Basista Nat’l Awardee of ADAC

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

BASISTA, Pangasinan – This small Pangasinan’s town under Mayor Jolly “J.R” R. Resuello has been feted recently by the Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as one of the national awardees from the 246 local government units (LGUs) in the country.

The DILG said the awardees have been honored during the 2023 Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Awards held at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Quezon City.

NATIONAL AWARDEE. Basista Mayor Jolly R. Resuello (center) is all smile as he receives the national award from the Anti-Drug and Abuse Council held at the Crowne Plaza Manila Galleria in Quezon City.

DILG Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. said that the 246 awardees were chosen based on the ADAC functionality and sustainability of drug-free or drug-cleared status.

They were selected, Abalos said, based on the percentage of completion rate of graduates versus enrollees at the Community-Based Drug Rehabilitation Program (CBDRP).

“ADAC is a multi-sectoral council responsible for the formulation of plans and the implementation of local anti-drug abuse programs, projects and activities in a particular locality,’’ he explained.

ADAC is chaired by the local chief executives at the provincial, city and municipal levels.

In addition to the ADAC Performance Awards, the DILG stressed that special recognitions were given to LGUs for their outstanding efforts in implementing effective drug rehabilitation programs and initiatives in their communities under the CBDRP.

The theme for the awarding ceremony is “Bayang Pinag-isa ng Diwa Laban sa Ilegal na Droga”, which is in line with the President’s call for the nation to unite against the danger of illegal drugs.

Basista was part of the 37 LGUs in Region-1 that received the national plaudits.

Aside from the town, other Pangasinan local government units that were feted were Anda, Burgos, Calasiao, Malasiqui, Mangatarem, Mapandan, San Manuel, Sta. Barbara, Sta. Maria, Tayug, Urbiztondo and Alaminos City.

 MEANWHILE, together with the officials of Basista, Mayor Jolly R. Resuello became a recipient of another award from the 2023 Gawad Parangal Ng Nutrisyon.

This town and the municipalities of Burgos, Mangatarem and Bayambang and the cities of Alaminos and Urdaneta all in Pangasinan raked seven of the seventeen awards given by the National Nutrition Council (NNC) – Region-1 to the local government units in the four provinces’ region.

 The feting of the award was held in November 23, 2023 at Ariana Hotel in Bauang, La Union.

The 13 villages’ Basista received the 2022 Green Banner Seal with compliance rating of 96.51% from the Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) given by the Provincial Nutrition Committee of Pangasinan.

The award ensued because of the collaboration by Resuello – the Municipal Nutrition Committee Chairman – with Vice Mayor Dante P. Bustarde, Sangguniang Bayan Members Councilor Teresita S. Erguiza (Chairman Committee on Health), Ms. Lorelei G. Licuanan (Nutrition Officer II/Municipal Nutrition Committee Co-Chairperson), Dr. Lilibeth A. Fermin (MHO) and Barangay Malimpec Chairman Joseph Mamaril.

The Resuello Administration has been given also the following special recognitions:

• First 1,000 Days Program LGU Adopters in the Region • LGU with Established Nutrition Office • With Consistent Reduction on their Prevalence Rates from 2021 to 2023 basis on the Operation Timbang (OPT) plus results on the following indicators:

1. Combined Stunting and Severely Stunting; 2. Combined Overweight and Obesity; Combined Wasting and Severely Wasting.

Moreover, Dr. Ana de Guzman, the Pangasinan Provincial Officer 2 of the Provincial Nutrition Action Office (PNAO), bagged the 2022 Regional Outstanding PNAO in Region 1.