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“The importance of an annual festival which commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ must be centered in love, hope, devotion and faith. I wish everyone the best of the holiday season.”
-Assistant Secretary Roosque B. Calacat
Barangay Affairs Community Development, DILG

DILG RO2 recognized outstanding personnel performance, strengthened family bond and looked back a successful 2016 through the conduct of the Rewards And Recognition for Employees (RARE) on December 21, 2016 at Hotel Carmelita, Tuguegarao City. It was attended by the Regional Director, Assistant Regional Director, Provincial Directors, Cluster Officers, City and Municipal Local Government Operations Officers and the Regional and Provincial Office Personnel. Assistant Secretary for Barangay Affairs Community Development, Roosque B. Calacat, and Ms. Minette San Juan, National Drug Rehabilitation Coordinator were also present to grace the event.

As a thanksgiving celebration for a successful 2016, the activity started with a Eucharistic celebration presided by Fr. Nog Sibbaluca.

OIC-ARD Atty. Odilon L. Pasaraba, CESO V appreciated the successful conduct of the activity and emphasized that “recognizing outstanding performance of personnel is a perfect means to encourage and empower them to do better and to produce more. RARE, is a symbolic effort of the Regional Office in bringing together all DILG Personnel in the region, strengthening the bond so that all effort may be placed in one direction and to live and work in accordance to the region’s strategy, #R2GETHER, together with the mantra of the Department”.

Retirees of the year namely: Ms. Consuelo Castañeda, Ms. Lilia Victoria Castillo, Ms. Angelita Agabun, Mr. Celestino Miranda Jr. and Mr. Delfin Bagunu were also honored during the Pagpupugay at Pasasalamat.

 

As the most-awaited event of the activity, the following were declared winners:

Cleanest and Most Orderly Provincial Office/Division

Following the principles of the 5S, a methodical way of organizing the workplace, the working practices as well as the overall philosophy and way of working, The 5S team regularly conducts spot checking of official station to assess which among the provincial offices and divisions adheres to this requirement.

Regional Incentive for Productivity Enhancement (RIPE)

PD Ruperto Maribbay, Jr, CESO V (3rd from R) expresses his gesture of victory as he receives the BEST PROVINCIAL TEAM award from ASec Calacat(2nd from R) and Ms Soriano (R), during the Regional Awards And Recognition for Employees on December 21, 2016 at Hotel Carmelita, Tuguegarao City. With him are his team and RD Castaneda (6th from L)
Awarded for exemplary team performance of operations at the Regional Office Provincial and Cluster level for Calendar Year 2016.

Best Provincial Bottom-Up Budgeting Performer

Provincial Offices have been the counterpart of the Regional Office in Bottom-Up Budgeting Implementation at the grassroots level. The Success of the Program is due to the dedication and hard work of the Provincial Offices. To recognize their performance, the best performer was chosen by the Project Development Management Unit (PDMU) based on a criteria of timeliness and physical accomplishment.

Special award on initiative and innovation:

Chosen by the Cagayan State University for an exemplary and strategic performance in the delivery of targets and over-all service delivery to clients

In a message, RD John M. Castaňeda, CESO III stressed that the accomplishments of the Regional Office, Provincial Offices and all DILG personnel are the achievement of the Regional Director, being considered as a national finalist for the Tatag ng Agila, a Capacity Development Leadership Award conferred by LGA for Regional Directors with Exceptional strong advocacy and quality strategic responsive Capacity Development. He also thanked everyone for their support and commitment to the region’s strategy: #R2GETHER: Region 02 Guarantees Every Task is Harmoniously done with Excellent Result. This strategy, steered by the principle of TEAM work “Together, Everyone Achieves More”, served as the blueprint of the region to ensure smooth, systematic and successful implementation of various Programs, Projects and Activities that brought a number of awards to the region, as an institution and individually during his administration. He ends his message with a wish for a joyful and blessed 2017. ##LGOO V Ive B. Saludez