City tourism officer, library, contact tracing team are regional ‘Lingkod Bayan’ winners

The city government copped three major awards in the regional “Search for Outstanding Government Workers in the Cordillera Administrative Region” by the Civil Service Commission-CAR.

Supervising City Tourism Operations Officer Aloysius Mapalo was adjudged the regional winner of the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award in the individual category while the teams of the Baguio City Library and the Baguio Lead Contact Tracing took the plum in the group category.

The Baguio City Public Library team is composed of City Librarian IV Easter Pablo and Librarian II Catalina Oloan while the Baguio Lead Contact Tracing Team is composed of team leader Medical Officer V Dr. Donabel Panes with P Lt. Col. Maximo Sumeg-ang, Jr. Administrative Assistants III Mischelle Junio and Jefferson Damoslog, all of Police Regional Office Cordillera and Information Analyst I Shan-ry Roberts.

The contact tracing team also made it as semi-finalist in the national level of the annual search.

They were awarded during the “Parangal Para sa Mga Katangi-tanging Lingkod Bayani ng Kordilyera” honor awards program in celebration of the 123rd Philippine Civil Service Anniversary on Sept. 29, 2023 at Hotel Supreme.

The complete list of the 2023 regional winners:

CSC Pag-asa award (Individual Category)

1. Dr. Henrietta Bagayao – City Health Officer II, Kalinga LGU

2. Redner Dayotao – Mechanical Plant Operator II, Baguio City LGU

3. Kathleen Glory David- Admin. Officer IV, DSWD-CAR

4. Loyda Saboy – City Public Employment  Services Officer, Tabuk City

5. Jimmy Taguilingon – Nutrition Action Officer, Asipulo, Ifugao

Dangal ng Bayan Award

1. Eleanor B. Ayan – Nutritionist Dietitian III, DSWD-CAR

2. Mary Hazel Ballena – School Principal II – DepEd Schools Division of Abra

3. Bernardo T. Cadaon, Jr. – Social Welfare Officer I, DSWD-CAR

4. Eric C. Mandiit – Atty. IV, PhilHealth -CAR

Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award

Group Category

1. Baguio City Public Library with Easter W. Pablo, Librarian IV, as Team Leader, and Catalina B. Oloan, Librarian II as member

2. Baguio Lead Contact Tracing Team headed by Dr. Donabel T. Panes, Medical Officer V with Police Lieutenant Colonel Maximo Sumeg-ang, Jr. (PRO Cordillera), Mischelle Junio, Admin Assistant III (PRO Cordillera), Jefferson Damoslog, Admin Assistant III (PRO Cordillera) and Shan-ry Robert’s,  Information Analyst I of Baguio City as members

Individual Category

1. Aloysius C. Mapalo – Supervising Tourism Operations Officer, Baguio City

2. Roscinto Ian Lumbres – Professor IV, Benguet State University (BSU)

National Semi-Finalist

1. Eleanor B. Ayan, Nutrition Dietitian III, DSWD-CAR, Dangal ng Bayan Award

2. Bernardo T. Cadaon, Jr. – Social Welfare Officer I, DSWD-CAR, Dangal ng Bayan Award

3. Mary Hazel Ballena – School Principal II, DepEd Schools Division of Abra, Dangal ng Bayan Award

4. Baguio Lead Contact Tracing Team – Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award (Group Category). – Aileen P. Refuerzo