TABLE OF

CONTENTS 04 - Foreword
07 - Introduction

Resilience is our ability

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Sub-Regional
life’s challenges and STORIES LGRC

unforeseen difficulties,
providing mental 
protection from 28
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-Michael Rutter, 1985 STORIES

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FORE
WORD
The COVID-19 pandemic, its unprece-
dented negative health, economic, and social
impacts have brought to the open our prepared-
ness and readiness. Leadership at all levels has
been subjected to unforeseen and unexpected
challenges. Yet, life’s precariousness and the
power of the pandemic, to sap our energies,
to drain our efforts, to weaken our resolve,
to dampen our spirits, and paint a grim and
bleak scenario of the present and the future,
have pushed us to be more, to put forward our
remarkable strength, that embodies compas-
sion and determination to come together, to
emerge and to bring out the best in everyone
in times of grave challenges and difficulties.

Live through the stories of heroism, un-

bounded generosity, unwavering dedication,
unflinching commitment to service, unexpect-
ed ingenuity and innovation as we navigate
within and across our shared experiences
from the years 2020, 2021 and early 2022.
These are our stories of hope and resilience.
 INTRODUCTION
Local governments are at the forefront in ensuring the safe-
ty and welfare of its people. The LGU’s proximity to the communi-
ty is its leverage and edge in creating meaningful changes, in ef-
fecting policies and in delivering quality services for a better life.

The Southern Leyte Sub-Regional Local Governance Resource Cen-

ter (SL SLGRC), in its consistent efforts to institutionalize and nourish the
culture of learning and knowledge sharing, promotes the development
of knowledge products that are essential in communicating good gov-
ernance initiatives, to improve policy decisions and actions, help ensure
program sustainability, and strengthen multi-stakeholders support.

The uncertainties brought by the pandemic, have solidified the

certitude that leadership and compassion shine the most in the worst
possible times. Rising from the challenges of the COVID-19, the
people of Southern Leyte emerge not only as survivors but heroes.

Within are the various social protection programs, COVID-19

response actions of Southern Leyte, and the deepened col-
laborations made possible through the Sub-Regional LGRC.

This coffee table book offers a glimpse of our shared experienc-

LGU
es, of how local governments in this side of the globe, despite the
fears, the pains, and the chaos, have courageously stand up, care
and deliver – all because of hope, all because of the certainty that

STORIES
what we continue to do, big or small, makes sense, making it all right.

OF HOPE AND
RESILIENCE
 KU K
urambos is a local term that is innate in the cul-
ture of Southern Leyteños which means partici-
patory, consultative and inclusive. It is used in the
COVID19 operation because it signifies convergence

RAM
and a localized whole of nation approach in address-
ing the pandemic. The national government agen-
cies (NGAs) operating in the province, local government units
(LGUs), non-government organizations (NGOs), other civil soci-
ety organizations (CSOs), and private sector (business groups,

BOS
religious groups, media, academe) have extended time, talent
and treasure in helping Southern Leyte address the problem.

This practice adopts the leaders’ call for a proactive action

that further exemplifies the virtues of being Matino, Mahusay at
Maaasahan. In times of emergencies, what the Southern Leyteňos
need are the leaders who put their Panunumpa sa Katungkulan
BATOK COVID-19: into genuine practice. Consequently, gaining the trust and confi-
dence of the constituents, this practice then translates their will-

Southern Leyte’s ingness to volunteer, to extend help without expecting any return,
to sacrifice and to comply government’s policy. This resulted to
massive support system from all the stakeholders.
Way of Flattening
the Curve

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 ORGANIZATION AND
FUNCTIONALITY OF
SIX CLUSTERS
WITHIN THE
PROVINCIAL IATF

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 Governance Cluster Meeting

Aside from the immediate organization of the Provincial

Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging
Infectious Diseases and the Emergency Operations
Center, the Provincial Government also initiated to
organize six important clusters with competent leaders and
supportive members who come from both the government and
non-government sectors. These clusters were organized to fast
track planning and coordination as well as smooth implementation
of all the policies. These are Governance Cluster; Law and
Order Cluster; Health, Medical and Social Services Cluster; Eco-
nomic Cluster; Risk Communication Cluster; and Logistics Cluster

Law and Order Cluster Meeting

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 Health, Medical and Social Welfare Cluster Meeting

Economic Cluster Meeting

Logistics Cluster Meeting

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 Detection and Surveilance Center

PROACTIVE
HEALTH
MEASURES
AND
PROTOCOLS
IMPLEMEN-
TATION

Containment and Isolation Area

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 Hand washing facility installed by
DPWH

Hand washing installed at Market

BFP Initiated Disinfection

Handwashing Facility Donated by

RedCross

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Hand washing facility at Gaisano Hand washing facility at Capitol Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Thermal Guns

Emergency Vehicle Vehicle used in transportation Stock area of relief goods Old SOYMPH as Provincial
Isolation Area

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 Preparation of Relief Goods in
Maasin and other Municipalities

Our medical fronliners

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 Establishment of official
Facebook page to counter the
presence of fake news

ESTABLISHED COMMUNICA-
TION SYSTEM

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 STRENGTHENING OF
CHECKPOINTS THROUGH
TEAMWORK

PPE for Checkpoint Personnel Decontamination at Pasay Food donated at checkpoints by Southern Leyteños
Checkpoint

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SOUTHERN LEYTE
AUTOMATED
CONTACT TRACING
SYSTEM (SL-ACTS):
A Collaborative Covid19
Response J ourney Thru The
Digital Highway
A
CTS Project was the localized ver-
sion of the StaySafe PH - a contact
tracing application that is targeted
for nationwide implementation but found
to have system glitches and difficulty in
using especially the updated version. Be-
cause of this difficulty, it then led to the
partnership between the provincial gov-
ernment and Southern Leyte State Uni-
versity (SLSU) through the university’s
Extension Service Program. With the said
partnership, SLSU was tasked to devel-
op Southern Leyte Automated Contact
Tracing System (SL-ACTS) to facilitate
the province in the localized conduct of
contact tracing activities that is based
on the prevailing internet strength, the
geographical consideration and the 24-7
availability of technical experts. Opera-
tional expenses like domain name and
host and others were shouldered by the
province.

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 -Dr. Prose Ivy
G.Yepes, the University President of
Southern Leyte State University
delivering a message during the
partnership launching of the program

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 Manual QR Entry

ACTS has an online and offline scanning

Online Scanning Offline Scanning

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 Login Page for Scanner,
Tracing, and Admin
Account

Log in page for standard users Tracing Page

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 RESBAKUNA, ATO
KINI!
Southern Leyte’s
concerted efforts on
vaccination against
covid-19

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 Municipalities and the province of
Southern Leyte received awards
during the 2022 Regional Awarding
for Health Achievers

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 The Province of Southern Leyte:
TOP 2 PROVINCE with 76% COVID-19 Vaccination Province-wide
Coverage

Hinundayan
Top 1 at 90% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Macrohon
Top 2 at 85% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Silago
Top 2 at 85% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Padre Burgos
Top 3 at 84% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Limasawa
83% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Libagon
83% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Anahawan
79% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Pintuyan
79% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Maasin City
77% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Hinunangan
75% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

San Ricardo
72% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

San Francisco
72% COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

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 Resbakuna for Kids

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Vaccination at City Gym of Maasin City, Southern Leyte

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 On October 18,
2018, LGU Silago
was recognized
for the responsive
and timely deliv-

GAPAS PROGRAM ery of the Social

Galing sa Paglilingkod sa 
Silagonhon
Pension Pay-out
in Eastern Visayas
for the fiscal year
2018;

on November 28,
2019, LGU Sila-
go was chosen as
one of the Nation-
al Finalists for the
Presidential Award
of Child-friendly
Cities and Munici-
palities in the Phil-
ippines;

SILAGO SOUTHERN LEYTE

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 December 28, 2020, LGU Silago was the first LGU in Region VIII to
devise and submit the Comprehensive Barangay Juvenile
Intervention Program(CBJIP) under the Regional Juvenile
Justice and Welfare Council;

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 March 19, 2021, LGU Silago was the
only municipality recognized and was
awarded the DSWD- Gawad
Paglilingkod sa Sambayanan (GAPAS)
Award for the institutionalization of
the Community-Driven Development
of the KALAHI-CIDSS Program in
Region VIII.

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 June 19, 2021- MSWDO Chrisa Gerong
Awarded as one of the Outstanding
Professional Social Workers of the
Philippines under the ASEAN Social
Work Consortium- Philippines.
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July 19, 2022- First LGU in Region VIII
to give 100k cash incentive to the First
Ever Centenarian in the Municipality,
aside from the 100k cash from the
DSWD.
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 LAKIP PROGRAM:
Lakang Alang sa may Kabilinggan
Inubanan sa Probinsya
Southern Leyte’s PWD Social Pension Program
T his PWD social pension program
of Southern Leyte is support-
ed by Ordinance No. 2019-031 ap-
proved in 2017. It started with only
100 beneficiaries in 2018 and in-
creased year by year until it reach-
es to 2,500 beneficiaries for 2022
with a 15 Million budget.

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 Sub-Regional LGRC
Innovations for
Sustained Resilience
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LAKIP PROGRAM:
Lakang Alang sa may Kabilinggan
Inubanan sa Probinsya
Southern Leyte’s Social Pension Program
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I n response to the continuing capacity
development needs of both DILG per-
sonnel and local governance stakehold-
ers, another innovation was introduced:
2022 TUONYAYONG.
TUONYAYONG is derived from the two
Cebuano terms, Pagtuon ug Pagtam-
bayayong which translates to study and
to help one another.
With the TuonYayong project, DILG-SL
discussed and identified possible Capac-
ity Development activities that will be
valuable and effective for the operations
and performance of duties of the PCL
and VMLP Officers.
The pursuit concluded with a draft three-
year CapDev Agenda for both VMLP and
PCL, covering the five significant sec-
tors—social, economic, environment, in-
frastructure, and institutional.
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LAKIP PROGRAM:
Lakang Alang sa may Kabilinggan
Inubanan sa Probinsya
Southern Leyte’s Social Pension Program
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LGRC On Wheels dubbed as Project
LUPAD (Levelling UP Aspirations for
Development).
The LGRC On Wheels is an innova-
tion of LGRC Southern Leyte where
we bring knowledge and learning
right to the doorstep of far-flung
barangays.
To date, Southern Leyte’s LGRC
on Wheels has already reached 5
far-flung barangays since it was
launched last June 2022.
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LAKIP PROGRAM:
Lakang Alang sa may Kabilinggan
Inubanan sa Probinsya
Southern Leyte’s Social Pension Program
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With the vision of becoming a primary
institution that promotes the culture of
knowledge management, LGRC-South-
ern Leyte implemented its new project:
LGRC-Southern Leyte LINKS – Leveling-up
Innovations and Networking for Knowl-
edge-centric Southern Leyte.
LGRC – Southern Leyte LINKS had its pilot
implementation in Padre Burgos, South-
ern Leyte. The project focuses on providing
links and serving as a bridge between LGU
with best practices as a Mentee to its Men-
tor LGU in pursuit of good and excellent
LGU Governance.
“Sharing knowledge is not about
giving people something or getting something
from them. That is only valid for information
sharing. Sharing knowledge occurs when
people are genuinely interested in helping one
another develop new capacities for action;
it is about creating learning process.”
-Peter Senge
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 PUBLIC EDU-
CATION AND
KNOWLEDGE
SERVICES BEST
PRACTICES LGRC Youtube
Channel

Engagements
with Philippine
Information
Agency and
Radyo Pilipinas,
Sogod, South-
ern Leyte.

LGRC Facebook
Page

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 MULTIMEDIA
SERVICES
BEST
PRACTICES

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