The Department of the Interior and Local Government disclosed on Friday that at least 10 outstanding local governance programs from different cities, municipalities and provinces across the country were recognized in the 2023 Galing Pook Awards.

DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. said that the winners of the 2023 Galing Pook Awards were Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte: Seal of Health Governance; Davao Oriental Province: Happy Home; General Santos City: Shari'a Atas Bitiara; Makati City: Virtual Queuing Management System for Health Centers; Iloilo Province: Mobilizing Communities through
People-Centered Zero Open Defecation Movement Towards Sustainable Sanitation;  Pasig City: Prehospital Care and Emergency Medical Services Medical Control Program; Bayawan City, Negros Oriental: Fish From The Mountains: Bayawan Inland Aquaculture; Bataan Province: 1Bataan Seal of Healthy Barangay;  Barangay Taloot, Argao, Cebu: Barangay Taloot
Community-Based Integrated Approach; and  Quezon City: iRISE UP (Intelligent, Resilient and Integrated Systems for the Urban Population).