The Makati city government named this year’s cleanest and greenest local government office units in the city.
In the barangay category, Barangay San Lorenzo won first place in Cluster I, followed by Bel-Air and Forbes Park in second and third, respectively. Barangay Guadalupe Viejo topped Cluster 2, followed by San Antonio and Pembo. Barangay Southside led Cluster 3, followed by San Isidro and La Paz. In Cluster 4, Barangay Pinagkaisahan won first place, followed by Kasilawan and Carmona.
The 33 barangays and villages were grouped into clusters according to economic status and area size.
In the public-school category, Maximo Estrella Elementary School was named the city’s cleanest and greenest school in District 1. La Paz Elementary School was second, and Makati Elementary School placed third. In District 2, Makati Science High School placed first, followed by Pitogo Elementary School and Comembo Elementary School.
The cleanest and greenest health center was Guadalupe Viejo Health Center, followed by Cembo Health Center and East Rembo Health Center in second and third.
In the fire sub-station category, Station 6 in Valenzuela won the first prize, Station 10 in Comembo was second and Station 9 in Tejeros was third.
Police Station 5 in San Lorenzo bagged first in the Police Community Precinct category, followed by PCP 7 in Guadalupe Nuevo and PCP 9 in Comembo.
“I would like to commend all the winners of this year’s search. The city government greatly values your efforts and contributions to the continued success of this project,” said Mayor Abigail Binay during the awarding at the Makati City Hall on Thursday.
She also told the officials of the participating agencies not to settle for what they already have, but should exert more efforts to surpass what they have already done. “You do not compete with others, you compete with yourselves,” Binay added.
The winners of this year’s search, spearheaded by the Department of Environmental Services, were awarded with plaques and cash prizes. In the barangay and public school categories, the winners each received a plaque of recognition and a cash prize of P175,000 for first prize, P75,000 for second, and P50,000 for third.
Winning health centers were also given a plaque and cash prizes of P150,000 for first, P75,000 for second and P50,000 for third.
For the fire sub-station and police community precinct categories, winners got a plaque and a cash prize of P150,000 for first prize, P60,000 for second prize, and P45,000 for third prize.
The city also awarded plaque of recognition to the winners of “3B sa Pasko: Basura’y Bawasan, Balik-Gamitin at Baguhin ang Anyo sa Pasko,” an exhibit of environment-friendly products made from recyclable materials that ran from November 7 to December 2.
DES chief Leopoldo Parumog said for the Best Product-Barangay category, Barangay Carmona was adjudged first with its flower mache made of magazines and papers, followed by Pinagkaisahan in second with its Christmas decor made of plastics and tin cans. Guadalupe Viejo placed third with its boat made of yellow pages.
For the Best Product-School and Non-Government Organization category, Pembo Elementary School bagged first with its lantern made of peanut shells. A bag made of textile earned second place for Pitogo Elementary School, and Makati Science High School landed third with its jacket made of plastics and disposable plastic spoons.
Under the Best Booth-Barangay category, Barangay Cembo won first prize with its beautifully designed booth made of empty juice sachets, followed by San Lorenzo Village’s booth designed with plastic cups from PET bottles and Kasilawan’s booth made of PET bottles.
For the Best Booth-School and NGO category, Pembo Elementary School bagged the first place with its booth made of saw dust, followed by Makati High School booth made of recyclable materials, and the Persons with Disability booth made of aluminum cans.
A special award was given to New Life-Barangay Guadalupe Nuevo as Best Seller for having earned a net profit of P31,200 during the entire exhibit.
City officials, barangay officials, school principals, health center physicians, police officers and fire marshals attended the awarding ceremony.
