BONTOC, Mountain Province – The Municipality of Bontoc has been conferred a total of four awards to include three national awards and one recognition from the region.
Bontoc is one among only four Local Government Units (LGUs) in Mountain Province which has been awarded a High Functionality Rating in the 2022 National Anti-drug Abuse Councils Performance Award. Bontoc has been conferred the said award for the third time after having been awarded in the years 2019 and 2020.
Bontoc Mayor Jerome “Chagsen” Tudlong, Jr., SB Member Glenn Bacala, MLGOO Lourdes Claire Peel, Municipal Treasurer Lourdes Austria, Municipal Budget Officer Aida Lingbanan, and Municipal Accountant Yolanda Comafay received the said award at the Manila Hotel, Ermita, Manila on December 13, 2022.
Meanwhile, the 5th Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Award was received on December 14, 2022, at the Manila Hotel. Bontoc remains the only SGLG awardee in Mountain Province and is dubbed as an SGLG Hall of Famer after having been conferred the prestigious honor for the years 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2022.
The Municipality of Bontoc has also received a Certificate of Achievement from the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) on December 14, 2022 at the Hotel Supreme in Baguio City, after having been ranked as TOP 1 earner in terms of locally-sourced revenues in 2021 among ALL 2nd class municipalities in the Cordillera Administrative Region
Further, the Bontoc Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council has been rated BEYOND COMPLIANT in the 2022 Gawad KALASAG Seal for Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils and Offices.
BEYOND COMPLIANT ratings are given to those LGUs which EXCEEDED the standards for the establishment and functionality of the LDRRMCOs as prescribed under Sections 11 and 12 of the Republic Act 10121.
The awarding was held at the Newtown Plaza Hotel, Baguio City, on December 16, 2022, and was attended by Mayor Tudlong, MDRRMO Johanna Padaen, and LDRRMO II Meilynne Shalom Ayan.