(Eagle News)–President Bongbong Marcos has signed a law splitting Bagong Silang in Caloocan into six separate and independent barangays.
Under Republic Act No. 11993 signed on April 3, what was Bagong Silang or Barangay 176 will now be known as Barangay 176-A, Barangay 176-B, Barangay 176-C, Barangay 176-D, Barangay 176-E, and Barangay 176-F, with the territorial boundaries of each barangay created immediately with the existing “puroks” or “phases.”
Bagong Silang is considered the most populated barangay in the country.
The Commission on Elections shall conduct and supervise the plebiscite within 90 days from the law’s effectivity.
The law also mandates the appointment of interim barangay officials including the Punong Barangay, seven Sangguniang Barangay members, a Sangguniang Kabataan chairman, and seven Sangguniang Kabataan members in each of the newly created barangays to be designated by the mayor.
They shall serve until their duly elected and qualified successors assume office.
As for the incumbent barangay officials, the law said they shall continue to hold office until the officials of the newly created barangays have been duly appointed.
The public infrastructure and facilities existing at the time of the approval of the law shall be transferred without cost or compensation and shall be administered by the new barangays.
All newly created barangays, meanwhile, shall be entitled to the National Allotment shares pursuant to the Local Government Code of 1991.
Proposed by Caloocan 1st District Rep. Oscar Malapitan, the then-bill was passed by the Senate in February.
