Best Performing Barangays known
The Best Performing Barangays in different categories are awarded today, Nov. 21, at the Newtown events center, in the presence of the respective grassroot level unit officials, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Director Atty. Anthony Nuyda as keynote speaker, Baguio City Field Office (BCFO) Director Millicent Carino, Congressman Mauricio Domogan, Mayor Benjamin Magalong and Vice-Mayor Faustino Olowan who share their messages during the program.
In the DILG Best Performing Barangays Kalinisan Program; Halina’t Magtanim ng Prutas at Gulay (HAPAG) sa Barangay, Slaughterhouse (Santo Nino), Scout Barrio, Middle Rock Quarry, Atok Trail and Upper Market Subdivision topped the category while for the Barangay Kalinisan Day (BARKADA); Middle Rock Quarry, Andres Bonifacio, BAL-Marcoville, Brookspoint, South Drive, Lower Lourdes Subdivision, Lower Rock Quarry, Fort del Pilar, West Bayan Park, North Central Aurora Hill, Kabayanihan, Malcolm Square-Perfecto, Imelda Village, Scout Barrio and Magsaysay Private Road are all winners.Still with the DILG Kalinisan Program, the Barangay Road Clearing Operations (BARCO), barangays Camdas, Gabriela Silang, Scout Barrio, Quezon Hill Proper, Aurora Hill Proper, Andres Bonifacio, Manuel Roxas and Guisad Surong acquired the score for the win.
In the category Social Protection and Sensitivity; the most outstanding barangays are:
- For Nutrition – Atok Trail,
- For Persons with Disability (PWD)-Friendly – Slaughter House Area (Santo Nino),
- For Sustainable Local Development – Country Club Village,
- For Reading Center – Upper Rock Quarry,
- For Child-friendly – Upper Rock Quarry,
- For Senior Citizen’s Organization – Gabriela Silang,
- For Women’s Organization – Atok Trail,
- For Gender and Development – Happy Hallow,
In Environmental Management, the most outstanding in health, sanitation and environmental protection and management is Scout Barrio barangay.
The most outstanding business-friendly and competitive barangay is South Sanitary Camp.
The most outstanding in financial housekeeping is Hillside, while for disaster risk reduction and management, the most outstanding is Palma Urbano.
For Safety Peace and Order, Abanao-Zandueta-Chugum-Kayang-Otek (AZCKO) has the most Outstanding Barangay Lupong Tagapamayapa; while runner-ups are Palma and Slaughter house area. Special Citations are given to Legarda-Burnham, Middle Rock Quarry, Upper Rock Quarry, East Bayan Park, Loakan Proper, Poliwes, Lourdes Subdivision Extension, Irisan, Quezon Hill Proper and Magsaysay Private road as they have outstanding ratings for their Lupon.
The most outstanding barangay in Peace and Order and Drug Prevention is Middle Quirino Hill.
For the Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangays (SGLGB), this is an assessment and recognition system to distinguish local government units with outstanding performance.
The passers for SGLGB are:
- Alfonso Tabora
- Andres Bonifacio• Atok Trail
- Aurora Hill Proper
- AZCKO
- Bakakeng Central
- Camdas
- Camp 7
- Camp Allen
- City Camp Central]
- City Camp Proper
- Country Club Village
- Dominican Hill-Mirador
- East Bayan Park
- Engineers Hill
- Fairview Village
- Fort Del Pilar
- Hillside
- Holy Ghost Extension
- Honeymoon
- Imelda Village
- Kabayanihan
- Kias
- Legarda-Burnham-Kisad
- Loakan Liwanag
- Loakan Proper
- Lourdes Proper Subdivision
- Lourdes Extension Subdivision
- Lourdes Lower Subdivision
- Lower Quirino Hill
- Lower Rock Quarry
- Magsaysay Private Road
- Middle Quirino Hill
- Middle Rock Quarry
- MRR Queen of Peace
- Palma-Urbano
- Poliwes
- San Antonio Village
- San Roque Village
- San Vicente
- Santo Tomas Proper
- Scout Barrio
- South Drive
- Teodora Alonzo
- Trancoville
- Upper Market Subdivision
- Upper Quezon Hill
- Upper Quirino-Magsaysay
- Upper Rock Quarry
- West Quirino Hill
The outstanding barangay districts are:
- District 5, for Financial Administration and Sustainability; in Disaster Preparedness; Safety, Peace and Order; Business-Friendliness and Competitiveness;
- District 5
- District 12, for Social Protection and Sensitivity; and
- District 3, for Environmental Management.
After assessment by the Government and City Performance and Assessment Team (GPATS/CPATs) the Sustainable Development through Meaningful Participation, Accountability, Responsive and Transparent (SMART) barangay governance awards for the Overall Best Performing Barangays are:
- Gibraltar
- Gabriela Silang
- Hillsid
- Santa Escolastica
- Legarda-Burnham-Kisad
- City Camp Central
- City Camp Proper
- GEFA – Lower Quirino Magsaysay
- Palma Urban
- Upper Quirino Magsaysay
- Middle Rock Quarry
- Andres Bonifacio
- MRR Queen of Peace
- Guisad Surong
- Camdas Subdivision
- Middle Quirino Hill
- West Quirino Hill
- North Central Aurora Hill
- East Bayan Park
- San Antonio Village
- Happy Hallow
- Lucnab
- Outlook Drive
- South Drive
- Atok Trail
- Liwanag-Loakan
- Camp 8
- Military Cut-off
- San Vicente
- Lourdes Subdivision Extension
- Lower Lourdes Subdivision
- Upper Quezon Hill
- Magsaysay Private Road
- South Sanitary Camp
- Trancoville
- Holy Ghost Extension
- Holy Ghost Proper
- Honeymoon-Holy Ghost
The seven top barangays for the Best Performing Barangays are: Imelda Marcos, AZCKO, Victoria Village, Upper Rock Quarry, Brookside, Slaughter House Area (Santo Nino) and Lower Rock Quarry who receives Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000) each.
The Grand Champion or Most Outstanding barangay is Scout Barrio with a prize of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pesos (P150,000.00), followed by runner-up Country Club Village with a prize of a Hundred Thousand Pesos (P100,000.00). Another runner-up, Kabayanihan barangay receives Seventy-Five (P75,000.00) cash award.
All the barangays underwent stringent evaluation and assessment from the GPATS and CPATS from July onwards, in coordination with the DILG Field Office. – jgfianza, with reports from the Special Services Division – City Mayors Office (SSD – CMO)
