Local Government Units (LGUs) of Cotabato Province dominated the latest ranking of the Regional SubayBAYAN updating, the DILG XII-Project Development Management Unit (PDMU) revealed recently.

As of June 9, 2020, six LGUs from Cotabato made it to the Top 10 with the highest updating rate in the Department’s SubayBAYAN platform. The Municipality of Libungan topped the said list with an updating rate of 92.75%.

Other Cotabato LGUs include Magpet (in third place) with a completion rate of 83.50%, Mlang (fifth) with 79.10%, Matalam (seventh) with 75.38%, Pikit (eighth) with 71.92%, and Pigkawayan (ninth) with 70.72%.

Meanwhile, the Municipality of Bagumbayan in Sultan Kudarat ranked second with an updating rate of 92.53%. A month earlier, this municipality held the highest SubayBAYAN updating rate in the Region. LGU-Tboli of South Cotabato ranked fourth with an updating rate of 81.10% while LGUs Isulan and Lebak ranked sixth and 10th with an updating rates of 77.08% and 69.91%, respectively.

Overall, Cotabato Province recorded a total of 64.46% updating rate, the highest in the Region as of date, followed by South Cotabato province with 58.44%, Sultan Kudarat Province with 56.22%, and Sarangani Province with 41.45%.

SubayBAYAN or Subaybayan ang Proyektong Bayan, is the official platform of the DILG in monitoring and reporting the progress of Locally Funded Projects (LFPs) across the country, which aims to provide real-time information on the physical and financial status of subprojects, information on actual location of subprojects through map overlays and dashboard graphical presentations. It also offers feedback mechanisms to stakeholders and beneficiaries.

Data uploaded in SubayBAYAN is one of the evaluation criteria of DILG Central Office in computing the budget allocation for the pursuing projects of the LGUs funded under the Department’s LFPs.