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Awards and Recognitions
The City Government of Bayawan received 31 awards and recognition in the calendar year
2024, from various levels – provincial, regional, and national.
Among the national level awards is the one given to the Local Government Unit (LGU) of
Bayawan as the Bayani ng Kaibigan on November 25, 2024 by the Society for the
Conservation of Philippine Wetlands. The LGU was also recognized in the National
Congress on Adoption and Alternative Care 2024 on June 27, 2024. Its Agricultural
Development Centers was also awarded the 2024 Galing Pook National Finalist (Harvest
from the Grassroots) by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on
October 24, 2024. Moreover, the Local Civil Registry Office (LCRO) of Bayawan City was
among the Top 10 Outstanding LCRO in the country, awarded by the Philippine Statistics
Office. Lastly, its Accounting Office was recognized as an Outstanding Accounting Office
for Fiscal Year 2023 by the Association of Government Accountants of the Philippines, Inc.
last October 9, 2024.
Some of the regional level awards received by the LGU was a Special Citation for Mental
Health Initiatives from the Department of Health (DOH) on October 10, 2024. The
Assessor’s Office was also awarded as the Top 1 Outstanding Quarter Report on Property
Assessments. Further, the Bayawan Tourism Operations also received the following
recognitions on November 7, 2024: Complaint 2023 Tourism Statistic Report, Compliant
2023 MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions) Report, and Most
Improved Tourism Officer.
For the provincial level awards, one of them was received by one of their councilors,
awarded on December 9, 2024 by the Provincial Councilors League/DILG/Province of
Negros Oriental as the CY 2024 Outstanding Local Legislator. The LGU of Bayawan also
received from the DOH on November 27, 2024 a Certificate of Recognition for Elimination
of Open Defecation.
The City Government of Bayawan has consistently been receiving awards and recognitions,
either as an LGU, represented by its offices, or by its officials and employees.
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