TAGBILARAN CITY,
Bohol, February 28 (PIA) – The municipality
of Garcia-Hernandez in Bohol
topped this year’s Best Performing Municipal Rabies Prevention and Elimination
Councils (MRPECS) besting 17 other nominees in the province.
Garcia-Hernandez Mayor Miguelito Galendez, said he did not expect his town to win considering that they did not even qualify as finalist in last year’s search.
Galendez said their vision of a rabies-free town pushed them to register all dogs so there would be no stray dogs wandering in the town’s public areas.
To help attain their goal, the town initiated a legislated awards system for residents who report the presence of stray dogs or unregistered animals and even contemplated on giving rewards to police officers who help in dog population control, he said.
Mayor Galendez showed how they attained their objective during the 3rd Governor’s Award for best performing LGU councils in the implementation of the Bohol Rabies Prevention and Eradication Program held last February 25.
As an incentive, the town gives P1,000 each to five barangays which have been proven to perform in their annual search for best Bantay Rabies sa Barangay program, said Galendez.
Garcia Hernandez received P10,000 for the prize as best MRPEC and Governor Edgar Chatto also promised the town an additional P100,000 worth of projects for winning the award.
Other MRPEC winners were the towns of Loon, Mabini, Anda, Sikatuna, Duero, Jagna, Antequera, San Miguel, Baclayon, and Inabanga.
This year’s search narrowed the list to 18 out of 47 town councils after an evaluation conducted by council members. One major factor to being nominated was the achievement of 70 percent dog vaccination of its total dog population.
Councils were assessed based on the efficiency of their operations, effectiveness in the delivery of program objectives and creativity and resourcefulness in designing program interventions.
Bohol meanwhile, is setting a 70 percent dog vaccination province-wide as it set its sight on being rabies-free by 2014.
Bohol only attained 68.18 percent as several towns failed to make it to the 70 percent vaccination target as set by the international organizations.
Bohol, however, still managed to attain milestones within the year, the biggest of it was the January handling of the Gawad Galing Pook award for its rabies program. (FCR/RAHC-PIA 7, Bohol)
Garcia-Hernandez Mayor Miguelito Galendez, said he did not expect his town to win considering that they did not even qualify as finalist in last year’s search.
Galendez said their vision of a rabies-free town pushed them to register all dogs so there would be no stray dogs wandering in the town’s public areas.
To help attain their goal, the town initiated a legislated awards system for residents who report the presence of stray dogs or unregistered animals and even contemplated on giving rewards to police officers who help in dog population control, he said.
Mayor Galendez showed how they attained their objective during the 3rd Governor’s Award for best performing LGU councils in the implementation of the Bohol Rabies Prevention and Eradication Program held last February 25.
As an incentive, the town gives P1,000 each to five barangays which have been proven to perform in their annual search for best Bantay Rabies sa Barangay program, said Galendez.
Garcia Hernandez received P10,000 for the prize as best MRPEC and Governor Edgar Chatto also promised the town an additional P100,000 worth of projects for winning the award.
Other MRPEC winners were the towns of Loon, Mabini, Anda, Sikatuna, Duero, Jagna, Antequera, San Miguel, Baclayon, and Inabanga.
This year’s search narrowed the list to 18 out of 47 town councils after an evaluation conducted by council members. One major factor to being nominated was the achievement of 70 percent dog vaccination of its total dog population.
Councils were assessed based on the efficiency of their operations, effectiveness in the delivery of program objectives and creativity and resourcefulness in designing program interventions.
Bohol meanwhile, is setting a 70 percent dog vaccination province-wide as it set its sight on being rabies-free by 2014.
Bohol only attained 68.18 percent as several towns failed to make it to the 70 percent vaccination target as set by the international organizations.
Bohol, however, still managed to attain milestones within the year, the biggest of it was the January handling of the Gawad Galing Pook award for its rabies program. (FCR/RAHC-PIA 7, Bohol)