Traditional Earners Top Bicol Municipal LGU’s 2006 Income

The municipal port of Pilar (Sorsogon), the jump-off point for inter-island vessels to various destinations like the towns of Masbate province. Passengers inside one of the vessels staring outside.
Port of Pilar: A welcome sight that seems discomforting : The emerging face of urban dent, unplanned residential-commercial enclave, posing danger to both residents and travellers, and threatens ecological balance, too.

For the fiscal year of 2006, 33 out of 107 Bicol municipal LGUs earned an income over and above the P50M mark. Camarines Norte capital town of Daet topped with an annual income of P158M followed by Albay’s premier town of Daraga. CamSur’s Pili earned P77M to place 6th. Catanduanes capital of Virac earned P65M for the 17th.

Big town Labo, ranked 2nd for the province of CamNorte is listed 3rd for the region. Libmanan ranked 1st for the province but came down 4rth for Bicol. Calabanga earned P72.8M which is 3rd for the province and 11th for the region. Bottom of the list is Mercedes, small in land area but big in making an annual income, lands 4rth for the province but 33rd for the region.

Out of 33 LGUs on the table, CamNorte had 4 on the top list, 7 for Albay, 11 from CamSur, 5 from Sorsogon, 5 from Masbate and 1 from Catanduanes. Below is the table for easy reference:
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Provincial Rank Regional Rank Province Municipality Income
1 1 Camarines Norte Daet 158,093,136
1 2 Albay Daraga 117,879,733
2 3 Camarines Norte Labo 96,351,409
1 4 Camarines Sur Libmanan 91,578,580
2 5 Albay Polangui 79,248,901
2 6 Camarines Sur Pili 77,301,739
1 7 Masbate Aroroy 76,556,024
3 8 Albay Guinobatan 76,453,540
1 9 Sorsogon Bulan 75,133,693
4 10 Albay Camalig 73,025,141
3 11 Camarines Sur Calabanga 72,852,000
5 12 Albay Libon 72,264,239
4 13 Camarines Sur Sipocot 68,133,000
5 14 Camarines Sur Nabua 66,795,000
6 15 Camarines Sur Tinambac 65,951,000
6 16 Albay Oas 65,867,183
1 17 Catanduanes Virac 65,641,597
7 18 Albay Tiwi 64,484,620
7 19 Camarines Sur Ragay 64,431,505
2 20 Sorsogon Pilar 62,446,995
8 21 Camarines Sur Bula 61,884,788
2 22 Masbate Claveria 61,507,299
3 23 Masbate Milagros 60,740,504
9 24 Camarines Sur Lagonoy 59,650,000
3 25 Camarines Norte Jose Panganiban 59,486,863
3 26 Sorsogon Gubat 58,983,270
4 27 Masbate Cataingan 58,496,060
10 28 Camarines Sur Buhi 55,990,000
11 29 Camarines Sur Caramoan 55,374,000
4 30 Sorsogon Castilla 53,751,124
5 31 Sorsogon Irosin 53,640,939
5 32 Masbate Cawayan 53,557,977
4 33 Camarines Norte Mercedes 53,096,440

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Effective Fiscal Management: Seventy seven municipal LGUs saved between P1M to a max of P78.8M for the fiscal year in our review. Daet topped with the most savings. Masbate town of Pio V. Corpuz prudently saved P1M to get listed for the 77th. Calabanga saved P2M for the 59th. Check out the table below:

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Regional Rank Province Municipality Savings
1 Camarines Norte Daet 78,809,415
2 Camarines Sur San Jose * 15,820,000
3 Masbate Aroroy 14,136,418
4 Camarines Sur Sipocot 13,071,000
5 Albay Guinobatan 12,227,001
6 Masbate Claveria 11,615,709
7 Albay Daraga 11,614,798
8 Albay Santo Domingo 10,787,905
9 Sorsogon Casiguran 10,785,844
10 Camarines Sur Libmanan 10,245,346
11 Camarines Sur Caramoan 10,205,000
12 Masbate Mobo 9,610,000
13 Masbate Mandaon 9,088,704
14 Catanduanes Pandan 8,872,832
15 Camarines Sur San Fernando 8,778,734
16 Albay Rapu-Rapu 8,073,876
17 Masbate Dimasalang 7,686,085
18 Sorsogon Castilla 7,384,125
19 Sorsogon Gubat 7,296,430
20 Albay Tiwi 6,899,672
21 Camarines Sur Ocampo 6,669,351
22 Camarines Sur Pili 5,763,972
23 Camarines Norte Paracale 5,731,963
24 Masbate Milagros 5,678,815
25 Camarines Norte Mercedes 5,639,541
26 Sorsogon Bulan 5,528,138
27 Masbate San Jacinto 5,465,154
28 Camarines Sur Del Gallego 5,244,485
29 Catanduanes Caramoran 5,030,696
30 Sorsogon Sta. Magdalena 4,995,880
31 Sorsogon Prieto Diaz 4,830,746
32 Catanduanes San Andres * 4,726,917
33 Albay Malinao 4,713,746
34 Camarines Sur Tigaon 4,320,000
35 Masbate Monreal * 4,226,000
36 Camarines Sur Bato 4,052,137
37 Catanduanes Baras 4,005,880
38 Sorsogon Juban 3,946,211
39 Masbate Uson 3,933,108
40 Camarines Norte San Lorenzo Ruiz (Imelda) 3,909,602
41 Camarines Norte Jose Panganiban 3,728,570
42 Camarines Sur Tinambac 3,269,000
43 Camarines Sur Buhi 3,204,000
44 Catanduanes San Miguel 3,093,788
45 Camarines Sur Siruma 2,992,389
46 Camarines Norte Vinzons 2,865,895
47 Masbate Cataingan 2,849,358
48 Camarines Norte Santa Elena 2,839,185
49 Sorsogon Donsol 2,665,527
50 Camarines Sur Presentacion 2,646,309
51 Catanduanes Bagamanoc 2,550,897
52 Camarines Sur Bula 2,547,526
53 Camarines Sur Pamplona 2,458,408
54 Camarines Sur Camaligan 2,453,328
55 Masbate San Fernando * 2,409,239
56 Camarines Sur Milaor 2,317,838
57 Catanduanes Viga 2,230,972
58 Masbate Palanas 2,183,628
59 Camarines Sur Calabanga 2,087,000
60 Albay Bacacay 1,965,015
61 Camarines Sur Lagonoy 1,944,000
62 Camarines Sur Nabua 1,934,000
63 Camarines Norte Capalonga 1,779,317
64 Camarines Sur Garchitorena 1,738,380
65 Sorsogon Irosin 1,688,910
66 Albay Malilipot 1,680,199
67 Camarines Sur Gainza * 1,675,526
68 Catanduanes Bato 1,618,621
69 Catanduanes Virac 1,409,926
70 Camarines Sur Balatan 1,333,174
71 Camarines Sur Baao 1,315,000
72 Sorsogon Matnog 1,169,947
73 Albay Camalig 1,125,959
74 Camarines Sur Bombon 1,095,480
75 Masbate Esperanza 1,082,908
76 Masbate Placer * 1,021,160
77 Masbate Pio V. Corpuz 1,016,198

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Deficit LGUs: We have a short list of 16 municipal LGUs which had a deficit for the 2006 fiscal year led by Albay towns of Libon for a total of -P15M+, Polangui, -P3.3M+, and Oas, -P3.2M+. Labo which is a top earner is also a big spender ending the year with a negative P2.7M. Find below the table and ranking:

Regional Rank Province Municipality Deficit
1 Albay Libon -15,099,919
2 Albay Polangui -3,321,214
3 Albay Oas -3,213,180
4 Camarines Sur Goa * -2,987,166
5 Camarines Norte Labo -2,700,587
6 Albay Jovellar -2,692,188
7 Sorsogon Magallanes -2,632,564
8 Camarines Sur Minalabac -2,543,386
9 Masbate Cawayan -2,161,010
10 Camarines Sur Ragay -1,582,610
11 Masbate Batuan -991,531
12 Masbate Baleno * -687,176
13 Camarines Sur Cabusao -555,080
14 Albay Pio Duran -189,960
15 Masbate San Pascual * -186,169
16 Camarines Sur Magarao -129,458

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Internal Revenue Allotment: The CamSur town of Libmanan received a good share of IRA from the national government, or 93.21% of its annual income.  Top earner CamNorte capital Daet is not IRA-dependent, its share is  39.47% of its yearly source of budget.

Albay’s Daraga LGU also has low share of IRA which ranged into the 46.20% of its total yearly income.  Calabanga’s total receipts include a good percentage of  84.56%  reliance on the revenue allotment from the national government.

For other LGUs listed about here, just divide the IRA with the total annual income to arrive at the municipality’s share and dependence on allotments.
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Regional Rank Province Municipality IRA Allotment
1 Camarines Sur Libmanan 85,367,039
2 Camarines Norte Labo 84,620,886
3 Masbate Aroroy 69,688,479
4 Camarines Norte Daet 62,397,660
5 Albay Libon 62,258,033
6 Albay Guinobatan 62,008,541
7 Camarines Sur Calabanga 61,605,000
8 Albay Oas 61,576,570
9 Camarines Sur Tinambac 61,136,000
10 Camarines Sur Ragay 60,687,620
11 Albay Polangui 60,645,244
12 Sorsogon Bulan 60,192,002
13 Camarines Sur Sipocot 59,900,000
14 Masbate Milagros 59,892,460
15 Camarines Sur Pili 58,472,432
16 Sorsogon Pilar 57,757,527
17 Camarines Sur Lagonoy 56,810,000
18 Camarines Sur Nabua 55,350,000
19 Camarines Sur Bula 55,306,639
20 Catanduanes Virac 54,774,582
21 Albay Daraga 54,467,880
22 Camarines Sur Buhi 51,526,000
23 Masbate Cawayan 51,174,333
24 Camarines Norte Jose Panganiban 51,085,312
25 Albay Camalig 50,176,534

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Just wonder how LGUs spend allotment for Education, Culture & Sports with the amount listed on annual budget.  Polangui topped the list with +P8.1M for 2006.  Two more Albay towns, for a total of three, provided higher money more than any other in the entire region.

Interesting that Cataingan of Masbate shelved a serious amount  for education. So with CamNorte’s Daet and Labo.  Goa, Pili and Calabanga provided over P2M for the same category.

Regional Rank Province Municipality Education, Culture & Sports
1 Albay Polangui 8,134,905
2 Albay Daraga 5,973,166
3 Albay Tiwi 4,659,443
4 Masbate Cataingan 3,714,113
5 Camarines Norte Daet 3,029,138
6 Camarines Norte Labo 2,679,530
7 Camarines Sur Goa * 2,565,113
8 Camarines Sur Pili 2,354,066
9 Camarines Sur Calabanga 2,314,000
10 Albay Libon 2,253,450
11 Masbate Cawayan 1,958,982
12 Albay Guinobatan 1,591,780
13 Catanduanes Virac 1,554,096
14 Camarines Sur Libmanan 1,516,287
15 Albay Camalig 1,355,000
16 Camarines Sur Nabua 1,213,000

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To be continued.


Thanks and photos courtesy of Dr. Elnora A. Brocales.
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