TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan (PIA) - On its 123rd Philippine Civil Service Anniversary (PCSA), the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Regional Office here continue to support activities that will generate funds for the Pamana ng Lingkod Bayani program of the commission.
Atty. Marites Lappay, Acting Regional Director, said the commission through its Resolution No. 1302553 dated November 29, 2013, otherwise known as the Implementing Guidelines on PLBi, gives tribute to civilian public servants who displayed the characters of a bayani in the name of public service.
Acting Regional Director Atty. Marites Lappay shares how the Pamana ng Lingkod Bayani started in the region.
The program, she said includes the granting of a one-time financial assistance amounting to P100,000 and a scholarship in any of the PASUC-member state university and colleges to the family of the grantee.
"Since the implementation of the program, the region has recorded 19 recipients," she added.
In 2020, a fishery law enforcement from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 2 who was electrocuted while trying to rescue trapped residents of Linao Norte in Tuguegarao City was one of those who were given the Pamana ng Lingkod Bayani Award received by her wife.
CSC officials award the P100,000 check to Melanie Villarao, wife of Kelly Villarao in recognition of the latter's heroism.
To continue the program, the CSC has continuously conducted activities with registration fees to generate funds Pamanang Lingkod Bayani.
This year, Lappay said that they conducted an online Zumba with a registration of P250 each participant.
She added that the online zumba also marks the official start of the commission's anniversary activities with the theme "Transforming Public Service in the Next Decade" Honing Agile and Future-Ready Servant-Heroes". (GVB/PIA-2)
