FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Second Regular Session 
Introduced by Senator Loren Legarda 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Presidential Decree No. 1569 was issued in 1978 to address the prevailing 
conditions of malnutrition in the country. It aims to tackle the malnutrition concerns, 
specifically in the grassroots level, by initiating a project that will provide a nutrition 
worker for every barangay. 
Though said law has considerably contributed to the significant reduction of 
malnutrition in the country during the past years, the number of malnourished children 
is still at an alarming level nowadays. It is therefore necessary to examine the 
implementation of the above mandate for the country to have a well-nourished 
population- one that would contribute to the national economic welfare. 
In recognition of the above, this bill seeks to create a mandatory position of 
Barangay Nutrition Worker in every barangay. A salient feature of the bill is the 
enumerated qualifications of these nutrition workers, requiring them to be at least a 
high school graduate. 
In view of the foregoing considerations, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
Senator 


FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
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Introduced by Senator Loren Legarda 
AN ACT 
CREATING THE POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN EVERY 
BARANGAY PROVIDING INCENTIVES THERETO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1569 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Presidential Decree numbered fifteen hundred sixty-nine (P.D. No. 
1569) entitled "Strengthening the Barangay Nutrition Program by providing for a 
Nutrition Scholar in Every Barangay" is hereby amended to read as follows: 
"SECTION 1. BARANGAY NUTRITION PROGRAM. To strengthen the 
Barangay Nutrition Program, there shall be CREATED under the administration 
and SUPERVISION 
of 
the NATIONAL 
NUTRITION 
COUNCIL IN 
COORDINATION WITH THE CITY or MUNICIPALITY and the BARANGAY, 
ONE (1) MANDATORY POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN 
EVERY BARANGAY WITH A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE OF NOT LESS THAN 
FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5,OOO.OO). 
SECTION 2. BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER. The Barangay 
Nutrition Worker shall be APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR WITH THE 
CONCURRENCE OF THE MAJORITY OF ALL SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OR 
THE 
SANGGUNIANG Panlunsod 
MEMBERS, 
THE 
SANGGUNIANG 
BARANGAY CONCERNED AND UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE 
NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL. The barangay nutrition worker shall be 
responsible for delivering nutrition services and other related activities such as 
community health, backyard food production, environmental sanitation, culture, 
supplemental feeding and family planning to the barangay. 
SECTION 3. SERVICES. The barangay nutrition worker, while 
[continuously learning] UNDERGOING ACTUAL TRAINING under this 
program, shall serve the barangay on a voluntary basis for at least [a period of 
one year] SIX MONTHS. THEREAFTER, THE NATIONAL NUTRITION 
COUNCIL SHALL ASSESS HIS/HER PERFORMANCE AND MAKE THE 
NECESSARY RECOMMENDATION FOR HIS/HER 
APPOINTMENT. 
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SECTION 4. QUALIFICATION. The qualifications of a Barangay 
Nutrition Worker shall be as follows: 
a. Bonafide resident of the barangay for at 1east.one (1) year, with ability to 
speak the dialect; 
b. Possession of leadership potentials and the initiative and willingness to serve 
the barangay (for at least one year); 
c. Willingness to learn and to teach what he/she learned to the barangay 
people; 
d. At least a (primary) HIGHSCHOOL graduate; 
e. Physical and mental fitness; and 
f. At least eighteen (18) years old but not more than sixty (60) years old. 
SECTION 5. RECRUITMENT. The barangay nutrition worker shall be 
recruited from within the barangay and shall be tested on mental ability and 
proper work attitude. 
SECTION 6. TRAINING. Before actual barangay service, the barangay 
nutrition worker shall undergo a ten-day training on selected topics such as 
nutrition, health, food production and environmental sanitation, based on 
defined task expectations to be conducted by a provincial training team in 
coordination with the municipal and barangay nutrition committee. This training 
shall be supplemented by a twenty-day practicum to be conducted in the 
barangay where the worker is assigned, and such activity shall be in 
coordination with the local training team. 
SECTION 7. BENEFITS. The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be entitled 
to a training stipend, meal and travel allowance of at least P250.00 a day. 
DURING THE PERIOD OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE PRIOR TO HIS/HER 
APPOINTMENT, THEY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALLOWANCE OF TWO 
THOUSAND PESOS (P2,OOO.OO) A MONTH. 
The Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be granted a civil service eligibility 
equivalent to second grade after the completion of at least two (2) years of 
continuous and satisfactory service in the barangay. 
SECTION 8. INCENTIVES. TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE PROGRAM, THE 
NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL, IN COORDINATION WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL FORMULATE A SCHOLARSHIP 
PROGRAM 
WHERE 
INCUMBENT 
AND 
DESERVING 
BARANGAY 
NUTRITION WORKERS SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO AVAIL 
OF A SCHOLARSHIP GRANT IN ANY STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY 
AND PURSUE A COURSE RELEVANT TO HIS/HER PRESENT POSITION. 
SECTION 9. NUTRITION COMMITTEES. The implementation of this project 
shall be the total responsibility of a Provincial/City Nutrition Committee headed 
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by the Governor/City Mayor as Chairman and a Municipal Nutrition Committee 
headed by the Mayor as Chairman. 
SECTION 10. LOCAL TRAINING TEAM. The local training team of the 
municipality shall be composed of two members chosen from among the 
members of the Municipal Nutrition Committee. This team shall follow up the 
activities of the trained barangay nutrition worker. 
SECTION 11. ROLE OF THE MAYOR. The Municipal/City Mayor shall initiate 
activities to implement this project within the municipality, organize the local 
training teams and may recommend the appropriation by his municipality/city 
of a local counterpart in the form of additional allowance for the barangay 
nutrition worker. 
SECTION 12. BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKERS STAFF SECRETARIAT. 
There shall be a staff secretariat in every province/city which shall monitor the 
progress of the program, identify its problems and recommend possible 
solutions thereto. 
SECTION 13. NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL. The National Nutrition 
Council shall formulate rules and regulations, plans and programs within the 
limits set forth in this Act, allocate the funds for this project to the various 
provinces and/or agencies, for disbursement in accordance with the financial 
plan of the Barangay Nutrition Workers Project. 
SECTION 14. DONATIONS. For the purposes of this Program, the National 
Nutrition Council and the local governments, are authorized to receive grants, 
donations, gifts or bequests from various government agencies and government 
corporations which shall be tax exempt. 
SECTION 15. APPROPRIATIONS. The amount of One Million Pesos out of any 
available funds from the National Treasury or from the Special Activities Funds 
is hereby appropriated and authorized to be released for the organization and 
initial operation of the Council and the local governments for 'the purposes of 
this program. Local governments are likewise authorized to appropriate such 
amount necessary for the successful implementation of 
this program. 
PROVIDED, THAT THE CITY OR MUNICIPALITY SHALL APPROPRIATE AS 
PART OF ITS ANNUAL BUDGET FOR PERSONAL SERVICES THE 
NECESSARY AMOUNT OF ONE THOUSAND PESOS (P1,OOO.OO) PER MONTH 
PER BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER, PROVIDED FURTHER, THAT 
THIRD TO FIFTH CLASS MUNICIPALITIES SHALL APPROPRIATE FIVE 
HUNDRED PESOS (P500.00) PER MONTH PER BARANGAY NUTRITION 
WORKER. 
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5, 000.00) 
MONTHLY ALLOWANCE PER BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER SHALL 
BE INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT (GAA) FOR THE 
YEAR FOLLOWING ITS ENACTMENT. 
SEC 2. Separability Clause. If any of the provisions or part of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions or parts hereof not affected thereby 
shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
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SEC 3. Repenling Clause. All laws, decrees, executive orders or any part thereof 
which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC 4. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect upon publication in the Official 
Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,