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.
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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.
Reimagining the Queen Province of the North
by Pauline Songco, Staff Writer
The Daily Tribune, 12 Mar 2018
To liken oneself to a scarecrow is no common act for the people of Isabela. Stick figures dressed in tattered but colorful hand-me-downs, the Bambanti, an Ilocano term for “scarecrow”, greatly resembles the people living in this province: inventive, diligent, focused and resourceful.
Often hoisted in fields to fend off birds, pests and other forms of threats to their crops, the Bambanti has become a symbol of a farmer’s determination to earn what he planted, feed his family and produce for his community.
The Bambanti has also a great reminder of an Isabeleños relentless attitude, the kind that is persistent amidst storms that frequently visit the province, a fact that stands true to what Isabela had experienced seven years ago with typhoon Juan.
Nevertheless, the Bambanti symbolizes the province of Isabela’s national economic presence as the country’s center of agriculture and in the future the premier agro-industrial hub in the pacific.
Founded on May 1, 1856, through a royal decree by the Spanish government, the province of Isabela, named after Queen Isabela II of Spain, has 34 municipalities and three cities, allproducing high-value agriculture crops that serve as their representation. These are showcased during the annual Bambanti Festival.
