By Liza Soriano
MANILA — Senator Grace Poe has filed a resolution praising the 10 winners of the 2023 Galing Pook Award and urging them to serve as genuine examples for other local government units (LGUs) in improving lives within communities.
“The Philippine Senate proudly joins the Galing Pook Foundation and its partners in congratulating and commending the awardees of the 2023 Galing Pook Awards for their outstanding local governance programs that are truly inspiring and remarkable, and worth emulating in the rest of the country,” Senate Resolution No. 926 reads.
“Each year, we spotlight programs of our LGUs that reignite our people’s hope in the goodness of their public servants,” Poe added.
The awardees now join the pool of 230 LGUs and 357 programs that Poe highlighted as “worthy models for replication by other LGUs and national government agencies.”
The 10 awardees are:
- 1Bataan Seal of Healthy Barangay (Bataan)
- Fish From The Mountains: Bayawan Inland Aquaculture (Bayawan City, Negros Oriental)
- Happy Home: Integrated and Holistic Rebel Reintegration Program (Davao Oriental)
- Seal of Health Governance: Local Health Leadership Approach as Response from Pandemic to Super Typhoon (Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte)
- Shari’a Atas Bitiara: The Comprehensive and Balanced Conflict Resolution Mechanism for Muslims (General Santos City)
- Zero to Limpyo Iloilo: Movement for a Province-wide Zero Open Defecation (Iloilo)
- Virtual Queuing Management System for Health Centers (Makati City)
- Prehospital Care and Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Program (Pasig City)
- iRISE UP (Intelligent, Resilient, and Integrated Systems for the Urban Population) (Quezon City)
- Barangay Taloot Community-Based Integrated Approach (Barangay Taloot, Argao, Cebu)
(el Amigo/MNM)
