Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao's Updated Summary of Accomplishments

Bayambang – the fifth capital of the 1st Philippine Republic – keeps the revolutionary spirit of our country's forefathers alive, with Mayor Cezar T. Quiambao at the helm.

Revolutions come and go as former mortal enemies become best of friends, and to
businessman/entrepreneur-turned-public servant Dr. Cezar T. Quiambao, a new revolution needs to be forged in keeping with the times, as he saw first-hand how his own people were still mired deep in poverty despite 400 years of existence.

So on August 28, 2017, the man whom one Manila Times feature rightfully dubbed as "a man of many firsts" took it upon himself to launch his Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan, probably the town's biggest battle since Andres Malong and Juan dela Cruz Palaris staged a revolt against the ruling Spaniards in 1660 and 1763 and Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo fought off the American invasion in 1899.

Armed with formidable experience in the global corporate world and his visionary and transformative style of leadership, Mayor Quiambao developed a multi-pronged approach in facing a complicated enemy head-on, based on his vision of Bayambang as a smart town with five major attributes: (1) observant of best practices in local governance, (2) caring deeply for its citizens while steeped in its rich historical and cultural heritage, (3) has a robust economy backed by strong infrastructure, (4) unafraid of modern agriculture, and (5) resilient in times of calamity and observant of green practices.

In all five respects, Mayor Quiambao brings his brave, even daring, vision to the table, even in the face of various setbacks and withering, politically motivated criticisms.

For three years in his first term, he made history in all fronts, and into his second term, it feels like he has just started rolling up his sleeves, using the Bayambang Poverty Reduction Plan 2018-2028 as his 'bible,' for which he gave the marching orders to be drafted. 

Here's a cursory look at his background and personal accomplishments.

Personal Background

Date of Birth: November 17, 1948

Place of Birth: Bayambang, Pangasinan

Education: University of the East, Accountancy (1969)

Profession: Certified Public Accountant

Work Experience

Over 3 decades of executive experience in various industrial activities, infrastructure and development projects, information technology applications, management knowhow and corporate planning, and banking, finance and investments

Former Executive Vice-President of PT Green Timber Jaya, a leading timber company in Indonesia (1977)

Former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Alliance Development Corp.

Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Stradcom Corp.

Landmark Projects

2008 Automated Elections of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao

LTO-IT Stradcom project

Land Registration Authority’s land titling computerization project

Metro Manila Skyway project – a groundbreaking project worth USD514M and a pioneer in utilizing the Build, Own and Transfer (BOT) scheme between the government and private sector (now called PPP, PPPP, or P4 for public-private partnership projects)

STAR (Southern Tagalog Arterial Road) Tollway, through the BOT scheme, a project immensely benefiting Calabarzon or the southern Tagalog provinces.

Partner in establishing the Guam Regional Medical City, a USD219M tertiary hospital; the Second Vivekananda Bridge Tollway in India, a $145M project; and another tollway project in Vietnam.

Back home: Put up the CSF Rural Bank of Bayambang to provide microfinancing programs to help small entrepreneurs.

Initiated through CS First Green Agri-Industrial Development, Inc. the development of an extensive bamboo farming industry in seven towns in Western Pangasinan, an “inclusive growth” project.

Helped establish the College of Information Technology in Pangasinan State University-Bayambang in 2000, and the number and quality of its graduates 19 years hence are quite evident.

2004: Founded the Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation Inc. with the help of Bayambang ex-Councilor Levin Uy to help out-of-school youth and the unemployed through trainings and seminars in TESDA-accredited courses and livelihood projects. In 2016, his foundation was the 3rd runner-up during the National Literacy Awards given out annually by the National Literacy Council. In 2018, KKSBFI was 2nd runner-up.

2012: Put up his own mall in the heart of town, the Royal Mall, the first mall in Bayambang.

2014: Financed Bayambang's attempt to snatch the world record on the longest barbecue grill from Turkey, with 8,000 pieces of fish grills that altogether are 8 kilometers long.

Awards

2013: Recipient of a Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) degree from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Graduate School and Open University during their Commencement Exercises on April 25, 2013

2014: Recipient of the prestigious Asna Award for Business given out by the provincial government of Pangasinan to select achievers

September 28, 2019: declared Most Outstanding Jubilarian Award by his alma mater, University of the East (UE), Manila

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As a Municipal Mayor, his accomplishments are equally something to reckon with:

GOOD GOVERNANCE

Reorganization

Reorganized the LGU, transferring employees to where they should fit best according to skill set and qualification. 

Created new offices (General Services, Public Order and Safety, Public Information, Tourism, Information and Communications Technology, Legal, Cooperative Development) and, with this, dozens of plantilla positions, as deemed urgent and necessary.

Created a special department as a coordinative body, the Bayambang Poverty Reduction Action Team, to fast-track poverty alleviation measures through the Bayambang Poverty Reduction Action Plan 2018-2028, plan crafted with the help of then Municipal Administrator Atty. Rodelynn Rajini A. Sagarino, who used her connections at the National Anti-Poverty Commission where she used to work.

Legislation

Fast-tracked the passing of essential ordinances and resolutions, including the updating of the obsolete Tax Code and Market Code.

Computerization Project and Fiscal Management

Stamped out corruption through his full disclosure policy.

Initiated the LGU-wide computerization project. As a result, local revenue increased from P244.6M in 2016 to P390.8M in 2018, affording the town more than a half a billion pesos for its 2019 budget. The number of registered businesses also increased from 774 in 2014 to 1,231 as of July 2019.

Intensive Tax Education Campaign

Took huge political risk in his massive tax education campaign, resulting in Bayambang snatching the 5th place in local revenue collection efficiency nationwide.

Streamlined Business Application/Processing

Updated the Citizen's Charter and streamlined the application for business by establishing the Business Processing and Licensing Office and One-Stop Shop/Negosyo Center with the help of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Department of Science and Technology (DOST) right at the entrance of Municipal Hall, cutting business application time to just one day.

Bayambang Smart Card

Introduced the Bayambang Community Service Card, a smart card, to serve as a screening tool for bona fide Bayambang residents and is designed to offer other features in the future such as discount card, etc.

Due to the LGU-wide computerization project involving a Full Revenue Generation System and an Input-Output Management System, Bayambang received the following DigitalCitiesPH awards from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT): Best in eGov Systems for Global Competitiveness, Best in eGov Digital Finance Empowerment, and Best in eGov Customer Empowerment.

Public Information/Documentation Services 

May have pioneered the publication of an official municipal newsletter in print format, “Balon Bayambang,” even well into the digital age, knowing a huge percentage of his constituents remain without access to the Internet. This is on top of a host of other print publications, complemented by official Facebook pages, website, and other social media accounts.

Personnel Growth and Development

With his background as CEO, relentlessly pursued personnel growth and development, through orientations, seminars, training-workshops, free uniform, gym equipment, free CSC exam reviews, increase in the number of permanent and casual status of employees, wellness program, financial wellness program, etc.

Broke ground with the LGU Ville project for employees who want to acquire their own home and land at low interest rates.

Granted 50% scholarship for masteral and doctorate degrees in PSU Bayambang.

Dramatically increased the number of official vehicles to make it more convenient for employees to bring the local government's services to the barangays.

Municipal Infrastructure

Renovated the Municipal Hall, including the building of new rooms and upgrading of office furniture. 

Renovated the old Covered Court into the plush-looking Balon Bayambang Events Center, which features full air-conditioning, world-class restrooms, shower rooms, and Tarraflex rubberized flooring. 

Renovated the Legislative Building, and for the first time, provided Municipal Councilors their own separate offices.

Built a municipal canteen, the Kusina ng Balon Bayambang.

Constructed the Municipal Annex Bldg. to decongest the old Municipal Hall.

Constructed the Municipal Warehouse in Brgy. Telbang as repository of important documents.

Extensively renovated and expanded the Municipal Motorpool.

Application for ISO Certification

Facilitated the application of the LGU for certification in ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management Systems).

Participatory Governance 

Routinely consulted all Punong Barangays in his regular executive sessions with them, one positive result of which is the barangay profiling project, to determine the needs profile of each barangay.

Activated, reactivated, and created many special bodies, enjoining many constituents from all walks of life to lend a hand in their area of expertise in partnership with the LGU.

Controversial Issues 

Did not shy away from delicate issues such as the case of the relocated Bayambang Central School, the demolition of the Homeowners Saving Bank sitting on plaza grounds, the case of the former Mangabul Lake which has now become an agricultural land, and other land and property disputes.

SOCIOCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL PROTECTION

Health

Increased the budget for medical services, improved and expanded Rural Health Unit (RHU) I (Municipal compound) and RHU II (Wawa), and pushed for the establishment of RHU III (Carungay) and RHU IV (Macayocayo), and even added an RHU V (Pantol) in his plans despite losing there during the 2019 elections.

Introduced the automation of medical records through the paperless iClinicSys.

Initiated the establishment of the St. Vincent Ferrer Dialysis Center, a private facility.

Hired a licensed Municipal Nutritionist to give special attention to the town's malnourished children, drastically improving the health of underprivileged youngsters.

Made possible, through his contacts, several medical missions in partnership with private groups from Manila and the US, benefiting tens of thousands of locals in need of free urgent medical, dental, and surgical attention and eye care.

Gave his all-out support to health education programs and feeding activities of the National Nutrition Council, with year-round lectures, seminars, trainings, and the like.

Secured almost USD$1M worth of donated medical supplies and equipment from World Medical Relief Inc. for RHU III and RHU IV.

Housing 

Facilitated the establishment of ANCOP Village, a socialized housing project for members of DSWD’s Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, in partnership with Couples for Christ-Answering the Cry of the Poor, Mojares family of Canada, and Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation.

After 50 long years, was able to start disposing the LGU's Magsaysay property to long-time occupants at an attractive payment scheme. He also gladly welcomed free land titling offers from the DENR.

Education 

As concrete proof of his paramount concern for education, donated his salary to the Local School Board, which goes a long way in benefiting teachers and students through school infrastructure projects, free school supplies, sports funding, and other forms of assistance.

As of last count, benefited 931 college students in 2019 as recipients of financial assistance.

Transferred and expanded the Municipal Library to a repurposed structure and made it a Tech4Ed library offering a cache of e-Gov services, including free online appointment for PSA certificates, NBI clearance, passport, PRC license or exam, and SSS or PhilHealth membership.

Launched the Anti-Bullying Campaign in schools after bullying was found to be a major reason why some local youth quit schooling.

Launched Honesty Stores in schools to help foster an anti-corruption culture among the youth.

Helped Bayambang Central School win the Department of Education's 2017 National Best Implementer of Brigada Eskwela award.

Launched the Community-Based Literacy Program for grade-school nonreaders through the help of the Pangasinan State University-School of Advanced Studies Satellite and Bayambang Poverty Reduction Action Plan.

Livelihood

Organized, through the Public Employment Services Office, several job fairs, attracting hundreds of applicants.

Employed hundreds for road construction and other infrastructure projects as emergency employment strategy.

Using private funds, rewarded seed capitals to special groups such as the LGBTQI, the ice-cream manufacturers of Brgy. Bani, a mobile meat dealer (who was awarded with an expensive refrigerated trike), and other beneficiaries.

Aided 1Food Corp. to tie up with the Pangasinan State University-Department of Science and Technology 1 Food Innovation Center in the production of vacuum-fried vegetable chips.

Threw eager support for DSWD's Sustainable Livelihood Programs, winning for Bayambang DSWD's PaNaTa Ko sa Bayan GAPAS Award in March 2019 as a “Model in Microenterprise Development.”

Outreach Project: Komprehensibong Serbisyo sa Bayan

Benefited tens of thousands of Bayambangueños with his community outreach program, Komprehensibong Serbisyo sa Bayan, an expanded medical-dental mission that resulted in a roving one-stop shop of LGU services, giving barangay folks a taste of local government services and a first-hand experience of transactions right at their doorstep, spelling great convenience to people in the 66 outlying barangays which have extremely limited means of going to the Poblacion.

Special Services for Interest Groups 

Organized special groups which were either vulnerable to poverty or showed potential in helping him win his Rebolusyon Laban sa Kahirapan: PWDs, poor and ill-equipped fathers, abused women and children (for whom the Abong na Aro/House of Love project in Wawa of the Local Council of Women headed by wife Mary Clare Judith Phyllis 'Niña' Jose-Quiambao was built), solo parents, LGBTQI, and young artists.

Leveled-up the celebration of mass weddings he officiated, making it more memorable for unmarried couples.

Held special free late birth registrations for those who had encountered various problems because they lacked PSA-authenticated birth certificates.

Tourism, Culture and Arts 

Paved the way for many firsts in the field of culture and arts through his consistent support of artistic and cultural endeavors through the reactivated Municipal Council for Culture and the Arts:

- First official hymn, the "Bayambang Hymn"

- First official social dance, the “Lanceros de Bayambang”

- Institutionalization of SingKapital or the commemoration of Bayambang as the country's fifth capital during the 1st Philippine Republic

- First-ever official Tourism Jingle

- First-ever official Binibining Bayambang jingle

- First-ever coffee-table book on Bayambang, "Subol na Pananisia" authored by Dr. Clarita D.G. Jimenez, which he helped finance

- First-ever NCCA-independent and student-driven Culture Mapping Project (through the initiative of indie film director and Bayambang National High School teacher Christopher Q. Gozum), to inventory, document, and catalog the most important cultural resources of the town and help bring direction to the planned Bayambang Museum and thus hopefully preserve the town’s historical-cultural patrimony

- First-ever Municipal Tourism Office, which was instrumental in making the annual fiesta tradition and other celebrations thrilling and memorable, with such landmark events such as the first-ever riverside mural painting contest, first-ever cutest baby contest, and other fun, creative ideas, not to mention the lavish and star-studded holding of Bb. Bayambang beauty pageants using private funds

Improved the Municipal Public Plaza by creating a flower garden and erecting a giant ‘Balon Bayambang’ signage, now a favorite spot of locals and visitors alike to take selfies.

Treated the town's children to an annual animated Christmas display, the Paskuhan sa Bayambang, the biggest in the country according to the Rosario family of the COD Mall Christmas display fame in Cubao in the '70s.

Built a Mini-Amusement Park with fun rides at the plaza through public-private partnerships.

Continuously supported the annual Pamaskong Handog Christmas party for underprivileged children, an idea conceptualized by ex-Councilor Levin N. Uy.

Broke ground with the construction of the St. Vincent Ferrer Prayer Park, with a 50.23-meter tall bamboo statue of the town's patron, St. Vincent Ferrer, as its centerpiece, thus snagging for Bayambang a second Guinness World Record title.

Won the Department of Tourism’s Pearl Award for the 2017 Best Tourism Week/Month (Municipality) category.

Sports

Gave unstinting support to school and LGU sports tournaments, being a sports fan himself.

Gave full support behind Levin Uy's ZumBayambang, reportedly the biggest group of Zumba enthusiasts in the province.

Built a basketball complex with a comfort room at the back of the public plaza.

Routinely offered free live viewings of boxing matches.

Introduced heretofore unheard of sporting events in town, such as the Color Run, Blacklight Run, celebrity basketball matches, Padyak Laban sa Kahirapan (a fun cycling event), and the ‘Bayambang-athlon,’ a fun run with an even more fun obstacle course.

Peace and Order

Funded the fencing of the local PNP station.

Allocated hefty subsidies for the police in the municipal budget.

Established community police precincts in 9 districts, bringing peace and order services closer to the people.

Gave steadfast support to President Rodrigo R. Duterte's "War on Drugs," but with strong emphasis on drug rehabilitation, making Bayambang a Gold Awardee in the first-ever National Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Award, the only municipality in Pangasinan and one of only four awardees throughout Region I.

AGRICULTURAL MODERNIZATION

May have pioneered a systematic town-wide farm mechanization program, to increase production at lower cost through the use of tractors, combine harvesters, rice transplanters, and other modern farm machinery.

Complemented this by ensuring all farm inputs (seeds, seedlings, fertilizers, pesticides, fingerlings, garden tools) were well provided for, so our food producers would cease being among the town's poorest.

Established the Municipal Cooperative Development Office, to oversee the town’s cooperatives, with 15 compliant co-ops so far whose combined capitalization is P7,313,519.61.

Built seed drying pavements to dissuade farmers from using the roads and roadsides for the purpose.

Other notable agricultural infrastructure projects under his watch include: greenhouse in Amancosiling Norte; Department of Agriculture grants such as a grain storage with cold storage in Manambong Parte, a mini-dam in Telbang, solar irrigation facility in Amancosiling Norte, etc.

Sponsored the processing of the necessary papers for the Bayambang Pump Irrigation Project, with the help of the National Irrigation Authority.

Sponsored the processing of the necessary papers for the Pantol-to-San Gabriel 2nd Farm-to-Market Road with 3 Bridges Project, to be funded by the World Bank and the Department of Agriculture's Philippine Rural Development Program.

Organized the Millennial Farmers' Association, to recruit young people in the business of farming and made agriculture subjects a requirement in high school, to make sure that the town's main source of livelihood will live on in the next generations, Bayambang being mainly an agricultural town.

Organized the Bayambang Organic Movers Association to help introduce and promote best practices in organic farming for higher-value crops and yields.

Encouraged all barangay households with empty backyards to help sustain local food security by growing their own vegetable gardens and for communities to have their own vegetable gardens as well with self-sustaining barangay nurseries.

ECONOMIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

Fixed the town’s sorry state of infrastructure, prioritizing projects that would benefit the masses.

- Extensively renovated and expanded the Public Market one block at a time.

- Extensively renovated and expanded the Municipal Slaughterhouse.

- Built a temporary Bagsakan and Food Court in a privately donated land.

- Built a temporary Central Bus Terminal in a privately donated land.

- Renovated the old Tricycle Terminal into a far better-looking terminal, to the eternal gratitude of long-suffering tricycle drivers and operators.

- Secured donated lots for a planned new Bayambang Central Fire Station.

- Built some 15.426 km of new core local access roads in 77 barangays from 2016 to 2019.

- Finished 8 satellite markets (talipapas) in different districts in 2017 to decentralize the public market and encourage business in the outskirts of town, 

- Improved the drainage system to help prevent flooding through regular declogging work around Poblacion, and building new drainage systems for Brgys. M.H. del Pilar and Magsaysay, through  DILG's Performance Challenge Fund.

- Constructed deep wells in 8 barangays with assistance from DILG's SALINTUBIG Program.

- Built boundary signages in the four boundaries of the town (Bautista/Calvo Bridge, Tampog/Camiling, Malimpec, Nalsian Norte).

- Constructed a new bus stop for Manila-bound buses with a community police precinct on the second floor.  

- ONGOING: Addressed the acute congestion in the Public Cemetery by constructing a Bonery.

For the first time, the municipal government spent the 20% Development Fund from the IRA for its intended purpose: infrastructure projects for all 77 barangays. This resulted in the completion of long-overdue projects around the barangays, including new and/or renovated barangay halls, barangay plaza stages, senior citizen’s halls, street pathways, day care centers, waiting shed, footbridge, school drainages, basketball courts, road repairs and asphalting, and school infrastructure and improvement works, not counting unreported private initiatives like construction and/or repair of churches, chapels, homes, and other requested projects that caught his concern. (Municipal Engineering Office's estimate of cost from 2016 to 2018 is P313M.)

Updated the town's obsolete Comprehensive Land Use Plan with the help of the world-famous urban planner Palafox Associates.

ONGOING: Developing the area in front of St. Vincent Catholic School into the Bayambang Commercial Strip, with 30 units of commercial stalls

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND DISASTER RESILIENCE

For the first time, instituted 24/7 governance through the Bayambang Emergency Hotline, #4357, and Command Center, with the complementary services of POSO, MDRRMO, and RHU 1 (for women giving birth only).

Increased the number of CCTV cameras from a few dozens to 146 cameras scattered in strategic corners of the town, significantly lowering crime incidents and speeding up emergency response to vehicular accidents.

Complemented the above with the installation of the town's first traffic lights and new streetlights and street signages.

Dramatically increased the number of disaster response vehicles. The latest acquisitions include 9 rescue vehicles, 2 mini-dump trucks, a wheeler payloader, 2 rescue boats, 5 ambulances, a county bus, a flexi-truck, and a wing van.

Upgraded the Wawa Evacuation Center into a pilot evacuation center, complete with modular tents, couples’ room, children’s play area, and breastfeeding section. 

Included a local weather station, frequent earthquake drills, and intensive training of an expanded set of MDRRMO staff as part of disaster resilience strategy for the town.

Bravely pushed for two unpopular moves: enforcement of R.A. 9003 through garbage segregation and regulation of single-use plastics and Municipal Ordinance No. 26. s. 2017 banning smoking in public places.

Rehabilitated the Materials Recovery Facility (MRF), distributed waste segregation facilities, and bought one garbage truck and a collection of garbage processing equipment.

Complemented these efforts with frequent clean-up drives, the planting of tree seedlings at the MRF and along Agno River, production of UP Los Baños-certified organic fertilizer, and production of vermicompost.

Arranged with a third-party in Urdaneta City to take care of the proper disposal of plastic wastes.

Devised a 10-Year Solid Waste Management Plan.

Appointed Barangay Basura Patrollers, and ordered all barangays to have their own MRFs. 

Distributed 800 units of water-sealed toilets to poor families.

Massively reforested the Agno riverbank with bamboos sourced from India. 

AWARDS RECEIVED

2016-2019
2016
•             Fire Service Recognition
•             DENR-EMB Recognition for Sustainable Composting Facility
•             Seal of Child-Friendly Governance 2016
•             Regional Awardee in the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index 2016 (#2 in Region I and #1 in Pangasinan)
•             DILG Commendation for Good Financial Housekeeping
•             Seal of Retiree-Friendly Community
•             DSWD-DILG’s Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance for 2016
•             DILG Seal of Good Local Governance for 2016
•             Kasama Kita sa Barangay Foundation, Inc., (KKSBFI) was declared as third runner-up in the National Literacy Awards in a ceremony held at SEAMEO-INNOTECH, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City on December 8, 2016.
•             2016 Sandigan Award from the Armed Forces of the Philippines Retired Veterans Association, Inc. “for being a beacon of hope, courage, and devotion”
2017
•             Pamadayaw ti DOH 2017 Award - 2 consecutive years of Exemplary Award on Newborn Screening; given by DOH RO1
•             Scroll of Honor from Red Cross awarded on July 28, 2017 by Red Cross Chairman, Senator Richard Gordon
•             DSWD Best LGU Partner in the Implementation of Sustainable Livelihood Programs
•             2nd place in the provincial nomination for the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Award 2017, an award that aims to “strengthen the Katarungang Pambarangay as an indigenous conflict resolution structure at the grassroots level and a  potent vehicle toward social ordering and human development"
•             100% Drug-Cleared Municipality
•             DILG Seal of Good Local Governance for 2017
2018
•             Superbrands’ Most Outstanding Mayor Award for 2018, one of only two recipients in Pangasinan and 22 recipients nationwide
•             2nd Place, 2018 National Literacy Conference and Awards, Sept. 6, 2018
•             Blood Services Platinum Award for frequent blood donation drives
•             Best Tourism Week/Month (Municipality) at the Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines-Department of Tourism 9th Pearl Awards
•             Best in eGov Systems for Global Competitiveness (G2W), Best in eGov Digital Finance Empowerment (P2G), and Best in eGov Customer Empowerment (G2C) in digitalcitiesPH 2018 Awards
•             DILG Seal of Good Local Governance for 2018
•             Commendation from PNP-RO1 for “invaluable support in the implementation of programs and projects of the PNP”
•             DSWD-DILG’s Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance for 2017
•             Gold Awardee in 1st National Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Award, the only municipality in Pangasinan and one in only four awardees in Region I
2019 Awards
•             DSWD PANATA-GAPAS Award for the LGU’s convergence efforts in support of DSWD’s projects under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP)-Microenterprise Development Model, Feb. 15, 2019, Landbank Plaza, Malate, Manila
•             DSWD Region 1 PANATA-GAPAS Award for the LGU’s convergence efforts in support of DSWD’s projects under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP)-Microenterprise Development Model, Mar. 1, 2019, Hotel Ariana, Bauang, La Union
•             Municipal Agriculture Office, Top 1 Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. Solicitor in 3rd District of Pangasinan for 2019
•             Top 5 nationwide in Local Revenue Efficiency for 2017 according to Bureau of Local Government Finance, July 5, 2019, Manila
•             Overseas Workers Welfare Administration-Regional Welfare Office 1 awards for Migrant Desk Officer and Action Desk Officer on Employment Concerns Gerenerio Q. Rosales, Dennis Flores, and LGU-Bayambang
•             Grand Winner in Community-Based Responsible Tourism category of 14th Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines-Department of Tourism (ATOP-DOT) Pearl Awards for LGU-Bayambang National High School Bayambang Culture Mapping Project, October 4, 2019, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
•             1st runner-up in Best Tourism Week/Month Celebration category of 14th ATOP-DOT Pearl Awards for Tourism Week 2018, October 4, 2019, Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
•             Finalist in 2019 Most Business-Friendly LGU Award given out by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Oct. 4, 2019; one of only 16 1st municipality finalists in the country
•             Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) commendation in recognition of the Mayor's "exceptional support to the effort and success" of the National Anti-Illegal Drug Campaign, October 8, 2019, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan
•             Best LGU in Implementation of Gender and Development (GAD) Initiative in Region I during the DSWD-RO1 Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program Partnership Summit, Dagupan City, October 11, 2019
•             Winning of Robert and Ann Marie Castañeda family of Manambong Sur as Region I 2019 Huwarang Pamilya by DSWD Regional Office I
•             Recognition of Robert and Ann Marie Castañeda family of Manambong Sur as Region I 2019 Huwarang Pamilya by DSWD National Office
•             Finalist, 2019 Most Business-Friendly LGU Award by Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), October 4, 2019, McKinley Hill, Taguig City
•             Bayambang Municipal Library, Top 7 in 10 Most Diligent Public Libraries in the Philippines in 2019, National Library of the Philippines, October 22, 2019
•             Hall of Famer as 5-time Awardee at the 2019 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), November 5, 2019, Manila Hotel, Manila
•             Finalist, Best in eGov Data Driven Category, Digital Governance Awards, Local Government Units’ Best Practices in Information and Communications Technology, November 26, 2019, Manila
•             2019 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) Awardee, Department of Trade and Industry-Region 1, December 11, 2019, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, City of San Fernando, La Union
•             Perfect scorer in 2019 National ADAC Awards, Dec. 16, 2019, Manila
•             3rd Most Outstanding City/Municipal Nutrition Committee for Quality Nutrition Program and 4th Top Performing LGU in Public Health Program Implementation, 9th Provincial Health Summit & 2018 LGU Scorecard Awarding Ceremony, Lingayen, Pangasinan, December 10, 2019
•             Seal of Child-Friendly Municipality, DILG-R1, Lingayen, Pangasinan, December 12, 2019



References:
https://www.facebook.com/BalonBayambang/

A complete list of awards reaped by LGU Bayambang under his watch can be found here: https://bayambangmunicipalnews.blogspot.com/2018/12/lgu-bayambang-awards-received.html


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