TABUK CITY, Kalinga – The City Local Government Operations Office (CLGOO) has recognized the top five urban and rural barangays during the Barangay Night held June 25 at the People’s Gymnasium being this year’s Gangsa awardees.
The Gangsa Award is given to determine the level of performance on leadership in barangay governance, according to CLGOO Helen Lacuesta.
This award is also used as a tool for performance-based assessment in the 43 barangays.
The top five winners for the rural barangay categories are Lucog, Tuga, Masablang, Lanna and Malalao. For the urban category, Bulanao was declared the over-all winner; with Dagupan Weste, Dilag, Ipil and Laya East in second, third, fourth, and fifth place respectively.
One set of gong, plaque and PhP100,000.00 for Lucog and Bulanao are given being the over-all winners; and PhP75,000.00; PhP50,000.00; PhP30,000.00;and PhP20,000.00 with plaques for the other four barangays who won from both categories.
Honorable Alejandro Cos-agon, Liga ng mga Barangay president, City Mayor Darwin Estrañero, DILG Provincial Director Anthony Manolo Ballug, CLGOO Helen Lacuesta presented the awards to the winners.
With the DILG as partner in nation building specifically at the barangay level where they conceptualized an assessment tool dubbed as Seal of Good Local Governance in Barangay designed to recognize and incentivize barangays for exemplary performance in governance, public service, and development initiatives. It aims to promote transparency, accountability, and responsiveness among local government units (LGUs) at the barangay level.
Through this project, the city continues to promote the culture of excellence in service delivery in consonance with LGU’s mandate to pursue development efforts through the promotion of economic services, social protection, education, peace and order and public safety, business friendliness, health services and environmental management with the end in view of uplifting the economic life condition of the people.
Gangsa or gong is an instrument used by indigenous peoples as accompaniment or music of their dances during festivities. The sound of the gongs serves as a guide while performing their assigned task in a group dance during occasions such as weddings and other events. By Darwin S. Serion
