Sto. Tomas, Pampanga Mayor Joselito Naguit and DILG Pampanga Provincial Director Angelina S. Blanco with other municipal and barangay officials during the groundbreaking ceremony of the municipality’s approved project under the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF)
The municipality of Sto. Tomas, Pampanga through the leadership of Mayor Joselito Naguit held a groundbreaking ceremony of the LGU’s approved project under the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF) on February 29, 2011. The project is the Improvement and Concreting of Balangcas Road which amounted to P700, 000.
DILG Pampanga Provincial Director Angelina S. Blanco graced the event and said that the Department will continuously support the LGU in all its endeavors in order to realize the vision of having excellent local governments. She likewise congratulated the officials of the said municipality for being the first to hold a groundbreaking ceremony in the province.
Also present in the groundbreaking ceremony were Sto. Tomas’ Municipal Officials, Department Heads, Barangays Officials and DILG MLGOO Magdalena Yonzon.
Sto. Tomas, Pampanga is one of the 137 LGU recipients of LGSF in Region 3.
San Simon Mayor Hon. Leonora C. Wong receives her marker during the SGH Awarding Ceremony. Also in the photo are DILG R3 Florida Dijan, ARD Jonathan Paul Leusen Jr., Pampanga PD Angelina Blanco and some officials of San Simon, Pampanga.
The Department of the Interior and Local Government of Region III awarded the first and third round passers of the 2011 Seal of Good Housekeeping on January 18, 2012 at Heroes Hall, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
The 19 first round SGH recipients were awarded the SGH marker for being the first batch to heed the Department’s call for transparency and accountability in local governance. On the other hand, the 3rd round passers were awarded plaques of recognition.
(Left Photo) RD Florida Dijan while delivering her message (Right photo) CSFP Mayor Oscar Rodriguez welcomes guests and awardees
DILG-3 Assistant Regional Director Jonathan Paul M. Leusen, Jr. formally started the program by recognizing all the participants. On the other hand, Hon. Oscar S. Rodriguez, Mayor of CSFP and President of the League of Cities of the Philippines welcomed all awardees and guests. He appreciated the efforts of the DILG in institutionalizing SGH as a vehicle for change in realizing the call of the President for transparency and accountability.
DILG-3 Regional Director Florida M. Dijan congratulated the awardees and expressed her gratitude for their continuous support to the programs of the DILG. “I am glad to inform you that we are one of the three regions nationwide with 100% Seal of Good Housekeeping awardees. Among these regions, Region 3 has the most number of LGUs. Region 11 has 54 LGUs, Region 12 has 53 LGUs and Region 3 has 137 LGUs. Isa po itong malinaw na patunay na tayo sa rehiyong ito ay mga ehemplo ng isang de-kalidad at tapat na paglilingkod”, she said.
The Seal of Good Housekeeping for LGUs is in line with the Department's commitment to aggressively scale up interventions to elevate the practice of governance that values transparency, accountability, participation and performance into an institutionalized status. It aims to recognize LGUs with good performance particularly on Sound Fiscal Mangement which refers to the absence of adverse COA finding on financial statements; and Transparency and Accountability which is measured through full compliance to the Full Disclosure Policy.
DSWD Region III, thru Regional Director Adelina Apostol, awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to DILG Region III on the occasion of the 61st DSWD Anniversary celebration with the theme, “DSWD @ 61 Tuloy sa Kaunlaran”, held on February 6, 2012 at DSWD Field Office III, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
DSWD Region III, thru Regional Director Adelina Apostol, awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to DILG Region III on the occasion of the 61st DSWD Anniversary celebration with the theme, “DSWD @ 61 Tuloy sa Kaunlaran”, held on February 6, 2012 at DSWD Field Office III, City of San Fernando, Pampanga.
The award was given in grateful appreciation of DILG’s support in the implementation of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) in Central Luzon particularly in encouraging the Local Government Units to incorporate pro-poor programs in their plans and budget, accessing the resources that allows LGU to upgrade basic health and education facilities and in its active participation in monitoring and evaluating the program implementation at the barangay level.
The award was received by RD Florida M. Dijan and ARD Jonathan Paul M. Leusen, Jr. also in the event of the conduct of Unified Flag Raising Ceremony of all government agencies in the region hosted by DSWD.
After the awarding, RD Dijan and ARD Leusen attended the Briefing on R.A. 9208, otherwise known as the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 where the Resolution on “Establishing and Adopting the Regional Inter-Agency Committee Against Trafficking and Violence Against Women Cum Regional Referral Network was signed by the RIACAT-VAWC members including DILG.