MANILA --- Almost 400 local government units, or 44 percent, have passed the standards of good local governance this year, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Saturday (October 26).
From
the 263 passers last year, the LGU passers went up to 380 after fulfilling the
assessment criteria in good governance. The figure consists of 17 provinces, 57
cities, and 306 municipalities nation-wide.
Interior
Secretary Eduardo Año praised the LGUs for passing despite the challenging year
and for stepping up their game.
Leading
the passers were 65 LGUs from the Ilocos region: Central Luzon (63); Cagayan
Valley (40); Calabarzon (33); and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (28).
The
BARMM was recognized for the success of its LGUs despite its transition and the
other issues faced by the region.
“Despite
the many issues happening in the area -- the elections, the passage, and
plebiscite of organic law -- the BARMM still has awardees,” DILG spokesperson
and Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya told reporters in an earlier press briefing.
Malaya
added that this year, 99 more municipalities and 18 more cities passed the seal
compared to last year.
“We
expect continued progress and improvement in delivering services,” he said.
The
criteria for the seal of good governance (SGLG) include financial and
administrative management; disaster preparedness; social protection; peace and
order; business-friendliness and competitiveness; environmental protection; and
tourism, culture, and arts.
With
the creation of the SGLG through Republic Act 11292, Año said he "expects
"continued progress and improvement in LGUs' capacity to deliver quality
service to the people."
The
passers are eligible to compete in the DILG Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) to
finance their local development projects.
The
awarding of the seal will be held at the Manila Hotel on November 4 and 5. (CHRISTOPHER
LLOYD CALIWAN, PNA / MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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