DTI COMPETITIVENESS INDEX

(2019 - start of 2nd term in office) Placing 45th in Department of Trade and Industry’s 2019 Most Improved Ranking under the agency’s annual Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index, the town of Bongabong in Oriental Mindoro was the only locality from the entire island of Mindoro and only 1 of 3 in MIMAROPA Region to have made the cut in DTI’s 50 most improved LGUs in its annual ranking of competitive municipalities based on 4 pillars: ECONOMIC DYNAMISM, GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND RESILIENCY.

(2022 - start of 3rd term in office) rank 1 Most competitive LGU in infrastructure pillar among all 1st-2nd class municipalities in MIMAROPA, rank 16th nationwide

Rank 2 most competitive in government efficiency pillar.

 

INSTITUTIONAL

NGAs – SAF battalion 12ha, PNP-Intelligence group National training center 5has, PNP-K9 EOD (2has), TESDA Training Center 2has, DENR Regional office 7ksqm, Development Center (DOH, NCDA, DSWD) 5has, NBI training center 2has, maritime 5000sqm, BFAR 1st national shrimp hatchery 5k sqm,

Regional Evacuation Center 7k sqm, OPCEN 7K sqm, BFP 1k sqm, ABC 1k sqm, Balay Tuyugan 5k sqm, Demo Farm 2has,

Proposed: PDRRMO Training center (1ha), SK bldg. 1ksqm,  Extension LGU Offices 1ha, BJMP Regional office/training center 5has, DPWH regional motor pool/satellite office 5k sqm, Regional mobile force batllion (RMFB) 1ha, Prov Anti Cybercrime Unit (PACU) (1ksqm), PNP forensic group 1k sqm, CIDG Provincial office 1k sqm, HPG training center and provincial impounding area 5has

 

HOUSING

11.6has (1.4B) thru DHSUD, beneficiaries: LGU employees, DENR employees, uniformed personnel, teachers, marginalized

Heartville Housing

 

 

EDUCATION

Under his administration, five (5) high schools established in Bongabong.

LGU scholarships for agricultural students, for IP students

Donated 2 has of personal land for the establishment of Technical Vocational Training Center

 

PEACE AND ORDER

Advocate of End Local Communist Armed Conflict or ELCAC (EO70 Whole of Nation Approach)

61 Total number of surrenderers or former rebels in Bongabong as of January 2023 thru cooperation with PNP and AFP.

 

INFRATRUCTURE

New Legislative-Executive Building, New health center, New MDRRMO/Operations Center, MSWDO Silungan center, New Hospital RURHB Wing, ABC Hall, BFP, Regional Evacuation Center, Demo farm Agriculture Office, Warehouse of GSAO and MAO

 

SOCIAL

Financial incentive for senior, for solo parents, and for PWDs…

Best Practice as per DSWD for the “Tapungan Sa Barangay” Program: as a model Community Driven Development (CDD)

GAD Unit

ENVIRONMENT

10-year ecological solid waste management plan approved

Forest land use plan approved by the DENR

Local Public Transport Route Plan Approved by LTFRB