Cordillera Lingkod Bayani awardees

EDITORIAL

It was fitting that the Civil Service Commission Cordillera regional office, in celebration of 115th anniversary of the Philippine Civil Service gave recognition to the region’s 2015 Outstanding Civil Servants in an awards ceremony dubbed “Parangal para sa mga Lingkod-Bayani ng Kordilyera” at the Baguio Country Club last week.

Feted were Presidential Lingkod Bayan award semi-finalists, Professor III Teodora Balangcod of the University of the Philippines – Baguio and Medical Technologist  Lilibeth Martin  of the Abra Provincial Health Office.

Also recognized were CSC Pagasa award semi-finalists: Municipal Civil Registrar Mary Anne Timbreza of  Tayum, Abra and the Rice Group of the Kalinga Provincial Agricultural Services Office.

Balangcod was considered top contributor of University of the Philippines Baguio for her significant researches now benefitting the college and other schools in the region. With her various awards (local, national and international), she significantly helped elevated the image and prestige of UP Baguio and the entire UP system.

Martin is a staunch advocate of the preservation of health and life through early detection of disease and proper treatment. She designed and implemented an effective and efficient malaria management program that led to declaration of  Abra as malaria-free  and with a P1 million cash award.

For Timbreza, she headed digitization of the Local Civil Registry documents of Tayum, Abra and initiated reconstruction of around 10,050 LR records in the municipality.

Kalinga’s Rice Group, on the other hand, was cited as instrumental in ensuring food security in the province through increase in rice production that contributed to local economy and farmers income; increase in efficiency of technology transfer and development of entrepreneurial capability of farmers and increase in organic farming, among others.

The rice group was led by Jose Casibang and with Lucena Agurin, Jennyrose Bolislis, Rosalina Gapasin, Myrna Garao, Delia Gonzalo, Margarita Juan, Sol Lawagan, Veronica Mora and Lerma Nievas, as members.

CSC Senior Commissioner and acting chairman Robert Martinez led awarding of recognition to the Lingkod-Bayani of Cordillera. He was assisted by Mayor Mauricio Domogan o Baguio, CSC Regional Director Marilyn Taldo and CSC Assistant, Regional Director Cornelia Rillera.

Martinez, in his message, urged awardees to continue inspiring others by living with excellence in their lives, preserving their integrity and asserting their principles. Achieving service excellence in public service is not reaching  the destination but a continuing journey, he said. Congratulations to the awardees!