CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga– Central Luzon placed second as the region with the most number of awardees during the recent National Awarding of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
DILG Regional Director Florida Dijan said 37 Local Government Units (LGUs) were granted the 2016 Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG), in line with their pursuit to raise the bar higher for good governance.
These LGUs include Apalit, Floridablanca, Guagua, Minalin, San Luis, Mabalacat, Magalang, Lubao, Mexico, San Simon, Sta. Rita and City of San Fernando in Pampanga, and Pura, Ramos, San Clemente and Victoria in Tarlac.
Also, Dinalupihan, Mariveles, Pilar, Bagac, and Balanga City in Bataan); Bongabon, San Leonardo, Talavera, Cuyapo and General Natividad in Nueva Ecija; Calumpit, Dona Remedios Trinidad, Plaridel, San Rafael and Guiguinto in Bulacan; and San Felipe in Zambales.
“Let it [SGLG] be a continuing challenge for provincial, city and municipal governments to do better today and in the years to come… to continue to be the beacon of excellence, not just in good local governance but in serving the people who are the end-all and be-all of all our partnership and collaboration,” Dijan said.
SGLG, formerly the Seal of Good Housekeeping, was scaled up in 2014 to impose a greater challenge for LGUs in maintaining good governance, providing better services and expanding the coverage of the assessment.
Awardees were entitled to the Performance Challenge Fund, an incentive provided to LGUs in the form of financial grant for local development projects—Php7 million for province, Php5 million for city and Php3 million for municipality—with access to program windows of national government agencies, continuing capacity development and access to loans. (CLJD/JRAA-PIA 3)