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Outstanding Governorship Award 2013

BREAKTHROUGHS, INNOVATIONS, FORESIGHT Aside from bagging the 2011 Seal of Good Housekeeping for
good governance and sound fiscal management, and a citation as
His first term as Governor was a period of sterling the Region’s Most Outstanding Anti-Red Tape Act Implementer
accomplishments. It was also a time for him to be known as a for 2012. Isabela also obtained the highest marks in the regional
“Breakthrough Governor”, for implementing revolutionary competition for Disaster Preparedness, with its Provincial Disaster
programs and initiatives such as his administration policies of Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) adjudged as
granting “One College Scholarship Per Farming Family” and Most Outstanding PDRRMC in the 2012 Regional Gawad Kalasg.
expanding the coverage of the Provincial College Scholarship Isabela now has the most active, highly trained, responsive, and
Program to include a non-honors component. These policies best-equipped 24/7 rescue team in the Region 02, because of
significantly increased the number of provincial scholars from the Disaster Action and Response Team or DART 831. Disaster
568 to 12,000. and risk reduction and management are now concrete concepts
His innovativeness and foresight fueled the banner program to students, school teachers, and residents in the barangay level
of his Administration, the BRO SMALL FARMER PROGRAM, because of the trainings and orientation activities conducted
which is the most comprehensive and first of its kind pro-farmer pursuant to Governor Dy’s directives. The Provincial Government
program in the Philippines. This addresses the most urgent and has also conducted seminars and workshops to ensure that
important small farmers’ needs like college scholarship for their search and rescue workers are sufficiently trained and equipped
children, transport and seed subsidy, free healthcare coverage with the knowledge required in calamity situations.
up to P150,000.00 and free Philhealth membership, livelihood Governor Dy’s Executive Order creating the PROVINCIAL
loan facility, accident insurance, and social security coverage. COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OR PCDC made Isabela
Two years into its continuing implementation, and after effecting the pilot province in Region 2 to establish and institutionalize a
the infusion of technology and training to modernize agriculture, provincial cooperative council. As a result of this initiative, the
and the establishment of modern post-harvest facilities and mini- cooperative office of the Provincial Government regularly studies
dam irrigation facilities, the province of Isabela remains the 10th proposals for possible funding, helping many marginalized
richest province in the country, the Top corn and rice producer, residents realize their entrepreneurial aspirations. This has earned
and one of the biggest contributors to national food security – for the province the recognition as 2012’s MOST OUTSTANDING
proof of the viability and sustainability of his initiatives and of the LGU COOPERATIVE OFFICE in the Philippines.
significant impact of the program on agricultural productivity.
This fact was acknowledged by the Philippine Government which
recognized Isabela as the 2011 Over-all Regional GAWAD SAKA
Champion, and the Outstanding Province in the Agri-Pinoy Rice
Achievers Award in March 2013.

With President Aquino and Agriculture Secretary Alcala at the
Mindanao Grains in Isabela, Southeast Asia’s Largest
Corn Processing Facility

Gov. Dy presenting a Butaka Souvenir to the Governor of Manning the Isabela Showroom as Chief trade envoy of the
Guangxi Province, PROC province at the China-Asean Expo in Guangxi, PROC

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