SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 96 2 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
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 has for its primary purpose 
the establishment of a network reaching the grassroots level that will address the 
problem of malnutrition. 
But even while this program is instrumental in the 
significant reduction of malnutrition in recent years, a large percentage of the 
population still do not get enough to eat. Hence, there is still a need to further 
strengthen the agency responsible for implementing the mandate of bringing 
about a well-nourished population -
that is economically productive, socially 
active thus capable of contributing significantly to national development. 
This bill provides for the creation and filing up of one mandatory position of 
Barangay Nutrition Worker in every barangay. It further seeks to professionalize 
the position of BNW by requiring the qualification be at least a high school 
graduate. 
Approval of this bill is therefore most earnestly urged. 
Senator 


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session 
SENATE 
Senate Bill No. 9 (} 2; 
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INTRODUCED BY SEN. JINGGOY EJERCITO ESTRADA 
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.O. No. 1569) entitled "Strengthening the Barangay Nutrition Program by 
proving for a Nutrition Scholar in Every Barangay" is hereby amended to read as 
follows: 
"SECTION 1. BARAN GAY 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 BARAN GAY NUTRITION WORKER 
IN EVERY BARANGAY WITH A MONTHLY ALLOWANCE OF 
NOT LESS THAN TWO THOUSAND PESOS (P2,OOO.OO). 
"SECTION 2. BARAN GAY 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 BARANGA Y 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. 
"SECTION 4. QUALIFICATION. The qualifications of a 
Barangay Nutrition Worker shall be as follows: 
a. 
Bonafide resident of the barangay for at least 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 Pi20.00 a day. DURING THE PERIOD OF VOLUNTEER 
SERVICE PRIOR TO HIS/HER APPOINTMENT, THEY SHALL BE 
ENTITLED TO ALLOWANCE OF ONE THOUSAND PESOS 
(Pi ,000.00) 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 
BARAN GAY 
NUTRITION 
WORKERS SHALL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO AVAIL OF 
A SCHOLARSHIP GRANT IN ANY STATE COLLEGE OR