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2nd Year CROWN Maintenance Award
Tublay, Benguet
Rise and SHINES: Multi-sectoral collaborative effort and community participation can lead to better nutrition and health outcomes

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The Municipality of Tublay belongs to a fifth-class municipality in the Cordillera Administrative Region that relies solely on the internal revenue allotment for its health and nutrition services, programs, and projects. But this did not stop the Municipal Nutrition Committee to advocate for the optimal nutritional and health status of its population. Through the municipal’s framework dubbed as “Tublay SHINES Plus” Safe environment and disaster preparedness, Health and social services, Income generation and livelihood, Nutritious food intake and breastfeeding, nutrition Education and promotion of healthy lifestyle, Stable food supply and hunger mitigation, they were able to deliver health and nutrition services for the whole community.

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2nd Year CROWN Maintenance Award
Vigan City
A Historical City making “Good Nutrition” part of its Heritage

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Vigan City is the capital of the province of Ilocos Sur in the north of the Philippines. It is a historical city with preserved Spanish and Asian architecture. One of its famous streets, Calle Crisologo, is lined with cobblestones, occupied by travelling kalesas or horse-drawn carriages, rustic mansions, and local fare and products such as the empanada, longganisa or sausages, burnay or local earthen jars, and the abel cloth. The local government as well as the Bigueños preservation work has allowed its visitors to travel back in time making this city, established in the 16th century, live up to its UNESCO World Heritage Site status. More than the excellent work in preserving the past, the city is also moving towards securing a better future with parallel investments and programs on another important asset, its people.

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Cagayan de Oro City
Aligning vision with action to good nutrition

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Dubbed as the country’s “whitewater rafting capital,” Cagayan De Oro City is the gateway to northern Mindanao and is known as the City of Golden Friendship because of the warm welcoming smiles and utmost hospitality of the locals. With a rich history that dates to the Spanish regime in the country, Cagayan de Oro is now a flourishing 1st class highly urbanized city and the capital of Misamis Oriental. It is geographically nestled between the central coastline of Macajalar Bay and the naturally rich plateaus and mountains of Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte.

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MANILA – On 23 March 2022, the National Nutrition Council (NNC) announced the best-performing local government units (LGUs) in nutrition during the National Nutrition Awarding Ceremony in Pasay City and via an online platform. These LGUs were able to lower malnutrition levels in their communities by implementing effective nutrition program management.

The municipality of Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon and Tagum City in Davao del Norte received the most coveted Nutrition Honor Award, the highest award requiring LGUs to achieve a minimum score of 95.0 percent as evaluated by a multi-sectoral national nutrition evaluation team. Aside from the trophy, the NNC awarded the two LGUs a grant of PHP 1 million each. To qualify, these LGUs had to put in more than six years of great performance.