BAGUIO CITY, June 18 (PIA) - The province of Benguet, the city of Baguio and the municipality of Alfonso Lista, Ifugao emerged as the best local government units implementing nutrition programs in the Cordillera region.

During the recent meeting of the Regional Nutrition Committee, Bella Basalong of the National Nutrition Council (NNC) reported results of 2015 Monitoring and Evaluation of Local Level Plan Implementation (MELLPI) conducted by the Regional Nutrition Evaluation Team (RNET) in five provinces, two cities, 10 municipalities, and 32 barangays.

Basalong reported that of the three contenders for the regional most outstanding province, Benguet topped with a total score of 93.49, followed by Kalinga- 84.97, and Mt. Province- 83.

For the regional most outstanding city, Baguio City with a score of 92.12 won over Tabuk City(74.82) .

Under the regional most outstanding municipality, Alfonso Lista in Ifugao bested four other contenders with its total score of 98.27. Tublay, Benguet got 96.97; Balbalan, Kalinga- 84.17; Bauko, Mt. Province 79.60, and Kabugao, Apayao- 77.89.

Under the Search for the Regional Outstanding Barangay Nutrition Scholars (ROBNS), there were five contenders with Magdalena Sacpa of Kapangan, Benguet garnering the highest score of 93.95, Balasong informed.

Monica Sicat of Baguio City (90.0) placed second; Agnes Bulintao (89.75) of Ifugao- 3rd; Dessie Tadeo (89.5) of Abra-4th, and Vilma Dao-gas (89.05) of Kalinga-5th.

The RNET members who joined the 2015 MELLPI include the Department of Health as the Chair, Dept. of Interior and Local Government as vice-chair, with the Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippine Information Agency, Commission on Population , Dept. of Education, Dept. of Labor and Employment, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Dept. of Trade and Industry, Nutritionist-Dietitians’ Association of the Philippines Baguio-Benguet Chapter, Bureau of Plant Industry, National Commission on Indigenous Peoples and the NNC as secretariat. - Ms. Maria Aprila W. Cruz - PIA CAR