Mandaluyong bags UN service award
After Filipino dance troupe El Gamma Penumbra’s victory in Asia’s Got Talent comes another international recognition for the Philippines – this time in the field of public service. The United Nations bestowed the prestigious Public Service Award on the Mandaluyong City government for its Project Therapy, Education, Assimilation of Children with Handicap (TEACH). In a letter to Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos, the UN announced that the city has been adjudged winner of the 2015 United Nations Public Service Award in the category of “improving the delivery of public service.” Stefania Senese, UN governance and public administration officer, said Mandaluyong landed in second place after three stages of rigid screening of 30,000 programs from various countries.