awards & citations
NATIONAL AWARDS
2024
- Seal of Good Local Governance
- Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping
- Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangay – National Passers (Lacong, Libtong)
2023
- Seal of Good Local Governance
- Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping
2022
- Seal of Good Local Governance
2021
- Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping
2019
- Seal of Good Local Governance
- Seal of Good Housekeeping
- 60th Place – National Economic Dynamism
2018
- Seal of Good Local Governance
- 19th Place National on the INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR of the 2018 Cities Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI)
2017
- Certificate of Recognition – United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
2016
- Seal of Good Local Governance
2014
- Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping
2012
- Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping (Silver Category)
2011
- Seal of Good Financial Housekeeping
REGIONAL AWARDS
2025
- Bronze Award – PRIME-HRM CSC Region 1
- Special Notice Award – LTFRB Region 1
- 2nd Place – DILG’s Regional Subaybayani Award
- Plaque of Recognition – Blood Donation Champion Awardee
- Grand Winner – 3RD GAWAD SALUN-AT PAMMADAYAW 2025
- Full DRRM Compliance – Gawad Kalasag
- Hall of Fame Award – Mobile Blood Donation Activities NVBSB
- Top 3 Most Outstanding LYDOs in the Province of Ilocos Sur
2024
- 3rd Place in Region I – Government Efficiency Pillar – Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index (CMCI)
- 1st Place in Ilocos Sur – Government Efficiency Pillar – Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index (CMCI)
- Full DRRM Compliance – Gawad Kalasag
- Performance Award – Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC)
- Top 1 in Total Current Operating Expenditure Per Capita among all Second-Class Municipalities in Region I for Fiscal Year 2023
- Top 2 in Total Current Operating Expenditure Per Capita among all Second-Class Municipalities in Region I for Fiscal Year 2022
- Top 3 in Year-on-Year Growth in Locally Sourced Revenues among all Second-Class Municipalities in Region I for Fiscal Year 2023
- Top 4 in Highest Locally Sourced Revenues in Nominal Terms among all Second-Class Municipalities in Region I for Fiscal Year 2023
- Top 5 in Highest Locally Sourced Revenues in Nominal Terms among all Second-Class Municipalities in Region I for Fiscal Year 2022
- Health Facility Disaster Preparedness Excellence Award
- NCD Prevention Pioneer Award (1st Place) and TB Eradication Award (Champion – Second Class Category)
- Highest Average Increase in Taxable Assessed Value for Fiscal Years 2021-2023
- Awardee – Ilocos Sur Good Financial Housekeeping
- Level II PRIME-HRM – CSC Region 1
- Winner – Model Bio-intensive Garden Gearing to Enhance and Sustainable Transformation (BIGGEST) – DSWD
- REGIONAL AWARDEE IN POC AND ADAC PERFORMANCE – DILG
2023
- Performance Award – National Anti-Drug Abuse Council
- REGION 1’s BEST ENVIRONMENTAL PARTNER – DENR
- 1st RUNNER UP IN THE 2023 LOCAL LEGISLATIVE AWARD – DILG
- 2nd Place – Bannuar iti Salun-at Awards – DOH
- Special Citation on Partnership Engagement – 4PS DSWD RO1
2022
- Top 1 Blood Collector – ITRMC-NVBSP”
- Certificate of Recognition (First Drug-Cleared Municipality of Ilocos Sur)
- Top Performing Municipality – Regional Anti-Drug Abuse Council (ADAC) Performance Audit
2020
- One of the Most Business Friendly Municipality
2019
- Special Award on Innovative Services for OFW constituents by the DOLE-OWWA RWO1
- 3rd Place – Ilocos Region Economic Dynamism
2018
- 1st Place in Region 1 on the INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR of the 2018 Cities Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI)
2016
- Plaque of Recognition “Highest Number of Blood Bled”
- Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance