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SAN JOSE, Antique – Capitol is looking to a farm lot in Barangay Badiang as possible site of the province’s Bahay Pag-asa, a rehabilitation center for children in conflict with the law.
The farm lot is now being used by the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist under Nicolasito Calawag, Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office head Lazaro Petinglay said in a report to Gov. Rhodora Cadiao.
A provincial ordinance supports the construction of a Bahay Pag-asa, with a P5-million budget, in Antique.
Once the edifice is built, Antique — which currently has 109 delinquent children — becomes the second province in Western Visayas to put up such center. The first center in the region is in Mina, Iloilo.
Local government units (LGUs) are mandated to establish their respective Bahay Pag-asa, based on Republic Act (RA) 10630, or the Act Strengthening the Juvenile Justice System in the Philippines.
Department of Social Welfare and Development regional director Rebecca Geamala, who was here Wednesday, Dec. 7, urged LGUs to put up such center.
LGUs that find putting up Bahay Pag-asa expensive may ask other LGUs to accommodate their delinquent children, she said.
“They could come up with a memorandum of agreement stating they will provide for the living allowances of their clients,” said Geamala.
Currently there are only 36 Bahay Pag-asa nationwide. (PNA)
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