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Outstanding Governorship Award 2017Award 2017
Outstanding Governorship

His attendance in Monday flag-raising rites and programs allows him to bond with the PGI Employees

Since 2011, Isabela has been recognized by the Philippine Chamber The Isabela Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
of Commerce and Industry as the MOST BUSINESS-FRIENDLY PROVINCE Council (PDRRMC) has been awarded the Gawad Kalasag as BEST
IN REGION 02 and a National Finalist in the country-wide Search for the PDRRMC in the country for 2015 and 2016 and is gunning for a third
same. This honor is bestowed only upon LGUs that observe transparency ticket to make it to the Gawad Hall of Fame this year. Even the PGI-
and accountability, has excellent peace and order and public safety operated Child Development Center has bagged the HALL OF FAME AS
programs and mechanisms in place, implements significant infrastructure BEST EARLY LEARNING CENTER for its state-of-the art facilities and
projects that benefit the people and the business community, and ensures DRRM system. The Governor is determined to sustain the PGI’s campaign
the participation of all sectors in development. The PGI’s HALL OF FAME for a culture of preparedness and climate resilience in Isabela, and in
distinction for its three (3) BEST ANTI-RED TAPE ACT IMPLEMENTER furthering the promotion of public safety especially during natural and
awards are proofs of the strict implementation of the transparency policy man-made calamities, he was the first Local Chief Executive to issue an
of the National Government. As these awards are solid achievements that Order Banning liquor intake and selling 24 hours before, during, and right
guarantee ease in doing business, the elevation serves as a proclamation after a typhoon landfall. He has a standing order for the conduct of an
that Isabela is truly a viable location for investments and partnerships. Annual Disaster Preparedness Clean-up Day with all of the PGI’s workforce
and representatives from the business sector; he organized the first ever
Climate Change Summit in the LGU level; caused the building of Evacuation
Centers in Isabela’s coastal towns, as well as that of the biggest and state-
of-the-art Provincial Evacuation Center in the Region, if not the country,
and; he recently inaugurated the Isabela DRRM Complex, the first ever
LGU-initiated facility that encloses all public safety and disaster-response
offices of the PGI in one sprawling area along the national highway for
quicker response take-offs. With these and other DRRM mechanisms,
Isabela is indeed, hands down the most prepared, most resilient province
in the country.

The award winning tandem, leading the celebration of
ASEAN's 50th Anniversary at the Queen Isabela Park

For the 5th straight year, Gov. Dy receives the PGI's National Finalist
citation from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry as a For the second consecutive year, Gov. Dy receives the
most Business-Friendly LGU in the Philippines Best PDRRMC in the Philippines Award (Gawad Kalasag 2016) for Isabela

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