Best Lupon in the Country from Barangay in Southern Leyte

 By Mark L. Rimas

Barangay Hingatungan of Silago, Southern Leyte, was recently selected the National Champion for barangays among 4th to 6th class municipalities in the 2014 Lupong Tagamapayapa Incentives Award held at the Marriott Hotel last September 28.

Punong Barangay Alberto M. Orias who represented the barangay received the cash prize of 300,000 pesos and a trophy. This was the fourth time Hingatungan has won the awardhaving won it in 2001, 2007, 2012 and 2014.

A National Awards Committee composed of officials from the Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Justice, Supreme Court, National Police Commission and Liga ng mga Barangay chose the winners from lupons nationwide based on the barangay Lupon’s Efficiency in Operations, Effectiveness in obtaining the Objectives of the program; and Creativity and Resourcefulness of the Lupong Tagapamayapa.

"The Lupong Tagapamayapa is a big help in facilitating the speedy administration of justice in the barangays and has also been a big help to our courts and has saved the government billions of pesos," according to DILG Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento. (Reposted from Southern Leyte Times, Oct.2, 2015 as Silago Barangay has Best Lupon in the Country)