Broadly represented, the barangay development council (BDC) made the BDP possible. The rigors in data and development strategies benefited from the technical expertise and perspectives of sector representatives.

The senior advisor, Jelson Garcia, steered the BDP process all throughout. He prepared the framework; facilitated a series of planning workshops; led the review and reconstruction of barangay history; did the layout, graphics, drafts, and overall edits of the publication, pro bono.

The barangay council, led by barangay captain Eufrosenio Guillermo Jr., brought the BDC members together. Council members coordinated the profiling and sector planning. Thanks to committee chairs including kagawad Wennie Vallejos (social affairs), Leoncio Diaz III (peace and order), Jan Vincent Lopez (finance and administration), Romeo Mateo (education), Joselito Colasito Sr. (infrastructure), Reynaldo Apilado Sr. (health and sanitation), Vic Facunla (agriculture), and Mark Caccam (SK chairman).

Health and daycare workers provided much grounded information, allowing the BDC to prioritize needed improvements in health and nutrition services. Thanks to Rita Gasmin (barangay nutrition scholar), Lilia Salvia (barangay health worker), Hazel Quijano (child development worker) and Mary Elinore Lino (nurse deployment project staff).

Primary and secondary education specialists underscored the improvements and continued challenges schools must confront. Thanks to Profetiza Salamanca (principal of Notre Dame of Katiku), Michael Lanuza (Sitio Sumilalao elementary school teacher), Elmer dela Torre Sitio Sumilalao elementary school principal), and the Katiku Central Elementary School (KCES) teachers: Rocky Canoza Sr., Warren John Dimalanta, Meriam Guillermo, Jean Apilado, and Lelanie Colasito.

Farmers, religious and other community-based organizations also enriched the discussion with their empirical knowledge, data, and recommendations. Thanks to Jose Dumrigue (senior citizen representative and former local official), Ruben Valdez (farmers’ association president), Roger Perono (religious sector representative), and Nerissa Ayson (CSO representative). The peacekeeping force representatives Leo Lozano (Cympil), Noel Gasmin (tanod president) and Rogelio Damian (Marshal president), informed the group on the urgent and long-term needs for peace and order.

More than the logistical arrangements, the barangay office staff helped tremendously in the financial diagnostic, which allowed the BDC to identify significant areas to improve in the fiscal management and administrative performance of the barangay. Thanks to Jovey Lozano (treasurer), Cathlene Joy Balaba (secretary), Lelibeth Taghap (bookkeeper) and Corazon Arcibal (utility staff).

Government agency officers walked the BDC through the programs, opportunities, and procedures the barangay should consider when mobilizing resources from the government. Thanks to Glormin Lanuza (social welfare officer), Mae Ann Estabillo (social welfare assistant) and Julius Sablay (agricultural extension worker).

Special thanks to ‘oral historians’ who shared their recollections of the early history of Katiku. Through focused group discussions, key informant interview, and exchange via messenger, they reinforced and clarified accounts that are reflected in the reconstructed history of the barangay. They are Pedro Camangeg Jr. (born in 1937, arrived in Katiku when he was 2 years old), Pablo Rufino Jr (born in 1943 in Katiku), Luviminda Pascual Diaz (born in 1939, arrived in Katiku when she was at grade 5),  Erlinda Santos Bajas (born in 1942 from San Jose, Nueva Ecija), Benigno Garcia Sr. (born in 1943 from Pura, Tarlac), Exequel Engaran (born in 1935 from San Jose, Nueva Ecija), Francisca Cuevas (born in 1940) and Perla Rufino.

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Disclaimer: The BDC applied rigors in the data used in this publication. The primary and secondary data employed were subjected to verification and updating. Any records considered inconsistent with the record of others and any factual inaccuracies were not intended. The BDC takes responsibility for any data gaps identified and welcomes those who can help update them.