NorMin Best 21 for Gawad KALASAG Awards named

• Source:http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1461448351526/normin-best-21-for-gawad-kalasag-awards-named
• Tuesday, November 24, 2015

(EOR/PIA-10)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Nov. 24 – Twenty one (21) entries in northern Mindanao emerged as winners for 2015 Gawad KALASAG in northern Mindanao.

Seven regional winners emerged as placer to the national level: Lanao del Norte for Best Provincial DRRMC; Tubod and Bacolod towns in Lanao del Norte as Best Municipal DRRM (1st to 3rd Class and 4th to 6th Class respectively.

Ecosystems Work for Essential Benefits (ECOWEB), Inc. as Best Civil Society Organization (CSO); Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Regional Training and Teaching Hospital (MHARS RTTS, Ozamiz City, Best Government National Hospital; Our Lady of Perpetual Help Academy, Linamon, Lanao del Norte and Sacred Heart of Jesus Montessori School, Cagayan de Oro as Best Private Rural and Urban Schools.

Meanwhile, Cagayan de Oro City grabbed the Best City DRRM (highly urbanized city).

For Best City DRRM (component city), winners were Valencia City, Bukidnon (1st placer), Ozamiz City (2nd placer), and Malaybalay City (3rd placer).

Barangay Demologan, Bacolod, Lanao del Norte bagged Best BDRRM Rural Category.

Oro Rescue was likewise cited as champion in the Government Emergency Response Management (GEM) Basic Search and Rescue category.

Best Early Learning Center went to Barangay 18 Day Care Center, Gingoog City.

For public school urban, winners were Bukidnon National High School (1st placer) and Gusa National High School (2nd placer).

Public School Rural, Lala National High School (1st placer), Maranding Central School (2nd placer) and Salay Central School (3rd placer).

Regina Angelorum School of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, Best Private Rural School (second placer).

Tagoloan Municipal Police Station for Heroic Act.

Gawad KALASAG is a nationwide search made to recognize excellent initiatives in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and humanitarian action.

The prevention and mitigation criteria cover the risk assessment, plans, policies, and budget, early warning system, risk financing, environmental management, and infrastructure resilience, while the preparedness criterion includes the mainstreaming of DRRM programs and projects, DRRMC organization, approved plans, capacity development activities conducted, and partnership mechanisms.

Meanwhile, the criteria for the GEM category include the degree of risk or danger to the life of the rescue group in doing the operations against the possibility of saving lives (natural or human-induced disaster/complex emergency), existence of operations center, training (availed of by the group or provided to a certain group of responders), and recognition from the community or any organization; or accreditation from higher level search and rescue organization.

Director Ana C. Cañeda, Office of Civil Defense and chairperson of the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), region 10, thanked during the 6th Monthly Meeting of RDRRMC the cooperating RDRRMC member agencies who were part of the Regional Selection Committee (RSC).

Cañeda underscored the importance of the role of local governments as frontliners DRRM.