ComVal guv, leaders receive National Sandugo awards

Tuesday 31st of July 2012

NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley Province, July 31 -- Compostela Valley provincial governor Arturo T. Uy, together with the province’s 11 municipal mayors and 108 barangay captains, are awardees to the 2012 National Sandugo Awards.

Governor Uy is recognized as a "Super Achiever" while the province’s mayors and barangay captains were named as Hall of Fame awardees.

The 66 barangay captains of the province, who are first and second time national awardees, received their awards in General Santos City last July 19, while the other 42, together with Governor Uy and the mayors who have been consistent national awardees went to Heritage Hotel in Manila for the awarding ceremony held last July 24.

As reported, out from the 242 national awardees in Region 11, the 120 awardees are from ComVal. The province also tops in the list in the number of awardees from among the other regions.

Aside from the many national awardees from ComVal, the province also registered a greater number of blood donors, reaching to 9,246 in the previous year. With the series of bloodlettings conducted, the region was able to produce 11,301 of 500-cc bags of blood in 2011.

National Sandugo Award is a program recognizing local chief executives who delivered excellent performance in the implementation of the National Voluntary Blood Services Program in their areas of responsibility. (grace almedilla, ids-comval)