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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
F/rst Regular Session
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S. No. 1457
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RECEIVED BY;
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
CREATING THE POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER IN EVERY 
BARANGAY PROVIDING INCENTIVES THERETO, APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 
N0.1569
EXPLANATORY NOTE
According to the latest survey conducted by the Food and Nutrition Research 
Institute (FNRI), six out of every 10 Fiiipinos or 62.1% of Filipinos experience 
moderate or severe food insecurity or mainutrition. The same survey shows that 
around 31.2% of Filipino children aged 5-10 are underweight, and 31.1% are stunted. 
Amongst children who are aged 0-2, around 26.2% are undernourished, and about 
33.5% of children below the age of five suffer from stunting. According to the United 
Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), around 95 children in our country die 
daiiy from malnutrition. With such disturbing statistics, it can even be surmised that 
malnutrition is worse than the pandemic.
The magnitude and severity of the mainutrition in the country urgently calls for 
greater involvement of the people from the grassroots level. The present government's 
manpower is not enough to cope with the increasing number of people who still have 
to be effectively reached by nutrition intervention schemes.
Presidential Decree No. 1569 was issued in 1978 to strengthen the country's 
nutrition program by initiating a project that will provide for a barangay nutrition 
worker in every barangay. This enactment is primarily to establish a network reaching


the grassroots levels to address malnutrition. But even while this program is 
instrumental in the reduction of malnutrition in recent years, a large percentage of the 
population still do not get enough food to eat and more so, the right nutrition.
This bill seeks to provide for the creation and filling up of one (1) mandatory 
position of Barangay Nutrition Worker (BNW) in every barangay to address the 
malnutrition problem that afflicts the vulnerable groups in our communities, 
particularly preschool, school children, pregnant women and lactating mothers. This 
bill aims to reduce the prevalence rate of malnutrition among moderate and severe 
preschoolers and school children. Further, it seeks to professionalize the position of 
BNW by requiring the qualification to be at least a high school graduate.
Approval of this bill is, therefore, most earnestly urged.
RAMON JarONmEVILLA, JR.


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S. No. 1457
Senate
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'22 NOV-3 P5-43
RECEIVED BY;
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
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:
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Section 1. Presidential Decree numbered fifteen hundred sixty-nine (P.D. No.
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1569), entitled "Strengthening the Barangay Nutrition Program by providing for a
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Nutrition Scholar in Every Barangay" \s hereby amended to read as follows:
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Sec. 1. Barangay Nutrition Program. To strengthen the Barangay
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Nutrition Program, there shall be [project] CREATED under the administration
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and SUPERVISION of the National Nutrition Council IN COORDINATION
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WITH THE CITY OR MUNICIPALITY AND THE BARANGAY, [which shaH
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provide-fer] one (1) MANDATORY POSITION OF BARANGAY NUTRITION
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[sehoter] WORKER IN every barangay WITH A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE
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OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P5,000.00).
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Sec. 2. Barangay Nutrition [Scholar] Worker. The Barangay Nutrition
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[seheter] WORKER shall be APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR WITH THE
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CONCURRENCE OF THE MAJORITY OF ALL SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OR
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THE SANGGUNIANG PANGLUNGSOD MEMBERS, THE SANGGUNIANG
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BARANGAY CONCERNED AND UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE
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NATIONAL NUTRITION COUNCIL. The barangay nutrition worker shall be
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responsible for delivering nutrition services and other related activities such as


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community health, backyard food production, environmental sanitation, 
culture, supplemental feeding and family planning to the barangay.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 4. Qualifications. The qualifications of a Barangay Nutrition Worker 
shall be as follows:
a. Bonafide resident of the barangay for at least [four (d) years] 
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 yeaf];
c. Willingness to learn and to teach what he/she learned to the 
barangay people;
d. At least a [primary] HIGH SCHOOL graduate;
e. Physical and mental fitness and;
f At least eighteen (18) years old but not more than sixty (60) 
years old.
Sec. 5. Recruitment The barangay nutrition worker shall be recruited 
from within the barangay and shall be tested on mental ability and proper work 
attitude.
Sec 6. Benefits. 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. [He] THE 
BARANGAY NUTRITION WORKER shall also be entitled to a training 
stipend, meal and travel allowance of at least [P120.00 a year] P250.00 a day.


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[and in addition thereto, such other allowances that the municipality may-gfant
but not exceeding P150.00 a month.]
DURING THE PERIOD OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE PRIOR TO 
APPOINTMENT, HE/SHE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALLOWANCE OF 
TWO THOUSAND PESOS (P2,000.00) A MONTH.
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 UNIVERSITY OR COLLEGE, AND 
PURSUE A COURSE RELEVANT TO HIS/HER PRESENT POSITION.
Sec. 7. 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.
Sec. 8. Nutrition Committees. The implementation of this project shall 
be the total responsibility of a Provincial/City Nutrition Committee headed by 
the Governor/City Mayor as Chairman and a Municipal Nutrition Committee 
headed by the Mayor as Chairman.
Sec. 9. Local Training Team. The local training team of the municipality 
shall be composed of two members chosen from among the 2 members of the 
Municipal Nutrition Committee. This team shall follow up the activities of the 
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Sec. 10. Rote of the Provincial Governor [/City Mayor]. The Provincial 
Governor [/City Mayor] shall be responsible for the program throughout the 
province/city, of an amount sufficient to support this program.
Sec. 11. Role of the [Municipal] Mayor. The [Municipal] Mayor shall 
initiate activities to implement this project within [the municipality] THEIR 
JURISDICTION, 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.
Sec 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec. 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.
Sec 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 
AMOUNTS 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 
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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.
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Sec. 2. Separability Clause. - If any of the provisions or part of this Act is
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declared unconstitutional or invalid, the other provisions or parts thereof not affected
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thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.
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Sec. 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders or any part
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thereof which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed or modified
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accordingly.
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Sec. 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect upon publication in the Official
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Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,