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The Gawad Kalasag Award is given by the Office of the President for the barangay/municipality/city/province for having the most exemplary Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance Plan. The search is a collaborative effort of various offices and agencies such as the Department of Interior and Local Government, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Health, Department of Education, Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection and Philippine National Red Cross. The Office of the Civil Defense serves as the secretariat. The local DRRMCs are evaluated based on the following criteria: mitigation, preparedness, response, rehabilitation, plans and projects, good practices, risk vulnerability reduction and actual operation.
After an evaluation conducted by the said group of agencies, Antique was adjudged as the best in Region VI, thereby making Antique’s PDRRMC an official entry of the region in the national level.
For five years, Antique became finalist in the search and in 2009 the province garnered 2nd place in the national level apart from receiving 7 awards in different categories.
“Despite the problems encountered by the council especially the lack of high technology equipment the province still excel in the search because we are using our indigenous and available materials around us,” says Mr. Broderick Train an Executive Officer – Designate of the Antique PDRRMC.
Train added that the success of the PDRRMC can be attributed to the agencies composing the council and the unwavering support of Gov. Exequiel Javier and other local officials in PDRRMC-related activities and initiatives.
Meanwhile, the local PDRRMC is strengthening its community-based program dubbed as “Uligmat Antique” with the goal to establish a disaster resilient community in the province
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