Labrador Ranks 15th Place Nationwide on DILG’s SubayBAYANI Award

 1 of the 100 Awardees Among 1,715 LGUs in Ph

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

LABRADOR, Pangasinan – This fourth class town was a recent awardee  as No. 15 nationwide of the highly acclaimed SubayBAYANI Award of the Department of Interior Local Government (DILG).

Labrador, Pangasinan Mayor Ernesto Acain crows to all and sundry the town's SubayBAYANI Award given recently to the town by the Department of Interior and Local Government. Among the 1,715 provinces, cities and municipalities nationwide, Labrador was No. 15 and part of the 100 LGUs and DILG field offices all over the country to receive the coveted accolade.

Mayor Ernesto Acain told Northern Watch Newspaper that the DILG through Undersecretary for Local Government Marlo L. Iringan wrote him a letter about the accolade in winning the SubayBAYANI.

Subaybayan ang Proyektong Bayan (SubayBAYAN) is the official online system monitoring of the DILG that provides real-time information on the physical and financial status, as well as the information on the actual location, implementation, and other basic data of the local funded projects (LFPs).

“As your partner in advancing sustainable local development, we wish to recognize your role as champion of M&E (monitoring and evaluation) systems and advocates for the preservation of transparency and accountability in the conduct of local project implementation and management. In this light, the DILG is honored to congratulate your LGU for qualifying as one of the recipients of the 2022 SubayBAYANI Awards,” excerpt of the letter.

Among the 1,715 provinces, cities and municipalities nationwide, Labrador was part of the 100 LGUs and DILG field offices all over the country to receive one of the most coveted awards given by the DILG.

The coastal town is one of the poorest towns in the gargantuan province. Acain defeated in the May 9 election this year Labrador's two-term's mayor Dominador Arenas. 

The plaque of appreciation given to the local government of Labrador, Pangasinan from the DILG.

Among the 100 recipients of this year, 54 have been awarded with exemplary partners and 27 for excellent performances in local project implementation of their respective category. The accolades included the top 20 overall performers for municipalities, top 4 for cities, top 3 for provinces, and 27 awards have been given for notable performances and implementation of the growth equity fund (GEF), SBBP, and others.

According to the Facebook Page of the DILG in Region 1, out of the forty - four towns and four cities in Pangasinan, only Labrador and Bautista towns won the plaudits given last December 12 at the Cocoon Boutique Hotel in Quezon City.

Other LGUs that won the SubayBAYANI in Region -1 were Rosario and Agoo towns in La Union Province.