BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental — In line with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s advocacy for digitalization, Kabankalan City in Negros Occidental has officially launched the ₱11.8-million Barangay Information Network System (BINS) as a major step towards digitalizing public service delivery across the city’s 32 barangays.
According to Kabankalan City mayor Benjie Miranda, the launching was part of the Tingug Sang Barangay seminar with the theme ‘Strengthening Community Engagement Through Barangay Information Officers’ that focused on empowering grassroots leaders and enhancing community engagement.
“This is another innovation by the city government to modernize public service and bring digital solutions closer to the people. Under the program, each barangay will receive a full suite of digital tools—desktop computers, printers, webcams, ring lights, laminators, and other essential equipment to improve local governance and service delivery,” Miranda explained.
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During the Tingug Sang Barangay seminar, brand developer Jasper Inocencio introduced the Gender and Development (GAD) Database-integrated BINS system and led a hands-on training session to barangay secretaries, treasurers, bookkeepers and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) chairpersons on data encoding, ID printing and equipment use.
A journalism and news writing workshop was also conducted to strengthen the communication skills of barangay information officers.
In conclusion, Mayor Miranda cited that the BINS project marks a significant leap forward in promoting transparent, efficient and tech-driven local governance that is expected to enhance barangay-level data management, documentation and service delivery.