PUROK RED CORAL

We, the residents of Purok Red Coral, Laray, Bungtod, Bogo City, Cebu are proud to welcome you on our humble place where we show our value of hospitality to our beloved visitors. Our Purok aims to build a peaceful and protective environment.

VISION
We envisioned to offer better opportunities of its fellow residents by providing quality services that correspond to the demands of time and needs in our community.

MISSION
To improve the quality of life through varied services in health, agriculture, education, human risk reduction management, solid waste management, sports, environmental projects in our Purok Red Coral.

OBJECTIVES:

Health and Nutrition
To address the health status and nutrition of the residents, community's clean and green surrounding, beauty, and to render social services for the welfare of the people.

Agriculture and Livelihood
To enhance and improve the agricultural production through gardening, livestock raising and other decent way of finding source of income.

Education
To make alternatives in enhancing formal and non-formal education and promote culture and arts.

Urban Planning and Waste Management
To make innovations in reduction and segregation of waste and proper disposal of garbage.

Peace and Order and Environmental Protection
To make precautionary measures from disasters and maintain the essence of peacefulness and decency in the community and promote a place to visit.

Women and Child Protection
To promote safety and protection for women and children against abuses and develop the value of respect for human dignity.

Tourism
To show the value of hospitality and preserve the culture of Bogohanons and make proud to our beautiful and remarkable landmarks in our city.

Infrastructure
To develop projects with the access of 3 L’s: location, light and liquid.

Youth and Sports Development
To develop social awareness to the youth and build activities with regard in sports and other recreational activities.

Finance, Budget and Appropriations
To make usable of the funds and assistance in appropriate consumptions in the needs of the purok for project proposals and planned activities.

Disaster and Risk Reduction Management
To aware the residents on what measures to be done during the calamities and will occur in the future.



HISTORY OF PUROK RED CORAL

In a small sitio of Laray, Bungtod, Bogo City, Cebu, there were two puroks emerged, the Purok 1 which named as Purok Emerald and Purok 2 which named as Purok Red Coral. When the local government in the City of Bogo implemented the ordinance no. 007 - 2017 which was the adoption of the purok system in the city, the different barangays decided to split each sitio into halves and the, two puroks were built. The Barangay Bungtod had seven sitios namely, Bartolome, Nangka, Kalubian, Maharat, Laray, Upper Bungtod and Lower Bungtod and had 13 puroks. The barangay launched the different puroks on August 23, 2019. Purok Red Coral was awarded as fourth place during the launching.

The Purok Red Coral is located at Sitio Laray, a new built small community which has 54 households including sub-households in the year 2018 with an estimated of 116 registered voters, and with 202 total number of populations. Most of the residents were blood related as their family names stated: Villegas, Codera, Aton and they lived for long years in this place and as their family grown and they had chosen to live closely with each other. The purok had also a resident and he was Fruto Pega Tillor Sr., a 97 year old living man which from Cayang, Bogo whom transferred at Sitio Laray formerly Sitio Tabayho. He was a peasant farmer of Agaton Ybañez. The first to live in the place were the parents of Pampela, Clemencia, Ma. Mela, and Antonio Villegas.

The name of the purok was chosen as the barangay decided to name each purok from different stones. Yet, the red coral had also a manifestation to the residents of the purok. The center was made in wood, cement and ceiling. Its location was finally built near the dormitory of Felipe R. Verallo Memorial Foundation, Inc, and it was for the reason that it was not easy to ask from the owner of the land which the center planned to build on. It took couple of months to decide where it should be stood with, until, Mr. Avenido, the elected Purok President asked the help from Madame Clomen to find a land area where the center should be stood up.

The topography of Purok Red Coral is near at the Carole Dy's Nature Park and partially at the back of Felipe R. Verallo Memorial Foundation, Inc. and its purok center is located 313.87 m (1,029.76 ft.) from corner to the center which is near the school and its school dormitory. The surface area is a hill and the way to visit from a highway facing the City of Bogo Science and Arts Academy which buses from Cebu City always have their right turn. Its narrow street is a one - way which made of lime or "anapog" in Sinugbuanong Binisaya and the corner has a two-story house on the right and on the left is a signpost. The area has very old big tamarind tree which is grown for 40-50 years as estimated. The distance covered by the purok is 432.51 m (1,418.98 ft.) from corner to its boundary and the total land area of the purok is 69, 073.16 m² ( 743, 497.33 ft² ).

The purok center was established for public purposes and it was built by the cooperation of every resident through financial and human resources. It was designed by Mr. Dennis V. Ursabia and gradually, the center is ready for use as the end of October 2018. The purok system in Purok Red Coral was officially started on September 30, 2018 as the barangay captain headed the meeting for the two puroks in a purpose.