Silago barangay is
2014 Lupon national winner
Press Release
September 30, 2015
MAASIN CITY – Brgy.
Hingatungan, Silago, Southern Leyte is the National Champion for
barangays in 4th-6th class municipalities in the 2014 Lupong
Tagamapayapa Incentives Award (LTIA) held at Marriott Hotel, Pasay
City on September 28, 2015.
On behalf of the Hingatungan
Lupong Tagapamayapa (HILUTA), Punong Barangay Alberto M. Orias
received the cash prize of P300,000 and a trophy. This is HILUTA's 4th
grip at the national awards – having won in 2001, 2007, 2012, and
2014.
A National Awards Committee
composed of officials from the DILG, Department of Justice (DOJ),
Supreme Court (SC), National Police Commission (Napolcom) and Liga ng
mga Barangay (LnB) chose the winners from lupons nationwide based on
the following criteria: a) Efficiency in Operations; b) Effectiveness
in Securing the Objectives of the KP Program; and c) Creativity and
Resourcefulness of the Lupong Tagapamayapa.
"The Lupong Tagapamayapa is
a big help not just in the speedy administration of justice in the barangays. It has also been a big aid to unclog our courts and allowed
the government to save billions," DILG Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento
said.
The LTIA aims to provide
recognition to performing Lupons, which are barangay
conflict-resolution bodies under the Katarungang Pambarangay Law in
1978 and strengthened by the Local Government Code of 1991.