HISTORY OF BARANGAY 36

             

Barangay No. 36 as "Lechonan Country" was officially created in 1973 by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 86-A stating that all Barrios and Poblacions in the Philippines will be changed into Barangays. Pursuant to Republic Act 3550 as amended by Presidential Decree No. 86 and 86-A become the Barangay Character. This decree further provided that a Barangay development and community development. All the specification on the powers, functions, duties and responsibility in the old charter were automatically adopted by the Barangay as bases for administrative policies. On December 17, 1985, City Ordinance No. 08 was created approving and adopting the recommended delineation of boundaries of sixty-one Barangay in the City of Bacolod.

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