Southern Leyte’s
Barangay Hingatunggan wins as 1st runner-up for LTIA national award
By R.G.
CADAVOS, PIA Southern
Leyte
December
20, 2011
MAASIN CITY, Southern
Leyte – Barangay Hingatunggan in Silago town is this year’s Lupon
Tagapamayapa Incentive Award (LTIA) 2011 search first runner up at the
national level.
The search spearheaded
by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the
Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines conducted its awarding
ceremony December 7 at Malacañang Palace with no less than Pres.
Benigno S. Aquino III gave the awards to the winners as the guest of
honor, DILG Information Officer designate Loren Abrau-Aniciete
reported to PIA-Maasin this morning.
Barangay Hingatunggan
received a P50,000 cash and a plaque, Aniciete disclosed in a phone
interview, adding that the awarding ceremony was attended by Silago
Vice-Mayor Pacita Almine, Hingataunggan Barangay Chairman Rosalinda
Lumaas and Municipal Local Government Operations Officer Jhonel
Añavesa based in Silago.
Local Government
Operations Officer IV Aniciete revealed that “within a decade of the
Lupon Tagapamayapa Incentive Award (LTIA) search, Barangay
Hingatunggan won four times as a national finalist and twice as
national nominee,” referring from year 2001-2010.
The national LTIA
winner went to Barangay Quezon, Mainit of Surigal del Norte and
Barangay Ambassador,Tublay from Benguet province as second ruppner up,
Aniciete added.
It was learned that
the LTIA program aims to give recognition to Lupons who have showed
exemplary performace in exercising the time-honored tradition of
amicably settling disputes among barangay constituents and it also
strengthens the Katarungang Pambarangay (KP) as an indigenous comflict
resolution structure at the grassroots and can generate greater
awareness amng, and support from various sectors in society.
