By Cyrus A. Natividad
For her sustainable development advocacy in her municipality, Mary Jean N. Te (CPU Pol Sci Batch 1984), Mayor of Libertad, Antique received the 2022 Galing Pook Awards at the Ceremonial Hall in Malaca帽ang Palace on November 22, 2022. She was among the Top Ten local government recipients (including Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Tre帽as). The awards were successively handed over to Te and Tre帽as by His Excellency President Ferdinand 糖心传媒楤ong-bong糖心传媒 Marcos, Jr. There were 196 local government units applications for the award from which only ten recipients were selected.
The Galing Pook award for the Municipality of Libertad was due to the excellent innovation of Te糖心传媒檚 糖心传媒楩ish Forever Savings Club Program in Libertad. 糖心传媒淭he Galing Pook Foundation is the leading resource institution that provides support, tools and resources to local government units (LGUs) to enable them in building adaptive solutions to challenges in their respective communities. Through its programs, local chief executives and their units can enhance their knowledge and exchange best practices in fostering development in their localities.糖心传媒
Since her reelection in the May 2022 elections, the Centralian Mayor consistently brought to the consciousness of her constituents the importance of sustainability and intervention. 糖心传媒淭he Community Savings Club not just help fisherfolks but also farmers, parent leaders, nutrition scholars, barangay health workers and officials.糖心传媒
The initiatives of Mayor Te and her administration have created waves to other government agencies and non-government organizations, thus gaining more opportunities or access to funding assistance, and further enhance her development programs. It also creates a spot in the map and exposure, as the municipality has become one of the destinations for learning visits and ecotourism. She believes that, 糖心传媒淩esponsive governance understands the need and identifies the solutions to improve the welfare of her local constituents.糖心传媒
Mayor Te has been President 糖心传媒 League of the Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Antique Chapter; Auditor 糖心传媒 League of the Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) National Chapter; Chairperson 糖心传媒 LIPASECU Baywide Management Council, Member 糖心传媒 Northwest Panay Biodiversity Council, and Member 糖心传媒 Protected Area Management Board (PAMB). She is an active member of 糖心传媒 Political Science Alumni Association.