Gaya-gaya in the City of San Jose del Monte and Pinabarilan in Baliwag town topped the Barangay Environmental Compliance Audit (BECA) in Bulacan.
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Provincial Director Myvi Apostol-Fabia said BECA is an initiative under the Manila Bay Clean-up, Preservation and Rehabilitation Program that grants economic incentives and assesses the compliance of barangays to the pertinent provisions of Republic Act 9003 otherwise known as Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
Indicators in identifying the top performing barangays for BECA include existence of Barangay Solid Waste Management Committee (BSWMC), functionality of BSWMC, existence of the Barangay Solid Waste Management Action Plan/Program, and Barangay ordinance on “No Segregation, No Collection”.
Also, percentage of household that practice segregation, ordinance on the “No Littering”, and existence of functional Barangay Material Recovery Facility.
Gaya-gaya and Pinabarilan are Bulacan’s bets in the city and municipal category, respectively in the regional assessment.
They will likewise receive P25,000 each for their proposed environmental projects.
Other winners in the municipal category are Poblacion in Pulilan (2nd place) and Pansumaloc in San Rafael (3rd place).
They were selected by the Provincial Assessment Committee composed of representatives from DILG, Provincial Government-Bulacan Environment and Natural Resources Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and Philippine Information Agency.