PGI receives the 2018 SGLG Award
November 6, 2018 - Provincial Governor Faustino "Bojie" G. Dy III leads the officialdom of the Province of Isabela, together with DILG Provincial Director Corazon Toribio, as they receive the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Award from the Department of Interior and Local Government today at the Tent City, Manila Hotel.
This is the fourth year in a row that the Provincial Government of Isabela receives the SGLG Award, the seal of approval recognizing PGI's excellence in service delivery and being an agent of "gobyernong may malasakit tungo sa pagbabago at patuloy na pag-unlad" by passing the seven areas: Financial Administration, Disaster Preparedness, Social Protection, Peace and Order, Business-friendliness and Competetiveness, Environmental Management, and Tourism, Culture and the Arts. The SGLG is the most prestigious award given by the DILG to top performing local government units.
Congratulations to Governor Bojie G. Dy and Tonypet Albano for once again making Isabela as the best-managed Local Government Unit in the Philippines.
Isabela tumanggap ng 2018 Climate Reality Leadership Award
Isa na namang karangalan ang natanggap ng Lalawigan ng Isabela. Nito lamang Lunes, ika-5 ng Nobyembre, ang Pamahalaang Panlalawigan ng Isabela ay isa sa mga napili upang tumanggap ng prestihiyosong Allen S. Quimpo Climate Leadership for Governance Memorial Award, isang karangalang ipinagkakaloob sa mga lokal na pamahalaan, organisasyon, at indibidwal sa buong bansa na nagpapatatag ng climate leadership sa pamamagitan ng programa o aksyon na nakatutulong sa pagresolba ng climate crisis sa buong bansa.
Ang pagkilala ay ibinigay ng The Climate Reality Project Philippines, isang non-profit organization na itinatag ni Nobel Laureate at dating US Vice President na si Al Gore. Ang 2018 Climate Reality Leadership Awards ay ginanap sa National Museum of Natural History sa Maynila.
ISABELA tops SGLG Awards for the 4th year in a row
The Provincial Government of Isabela is now Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) awardee, FOUR times in a row, having copped the most coveted "Seal" in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
The "Seal" symbolizes integrity and good performance of Local Government Units. It is a continuing challenge for provincial, city and municipal governments to do better today and in the years to come in terms of financial administration, disaster preparedness, social protection, and peace and order, plus essential criteria such as business friendliness and competitiveness, environmental management and protection, tourism, culture and the arts.
Isabela's Bambanti Festival 2018
By Jovial WandererMonday, March 05, 2018
Every year, the province of Isabela in Northern Luzon, celebrates Bambanti Festival, a thanksgiving of the province's sustained agricultural dominance. Its strength can be seen in its position as the Philippines' no. 1 corn producer and as a surplus producer of rice, enabling them to supply the staple crop in Metro Manila and other provinces.
*Bambanti is Ilocano for "scarecrow", considered as a symbol of the diligence, creativity, resilience and vigilance of the Isabeleños.
Performers from the municipality of Alicia, winner of the Best Street Dance Contingent
(Photo from YMV & Associates)
Celebrated this year from January 22 to 27 with the theme, "Isabela Kong Mahal", various competitions were held showcasing the talents of the Isabeleños and the province's top products.