of Rosario and the entire
province of Agusan del Sur has a Type II climate, indicating absence of a
pronounced dry season and where all the months throughout the year would
always have rainy days.
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Based on soil analysis and as per record of Municipal Planning and Development
Office (MPDO), Municipal Agriculture Office of Rosario, barangay Sta. Cruz has
three (3) types of soil namely:
2. KIDAPAWAN LOAM- Found in the lowland areas and best for rice, corn and
vegetables.
3. MAMBUTAY SANDY LOAM - Found also in the lowland and best for rice.
Corn and vegetables
Barangay Sta. Cruz is endowed with moderately fertile soil found suitable to
various crops, ranging from cereal, cash crops, and high valued commercial
crops and fast-growing trees. Its soil ph ranges from 5.5 to 7.5 only.
The upland portion of the barangay is very much susceptible to soil erosion and
flash floods due to Small Scale Mining Industry and denuded mountains.
Moreover, erosion occurred in the upland area due to the no more trees and
tillage practices.
Some Puroks of Barangay Sta. Cruz are identified as flooding hazards, especially
during the months of November until February. Based on farmer's experience,
flood prone areas are located along Solibao River and Padigusan creeks wherein
water level easily overflowed during occurrence of heavy rains and caused
considerable crops and livestock damages. It is also observed that the creek is
heavily silted due to the existing illegal mining and Zero tillage practices or
"KAINGIN" in the uplands.
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4.3 DEMOGRAPHY
Based on the table 1, Barangay Sta. Cruz is composed of 17 puroks with a total
population of 9,479. Purok Hillside has the biggest population of 309 followed by
Purok Doldol with
303. However, Purok Talisay has a smallest with only 99.
Male population exceeds in terms of number compare with the female with a
total of 3,803 population or 53% while the female has a total of 3,409 or 47.3%.
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Population by Purok
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000 Population
3000 Male Female
2000
1000
0
Ocite
Mahayah
Kaimi
Kawayan
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Gumam
Hillsi
Doldol
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Talisay
Padigusa
Santan
Marasig
Gua
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Per
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Barangay Sta. Cruz has a total population of 9,479 with a total land area of 5,563
hectares. It has a population density of 1 person for every .771 hectares.
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The table shows that the 17 Puroks of barangay Sta. Cruz has a total household
of 1,612 with an average household size of 4.47 members per household
respectively.
Total Number of
Purok Total Average HH Size
Household Population
Padigusan 106 468 4.42
Mahayahay 56 245 4.38
Kaimito 84 387 4.61
Kawayan 120 524 4.37
Santan 57 277 4.86
Gumamela 126 586 4.65
Hillside 145 643 4.43
Talisay 43 207 4.81
Ocite 72 298 4.14
Doldol 145 658 4.54
Marasigan 94 392 4.17
Guava 130 586 4.51
Perez 48 246 5.13
San Isidro 56 266 4.75
Sto. Nino 104 470 4.52
Loring 140 584 4.17
Bahi 86 375 4.36
Total 1,612 7,212 4.47
Source: CBMS 2017
Kawayan
Mahayahay
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Base on the table and the result of CBMS survey of 2017 the sex distribution by
Purok in barangay Sta. Cruz, the highest number population is in the age, 1-4
and the lowest are in the 62-65.
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There are 29 religious’ groups in the barangay. The Roman Catholic accounts for
the majority of the population with 3,821 (69.30%) followed by Iglesia ni Cristo
with 514 (9.3%), Baptist with 271 (4.9%), Seventh Day Adventist with 148
(2.7%) and Aglipay with 132
(2.4%).
Population
Religion Percentage TOTAL
Male Female (%)
Roman Catholic 2221 2300 64.2 4521
ISLAM 1 0 0 1
IGLESIA NI CRISTO 436 378 11.5 814
AGLIPAY/FILIPINISTA 170 62 1.8 132
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There are 2,053 IPs in the barangay composed of 1,063 males and 990 females.
Purok Guava has the highest IP population with 272, followed by Purok Sto. Niño
(199), Purok Hillside (187), Purok Loring (167), Purok San Isidro and Purok Bahi
with (132). The least in IP population are Purok Santan (32), Purok Talisay (41),
Purok Ocite (54), and Purok Mahayahay (69).
Padigusan 64 44 108
Mahayahay 37 32 69
Kaimito 54 55 109
Kawayan 61 53 114
Santan 14 18 32
Gumamela 59 61 120
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Talisay 16 25 41
Ocite 26 28 54
Doldol 66 48 114
Marasigan 42 52 94
Perez 57 52 109
Loring 92 75 167
Bahi 60 72 132
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4.3.2 Employment
The barangay has a labor force of 4,618, wherein 2,440 (53%) are males
and 2,178 (47.19%) are females. The puroks with higher population also
have the higher labor force. Purok Gumamela has the highest with (413),
followed by Purok Hillside (409), Purok Kawayan (339), Purok Loring (337)
and Purok Padigusan (299).
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Doldol, 246
Marasigan , 132
Guava, 187
Perez, 76
San Isidro, 85
Bahi, 105 Sto. Niño, 149
Loring, 181
The barangay has various types of business establishments. Among the existing
business establishment includes the agriculture, fishing, forestry, mining,
wholesaler and retailer trade, transportation and personnel in private and public
agencies. The presence of gold in the forest land build-up areas of barangay Sta.
Cruz beckoned some investors to invest in the locality. Also, the barangay has
plenty of planted forest trees species like falcata, in plantation size/ scale also
considered one source of income of the people.
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6000
5000
4000 Talisay
Perez
3000 Mahayahay
2000 Guava
1000
0 Bahi
ale
ale
Male
ale
M
Fem
Total
Fem
Total
Magnitude Proportion
Members 16 Unemployed members years old and
Above
Employed people totals to only 4,513 only 92.22% of the labor force of 5,970.
Purok7 got the highest employed people in the community with a total of 216 or
12.08% followed by Purok 12 with 185 or 10.35%. Purok 8 got the lowest number
of employed people with only 49.
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Employment by Status
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600 Total
400 Proportion
200
0
4.4.1.1Agriculture
As presented in the table, the total area planted with different crops in the
barangay involves 795.25 hectares. It is noted that said area is considerably
larger than the actual agricultural area declared as per land use data. This means
that some Forestland areas are now planted with agricultural crops like rubber
and coconut, in as much that said area is now issued with CADT under
CAMPACCAM. Rice is the largest area of land utilization in Barangay Sta. Cruz
with 206 hectares; followed by Rubber with 179 and coconut by 115 hectares and
fruit trees as the least land area such as rambutan and mangosteen with only 1.5
hectares respectively.
However, there are still potential areas that needs to be developed comprising
930 hectares; of which rubber, banana and coconut could be the largest possible
crops to be planted and that more farmers currently expand in planting these
crops.
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As presented in the table, the total area planted with different crops in the
barangay involves 795.25 hectares. It is noted that said area is considerably
larger than the actual agricultural area declared as per land use data. This means
that some forestland areas are now planted with agricultural crops like rubber
and coconut, in as much that said area is now issued with CADT under
CAMPACCAM. Rice is the largest area of land utilization in Barangay Sta. Cruz
with 206 hectares; followed by Rubber with 179 and coconut by 115 hectares and
fruit trees as the least land area such as rambutan and mangosteen with only 1.5
hectares respectively.
However, there are still potential areas that needs to be developed comprising
930 hectares; of which rubber, banana and coconut could be the largest possible
crops to be planted and that more farmers currently expand in planting these
crops.
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The information presented in the matrix determines that most of the households
have small landholdings, of which 36 households cultivated less than 1 hectare
and 49 with 1-3 hectares. But despite of small landholdings, the government
should introduce alternative means of land utilization that the farmers could
obtain high yield; implement land-based projects that require small area but will
give higher income and benefits like diversified farming system technologies.
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Agricultural lands are currently and diversely used for basic commodity crops,
medium and long-term crops. Farming practices of the farmers are a combination
of traditional cropping systems and use of highly commercialized inputs
especially for rice and corn that will deplete soil fertility in the near future; thereby,
increasing the production cost and reduces the income of the farmers.
In the table on the next page, the three major crops planted in the barangay
include rice, rubber, and coconut. Rice involves 206 hectares physical area, and
planted twice a year with an average yield of 3 mt. /hectare, Rubber involves 179
hectares with average yield of 0.5mt./hectare/month, and coconut which is 115
hectares area planted and an average yield of 1.5 mt. /hectare per month. Minor
crops include fruit trees like durian, lanzones, rambutan, mangosteen, and
marang which comprise a total area of 18 has. 27 hectares,
1.5 hectares and 4.0 hectares respectively. Palm oil is also another minor crop
planted in the barangay with a total area of 52 hectares and average yield of 2.0
mt. /ha. Per month.
During the focus group discussion, it was known that people only use the
traditional means of farming considering that soil fertility is not much depleted.
Most farmers only apply minimal inorganic fertilizer and only few applied organic
fertilizers.
With this current situation of production in the barangay, there are some issues
and problems that needs to be considered and shall be given priority response
which include: the lack of techniques to maximize land cultivation, insufficient
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100%
80% Average Yield/ Ha. (MT) 3 1.5
60% 500 kgs/ha/mo. 1.6 2 7.8 36,000
40% fruits 3 3 2 .5/mo.
20% Annual Production (MT) 1,236 15 108 137 36 7.8 3 3
0% 1,074
Area Harvested (Ha.) 412 10 18
Tree
Rubb
Private
Vegetabl
Palm
es
Crops
86 18 1 4 1.5 1.5 52 179
Cassava
er Abaca
Growers
Falcata
Oil
*
*
Rice
Corn
LEGEND:
Land Preparation Planting
The cropping pattern of rice and corn in the barangay is being presented in the
table above; of which both crops have two cropping seasons within whole year
round. For rice, farmers prepare their land on the months of January to February
for first cropping and by July to August for the second cropping. After land
preparation, they start planting on the same months both for first and second
cropping seasons. Care and maintenance will follow right after planting
schedules which fall every February until May for first cropping and August until
November for the second cropping. Harvesting of rice will be in the months of
May to June and October to November. In the month of December, no farming
activities for rice farmers due to rainy season which will commonly resulted to
flashfloods.
On the other hand, land preparation for corn starts on February until March for
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first cropping season and on July until August for second cropping period. At the
start of the land preparation, care and maintenance also begin for the first
cropping until May and until October on the second cropping. However, planting
period is within March and April for
First cropping period and from August until September for the next cropping
every year. Harvesting periods are within May and June first cropping and
October and November for the next period.
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b. Labor Requirements
High
Minimal
Low
High demand for labor force is during land preparation and planting period and it
increases during harvest time. Minimal requirement of labor is during the care
and maintenance period and least demand for labor is during the lean period
which is on December. Low labor requirement in agriculture tends the people to
venture to another source of income and alternative livelihoods like mining and
as laborer in logging operations. During high demand for labor force, people have
enough food for consumption.
In most cases, source of labor force in the area is mostly by hiring individuals
outside the family from 10 to 15 persons.
The pests that usually attacked the rice crop include; stem borer, black bug, stem
rot, rats and golden apple snails. Disease occurrences are identified as tungro,
the most destructive disease (virus); sheath blight, bacterial leaf blight and blast.
For corn, pests and diseases are the corn borer, stalk rot and downy mildew. In
time of infestation of these destructive insects, farmers usually applied
commercial insecticides, pesticides and rodenticides. None of them employed
organic means of preventive measures.
The table below presents the number and major livestock raised by the
households in the barangay. These are: carabao with 123 heads, cattle got 28
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heads; hog/swine has 330 heads, goat with 72 heads and poultry with 405 birds.
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150
100
50 41
33
23
12 15 11 10
3
0
Carabao C h i c k e n Duck Hog GoatHorse Sow SwineTurkey
These animals contribute greatly to the farmers in terms of their income and
farming activities. Fattened swine are sold when they reach the marketable
weight and Carabao is used in land cultivation and hauling of farm products. In
terms of market competitiveness, the farmers are still far behind the modern and
value-added means or practices in livestock rising. Most of them merely raise
livestock for household consumption and other domestic purposes and at
backyard level only.
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The table presents the number of households raising poultry by purok. There are
108 households raising poultry chicken in the barangay purposely for meat and
egg production and mostly of native breeds; and eight (8) households raised
ducks. On the other hand, some households also raise cockfighting chicken
which follows the required feeding system and standard fencing, schedule and
quantity.
Common livestock pests affecting small and large animals and poultry include
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internal parasites like liver flukes and other types of worms. With regards to
diseases, most prevalent are hog and fowl cholera, diarrhea and other bacterial
and fungal infections. In order to eradicate these pests and diseases. Raisers
apply synthetic medicines as per advice of livestock technicians and at the
owners' initiatives. The LGU Rosario, through the MAO and with the assistance
of Provincial Veterinary Office regularly conduct mass
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Deworming and vaccination yearly, however, due to limited funds, the program
could not serve the total livestock and poultry population in the barangay. In
addition, there are cases wherein outbreak of viral diseases on poultry occurs
due to lack of proper coordination/information in conducting vaccination among
cock fighting raisers.
Livestock and poultry raising is a potential business that will give the farmers
greater income and benefits. But this should be backed up both by technical and
financial Support from the local government and individual raisers. Since
undertaking this activity is likely possible in the barangay based on the
information, the local government should extend some actions so that local
economy will be boosted thus alleviating economic condition of the households.
4.4.1.1.9Fisheries
Existing rivers and creeks in the barangay are identified with their corresponding
distance from the barangay proper as shown in the table below. Freshwater like
mudfish, tilapia, catfish, carpa and other species are found, though not abundant
in use Creeks and tributary rivers within the barangay.
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Based on per capital consumption for rice at 98 kilograms per person per year
and with the barangay having a total population of 5,512, about 540 tons of ice is
needed per year by the populace. Meanwhile the annual production of palay from
206 hectares planted twice (2) per year at 3 tons per hectares per cropping is
1,236 tons and at 65% milling recovery about 803.4 tons of rice is produced per
year as presented in the table below. Hence, the barangay is surplus in terms of
milled rice which is 263.23 Mt. This volume of supply is commonly brought to
Davao City and other neighboring provinces in as much that farmers directly sell
their produce to the traders/buyers who also provided their farm financing.
Corn, on the other hand, has a production of 9.75 metric tons per annum as
stated in the table below, which is very minimal compared to rice. Most Corn
produce is usually utilized for poultry consumption.
The table below shows the different farm machineries, tools and equipment’s
present in the barangay. Firstly, with respect to rice & corn production; there are
only 5 unit’s turtles
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Tiller and 4 units rice thresher available in the barangay. Rice mill has 2 units,
corn mill 1 unit, corn sheller 1 unit and solar dyer 5 units.
There are twelve (12) types of farm tools and equipment that are readily available
at barangay Sta. Cruz. Looking into the existing facilities, pre- and post-harvest
equipment are very minimal against the area planted with rice and corn. Thus,
relevant problem that need to consider in this aspect is the insufficient supply of
farm tools and equipment. Though not all puroks have rice and corn fields but still
it remains a big concern by the LGUs and other development institutions
operating in the area. This is a challenge under the modernization stage
especially in agriculture production.
Water 1 2 1 4
Pump
Thresher 4 4 2 1 11
Corn 2 2
Sheller
Tractor 4 4
Trailer
Corn 1 1
Harvester
Turtle/ 8 4 12
Mud boat
Freezer 6 1 7
Dressing 1 1
Machine
Four- 3 3
wheel
Tractor
Four- 1 1
wheel
Tractor
(kuliglig)
Spayer 6 5 3 2 4 1 2 23
Rice Mill 1 1
Rice 1 1
Harvester
Farm 1 1
Tactor Mini
Source: (FGD), 2016 MAO
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4.4.1.2Production Support
The market system in the barangay is usually done within the barangay during
Market Day (Tabo), but there are products sold outside like rice, corn, banana,
and rubber which are sold in Tagum City, Davao City, Municipality of San
Francisco and other neighboring provinces. Currently, the local market outlet for
commodities is the local buyers Such as rice and corn millers, corn buyers, copra
buyers and sari-sari stores. However, external buyers or "strikers" as people
called are also considered as their market outlet of their products.
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The players involved in the market chain in the barangay are the traders,
households and the sari-sari store or local buyers. With this situation, the traders
could have bigger profit after processing the fresh products directly sold by the
farmers from the farm. Then possibly the households could still be the market
outlet of the processed or finished products that is delivered by the traders.
Therefore, problem should necessarily be resolved like absence of community-
driven market system, no standard product pricing (goods and services) by the
LGU and lack of product processing capability of the people.
4.4.1.3.1Credit Facilitation
Vendors and farmers of barangay Sta. Cruz are highly dependent on credit for
their capital and crop production financing. Sources of credit mostly come from
formal financial institution (bank) or informal financiers (usurer and private
individuals), wherein vendors usually sourced out their capital in which payment
is on a daily or weekly basis. Meanwhile, other farmers get their farm financing
from traders and middlemen usually charged with interest range from 10-15% per
month and/or “Pantang” method with 1 sack palay per P 1,000.00 amount
borrowed. It is also an SOP for traders/financers to automatically buy their palay
produced with prices relatively lower than prevailing price 145 or only 11% of the
total households have accessed to credit. However, of all the 17 puroks there are
seven (7) puroks whose households have either no access to credit facility or
they just wanted to avail the services. These credit services are owned and
extended by private entities and a very limited credit extended from the
government agencies. Thus, some problems that need to be prioritized include:
the lack Or Credit extension service from the government and high interest rate
of credit service from the private entities.
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With regards to research and development, the barangay has no existing formal
research project implemented, except one demonstration farm on Rubber-Based
Farming System under DAR-IFAD which showcases intercropping of rubber,
banana and lanzones.
Some residents in the barangay are now using cellular phones for their
communication needs; for areas with electricity, television sets are used for
recreation and news updates in puroks with no electricity, people use battery
operated AM/FM Radio. The BLGU also purchased 4 units hand held radio
issued specifically to BPLK's for emergency use.
Table below shows that aside from mentioned establishments, there are other
businesses in the barangay like Agri-Vet Supply, bakeshop, Fish vending,
Jewelry & furniture shop, buyers of agricultural products and scraps.
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14.Bakeshop 3
15.Motor mill/rod mill 19
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Barangay Sta. Cruz being known for its gold mining industry has significant
number of gold extraction and processing activities as shown in the table on the
next page; with 33 establishments. Jewelry making is most feasible in the area
since it is a marketing outlet of raw materials like gold and silver. Restaurants are
also remarkable in number as it is found that food business is feasible in the area
in times when there is influx of people in mining area.
4.Manufacturing
• Jewelry Shops/Store 2
5.Finance and Lending Industries
• Small time lottery operators 1
6.Services
• Welding Shop 2
• Vulcanizing Shop 5
• Tailoring/ Dress Shop 1
• Auto Repair Shops 2
• General Repair Shops 3
• Beauty Parlor 1
• Barber Shops 1
• Carenderias 45
• Bus, Jeepney, motor vehicles terminals 1
7. Agribusiness/ Industries
Poultry Operators 1
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Recreational Facilities
Covered Court
KAFA (Kawayan
Farmers 12 6 18 MRDP
Farmers Ass.)
STACWO (Sta.Cruz
Womens Livelihood project 634 634 SEC
Organization)
STACMODA
(Sta.Cruz
Motor Drivers Transportation 98 2 100 SEC
Association)
UPIAI (Upper
Padigusan Irrigators Agriculture 29 7 36 SEC
Association, Inc.)
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4.4.3.1Forestry
Barangay Sta. Cruz has vast forestland area as per land use data. This area
located in the eastern part is observed to have second growth forest cover since
for quite some time illegal logging became rampant in these areas cutting down
natural grown trees. However, since Potable water source of Rosario is located
specifically at Maputi and within this forestland coverage, the barangay in
coordination with the MLGU take necessary steps to preserve and protect the
watershed area by having constant tree planting handled by the MENRO; and
provided legislation support to strictly prohibit cutting of trees. Some reforestation
activities were also done which involve planting of fast-growing tree species like
falcata, mangium, gemelina, mahogany, rubber and others within these areas.
Aside from agricultural and Agro-industrial areas, Barangay Sta. Cruz has also
mineral resources available like gold and silver. These resources were being
utilized and became alternative source of income of the people. A lot of small-
scale mining operated in the barangay which involve open cut tunnel system of
extracting mineral ore and subsequently these ore are being processed to extract
gold. Gold processing includes ball mill/rod mill which has 44 sites located not in
designated places, some are at the tunnel site and some within the residential
areas. In addition, mini processing plant for gold also exists in the barangay with
8 sites, and the said plants are utilizing cyanide in their processing operation.
These matters greatly affect the general public, as it created water
contaminations of mercury and cyanide that to the extent crops and livestocks
were being affected due to none compliance of proper waste disposal/mitigating
measures. This is aggravated by the laxity in the enforcement of
environmental/mining laws rules & regulations and needs prompt action to be
taken.
Most households in the barangay adopt the collect and dump method of waste
disposal. The barangay LGU in coordination with the MENRO now started
implementing the Material Recovery Facility (MRF) wherein some puroks have
constructed said facility. Garbage from households was deposited in their
designated MRE, and the garbage truck of the LGU has scheduled collection
every Thursday. Segregation of degradable and non-degradable materials
however was not actually practiced by the households though constant IEC was
done per purok. On the other hand, the ed municipal dump site is still temporarily
located at Purok Buhisan of Poblacion Rosario.
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During the consultation, it was known that elementary education in Barangay Sta.
Cruz as completely established in 1987. In fact, the table shows that there are
four (4) types of building available in the barangay. Each building was
constructed in different years like the TEEP and FVR which were made in 1992;
MARCOS/BLSB on 1969 and PTA Building on 1981. These had been
constructed for various usage such as office and academic classroom, industrial
and home economics, science, library and pre- school academic. These buildings
were acquired through national government budget and are still in good condition
except for one that needs repair.
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Type of Area
Building (Sq. m.) Cost (000) Condition Usage
7x6 300/unit Good Office, classroom
TEEP (6 UNITS)
MARCOS/ BLSB 6x5 No data Good -do-
(3 units)
PTA (2 units) 6x5 100/ unit Good Industrial and H.E.
Science room,
FVR 7X6 260/ unit Need repair
library
and pre-school
Source: Sta. Cruz Elementary School, Rosario, ADS 2015
Results during the consultation ascertained that high school education was
established in 1991. The table above presents in detail that there are two (2)
types of school buildings in the barangay constructed in different years from 1996
to 2006 through DPWH-national government budget. Considering the period of
construction, most units are in good condition but there are some that need
repairs. These buildings are actually used for academic classroom, office,
computer laboratory, science laboratory and home economics.
Considering that Barangay Sta. Cruz has a complete elementary education, the
table below present the various levels from kinder to grade 6; of which a total of
26 classrooms are available and considered operational with 1,289 pupils
enrolled. Each classroom has an average number of pupils ranging from 91 to
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179 students or 1:30 and 1:60 classroom-pupil ratios. Students are handled by
35 advisory teachers with 1:22 and 1:36 teacher-pupil ratio in different grade
levels. Further, three (3) teachers are assigned in the faculty.
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For high school, a total of 13 classrooms are available in the school with 645
students enrolled. Each classroom is occupied with 1:63 to 1:28 ratio of students
handled by thirteen (13) advisory teachers in all year levels. However, each
teacher has managed 188 to 56 students, with thirteen (13) teachers who are
assigned in the faculty. With this information, high school education in the
barangay is still below the ideal range in terms of classroom-teacher-pupil ratio.
Thus, additional classrooms and teachers should be provided to attain quality
education.
Based on the table, the population growth rate of students in the barangay is
20% from year 1 to 3. With this, it is expected that the projected school age
population of 6-12 years old in year 1 will be 750; 900 in year 2 and 1,080 in year
3.
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The table below indicates that the population growth rate of the barangay per
year is 20%. With this rate, school age population of 13 to 16 years of age will be
594 in year one, 713 in year 2 and 856 in year 3. Comparing the number of
teachers and classrooms to the projected school age population, there is gap of
224 that needs to be resolved.
4.4.4.1.4Achievement Rate
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The table below shows that achievement rate of high school students in
Barangay Sta. Cruz is far below the 100% highest rate. It is very clear that the
highest rate is only 52.27 percent in 2004-2005 school year and the lowest rate is
determined in 45.50 percent in school year 2007-2008. But there two school
years which do not have available data as confirmed by the participants during
the consultation.
The type of test conducted to measure the achievement of the pupils is through
the national achievement test (NAT) which is conducted annually. And the reason
for minimal achievement rate is the lack of review materials and absences of the
students. Thus; educational performance of high school students needs to
enhance and is given primary consideration.
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Based on the table below, no data has been made available for 6-12 population
in elementary level. As to the enrollment a total of 625 enrollees in the latest year
2008-2009, with 323 male and 302 females.
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In Elementary level, 625 pupils are enrolled in the latest school year 2008-2009
with 323 male and 302 females. On this number of enrollees only 1 female or 0.1
is considered as dropout rate and no record on male dropout has been
mentioned.
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A barangay health station is located in Sta. Cruz where a different health service
is conducted. It is manned by one (1) Rural Health Midwife, fourteen (14) BHWs,
and two (2) BNS. The Barangay Health Workers are assigned in different puroks
as front liners of the Municipal Health Office to monitor and extend health
services. Barangay Nutrition Scholar is in charge in monitoring the nutritional
status of children through monthly weighing of children that age 0-80 months old.
Various programs implemented in the barangays are immunizations,
schistosomiasis and tuberculosis treatment, monthly AP/pre-natal and post-natal
care, laboratory and dental services. Conducts seminar on family planning,
health and sanitation. For severe cases, patients are brought to the D.O. Plaza
Memorial Hospital located at Patin-ay, Prosperidad or to any hospitals located at
Davao City and Butuan City.
Benefits/Honoraria Given
Personnel No.
By BLGU By MLGU By PLGU
Midwife 1
Brgy.
PhP400/BHW/Mo. PhP5C0/BHW/Mo. PHP175/BHW/Mo.
Health 14
Worker
Brgy. Nut. PhP400/BHW/Mo. PhP5C0/BHW/Mo. PHP175/BHW/Mo.
2
Scholar
Source: RHU Rosario, Agusan del Sur
From To
Barangay Patin-ay Bayugan 1 Butuan Davao
Sta. Cruz 25 km. 54 km. 113km. 175 km.
Source: Barangay Health Station, Sta. Cruz, Rosario, ADS
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Barangay Sta. Cruz has a total population of 7,212 with a morbidity rate of 36.85
per 1000 population in all ages, while it has a morbidity rate of 48 per 1000
population in children 0-
5 years old. The leading causes of morbidity are cough and colds, hypertension,
tuberculosis, diarrhea, schistosomiasis, abdominal pain lacerated wounds and
dog bites. Diarrhea, schistosomiasis, abdominal pain is water borne diseases.
Barangay Sta. Cruz has 2 deaths caused by multiple hacked wounds and
senility. The mortality rate in the barangay is 0.36 per 1000 population.
Out of 922 children aged 0-5 years weighed, 813 or 88.37% are normal where
144 belongs to IP, 29 or 3.15% are below normal (M) ofs which 16 are IP and 3
children or 0.33% are below normal (S). Most number of malnourish children is
male.
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There common birth control methods used are pills, IUD and tubal ligation. There
are 144 women using pills, 144 using IUD, 87 are ligated and few are using
injectables. There were 5 men who underwent vasectomy. Mucus method, Body
temperature, rhythm, condom and diaphragm are not adopted by couples in the
barangay.
Table below shows that number of births and registered births are equal which
means that all births in the barangay are registered at the Local Civil Registrar.
Water supply of barangay Sta. Cruz came from Maputi Water System Located 6
kilometers from the barangay proper. 63.5% or 757 households are utilizing
water from community water system own (Level lI) and 274 households or 23%
on community water system shared (Level II). Some 99 households use water
from rivers, stream, lake, spring, and other bodies of water. 15 households are
using bottled water for drinking.
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Majority of the household in the barangay have access to water system. Purok 6
& 8 show 100% households with safe water supply. The purok with least
household accessibility is Purok 16 which is only 54.1%. It is noted that highway
puroks has high percentage of access to water supply than interior puroks.
There are 161 households in Sta. Cruz who have no sanitary toilets. Purok 7 has
the highest number which has 43 (31.2%) without sanitary toilet out of 138
households. The inaccessibility of the area to any type of vehicle aggravates the
situation, where social services are poorly delivered like health and sanitation
monitoring activities.
Purok 1, 8 & 11 have 100% access to sanitary toilets. Households with no toilet
still don't know the importance of having individual toilets despite the constant
campaign of Municipal Health Office.
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Barangay Sta. Cruz has four (4) existing pre-school/ day care center facilities that
serve 160 children with pre-school aged 3-6 years old. Purok 9-day care center
has the greatest number of enrollees of 57 which is managed by a Day Care
Worker under MSWDO, while the least number of enrollees is in purok 1with 32
enrollees.
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Elderly person that aged 60 and above in the barangay totals to only 201 or
3.65% of the total population. They belong to dependent members in the
populace and live with their married children. They are also a member of the
Senior Citizen Organization and availed 20% discount on transportation and
medical services and supplies.
Me Women
Purok Population n
No. % No. %
Padigusan 8 4 50 4 50
Mahayahay 8 4 50 4 50
Kaimito 5 2 40 3 60
Kawayan 15 8 53. 7 46.7
3
Santan 4 1 25 3 75
Gumamela 28 14 50 14 50
Hillside 31 14 45. 17 54.8
2
Talisay 11 5 45. 6 54.5
5
Ocite 9 4 44. 5 55.6
4
Doldol 22 13 59. 9 40.9
1
Marasigan 10 5 50 5 50
Guava 17 8 47. 9 52.9
1
Perez 7 5 71. 2 28.6
4
San Isidro 17 8 47. 9 52.9
1
Sto. Niňo 13 5 38. 8 61.5
5
Loring 2 1 50 1 50
Bahi 9 6 66. 3 33.3
7
TOTAL 216 107 49. 109 50.5
5
Source: CBMS, 2009
With regards to disabled persons, the barangay has a total of 45 persons with
disability in which inborn disability has the highest in number with 25 persons,
followed by disability due to illnesses with 10 disabled persons. Other disability
was due to accident.
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Table below shows that majority of households in the barangay own their houses
(41.40%) but some are building their houses not in their own lot 30.2% of the
total households. Rent free lot with consent of owner (13.3%) and rent-free house
and lot without consent of owner (6.4%).
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Total HH
Status Percentage
Owner, Owner-like possession of house and lot 494 41.4
Rent house/ room including lot 51 4.3
Own house/ rent lot 44 3.7
Own house, rent-free lot with consent of owner 360 30.2
Own house, rent-free lot without consent of owner 76 6.4
Rent-free house and lot with consent of owner 158 13.3
Rent-free house and lot without consent of owner 5 0.4
Other Tenure Status 2 0.2
TOTAL 1,190
Majority of the households have light (56.5%) and strong roofing materials (34%).
Light Roofing materials used are nipa, Cogon and wood ("Inak-ak") while strong
roofing materials are made of galvanized iron. Light walling used is made of
lumber while strong walling is made of concrete cement. Light walling materials
are made of wood, sawali or amakan, cogon and nipa. These facts may mean
that farmers that constitute majority of the residents have low income and
productivity. They cannot afford to buy strong materials for their roof and wall and
some didn't own the lot where their houses were constructed.
As to construction materials of walls, light walling used are dominant with 699
households or 58.7% of the total households found in the barangay. Light walling
materials are made of lumber or "inak-ak", sawali or amakan. These facts may
mean that farmers that constitute majority of the residents have low income and
productivity. They cannot afford to buy strong materials for their roof and wall and
some didn't own the lot where their houses were constructed.
Barangay Sta. Cruz has a total road length of 23.837 kilometers broken into
national, provincial and barangay roads. National road that connects Sta Cruz to
Poblacion and Wasian has 4.937 kilometers (20.71%), provincial roads are 5.5
kilometers or 23.07% of the total road length and barangay roads or known as
Farm to Market Roads is 13.4 kilometers or 56.21% of the total road length.
A total of 6.0 kilometers of barangay road is still a trail. Barangay road that needs
construction/rehabilitation totals to 8.0 kilometers.
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Road Surface
Total Earth
Road Name Classification Concrete Gravel Road
Length fill
(km) (km) Condition
(km)
Buhisan- Very
Nat’l. Road 4.937 4.937
Padigusan Good
Ocite- Prov’l. Road 5 3.5 1.5 Good
Purok17
Sta. Cruz- Prov’l. Road 0.5 Good
Cabawan
Marasigan – Brgy.Road 1.5 Fair
Putong
Gumamela- Brgy. Road 1.5 .5 1.0 Fair
Loring
Mahayahay- 1.0 Fair
Bagtangali
Padigusan- Brgy. Road 1.4 Good
Katigbawan
Padigusan- Brgy. Road 2.0 1 4 Fair
Tapo
Proposed
road:
Kawayan- Brgy. Road 3
Angkilis
Central Brgy. Road 3
Processing
Zone Road
TOTAL 23.837
Barangay Sta. Cruz, being a highway barangay is accessible to all public utility
vehicles, such as bus going to Butuan city and Davao City, multicabs from the
barangay to neighboring municipalities of Bunawan, Rosario, and San Francisco.
Interior puroks can be reached by single motorcycle or "habal-habal."
4.7.2 Bridges
Barangay Sta. Cruz has a total of 3 bridges. Mostly of the bridges existing are
concrete and steel. Gawahon and Cagumay bridge are newly constructed from
Presidents Bridge program.
Agusan Del Sur Electric Cooperative (ASELCO) is the leading power used in the
barangay enjoying its service 24 hours a day, except for some power interruption
occurrence when.
There are problems in the transmission and distribution lines. Some puroks are
served by private power facilities from private mining establishment. Puroks 14 to
17 which is far from the barangay proper is dominantly using kerosene as power
source. As to fuel used for cooking, households dominantly utilized firewood. This
is because the area has still a lot of available firewood in its surrounding,
besides, LPG and other similar cooking fuel has relatively higher price that the
households will incur additional cost.
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4.7.4 Communication
Cellular phones are the most commonly used communication facility in the
barangay, considering its convenience and affordability. The presence of Smart
and Globe satellite transmitter at the municipality of Rosario made
communication process through cell phones more efficient providing more
linkage to other places, signal reaches even to far flung puroks.
Existing public buildings located in the barangay are school buildings, barangay
hall, multipurpose building, covered court, health station, public market, motor
terminal and BLSB.
The annual per capita poverty threshold was estimated at P11, 605 in 2000, an
80% increase over the 1997 threshold of P9, 843. With this threshold, a family of
five (5) members should have a monthly income of P4, 835 to meet its food and
non-food needs. In 2007, the annual per capita threshold for all areas is at P14,
866, P16, 936 for urban and P14, 103 for rural areas. In Caraga Region, it is P15,
079, P17, 641 and P14, 389 for all areas, urban and rural respectively. And for
Agusan del Sur, it is P15, 290, P18, 398 and P14, 424 for all areas, urban and
rural respectively. Based on the average for all areas, there is an increase of
28% over the 2000 threshold of P11, 605. Making an average trending for the
past ten years, from 1997 to 2007, by three-year interval and posted a year after,
there is an average increase of poverty threshold in all areas by 17% and with an
annual average rate of increase of 6%.
As to the poverty threshold of Barangay Sta. Cruz, a total of 547 or 45.9% of the
total number of households indicates that the family belongs to this category
have an income below the poverty threshold. This is further suggesting that said
households could hardly meet the requirement of three meals per day.
Manifestly, this is very high in Purok 4, 7 and 14 with combined of 179 or 30% of
the households having an income below the poverty threshold. It is being
followed by Purok 6 with 46 (3.85%), Purok 12 with 40
(3.35%), Purok 10 with 39 (3.27%), Purok 2 with 33 (2.77%), and the least is Purok 9 with
10 (.84%) households.
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There is a total of 255 or 21.37% of the total households in Barangay Sta. Cruz
has an income below the food threshold. This data will validate the poverty
threshold level of the barangay as indicated above, that food shortage is really a
concern that the local government unit must address efficiently and effectively so
as to prevent hunger.
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Livelihood
Gold
panning
areas
6.Extension Support >Receptive >No permanent AT >Insurgency
Farmers Assigned due to
lack of
personnel
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SOCIAL SECTOR
FOCUS STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES OPPORTUNITIES THREAT
AREAS
Health & >Presence of >Lack of >Access >High
Nutrition Health Center medicines & funds from incidence of
Supplies National Morbidity &
Presence of Gov’t, Private mortality
Vegetable and companies,
Herbal Provincial
garden and
Barangay fund
Water & Sanitation >Presence of >Provision sanitary >Potential >Schistosomi
potable Water bowls not utilized by Expansion from asi s
>Provision of free some community Rosario Water Outbreak and
Toilet bowl and members. System Other
Other toilet common
Materials >Financial diseases
assistance From
MHO
Family Planning >Presence of >Moderate >Financial and >Increasing
Technical acceptance of Birth Technical Population
Assistance on control method Assistance from
Family Planning Department of > Low
Method Increasing Health income
population
Social Welfare And >Presence of three >High enrollees 3-4 >Access funds >No
Developmen t (3) Years old from assistance
Services Day care centers PLGU and MLGU, for
>Insufficient space BLGU, Private Additional
> Strong support of For day care pupil Companies Classroom to
parents accommodat
>Available support e Increasing
from MLGU enrollees,
through School
support program
(Rice
supply)
Education >Adequate school >Needs additional >Access funds
Building and room for increasing from
Competent enrollees DepEd and 20%
teachers >Needs MLGU, BLGU,
perimeter fences Private Companies
Sports & Recreation >Presence of >Access to BLGU >Juvenile
covered Basketball funds for Youth delinquency
court Development
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5.1.2 Priority Issues & Problems based on the Community Consultation conducted
With the above listed weaknesses of each sector, the company and the
barangay stakeholders assembled & agreed to prioritize the pressing need of
the community.
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HEALTH
6 High cost No available Increase number Purchase 1 unit of
in transporting emergency vehicle of patients in Ambulance Vehicle
patients to debt, and
hospital Poor accessibility possible death
due to
unmaintained
barangay road
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Lesser job
opportunities in the
area
11 Lack of Lack of job Poverty; To train & provide income
access to job competences for Malnutrition; generating project to
for women women Crime women
12 High cost of Monopoly of prices Indebtedness; To engage in tilapia &
consumable by big suppliers financial livestock production
Agri-fishery difficulties
products Food shortage
Distance of
the barangay to
the
bagsakan/market
area of Agri-fishery
products is almost
20 kms.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
13 Lack of water Longstanding Minimal release Development of
supply operation of water to users barangay water
system to level III
Presence of illegal
logging activities in
the watershed
area
Dried up water
sources
14 Difficult access Poor accessibility Higher To improve farm to
of farm due to unpaved mobilization cost market roads
products to the farm to market & farm product
intended road losses
market
Existing farm to
market roads is
not well
maintained
15 Dark & unsafe Lack of budget for Presence of Installation of
barangay road electrification criminal activities streetlights
roads
16 Lack of venue Lack of budget Lesser community To construct or improve
for meetings & for participation during community centers
other infrastructure meetings &
community projects meetings &
activities another barangay
activities
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17 Minimal Lack of Less cultural To allocate budget for
activities barangay awareness to the araw ng barangay
during budget for the recent & coming celebration
celebration of festivities generations
araw ng
barangay
18 Dilapidated Longstanding Hazard to Improvement of church
church infrastructure worshippers building
facilities
Manobo’s in the
barangay doesn’t
meet more
often for
talks/meetings
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RMMC believes that working and collaborating with other groups such as
government and NGOs are necessary for maximum and effective social
development program. RMMC will coordinate and conduct linkage work with
other groups which may have the resources (human, technical, and financial)
needed for some of the components of this program.
The company will consider the residents of the impact area for both direct and
indirect employment. More so, RMMC can also facilitate training and
development of qualified human resource within the host mining barangays
relative to efficiently implement PPAs in the SDMP.
The strategy will include both formal and informal training. Formal training will
include conduct of seminars and skills enhancement, entrepreneurial
development, livelihood management, and other training in coordination with the
above-mentioned agencies and various stakeholders in the Community. Informal
training will include on-the-job training and apprenticeship.
5. Social Infrastructure
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The community with the assistance and guidance of the company and other
development institutions have to identify, develop and manage income
generating projects that is viable and sustainable even beyond the commercial
operation of the mine. This is one reason of having the Social Development and
Management Program.
In line hereof, the company shall allocate 1.5% of its operating cost for the
development of the host community of which the 75% shall be apportioned to
implement the priority PPAS under the DHNC, with 10% intended for
DMTG/Research and 15% shall be for PPAEMTG.
For the 5-year SDMP, the company projected a 1.5% operating cost amounted to
Php 11,749,497.00. On this amount, Php 8,812,123.00 (75%) is allocated for
DHNC, Php 1,762,425.00 (15%) for the PPAEMTG and Php 1,174,950.00
(10%) for the DMTG.
Detailed PPA cost projections are presented in Chapter 7.
The company, in consultation and approval of the host community, shall have the
authority to formulate, implement and release the funds as agreed upon by all
parties concerned in the operationalization of the SDMP upon its approval from
the MGB Regional Office.
The Community Relations Office together with its stakeholders will regularly
monitor the status of the implemented PPAS in a monthly & quarterly basis. The
CRO, as well, will prepare a monthly monitoring report to be submitted to the
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The assigned Community Affairs Officer of MGB Regional Office will validate the
reports and provide timely & appropriate recommendations.
The company will ensure timely submission of the required SDMP reports on a
quarterly and annual basis to MGB Regional Office based on the prescribed
formats.
The CRO as well shall prepare and submit monthly reports to the company's
highest official.
The Annual SDMP Plan will likewise be submitted to MGB and presented to the
regional director for approval. At the community level, RMMC will provide
transparency reports on physical & financial reports to its stakeholders.
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Table 58. Annual Distribution of the One Year Projected SDMP Allocation (In Million Pesos)
%
SDMP Component Total Allocation
Allocation Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
DMTG - - 192,454 -
10% 204,328.00
(RESEARCH)
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Table 59. Distribution of the One Year Projected SDMP Allocation per Key Component
PHP 306,493.00
Promotion of Public Awareness & Education of Mining 15%
Technology & Geosciences (PPAEMTG)
PHP 204,328.00
10%
Development of Mining Technology & Geosciences (DMTG)
PHP 1,532,462.00
75%
Development of Host & Neighboring Communities (DHNC)
PHP 2,043,283.00
100%
TOTAL
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Table 60. Distribution of the One Year Projected SDMP Allocation per DHNC Component
Total Allocation
DHNC Component Quater 1 Quater 2 Quater 3 Quater 4
(1 Years)
Infrastructure
Development and Support 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 500,000
Services
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Table 61. One- Year Social Development & Management Program Plan
Impact Communities
Host Barangays Barangay Sta. Cruz, Municipality of Rosario, Province of Agusan del Sur
ICC/IPs (If applicable) Barangay Sta. Cruz, Municipality of Rosario, Province of Agusan del Sur
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PHYSICAL FINANCIAL
COMPONENT
TARGET ALLOTMENT
₱2,043,283.00
TOTAL 1-Year Target 21
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Table 63. Matrix Presentation of Programs/Projects/Activities – SDMP One-Year Plan for Development of the Host and
Neighboring Communities Projects
ALLOTMENT/BUDGET Expected
PROJECT/PROGRAM/ Stakeholders Specific
Location P/P/A Cost Results/Outcome Remarks
ACTIVITY (PPA) Involved Activity Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
of the P/P/A
DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOST AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES
a. Access to Education and Educational Support Program
Provision of
Puroks Day Care materials for
Improvement of Four (4) Guava, Students of 4 improvement Minor renovations
Barangay Day Care Padigusan, Centers of 4 DCCs 400,000.00 of 4 Day Care
Centers Sto. Nińo, (Guava, Centers
Loring, Padigusan,
RADS Sto. Nińo,
Loring).
School
Construction of School Sta. Cruz Sta.Cruz Perimeter 100,000.00 Construction of
Related Facilities for Sta. RADS National High Fence, School Related
Cruz National High School Pathway, Facilities of
School Students Multipurpose Sta.Cruz NHS.
Hall & 645 High School
Speech Stuents will be
Laboratory benifitted.
constructed
benefitting
some 645
high school
Students.
b. Access to Health and Services, Health Facilities and Professionals
Conduct
Skills Training on Brgy. Sta. Barangay skills training
Emergency & Disaster for Cruz Health on
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Table 64. Matrix Presentation of Programs/Projects/Activities – SDMP One-Year Plan for Promotion of Public Awareness &
Education on Mining Technology & Geosciences
ALLOTMENT/BUDGET Expected
PROJECT/PROGRAM/ Stakeholder Specific P/P/A
Location Results/Outcom Remarks
ACTIVITY (PPA) s Involved Activity Cost
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 e of the P/P/A
ADS
Brgy. ComRel Staff, Provision of Proper
3. Communication and Sta. RHNC and IEC related communication
Documentation Cruz, Other project equipment for 90,000.00 and
Equipment Rosario, recipients documentation documentation
ADS/ & reportorial established.
Region purposes.
wide
To attend to
Brgy. ComRel Staff MGB/DENR Enhancement
4. Trainings/Seminars/ Sta. & project initiated training for
Conferences Cruz, beneficiaries trainings & 70,000.00 ComRel staff &
Rosario, conferences project
ADS outside the beneficiaries.
host
community.
TOTAL FOR PPAEMTG 288,681.00
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Table 65. Matrix Presentation of Programs/Projects/Activities – SDMP One-Year Plan for Development of Mining Technology
and Geosciences
ALLOTMENT/BUDGET Expected
PROJECT/PROGRAM\ Stakeholde Specific
Location P/P/A Cost Results/Outco Remarks
ACTIVITY (PPA) rs Involved Activity
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 me of the P/P/A
Provide
Brgy. Sta. Sta. Cruz educational
Cruz, College grant to 5
Scholarship Program Rosario, Students scholars with
ADS book
allowance and
monthly
allowance until
graduation
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Prepared for:
Approved by:
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