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SECTORAL PROFILE
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
As an agricultural municipality, rice is the major farm product of Tagudin.
Secondary crops are Virginia tobacco, corn, onions, vegetables, and peanuts.
Cropping System / Crop Rotation. During the first cropping a total of
1,300 hectares irrigated lands is being utilized for rice production while only 962
hectares of irrigated lands is utilized during the second cropping. The rest of
the agricultural lands are used for secondary crops.
Livestock and Poultry. The local residents raise livestock and poultry
in their backyards. Cattle are raised mainly for farming (i.e. plowing,
harrowing, etc.) and transporting products while poultry and swine are for
commercial magnitude and minimally for household consumption. Goats are likewise
raised in barangays mostly located in the hilly and grassland areas.
Fish Production. 2.0% of the land area is devoted for fishponds with a volume
production of 1.4 tons annually. Fishing gears are hook and line, fish
traps, fish gears and cast nets. The kinds of fish caught are tilapia, gurami,
dalag, and hito.
Irrigation Facilities. The irrigation facilities of the municipality are
covering a total of 1,300 hectares of land. The National Irrigation
Administration is irrigating an approximate land area of 1, 058 hectares.
However, in barangays that can not be served by irrigation system, farmers avail
themselves of a motor pump. These water pumps are very advantageous to them
especially during the dry season. It is estimated that these water pumps could
serve at least 242 hectares of land. Another irrigation facility is the SWIP
(Small Ways Impounding Project) that is now built in several barangays near
mountains complemented by with numerous polyethylene pipes distributed by the
municipal government.
COMMERCE SECTOR
In the municipality of Tagudin, commercial establishments are most concentrated
in the Poblacion, the center of activity of the whole municipality. However,
some commercial establishments like eateries or restaurants are located in
barangays Bio, Dardarat, Libtong and Bitalag because these barangays are located
along the Manila North Road. Food chains start to surmise in the Poblacion with
the opening of Mr. Donut. The opening of Villa Marlene at Barangay Magsaysay is
significant to the municipality for it contributes a lot in the trade and
business potentials of the town. The said establishment offers an air-conditioned
function hall that can cater to 150 participants and a picturesque garden that is
suitable for garden parties, which is large enough to hold 300 participants. Its
façade displays items that are either for sale or for rent like gowns, barongs,
formal dresses and complete wedding amenities. Expansion will follow such as
pension inn complemented by another function hall. Existing lodging inns in the
municipality include the Tagudin Seaside Lodge in Barangay Libtong and the Foothill Lodge & Grocery located at Barangay Bitalag.
The biggest in the Poblacion is the Tagudin Public Market, where commercial
activities are concentrated as it is here that one can get supplies of meat,
fish, vegetables, groceries, medicines, clothing and other commodities. Everyday
is market day but it is heaviest on Sundays. In rural areas, sari-sari stores
provide daily needs.
There is an alternative public market, the Bitalag Satellite Market in
Barangay Bitalag, which formally started its operation in 1997. Large volume of
farm products from the uplands is being sold there. It is also considered as the
fruit market of the town.
The slaughtering of domesticated animals for sale at the Public Market
especially during Sundays is not totally accommodated by the Old Municipal
Slaughterhouse which only delivers limited output of meat ready for sale.
However, the municipal government of Tagudin has already realized its plan to
have a new abattoir that will shoulder all animals to be butchered ready for
consumption. The new abattoir has been tested and ready for operation. During
regular days, an average of fifteen (18) heads of pig are butchered and an
average of forty (40) heads during Sundays.
Banking institutions in the municipality continue to flourish. The newest bank
that has been established is the Rural Bank of Santol (Tagudin Branch) aside
from the Rural Bank of Tagudin. These banks however, are complemented by The Tagudin Multi-Purpose Credit Coop., Inc., the biggest cooperative in the
Province with an asset of P 60.3 million. These financial institutions provide
loan facilities to businessmen, farmers and others.
AGRO-INDUSTRIAL SECTOR
Industrial activities in the municipality of Tagudin could be described only as
small and light scale. Existing in the municipality are rice and corn mills which are located in almost all barangays; hollow block
manufacturers in barangays Libtong, Dardarat, Bimmanga and Dacutan;
woodcrafts, metalcrafts and furniture making in Poblacion, and all
barangays along the National Highway, and blanket weaving in barangays
Malacañang, Pudoc, Ag-aguman, Bimmanga and Farola. In some barangays like
Ambalayat, Ag-aguman, Gabur, and Ranget, residents are also engaged in wine and
vinegar making. These existing industries compliment the agricultural activities
of the residents and increase their income derived from farming.
TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
There are twenty(20) bridges in the Municipality; the national government is
maintaining six (6) of these bridges, while the rest are being maintained by the
Provincial and Municipal Governments.
There are about fifteen (15) transportation companies plying between Tagudin and
Manila and four (4) companies between Tagudin and Baguio. Complimentary
to this big transportations are some mini-buses and jeepneys enroute to San
Fernando City, La Union passing via Tagudin. Jeeps, tricycles, scooters and
motorized carts facilitate transportation going from one barangay to the other
within the municipality.
COMMUNICATION SECTOR
Communication Services in the municipality are well experienced by the populace
through facilitated and advanced aspect of technology. The Telecommunication
services being provided by the Bureau of Telecommunication and the RCPI Tagudin
compliment the access of communication convenient, faster and affordable.
Likewise, in the telephone technology, the DIGITEL, which is the first and has
the highest total of subscribers, is now competed by the newly based PLDT
communication that has gained numerous subscribers. Text messaging system have
also become a common communication link among local residents.
Almost all residents own information facilities like radios, TV, audio-video
system, cell phones, etc.. Recently, there are twenty-five (25) radio stations
received from adjacent towns, cities and provinces. There are six (6) TV
national stations with their locally based stations being received respectively.
The presence of CABLE-TV network in town is only facilitated by the ROMEVAN
technology, which is operated and managed by the Tagudin Multi-Purpose
Cooperative Inc. Lately, a new radio-fm station was established in Tagudin which
gradually earning avid learners from day to day operation especially those fun
of music.
POWER SECTOR
All 43 barangays of the municipality are already energized through the Ilocos
Sur Electric Cooperative. About 6,244 or 98% total of all residential,
commercial and institutional establishments avail ISECO services. The collection
office was transferred in the town of Sta. Cruz, Ilocos Sur to centralize its
location that can access services to all consumers not only in Tagudin.
RELIGIOUS SECTOR
The long span of years of Spanish Colonization in the Philippines brought a
tangible Christian Formation with the majority of the Filipinos and this is
purely manifested in Tagudin. The CICM/ICM Missionaries who based and started
their multi-sectoral Christian missions in Tagudin likewise made an enormous
contribution to the development of Catholicism and about 80% of the constituents
adheres to this dominant religion in the municipality.
WATER SYSTEM
At present, the Tagudin Water District is servicing potable water supply to 1802
households particularly in the barangays of Poblacion and along the National
Highways with a total of 1802. Those who could not avail the services of the
firm especially in the remote barangays have to resort in open dug or shallow
wells equipped with electric, jet-matic or pitcher pump. Likewise, those places
nearby mountains have Small Water Impounding Project or Spring Development
Project that supplies water for every household.
GARBAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
The Municipal Government of Tagudin has four (4) garbage trucks that collect
garbage daily from 1400 households of the town proper and barangays along the
highway. An average of 15 cubic meters of garbage are collected everyday.
Collected garbage is temporarily disposed at the riverside because the proposed
recycling area or so-called Sanitary Landfill at Barangay Bio is still on
negotiation. A total of 3982 households burn their garbage and 1072 resort to
composting. Implementation of the Solid Waste Management Program is still
partially realized throughout the Municipality due to insufficiency of funds.
Massive Campaign on Zero Waste Management has been conducted to several
barangays, schools as well as agencies. Numerous Sorting Grill Materials and
Trash Boxes, likewise disseminated to these areas to access proper disposition
of waste materials. A Lakbay-aral to some dumping and recycling areas had been
undertaken spearheaded by the Municipal Officials purposely to physically survey
the dumping and recycling area and acquire vital information and technical
know-how, which is to be comprehensively imparted then to the people of the
Municipality.
To date, under the administration of Hon. Mayor Roque S. Verzosa Jr., the
municipality as a controlled dumpsite – Tagudin Controlled Dumpsite, at
Cabulanglangan, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur. The Notice To Proceed (NTP) for the said
dumpsite was released 18 October 2004. It was dated however, on 11 October 2004.
Tagudin Controlled Dumpsite was completed within a time span of two (2) months.
The municipality of Tagudin is the first town in Ilocos to be issued an NTP.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM
Drainage Canal and Water Outlets are almost embedded in the Town Proper (Poblacion).
These waterways are constantly monitored and maintained for proper operation
however, the occurrence of calamity such as typhoon or floods and sometimes
irresponsibility of some constituents resulted to clogged and buried canals that
causes overflowing and sometimes stores water for stagnation for a period that
make it union for a period that make it unmajor streets in the town have been
concretely covered not only to deter dropping waste but it also widens the
street suitable for parking area especially during market or busy days.
RECREATION FACILITIES
The nearly completed Tagudin Municipal Gymnasium is now the center of all civic
program and activities especially sports oriented of for all ages. Because of
its modernized plan and huge capacity, many people now experienced the
conduciveness of the place and even claimed as a potential spot to attract
national basketball players to play, which is a long-year dreamt of the
constituents to behold.
Most of the constructed Solar Dryers are utilized as playing area for basketball
and volleyball in the barangays. Balls and Nets are likewise distributed for
recreation especially for those areas, which experience much burden in terms of
financial security.
Videoke bars, Billiard Center and Countless Pool Table places are permitted to
operate legally however such operation is regulated subject to existing
ordinances of the Municipality and other pertinent laws.
FAMILY PLANNING
As of December 2002, a total of 4,029 couples have acquired free pills, Depot
Medroxy Progesterone Acetate (DEPO), Intra Uterine Device (IUD), & Condom from
the Rural Health Unit of Tagudin. Of all the mentioned Family Planning Methods,
pills ranked first as the primary method preferred by couples.
As per record, number. of Family Planning acceptors fill up only 21% of the
total no. of families in the municipality, 66% of it is presumed to be using
natural methods or acquires the method from private prescriptions, and the
remaining 12% fills up the Family Planning non-acceptors.
NUTRITION PROGRAM
The Operation Timbang for the year 2002 is 6440 children or 90% of the projected
target, which is far higher than the regional and national average of 85%. Out
of this target, the RHU were able to identify 27 (0.4%) 3rd degree malnourished
children while 265 (4.3%) were 2nd degree malnourished. These indicate an
improving nutritional status of the children of Tagudin. While in Vitamin A
Deficiency disorder program, the supplementation intervention activities yield a
97% accomplishment. This was due to the arrival of Vitamin A supply, which was
distributed to children and infants during the regular immunization days. In the
area of Iron Deficiency Anemia Program, both for the pregnant, lactating mother
and pre-schooler, the low percentage of output was mainly due to the inadequate
supply of iron supplement. The pre-schooled refuse to take their iron supplement
due to the impala ability of the supplied medicines. In the area of Iodine
Deficiency Disorder it registered 36% for the ages 15-44 years of age. The
winning side of the nutrition program was the Deworming project wherein massive
Deworming named “CONTRA BULATE” was implemented with a 87% of the targeted
children given anti-helmitics purchased by the LGU.
HEALTH STATISTICS
Both the government and private sectors are handling the health care of the
citizens of Tagudin. At present there are more than ten(10) doctors attending to
health needs of the citizen.
There are two(2) hospitals existing in the municipality, the Southern Ilocos Sur
District Hospital with a 50-bed capacity and the Paciencia Gonzales Memorial
Hospital. Complimentary to this is the newly completed Rural Health Unit of
Tagudin enable to handle-up in response to the health needs of the populace of
Tagudin. The RHU eventually become a lying-in hospital and permanently be
equipped with laboratory and x-ray machines. This project is realized through
the fund raising project initiated by the good Mayor courtesy of the overseas
Tagudinians supplemented by the government fund. Contemporarily, Influx of
established Medical and Dental Clinics in Tagudin ensure accessibility to health
security of the constituents.
EDUCATION
The municipality has only one school district headed by the OIC-District
Supervisor. It has one Central School, 15 complete elementary schools and 5
primary schools. There are two government schools namely; (1)
Tagudin National
High School, formerly Tagudin General Comprehensive High School and (2) the
Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College which offers secondary and tertiary
education with its Vocational Basic Study Course as its non-formal education
program.
Complimenting the public schools are non-sectarian private schools such as Saint
Augustine’s School, which offers kindergarten, elementary and secondary
education; the Seventh Day Adventist Multi Grade School and the UCCP offer
nursery level; the AIRTOP offers computer courses and the Tagudin Institute of
Science and Technology Foundation offers oriented vocational and technical
courses.
Following are lists of these schools:
NURSERY
Saint Augustine’s School
UCCP Nursery School
Tagudin Adventist Multi-Grade School
KINDERGARTEN
Saint Augustine’s School
UCCP Nursery School
Tagudin Adventist Multi-Grade School
ELEMENTARY
Tagudin Central School
Saint Augustine’s School
Ag-aguman Elementary School
Ambalayat Elementary School
Baracbac Elementary School
Becques Community School
Bimmanga Elementary School
Bitalag Primary School
Bio Elementary School
Cabulanglangan Primary School
Cabugbugan Community School
Garitan Elementary School
Las-ud Elementary School
Libtong Community School
Pacac Primary School
Pallogan Elementary School
Pudoc East Elementary School
Pudoc West Elementary School
San Miguel Primary School
San Pedro Elementary School
Tallaoen Primary School
Tampugo Elementary School
HIGH SCHOOL
Tagudin National High School
Saint Augustine’s School
Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College Laboratory H.S. (Tagudin Campus)
COLLEGE / VOCATIONAL SCHOOL
Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College (Tagudin Campus)
Tagudin Institute of Science And Technology Foundation Inc.
Asian Institute for Research and Technology of the Philippines, Inc.
HUMAN RIGHTS AND PROTECTION SERVICES
At present, the policemen are responsible in maintaining peace and order in the
municipality. These policemen have their respective duties according to the
place of their assignment, wherein the newly based Almazan Outpost and Bitalag
Market Satellite Outpost have shifting duties for the whole Twenty-Four hours.
Duties include night patrols, traffic management and providing social order.
There is also a fire station being manned by firemen, which has two (2) units of
fire trucks to serve the municipality and other adjacent towns of Tagudin.
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
As of 2004 the municipality has an estimated total income in the amount of P
37,238,247.00.
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