BARANGAY PROFILE

Barangay Cagbolo is one of the coastal rural barangay in the municipality of Magallanes, province of Sorsogon. It is bounded on the north by Barangay Cagtalaba, on the south by Barangay Hubo, by Barangay Tagas on the east and Sorsogon Bay on the west. It has a total land area of 293.11 hectares divided into seven (7) puroks.

It has a total population of 1089 individuals composed of 550 males and 539 females and a total household of 241 with an average household size of 5 individuals based on Rapid Community Based Monitoring System Census of 2014.

Barangay Cagbolo has 21 children under 1 year old and 159 children 0-5 years old. Children 6-12 years old is composed of 189, these are the children in elementary years while there are only 123 members 13-16 years old in high school years. There are 267 members of the labor force who are employed.

The Barangay Health Center of Cagbolo is the primary health care provider in the barangay administered by the Barangay Health Worker and assisted by Midwife from the Municipal Health Office. There is also a Barangay Nutrition Scholar who organizes nutrition-related programs, projects and activities in the barangay. Based on the result of the validation, there are 14 malnourished children in the barangay and there were no records of children under 5 years old who died and women who died due to pregnancy related causes.

Barangay Cagbolo has a Day Care Center which accommodates children ages 3-5 and an elementary school from Grade 1 to Grade 6; Cagbolo High School is also present.

The barangay is accessible through motorized or non-motorized boats but regular trips going to and from the barangay is not yet established. There are no credit institutions in the barangay however it is only 1 hour away from the Central Business District of the municipality of Magallanes where lending institutions are present.

The barangay’s source of water came from its own water source wherein 208 households have access while the remaining 33 households are accessing water from dug well, deep well and spring.

Electricity in the barangay is accessed only by 182 households through the Sorsogon Electric Cooperative I (SORECO I), the local electric cooperative servicing the southern part of Sorsogon province. However, at present, the barangay had availed of the program for indigent household electrification which will be implemented this year, 2015.

Seventy three percent of the households in the barangay are burning their garbage or waste (176), 29% are into composting and 26% and 17.4% are throwing garbage in an open pit and into bodies of water such as river, respectively. Some households are practicing waste segregation (24) while some are throwing in a closed pit (35). There are also a 17 households who are practicing waste recycling in the barangay.

Barangay Cagbolo is generally a peace manageable community with only two (2) recorded household victimized by crime. There are 18 Barangay Tanods that conducts regular patrolling to ensure peace and safety in the barangay.