LGU awards & recognitions

Which local governments were recognized — and when.

2,501 recognitions of provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays from the DILG Seal of Good Local Governance and the Galing Pook Awards, each linked to its official source.

SGLG

Seal of Good Local Governance

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)

2,145

seals · 2015–2023

DILG's yearly seal for provinces, cities and municipalities that pass its governance assessment (financial administration, disaster preparedness, social protection, peace and order, business friendliness, environmental management and more).

All programs 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2023

No SGLG list is shown for 2022 (350 LGUs) and 2024 (714 LGUs): DILG announced those awardees, but the official national lists were not found on any reachable official page, so they are not reconstructed from news reports.

Galing Pook

Galing Pook Awards

Galing Pook Foundation

350

awards · 1994–2023

356 LGU records (joint awards listed per LGU)

Awards for innovative and effective local government programs, given since 1994. Each award names a specific program of the LGU.

Only this program 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2017 2018 2021 2022 2023

Only awardees listed on galingpook.org are included.

Every record

2,145 matching recognitions

Newest first. Each row links to its source.

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SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Baler, Aurora
Mayor in office: Rhett Angara — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Baloi, Lanao del Norte
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Balungao, Pangasinan
Mayor in office: Riza Peralta — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Banaybanay, Davao Oriental
Mayor in office: Ian Larcia — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Banga, Aklan
Mayor in office: Boy Redison — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bangar, La Union
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bani, Pangasinan
Mayor in office: Boying Palafox Jr. — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bantay, Ilocos Sur
Mayor in office: Samuel Parilla — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Baras, Catanduanes
Mayor in office: Paolo Teves III — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Barbaza, Antique
Mayor in office: Bobby Necor — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Barcelona, Sorsogon
Mayor in office: Cynthia Falcotelo-Fortes — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Barira, Maguindanao del Norte
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Barugo, Leyte
Mayor in office: Aron Balais — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Basey, Samar
Mayor in office: Luz Ponferrada — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Basista, Pangasinan
Mayor in office: Jr. Resuello — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Basud, Camarines Norte
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bataan
Governor in office: Joet Garcia — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bauan, Batangas
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bauang, La Union
Mayor in office: Martin De Guzman — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bauko, Mountain Province
Mayor in office: Randy Awisan — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bay, Laguna
Mayor in office: Joe Padrid — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Benito Soliven, Isabela
Mayor in office: Roberto Lungan — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Besao, Mountain Province
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Biliran
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Binangonan, Rizal
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bingawan, Iloilo
Mayor in office: Mark Palabrica — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bongabon, Nueva Ecija
Mayor in office: Ricardo Padilla — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bontoc, Mountain Province
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Borbon, Cebu
Mayor in office: Noel Dotillos — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Botolan, Zambales
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Braulio E. Dujali, Davao del Norte
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bucay, Abra
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bugallon, Pangasinan
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Buguey, Cagayan
Mayor in office: Cerry Antiporda — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bulacan, Bulacan
Mayor in office: Vergel Meneses — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bulacan
Governor in office: Daniel Fernando — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Buldon, Maguindanao del Norte
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Bulusan, Sorsogon
Mayor in office: Mike Guysayko — awarded to the LGU during their term
SGLG
Seal of Good Local Governance 2023
2023 · Burgos, La Union
Mayor in office: Delfin Comedis Jr. — awarded to the LGU during their term

What this does and doesn’t mean

Recognitions are given to the local government unit, not to a person. An official is shown only as being in office when the LGU was recognized.

On a governor’s or mayor’s profile, a recognition appears only if their elected term covered 1 December of the award year, when these awards are usually conferred. The SGLG assessment can cover the previous year’s performance, which may fall partly under a predecessor.

A missing year is a gap in the records we could obtain, not a failed assessment.

How the lists were read

The DILG SGLG lists are scanned tables. They were read with OCR, and every name was matched only to a real PSGC province, city or municipality inside the region printed above it. Names shared by several LGUs were resolved from the printed province label. Rows the OCR could not read were read by eye from the page images. Nothing was guessed.

For every year with an official per-region breakdown (2016–2019, 2023), the counts match it exactly, region by region. The 2015 list has no breakdown table; its row numbering is complete.

Galing Pook places were matched by exact name. Where a name fits more than one LGU and the award page doesn’t say which, the record is listed but not linked to a place.

Not yet included: BLGF fiscal performance rankings, Gawad KALASAG, the Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance and the Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Awards. They will be added once official awardee lists are obtained.

Sources

DILG Region V — SGLG awardees 2015–2019
National “List of SGLG Awardees” for each year (scanned PDFs).
DILG — 2023 SGLG awardees announcement
The 2023 national list (dilg.gov.ph PDF, retrieved through the Internet Archive) matches the announced 28 provinces, 64 cities and 401 municipalities.
Galing Pook Foundation — awardees
Every awardee listed on the foundation's website, 1994–2023. Each record links to its own award page.
PSA — Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Place names and codes used to match each LGU.

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