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Kalayaan History and Discription
PRESENT DAY (CURRENT DEVELOPMENT)
There is an increase in the annual budget of the municipality since the year 2001. The growth in business taxes is due to the privatization of the Power Plant located in Barangay San Juan. Subsequently, the basic services of the municipality are catered to as many constituents in the sectors of education, agriculture, gender and development, health, environmental management and infrastructure.
To augment the teacher requirement, the municipality through the Local School Board and SEF, hired teachers in elementary and high school. There is continuity in the scholarship program for college students both in the degree and vocational courses, with a gradual increase in the number of scholars in the span of six years. High school students enjoy a free education as the authorized collection is shouldered by the municipality. Aside from free tuition for grade school students, twenty five (25) from Barangays Longos and San Juan and fifty (50) from Barangay San Antonio are given school supplies and uniforms every school year. The local administration extends it full support in the academic and sports activities of the students.
In spite of the trend in favor of non-agriculturally oriented economic activities, the traditional agricultural activities are envisioned to remain the town’s ultimate source of livelihood. There are agricultural programs and projects to further encourage the farmers to cultivate their lands. The goal is to make the municipality a self-sufficient community in terms of food security.
Support facilities like farm mechanization program, farm-to-market roads and communal irrigation systems are constructed to increase the production of the farmers. There are also trainings and seminars conducted to update them about the latest farming technologies.
Municipal nursery is established in Barangay San Antonio to produce the maximum number of grafted seedlings. The Municipal Agriculture Office has put up a demonstration farm for hybrid rice and high value commercial crop for vegetable production. A high percentage of farmers are members of cooperatives that are being encouraged on entrepreneurship. The municipality has tied up with DK Biofuels Phils. Inc. on the production of biofuels out of jathropa in its effort to create other sources of livelihood.
In partnership with the Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) and the Worldbank, the municipal government of Kalayaan has complied with Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (R.A. 9003) by constructing a Category-1 Sanitary Landfill under LISCOP. It aims to put into practice the segregation and proper disposal of solid waste for the protection of the environment. Likewise, related ordinances are passed by the Sangguniang bayan to strengthen the implementation.
Kalayaan Solid Waste Facility is located in Sitio San Isidro, Barangay Longos, Kalayaan, Laguna. The site of the Sanitary Landfill has an area of 1.20 hectares. It has an elevation 320 meters above sea level. Considered as first of its kind on the municipal level in the Province of Laguna, the landfill is complemented by a central Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
Additional municipal personnel were hired. Capability building seminars and related are regularly conducted and attended to equip the employees with knowledge in the performances of their duties.
The local administration and its Sangguniang Bayan are partners in ensuring a sustainable growth and development to better serve their constituents.
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